STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Dax"
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Story by
Peter Allan Fields
Teleplay by
Dorothy C. Fontana
and
Peter Allan Fields
Directed by
David Carson
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NOVEMBER 17, 1992
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Dax" - 11/17/92 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Dax"
CAST
BENJAMIN SISKO ENINA
KIRA PEERS
ODO RENORA
BASHIR TANDRO
DAX N.D. VOICE OVER
QUARK
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMARIES 2 KLAESTRON OFFICERS
N.D. BAJORAN DEPUTIES
STARFLEET SECURITY GUARD
DABO GIRL
FERENGI WAITER
MORN
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Dax" - 11/17/92 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Dax"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
CORRIDOR ONE KLAESTRON PLANET
CORRIDOR TWO
DAXIS QUARTERS KLAESTRON SHIP
OPS
PROMENADE
LOWER LEVEL
OUTSIDE QUARK'S
SECOND LEVEL
REPLIMAT
SECURITY OFFICE
SISKO'S OFFICE
ENINA TANDRO'S MAIN ROOM
STAR TREK: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Dax"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Bajoran bah-JOR-an
Bajor Bay-jor
Cardassian car-DASS-ee-en
raktajino rock-ta-GEE-no
Ilon Tandro EYE-lon TAN-dro
Klaestron KLY-stron
Renora ren-O-ruh
Ardelon ARE-de-lawn
Enina e-NEE-na
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"DAX"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1
thru OMITTED
3
3A EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
SISKO
Station log. Stardate 46910.1. Chief
O'Brien has the sad duty of escorting
his wife back to earth to attend her
mother's funeral. For the next few
weeks, it will up to the rest of us
to keep this station up and running.
4 INT. REPLIMAT
Dax and Bashir are having some coffee as she studies a PADD...
BASHIR
It's almost as though the re-
filtration processors were waiting
for Chief O'Brien to leave before
breaking down...
DAX
The technology looks like something
the Cardassians might have taken
from the Romulans...
(to herself)
Is that an R-C-L type one matrix
field?
BASHIR
(bored, trying to be
clever)
Perhaps we ought to call in a Romulan
repair service...
He gets not a crack of a smile from Dax who studies her
PADD...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - TEASER 1A.
4 CONTINUED:
DAX
(to herself)
Or is it an R-C-L type two...
Bashir frowns at her nonresponsiveness, more bored, he sips
the last drop of his coffee...
BASHIR
(re: the coffee)
Another raktajino?
DAX
(still studying, no
eye contact)
It would keep me up all night.
BASHIR
(flirting)
I know better ways to keep you up
all night... and they're more fun
than drinking Klingon coffee...
Now she looks up evenly... he smiles boyishly at her... she
looks back down at the PADD...
DAX
Definitely type one...
Bashir frowns...
5 ANOTHER ANGLE - ACROSS PROMENADE
A male Trill, SELIN PEERS, stands unobtrusively watching Dax
and Bashir.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - TEASER 2.
5 CONTINUED:
Now, as we're watching Peers, he's approached by three
other humanoids: A male we'll later come to know as TANDRO
(mid-30's), and a First and Second Klaestron Officer (First
Officer is a strong male; Second Officer a strong female --
whose garb may tend to make her gender less evident than it
ordinarily might be).
6 CLOSER - GROUP
The three new arrivals will follow the direction of Peers's
identifying nod, as:
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - TEASER 3.
6 CONTINUED:
PEERS
(indicating)
Dax.
7 RESUME - DAX & BASHIR IN REPLIMAT
DAX
(starts Rising)
I really should be getting to bed.
BASHIR
(rises quickly)
May I escort you to your quarters...
DAX
(smiles nicely)
That's not necessary, Julian.
BASHIR
Oh, goodnight then...
She Nods graciously to him, and EXITS.
8 ANGLE FAVORING GROUP
Tandro, and the First & Second Officer -- with Peers staying
put -- move casually (remaining as unobtrusive as possible) --
to follow Dax.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - TEASER 4.
9 ON BASHIR
BASHIR
(to himself)
... "Not necessary, Julian"...
(sudden, happy decision)
... But not forbidden, either.
And now it's Bashir who Moves off after the departed Dax.
10 INT. CORRIDOR ONE
Dax Moves along the deserted corridor. Tandro and the two
officers move quickly up behind her. (NOTE: First Officer
wears a bulging pouch -- approx. 6" x 9" in size -- on his
belt.)
TANDRO
Dax.
She stops and turns, inquiringly. Not anticipating any
trouble, her demeanor and stance are open and pleasantly
casual, as:
DAX
Yes... ?
Tandro Nods to the First & Second Officer, who brace Dax;
one on either side.
TANDRO
You are Dax...
DAX
(far less casual)
What do you want?
Tandro Nods again to the First Officer, who quickly places
one hand across Dax's mouth, and twists her other hand behind
her to render her helpless. She is nonetheless beginning to
struggle, as:
11 BASHIR
... rounds the corner into the corridor... sees Dax struggling
in the First Officer's grasp. Without hesitation, he hurls
himself forward into the scuffle.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - TEASER 5.
12 WIDER ANGLE
Bashir cannonballs first into Tandro, knocking him into the
corridor wall, against which his head BUMPS sufficiently
hard to stun him briefly. Dax uses the micro-momentary
distraction of the First Officer to twist aside, and ram her
elbow into the latter's ribs. He GASPS, but is equally quick,
and far stronger than Dax. Yanking her back toward him, he
first reaches toward her combadge...
13 INSERT - DAX'S COMBADGE
First Officer's Hand ENTERS FRAME to Rip away Dax's combadge.
14 RESUME - WIDER ANGLE
The First Officer delivers a short, sharp chop which knocks
Dax unconscious.
15 BASHIR & SECOND OFFICER
Bashir has wheeled around to deal with the Second Officer.
As he cocks his fist to deliver a punch, he sees, for the
first time --
15A CLOSE - SECOND OFFICER'S FACE
She's obviously a woman.
15B CLOSE REACTION - BASHIR
Realizing her gender, Bashir Freezes in place...
16 RESUME - WIDER ANGLE
... which was a big mistake. The woman clips Bashir with a
single right cross which knocks him cold. As Bashir sinks,
the First Officer has hoisted the unconscious Dax over his
shoulder, and now -- carrying her -- accompanies Tandro and
the Second Officer, as they hurriedly EXIT. MOVE IN SLOWLY
on Bashir's cold-cocked body lying crumpled on the deck.
HOLD, before we...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 6.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)
17 OMITTED
18 INT. OPS
Kira is on duty, working a console (Supernumeraries as
needed) -- as Sisko approaches her from his (O.S.)
office. He's apparently been meeting with ODO, since,
the latter has come out with him, and will remain
watching relaxedly from the steps, during:
SISKO
Yes, Major.
KIRA
(off console)
I'm just not sure, Commander. What's
it look like to you?
She perplexedly indicates a monitor reading (which we needn't
see)... And as Sisko looks at it:
SISKO
(equally uncertain)
It looks like a residual charge in
the graviton generator. If that's
what it is, it'll bleed off. Let's
run a quick level three diagnostic,
just to be sure.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT ONE 7.
19 INT. CORRIDOR ONE
Bashir GROANS and stirs... rolls over... makes it to his
hands and knees, shaking his head to clear it. Then:
BASHIR
(taps combadge)
Bashir... to Ops...
Even as he's speaking, Bashir notices Dax's combadge on the
deck nearby. He starts reaching for it, as we go to:
20 INT. OPS
Everybody as we just saw them.
KIRA
(casual Response)
Ops.
21 INT. CORRIDOR ONE - INTERCUT WITH OPS (AS DESIRED)
Bashir now holds, and stares down at, Dax's Combadge.
BASHIR
(still groggy)
... Three people... I think they just
took Jadzia. She was struggling
with them, and I tried to help, but...
I don't know, I'm...
Odo moves instantly forward toward a separate console, during:
SISKO
Full station security alert; secure
all Turbolifts; seal off airlocks to
levels four through twelve...
Computer, locate Lieutenant Dax.
COMPUTER
Lieutenant Dax is on Level Six,
Corridor One.
BASHIR
No, that's where I am... They only
left her combadge here...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 8.
21 CONTINUED:
ODO
How long ago, Doctor?
BASHIR
Not long, uh... I'm... not quite
sure, really.
ODO
Computer: Display all passages, levels
four through twelve; in sequence.
22 INT. CORRIDOR TWO
Tandro, the First and Second Officers hauling Dax along...
Dax, hanging loosely in the dual grasp, is just regaining
consciousness. As Tandro is again consulting his PADD:
DAX
(groggy)
What... what are you doing?
No reply. Tandro gestures ahead...
TANDRO
We turn right at the next corridor...
The First & Second Officers both use their free hands to
pull small weapons from their pockets... and they all proceed
PAST CAMERA...
23 INT. OPS - INCLUDING ODO'S MONITOR (OPTICAL)
We'll see a series of CORRIDOR, PROMENADE & AIRLOCK-ENTRANCE
SHOTS FLASH ONTO THE SCREEN in sequence: CORRIDOR ONE contains
Bashir... One or two PROMENADE ANGLES may include a Few
casually walking Pedestrians... the Two or Three AIRLOCK-
ENTRANCE ANGLES will show no one. Throughout the above:
ODO
They're managing to avoid the security
tracking grid. They seem to know a
lot about the station.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 8A-9.
23 CONTINUED:
KIRA
Then they may know the speed of our
Runabouts... if they do, they probably
have a faster ship to make their
escape...
SISKO
Major, survey all ships in dock that
have a high warp capability.
(Beat; sudden
realization)
Damn!
ODO
What.
24 ANOTHER ANGLE
We can no longer see what's on Odo's monitor, as he continues
to work his console.
SISKO
That's why we've got a residual charge
in the graviton generator. They've
disabled the tractor beam.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT ONE 10.
24 CONTINUED:
KIRA
(off monitor)
We've got eight ships in dock that're
capable of warp five or more: Three
on docking pylons; five smaller ones
in the ports.
SISKO
Seal off all docking ring airlocks.
ODO
Security. All duty squads to the
docking ring; commence immediate
inward sweep, levels sixteen through
twenty-one.
25
thru OMITTED
26
27 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
Dax, Tandro, First & Second Officers ENTER...
28 INT. OPS (OPTICAL)
On Kira's monitor, we see Dax et al in Airlock Five's
corridor.
KIRA
I've got them! Airlock five...
Oddly, Sisko will turn away from the goings-on... will move
to Dax's science station, where he'll begin studiously working
a console. Odo, on the move --
ODO
I'm on my way. Odo to Security.
Report to airlock corridor five. We
have a hostage situation.
He EXITS to the Turbolift...
KIRA
Isolating with cadderon force fields.
(what's Sisko up to?)
... Commander?
SISKO
(preoccupied at console)
You're doing fine, Major.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/19/92 - ACT ONE 11.
29 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)
A FORCE FIELD suddenly BLINKS INTO POSITION across the
corridor in front of Dax and her abductors. They're
momentarily stopped... Until the First Officer withdraws a
small PADD from his belt pouch. Move to a companel... the
back of the PADD attached magnetically to the surface of the
companel... on the face of the PADD there is an alien keyboard
and the First Officer taps in a seven digit sequence...
DAX
Will you just tell me what you...
Her speech is Interrupted by the Loud ZAP of the suddenly
Disengaged force field. They've "hot-wired" it -- and the
path before them is again clear.
TANDRO
(tugging Dax)
Move.
And they resume their progress along the corridor.
30
thru OMITTED
31
32 INT. OPS
Everyone is as we last saw them.
KIRA
The force field is down... They know
the security override codes... They're
boarding a ship...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 12.
32 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(off console)
I'm trying to speed up the bleed-off
process in the graviton generator.
KIRA
(shakes her head)
We've lost them...
33 EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL)
A mid-sized ship pulls away from the dock...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/19/92 - ACT ONE 13.
34
thru OMITTED
37
38 INT. OPS
SISKO
(working console)
It's working. I'm increasing the
flow to the EPS wave guides.
KIRA
The excess charge is neutralizing...
SISKO
Engage tractor beam!
39 EXT. SPACE - DS9 & KLAESTRON SHIP (OPTICAL)
Just as the ship begins to pick up speed... the tractor beam
SHOOTS OUT and captures it...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 14.
40 INT. OPS
KIRA
(smiles)
Gotcha.
And now it's Sisko EXITING toward the Turbolift, during:
SISKO
Bring it in to docking port six,
Major.
41 OMITTED
42 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
Sisko, Odo and two weapons-ready N.D. Bajoran Deputies and a
Starfleet Security Guard stand facing the closed airlock.
Beat... the hatch opens... Tandro is the first to step out.
ODO
Slowly! Extremities where I can see
them.
TANDRO
(unphased)
You're the Chief of security?
Dax appears behind Tandro...
ODO
(to Dax)
Are you all right?
DAX nods, as:
TANDRO
My name is Ilon Tandro...
43 CLOSE REACTION - DAX
Stunned -- as she obviously recognizes both the name, and:
TANDRO (O.S.) (Cont'd)
... Special envoy from Klaestron
Four... I'm in charge of this
extradition procedure...
From this point, and after digesting her initial shock, Dax's
expression and demeanor literally "shut down."
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 15.
43 CONTINUED:
An implacable, impenetrable mask; unreadable and
unfathomable.
44 RESUME - SHOT
SISKO
Extradition! I call this kidnapping
and assault.
Odo gestures his Deputies and Security Guard to take the
four culprits in tow. (We'll assume that Peers went straight
to the ship after identifying Dax.) Tandro reaches into his
tunic... draws out a micro-disk... hands it to Sisko, during:
TANDRO
(re: micro-disk)
You'll find this to be a valid warrant
for her arrest. The relevant treaty
between Klaestron Four and your
Federation allows for unilateral
extradition.
SISKO
(dubious)
And the charge?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT ONE 16.
44 CONTINUED:
TANDRO
The fugitive Dax is charged with
treason... and the murder of my
father.
In surprised perplexion, Sisko looks to Dax for a response.
None comes. Her face remains a tight and closed, utterly
uncommunicative stone wall. MOVE IN and HOLD on that face,
as we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 17.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
45 EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL)
Re-Establishing. The Klaestron ship still at the docking
ring.
46 INT. SECURITY OFFICE
With Sisko standing by, Odo works at his console and monitor
(the screen of which we needn't see).
ODO
(off monitor)
According to the charge statement,
Dax was responsible for the death of
General Ardelon Tandro thirty years
ago...
SISKO
Thirty years ago? That would've
been Curzon Dax.
ODO
(nods, off console)
... when he was on Klaestron Four as
a Federation mediator during their
civil war...
SISKO
He never mentioned he'd even been to
"Klaestron Four"... Strange.
ODO
Not so strange considering these
charges.
SISKO
Odo, let me tell you something: Curzon
Dax tended to be a little cavalier
about life... and even about his
personal responsibilities from time
to time...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 17A.
46 CONTINUED:
SISKO (Cont'd)
(smiles; recalling)
... I think part of the reason I liked
him so much was that he had more
faults than the usual, socially
acceptable Trill.
(back to reality)
He was not a murderer.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 18.
46 CONTINUED: (2)
ODO
How about a "traitor"?
(off monitor)
This says Dax betrayed the Klaestron
government to the rebels.
SISKO
(dismissive)
It's all nonsense. I'm telling you,
Constable, I knew the man.
ODO
(beat)
But did you know the symbiont inside
the man?
And they just look at each other... Each from his own
perspective.
47 INT. DAX'S QUARTERS
She sits alone... in the dark. The door CHIMES. As she
turns on a moderate light:
DAX
Come in.
Sisko ENTERS. She knows what's coming... returns to her
seat... to stare straight ahead -- at her own thoughts --
during:
SISKO
I've sent a subspace message
to Klaestron Four requesting
confirmation of the warrant. That's
the only stall I could think of.
Now what the hell's going on, Dax?
As Dax doesn't reply:
SISKO
Dax, if I'm going to help you, you've
got to help me.
DAX
I don't expect help, Benjamin. Thank
you, though.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 19.
47 CONTINUED:
His frustration growing, Sisko paces, with:
SISKO
Are you crazy? Treason and murder.
On Klaestron Four, either of those
gets you the death penalty.
(faces her squarely)
What's the matter with you! Talk to
me before I have to let these people
take you.
DAX
(quiet resignation)
No. I'm sorry, Benjamin, but... no.
Sisko will try another tack. He sits, and:
SISKO
(quietly)
We've got eighteen or twenty years
of friendship behind us.
DAX
I'm Jadzia Dax now. It was Curzon
Dax you knew for twenty years.
SISKO
So when the Dax part of you survived
from one host to the next, it really
didn't take our friendship along.
DAX
Benjamin, you know you're still my
very dear friend. I just... won't
talk about this; I'm sorry.
Sisko rises again... Not much more to be said here... Except:
SISKO
(gentle conviction)
Well, whether you're Curzon Dax or
Jadzia Dax, I'm not going to believe
for one second that you've ever
committed murder, or treason.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 20.
47 CONTINUED: (2)
DAX
(reflexively starts
to explain)
Benjamin...
(stops herself; beat)
... If you don't mind... I'd prefer
being alone right now.
SISKO
(exiting)
There is one thing I'd charge you
with...
(stops; faces her for
emphasis)
... Acute stubbornness.
(finishes EXITING)
Dax is left alone again. She reaches over... turns off
the light... sits again in the darkness. SLOWLY MOVE
IN on her FACE. HOLD for a beat, before:
48 INT. SISKO'S OFFICE
Sisko, with Kira alongside, faces Tandro.
TANDRO
You've received your confirmation,
Commander; now we'd like to be on
our way with the prisoner.
Throughout the following, Sisko's demeanor will -- despite
his words -- remain most pleasant... most conversational.
SISKO
You know, Mister Tandro... I kept
wondering why you tried to kidnap
Lieutenant Dax, rather than just
present your warrant to me in the
proper way. I couldn't figure that
out at first.
TANDRO
I trust you have figured out,
Commander, that our extradition treaty
with your Federation is current and
valid.
SISKO
This station is technically Bajoran.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 21.
48 CONTINUED:
TANDRO
(already knows the
answer)
What does that mean to us?
SISKO
You don't have an extradition treaty
with Bajor. I think that's why you
tried to abduct Lieutenant Dax. You
were afraid the Bajorans would refuse
extradition.
TANDRO
That's absurd. No Bajoran interests
are even involved here.
KIRA
How did you people know your way
around this station so well?
TANDRO
(disdain)
My conversation is with the Commander.
SISKO
No, I think your conversation is
with my First Officer now.
KIRA
You Klaestrons are allies of the
Cardassians. Your knowledge of this
station confirms that. They must
have given you the layout... Which
not only compromises Bajoran security,
but also... annoys us.
It will be evident to us from their overly courteous deference
to each other, that Sisko and Kira have already decided
between them exactly what the following dialogue will confirm
to Tandro.
SISKO
(almost apologetic)
I'm afraid it means Bajoran interests
are involved. And Bajor is adamant
that...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 22.
48 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO (Cont'd)
(courteous aside to
Kira)
... At least I believe it's adamant...
KIRA
(with satisfaction)
Oh, yes...
SISKO
You see... There will have to be an
extradition hearing before I can
lawfully release Lieutenant Dax.
Off Tandro's reaction...
49 OMITTED
50 INT. QUARK'S
QUARK
(reacts aghast)
For how long?
ODO
As long as it takes.
QUARK
That could be days!
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 23.
50 CONTINUED:
ODO
There's nowhere else on the station
that's suitable.
QUARK
Too bad. I'm not shutting down for
any Bajoran hearing...
ODO
I'm sure Lieutenant Dax would
appreciate it...
Quark pauses a beat at her name... but when it's profit versus
sex---
QUARK
(shakes his head)
Business is business.
Subject closed... he moves away, wipes the bar... Odo takes
a beat, look around...
ODO
You know, that wall's going to have
to come in about five meters...
QUARK
What are you talking about?
ODO
Of course, after you move the wall
that'll mean your second level
holosuites'll have to come down...
QUARK
Come down? Why?
ODO
New restrictions...
QUARK
Restrictions?
ODO
Building codes... Since the
provisional government took over,
they've got their hands into
everything... and of course, I'm the
one who's expected to enforce their
rules here.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 23A-24.
50 CONTINUED: (2)
ODO
You know, I think the bar is a little
too near the exit...
QUARK
This is blackmail...
ODO
No, it's just business... And business
is business...
On Quark's reaction...
51 INT. PROMENADE OUTSIDE QUARK'S
Sisko is walking toward us along the Promenade -- as Odo
emerges from Quark's.
SISKO
I was just coming to see you. We
still haven't found any place for
the hearing. Holding it on Bajor
would involve Dax leaving the station,
and I don't want to risk that.
ODO
Well, now that's a coincidence. Our
good friend Quark just donated the
use of his facility for the hearing.
SISKO
(reacts, surprised)
Nice gesture.
ODO
I thought so.
SISKO
You know I haven't been able to get
a word out of Dax about any of this.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 25.
51 CONTINUED:
SISKO
So I thought someone might go do
some investigating on Klaestron Four
itself. What do you think?
ODO
(dubious)
This case has thirty years of dust
covering it. The extradition
hearing'll take about thirty minutes.
SISKO
I'm hoping to make it a little longer
than that.
ODO
(fat chance)
Good luck.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 26.
52 OMITTED
53 INT. QUARK'S - E.C.U. ON RENORA'S FACE
Though much older, Judge ELS RENORA appears to be in her
60's. Handsome and hard. But the glint in her eyes bespeaks
as much a capacity for wry humor as for judicial crispity.
RENORA
This will be an informal hearing, so
I'll start with some informal advice
to all: I'm one hundred years old.
I've no time to squander listening
to superfluous language. In short,
I intend being here until supper,
not senility. Understood?
54 WIDER ANGLE
Tables and chair have been arranged with Sisko and Dax on
one side; Tandro on the other. All facing Renora (who may
be on an improvised raised platform behind the bar, or, if
desired, in a slightly raised seat anywhere else that's the
center of everyone's focus). Others present, include Kira,
Bashir and Selin Peers (the male who first pointed out Dax,
then trailed behind the kidnappers). In addition, we'll see
(in b.g.) Quark, the Dabo Girl, the Ferengi Waiter and Morn.
Sisko and Tandro are on their feet, facing Renora, as:
TANDRO
Understood, Madame Arbiter.
Renora BANGS her ball-gavel down once, before:
RENORA
(to Tandro)
You seek the extradition... Make
your case.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 27.
54 CONTINUED:
TANDRO
The accused Trill, whatever its
present appearance may be, was and
is a Federation officer who committed
capital crimes on our planet. Since
there is no time limit on the
prosecution of such crimes...
RENORA
(overriding)
Thank you, I've already read the
warrant and charges. The crimes
described are thirty years old.
What took you so long?
TANDRO
The evidence was contained in military
files which were officially sealed
until recently.
RENORA
Fine. Sit. Commander, the warrant's
in order. On what grounds do you
ask me to deny extradition?
SISKO
You say the warrant's in order. But
the name on the warrant is "Dax."
Certainly that doesn't refer to Jadzia
Dax, a female; but to the now deceased
Curzon Dax, a male.
(indicates Dax)
... This young woman wasn't even born
thirty years ago.
TANDRO
You're arguing semantics. This
creature is a Trill. The symboint
known as Dax has progressed from one
host to the next.
SISKO
Exactly. From one host to the next.
A different host; a different person.
So I submit that the person he wants
to extradite no longer exists. And
I challenge him to prove otherwise.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT TWO 28.
54 CONTINUED: (2)
TANDRO
That's ridiculous.
Renora's ball-gavel BANGS down once more, before:
RENORA
It would've been easier on me had
you not raised that point, Commander.
(to Tandro)
But the penalty for these crimes on
your planet is death; and that's
rather permanent. So before I grant
extradition, you will convince me,
please, that the person named in
your warrant is the same person that's
sitting here now.
55 REACTION - SISKO & DAX
His face reflects his tremendous, pleased relief. But as he
then looks, almost reflexively, at Dax for a sharing of that
emotion, he notes that her blank, even detached, expression
has either not changed -- or has become ever-so-slightly
more sad. MOVE IN on SISKO'S PERPLEXED FACE, and HOLD, before
we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 29.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
56 EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL)
Re-Establishing.
SISKO (V.O.)
Station log, Stardate 46440.2. The
extradition hearing will reconvene
at oh-nine-hundred hours. Lieutenant
Dax still remains silent regarding
the charges against her.
57 INT. SISKO'S OFFICE
Sisko, Kira and Bashir.
KIRA
She doesn't seem to care whether she
gets out of this or not.
SISKO
I care. Doctor, we've given the
opposition access to our computers
and station library, such as it is...
so let's utilize them ourselves. I
want all the medical evidence you
can find to support the theory that
Jadzia Dax and Curzon Dax are two
entirely separate people. Major...
BASHIR
Excuse me, Sir. I don't know that
there is any medical evidence on
that.
SISKO
Assume there is, then find it.
Major... I'm not asking you to be an
attorney here, but... If you'd check
the Federation computers for any
precedents... legal decisions
involving Trills...
KIRA
(reciting; being sure
she's got it right)
Is a Trill responsible for the
conduct... for the acts...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 30.
57 CONTINUED:
KIRA
of it's antecedent selves. What if
I find the answer's "yes"?
SISKO
Then that answer's wrong. From this
minute on, our answer is "no."
(beat; quiet aside)
... But if you do find a... "wrong"
answer, I want to see it. I can't
fight what I don't know about.
KIRA
Commander, aren't we a little out of
our depth here?
SISKO
We're fighting for her life, Major
Kira.
KIRA
I understand that. I don't understand
why she won't help us fight.
N/D VOICE OVER
Commander Sisko. There is a subspace
communication from Odo on Klaestron
Four.
Sisko turns on his monitor, during:
SISKO
(to Kira and Bashir)
We've only got a few hours, people.
As Kira and Bashir exit:
58 INCLUDING SISKO'S MONITOR (OPTICAL)
Odo appears on screen, standing in front of a neutral
transmission station b.g.
SISKO
Constable... What've you got for us?
ODO
You mean it's not over? You stopped
the extradition?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 31.
58 CONTINUED:
SISKO
Just a delaying action; it's all I
could do. I'm still hoping you'll
find something there on the planet
that'll negate the charges.
ODO
Well, I know two things so far:
Whoever did murder this General
Ardelon Tandro, it got his troops so
mad they went out and won their civil
war. They made the General a national
martyr. There are statues of him
all over the place. Second: everyone
that's old enough to remember says
the General and Curzon Dax were the
closest of friends... Comrades;
inseparable.
SISKO
Now that sounds like the Curzon Dax
I knew.
ODO
Treason, plus the murder of his own
best friend? Strange business. If
those charges are true, I'd want to
hang Curzon Dax up by the heels
myself.
SISKO
(acerbic)
Thanks for the confidence.
ODO
Don't worry, I'll do my job. General
Tandro left a widow. If the two men
were that close, she has to remember
something about Curzon Dax that's
not in the record. You'll hear from
me.
Sisko's screen blanks. He sits back in thought, before:
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 32.
58A EXT. URBAN AREA ON PLANET KLAESTRON (MATTE)
Clean, alien-modern and (at least this section, anyway)
probably high-middle to upper class.
59 INT. ENINA TANDRO'S MAIN ROOM (KLAESTRON FOUR)
ENINA TANDRO, slightly past middle age, but still regal in
bearing, stands facing Odo with:
ENINA
Curzon Dax was not responsible for
the death of my husband.
ODO
(reacts to the
surprising new ally)
You're certain of that?
ENINA
Without a doubt.
ODO
But your own son...
ENINA
My son is obsessed with the death of
a father he never knew... I tried to
persuade him not to reopen the case.
He wouldn't listen to anyone... least
of all to me.
(closer, more intimate)
You have to understand -- Curzon Dax
was closer to the General than any
man on this planet. He was a dear
friend to this family. Curzon would
have died himself before conspiring
against my husband.
ODO
Is that a personal opinion... or are
there any facts that might support...
ENINA
The only facts I know are in my son's
hands... and he intends to use them
against Dax.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 32A.
59 CONTINUED:
ODO
It might help my people to know what
they are...
ENINA
There's proof of a secret transmission
that was sent from military
headquarters to the enemy camp. It
identified the exact route my husband
was taking from the capitol back to
the front. That's when he was
ambushed and kidnapped... a short
time later, he was killed.
ODO
Then your son must believe that Dax
made that transmission...
ENINA
(acknowledges)
There were only five people including
my husband who knew the route. My
son's been able to establish the
whereabouts of all of them at the
time of the transmission... all of
them except Curzon.
ODO
So, Dax has no alibi.
ENINA
That can't possibly be enough to
convict him, can it?
Odo takes a thoughtful beat...
ODO
I don't know.
(rises)
Thank you. You've been helpful.
He starts to leave... as a casual afterthought...
ENINA
How is he?
ODO
Ma'am?
ENINA
Curzon Dax.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 32B-33.
59 CONTINUED: (2)
ODO
He's gone.
(she reacts)
The Dax your son is trying to
extradite is "Jadzia Dax"; a twenty-
eight year old woman. Curzon Dax
died two years ago. Jadzia's the
new host.
ENINA
(reacts but covers
well)
I'm sorry. I didn't... know.
Odo nods and EXITS and we stay a beat on Enina...
59A EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL)
Re-Establishing.
60 INT. QUARK'S - ON QUARK, MORN & FERENGI WAITER
Quark's been standing near the entrance -- away from
the (o.s.) proceedings -- taking surreptitious bets
from among the various Onlookers. He uses his small
Ferengi PADD as a kind of calculator... as he now
takes the bet of his Ferengi Waiter, with:
QUARK
Odds are four to one against
her.
(afterthought)
And let me say that's very fair.
As Morn arrives to drop several gold pieces into Quark's
upturned palm:
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 34.
60 CONTINUED:
QUARK
Now that's a brave wager.
TANDRO (O.S.)
I call on the expert knowledge of
another Trill... Selin Peers...
61 FULL SHOT
We see that the room's set up as before -- with the addition
of a witness chair before, and to the left of, Judge Renora.
Tandro is standing, as Peers (again, this is the guy we saw
pointing out Dax in the Teaser) moves to sit in the witness
chair. As he's done so:
TANDRO
Minister Peers, we're fortunate to
have you with us...
RENORA
Excuse me. It also seems rather
convenient to have you with us. How
do you come to be here?
62 FAVORING TANDRO & PEERS
PEERS
Because another Trill is involved,
the Trillian government requested
that I be present during the
extradition.
RENORA
And do you know the accused
personally?
PEERS
I do not.
RENORA
We'll accept you as an expert on
Trills. Proceed.
TANDRO
Minister, through how many hosts
have you survived?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 34A.
62 CONTINUED:
PEERS
The symbiont within me has survived
through the adult lifetimes of seven
hosts.
TANDRO
Do you remember your very first host?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 35.
62 CONTINUED: (2)
PEERS
Of course. It was a woman, as a
matter of fact.
TANDRO
Do you remember what you thought and
felt when you were joined with your
first host?
PEERS
Yes; the symbiont does carry memories
of times shared with previous hosts.
Tandro moves toward Dax, eyes bore down on her...
TANDRO
So if a crime is committed by a Trill,
then the symbiont's next host would
remain aware of it... would recall
that crime?
PEERS
Yes, absolutely.
TANDRO
Would recall the details of it.
PEERS
Yes, absolutely.
TANDRO
And would still feel the guilt of
it.
PEERS
Oh yes.
Sisko notes Dax stiffening under the pressure -- must do
something to relieve it:
SISKO
Madame Arbiter, this is not a trial...
and Mister Tandro is not the
prosecutor...
RENORA
(to Tandro)
You've made your point, Mister Tandro.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/20/92 - ACT THREE 36.
62 CONTINUED: (3)
TANDRO
I don't believe I have, Madame
Arbiter. The real point is that
Commander Sisko would have you endorse
his idea of a perfect Trill crime...
to commit it, all one has to do is
elude capture long enough to change
hosts, then he... or she can go free.
Tandro politely sits... confident... and thus content to let
Sisko take the floor.
SISKO
Minister Peers... You said you were
with your first host throughout her
"adult" life.
PEERS
Yes...
SISKO
So before a symbiont is joined with
any host, that host has already lived
a significant portion of his or her
life. From birth to... what age,
sir?
PEERS
Early-to-mid-twenties.
SISKO
Why not younger?
PEERS
To give the prospective host the
chance to develop; mature... They
have to be old enough to make an
informed judgement as to whether or
not they really want to be joined.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 37.
62 CONTINUED: (4)
SISKO
And once they are joined, the host's
personality is completely suppressed
by the symbiont?
PEERS
Oh, no. No, it's a joining. It's a
total sharing, a blending, of both
host and symbiont. Neither is
suppressed by the other.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/20/92 - ACT THREE 38.
62 CONTINUED: (5)
SISKO
So with each new host there does
come, in fact, a new personality. A
new combined person. A different
person.
PEERS
From that standpoint, yes.
SISKO
Well I for one don't know what other
standpoint we could be talking about,
thank you, Minister.
Peers starts to rise from the witness chair as...
TANDRO
Just to return us to what's important
here, Madame Arbiter... the accused
can remember any crimes she committed
as Curzon Dax and nothing can be
truthfully asserted in this hearing
that can alter that fact.
SISKO
Yes, the memories were passed to an
entirely new host... to an entirely
different person...
TANDRO
This is outrageous... you can't let
Dax get away with murder.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 39.
62 CONTINUED: (6)
RENORA
(bangs ball-gavel)
I said an "informal" hearing; not
riotous. We'll have a two hour
recess.
62A ON SISKO AND DAX
Dax remains just sitting there; alone and aloof, as:
SISKO
Still nothing to say?
DAX
Just "thank you." I know you're
trying very hard.
SISKO
I didn't mean that.
DAX
I know.
SISKO
Your silence makes you look guilty.
At least deny something.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/17/92 - ACT THREE 40.
62A CONTINUED:
DAX
Benjamin... why don't you just stop
this...
63 OMITTED
64 CLOSE - DAX
She rises -- will literally walk away from him, as:
DAX
(gently; very wearily)
... Leave it alone. Leave me alone.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/20/92 - ACT FOUR 41.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
65 EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL)
Re-Establishing.
66 INT. QUARK'S
Starting on Renora's close-up...
RENORA
The answer seems simple enough to me --
split her down the middle. Send the
symbiont back for trial and leave
the host here.
Moving to REVEAL Bashir in the witness chair... Sisko and
Kira are at their table.
BASHIR
I'm afraid it's a bit more complicated
than that.
RENORA
(wryly)
Oh, what a surprise. Please enlighten
me.
BASHIR
The symbiont and the host are
biologically interdependent. Ninety-
three hours after they've joined,
neither can survive without the other.
RENORA
I see. Proceed, Commander.
SISKO
Doctor, you've heard the arguments.
From a medical viewpoint, are Curzon
Dax and Jadzia Dax the same person...
BASHIR
Obviously not. Aside from the gender
change, there's a marked difference
in blood types; metabolisms; nervous
systems, height, weight...
TANDRO
This is not at all relevant...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 42.
66 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
(determined to get
his testimony out)
What is relevant, sir... is my
analysis of the brain waves of Curzon
and Jadzia Dax...
Sisko hands Renora a PADD which she examines...
SISKO
Madame Arbiter...
BASHIR
As you can see, they are distinctly
different... clearly illustrating
that Curzon and Jadzia are two unique
individuals.
Done, satisfied... he takes a breath and smiles warmly toward
Jadzia...
67 ON DAX
Understanding his affection and anxiousness to help her, Dax
returns his smile nicely -- if wanly -- during:
SISKO
Thank-you, Doctor.
68 RESUME
Tandro moves forward...
TANDRO
Doctor, I've looked through your
research myself... it's quite
impressive work for such a young
man...
BASHIR
(guarded)
Thank you.
TANDRO
As a layman, there are obviously things
I don't fully understand...
BASHIR
I'll be happy to explain anything
you wish...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 43.
68 CONTINUED:
TANDRO
Yes... well, exactly how does the
Trill brain work...
BASHIR
It's quite complex actually... First
of all, there are two cerebral
nuclei...
TANDRO
Two... ?
BASHIR
One in the symbiont and one in the
host...
TANDRO
Two brains. And these two brains
talk to each other... ?
BASHIR
(acknowledges,
searching for a
comparison)
Like two computers linked together...
TANDRO
That's very clear, Doctor. Thank
you. Now, in your investigation,
were you able to analyze the separate
wave patterns from each of these
brains?
BASHIR
(the one question he
didn't want to hear)
They don't function separately.
Tandro turns, knows an evasive answer when he hears one.
TANDRO
I didn't ask you how they function,
Doctor Bashir. I asked if you could
analyze the two distinct patterns.
BASHIR
I just don't see the relevance of...
TANDRO
Could you?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/20/92 - ACT FOUR 44.
68 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
Yes.
TANDRO
And have the brainwave patterns of
the symbiont changed since it joined
with the new host?
BASHIR
With the available evidence, there's
no way to tell that.
TANDRO
What's your best guess?
BASHIR
I wouldn't care to guess.
TANDRO
In fact, is there evidence of any
change at all in the symbiont since
it joined with this new host? Yes
or no.
BASHIR
(defeated)
No.
TANDRO
Thank-you, Doctor Bashir. You've
been very helpful.
69
thru OMITTED
71
72 ANOTHER ANGLE
A mortified, thoroughly torpedoed Bashir leaves the chair.
He looks -- pleadingly -- over at Dax. She favors him only
with a slight, sympathetic nod -- in understanding of his
sabotaged efforts and good intentions. During the above:
RENORA
Any more witnesses, Commander Sisko?
SISKO
Yes, Madame Arbiter... I'd like to
call the one person in this courtroom
who knew Curzon Dax. Me.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 45.
72 CONTINUED:
RENORA
You know where the witness chair is.
SISKO
With your permission, Major Kira
will direct the questions.
Sisko sits as Kira moves forward...
KIRA
Tell us a little about Curzon Dax,
Commander.
SISKO
He probably wasn't the ideal Trill.
He drank a little too much; he could
be more interested in women than
maybe he should've been...
KIRA
(feigned surprise)
I thought he was your friend.
SISKO
My point is simply that he was not
at all like the young woman in this
courtroom.
KIRA
What exactly was your relationship
with Curzon Dax?
With an eye toward Dax...
SISKO
He took a raw, young Ensign under
his wing and taught me to appreciate
life in ways I'd never thought about
before... he taught me about art and
science and diplomacy... whatever
sense of honor I may have today, he
nurtured... treason, murder -- he
wasn't capable of those things.
TANDRO
As you've already said, Commander,
this is not a trial...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 46.
72 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
(to Tandro)
I'm describing my friend, Curzon Dax --
a man I knew very well. On the other
hand...
(small smile: re Dax)
I can't tell you too much about my
new friend there... We're really
just getting to know each other.
Kira smiles and nods, very nice to Sisko as she looks to
Tandro if he has any questions.
73 OMITTED
74 ON DAX
This time... upon hearing Sisko's words... and warming tone...
her smile is wistful... her face reflective now of her
sadness.
74A TANDRO
moves forward...
TANDRO
Commander, Starfleet officers do
have the reputation of being
honorable... and I judge you to be
an honorable man...
Sisko nods an acknowledgement...
TANDRO
(continuing)
As an honorable man, do you think
this crime should go unpunished?
KIRA
Madame Arbiter, that has nothing to
do with the main issue here.
TANDRO
(to Renora)
It will, Madame...
RENORA
Answer the question, Commander...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 46A.
74A CONTINUED:
SISKO
I would prefer that no crime go
unpunished.
TANDRO
Then, if it were possible, even you
would not argue with punishing the
symbiont part of Dax.
SISKO
(beat, cagily)
How can you be so sure that the
symbiont was the criminal influence?
What if it were the "Curzon" host
that was responsible? Then, the
surviving symbiont would be completely
innocent.
TANDRO
(gotcha)
No; they'd both be guilty. You
yourself have argued that the two
personalities, once joined, function
as one. And your own Doctor Bashir
confirmed it. When you put salt in
water, the two become
indistinguishable and inseparable.
75
thru OMITTED
77
78 FAVORING QUARK
as he takes a wager from his Dabo Girl, with:
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 47.
78 CONTINUED:
QUARK
Sorry, but that Tandro's very good.
Odds are now thirteen to one against
her.
79 RESUME - SHOT
SISKO
(still to Tandro;
pleased)
I think you've just made my point
for me. When the water boils off,
the salt returns to its original
state. Pour that same salt into
another liquid, and you have something
completely different. Jadzia Dax is
an entirely new entity.
80 RESUME - QUARK
QUARK
(impressed)
Oh. Well... six to one might be all
right.
RENORA (O.S.)
Following a one hour recess...
81 RESUME - SHOT
RENORA
(continuing)
Lieutenant Dax will take the witness
chair.
(bangs gavel)
One hour.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 48.
82 ON SISKO, KIRA & DAX
Sisko and Kira worried; Dax continuingly passive. A
SUPERNUMERARY ENTERS with a PADD, hands it during the below
to Kira...
SISKO
(to Dax)
If you won't defend yourself, you're
not going to testify.
KIRA
(to Sisko)
It's a hearing, not a trial. She
has no choice.
Sisko and Kira both regard her -- but Dax remains silent;
distant.
KIRA
(continuing, re: the
PADD, to Sisko)
Odo's on subspace... It's urgent.
Off Sisko's reaction...
82A INT. SISKO'S OFFICE - INCLUDING MONITOR (OPTICAL)
Again, Odo on the screen conferring with Sisko.
ODO
I've made some progress.
SISKO
Good.
ODO
Not good.
(off Sisko's reaction)
Since the transmission to the enemy
is the key evidence, I thought it
might be a good idea to go through
all the communications logs from
headquarters during that period... I
even found Curzon Dax's records...
SISKO
You can't tell me Curzon would log
in a communique to the enemy...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FOUR 48A.
82A CONTINUED:
ODO
No. Nothing like that. But the log
shows a number of conversations
between Dax's office and General
Tandro's home.
SISKO
(so what?)
They were close friends.
ODO
Many of the conversations took place
when the General was away at the
front.
SISKO
(beat, realizing)
The wife.
ODO
The wife.
SISKO
Curzon Dax and Enina Tandro...
ODO
Maybe it was innocent. Maybe he was
just providing a little emotional
support during tough times.
(beat)
Or... maybe they were taking advantage
of the General's absence to get a
little closer. If they were having
an affair, that translates into a
pretty solid motive for murder.
Off Sisko's reaction, we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 49.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
83 OMITTED
83A EXT. URBAN AREA ON PLANET KLAESTRON (MATTE)
Re-establishing (same Matte Shot seen earlier).
84 INT. ENINA TANDRO'S MAIN ROOM
Enina has drawn herself up into her stiffest, most regal,
bearing, as she's just heard Odo's report about the phone
calls and he continues...
ODO
The conversations were just the
beginning... I've also found records
of gifts... of holidays spent at an
Inn outside the capital...
ENINA
What purpose is this supposed to
serve?
ODO
(simply)
It serves the truth.
ENINA
(with irony)
The truth.
ODO
If there's more to this than meets
the eye, I hope you'll explain,
because as it stands, this will
severely hurt Dax's defense.
She takes a beat to gather her thoughts.
ENINA
My husband wasn't nearly the hero in
life that he was in death, Mister
Odo. In death he became a legend.
And I became a legend's wife. There
are people who never knew my husband
who still contact me. Decades after
his death, they still mourn him.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 50.
84 CONTINUED:
ODO
But you don't.
ENINA
No. You see, I knew the man before
he became the legend.
(beat)
But I also knew my place in history.
I was to carry on bravely, never to
remarry. I was to represent my
husband at the banquets held in his
name. And of course, never to speak
of who he really was... because nobody
wants to hear that.
ODO
They may have to hear it now.
ENINA
(shakes her head)
No matter what's said, they'll still
embrace his memory... for he was and
will always be the hero who died for
his people.
(beat, thoughtful)
But perhaps it is time for my place
in history to change.
Off Odo's curious reaction...
85 INT. DAX'S QUARTERS
Dax and Sisko.
SISKO
You've been protecting her reputation.
That's it, isn't it... that's why
you won't even defend yourself...
(off her silence)
There are worse things than an illicit
love affair. Curzon Dax didn't murder
anybody. He didn't commit treason.
Are you really willing to commit
suicide over something done in another
lifetime? That is what you're doing,
you know.
A beat as she remains stoically silent... a thought suddenly
comes to Sisko...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 50A.
85 CONTINUED:
SISKO
My God, Dax... young Tandro... he
wouldn't be your son...
DAX
(shakes her head,
almost funny)
Benjamin, you have an overactive
imagination...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 51.
85 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
Then what is it that's holding you
back? Help me.
She goes silent again and Sisko loses it... raises a fist...
SISKO
Dammit, if you were still a man...
DAX
(calm, straight)
I see your temper hasn't improved...
SISKO
Don't talk to me about my temper...
DAX
Curzon always warned you about it...
SISKO
You're not going to get me off track
here...
DAX
Do you remember that Argosian
lieutenant who threw a drink in your
face...
SISKO
(beat, pauses, grins)
... And you knocked me down with a
right cross before I could kill him...
I still have a little scar here from
your ring finger...
He shows her his chin... as she touches it...
DAX
I tried that ring on after Curzon
died... it slipped right off my
finger...
Their eyes connect... she turns back inward...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 52.
85 CONTINUED: (3)
SISKO
If you don't help me, old man, they're
going to take you... because I don't
know any more arguments.
DAX
Then allow it to happen.
SISKO
I have an obligation to protect the
lives of those in my command. You
ought to know that. You taught it
to me.
DAX
That was Curzon.
SISKO
I'll stop trying to protect you the
minute you tell me Curzon was guilty
of these charges.
A beat. She looks at him...
DAX
I won't discuss it with you and I
won't discuss it in the witness chair.
As for Enina Tandro, yes, I feel the
shame for Curzon's indiscretions.
When one of my kind stumbles,
Benjamin... it's a mistake that's
there forever. I can't tell you
which part of Curzon Dax couldn't
stop himself from acting shamefully
with another man's wife. I can tell
you he did love her, for whatever
that's worth.
SISKO
Enough to kill her husband?
DAX
So you are starting to question.
SISKO
What else can I do?
DAX
Nothing, Benjamin. Nothing at all.
Off her inscrutable look...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 52A.
86 INT. QUARK'S
Everyone here before is here again. As Dax takes the witness
chair:
RENORA
Lieutenant Dax... You're either two
hundred years older than I am... or
you're about the same age as my great
granddaughter. At first I wondered
which of those you were. Now I'm
bothered by the likelihood that you're
both.
(bangs ball-gavel)
Let's finish, please. Commander?
Sisko rises -- moves forward.
SISKO
At what age did the host, Jadzia,
first want to be joined as a Trill?
DAX
I wanted it since I was a child. I
worked very hard for it.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/20/92 - ACT FIVE 53.
86 CONTINUED:
SISKO
The competition to become a Trill is
very strong, then, among potential
hosts.
DAX
Oh, yes. It's considered a great
honor.
SISKO
And how did young Jadzia finally
become a host candidate?
DAX
By winning scholarships... competing
against other young people. You're
tested in countless ways.
SISKO
Including psychological tests; to
determine the strength of character
of the prospective host. Is that
true?
DAX
Yes.
SISKO
And the young Jadzia excelled in
those tests of academics and
character... of psychological
stability.
DAX
(softly)
Yes.
87 CLOSER - SISKO & DAX
Despite the public forum here, this next moment is a strictly
personal one between them:
SISKO
If you can remember other things...
Remember that as well.
Dax not only smiles her gratitude for that reminder... she
also seems now to sit up just a bit straighter than before.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 54.
88 RESUME - SHOT
SISKO
What academic degrees do you hold,
Lieutenant?
DAX
I have Premier Distinctions in
exobiology, zoology, astrophysics
and exoarchaeology.
SISKO
How many of those degrees did you
earn before you were joined with the
symbiont Dax?
DAX
All of them.
SISKO
(to Renora)
All of them. As Jadzia; Alone. A
brilliant and independent young woman
who's done nothing in her life but
contribute to her society.
(turning to Renora)
Madame Arbiter, how can anyone justify
trying her for a crime allegedly
committed by another entity before
she was even born?
As Sisko moves back to his own seat, there is total silence
throughout the place -- until:
TANDRO
This will only take a minute.
Lieutenant... As a Trill candidate,
did Jadzia fully understand the
responsibilities to be assumed upon
becoming a Trill?
DAX
Yes.
TANDRO
Did you willingly accept those
responsibilities, and whatever
consequences they might entail?
DAX
Yes.
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 55.
88 CONTINUED:
TANDRO
And would that not obviously include
the consequences of criminal acts
committed by Curzon Dax?
ENINA'S VOICE (O.S.)
May I speak?
89 INCLUDING ODO & ENINA
Enina is moving slowly in from the entrance -- Odo alongside,
maybe a step behind, her.
90 ON TANDRO
He rises in surprise.
TANDRO
Mother?
91 ON DAX
Equally surprised -- and concerned -- she also, almost
involuntarily, rises.
92 FULL SHOT
RENORA
And you are?
ENINA
I am Enina Tandro... Widow of General
Ardelon Tandro.
(beat)
This hearing is unnecessary. The
accusations are... erroneous.
TANDRO
What are you talking about?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 56.
ENINA
(to Renora)
Madame Arbiter, Curzon Dax is accused
of having made a transmission to the
enemy that betrayed my husband. But
I know where Curzon was at the exact
time that transmission was made.
(beat)
He was in my bed... with me.
93 ON DAX
Anguished for Enina.
94 SISKO
Much relieved.
95 TANDRO
Thunderstruck. The strength leaving his legs, he slips slowly
back into his seat.
96 RENORA
RENORA
Mister Tandro, I think you'll want
to re-examine your extradition
request. Until then... this hearing
is adjourned.
And she punctuates that with a bang of her ball-gavel.
97 FAVORING QUARK
He shrugs -- the philosophical loser -- and punches out the
bad news on his calculator PADD -- as the Ferengi Waiter,
the Dabo Girl and Morn converge on him... obscuring him from
our further view, during:
QUARK
Calm yourselves; all bets'll be
paid... An orderly line, please...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 56A.
97A EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
98 INT. PROMENADE SECOND LEVEL - FAVORING DAX & ENINA
ENINA
You were kind to try and protect
me... someone you never even met...
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/20/92 - ACT FIVE 57.
DAX
There's much of Curzon that's still
a part of me. That still remembers
what you had together.
ENINA
(shakes her head)
But it was Curzon Dax who swore
himself to silence to preserve the
memory of General Tandro... Not
Jadzia.
DAX
I felt it was important to keep that
promise. The General's memory is
cherished by your people...
ENINA
(sad reflection)
And it will continue to be. No one
will ever know he was the one who
tried to betray us... and that the
rebels killed him for the favor.
(Beat)
As for you, I ask only one further
kindness...
DAX
Of course.
ENINA
Live, Jadzia Dax. Live a long, and
fresh and wonderful life.
Enina runs her palm gently down along Dax's cheek... Turns...
walks away. Dax watches her depart a beat... touches her
own hand to the cheek caressed by Enina...
98A INT. PROMENADE - LOWER LEVEL
Bashir at the door of the Infirmary, looks over and sees Dax
coming down the stairs... moves over to her...
99 CLOSE - DAX
BASHIR
Are you all right?
DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE 58.
99 CONTINUED:
DAX
(beat)
Yes. As a matter of fact, I think I
am.
(brightly)
Don't I recall your offering to escort
me safely home?
BASHIR
That was four days ago.
DAX
Was there a time limit?
BASHIR
(great happy grin)
Hardly.
He offers his arm, and they start off together. MUSIC SWELLS
from Quark's (O.S.) place. Business, and everything else,
as usual.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END