STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Move Along Home"
(fka "Sore Losers")
#40511-410
Story by
Michael Piller
Teleplay by
Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan Fauci
and
Michael Piller
Directed by
David Carson
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DECEMBER 7, 1992
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Move Along Home" 12/07/92 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Move Along Home"
CAST
BENJAMIN SISKO FALOW
KIRA NERYS FEMALE VOICE
ODO WADI CROWD
QUARK CHANDRA
BASHIR WADI PARTYGOERS
JADZIA DAX
JAKE
COMPUTER VOICE
LIEUTENANT PRIMMIN
Non-Speaking
WADI
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Move Along Home" - 12/07/92 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Move Along Home"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
OPS
QUARK'S
SECURITY OFFICE
SISKO'S QUARTERS
ALIEN LABYRINTH
CORRIDOR
SMALL CHAMBER
CHAMBER
WADI CORRIDOR
CAVERN
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Move Along Home" - 12/09/92 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Move Along Home"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
BAJOR BAY-jor
BAJORAN bah-JOR-an
CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en*
PRIMMIN PRIH-muhn
ALLAMARAINE ahl-uh-mar-AYNE
CHANDRA SHAN-dra
UNODDI oo-NAH-di
YUGADA you-GAH-duh
LAGUNDA lag-GUN-duh
WADI WAH-dee
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Move Along Home"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
2 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS
Sisko is adjusting a dress jacket... there is a sense of
anticipation, excitement in his eyes... Jake ENTERS...
JAKE
Dress uniform?
SISKO
I haven't worn this in almost three
years... I must've lost some weight...
it feels... kinda baggy...
He checks himself in the mirror... as Jake goes to the
replicator...
JAKE
Naw, it looks great... besides baggy
clothes are very fashionable on Bajor
right now...
(to the replicator)
Lemonade.
We hear the replicator work and Jakes returns with a lemonade.
Sisko glances at his son...
SISKO
Since when are you interested in
Bajoran fashions...
JAKE
You know, Dad, a lot of Bajoran girls
come up to the station with their
families...
SISKO
(reacts)
Since when are you interested in
Bajoran girls... ?
JAKE
(Give me a break)
Dad...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(not serious)
Wasn't it a few weeks ago that you
were playing with model starships?
JAKE
Try a few years ago...
SISKO
You and I have to have a talk, young
man... about women.
JAKE
(uncomfortable)
No, that's okay...
SISKO
I mean it. There are a few things
you've got to know...
JAKE
I already know them, Dad...
SISKO
Oh yeah? And who told you... ?
JAKE
(beat, shrug)
Nog...
SISKO
(reacts, worst possible
answer)
Nog. So all you know about women
you heard from the Ferengi boy...
JAKE
We were just talking...
SISKO
(sarcastic)
Swell.
(beat)
Listen, I don't have time now. But
I obviously have a lot of damage
control to do with you on this
subject. Let's set aside some time
tomorrow...
JAKE
(frowns)
Fine.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
Morning. First thing.
JAKE
Fine. What's going on anyway?
SISKO
A Vulcan ship made contact with a
new species called the Wadi in the
Gamma Quadrant three weeks ago.
We're expecting a delegation from
their planet...
JAKE
Rolling out the red carpet, huh... ?
SISKO
First contact is our most important
mission, Jake. It has to be handled
delicately...
(searching a little
too hard for relevance)
... you might say it's sorta like a
first date with a new girl... you
want to show a certain respect for...
As Jake rolls his eyes, Sisko is interrupted by a Com voice --
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Ops to Sisko --
SISKO
Go ahead.
3 INT. OPS
KIRA
The Wadi ship has just come through
the wormhole. We're sending them to
docking bay four...
SISKO'S COM VOICE
I'll meet you all there. Sisko out.
(exiting, to Jake)
Tomorrow morning.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - TEASER 4.
4 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
The Wadi ship at the docking ring.
5 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
On Bashir, Dax and Kira. Kira is in her standard uniform.
Dax has a dress jacket on. Bashir is in his normal uniform
and uncomfortable about it...
BASHIR
(to Dax)
I'm positive I packed my dress
uniform... I can't understand it...
DAX
You look fine, Julian. Relax.
BASHIR
I suppose they are aliens... they
won't know our protocol...
KIRA
(impatient)
It'll be fine.
SISKO (O.S.)
Where's your uniform, Doctor?
6 ANGLE
to reveal Sisko coming out of the Turbolift with purpose in
his step...
BASHIR
I can't seem to find it, sir... I'm
certain that I packed...
SISKO
(frowns)
Now, listen to me. This is no...
dress rehearsal, this is the real
thing. Our first formal reception
for a delegation from the Gamma
Quadrant. And I want things to go
right from this moment on. Clear?
(they acknowledge
silently)
Let's do it.
Kira moves to a panel, presses some buttons...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - TEASER 5.
7 ANGLE - BASHIR & DAX
Out of the corner of his mouth, whispering to her --
BASHIR
I'll have the clothier Garak make me
a new one by tonight...
DAX
I'm not sure it's appropriate to
have a Cardassian tailor make your
Starfleet uniform, Julian... maybe
the replicator...
The airlock door slides open and...
8 ANGLE REVEALING THE WADI
Six tall humanoids EMERGE from the hatchway. We're struck
by their appearance - eyes and faces embellished with markings
resembling hieroglyphs. Their costumes are simple and will
later be enhanced by various overgarments and accessories.
Their leader, FALOW, steps forward giving Sisko an appraising
stare. Forming a triangle with his hands, Falow touches his
forehead - obviously a Wadi form of greeting.
FALOW
I am Falow, Master Surchid of the
Wadi.
SISKO
Welcome in the name of Bajor and the
United Federation of Planets. I am
Commander Benjamin Sisko. On behalf
of the senior members of my staff...
(indicating)
... Major Kira, Lieutenant Dax and
Doctor Bashir...
FALOW
(interrupting)
Yes... yes... now where are the games?
SISKO
Games?
FALOW
We were told you have games.
An aide whispers in Falow's ear... Falow nods...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - TEASER 6.
8 CONTINUED:
FALOW
Quark's. Take us to Quark's.
Kira and Sisko exchange a glance... she shrugs...
KIRA
Right this way.
And they follow her as a vastly disappointed Sisko trails
with Dax...
SISKO
First contact isn't what it used to
be.
And as they EXIT...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 7.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode titles fall over opening scenes.)
9 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - FULL ON SCENE
Falow and his fellow Wadi surround the spinning dabo wheel.
They're merely observers at this point... animatedly
discussing the game amongst themselves. Much bustle
abounds... shouts of "Dabo!" from sundry low-lifes and high
rollers. As the Wadi size up the table, Kira and Bashir
accompany them while...
10 ANGLE AT BAR - QUARK
flanked by Sisko and Dax.
QUARK
Do they have money?
DAX
We don't know... we didn't ask...
SISKO
And that's not the point...
QUARK
It may not be your point, but it's
mine.
SISKO
Dammit, Quark, this is a new lifeform
from the Gamma Quadrant... I expect
you to treat them with...
QUARK
(interrupting)
Commander, I am a host. A host is
an ambassador of good will. The
more good will I can generate, the
longer they'll stay... the greater
my profits. I think you and I are
talking the same language here...
SISKO
Not quite.
QUARK
Allow me to put your concerns to
rest.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT ONE 8.
10 CONTINUED:
As he moves out from behind the bar...
11 ANGLE ON THE WADI
as Quark approaches Falow... puts his arm around him like an
old friend... Sisko and Dax move closer to observe...
QUARK
So, you fellows do a lot of gambling
where you come from?
Falow looks at the hand on his shoulder with an icy glance,
doesn't have to move a muscle to signal Quark to remove it
and he does...
FALOW
We like games.
QUARK
Doesn't everybody. Doesn't everybody.
You know those virgin territories in
the Gamma Quadrant are ripe for dabo
franchising... you and I might want
to talk about an investment
opportunity...
(Off Sisko's look)
... at some point.
Falow shows no interest, his eyes go back to the table...
QUARK
So, have you figured out the
essentials ofthe game yet?
FALOW
I believe we have.
QUARK
Well, give 'er a spin... one time on
the house...
He tosses a single coin to a random spot on the table with
the wheel already spinning... as it ends...
QUARK
Ah, two pinch showing... too bad.
Well, nothing ventured, nothing
gained, I always say... what would
you care to wager?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 9.
11 CONTINUED:
Falow studies him a beat, taps a finger on the back of
his hand as a signal to one of his aides... who arrives with
a small wooden box...
QUARK
Ah, what a handsome container...
there's an old Ferengi expression --
good things come in small packages...
But his smile falls as Falow opens it to reveal...
12 HIS POV - SOME CHOPPED UP STICKS
QUARK
Sticks?
13 RESUME
FALOW
Klon peags. Highly sought in our
culture. They have many different
uses.
QUARK
Ah. I'm sorry. I have enough sticks
right now.
Falow reacts, taps his hand again... an aide puts a small
cup in Quark's hand and pours from an alien thermos bottle a
red liquid... Quark looks at it... looks at Falow who motions,
go ahead and drink... so Quark does... scrunches his face at
the bitter taste...
QUARK
It's bitter. What is it?
FALOW
(smiles)
Alpha-currant nectar. Priceless.
Losing interest fast, Quark thrusts back the container.
QUARK
One man's priceless is another man's
worthless.
SISKO
Quark...
(Quark turns to the
tight voice, through
clenched teeth)
Take the juice.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 10.
13 CONTINUED:
Sisko gives him his best tough stare... a beat as they
look at each other then Quark turns back to Falow...
QUARK
Sorry, not interested.
Sisko reacts, this is about to turn into diplomatic
disaster... Falow's smile fades, disappointed, sighs (and
this is not a joke to him)...
FALOW
Then, we really have nothing to wager
except this...
And he takes a pouch from one of his aides, opens it and
pours out on a table an incredible fortune in diamond-like
gems...
14 ON QUARK'S REACTION
QUARK
(to a waiter)
Get these folks some drinks...
And as Sisko reacts...
15 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
as before indicating a passage of time.
16 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT
Much later... the place is empty but for the Wadi... the
dabo lady and another employee, waiting for these guys to
get tired... but they're still going at it...
WADI CROWD
(ad lib, rowdy)
Aba, gada, gada, anomi, aba aba...
Garundi... Aba... Aba...
Moving to find a bored-to-tears Sisko leaning against the
bar with Quark who watches with serious concern... Sisko is
munching on some peanut-like beans...
SISKO
McCoullough...
QUARK
McCoullough?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 11.
16 CONTINUED:
SISKO
Captain McCoullough... that's the
name I've been trying to remember
for the last six hours...
Off the sounds of Wadi excitement...
WADI CROWD
(ad lib, cheers)
Aba! Aba aba aba... Garundi...
Haloni... Yako... Kolada... Yako...
QUARK
Good Lord, they've won again...
SISKO
McCoullough's the one who wrote the
revised First Contact procedures for
Starfleet...
QUARK
(bored)
That right... ?
SISKO
I wish McCoullough were here right
now instead of me.
FEMALE VOICE
Dabo!
WADI CROWD
(ad lib, cheers)
Aba! Aba... Aba... Garundi... Dabo...
Garundi... Dabo...
QUARK
No, they couldn't have doubled
again...
Stretches, stands up straight... enough of this...
SISKO
Well, with all due respect to the
procedures and to McCoullough, I've
had it. This is as far as duty calls
me. Just keep 'em happy. If they
ever get tired of dabo, let me know.
Good night.
As Sisko EXITS, shaking his head...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 12.
16 CONTINUED: (2)
QUARK
What's good about it?
Quark moves to the table and Falow...
QUARK
Getting ready to call it a night... ?
FALOW
We've only just started.
QUARK
The girl's arm must be getting
tired... all that spinning...
FALOW
Replace her.
QUARK
Very well. Broik, take the wheel.
He looks to another Ferengi who moves behind the table and
the dabo lady moves away... Quark gives the Ferengi a discreet
nod...
17 ANGLE BEHIND DABO TABLE
as the Croupier's hand slides open a hidden panel... and
reaches inside...
18 ANGLE ON THE TABLE
as the wheel spins down... moving to Quark's face as the end
comes...
WADI CROWD
(disappointment, ad
lib)
Notam... Aga... Leadju... Noada...
QUARK
Ah, one pinch showing. An unfortunate
reversal.
19 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS
As Sisko ENTERS, Jake is working at his desk...
SISKO
What are you still doing up?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 13.
19 CONTINUED:
JAKE
Nog and I were setting up a reactive
ion impeller for school...
SISKO
He's older than you, Jake... he stays
up later, he probably does things...
things with girls for instance...
that you're not ready for...
JAKE
Come on, we were working on a school
project...
SISKO
You know what time you're supposed
to be in bed... and we never had any
problems with it... until Nog.
JAKE
Dad, I'm fourteen.
SISKO
I'm glad we agree on something. Go
to bed.
JAKE
Fine. So how'd it go?
As Sisko sits, about to remove his boots...
SISKO
(sarcastic)
Great. Just great. I've done nothing
for the past six hours but eat Ferengi
lokar beans and watch people play
childish games...
As Jake gives him a curious glance...
19A EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE
Time passage.
20 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - CLOSE ON A FERENGI HAND
in the grip of a Wadi hand... and as it moves out from behind
the dabo table, we pull back to see that the Ferengi pit
boss has been caught cheating by the Wadi...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 13A.
WADI CROWD
(hushed outrage, ad
lib)
Lakamba... Ferengi... Yurida...
Tabola... Tabola...
21 ANGLE ON QUARK
swallowing hard... the spit in his mouth turning to cotton.
QUARK
Broik, you disreputable swindler.
I've put up with your cheating for
the last time.
But Falow's no fool. The Wadi silently surround Quark.
Falow slides a stool up to Quark and commands...
FALOW
Sit.
QUARK
Why don't we just call it even and
no hard feelings. Or... or take
another spin on the house... or two...
or three... a free visit to a
holosuite... do you know what a
holosuite is... do you have sex on
your world?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT ONE 14.
21 CONTINUED:
His words are greeted with a heavy silence. Falow taps
his hand and one of the Wadi passes him a rectangular metallic
case... Quark is sweating...
QUARK
Look, take it all back, all the
gemstones and I'll throw in a case
of Andolian brandy to make your trip
home a little more enjoyable...
FALOW
You like our gemstones? You will
have the opportunity to win more...
a lot more.
QUARK
I will?
FALOW
In a new game. An honest game.
22 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Falow opens the case and a flash of light obliterates the
room. When it clears the dabo table has been replaced by a
strange alien game board... there's a central start point
from which a winding maze serpentines downward toward the
end triangle. There are twelve shaps (levels). Within the
board, there are short cuts between shaps, allowing players
to move more rapidly to the end. Falow begins to put a
variety of strange symbolic pieces (think hotels in Monopoly)
at various intervals, elaborately "setting up" the board...
there is also an electronic component to the board with
switches and blinkies...
23 ANGLE ON QUARK
reacting to the game.
QUARK
Very unusual. I don't think I know
this game. What's it called?
FALOW
Chula.
QUARK
What are the rules?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 15.
23 CONTINUED:
No one answers. Falow holds four oddly shaped onyx
figurines in his hand.
FALOW
These are your players.
(a beat)
We'll start them on the second shap.
There's a flurry of excitement amongst the Wadi. They get
out their klon peags and begin side wagers... exchanging
sticks...
WADI CROWD
(ad lib, betting)
Second shap... Aga... Aga... Aga...
Latuno... Ferengi... Nadu... Nadu...
Chula... Nadu... Chula...
The stakes are high. They make bets on the outcome as Falow
sets up the board. (NOTE: Some will bet with Quark and others
against.)
QUARK
(trying to comprehend)
Second shap? Can't we start at the
beginning?
FALOW
Only children enter at the first
shap.
24 CLOSE ON THE GAME BOARD
Falow places the four figurines on the second purple triangle.
(NOTE: The pieces move from this starting point down to the
finish, on the outermost edge)
25 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS - CLOSE ON SISKO
in bed, sound asleep. He, stirs, shifts positions, turning
onto his side and...
26 INT. ALIEN LABYRINTH - CLOSE ON SISKO
... he rolls onto a hard stone floor, waking up, fully dressed
in standard uniform. WIDEN as Sisko stands, struggling to
orient himself.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT ONE 15A.
26 CONTINUED:
He's in an alien corridor with high stone walls and a floor
made of massive triangular tiles marked with purple runic
symbols. Every several yards is a door... Several open
archways and connecting corridors can be seen along the
perimeter of the room. Occasionally, there is an archway
that reveals the depth and breadth of the continuing
labyrinth... like looking across a courtyard in a New Orleans
hotel... CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal the solitary figure of
Sisko.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 16.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
27 INT. LABYRINTH - CONTINUOUS
Confused, Sisko hits his combadge.
SISKO
Sisko to Ops...
(a beat)
Sisko to Security...
No response.
SISKO
Computer, freeze program.
(a beat)
End program. Exit.
Nothing changes. Sisko tries to make some sense of his
surroundings. He has a tricorder and uses it... but it
reveals nothing. He runs his hand over the colored markings
on the wall, there's something vaguely familiar about them.
Moves down the corridor... examines the first door marked,
as each door is, with a specific symbol. There is some sort
of electric padd and he tries pressing it. Nothing happens.
He tries the door. It won't budge. He moves quickly down
the corridor and tries the same futile exercise on the next
door. And crosses to do it again on a door on the opposite
side. His rage and pace building with each new failure.
And he goes to a fourth door and because we expect it to
fail, it's a shock when it sharply opens to reveal Falow.
SISKO
You.
FALOW
Shap two. Move along. Move along
home.
SISKO
What is this place? Where have you
brought me?
FALOW
Move along home.
The door slides sharply shut.
SISKO
Falow!
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 17.
27 CONTINUED:
Sisko tries the padd on the door and it doesn't open this
time... Sisko bangs his fist hard on the door... it doesn't
budge... he turns around... begins to move down the corridor.
A beat later, he reacts as he hears a chilling yell echo
through the labyrinth.
BASHIR'S VOICE
HAAAAAAH...
Sisko takes off as the yell of panic continues...
28 NEW CORRIDOR
As Sisko ENTERS to see Bashir pressed against the wall yelling
in panic... he hasn't seen Sisko yet...
SISKO
Doctor!
BASHIR
HAAAH...
(stops short as he
sees Sisko)
Oh. Oh. Thank God. I thought. I
was having. A nightmare. I couldn't.
Wake up.
Running footsteps echo toward them... they react as Kira and
Dax ENTER...
KIRA
You too?
DAX
What was all that yelling?
BASHIR
(embarrassed)
Haven't you ever tried to wake
yourself up from a bad dream?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 18.
28 CONTINUED:
SISKO
This isn't a dream. We're guests of
the Wadi.
KIRA
What do they want?
SISKO
I don't know yet. I just had a
strange run-in with Falow. He said
something about "Moving along home."
DAX
Home... ?
BASHIR
Perhaps we're being given some sort
of behavioral test... like a
laboratory rodent that has to work
its way out of a maze...
KIRA
Behavioral test... now wait a
minute...
DAX
(reassuring)
There doesn't seem to be an immediate
threat, Major...
And this is not panic, just frustration --
KIRA
I'm sure all you Starfleet explorers
find this fascinating... but I'm a
Bajoran administrator... this is not
what I signed up for...
(yelling out to the
courtyard to no one
in particular)
I do not belong here.
The words echo, going nowhere. Kira frowns, angry.
SISKO
I don't find this fascinating either,
Major. And I suggest we take Falow's
advice and find our way home.
DAX
Are the combadges still working?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 19.
28 CONTINUED: (2)
They press to check them and the chirping tells them they
are.
DAX
As long as we can maintain contact,
it should be reasonably safe to split
up and see if any of us can find a
way out of here.
SISKO
Agreed. Use your tricorders for
proximity checks every two minutes.
(humor to ease tension)
And if all else fails, just yell
again, Doctor... we'll find you.
And he gives Bashir a dry look... and Bashir grins at his
own expense...
29 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
30 INT. SECURITY OFFICE
Odo's busy at the monitors. Jake ENTERS, obviously disturbed.
ODO
(extremely formal)
Mister Sisko, how can I help you?
JAKE
Do you know where my Dad's gone ?
ODO
You can't find him?
JAKE
(shakes his head, no)
Last night, he was making a big deal
about us having a talk this morning.
But when I woke up he was gone.
ODO
Did you check his office?
JAKE
The computer says he's not on the
station.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 20.
30 CONTINUED:
Odo reacts, curious but doesn't want to alarm the boy.
ODO
(trying to be
reassuring)
Why don't you go on to school while
I track him down.
JAKE
School's closed while Mrs. O'Brien's
back on earth... Nog and I were going
over to Airlock Three and watch the
Bajoran transport passengers come on
board...
ODO
You mean, to look at the girls.
JAKE
No... we were just...
ODO
Go on. When I find out where your
father went, I'll let you know.
JAKE
Thanks, Odo.
Jake leaves and Odo turns to the computer.
ODO
Computer, confirm Commander Sisko is
not on the station.
COMPUTER VOICE
Confirmed.
ODO
What time did he log out?
COMPUTER VOICE
That information is not on file.
ODO
(reacts)
What ship did he leave on?
COMPUTER VOICE
That information is not on file.
Off Odo's concerned look...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 21.
31 INT. OPS
Odo ENTERS on the Turbolift... reacts as he sees no senior
officers... LIEUTENANT PRIMMIN, a Starfleet security officer,
is at O'Brien's station, casual, kicking back... might be
reading something personal on a PADD, looks up at Odo
arriving, with a vaguely patronizing humor --
PRIMMIN
(stretching out the
name)
Con-sta-ble... O... Doh. Good morning
to you.
ODO
Where's Major Kira?
PRIMMIN
Didn't report for duty on time this
morning... none of the senior officers
did...
ODO
(stern)
And you don't find that odd?
PRIMMIN
(grins)
Well, I heard that Wadi party went
on all night...
ODO
How long have you been a security
officer, Lieutenant?
PRIMMIN
Six years. Why?
ODO
Lost many Commanders?
PRIMMIN
Lost?
ODO
Because you've lost one now.
(Primmin stands,
shocked)
Sisko's off the station. Missing.
(indicating the round
table)
All of the senior officers may be
missing.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 22.
31 CONTINUED:
ODO
I want a sweep of this station...
and if the others are missing too, I
want to know the last time anybody
saw them... I'm going to contact all
ships that have departed since last
night... understood... ?
PRIMMIN
Yes, Constable.
ODO
And don't call me Constable! I'm
Chief of Security.
PRIMMIN
Yes... sir.
32 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT
The Wadi exchange sticks and make rapid verbal noises as
their betting continues...
WADI CROWD
(ad lib, betting)
Latuno... Aga... Belada... Lapra...
Delado... Delado... Delado... Ferengi
delado...
Falow completes the elaborate set-up of the board and hands
Quark three pyramidic dice. Quark scrutinizes the runic
cyphers that cover the sides and the colored stones at each
corner in a futile effort to make some sense of it all...
(the symbolic representations of the game pieces should also
appear on various sides of the dice.)
FALOW
Last wagers. The board is ready.
QUARK
It is?
FALOW
How much do you wish to risk on the
second shap?
QUARK
Uh... is there a minimum bet?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 22A.
32 CONTINUED:
The Wadi groan and look at each other... already sticks are
exchanged... no courage in this player...
WADI CROWD
(ad lib)
Ferengi Latuno... Aga... Aga...
Latuno...
Quark reacts to the reactions trying to make some sense of
it all... Falow looks at Quark with contempt, takes two
gemstones from the small pile in front of Quark and puts it
on the board...
FALOW
Roll.
The Wadi go silent, but crack their sticks together in an
exciting percussion to the event...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 23.
32 CONTINUED: (2)
QUARK
Roll! Roll? But you haven't even
told me the rules yet!
FALOW
You are required to learn them as
you play. Roll.
Quark looks around... the peag noise grows in intensity...
finally, he rolls the dice... one lands with the yellow stone
up, the other two show blue. Falow moves the pieces eighteen
spaces forward to a triangle marked with a yellow hieroglyph.
FALOW
Chula!
Excited chatter as the Wadi exchange peags to pay off their
side bets.
WADI CROWD
(ad lib)
Chula... Chula... Chula... Aga...
Aga... Chandra... Aga... Chandra...
QUARK
Did I win?
FALOW
Hardly. Your pieces will meet the
Chandra.
QUARK
The Chandra? What does that mean?
Is it good or bad?
The Wadi laugh at him and continue betting.
FALOW
(shrugs)
Neither. Both.
QUARK
I don't understand.
FALOW
Ah, but there is the key. Some will
never understand... others will
consider it mere...
(beat)
... child's play.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT TWO 23A.
32 CONTINUED: (3)
As Quark reacts, Falow ENTERS a sequence into the electronic
component of the game board... the blinkies shift colors to
an orange glow...
33 INT. LABYRINTH CORRIDOR
Sisko moving along another stretch of corridor... trying a
door when he passes it... reacts as he hears the voice of a
little girl singing...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 24.
33 CONTINUED:
CHANDRA (O.S.)
(singing)
Allamaraine count to four.
Allamaraine then three more.
Allamaraine if you can see.
Allamaraine you'll come with me.
She repeats it as needed... Sisko hits his combadge...
SISKO
This is Sisko... I've found
something...
He moves to the sound and it is behind a door... as the others
arrive running one by one, he hits the panel on the door...
the door opens to reveal --
34 INT. SMALL CHAMBER
with a door on the other side... the little Wadi GIRL sings
her song as she plays an alien sort of hopscotch on Wadi
symbols built into the floor... she pays no attention to
Sisko and the others...
CHANDRA
(chanting)
Allamaraine count to four.
Allamaraine then three more.
Allamaraine if you can see.
Allamaraine you'll come with me.
Dax approaches her gently...
DAX
Hello.
But the girl keeps on chanting... ignores her...
DAX
Can you tell us where we are?
(the girl continues
to ignore her)
Is there a way to leave?
More chanting...
BASHIR
Do you think we're supposed to do
something?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 25.
34 CONTINUED:
KIRA
This is the first door that's opened
for us... I want to know where it
goes...
35 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
But as Kira moves past the girl toward the back door, she is
popped back by a stinging forcefield right in the middle of
the path of the hopscotch design... she reacts to the pain...
meanwhile, the girl goes back and forth through the
forcefield, chanting... (NOTE: The forcefield does not appear
at all when the little girl moves across the path.)
BASHIR
Are you all right?
KIRA
I'll be okay...
DAX
(with tricorder)
Some kind of ionic field...
SISKO
(re: the girl)
She's going right through it.
BASHIR
(observing, an idea)
The panels on the floor... she steps
on certain panels and that must allow
her to get through the field...
DAX
(makes sense)
"If you can see, you'll come with
me... "
BASHIR
Here, watch...
He gets behind her and follows behind her, tracing her steps
exactly...
CHANDRA
Allamaraine count to four.
Allamaraine then three more.
Allamaraine if you can see.
Allamaraine you'll come with me.
But as he hits the spot... the forcefield nails him and he
bounces back... she goes through untouched...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 26.
35 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
But I did everything she did.
A long beat. Dax is the one who has the breakthrough...
DAX
No, Julian, you didn't.
BASHIR
I followed her footsteps exactly.
DAX
But you didn't say the rhyme.
They exchange looks and this time Dax braves it... she moves
forward, steps behind Chandra, chanting...
CHANDRA & DAX
(in unison)
Allamaraine count to four.
Allamaraine then three more.
Allamaraine if you can see.
Allamaraine you'll come with me.
And the forcefield is nowhere to be seen... Chandra smiles...
DAX
Come on! Just say the rhyme.
Sisko leads the others... as they match what Dax just did...
SISKO, BASHIR, KIRA
(in unison)
Allamaraine count to four.
Allamaraine then three more.
Allamaraine if you can see.
Allamaraine you'll come with me.
And they're through. Chandra leads them to the door and as
they exit, they find themselves in another corridor just
like the last one... as they react...
CHANDRA
Third shap.
And she steps backwards and a door closes in front of her.
As our people react...
36 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT
Close on the game light as it turns yellow.
FALOW
Allamaraine!
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT TWO 27.
36 CONTINUED:
The Wadi go wild - three of them cheer while the rest
throw down their betting sticks in disgust.
WADI CROWD
(ad lib, reactions)
Allamaraine... Third shap... Ferengi
lagunda... Aga... Aga... Ferengi
Lagunda... Aga... Third shap...
Quark continues to be completely befuddled. But then Falow
pushes a nice little pile of gemstones in front of him as
payoff.
QUARK
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
On his dumb smile...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
37 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
38 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT
The Wadi continue their ad lib side betting as before...
pause and watch as --
FALOW
Choose their path.
QUARK
Path?
FALOW
Short or long.
Quark looks at the gameboard. The four pieces can either
take a shortcut or take a longer route...
QUARK
What's the difference?
FALOW
The short path will double the peril
to your four players but it will
also double your winnings.
QUARK
(a snap)
Double my winnings? Well in that
case...
FALOW
Choose carefully. If none of your
players get home you lose everything
you've won.
QUARK
(not so easy)
Hmmm... I see why you find this game
so interesting.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 28A.
38 CONTINUED:
FALOW
(evenly)
Do you?
Odo ENTERS, comes over...
QUARK
Say, you know I might have room for
another gaming table or two on the
second floor... perhaps we could
negotiate a licensing agree--
ODO
Quark...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 29.
38 CONTINUED: (2)
QUARK
I'm busy...
ODO
(frowns)
Yes. I can see. When was the last
time you saw Sisko?
QUARK
(impatient)
Last night when he went home to bed.
ODO
Did he say anything to you... about
leaving the station?
QUARK
Not a thing...
Falow catches Quark's eye. It's time for action.
FALOW
Choose their path.
QUARK
Yes. Really, Odo... you'll have
to...
ODO
He's missing... and so are Kira, Dax
and Bashir... four officers have
just disappeared... you're sure you
have no idea...
QUARK
Why would I know anything about...
(beat)
Four? Did you say... "four" officers
are missing?
ODO
Yes.
Quark tries to dismiss the possibility but looks at Fallow...
and then...
39 HIS POV - THE FOUR GAME PIECES
FALOW (O.S.)
Double their peril. Double your
winnings.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 30.
40 BACK TO QUARK
as the realization hits him like a sledgehammer. He stares
at Falow... the stakes apparent now. Falow returns his look,
knowingly.
41 ANGLE ON ODO
taking note of the interchange. Looks at the four game
pieces.
42 WIDEN TO INCLUDE ALL THE PLAYERS
FALOW
(to Odo)
Bet or leave.
Quark realizes he's in over his head... rising to go...
QUARK
Odo, how about taking my place?
He feels Falow's firm hand on his shoulder.
FALOW
(sotto voce)
Choose their path.
QUARK
I'll... take the safer path.
The Wadi groan... sticks are exchanged... Odo measures all
that is going on...
FALOW
Roll.
The Wadi clink their peags again as Quark rolls...
43 INT. LABYRINTH
Sisko, Dax, Kira and Bashir moving down the corridor,
occasionally trying doors...
KIRA
Rhymes and riddles and mazes... what's
the logic behind all this... what do
they want from us...
BASHIR
"Move along home"... that's what the
man told the Commander...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT THREE 31.
43 CONTINUED:
DAX
(realizing)
A game...
(off reactions)
Home is often the destination... in
a game.
KIRA
The Wadi do love games...
DAX
Think of it... we've been given
directions, clues, obstacles to
overcome...
SISKO
(real unhappy)
Pawns.
The realization is greeted by sounds of cheerful laughter
just ahead... they react, move forward quickly...
44 ROUNDING A BEND
they arrive at an open door... inside a party seems to be
going on... they enter...
45 INT. CHAMBER
It's like a cocktail party out of Alice in Wonderland...
nine Wadi (including the same group from the bar). The walls
have several small vents out of which come puffs of smoke...
the Wadi occasionally move over to inhale this smoke in a
weirdly alien social ritual... each of them drink from glasses
with a bubbling orange liquid that might be akin to champagne.
The room buzzes with unintelligible chatter and laughter as
our people wander in... the door immediately shuts behind
them.
WADI PARTYGOERS
(ad lib, chatter)
Abami... Yugada... Tri... Tri...
Tri... Unoddi... Ha... Ha... Ha...
Unoddi... Yugada... Abami...
KIRA
(raised voice)
Excuse me... excuse me...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 31A.
45 CONTINUED:
Nobody pays her any attention...
KIRA
(to herself)
This has gone far enough.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT THREE 32.
45 CONTINUED: (2)
She moves to a table with Hors d'oeuvres, picks up a
platter and smashes it on the table... a few people look
over and laugh...
KIRA
Will somebody please tell me what is
going on around here... why are you
doing this to us?
More laughter.
KIRA
What's wrong with you people?
Even more laughter.
46 ANGLE - BASHIR
near one laughing woman...
BASHIR
(dry)
Madame, this is no laughing matter.
A waiter passes with a tray of glasses filled with the orange
liquid offering it to Bashir...
BASHIR
What is it...
The waiter doesn't respond... Bashir reaches out and picks
it up...
SISKO
Don't drink or eat anything...
BASHIR
Maybe this is the Wadi's way of
providing nourishment...
SISKO
Or maybe it's drugged... or
poisoned...
Sisko coughs as the smoke gets thicker... reacts as he hears
Falow's laugh booming across the room... moves toward him
with a purpose...
47 ANGLE - FALOW
also wearing a mask is laughing with another Wadi as Sisko
arrives...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 33.
47 CONTINUED:
SISKO
Falow...
Falow turns, as a waiter appears with a tray of drinks.
FALOW
Drink?
Sisko sweeps the glasses off the tray with a sweep of his
arm.
SISKO
We're not playing any more.
He coughs again. Falow raises an eyebrow, takes a beat...
FALOW
Move along. Move along home.
SISKO
You brought us here. You take us
home...
His body is racked with coughing... his chest burns... he
goes to his knees...
48 ANGLE - DAX AND BASHIR
are also collapsing with coughing... as they go to their
knees, Wadi around them cheer them on loudly with smiling
laughing faces...
WADI PARTYGOERS
(ad lib, cheers)
Gadi... Gadi... Menengu... Bala...
Bala... Gadi... Gadi... Menengu...
Gadi...
DAX
The smoke...
BASHIR
Not... bothering them...
49 ANOTHER ANGLE - KIRA
also collapsing... to the gleeful crowd...
KIRA
You're hurting us... can't you see
that...
They just yell Wadi nonsense at her...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT THREE 34.
50 BASHIR
and his throat is on fire... face sweating and hot... he
looks up at
51 THE LAUGHING WADI
around him... all of them are holding glasses... some are
drinking from them... a waiter holds another tray of
glasses...
52 RESUME BASHIR
as he lunges up and grabs a glass off the waiter's tray...
gulps it down... he immediately stops coughing... feels
better... moves quickly to Dax and Kira with more glasses...
BASHIR
Drink... it's an antidote...
As the women drink...
53 ANGLE - SISKO
still coughing on the ground, sees what Bashir has done,
gets to feet and grabs the drink out of Falow's hand and
gulps it down... Falow smiles and the aliens applaud as Wadi
applaud... with a palm slapping the back of the other hand...
54 RESUME BASHIR, KIRA AND DAX
recovering...
KIRA
How did you know?
BASHIR
Scientific method. I took a guess.
It didn't seem like I had much to
lose.
55 SISKO AND FALOW (OPTICAL)
as the back door opens... Sisko reacts...
FALOW
(cordial, to Sisko)
Shap four.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT THREE 35.
55 CONTINUED:
And in a flash, all the Wadi and the party trimmings and
the smoke is gone... and the chamber is empty... they EXIT...
back to --
56 INT. LABYRINTH
as they react, the door shuts behind them...
57 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - ON THE GAME BOARD
The game light turns yellow.
FALOW
Allamaraine.
Instant huge reactions from the Wadi... sticks exchanged...
another, larger pile of jewels are pushed toward Quark...
who reacts with pleasure... but we move to Odo who has
observed and is not at all pleased... as he EXITS...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 36.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
58 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
59 INT. OPS (OPTICAL)
Odo and Primmin study monitors...
ODO
Wouldn't your scans pick up human
life signs on their ship?
PRIMMIN
Usually... but we've never run into
Wadi technology before...
ODO
(reacts to something
he sees)
Isolate that energy flux on their
second deck...
Primmin presses some panels...
PRIMMIN
Some kind of intense bi-polar
current...
ODO
What would cause something like that?
Primmin shakes his head, never seen anything like that...
PRIMMIN
Got me. Only thing we've got that
would put out that type of current
would be a Transporter... but a
Transporter burst would only last
for a few seconds...
ODO
I think we better go take a look...
PRIMMIN
Now, hold on, Odo... you can't just
go storming onto their ship without
their permission...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 37.
59 CONTINUED:
ODO
Oh, is that Starfleet policy?
PRIMMIN
That's right.
ODO
Well, I'm not in Starfleet.
Moving to the transporter pad...
ODO
Set the coordinates to midway down
the second deck corridor...
Primmin hesitates, not sure if this is the right thing to
do...
ODO
Is it against Starfleet rules to
press a few buttons?
Primmin sighs, enters the information.
PRIMMIN
Energizing.
Odo DEMATERIALIZES.
60 INT. WADI CORRIDOR
Darkly lit... Odo moves to a door, uses a tricorder to check
the flux readings... this is it... he examines the door
control padd... tries it tentatively... ready for anything
on the other side of the door... it opens... a blinding light
emanates from inside... Odo moves out of the direct light
behind the wall, tries to adjust his eyes, takes a breath
rolls around and bursts into the room --
61 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - ECU ON ODO
As he reacts and we REVEAL that Odo is standing in the middle
of the bar (Quark doesn't notice his arrival). Odo looks
around confused and surprised... Falow turns and makes knowing
eye contact with him with the slightest arch of his eyebrow.
The Wadi betting is continuing ad lib...
62 NEW ANGLE
as Falow turns back to Quark...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR 38.
62 CONTINUED:
FALOW
Choose their path.
ODO
No. This game is finished. Right
now.
FALOW
Stop the game. Lose your players.
QUARK
Odo, just stay out of this.
ODO
Quark..
QUARK
I'm doing fine. They're doing fine.
FALOW
Choose their path. Double their
peril. Double your winnings.
Quark hesitates just slightly...
ODO
Quark!
QUARK
Fine. Fine. The safer path.
Ad lib disappointed reactions from the Wadi... more sticks
are exchanged...
FALOW
Roll.
The Wadi clink their sticks together as Quark rolls again...
all three of the dice come up with the same symbol -- the
one we will learn represents Bashir. The Wadi gasp...
FALOW
An unfortunate roll.
63 INT. LABYRINTH
BASHIR
Isn't it a matter of simply figuring
out how to win this game...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 39.
63 CONTINUED:
KIRA
(sarcastic)
"Simply"...
DAX
I'm not sure we have any other
choice...
BASHIR
Seriously, we've gone from the second
shap to the third shap to the fourth
shap already...
KIRA
What's a shap?
BASHIR
I have no idea... but we do seem to
be making progress, whatever they
are...
KIRA
We're playing for our lives, Doctor...
and I don't think you're taking this
very seriously...
BASHIR
Quite the contrary, Major, I find
the stakes to be highly motivating...
In the distance, the sound of a weird energy disturbance...
Sisko holds up his hands to silence Bashir and Kira... they
listen... Dax reads her tricorder...
DAX
I'm reading high magnetic field
variations... intense flux patterns...
It's getting louder... she looks up...
DAX
It's coming toward us...
As it gets louder... Sisko leads a retreat... they try the
doors, nothing opens...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 40.
63 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
Find cover if you can...
They turn a corner trying to escape...
64 ANGLE - NEW LABYRINTH CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)
as they continue... to search for any escape... suddenly
behind them, an ominous swirling energy field appears... it
brightly illuminates their faces... the swirling noise is
deafening...
INTERCUT:
65 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - CLOSE ON FALOW
the percussion of the cracking peags as loud as the wind...
moving to his hand as it reaches slowly to the four figures
and pauses a fraction of a beat above them...
66 SISKO, DAX, BASHIR, KIRA (OPTICAL)
The energy field -- zooming by them.
67 THE FOUR PLAYERS
on the board, peags cracking louder, as Falow's hand goes to
the one that matched the symbol on the dice and picks it
up...
68 BASHIR (OPTICAL)
as the energy field moves quickly to envelop him...
BASHIR
Help meeee...
And before the others can get to him, Bashir disappears into
the swirl which moves through the corridor and disappears
around the corner... the sound of it moving further away...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FOUR 41.
69 ANGLE
the three others run down the corridor...
70 THE LABYRINTH - THEIR POV
the energy swirl and Bashir are gone...
SISKO
(outraged)
FALOW... !
And as the echo rolls around the empty corridors... it bleeds
over to the next shot...
71 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT - ON FALOW'S HAND
placing the Bashir player in a holding area (think "jail")...
moving to his face as he calmly says...
FALOW
Next move.
ODO
What happened to that one? Why is
it there?
Falow ignores Odo... to Quark --
FALOW
Next move. Choose their path.
Inserting himself in Falow's eyeline...
ODO
Listen to me... I want that player
back.
FALOW
(calm)
If you would care to play the game
when he's done, it can be arranged.
(to Quark)
Choose their path. Double their
peril. Double your winnings.
QUARK
Give me the shortcut.
The Wadi bettors erupt with ad lib glee...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FOUR 42.
71 CONTINUED:
ODO
The shortcut...
QUARK
It's the right thing to do...
ODO
Are you crazy...
FALOW
Double the stakes...
He pushes a tall load of gems in front of Quark...
ODO
Wait...
Quark grabs his hand as Odo reaches out to push the gems
away...
QUARK
I know what I'm doing... I've spent
my life figuring the odds of all
sorts of games... now, I'm just
learning this one, that's true but I
know this is the right move...
ODO
The right move to make you rich...
QUARK
More than that... look at the board...
the shortcut skips a whole level...
I've learned there's a risk with
every roll of the dice... this way,
they can advance all the way home
with just one roll...
Odo looks at him uncertain...
QUARK
Trust a gambler.
A beat, Odo accedes...
FALOW
Roll.
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/07/92 - ACT FOUR 43.
71 CONTINUED: (2)
The peag sticks start up again... Quark picks up the
dice... he stands for this one... holds the dice in front of
Odo's face...
ODO
What... ?
QUARK
Blow on them...
ODO
Would you please just...
QUARK
Blow on them.
A beat. Odo blows on the dice... Quark smiles, rolls the
dice... they come up three different colors... Fallow moves
the game pieces several steps to a red triangle near the end
of the board... the Wadi react with hushed tones this time...
FALOW
Thialo.
WADI CROWD
(ad lib)
Thialo... aga... aga... allamaraine...
nolo... Ferengi nolo... thialo...
QUARK
What... what does it mean?
FALOW
Sacrifice one so that two may live.
And on Quark and Odo's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 44.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
72 INT. QUARK'S - GAMING TABLE
Odo pushes his way up to Falow and confronts him.
ODO
You can't ask him to do that...
FALOW
If you do not sacrifice one, all
three will be lost...
QUARK
I can't... please...
FALOW
Which player?
QUARK
(looking at the pieces)
I don't even know which one is
which...
FALOW
Select one to be sacrificed or else
this game is...
QUARK
Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine.
His hand goes to the three remaining game pieces... he starts
to choose one, then stops another... no another... finally
he breaks down, weeping...
QUARK
I can't do it. I beg of you. A
terrible mistake has been made.
This is all a misunderstanding.
Please.
He gets down on his knees, sobbing in a pathetic Ferengi
display... embracing Falow's legs...
QUARK
I've learned my lesson. I will never
cheat again. I will never cheat
again. Please. Just don't make me
do this. Anything but this. Please.
Please. Please.
The Wadi are stunned by this display... they've never ever
seen anything so pitiful...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 45.
72 CONTINUED:
FALOW
(sighs)
Very well.
Quark's sobs end promptly, he looks up at Falow...
QUARK
I don't have to sacrifice one of
them?
FALOW
No. You don't.
(beat, pressing panels)
We will program the game to choose
one at random...
QUARK
But...
FALOW
Final wagers. Last move.
Odo reacts, helpless, as Falow finishes entering a sequence
on the electronic PADD... and the blinkies turn to orange...
73 INT. LABYRINTH
Kira, Dax and Sisko turn another corner into another
corridor... looking exhausted and worn...
KIRA
We should have eaten something at
the party when we had the chance...
BASHIR'S VOICE
(echoing)
Commander Sisko...
Reactions...
SISKO
(calling out)
Doctor... ?
BASHIR'S VOICE
Over here. Hurry.
The echoes are confusing...
KIRA
Where's it coming from?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 46.
73 CONTINUED:
SISKO
Spread out.
They move quickly in different directions...
BASHIR'S VOICE
I can see it! I've found the way
home!
74 ANGLE WITH DAX
as she discovers an open door leading into a cave...
DAX
Here! An open door...
BASHIR'S VOICE
(from inside)
Come on, Dax...
She moves inside...
75 INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS
Dark, but there's a light source at the far end... and in
the distance a silhouetted figure stands waving his arms for
her to come...
BASHIR'S VOICE
Hurry up... !
DAX
Julian, are you all right?
But as she takes another step toward him... suddenly there
is a huge quake... ground swells knock Dax down... she falls
a few feet off camera as...
75A ANGLE - SISKO AND DAX
Appear at the door...
SISKO
Dax!
They rush in to help her... the door slams shut behind them...
the shaking subsides...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 46A.
76 CLOSE ON DAX
covered with dust, a scrape here or there... a rock is on
her leg...
DAX
My leg...
They roll the rock away...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/10/92 - ACT FIVE 47.
76 CONTINUED:
Sisko examines her leg with a tricorder...
KIRA
Don't move...
SISKO
Nothing's broken...
BASHIR (O.S.)
What's taking you so long? We're
almost out of here. Can't you see
it?
77 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Sisko stands to look at the silhouette... they can see the
light is coming from another door -- through it a distant
image of Quark, Odo, Falow et al in Quark's at the game
board...
SISKO
Doctor, we need some help, Dax is
hurt...
But as the silhouette takes a step forward into a shaft of
light, he reveals himself to be Falow... speaking with
Bashir's voice --
FALOW
Thialo. Move along home. Shap Six.
He disappears as Sisko takes a few steps forward... a deep
rumbling from all around them... the ground heaves again...
dust falls from the ceiling...
78 CLOSER
Kira takes readings with her tricorder...
KIRA
I'm reading a tectonic shift of two
ground masses... we're directly above
a fault line... the cavern wall
structure has been significantly
weakened by the stress... it's not
going to hold much longer...
SISKO
(to Dax)
Try putting some weight on it...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 48.
78 CONTINUED:
She stands up... it hurts but she can walk with a little
help from Sisko and Kira who balance her between their
shoulders...
SISKO
Come on... let's get out of here...
The shaking subsides as they move a ways along the rough
terrain... but they react as they reach...
79 WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)
A deep crevice with a "bottomless" pit... the jump across is
just far enough to be risky but possible for someone with a
running start... someone with full physical capacity that
is... Dax sits as Sisko takes a rock and tosses it into the
blackness... several beats later it clinks far below... the
earth shakes again with a minor quake...
80 CLOSER
DAX
I'll never make it across...
SISKO
There's got to be a way around this...
DAX
Benjamin, you and Kira can make that
jump...
KIRA
We're not leaving you here...
DAX
This cavern's going to collapse and
kill all of us if you don't get out
now...
(to Sisko)
Seven lives is more than enough for
a Trill. You haven't even finished
one.
SISKO
(a warm moment)
Now, how could I live out that life
knowing I left you behind, old man...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 49.
80 CONTINUED:
DAX
(chastising)
Don't let sentiment get in the way
of...
SISKO & DAX
(in unison)
... command decisions.
SISKO
(smiles)
Yeah, I've heard that one somewhere...
DAX
(stubborn)
If you were hurt, I'd leave you
behind.
SISKO
(smiles even broader)
Then I'm glad I'm not the one who's
hurt.
(beat, helping Dax up)
Major, you go across... Dax and I'll
find a way around...
But as they move into the mouth of the cave, Kira just grabs
the other shoulder and begins to help Dax too... moving with
them --
80A INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS
SISKO
Major, I gave you a direct order.
KIRA
Court-martial me.
SISKO
(already lost cause)
I can't... you're not in Starfleet...
DAX
If I were your superior officer, I'd
court-martial both of you...
And they move deeper into the cave, the rumbling starts
again...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/08/92 - ACT FIVE 50.
81 INT. CAVERN
As they emerge from the cave, they are forced to traverse a
narrow ledge along the crevice... Sisko and Kira help Dax as
best they can... the cavern shakes seriously... they press
themselves against the flat wall and try not to fall as the
shaking continues... when it subsides, they move again...
making slow progress...
82 CLOSE ON DAX
moving carefully. She loses her footing and has to struggle
to hang on...
83 THE GROUP
moves ahead, picking up momentum... Dax is in more pain...
SISKO
Only a few meters more...
But now, the worst quake of all... and they press themselves
against the wall but the violent shakes throw them to the
ground.
84 KIRA
nearly goes over... but Sisko scrambles to hold on to her...
the shaking won't stop... rocks are falling from the ceiling
now...
85 ANGLE - CLOSE ON SISKO AND KIRA (OPTICAL)
Kira is hanging over the side... with only Sisko's strong
grip keeping her from falling...
SISKO
(yelling)
Hang on!
But it looks like the whole thing is collapsing around them
now. From behind them --
DAX
Benjamin!
He turns his head to see...
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/09/92 - ACT FIVE 51.
86 ROCKS
tumbling down the walls... a landslide... and it all happens
fast now --
87 SISKO (OPTICAL)
draws on incredible strength to try to get to his feet pulling
Kira with him...
88 DAX
starts crawling those last few yards but...
89 WIDE
the landslide reaches them with a roar, sweeping them off
their feet and into the bottomless pit...
90 OMITTED
91 INT. QUARK'S - THE GAME BOARD (OPTICAL)
As everyone stares in amazement, there's a blue flash, and...
Sisko, Dax, Bashir, Kira all MATERIALIZE. Kira, Dax, Sisko
react both to their arrival and the return of Bashir.
QUARK
They made it! I won! I had full
confidence in you, Commander... there
was never a moments doubt that you
would prevail in this outrageous...
He starts to pull the pile of gems toward him... Fallow takes
his arm... stops him...
FALOW
No. I'm afraid all your players
were lost...
And he pats his hand and a Wadi scoops up all of the jewels
into the sack to Quark's chagrin...
KIRA
You mean we were never in any real
danger?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE 52.
91 CONTINUED:
Falow reacts with amused surprise at her statement...
shrugs... after all --
FALOW
It's only a game.
He presses a panel on the edge of the game, an OPTICAL
FLASH... and he closes the flash into his carrying case.
The dabo table REAPPEARS. He signals to the other Wadi to
depart...
FALOW
Time to move along home.
He smiles, bows but as they EXIT, Sisko blocks his path...
SISKO
(angry)
Not so fast. This may all have been
a game to you... but we take first
contact with a new species very
seriously... and I don't appreciate...
ODO
(interrupting)
Excuse me, Commander... before you
blame them you might want to ask
Quark just how all this started... ?
SISKO
(reacts, to Quark)
Quark... ?
QUARK
I wish I could explain it... they
just had a run of bad luck and they
blamed me for their losses and...
ODO
That's not what you said when you
were groveling on the floor...
QUARK
Oh, that's right, you were here for
the groveling...
ODO
You said something about cheating,
didn't you?
DEEP SPACE: "Move Along Home" REV. 12/11/92 - ACT FIVE 53.
91 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
Cheating?
QUARK
I would have said anything to end
the ordeal. It was too much for me
to bear. You have no idea the
pressure I was under, Commander...
BASHIR
You were under...
Sisko's obviously had the wind taken out of his sails...
FALOW
If you'll excuse us... perhaps
someday... a rematch.
They EXIT.
QUARK
You know...
(thinking)
This game could work here... it really
could... excuse me...
Rushing out the door... calling ahead...
QUARK
Falow... Mister Falow... a word with
you, sir...
On reactions...
92 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
The Wadi ship still docked...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END