STAR TREK: DEEP-SPACE NINE
"A Man Alone"
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Story by
Gerald Sanford
and
Michael Pillar
Teleplay by
Michael Pillar
Directed by
Paul Lynch
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STAR TREK: DS9 - "A Man Alone" 09/18/92 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"A Man Alone"
CAST
BENJAMIN SISKO IBUDAN
JAKE SISKO DABO GIRL
MILES O'BRIEN BAJORAN MAN
KIRA NERYS BAJORAN WOMAN
ODO ZAYRA
NOG BAJORAN OFFICER
QUARK ROM
JULIAN BASHIR BAJORAN #1
JADZIA DAX MALE VOICE (O.S.)
KEIKO FEMALE VOICE (O.S.)
MOLLY
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-speaking
SUPERNUMARIES
ALIEN CHILDREN
STAR TREK: DS9 "A Man Alone" - 09/18/92 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"A Man Alone"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
PROMENADE
SISKO'S QUARTERS
OPS
COMMANDER'S OFFICE
SECURITY OFFICE
QUARX I S
INFIRMARY
HOLOSUITE
HOLODECK
O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
IBUDAN'S SHIP
QUARTERS
STAR TREK: "A Man Alone" - 09/28/92 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"A Man Alone"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
KORRIS KOHR-ris
ALTONIAN al-TOW-nee-an
YADOZI Yah-DOH-zee
IBUIDAN IH-boo-dahn
AZNA AHZ-nah
GARANIAN BOLITES Gahr-AN-sa-ahn
BOH-Lits
ROLLOPPED RAH-luhpt
ROM RAHN
RUJIAN Roo-JEE-ahn
JURO Jew-Ro
LAMONAY lah-MO-nay
KRAN TOBAL krahn-TOH-bul
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"A Man Alone"
TEASER
FADE IN
1 INT. HOLOSUITE - GRID WALLS - DAY - CLOSE ON A HUGE
2 SPHERE RISING SLOWLY (OPTICAL)
with all colors of the rainbow rotating through and around
it...
3 DAX'S FACE - EYES CLOSED
concentrating... breathing deeply in meditation...
4 CLOSER ON THE SPHERE SLOWLY FALLING (OPTICAL)
as though matching the breath, the colors change... a barely
perceptible shift...
5 DAX (OPTICAL)
a looser shot to find her sitting in a pose akin to an alien
yoga position... behind her the holosuite doors open and
BASHIR ENTERS...
6 ON BASHIR
as he starts to speak to Dax, then stops himself...
7 TWO SHOT
... he walks over and studies her and the sphere curiously...
DAX
Do you need me, Julian?
Dax speaks with great calm without opening her eyes and
without changing her pose...
BASHIR
How did you know it was me?
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - TEASER 2.
7 CONTINUED:
DAX
There are different ways to recognize
someone... the rhythm of their steps,
for example.
BASHIR
(smitten)
You're... remarkable.
She opens her eyes... considers his interest for a
quick beat, with light concern--
DAX
Julian, you and I have to have a
talk about Trills and relationships...
BASHIR
Fine... we'll do it over supper...
Quark has found me a delightfully
dry champagne, estate bottled on
Korris One...
DAX
(trying to interrupt)
Julian...
BASHIR
(without pause,
examining the sphere)
What is this?
Dax studies him a beat, the facts of Trill life can wait...
DAX
An Altonian brain teaser.
BASHIR
Brain teaser?
DAX
A puzzle.
BASHIR
Really. I love puzzles. How does
it work?
He sits beside her.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - TEASER 3.
8 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
to include the sphere... which as her concentration wanes,
becomes more agitated, unruly in its color scheme...
DAX
It responds to neural theta waves.
The goal is to turn the sphere
into a solid color...
BASHIR
That's all... ?
DAX
(amused)
That's all. I've been trying to
master it on and off for, oh... a
hundred and forty years...
(off his reaction)
Care to try?
He closes his eyes...
DAX
Just sit comfortably... release your
tension into my hands...
She kneels behind him, runs her hands across his temples,
down his cheeks... he smiles...
BASHIR
Your hands are cold...
DAX
That is a peculiarity of the Trill...
BASHIR
Cold hands, warm heart...
DAX
Concentrate on the sphere,
Julian. Clear your mind. This
requires focus and clarity of
thought.
BASHIR
I understand completely.
(beat)
What is that exotic scent you're
wearing?
DAX
Focus and clarity of thought.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - TEASER 4.
8 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
Yes, yes... I have it...
DAX
I'm going to release it to you now...
Okay?
BASHIR
Okay.
DAX
Computer, transfer control to second
player...
The sphere promptly crashes to the floor and shatters like
crystal... then disappears... Bashir opens his eyes and
reacts...
DAX
Your mind is still a little busy,
Julian...
He struggles to find something to say for a beat and then
goes with where his mind really is:
BASHIR
So, are you free for supper... ?
9 ANGLE
as the holodeck door opens and Sisko looks in...
SISKO
Ready, Dax?
DAX
(to Bashir)
I'm sorry. Perhaps another time.
Why don't you try again...
She stands and moves off to join Sisko... who looks back at
Bashir, acknowledges the doctor with a vague nod...
SISKO
Doctor.
And they EXIT...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - TEASER 5.
10 ANGLE ON BASHIR
left alone, rejected, and on his face...
BASHIR
(grim)
Computer... reset...
And as the Doctor prepares to spend his evening with a
computer game, we...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT ONE 6.
ACT ONE
FADE IN
11 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Establishing.
12 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT
Full of activity... gamblers play the dabo tables... tables
are full of people... finding Odo at the bar, observing the
house... As Quark comes over, polishing the bar...
ODO
Business is good, Quark. You're
almost making an honest living.
QUARK
A lot of new faces.
A very strange alien face passes by... they do not react...
ODO
The wormhole does bring them our
way, doesn't it...
QUARK
Everybody wants a piece of the new
frontier...
ODO
And I'm sure you've already tried to
sell it to a few of them...
His eye's already caught during the above line by --
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT ONE 7.
13 POV - O'BRIEN AND KEIKO
at a table in a quietly, intense argument out of earshot...
14 RESUME ODO AND QUARK
Quark leans in and whispers to Odo with a smarmy grin...
QUARK
Grapevine says Chief O'Brien and the
Missus are having problems...
ODO
(a beat, nods, studying
them)
I'll never understand the humanoid
need to...
(beat)
...couple...
QUARK
You've never... coupled?
ODO
Choose not to. Too many compromises.
(off Quark's curious
reaction)
You want to watch a Karo-Net
tournament, she wants to listen to
music. So you compromise.
You listen to music. You like
Earth Jazz, she prefers Klingon
opera... so you compromise. You
listen to Klingon opera. So here
you were ready to have a nice
evening watching the Karo-Net
match and you wind up spending
an agonizing night listening to
Klingon opera...
(a beat, watching the
O'Briens)
What could they be going on about
like that anyway?
QUARK
She doesn't like it here.
Odo nods, a beat.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT ONE 8.
14 CONTINUED:
ODO
(a throwaway)
Who does?
15 ANGLE
as Sisko and Dax come down the stairs and move toward a
table... Quark's heart skips a beat at the sight of Dax...
Odo notices...
ODO
Don't even think about it.
QUARK
I can so think about it.
ODO
You might as well try to find a drink
of water on the Yadozi desert...
(beat)
... besides I'd say our new Commander
is interested in her...
QUARK
Not at all... I know for a fact,
when she was a he... you know, before
she got this new body, they were old
friends.
ODO
(cynical)
Things change.
And now his eye is caught by something far more disturbing...
16 ANGLE - THE DABO TABLE
Focussing on a rugged Bajoran (IBUDAN) in his mid-
forties, he is playing, oblivious to Odo's attention...
also we may note among the players in the background is a
thin, Bajoran clerk in his fifties (ZAYRA)...
17 ODO - CLOSEUP
reacts, significantly troubled...
ODO
(re: Ibudan)
How long's he been here?
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT ONE 9.
17 CONTINUED:
Pulling back to include Quark...
QUARK
Came in on a transport last night.
Odo's eyes are cold as he stares at this new arrival...
18 NEW ANGLE - WITH SISKO AND DAX
at a table... completing an order from a Ferengi waiter...
DAX
Just steamed Azna, please...
The waiter acknowledges and moves away... Sisko smiles at
Dax...
SISKO
Well some things are still the same...
DAX
(grins)
If you'd listen to me, you'd be eating
steamed Azna too...
SISKO
Dax, did I ever tell you about the
meals my father used to cook for us
when we were kids...
DAX
(smiles)
All the time...
SISKO
(ignoring it, wanting
to tell it again
anyway)
Every night at my house, my dad
insisted that we have supper together
as a family. He would try out his
new recipes on us... he used to
call us his "test tasters."
DAX
Steamed Azna will put years on your
life.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT ONE 10.
18 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(with humor)
I don't want years on my life.
Not if I can only eat steamed
Azna... sauteed... rolloped...
fricasseed -- fine. But not
steamed...
Beat... he smiles, looks at her... this is familiar territory
for them...
SISKO
I've missed your steamed Azna.
But somehow, as crazy a line as that is, it is too intimate,
too male-female... he breaks eye contact...
DAX
You must miss Curzon too...
SISKO
He was... you were... are... a
mentor... another father to me...
Sisko shrugs, uncomfortable.
DAX
This happens a lot to Trills,
Benjamin. Sometimes, our friendships
with other species don't survive
because of the changes...
SISKO
It won't be like that with us.
It's just... a little uncomfortable
right now...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/25/92 - ACT ONE 11.
19 ANGLE - INCLUDING O'BRIEN'S TABLE IN THE BACKGROUND
DAX
I suggest you allow yourself to
be comfortable with your
discomfort. Time can do the
rest...
As he looks at her with familiar appreciation, they're
interrupted in the background by the sound of O'Brien's
voice...
O'BRIEN
Keiko...
As they turn...
20 CLOSER ON O'BRIEN
Keiko's leaving him at the table with a troubled look... she
EXITS... he glances toward Sisko and Dax with embarrassment,
wipes his mouth with a napkin, stands up and moves toward
the exit... picking up Odo as they cross paths and now staying
with Odo as he moves away from the bar toward the dabo tables
and...
21 ANGLE ON IBUDAN
DABO GIRL
Dabo!
Ibudan reacts with pleasure as he collects his winnings...
turns and sees Odo standing in his face...
ODO
I don't want you on this station.
IBUDAN
That's too bad. I have every
right to be here.
ODO
I decide who has rights and who
doesn't on this Promenade.
IBUDAN
Better ask your Federation superiors
about that.
ODO
I don't have to ask anyone.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT ONE 12.
21 CONTINUED:
And he grabs his arm... and Ibudan pulls roughly away,
knocking some people back... and Odo moves to grab him again,
and they scuffle for a second as people around them react
and move away and then in a flash Sisko moves into the fray
and pulls them apart... Odo's face literally throbs with
rage...
ODO
(controlled)
You have twenty-six hours to get off
this station.
And he EXITS. Off Sisko's reaction...
22 INT. PROMENADE - SECOND LEVEL
Keiko stares sadly out a window into space... as O'Brien
moves to join her...
O'BRIEN
Look, I'm willing to ask for a
transfer if that'll make you happy...
KEIKO
That's not fair either... you'd have
to give up your promotion...
O'BRIEN
Not necessarily...
KEIKO
I wish I knew the right thing to do,
Miles... I'm just lost here...
(repeating something
she's said a dozen
times already)
Starfleet doesn't need a botanist on
this station...
O'BRIEN
Keiko, there's a whole new quadrant
on the other side of the wormhole...
full of new plant life to explore...
KEIKO
And ships going to explore it...
and I'm not on any of them...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/30/92 - ACT ONE 13.
O'BRIEN
We'll be sending runabouts through
the wormhole... I'll see to it that
you get to go...
KEIKO
(sharp)
I don't need favors from you.
(beat)
I just need to be useful.
23 NEW ANGLE
She moves away from the window, looks down on the busy
Promenade... sees Jake wandering through the crowd of alien
characters...
O'BRIEN
Just think how much more attractive
this place could be if you planted
some trees and flowers along the
Promenade... or you might even create
an arboretum from the new specimens
we bring back from the Gamma
Quadrant...
Keiko ignores his suggestion for busy work...
KEIKO
You really want to raise your daughter
in "this place," Miles?
O'Brien doesn't know quite what to say...
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Kira to O'Brien...
O'BRIEN
(hits his combadge)
Go ahead.
KIRA
We've got a non-functional power
transfer grid on level five... all
the upper docking pylons are out of
commission...
O'BRIEN
On my way, Major.
He looks at Keiko forlornly staring down at the Promenade...
he doesn't know what else to say... finally he just leaves.
A beat on her and...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/18/92 - ACT ONE 13A.
24 INT. PROMENADE - LOWER LEVEL - ON JAKE
walking down the street... looking kind of lonely... and he
stops as he sees Nog getting some alien-looking glop-on-a-
stick at a kiosk...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/18/92 - ACT ONE 14.
JAKE
Hi.
Nog turns and reacts at the sight of the boy... with a
toughness...
NOG
What do you want, Hew-man?
He walks away. Jake moves with him...
JAKE
My name is Jake.
NOG
I know who you are.
JAKE
What's yours?
NOG
Why do you care?
JAKE
Not exactly a lot of friends to choose
from here, you know what I mean?
Nog looks at Jake... and perhaps he has long known that sense
of loneliness too...
NOG
Nog... my name's Nog.
As Jake smiles...
25 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Odo and Sisko... Sisko sits behind his desk... Odo stands,
moves...
ODO
His name is Ibudan... he used to run
black market goods through here to
the surface during the Cardassian
occupation... gouging his fellow man
who needed medical supplies and so
forth... some Bajorans actually
considered him a hero. But I saw
him let a child die when the parents
couldn't afford the drug that would've
saved her life.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT ONE 15.
25 CONTINUED:
ODO
A few years back, he killed a
Cardassian officer who wanted a payoff
to look the other way.
He went to prison for murder.
(BEAT)
I sent him there.
SISKO
For murder? What's he doing out?
ODO
(with quiet outrage)
The provisional government let him
go. Killing a Cardassian isn't
considered much of a crime nowadays.
Sisko takes a beat to consider...
SISKO
Doesn't sound like there's much we
can do about it.
ODO
I can get him off my Promenade...
SISKO
(laying back, not in
his face, diplomatic)
If he hasn't done anything wrong,
you can't just arbitrarily force him
to leave...
ODO
Watch me.
SISKO
(beat, firmer)
Mister Odo, you're not going to take
the law into your own hands...
ODO
(interrupting)
The law? Commander, laws change
depending on who's making them...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/18/92 - ACT ONE 16.
25 CONTINUED: (2)
ODO (Cont'd)
Cardassians one day, Federation the
next... but justice... is
justice... and as long as I'm in
charge of security...
SISKO
(interrupting)
If you can't work within the rules,
I'll find someone who can.
A long hard look between the two of them... and Odo
EXITS...
26 INT. HOLODECK - A SEX FANTASY
A small room with an alien Geisha House-like setting...
shadows and candles and bizarre ritualistic artifacts on the
wall... long curtains blow softly in a breeze... a golden
light from a sunset seems to peek from somewhere beyond
them... moving to find Ibudan lying naked on a massage
table... his lower body covered with a sheet... he is in
ecstasy as an alien woman in a diaphanous ritual robe massages
him gently with soft fingers... she leans down and kisses
his upper back... his eyes remain closed and he takes a deep
breath feeling the pleasure and... suddenly the woman is
pushed away and a gloved hand holding a hideous alien knife
raises it with deadly intentions and as it begins to come
sharply down...
CUT TO BLACK.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT TWO 17.
ACT TWO
FADE IN
27 EXT. SPACE - DS9 - (OPTICAL)
28 INT. PROMENADE - JAKE AND NOG
in a corner... Nog opens a small "match" box... Jake looks
inside...
29 INSERT - INSIDE THE BOX (OPTICAL)
tiny alien critters inside.
30 RESUME
JAKE
What are they?
NOG
Garanian Bolites. C'mon...
With a conspiratorial glance, he leads Jake down the
Promenade... where they cross paths with Dax walking, and we
stay with her as she finds herself joined by Bashir... moving
with them...
BASHIR
Well, I guess I know the competition
now...
DAX
What are you talking about, Julian?
BASHIR
(smug)
Did you have a nice dinner with
Commander Sisko?
DAX
(reacts, a beat, shakes
her head)
Julian...
She stops...
DAX
It's time I explain that Trills don't
look for romance the way humans do.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT TWO 18.
30 CONTINUED:
DAX (Cont'd)
In fact, we consider it quite a
nuisance.
BASHIR
A nuisance... ?
DAX
It is a weakness of the young...
and although a Trill host may have
these kinds of...
(beat, distasteful)
... feelings occasionally, it is our
wish to live on a higher plane... to
try to rise above those sorts of
temptations...
BASHIR
(picking up on
something, with hope)
Aha...
(off her reaction)
You said "try to rise above"...
which suggests you don't always
succeed...
DAX
(I haven't gotten
anywhere with this,
have I?)
Julian...
SISKO'S COM VOICE
Sisko to Doctor Bashir...
BASHIR
(hits his combadge)
Go ahead.
SISKO'S COM VOICE
We need medical assistance above the
bar in Holosuite four.
BASHIR
Acknowledged, Commander.
(exit line to Dax)
I still have that champagne on ice.
She shakes her head, suppresses a smile... moves on...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT TWO 19.
31 INT. REPLIMAT (CAFE PROMENADE) - CLOSE ON JAKE
in a hiding place... watching as --
32 HIS POV - NOG
glancing his way, casually opens the matchbox and leaves it
by a bench where a Bajoran man and woman are talking... and
then scurries quickly away...
33 WITH JAKE
as Nog arrives breathlessly and scrambles beside Jake to
watch the fun... Jake glances curiously at Nog who hasn't
told him what's going to happen...
34 RESUME POV - THE COUPLE (OPTICAL)
start scratching... and then really start scratching... and
suddenly their skin is changing colors to red and green...
and they panic and scream...
BAJORAN MAN & WOMAN
(overlapping one
another)
Help us! Somebody help us!
Something's happening to us! Get a doctor!
People run to see what's happening... and then as quickly as
it began, it ends... and they return back to normal, confused,
wondering what happened... as...
35 NOG AND JAKE
start out from the hiding spot, unable to stop laughing,
freeze as they look up and see...
36 BAJORAN DEPUTY
has them nailed... he grabs them both by the shirt collars
and leads them away... past...
37 KEIKO
who has seen what has occurred and thoughtfully reacts...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT TWO 20.
38 INT. HOLODECK - GRID WALLS
Sisko, Kira and Odo watch as Bashir examines the body of
Ibudan, on the floor... the knife still in his shoulder
blade...
ODO
The door opened only twice... first
time when the computer logged Ibudan's
check-in at seventeen hundred hours,
sixteen minutes... the suite was
secured so no one else could enter...
He ran Lauriento massage halo-
program number one-oh-one-A.
Thirteen minutes later the door opened
for the second time, but since Ibudan
obviously didn't exit... we have to
assume that's when the killer left...
KIRA
Any evidence of a beam-in during
those thirteen minutes?
ODO
No...
KIRA
Then how did the killer get in... ?
SISKO
He might have entered the holosuite
at the same time Ibudan did...
Odo studies the body... doesn't offer another hypothesis...
Bashir stands up...
BASHIR
Cause of death is no mystery.
The knife was thrust directly
between the left and right
thoracic vertebrae... perforating
the lower ventricle of the
heart. The murderer apparently
had a decent knowledge of
Bajoran anatomy.
SISKO
Doctor, I want you to look for
evidence that could establish someone
was in here with him...
BASHIR
(acknowledges)
I'll do a sweep for hair follicles,
any skin or cellular remnants, and
DNA fragments...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/25/92 - ACT TWO 21.
38 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(to Kira)
How many ships have left since
yesterday...
KIRA
Two. A Federation survey ship...
and a Vulcan science vessel...
SISKO
(acknowledges)
Advise all ships in dock that
departures will be delayed until
further notice...
Kira acknowledges... as Sisko leaves...
39 INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
as they sit down to a traditional supper... eating with
chopsticks...
KEIKO
And they were just looking for
trouble... those kids have no reason
to be hanging around the Promenade...
O'BRIEN
It's about the only place they have
to go... you can't keep them locked
in their rooms...
KEIKO
It's not like a starship, Miles...
the kind of freedom that children
have on the Enterprise just won't
work on a space station... there are
too many ways to get into serious
trouble here...
(beat, thoughtful)
What this place needs is a school.
O'Brien studies her resolve and...
40 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Angle at the door as Kira arrives...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT TWO 22.
40 CONTINUED:
KIRA
All ships have been informed of the
delays, Commander...
Move to reveal Sisko standing with Zayra, the man we saw in
the bar near Ibudan...
SISKO
Major, do you know Mister Zayra, who
operates the Transit Aid center... ?
He nods to her...
KIRA
We've met...
SISKO
He was just telling me something
disturbing. I think you should hear
it...
ZAYRA
It's just that... the murdered man,
Ibudan... I spoke with him yesterday,
about an hour before it happened.
KIRA
Where was this?
ZAYRA
In Quark's. By the dabo table.
It was right after his scuffle
with the shape-shifter... I can
only tell you that Ibudan was
scared... he told me he was
afraid Odo might kill him.
Kira reacts, exchanges an incredulous glance with Sisko...
KIRA
There isn't a more honorable man on
this station than the constable...
ZAYRA
Maybe so... all I know is an hour
later, Ibudan was dead...
Off her reaction...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT TWO 23.
41 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
emphasizing a Bajoran transport ship docked on the docking
ring.
42 INT. IBUDAN'S SHIP QUARTERS
Dark as the door opens and a Bajoran ship's officer
(different uniform than DS9) leads in Odo... He has a small
computer PADD which he references occasionally...
BAJORAN OFFICER
Computer: lights.
The lights come on...
BAJORAN OFFICER
This was Ibudan's quarters... feel
free to look around...
Odo silently acknowledges. He sees that there are twin
beds...
ODO
(reacts)
Double accommodations?
BAJORAN OFFICER
(checking PADD)
That's what he requested... but only
one passenger was logged in... he
probably just wanted larger
quarters...
The officer prepares to leave... Odo already begins to search
through closets and drawers...
BAJORAN OFFICER
If there's anything else you need...
ODO
I want a record of all the passengers
on board...
BAJORAN OFFICER
Of course. I'll get you a copy of
the ship's manifest.
Odo nods. The officer EXITS and Odo continues his search.
Ibudan was still living here at the time of his murder so
there are a few clothes and belongings but he was travelling
light. There is simply not much to find. Finally Odo goes
to a computer panel...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT TWO 23A.
42 CONTINUED:
ODO
Computer... how many entries made
from this terminal during the last
seventy-eight hours.
COMPUTER VOICE
Seven entries noted in personal
calendar files.
ODO
Show them to me.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 10/14/92 - ACT TWO 24.
43 ANGLE - ON THE SCREEN
A standard time of day calendar... the first entries are of
ship's activities... departure noted... some nondescript
notations at certain times... a ship's concert, perhaps or
something that would occur on a 24th century vessel... none
of it matters terribly much to us or to Odo...
ODO
Take me to stardate 46384...
Odo watches the computer make the change...
44 THE MONITOR
shows "Arrival DS9" next to a time... As Odo manually moves
the screen forward, the date changes and two more notations
are there: One at thirteen-hundred hours says "Transit Aid"...
the other, and this one deserves a zoom, at seventeen-hundred
hours, it says "Odo"...
45 ODO
reacts and...
46 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS
Sisko, Jake and Keiko...
SISKO
You won't get an argument from me,
Mrs. O'Brien... when I found out
what happened this morning on the
Promenade...
JAKE
We weren't doing anything...
SISKO
(still angry)
I don't want to talk about this now...
(to Keiko)
It's this Ferengi boy, Nog...
Jake's not going to have anything more to do with him...
JAKE
He's the only one here even close to
my age...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT TWO 25.
46 CONTINUED:
KEIKO
That's not exactly true, Jake.
(to Sisko)
There are twelve other children on
board... ranging from eight to
sixteen. The problem is there's no
structured activity for them...
(with compassion)
Jake, don't you miss the schools you
used to go to... ?
JAKE
(quick, defensive,
and not true)
No.
(beat)
I guess. Studying alone with the
computer... it kinda gets boring
sometimes.
KEIKO
I've never actually been a teacher,
Commander... but it's something I've
always thought about doing...
Sisko looks at her with admiration...
SISKO
Mrs. O'Brien... as a Starfleet
Commander and as a father, I think
this is a terrific idea. What do
you need?
KEIKO
Some space...
SISKO
We'll find it...
KEIKO
Computers..
SISKO
You'll have them.
Keiko is delighted... she rises to leave...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT TWO 26.
46 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
I hope you realize what you're getting
yourself into... I can't force the
Bajora, the Ferengi or anyone else
to send their children to your
school... and even if you do get
them to come, every one of them has
a different culture, a different
philosophy... I mean, when you think
of the values Nog's parents must
have taught him...
JAKE
There's nothing wrong with Nog...
SISKO
(to Keiko)
Last week I had him in jail for
stealing... this week he's my son's
best friend...
KEIKO
I know I'll have to come up with an
innovative program... But I can't
imagine any parent not welcoming the
news of a school opening here. Thank
you again, Commander.
She EXITS... Jake and Sisko exchange a stern look.
SISKO
If I hear you're hanging around with
him...
Escaping toward the other room...
JAKE
I thought you didn't want to talk
about this now...
And they're out...
47 INT. INFIRMARY
Bashir at a computer console... going through a series of
microscopic slides... nothing we have to recognize... Odo,
Dax and Kira look on...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT TWO 27.
47 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
These are the DNA sequence analyses,
the cellular spectrographs, the
particulate matter tracers... I asked
Lieutenant Dax to confirm my
findings... and I'm afraid she
concurs...
As he pauses at one slide...
DAX
(nods)
There were no new DNA traces found
in the holosuite.
KIRA
You're saying no one went into the
room with him?
BASHIR
Aside from those of us who were in
there after the body was discovered...
(re: the screen)
... this was the only DNA
present and we've identified it as
Ibudan's.
KIRA
Wait a minute. Ibudan goes in the
holosuite alone, locks the door...
nobody transports in... a few minutes
later he's murdered... how is that
possible?
ODO
It's not. Unless the murder was
committed by someone who could get
through the cracks in the door...
say... a shape-shifter.
Off reactions...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
48 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
As before. Ibudan's ship still docked.
49 INT. OPS
Kira and Odo arriving on the Turbolift... moving to her
station...
ODO
It's a pretty neat package. His
calendar shows he was planning to
meet with me at the time of the
murder. No one except a shape-shifter
could get into the holosuite. And
since I'd obviously be called there
after the body was discovered, traces
of my DNA wind up at the scene of
the crime.
KIRA
Do you have any kind of an alibi?
ODO
Major, I have to return to my natural
state every eighteen hours to
regenerate... to be quite honest
about it, I was in a pail in the
back of my office when Ibudan was
killed.
KIRA
The killer might have known your
regenerative cycle and planned the
murder accordingly.
ODO
Like I said, a neat package.
KIRA
Who might want to frame you for
murder?
ODO
I can think of about five hundred
different people. But I haven't
seen any of 'em around the station
recently.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT THREE 29.
49 CONTINUED:
ODO (Cont'd)
(beat)
You think that Federation doctor
could do a sweep of Ibudan's quarters
for me... see if he can find out if
somebody else was using that second
bed.
KIRA
I'll get him over there right away.
ODO
Thank-you, Major.
He moves away... she watches him go with concern.
50 INT. QUARK'S
Crowded as usual. The pit boss Ferengi, ROM is trying to
keep an eye on the dabo tables activity as Keiko talks to
him...
ROM
You want my boy to go to a Federation
school?
KEIKO
Not just Federation. I'm developing
a curriculum that will take a much
broader approach...
ROM
Little lady, little lady... what do
you know of Ferengi education?
Keiko's been doing research. She's ready for this one...
KEIKO
I understand you employ a work-study
approach with apprenticeships in a
wide range of economic and business
fields...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT THREE 30.
50 CONTINUED:
ROM
(laughs)
We throw them into the cutthroat
competition of Ferengi commerce...
and anyone who survives, graduates.
Are you prepared to teach that to my
son?
KEIKO
(dry)
I'm sure I couldn't improve on what
you've taught him in that
department...
ROM
Thank-you. Thank-you. I've taught
him everything I know. It's so
important that we prepare our youth
for the challenges of the future.
Keiko moves closer, conspiratorial, quietly...
KEIKO
Exactly. Consider the advantage
your son will have over other Ferengi
once he's been exposed to other
cultures... once he learns how others
run their economies, conduct business,
negotiate...
ROM
You will teach my son these things?
KEIKO
Knowledge is power, Mister Rom.
Rom thinks a long beat... finds the thought attractive...
but... moves away, breaks the "conspiracy"...
ROM
It can't work... he will not listen
to you...
KEIKO
Why not?
ROM
You are fe-male.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT THREE 31.
50 CONTINUED: (2)
KEIKO
So?
ROM
My son cannot learn anything from a
fe-male human teacher.
KEIKO
Let him try it for a few weeks.
He has nothing to lose... and...
(trying the conspiracy
again)
... so much to gain.
It doesn't get to him this time...
ROM
I don't think so.
Keiko frowns, crestfallen.
KEIKO
Will you promise to think about it
at least?
ROM
Yes. Yes. Of course. Now, I'm
really very busy.
She leaves... after a beat, Rom watches her go, thinking
about what she said... then back to business:
ROM
Place your wagers... place your
wagers... get this lovely young woman
a drink on me...
51 KEIKO
moves by the bar toward the exit... and she leads us to a
group of four Bajoran men including Zayra at the bar... and
this should not be too intense, more casual, thoughtful,
even with some humor...
ZAYRA
What do we know about him anyway?
He isn't one of us.
BAJORAN MAN #1
He isn't one of anything.
They laugh.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT THREE 32.
51 CONTINUED:
ZAYRA
You know what really bothers me... ?
(incredulous whisper)
... this shifter was the last security
chief for the Cardassians here...
BAJORAN MAN #1
He's the one who caught Ibudan for
them...
ZAYRA
What's he still doing in charge of
security...
BAJORAN MAN #1
You're right. Somebody ought to
talk to Major Kira...
52 ANGLE - TO INCLUDE QUARK LISTENING
behind the bar...
QUARK
Nobody knows him like I know him.
Let me tell you something -- he's
an ill-tempered, over-bearing
crosspatch. But he was no
Cardassian collaborator. And he's
no killer.
ZAYRA
I can't believe you're defending
him, Quark. You're his worst enemy.
QUARK
(acknowledges)
Guess that's the closest thing he
has in this world to a friend.
He moves on down the bar... passing another customer as he
goes... an old man dressed in black with a hat on.
We see him only from the back... as he turns and glances at
Zayra's group... we see only one eye, dark and curious,
watching them... and we linger on this man for a mysterious
beat until...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT THREE 33.
53 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
as before, emphasizing Ibudan's ship...
54 INT. IBUDAN'S QUARTERS
Bashir is using a modified tricorder, taking samples of dust
from a table top with a 24th Century mini-vac or other
forensic tool -- something with individual sample containers
that Bashir can snap on and reattach... he moves around,
thinking about what else he might check... moves to the wall
and a matter reclamation unit (waste disposal)... he moves
to examine the slot...
55 EXTREME CLOSEUP
As his eyes move close to the slot, we can see some tiny
glass-like fragments on the edge, not quite inside the unit...
he uses the mini-vac to suck several into a new container...
56 INT. OPS
Sisko, Dax and Kira are listening to the complaints of a
citizens group including Zayra, Bajoran #1, and now four
others... including a woman...
SISKO
I understand your concerns...
ZAYRA
We're not saying he's innocent or
guilty, Commander... but it just
seems reasonable under the
circumstances that he...
KIRA
(impatient)
Thank-you for coming...
They take her cue and EXIT... and after they leave, Kira
controls her emotions by turning away and just shaking her
head...
KIRA
This is wrong...
SISKO
What would you suggest we do?
Turning back.
KIRA
He didn't do it.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/30/92 - ACT THREE 34.
56 CONTINUED:
SISKO
The man we have in charge of a murder
investigation is the prime suspect,
Major. Those people have a right to
complain...
DAX
Even if he's innocent, it's still
could be seen as a conflict of
interest, Kira.
KIRA
(to Sisko)
You're going to relieve him of duty.
SISKO
I don't see any other choice.
KIRA
(still arguing)
He's been completely candid about
the investigation... he could have
covered his tracks half a dozen times
already if he were guilty.
SISKO
I appreciate how you feel. But the
decision stands. I'll inform him
myself.
On Kira's reaction...
57 INT. INFIRMARY
Bashir and Odo on the move... Bashir carrying a sample case...
his mind working two steps ahead of his conversation with
Odo...
BASHIR
The only curious thing I found were
seofurane fragments near the matter
reclamation unit... it appears he
was trying to get rid of them...
ODO
Have any idea what they're from?
BASHIR
I know exactly what they're from...
a biological sample container. I
use containers like them all the
time.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT THREE 34A.
57 CONTINUED:
He moves to a work area where a microscopic analysis device
is being set up by a NURSE... as Bashir installs the samples
and turns on the equipment...
ODO
What would Ibudan be doing with a
biological sample container...
BASHIR
That I'm not so sure about... but
when I analyzed the fragments, I
detected... traces of a complex
organic structure...
58 ANGLE - INCLUDE THE MONITOR
to see inert traces of the organic system... Bashir glances
at them...
ODO
Translate, Doctor.
Bashir continues to work on his experiment... using a 24th
century device (tech) to treat the samples... or perhaps it
can be done with manual computer entries...
BASHIR
It suggests Ibudan may have been
conducting some sort of medical
experiment on board his ship...
ODO
He wasn't a doctor or a scientist.
BASHIR
(shrugs)
Let's see what a standard
electrophoretic analysis tells us...
He completes the procedure and turns to the monitor --
the inert proteins suddenly begin breaking down into DNA
fragments... Bashir reacts...
BASHIR
What the... ?
(off Odo's look)
The complex proteins are breaking
down into DNA fragments...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT THREE 34B.
58 CONTINUED:
ODO
What does that mean?
BASHIR
(thinking)
It means...
(turning to the nurse)
... we should set up a bio-
regenerative field to accelerate
the cellular development...
(she acknowledges, moves
to prepare, to Odo)
If I can reconstruct the DNA
sequence, it might give us an
idea what he was up to...
58A NEW ANGLE
Moving to a unit... a small, glass-covered case filled with
a colored liquid... the nurse is prepping it and during the
following, Bashir opens to put in the samples...
SISKO
Sisko to Odo.
ODO
(hits combadge)
Here.
SISKO
May I see you in my office, please.
ODO
Acknowledged.
Bashir turns on a switch and an optical charge zaps into
place inside the container and disappears... Odo studies the
busy scene, muses a beat about what it all means, then
EXITS... Bashir returns his attention to the container...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT THREE 35-36.
59 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
The door opens as Odo arrives...
ODO
Yes, Commander?
SISKO
Sit down.
He does. Sisko looks him in the eye.
SISKO
I'm temporarily relieving you of
duty. I'm sure the reasons are
obvious.
A beat.
ODO
(non-responsive)
Who will be taking over the
investigation.
SISKO
I've placed Major Kira and Lieutenant
Dax in charge.
A beat. Odo stands.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT THREE 37
ODO
Is that all, Commander?
Sisko stands...
SISKO
I want you to know... I don't
personally believe that you were
responsible for this...
ODO
(even)
Really. Now how can that be true?
Sisko reacts, what does that mean? Cold and direct --
ODO
(continuing)
You don't know me. You have no reason
to believe that I wouldn't
kill Ibudan if it suited my fancy.
So don't tell me there isn't some
doubt inside of you, some question
about whether or not I murdered
the man.
SISKO
I simply feel that putting Kira and
Dax in charge of the investigation
will be in everyone's best interests
including your own...
ODO
I'll take care of my own best
interests.
And EXITS. On Sisko's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FOUR 38.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN
60 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
61 INT. PROMENADE
Odo walks tall ignoring a few stares from people he passes.
At the security office, he hits a touch pad, the doors open
and he ENTERS...
62 INT. SECURITY OFFICE
He reacts as he sees it has been vandalized... his chair
knocked over... things that used to be on top of his desk
have been thrown to the floor... a file cabinet turned over...
on the wall in red letters, there is simply scribbled the
word: "SHIFTER." And in that moment, alone, we can see the
vulnerability within the man sneak through, the hurt is
revealed, as it would never be revealed to another living
soul. From behind him --
QUARK (O.S.)
I can find out who did it for you...
Odo pulls it all back inside, turns and looks evenly at
Quark...
ODO
Not for me. Tell it to Starfleet.
I'm not in charge here any longer.
QUARK
Well now, there's a piece of good
news to brighten my day...
ODO
Better take advantage of my absence
while you can, Quark...
QUARK
Oh, I will, I will. Count on it.
I'll have every confidence man in the sector on board by
tomorrow...
ODO
You do and I'll...
Beat. Quark grins. Realizing Quark was just trying to get
a rise out of him, Odo shuts up...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FOUR 39.
62 CONTINUED:
ODO
You're gonna get sloppy without me
to keep an eye on you...
QUARK
I don't think so. You've kept me on
my toes for too long now.
ODO
Sure. I've turned you into a better
crook.
QUARK
Like it or not.
ODO
(beat, straight)
Think you could use a shape-
shifter in your organization?
Quark reacts, taking him seriously a beat, then breaks into
a smile... Odo almost grins...
QUARK
You had me going...
ODO
I did, didn't I...
QUARK
Yes you did...
A moment of awkward silence, two adversaries closer in their
way than most friends... Quark turns to leave, pauses at the
door...
QUARK
I've been asking some friends at
Kran-Tobol prison about Ibudan...
if he made any enemies while he was
there.
(he shakes his head)
Couldn't find any. Mostly he stayed
around the Bajoran dissidents the
Cardassians locked up...
Odo nods thanks for trying... and Quark hits the touch pad
and EXITS. Odo begins to straighten his office...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FOUR 40.
63 INT. INFIRMARY
Close on the bio-regenerative field... within it, the jelly-
like mass has expanded and stretched the limits of the
field... there is a monitor that displays a quick changing
automatic display of readings... there is a Bajoran nurse in
the background preparing a much larger containment field...
BASHIR (O.S.)
It's growing exponentially... we're
going to have to increase the
metabolic field energy...
Pulling back to reveal Sisko and Dax watching...
SISKO
Just what is it that's growing in
there... ?
DAX
(studying the monitor)
Aren't those DNA patterns humanoid,
Julian?
BASHIR
(scientifically excited)
That's what they look like to me...
but there's a genetic drift I can't
put my finger on...
SISKO
(musing aloud)
What the hell was Ibudan up to?
BASHIR
I'm afraid we'll have to wait to see
what this becomes before we have a
clue...
(to the Bajoran nurse)
You can transfer it to the larger
field now...
As the nurse acknowledges to Bashir whose head has
turned away from Sisko and Dax, Sisko turns to Dax --
SISKO
Care for some lunch?
Before she can answer, Bashir, without looking, says--
BASHIR
Sure.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/25/92 - ACT FOUR 41.
There's an awkward glance between Dax and Sisko which Bashir
doesn't pick up...
DAX
No thanks. Major Kira is waiting
for my report...
She EXITS and Bashir and Sisko exchange a quick glance.
Bashir smiles, flattered that he's been invited to lunch by
the boss.
64 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT
Finding Sisko and Bashir eating...
BASHIR
Just how many different lives do you
think she's led...
SISKO
(shakes his head)
I'm not even sure. He'll...
she'll... go through a list of them...
and then another one comes out in a
later conversation...
I'd guess Jadzia is at least
the sixth host...
BASHIR
Has she changed much?
SISKO
Changed?
BASHIR
From the last one, Curzon Dax...
I understand a Trill integrates
the personality of each new
host...
SISKO
(shrugs)
I guess I'll have to find that out...
(beat)
If I told you about some of the
mischief he and I got into... there
was a time when I was no older than
you are... we were at the running of
the Rujian Steeplechase... Dax loves
the races... anyway, there were these
gorgeous seven foot Ruji twin sisters
that Curzon knew and he and I...
156:[5,#b]
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FOUR 41.
64 CONTINUED:
He stops himself in mid-sentence... a half-smile comes to
his lips, a touch of loss...
SISKO
I guess we won't be doing that again
soon. Will we.
A beat. Bashir studies him.
BASHIR
You care a great deal for her, don't
you...
SISKO
Dax and I are just friends, doctor.
If you're interested, you have nothing
to fear from me.
BASHIR
Are you sure? If I were in your
shoes, knowing Dax as intimately as
you do, I think I'd find her hard to
resist...
SISKO
You don't understand, Doctor.
Dax used to beat me regularly at
bare fist Juro Counterpunch.
BASHIR
(reacts)
I guess you won't be doing that again
soon either...
Sisko studies him... but his attention is drawn away
to --
65 ANGLE - ODO
who has just entered... he moves to the crowded bar, his
usual spot... his back is to us and one by one the other
people at the bar move away... until he is left completely
alone...
66 ON SISKO AND BASHIR'S REACTION...
67 INT. SCHOOLROOM
Starfleet officers are bringing in desks and computer
equipment... a large computer teaching module is already at
one end of the room...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/18/92 - ACT FOUR 43.
67 CONTINUED:
The walls are sparsely decorated with 24th century educational
aides... some galactic maps, etc.
KEIKO
In a semi-circle... facing the
module... that's right...
And this activity continues as O'Brien enters, carrying
Molly... and a gift-wrapped small box.
O'BRIEN
Here's Mommy...
The toddler's eyes light up and she reaches out for Keiko...
Keiko takes her in her arms and Molly puts her hands around
her neck...
MOLLY
Mommy, where'd you go?
KEIKO
I'm getting ready for school tomorrow,
honey...
MOLLY
Can I come to school?
KEIKO
I wish you could... at least I'd
know one student would be coming...
but you have to wait a year or two...
O'BRIEN
How's it going?
KEIKO
We'll be ready in time. In time for
what, I'm not sure. Aside from
Commander Sisko, I haven't had a
firm commitment from any of the
parents I've spoken to.
(re: the box)
What's this?
O'BRIEN
Oh, just something I replicated on
the way over.
She puts down Molly and begins to open the box...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FOUR 44.
67 CONTINUED: (2)
KEIKO
Help Mommy with her present, Molly...
Molly pulls on the ribbon and paper with Keiko doing the
serious work... when she gets inside, she pulls out an old-
fashioned school bell. She rings it...
KEIKO
(with appreciation)
Miles...
O'BRIEN
I want to see you standing in the
Promenade tomorrow morning ringing
your school bell...
And she illustrates with a laugh... hands it to Molly who
rings the bell incessantly as Keiko hugs Miles...
KEIKO
Thank-you.
She kisses him... and as she does, they hear a great deal of
noise outside... jeers and yelling... they react... O'Brien
concerned, moves to exit...
O'BRIEN
(re: Molly)
You'd better take her home...
Keiko acknowledges, picks up Molly as O'Brien EXITS...
68 INT. PROMENADE
Picking up O'Brien coming around a bend (unless the school
is to be located near the security office)... reacting to
louder noise...
69 ANGLE - TO SEE ODO
moving back toward the security office... a group of about
fifteen people including the core group we've seen before...
taunting him, yelling at him -- he looks at them with
curiosity, some trepidation, not knowing what to make of
this... he moves into the security office, but the crowd
doesn't disperse... others continue to join it during the
following...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/25/92 - ACT FOUR 45.
69 CONTINUED:
CROWD (VARIOUS, AD LIB)
Killer... get out of here,
shape-shifter... shifter...
shifter... you're nothing but a
freak... freak... shifter...
we don't want you here...
murderer... freak... shifter...
70 RESUME - O'BRIEN
Watching with concern... hits his combadge...
O'BRIEN
O'Brien to Ops... security to the
Promenade on the double...
71 INT. OPS
Kira responding... Sisko coming out of his office...
KIRA
Acknowledged.
She nods to two Starfleet security officers and they move
toward the Turbolift... quickly trailed by Sisko...
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
O'Brien to Sisko...
SISKO
(hits his combadge)
I'm here, Chief... what's going on...
72 INT. PROMENADE
The crowd taunts continue...
O'BRIEN
We have a crowd... more like a mob
outside Odo's office... you better
get down here...
SISKO'S COM VOICE
I'm on my way...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/25/92 - ACT FOUR 46.
73 ANGLE - BASHIR
looking outside the infirmary at the mob... reacts... goes
back inside... .
74 INT. INFIRMARY
And moves across the room to the new, larger bio-
regenerative field... it is now about five feet wide... the
mass inside is about four and a half feet and still growing
in depth and bulk... it has no clearly-defined shape yet but
there is a series of artery like structures within it...
branches of a bone structure forming... perhaps the barest
beginnings of appendages...
75 ON BASHIR'S FACE
as he wonders what the hell it is...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FIVE 47.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN
76 INT. PROMENADE
A Starfleet security officer, unarmed, moves to join a pair
of Bajoran deputies at the front of the security office...
the crowd has grown to about thirty people (a variety of
races, mostly Bajoran, no humans)... the yelling and chants
continue as before...
(Note: all security officers, Starfleet and Bajoran, remain
unarmed as a rule. Starfleet officers report to Sisko.
Bajoran deputies to Odo. A future subplot will deal with
conflicts over jurisdiction.)
77 ANGLE - SISKO AND KIRA AND TWO STARFLEET SECURITY
OFFICERS
are moving to the scene... measure the situation...
move to O'Brien...
SISKO
Odo's inside?
O'BRIEN
Yessir, he went in a few minutes
ago... the crowd followed him from
the bar...
SISKO
(softly)
I want more security here... and I
want them armed...
O'BRIEN
Aye, sir...
He exits...
KIRA
It's going to be harder to control
them if the numbers keep growing...
we can secure all Turbolifts... slow
down the traffic onto the Promenade...
SISKO
Good idea...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/25/92 - ACT FIVE 48.
77 CONTINUED:
She moves off... Odo is seen glancing out a window which
only raises the crowd's pitch higher... from somewhere,
someone throws a metal fragment and hits the window where
Odo just was... shattering it... the crowd cheers... and
pushes forward, the guards push them back...
78 ANGLE
at the rear of the crowd... we get a partial view of the
mysterious old man with the hat on... watching...
79 INT. INFIRMARY - CLOSE ON THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)
flashing figures and numbers that are incomprehensible to
us... moving to find Dax studying it... the noise of the
crowd is in the background...
DAX
Julian, look at this...
BASHIR
The chromatin pattern is changing...
DAX
It's definitely humanoid...
Bashir studies the figures a beat...
BASHIR
(repeating thoughtfully)
It's definitely humanoid... it's
definitely... my god, Dax, I think I
know what it is... run a chromosome
analysis... I think we're going to
find a gene-sequence degradation...
As Dax goes to work... pan down to find within the
bioregenerative field... the mass looks more solid than
before... and definitely looks more human... but without
features...
80 INT. PROMENADE - ANGLE
Two men in their twenties return (well away from Sisko) with
more metal fragments (from a construction site near-by --
they're still rebuilding post Cardassian reign of terror)
and begin to hand them out...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FIVE 49.
81 ANGLE - THREE MORE STARFLEET SECURITY OFFICERS
arrive... Sisko pushes through the crowd, leading them in
front... they have phasers, but not drawn...
82 IN THE REAR
O'Brien and Kira return... O'Brien hands Kira a phaser...
83 ON SISKO
pushing through, knocking people out the way to get to the
front... when he reaches it... he holds his arms up and the
crowd reacts to his authority for the moment and quiets
down...
SISKO
What the hell do you people intend
to accomplish here?
BAJORAN MAN #1
We want the shape-shifter!
SISKO
And what do you think you're gonna
do to him if you get him... ?
ZAYRA
He's right. Might be hard to get a
rope around the neck of a shape-
shifter...
Laughter from the mob...
SISKO
Listen to me. You will disperse
immediately... return to your
quarters... return to your ships...
The crowd noise swells again and they surge forward...
metal fragments are thrown, one deputy is hit...
84 O'BRIEN AND KIRA
move into the crowd, struggle with the metal fragment
throwers...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FIVE 50.
85 SISKO (OPTICAL)
Sisko grabs the phaser from the holster of a Starfleet
security man... and fires a shot in the air over their
heads... Odo emerges from the security office, prepared to
defend himself if necessary...
FEMALE VOICE (O. C.. )
He's a murderer...
MALE VOICE (O.S.)
We want justice...
SISKO
Do you? Justice. Really? Is it
justice you're after... or just some
way to express your anger?
And fear. Look at yourselves...
in an hour, you'll regret what
you've tried to do here. Do not
condemn this man because he is
different than you are...
ZAYRA
We condemn him because of the
evidence...
SISKO
Then, take that evidence to a court
of law. There will be no "justice"
served here today.
BASHIR (O.S.)
Commander Sisko... I believe there's
new evidence to consider...
86 ANGLE TO SEE BASHIR
moving through the crowd... Dax in the background...
BASHIR
The man who was murdered was not
Ibudan...
The crowd, Sisko et al reacts... stunned...
ODO
What?
BASHIR
Come with me...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FIVE 51.
86 CONTINUED:
And as Sisko and Odo follow Bashir... Kira and O'Brien take
over crowd control...
O'BRIEN
All right... break it up now...
KIRA
Move on, people... let's clear this
area...
87 INT. INFIRMARY
Bashir, Sisko, Dax and Odo ENTER, go to the bioregenerative
chamber... and as they look down, they
react as they see --
88 THEIR POV -- A DUPLICATE OF IBUDAN
not fully complete, wet like a newborn chick...
BASHIR (O.S.)
A clone. That's what Ibudan was
working on. Creating a clone of
himself.
89 RESUME - REACTIONS
ODO
(realizing)
And then he killed the clone... to
frame me for his murder.
SISKO
How can we be sure the victim was a
clone?
DAX
A clone has identical DNA as the
donor... but certain cloning methods
cause a characteristic gene-sequence
degradation which can be identified...
BASHIR
(self-congratulation)
... if you know to look for it.
(beat)
We've matched the victim's gene-
sequence with the fellow in the jar
here. They're definitely both clones.
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT FIVE 52.
89 CONTINUED:
ODO
(re: the new clone)
What happens to this one?
BASHIR
In about two days, he becomes a living,
breathing member of Bajoran society.
ODO
Let's hope he doesn't follow in his
donor's footsteps.
SISKO
What about Ibudan... ?
ODO
(musing)
I have an idea where to find him...
90 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Emphasizing Ibudan's ship...
91 INT. SHIP'S QUARTERS
This is on the same ship as Ibudan so it is similar to his
quarters but must clearly be a different room.
The door opens and the old man ENTERS... clearly unhappy...
OLD MAN/IBUDAN
Computer, lights...
The lights come on and he walks across the room...
92 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as he moves to a closet and takes off his black coat...
behind him a chair METAMORPHOSIZES into Odo...
93 THE OLD MAN
turns, reacts...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT FIVE 53.
93 CONTINUED:
OLD MAN/IBUDAN
Who are you? How did you get in
here?
ODO
Oh, I think you know...
OLD MAN/IBUDAN
I warn you... I'll call Ship's
security...
ODO
Do that... I have some interesting
questions to ask them... for example,
I am especially curious to know how
the name "Lamonay S." came to appear
on this ship's passenger list
yesterday...
OLD MAN/IBUDAN
That is my name. And I arranged
for transport on this vessel.
What is so strange about that?
ODO
You did not arrive on this ship...
OLD MAN/IBUDAN
No...
ODO
Well, just what ship, did you arrive
on, Mr. Lamonay S.? I can't find
any record of your arrival on any
vessel that has docked here in the
last three weeks.
OLD MAN/IBUDAN
I assure you, you have made an
error...
ODO
I think in fact you did arrive on
this ship... and that you've spent
the last few years in a prison among
Bajoran dissidents... one of them,
I've learned, was a scientist who
was arrested by the Cardassians for
doing experimental research into tri-
phasic cloning...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/30/92 - ACT FIVE 54.
93 CONTINUED:
The old man tries to bolt past Odo... but Odo with powerful
arms, grabs and easily holds him and then grabs his face and
pulls, tearing off...
94 CLOSEUP - THE MASK
to reveal Ibudan.
95 RESUME
ODO
Killing your own clone... is still
murder.
Off Ibudan's reaction...
96 INT. SCHOOLROOM - CLOSE ON THE SCHOOL BELL
sitting silent on the teaching module... moving to find Keiko,
pacing, concerned...
KEIKO
Computer... what time is it?
COMPUTER
Oh-nine-oh-seven hours... She frowns,
loops up to see... Sisko and Jake
arriving, reacting to the sight of
an empty classroom.
She looks up and exchanges a glance with Sisko... grimaces...
KEIKO
I guess you were right... it isn't
going to be easy...
Sisko pats Jake on the back... motions to him to sit down...
SISKO
Maybe it's just going to take a little
time to...
He's interrupted by the sudden arrival at the door of Nog
who is pushed bodily in... followed by his father...
ROM
(to Nog)
Sit down!
Rom and Sisko exchange an uncomfortable glance between parents
whose children have gotten in trouble together. Nog
reluctantly goes next to Jake who grins but before he can
sit down...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FIVE 54A.
96 CONTINUED:
ROM
Not next to that human boy... I don't
want you to have anything to do with
him...
Nog sighs, moves to the other end of the semi-circle...
DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/28/92 - ACT FIVE 55.
96 CONTINUED:
ROM
(grudging, to Keiko)
We'll try it for a few weeks.
Keiko acknowledges and smiles... and as Rom leaves he has to
stop to let in a Bajoran boy of eight along with a Bajoran
girl of ten... Sisko smiles at Keiko, nods good luck and
EXITS...
KEIKO
Please come in... take any seat...
try to be on time from now on... my
name is Keiko O'Brien... and I'll be
your teacher...
97 OMITTED
98 EXT. SPACE - DS9
As ships leave and arrive...
FADE OUT.
THE END