STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Crossover"
(fka "Detour")
#40512-443
Story by
Peter Allan Fields
Teleplay by
Michael Piller
Directed by
David Livingston
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STAR TREK: DS9 - "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Crossover"
CAST
SISKO WORF
O'BRIEN GARAK
ODO KLINGON #1
QUARK HUMAN
BASHIR
DAX
KIRA
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. KLINGONS
N.D. VULCAN
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Crossover"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
AIRLOCK
AIRLOCK CORRIDOR RUNABOUT
COMMANDER'S OFFICE
CORRIDOR WORMHOLE
JEFFERIES TUBE/JUNCTION
KIRA'S QUARTERS (GUEST)
KIRA II'S QUARTERS
OPS
ORE PROCESSING
PROMENADE
QUARK'S
RUNABOUT
STAR TREK: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Crossover"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
BAJOR BAY-jor
BAJORAN buh-JOR-an
BOLDARIC bowl-DAHR-ihk
CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en
DRAGMA DRAHG-muh
DRATHAN DRA-thun
FOWLA FOW-lu
GARAK GAIR-uck
GORAHKPUR GORE-ahk-pour
GOWAN (go on)
ISAM HELEWA EE-sahm HEHL-uh-wah
JEROM jeh-rahm
JUMJA JUM-juh
LATINUM LAT-ih-num
LIG lihg
NERYS nar-EES
TEROK NOR TAIR-awk nor
TARRAN TEHR-rahn
TOR JOLAN TOHR joh-LAHN
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Crossover"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT
Establishing. Traveling at warp.
BASHIR (V.O.)
Medical log, Stardate 47879.2. Major
Kira and I have completed installation
of the hospital facility at New Bajor --
the first Bajoran colony in the Gamma
Quadrant -- and are on our way home.
2 INT. RUNABOUT
KIRA as pilot, BASHIR next to her. Kira closes her eyes
with fatigue, sighs...
KIRA
Could you take it for a while...
BASHIR
Sure.
(beat)
Mind if I put on a little music...
KIRA
Actually, I do... I was hoping to
meditate for a few minutes...
BASHIR
Of course.
(beat)
I didn't know you meditate.
KIRA
Every day.
A beat as she recloses her eyes, gets relaxed.
BASHIR
I had the opportunity to study
meditation with Isam Helewa when I
was in college.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
Remarkable fellow... he sort of took
me under his wing... I can't tell
you how much I learned from him...
the man was a master at rhythmic
breathing...
She bristles...
KIRA
You'll have to give me a few tips
some time...
BASHIR
Gladly.
(beat, not wanting to
be rude)
And I'd be very interested in any
Bajoran meditation techniques you'd
like to show me...
KIRA
We... just usually like to sit...
quietly...
After a beat Bashir starts to breathe in what sounds like a
pant... after a beat she opens her eyes looks at him...
KIRA
What are you doing?
BASHIR
Bellows breath. Thirty quick breaths
followed by one long intake of air
through the nose and hold. Increases
the energy flow... here, it's quite
simple...
KIRA
(no hopes for
meditation)
How about some music...
BASHIR
(reacts "already?"
then shrugs, "sure")
What's your pleasure?
KIRA
I'm afraid my musical knowledge is
limited to Bajoran composers...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
Computer, play us something by Tor
Jolan.
String quartet kind of stuff... very traditional...
KIRA
You know Tor's work?
BASHIR
I've made it a point to listen to
Bajoran music since I arrived.
KIRA
(impressed)
Really.
BASHIR
Tor strikes me as the best of the
lot, wouldn't you say?... Slightly
derivative of the Boldaric masters
of the last century but pleasantly
diverting.
Kira bites her tongue... Bashir leans back and enjoys the
moment.
BASHIR
This is nice. I'm glad we're finally
doing this.
KIRA
What...
BASHIR
Talking to one another... finding
common interests... burying the
hatchet...
KIRA
(not comprehending)
Hatchet...
BASHIR
A human expression... it means we're
finally putting our old conflicts
behind us...
KIRA
To make way for brand new ones...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 4.
2 CONTINUED: (3)
BASHIR
(thinks she's joking,
laughs)
Right.
Beat...
BASHIR
You know, Nerys... may I call you
Nerys... ?
KIRA
(tight)
Sure.
BASHIR
Even when we weren't getting along,
I always thought you were... one of
the most interesting women I'd ever
met.
Kira reacts... was that a hit?
BASHIR
I'm very serious.
KIRA
Thank you. Doctor.
BASHIR
Julian. Go on. Say it. Julian.
KIRA
Julian.
BASHIR
It was hard for Chief O'Brien to say
too... we had a few problems
ourselves, you know... now we're
like this...
He sticks two fingers up together...
KIRA
(reading sensors)
One minute to the wormhole. Stand
by to drop to impulse.
BASHIR
Would you like to have dinner
sometime...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 5.
2 CONTINUED: (4)
KIRA
I think you'd better stick with Dax...
BASHIR
(confused)
I'm sorry... ?
(beat, realizes)
Oh, you thought that I was trying
to... no, no it wasn't meant to...
KIRA
(humiliated)
... my mistake.
BASHIR
(an additional thought)
... although, if I thought you'd
be...
KIRA
... forget it...
BASHIR
...right.
KIRA
Take us out of warp.
Bashir reacts to some problem on the console, presses some
panels...
KIRA
What's wrong?
BASHIR
The warp field's not fully
collapsed... I'm showing a plasma
injector leak...
KIRA
(checking)
The injector controllers are locked.
I'm trying to compensate...
3 EXT. SPACE - WORMHOLE (OPTICAL)
As it opens for the Runabout.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 5A.
4 INT. RUNABOUT - WITHIN WORMHOLE (OPTICAL)
A white optical flash sweeps across them. They're being
tossed around like a leaf in a storm, but Kira and Bashir
stay in their seats.
BASHIR
What was that?
She has no idea...
KIRA
Initiating emergency stabilization
control.
After a moment, the ride smooths out. They look at each
other.
BASHIR
Are you all right?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 6.
4 CONTINUED:
KIRA
A little dizzy.
BASHIR
Me too. I guess we're lucky to be
in one piece.
5 EXT. SPACE - WORMHOLE AND RUNABOUT
As the Runabout emerges from the wormhole.
6 INT. RUNABOUT
KIRA
We'd better get O'Brien to take a
look at the...
(beat, reacts in major
confusion)
... what the hell... ?
7 ANGLE - THROUGH THE WINDOW (OPTICAL)
Empty space.
BASHIR
Where's the station? What happened
to the station?
Kira is working the panels furiously... reacts as she finds...
KIRA
(looking at controls)
I've got it on long range sensors...
It's orbiting ... Bajor... ?
BASHIR
(reading sensors)
Major... vessel approaching on an
intercept course dead ahead!
7AA EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
as a Klingon Bird of Prey is moving toward the Runabout.
7A INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
A moment later, behind them -- two KLINGONS in full battle
array beam aboard, weapons at the ready.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 6A.
7A CONTINUED:
Bashir rises, goes for the weapons locker but it's too late,
one Klingon aims his disruptor, freezing him in his tracks,
as the other points a disruptor at Kira... then gasps as he
sees her... drops his weapon and looks at her aghast... the
other Klingon reacts as he sees her as well...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 7.
7A CONTINUED: (2)
KLINGON #1
I'm sorry, Ma'am. We were not
informed you had left the station.
KIRA
What is this? Who are you?
KLINGON #1
We were on standard patrol when your
vessel seemed to appear out of
nowhere. If you will allow us to
withdraw, we will escort you back to
the station.
Kira confused, simply nods. They hit arm panels and
DEMATERIALIZE...
8 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
In orbit of Bajor.
9 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
As the door opens, the same two Klingons who are conferring
heatedly with a third man -- whom we don't fully see yet.
KLINGON #1
That's impossible... I was as close
to her as I am to you... she cannot
be an imposter...
GARAK
But she is.
As Bashir and Kira ENTER from the ship, they all draw weapons
and the third Klingon turns into view revealing himself as
GARAK...
KIRA
(reacting to the
weapons)
What is going on here...
BASHIR
Garak... ?
Garak reacts curiously to Bashir's recognition...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - TEASER 8.
9 CONTINUED:
GARAK
Yes. My name is Garak...
KIRA II (O.S.)
The question is...
Moving to reveal the SECOND KIRA arriving...
KIRA II
... who are you?
10 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as the two Kiras stand facing one another.
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 9.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)
11 INT. AIRLOCK (OPTICAL)
As before. Kira glances with confusion at Bashir... Kira II
studies her counterpart with deep interest during the
following...
BASHIR
This... may seem like an odd
question... but could you tell us
where we are?
WORF
This is the Terok Nor station, center
of authority for the Bajoran sector...
BASHIR
Center of authority... ? Whose
authority?
WORF
The Alliance, of course.
Off their reactions... calm, already suspecting the truth...
KIRA II
You have no idea what we're talking
about, do you...
KIRA
Listen, something is very wrong
here... I think we must've taken a
wrong turn in the wormhole...
WORF
Wormhole... ?
KIRA
The wormhole to the Gamma...
(stops)
This is very difficult to explain...
I think the best thing would be for
us just to get back on our ship and...
KIRA II
No, I don't think so.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 10.
11 CONTINUED:
She signals to Worf and he and the other Klingons grab
Bashir and Kira...
BASHIR
Now, wait a minute...
WORF
Do not use that tone of voice with
me, Terran...
BASHIR
"Terran"... ?
KIRA II
If you are whom I suspect you are...
I'm afraid I can't take the risk of
letting you go...
As they move to exit...
KIRA II
(to Worf, re: Bashir)
Take that one downstairs. Put him
to work. Tell the supervisor to
keep an eye on him. He won't know
the rules.
Worf roughly escorts Bashir away with one of the two Klingons.
12 INT. PROMENADE (OPTICAL)
As they exit the airlock... and Kira reacts as they see a
different Promenade... dominated by uniformed Bajorans,
Klingons and Cardassians... there are humans and a few
scattered Vulcans but there is no suggestion of Starfleet...
these humans are mine workers and common laborers... dirty,
pathetic victims of oppression... they have their own
ghetto area of the Promenade like the Bajorans used to...
although they move back and forth to airlocks and turbolifts
as they do their work...
GARAK (O.S.)
(calling to Kira II)
Intendant...
She looks to the voice and we reveal GARAK coming, another
Klingon deputy holding a wretched and frightened HUMAN MAN
in his custody... Garak pauses as he blinks at the sight of
the two Kiras... There is a tension between Kira II and
Garak... they don't like each other...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 11.
12 CONTINUED:
Bajorans and Cardassians do not get along even in this
universe...
KIRA II
(impatient)
What is it you need, Garak...
GARAK
This Terran was caught trying to
stow away on one of the freighters
leaving the station...
Kira studies the man with regret...
KIRA II
What is your designation.
HUMAN
Zero-four-one-three-Theta.
KIRA II
Theta.
HUMAN
Yes, Ma'am.
KIRA II
You've worked so hard to earn your
Theta designation and to earn our
trust... why do you throw it away
like this?
The human hangs his head in shame.
KIRA II
(to Garak)
Reassign him to Lambda. Send him
to the mines...
GARAK
The mines. But he should die for
this. We should make an example of
him...
KIRA II
You've made a career out of making
examples, Garak... I think you enjoy
it too much.
She begins to move off with Kira and the other Klingon
escort... Garak pursues...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 12.
12 CONTINUED: (2)
GARAK
He could not have gotten on board
that ship without some help. This
is the third incident in a month.
At least allow me to interrogate
him...
KIRA II
Fine. Interrogate him, but if he
dies during your interrogation...
you'll be my example. Is that
clear?
GARAK
Very, Intendant.
As they move off, Kira reacts to the encounter with wonder...
13 INT. ORE PROCESSING
A dark and dreary room... human laborers process the dirty
ore... Worf escorts Bashir in... reacts as he approaches
O'BRIEN, who is kneeling beside ODO, showing him a problem in
the systems... two armed Bajoran Guards watch over the
workers...
O'BRIEN
... if you don't upgrade the thorium
containment cells (TECH), there's
gonna be an accident and I'm not
gonna be responsible for the
consequences...
WORF
An extra worker for you...
Odo looks up...
WORF
(continuing)
A Terran who doesn't know the rules.
ODO
(rising, low key)
Well, we'll see to it that he learns
them.
Nods to Worf, who EXITS. At this point, Bashir knows he's
Alice in Wonderland and he'll try to deal with it in the
best humor possible. O'Brien moves away, working with a
tool to patch up some broken equipment.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 12A.
13 CONTINUED:
ODO
("cordial" throughout)
What's your designation.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 13.
13 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
(with slight attitude)
Bashir. Julian.
ODO
Is that a joke?
BASHIR
I don't know. Is it?
Odo slaps him hard.
ODO
No joking. That's my Rule of
Obedience, number fourteen.
Bashir almost responds to the attack... but the Guards
anticipate and move a step forward and he holds himself
back... Odo studies him evenly...
ODO
Now what's your designation...
BASHIR
I don't have a designation...
ODO
I don't have a designation, sir.
BASHIR
Another Rule of Obedience?
Odo slaps him again.
ODO
I don't have a designation, sir.
BASHIR
I don't have a designation, sir.
By this time, the workers have reacted to this little
confrontation and have stopped their work to look up... we
notice O'Brien studying Bashir...
ODO
Now why is that?
BASHIR
I don't know. I don't know what I'm
doing here, frankly.
ODO
You're here to process ore. Have
you ever done that before?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 14.
13 CONTINUED: (3)
BASHIR
No, actually I haven't.
ODO
Have you worked in the mines?
BASHIR
No.
ODO
Well, what have you done?
BASHIR
I've been practicing medicine.
Odo slaps him again. Each time Bashir gets closer to
attacking him... but in a way, he knows that's exactly what
this Odo wants... so he holds back...
ODO
Did you forget the Rule of Obedience,
Number fourteen?
BASHIR
It wasn't a joke. I'm a doctor.
ODO
A Terran doctor.
Odo looks at him evenly... doesn't buy any of this "doctor"
story...
ODO
You and I are going to have an
interesting time together. Doctor.
He grabs Bashir and pushes him down into the ore workline...
ODO
Be sure to scrub before you operate.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 15.
13 CONTINUED: (4)
Odo glances at the others who immediately go back to work...
Bashir gets himself up, glances over and exchanges a look
with O'Brien who is curious about him for a moment then goes
back to work...
14 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)
Kira's office. As they ENTER, the Klingon is dismissed by
Kira at the door... out in Ops, Cardassians and Bajorans
work side by side (Klingons are mostly for security)... Kira
II moves behind the desk...
KIRA II
Sit down.
Kira does. Kira II studies her... smiles, shakes her head.
KIRA II
You are... me... aren't you.
KIRA
I am Kira Nerys...
KIRA II
(nods)
That makes two of us.
A beat.
KIRA II
Where you come from, things are very
much like this, aren't they... there
is a station. A Bajor. Cardassians.
Terrans. Klingons.
KIRA
(acknowledges)
The players are all the same. They
just seem to be performing different
parts.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 16.
14 CONTINUED:
KIRA II
You didn't seem to recognize the
"Alliance"...
KIRA
No.
KIRA II
Perhaps you'd recognize the name
"Kirk"...
KIRA
I'm sorry, I don't.
KIRA II
Interesting. On my side, Kirk is
one the most famous names in our
history.
(off her reaction)
Almost a century ago, a Terran
starship Captain named James Kirk
accidentally exchanged places with
his counterpart from your side due
to a transporter accident. Our
Terrans were barbarians then, but
their Empire was strong. While your
Kirk was on this side, he met a Vulcan
named Spock and somehow had a profound
influence on him. Afterwards, Spock
rose to commander in chief of the
Empire by preaching reforms,
disarmament, peace. It was a
remarkable turnabout for his people.
Unfortunately for them, when Spock
had completed all these reforms, his
empire was no longer in any position
to defend itself against us.
KIRA
Us?
KIRA II
The Alliance. The historic coming
together of the Klingons and
Cardassians.
KIRA
And Bajor is part of this Alliance?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 17.
14 CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA II
We'd been under Terran occupation
for years. When we were freed, we
petitioned for entry and were
accepted. We've become quite an
influential power within the Alliance
now...
(Kira listens,
astonished, a beat)
Is it at all similiar on your side?
KIRA
No. My Bajor is not so fortunate.
KIRA II
I'd be very interested in hearing
more about it...
KIRA
I can't stay here. You must see
that...
KIRA II
Well, that's part of the problem...
I don't know how to send you back...
but more than that, there is a
protocol I'm supposed to follow...
KIRA
I'm not sure what you mean...
KIRA II
After the first crossover, we were
afraid that others might come to
interfere in our affairs. It was
decided long ago that if it ever
happened again, we would promptly
kill anyone who appeared from your
side.
KIRA
I see.
KIRA II
Unlike my first officer, Mister Garak,
I have no taste for violence. I
regret using it even when it seems
necessary.
KIRA
I know exactly what you mean.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 18.
14 CONTINUED: (3)
KIRA II
(beat, studying her)
You do, don't you.
KIRA
(survival strategy)
I know you don't want to kill me.
And that you're searching for a good
reason not to.
KIRA II
Got any ideas?
KIRA
(beat, mind racing)
My side needs what you have.
(off her curious
reaction)
A strong Bajor. If you knew the
struggles I've been through to rebuild
our world...
(beat)
Who's to say you won't influence us
this time?
KIRA II
Me?
KIRA
Our side once changed your course of
history... maybe this time your side
will change mine. Maybe I can learn
from you what I need to lead Bajor...
if I can find a way to get back...
Kira II considers this... Kira has touched her in the right
place... she smiles...
KIRA II
That I should have such an impact on
a place I have never even seen...
(beat)
It appeals to me.
She nods to her counterpart -- you'll live.
KIRA II
But I will have to kill your friend...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT ONE 19.
14 CONTINUED: (4)
Kira thinks quickly how to keep Bashir alive, what argument
would appeal to her if the decision were hers...
KIRA
No. Don't. If you knew him... he
is an arrogant Terran who has lived
a privileged life on my side. Now,
he can see how the other half lives.
You could influence his kind more
than anyone.
KIRA II
(beat, considering)
No, it's too dangerous. The Klingons
and the Cardassians would never be
satisfied.
KIRA
Are you the leader of this sector or
not... ?
Kira II smiles at her...
KIRA II
You know how to manipulate me.
KIRA
I know how I'd feel in your place.
I wouldn't give a damn what the
Cardassians or Klingons wanted.
KIRA II
You're right. I don't.
She laughs. Moves to the door. A Cardassian moves quickly
to take her orders...
KIRA II
Find this attractive young woman
some quarters.
He nods, prepares to escort Kira away...
KIRA II
I'll call for you later.
On Kira's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 20.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
15 INT. ORE PROCESSING
As before. O'Brien is not there. Bashir is quite dirty now
as the work continues... Odo checks over an inventory on a
PADD. Bashir is exhausted, turns to the worker next to him...
BASHIR
Do they ever feed you in this
universe?
The worker glances at him and moves away from him... Bashir
sighs, continues to work, looks up to see Kira ENTER... behind
her several paces a Klingon guard follows, keeping an eye on
her... she signals with her eyes to Bashir not to do anything
yet... she looks around, dismayed by the environment... Odo
moves over to greet her...
ODO
The Intendant informed me that you'd
be inspecting the facilities... if
there is anything I can explain...
KIRA
No, I've worked in ore processing
myself...
Odo does a take, then decides she must be joking -- Bajorans
don't work in ore processing -- he tries to laugh; it doesn't
quite work...
KIRA
Is my Terran friend behaving himself?
ODO
They all behave themselves when I'm
in charge.
KIRA
Good. Good. Do you mind if I speak
with him.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 15.
15 CONTINUED:
And without waiting for a reply, she moves to Bashir...
Odo starts to object, stops himself, unhappy with all the
disruption of his efficient operation...
16 ANGLE - WITH BASHIR & KIRA
SOTTO:
KIRA
Are you all right?
BASHIR
I'm learning a new trade. Do you
have any idea what's happened?
KIRA
Did you ever hear of a Starfleet
Captain named James Kirk...
BASHIR
(immediately
understanding)
Kirk. Of course, the transporter
accident... we read about it at the
Academy... that's where we are?
KIRA
That's where we are.
BASHIR
Is there another me here?
KIRA
Not on the station. And I haven't
found Dax or Sisko...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 22.
16 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
O'Brien's been down here tinkering
with the machines...
(getting an idea)
Major, if Kirk got here using a
transporter, maybe we can get back
the same way...
KIRA
I don't know anything about
transporters, do you?
BASHIR
No one knows more about transporters
than Chief O'Brien.
KIRA
Our Chief O'Brien... who knows about
theirs... ?
BASHIR
It's worth a shot.
KIRA
Talk to him. I'll see if I can find
anyone else who might be willing to
help.
She prepares to leave... nods to Odo who acknowledges... as
she leaves, he glares at Bashir.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 23.
17 INT. QUARK'S
Kira ENTERS followed a beat later by her Klingon guard... a
very quiet day in the bar -- about ten people are there...
seven Bajorans, two Cardassians and one Human dabo girl.
Several look up and notice her... obviously the word is out
about her origins... QUARK focuses on her as she moves down
the bar... moves to meet her at the bar...
QUARK
You certainly are the splitting image
of the Intendant... just as they
said...
KIRA
Hello, Quark.
QUARK
(reacts)
You know my name.
KIRA
You run the bar on my side too.
QUARK
Really. I hope I'm doing decent
business. Got to be better than
here. The Alliance taxes are killing
me. What can I get you...
(getting an idea)
The Intendant likes a hot jumja tea
this time of day.
KIRA
Well, I'm not her.
(pause)
But that does sound good.
QUARK
Coming up.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 24.
17 CONTINUED:
He fixes a drink as he speaks.
QUARK
So, are we close friends on your
side?
KIRA
(beat)
Yeah. As a matter of fact we are.
On my side, Quark does me a lot of
favors...
QUARK
Favors?
KIRA
(testing the waters,
careful)
The Quark I know... well, he just
seems to have the ability to get
things done... when no one else can.
Know what I mean?
She smiles, almost laughs...
KIRA
(continuing)
Sometimes he can even get things
done behind the backs of the security
people...
Quark glances at the Klingon guard behind her...
QUARK
What kind of favors do you ask him
for...
KIRA
Oh, all sorts of favors... getting
me things I need...
QUARK
Such as... ?
KIRA
Well, for instance, a transporter...
for a few hours...
Quark has played this game long enough... he moves around
the bar to put his back to the security man...
QUARK
Didn't I hear somewhere that a
transporter was involved in the first
crossover?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 25.
17 CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA
That's right.
QUARK
(pointed)
Do you have a way back to your side,
Major?
(she looks at him
evenly, unsure who
to trust)
Under the right circumstances, I
might be willing to help you get
access to a transporter.
KIRA
Look, Quark, I don't have a strip of
gold-pressed latinum to offer so don't
even think about it.
QUARK
Gold-pressed what?
KIRA
(does a take)
What is it you want...
QUARK
The ability to send others across...
to your side...
KIRA
Others... what others...
QUARK
That's not important...
KIRA
I can't open a revolving door to...
Suddenly there is a hush in the bar and they turn to see...
18 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Garak ENTERING with several Klingon guards... they move
straight across the room to Quark...
GARAK
Quark.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 26.
18 CONTINUED:
QUARK
(with some fear)
Mister Garak, what can I get you
today? Drinks are always on the
house for you...
He moves behind the bar...
GARAK
You'll have to come with us.
QUARK
Is there a problem?
GARAK
Yes. A slight problem. You've
been helping Terrans escape from
the station.
QUARK
Me? I'm a simple barkeep... and a
coward... I assure you I don't stick
my neck out for anyone...
GARAK
That's not what the Terran we caught
this morning told us during his
interrogation...
Quark is reaching behind the bar casually...
QUARK
This is a misunderstanding... I
assure...
He suddenly pulls out a phaser rifle but Garak is too quick
for him, knocks the rifle up in the air as it discharges
harmlessly... Quark is already running for the door... but
the Klingons easily grab him (no stunt)... and drag him away,
squealing. Garak frowns, grunts to a customer at the bar...
GARAK
I'll miss him. He always let me
win at dabo.
Meanwhile, a group of humans are entering who are different
than the rest... these have a certain swagger to them, clearly
they are bonded and in fact they are a band of mercenaries...
and their leader is the man who ENTERS last: SISKO, wearing
a beard and moustache.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 27.
18 CONTINUED: (2)
Kira, who has been pushed well off to the side and away
from the bar during the altercation, reacts. Sisko doesn't
see her. The mercenaries move to the bar...
SISKO
Bartender!
GARAK
We just arrested him.
Garak EXITS...
SISKO
(to barflies)
Arrested. What a damned shame.
With a swashbuckling kick, he jumps over the bar to take the
place of the bartender. Smiles.
SISKO
Who wants a drink on the house?
The patrons surge forward to the bar. Kira reacts.
19 INT. ORE PROCESSING
Odo is not there. There's a break in the work and the workers
are eating with their hands off of metal plates... Bashir
moves furtively over to O'Brien...
BASHIR
Miles O'Brien.
O'Brien glances at him, then back at his food.
BASHIR
I know you... on my side.
O'BRIEN
(hardly interested)
Yeah?
BASHIR
We're best friends actually.
O'BRIEN
You and me?
BASHIR
That's right.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 27A.
19 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
What am I -- some kind of doctor
too?
He laughs at himself...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 28.
19 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
No, you're the chief of operations
of this station.
O'BRIEN
Me? Gowan.
BASHIR
It's true.
O'BRIEN
(trying it on for
size)
Chief of operations.
BASHIR
You look like you know your way around
machines...
O'BRIEN
I know a few things... hey, what
else is he like? This chief of
operations.
BASHIR
He's married, has a five-year-old
daughter... he's one of the most
decent men I know... we've fought
our way out of a few scrapes
together... I admire him a great
deal.
O'Brien grunts a sad laugh -- there's nothing in him to
admire...
O'BRIEN
Sounds like he got the lucky draw
between me and him.
BASHIR
You ever do any work with
transporters?
O'BRIEN
Me? Yeah, some. Why?
BASHIR
The Chief O'Brien I know is an expert
in transporter technology.
O'BRIEN
I don't know if I'd call myself an
expert but I know as much as any
Terran...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 29.
19 CONTINUED: (3)
BASHIR
I hope that'll be enough...
O'BRIEN
Enough for what?
BASHIR
We think a transporter may be the
way to get back to our side...
O'Brien looks at him...
O'BRIEN
What. You been filling me up with
this stuff just to get me to help
you, is that it... ?
BASHIR
No, everything I told you is the
truth...
O'BRIEN
(overlapping)
Look, I don't know you. I'm not
your friend...
Moving away, loudly repeating --
O'BRIEN
I'm not your friend.
Odo returns in time to hear this and see O'Brien separate
himself from Bashir.
ODO
Meal break is over.
The men go back to work...
ODO
(continuing, to O'Brien)
You're wanted in the bar.
O'BRIEN
If I don't finish down here...
ODO
You're wanted in the bar by Mister
Sisko.
O'Brien sighs, shakes his head, EXITS.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 30.
20 INT. QUARK'S
As before. The customers at the bar have thinned out around
Sisko and he sees through the bodies to Kira... he smiles...
he moves around the bar and approaches her... there's a devil-
may-care attitude about him, but it covers deeper insecurity --
as much as he pretends to be master of his own fate -- he is
not.
SISKO
(laughs, incredulously,
to his crew)
Look at this... do you believe it?
(to Kira)
She called me back from the Fowla
System just to see you...
He puts his arm under her chin like he's inspecting the
merchandise... she swats it away... the men laugh... he
smiles...
SISKO
You not only look like her... you
have the same temper...
KIRA
(curious)
You and your friends don't seem like
the other Terrans I've seen here...
SISKO
The Intendant has honored me with a
ship and a crew... and I honor her
by collecting duties... of a sort...
from vessels who pass in this
direction...
KIRA
And why do you deserve special
treatment?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 31.
20 CONTINUED:
SISKO
I suppose it's because I amuse her...
and she's not easily amused.
(beat)
Although, you seem to amuse her too.
O'Brien arrives...
O'BRIEN
You wanted to see me, Mister Sisko?
SISKO
(affectionate, but
patronizing)
Hello, Smiley, how are you?
O'BRIEN
(not amused)
It's Miles, Mister Sisko.
SISKO
I don't like "Miles" -- that's why I
named you "Smiley." They treating
you okay, Smiley?
O'BRIEN
(impatient)
Just fine. What do you need?
SISKO
You don't like me, do you, Smiley... ?
O'BRIEN
(beat, measured)
Not really, Mister Sisko.
SISKO
(laughs)
And you're not afraid to show it,
are you... ? I guess that's why I
like you so much. My impulse driver
coil isn't operational. Take care
of it.
O'BRIEN
I've got a serious problem down in
ore processing that's gotta be fixed
or it'll...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT TWO 32.
20 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
(offhanded, but firm)
I don't care what you have in ore
processing, Smiley. Fix my engine.
O'Brien, a beaten man, acknowledges and slinks away....
KIRA II'S COM VOICE
Kira to Sisko.
SISKO
Go ahead.
KIRA II'S COM VOICE
I'd like to... discuss your recent
mission. Would you please
report to my quarters?
Sisko allows his devilish cover to break a little at this
summoning... he's on her string and doesn't like it a bit...
he tries to maintain his dignity as he EXITS...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 33.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
21 OMITTED
22 INT. KIRA II'S QUARTERS
The door opens and Kira ENTERS... the Klingon guard posts
herself outside...
KIRA II (O.S.)
There she is...
As Kira moves deeper inside, we reveal a Vulcan servant
pouring milk into a bath... as another gently scrubs Kira
II's shoulders with a sponge. Sisko sits in a nearby chair
with his crossed feet up on a table... bored, glancing at a
PADD...
KIRA II
(continuing)
Have you met my friend Benjamin Sisko,
my dear...
Kira acknowledges.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 34.
22 CONTINUED:
KIRA II
Tell us -- is there another one of
him on your side... ?
KIRA
Yes, there is...
KIRA II
(teasing)
Is he as loyal and true as mine?
And this is humiliating for Sisko, he buries it by attempting
indifference as he reads his PADD...
KIRA
He's a good man.
KIRA II
I'm sorry he didn't come with you.
Now, wouldn't that have been
something, Benjamin -- two of you by
my side.
Sisko's had enough of this... he rises to exit...
SISKO
I need to check on my ship.
KIRA II
Benjamin...
(he pauses at the
door)
Did I hurt your feelings?
He smiles his most charming phoney smile...
SISKO
I never had any to hurt,
Intendant.
And EXITS.
KIRA II
Now what is this I hear about you
wanting a transporter?
She gets out of the bath with the help of the servants, one
of whom puts a robe on her. Kira reacts to the pointed
question... her mind races...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 35.
22 CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA II
(continuing)
Quark mentioned something about it
during his interrogation.
KIRA
I did ask him about a transporter.
That's true...
KIRA II
But why?
KIRA
You know I'm looking for a way back.
A transporter was responsible for
the first crossover...
KIRA II
And if you had come to me, I would
have told you that all the
transporters were redesigned
afterwards to make sure the same
thing could never happen again. It
won't work.
(Kira acknowledges)
So, why didn't you come to me?
KIRA
You're... very busy.
KIRA II
(not buying)
You don't trust me.
Getting honest.
KIRA
I guess I am... a little... afraid
of you.
KIRA II
Then you fear yourself.
She moves closer to Kira and reaches and touches her cheek
with affection... with great intimacy --
KIRA II
I don't want your fear. I want your
love.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 36.
22 CONTINUED: (3)
KIRA II
If you can't love me, who can?
(beat)
Don't be in such a hurry to go. I'm
glad you're here. There's so much
we can learn from one another.
KLINGON'S COM VOICE
Intendant, Garak is here with the
prisoner.
KIRA II
Send him in.
The door opens and Garak and Telok escort a weak, beaten
Quark inside.
GARAK
He's made a complete confession and
implicated two others who have been
arrested.
Kira II moves closer to Quark... looks him in the eye...
he is very, very shaky... desperate to escape with his
life...
KIRA II
Quark, I've always liked you, you
know that.
QUARK
I have nothing but respect for you,
Intendant. I am so sorry.
KIRA II
You did it because you felt sorry
for these Terrans... you hate to see
them suffer just as I do.
QUARK
Yes, Intendant.
KIRA II
But where would we be without them...
who would perform the labor for the
Alliance?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 37.
22 CONTINUED: (4)
He nods sadly, looks up at her, pleading with his eyes...
after a beat, she says to Garak and Telok.
KIRA II
A quick death. Don't make him suffer
anymore.
As they drag him out, he struggles, screams...
QUARK
No, Intendant. Please. I made a
mistake. Have mercy. Please. No.
Don't do this... no, please... I'm
sorry...
His horrifying cries fade away as the door closes behind
him... Kira reacts... Kira Two brushes it off... turns to
Kira...
KIRA II
I've planned a party for us tonight.
What shall we wear?
And as she moves toward a closet, stay a beat on Kira and...
23 OMITTED
24 INT. KIRA'S QUARTERS (GUEST QUARTERS)
Garak is there waiting for her... as the door opens and Kira
ENTERS holding a gown over one arm... the Klingon Guard posts
herself outside...
GARAK
(re: the gown)
Lovely.
(he comes over to
examine it)
I do admire a well-tailored gown.
KIRA
What are you doing in my quarters,
Garak?
GARAK
She's never going to let you leave,
you know.
(off her reaction)
Can't you tell -- she's in love.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 38.
24 CONTINUED:
KIRA
What are you talking about?
GARAK
In love with you, my dear. She's
all atwitter about you, speaks of
nothing else. You are the perfect
gift for the girl who has everything.
She's taken you into her heart like
a Drathan puppy Lig left on her
doorstep. Who else could she share
her personal secrets with... tell
her troubles to... trust with her
life.
KIRA
All you have to do is look at the
guard outside to see how much she
trusts me.
GARAK
I arranged the guard.
(off her reaction)
Oh, she trusts you. As much as she
trusts anyone. So who better to
betray her...
KIRA
(incredulous)
You're taking quite a risk coming to
me like this...
GARAK
True career advancement requires
risk. Consider my offer carefully,
my dear. I will let you go. She
won't. If you want to leave, you'll
assist me...
KIRA
How?
GARAK
By taking her place.
KIRA
What?
GARAK
Tomorrow morning, she will be gone.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT THREE 39.
24 CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA
Gone?
GARAK
She will be gone. Don't make me use
some foolish euphemism. You will
assume her place and announce that
your counterpart from the other side
has returned to wherever she came
from. In a few weeks, you will step
down as Intendant to embark on some
spiritual journey to explore your
pagh or whatever... and I will take
your place as Intendant...
Kira is not at all seriously considering doing this... but
wants to get all the answers she can...
KIRA
What about my friend...
GARAK
The good "Doctor," yes. He'll be
taken off the station and treated to
all the hospitality we Cardassians
can offer until you resign... and
then you can be happily reunited...
He begins to leave, then pauses...
GARAK
Oh, but I have made arrangements
with his supervisor that, if you
should decide to decline my offer,
tomorrow your doctor friend will
be... gone.
On her reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 40.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
25 INT. ORE PROCESSING
As before. Bashir is looking even more ragged than before.
Kira ENTERS, her Klingon guard still behind her, she moves
directly to him... Odo sits at a work station, rises as he
sees her... but chooses not to intercede... watches them
closely...
26 ANGLE - KIRA & BASHIR
KIRA
(sotto, urgent)
We have to get out of here tonight.
BASHIR
Why... what's happened...
KIRA
I don't have time to explain. Just
watch your back... you're in danger...
BASHIR
Why my back? What kind of danger... ?
KIRA
We have to find a way to get to the
runabout...
BASHIR
And then where do we go? The Alliance
controls the entire quadrant...
KIRA
There's still a wormhole out there
that they don't know about... I'm
not sure whether it'll get us back
or not... all I know is we can't
stay here any longer...
BASHIR
How are we supposed to get by their
security... ?
KIRA
I'm trying to find some help...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 41.
26 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
I've been told Quark has helped some
Terrans escape...
KIRA
We're a little late for Quark. Stay
alert. If our chance comes, there
won't be much warning...
He acknowledges. She EXITS. Bashir exchanges a glance with
Odo, who rather than glaring this time... simply grins with
a personal secret... as Bashir reacts, goes back to work...
27 INT. PROMENADE
Sisko is at the Replimat, hands on his belly, snoozing after
eating a sumptuous meal... snoring lightly... Kira sits down
with him...
KIRA
(sotto)
Sisko.
He opens one eye...
SISKO
Tell her I'm busy.
... and closes it.
KIRA
I have something important to tell
you.
SISKO
(eyes closed)
I'm listening.
KIRA
It's... valuable information and I
want something in exchange.
He opens his eyes...
SISKO
You've gone into business for
yourself, have you... ?
KIRA
All I want is to get off this
station... I want my runabout
back...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 42.
27 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(laughs)
And you expect me to help you? She'll
have my head... or something else.
KIRA
Not if you save her life.
SISKO
(not too serious)
Her life?
KIRA
Garak is planning to kill her.
Tonight.
SISKO
That's it? That's the valuable
information? Garak's been trying to
kill her since the day he got here.
KIRA
He wants me to take her place...
SISKO
("impressed")
Well, now, that's more creative than
he usually gets.
(laughs)
I wouldn't worry about it.
He sags in his chair again, ready to resume his nap... Kira
upset and frustrated, studies him...
KIRA
What kind of man are you...
SISKO
(sighs, impatient,
eyes closed again)
You're disturbing my nap.
KIRA
The Benjamin Sisko I know would never
sell his soul and allow himself to
become a part of this... tyranny...
against his own people...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 43.
27 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
(eyes still closed)
Terrans don't have souls. We don't
believe in them.
KIRA
What do Terrans believe in? Raising
their children to dig the ore out of
the mines for the Alliance? I worked
in mines too until I was old enough
to start fighting for my freedom...
SISKO
What do you care about Terran freedom.
KIRA
I care about Freedom. What I don't
understand is why you don't care...
why the only one I've met on this
station who seemed to give a damn
was a Ferengi toad named Quark.
SISKO
You're looking in the wrong corner
for a hero, ma'am. I've made the
best of a bad life for my crew.
That's my contribution.
KIRA
Oh, sure... you've charmed your way
out of the mines... but you and I
both know... you're no less a victim
than anyone else here.
She leaves, furious... Sisko looks at her as she leaves,
frowns...
28 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
In orbit of Bajor...
29 INT. QUARK'S
Or what used to be his at least. The party is in full swing,
a Bajoran flautist is playing... Kira ENTERS dressed in her
gown... trailed by her Klingon Guard... many people in the
room look up at her arrival... she looks around at the party,
looks over to see --
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 32.
30 HER POV - GARAK
chatting up some dabo girl... looks up and excuses himself
from her to move over and greet Kira... he straightens her
gown on her shoulders as a tailor might...
GARAK
You are breathtaking tonight, my
dear. I do hope you're planning to
save a dance for me later on...
She moves cooly away from Garak, glances toward...
31 ANGLE - SISKO
Who is in a bad mood, drinks at another table, silently
looking at his plate...
32 KIRA
Sighs, trying to figure out what to do... the flautist comes
over to play for her and she endures it by taking a glass of
green champagne from a passing waiter...
33 ANGLE - TELOK
chatting with a customer...
TELOK
... After four years as a
personal guard for the House
of Duras, I was ready to do
anything to get out of there...
you never knew what Lursa
and B'Etor were...
One of Sisko's rugged men (human) is laughing with a mate
and not watching where he's going... he bumps into Telok and
spills his drink on him... Telok explodes and strikes the
man with the back of his hand... the human goes to the
floor...
TELOK
Clumsy fool. Stupid Terran
pig!
This particular human has little tolerance for being treated
like this... draws a knife, about to scramble back at Telok...
the room hushes... Kira reacts... Telok prepares for the
attack... several Klingons draw weapons... the man, with
bitterness in his eyes, catches the eye of --
34 SISKO
who slowly shakes his head, don't...
35 RESUME
as the man controls himself finally... puts his knife away...
TELOK
What's wrong, Terran? Lost
your nerve? Afraid to die
today, eh?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 45.
35 CONTINUED:
The man just stares with hatred at Telok, who slowly
approaches him... a few silent beats... and then Telok spits
in his face... the man looks to Sisko again... but Sisko
looks back at his plate...
TELOK
Get out of my sight.
The man wipes his face with his sleeve... and moves away...
Suddenly, the room breaks into applause and everyone looks
toward the entrance to see Kira II making a grand entrance
in the exact same gown as Kira, accompanied by her Vulcan
servants... she bows to everyone, smiles across the room
at...
36 KIRA
Who nods an acknowledgement.
37 RESUME
As Kira II glides over to the flautist...
KIRA II
Play something bright. I'm in a
happy mood.
Everybody goes back to having a "good" time... Kira is most
uncomfortable... glances over and sees --
38 GARAK
back with the dabo girl... but making eye contact with her,
smiling...
39 ON KIRA'S REACTION
40 INT. ORE PROCESSING
Bashir is exhausted, pauses to rest and wipe his sweating
brow... from behind him...
ODO
You're picking up these skills quite
rapidly, Doctor.
Bashir turns to reveal Odo kneeling...
ODO
(a threat)
It's a shame this will be your last
night on the job.
He moves on with a quick grin... a beat later, an alarm goes
off... Odo reacts, the workers yell and scramble...
ODO
(hits combadge)
Engineering, we've got a thorium
leak down here...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FOUR 46.
40 CONTINUED:
And on the word "here," there's an explosion from the
area where O'Brien was showing Odo the problem earlier...
radioactive smoke fills the room...
41 BASHIR
reacts, looking to take advantage of this moment somehow...
42 ODO
moving toward the exit... yelling at Bajoran guards...
ODO
Release the security locks!
43 WIDER
As the doors open... men scramble to get out... Bashir moves
into pushing crowd... jostles a Bajoran guard and...
44 CLOSE -- GRABS A HAND PHASER
from the guard's belt... but...
45 ODO
sees the weapon in his hand... charges through the crowd
at...
46 BASHIR
who sees him coming now, raises the phaser and...
47 ODO (OPTICAL)
as Bashir fires and connects in the chest, Odo splatters,
literally, against the wall and as his remains drip slowly
down... Bashir bolts out and away...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 47.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
48 INT. QUARK'S
As before... an ore-stained Bajoran guard ENTERS, looks around
and finds Worf... moves to him...
49 KIRA
sees him, wonders if something's happened...
50 HER POV - WORF
reacts, disturbed, he says a few words to Garak who frowns
and glances straight at her...
51 KIRA REACTS
curiously as...
52 WORF
signals the other Klingons and they EXIT... he says a few
words to Sisko as he passes by...
53 KIRA (OPTICAL)
smiles to Kira II...
KIRA
Excuse me...
She rises and moves away from the table...
54 ANGLE - WITH SISKO
KIRA
What's happening?
He looks up and shakes his head at the foolishness of it
all.
SISKO
Your friend just killed his
supervisor... he's running around
the station somewhere.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 48.
54 CONTINUED:
KIRA
(reacts)
Help us.
SISKO
There's nobody around here foolish
enough to help now, Lady.
KIRA II
Nerys!
Kira looks over at her counterpart.
KIRA II
(laughing)
Leave him alone. He belongs to me.
Kira moves away, considers bolting for the door, but Garak
has positioned himself in her way... she has no choice but
to remain...
55 OMITTED
56 INT. CORRIDOR
Bashir moves down it... hears voices of Klingons coming...
TELOK (O.S.)
Establish security fields on the
levels above and below... station
guards at all turbolifts...
Bashir looks back, footsteps coming that way too, then quickly
opens a panel and slides in... closing it behind him... a
moment later, Worf and the Klingons pass...
57 INT. JEFFRIES TUBE
Bashir looking around, confused, not knowing his way around
the bowels of the station... he begins to crawl...
58 INT. JEFFRIES JUNCTION
As Bashir scrambles in... he stops dead in his tracks and
sees --
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 56.
59 O'BRIEN
working on an open panel... he turns and sees Bashir,
reacts...
BASHIR
O'Brien, you've got to help me...
O'BRIEN
Look, I don't see you, you're not
here... I'm just trying to seal a
thorium leak...
BASHIR
I have no idea where I am... You
know the insides of this station,
don't you? My Chief O'Brien does...
O'Brien just shakes his head, continues to work...
BASHIR
(continuing)
Just tell me how to get to the
Runabout pads...
(no response)
I know you, Miles O'Brien... somewhere
inside of you is a shred of decency,
there has to be...
O'BRIEN
(strong, with
conviction)
I am a decent man. I just... I
just...
(sighs)
Don't you understand... I can't help
you... I can't. They'll kill me.
BASHIR
(beat, defeated)
I'm sorry you don't see it. You're
already dead, O'Brien. The life
inside every human being... every
Terran... died here a long time ago.
He begins to climb... a beat... then the turn, hating himself
for going with his heart --
O'BRIEN
That's not the right way.
Bashir turns and looks at O'Brien... you'll help me... ?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 50.
59 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
Just tell me one thing. Is there
any room over there... on your side...
for one more?
BASHIR
You want us to take you with us?
O'BRIEN
I got no reason to stay.
Bashir struggles with the concept...
BASHIR
My people would have a big problem
with that.
(beat)
The hell with them. Let's go.
O'Brien almost smiles and leads a new way...
60 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
As they come out of a panel... O'Brien leads the way around
a corner...
61 NEW ANGLE
as they turn one last corner, Worf steps in their path...
and suddenly they're surrounded by Klingons, weapons
trained... on O'Brien and Bashir's reaction...
62 INT. QUARK'S (OPTICAL)
Worf and the Klingons return, escorting Bashir and O'Brien...
the crowd turns and quiets down as they bring the two of
them before Kira II...
WORF
(to Kira II)
The new Terran killed the shape-shifter
and O'Brien tried to help him escape.
Kira II reacts... angry at herself for allowing Bashir to
live in the first place... turns to Kira --
KIRA II
This is my fault for listening to
you... for keeping him alive in the
first place...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 51.
62 CONTINUED:
She looks down for a long beat, furious and then back up
at Bashir...
KIRA II
I know very little about where you
come from... but from what I've heard,
I think your kind has a lot to
learn...
BASHIR
(defiant to the end)
We've got a lot to learn... that's a
laugh...
She rises in fury...
KIRA II
Shut up!
He stares at her in disgust...
KIRA II
(continuing)
On this side, Terran workers do not
speak to their superiors as you do.
They certainly do not murder them.
(beat, smoldering)
He was the only one of his kind.
The man you killed. Do you realize
that? He is irreplaceable. No one
ran that operation as efficiently as
he did. No one kept order among the
workers as he did.
(beat, quiet)
This is my reward for treating you
Terrans with the least respect.
Very well. I can learn from my
mistakes. You want to set an example,
Garak? Use him. Set an example.
For all Terrans. Let him die slowly
in public view on the Promenade...
let his arrogant Terran voice pleading
for mercy echo through the corridors
for all Terrans to hear.
KIRA
Intendant...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 52.
62 CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA II
(quick turn)
Another word from you and you will
die right beside him.
Kira reacts...
63 ANGLE - SISKO
observes...
64 RESUME
KIRA II
And you, O'Brien, you tinkerer and
putterer and fixer of broken
objects... you've been a perfect
theta for years... what could have
possibly gotten into you. What were
you thinking?
O'BRIEN
(beat, wary)
Do you want an answer, Intendant?
KIRA II
Yes!
And O'Brien looks down at his feet, knows he's dead, there's
a comfort that comes from that knowledge, a courage... there's
nothing anyone can do to you when you're already dead... he
speaks from the heart, honestly and simply...
O'BRIEN
This man... this man is a doctor
where he comes from. I'm supposed
to be some high up chief of
operations. Me. A Terran. Can you
believe that? Maybe it's all a fairy
tale he made up, I don't know. But
it made me start thinking... how
different each of us might be if
history had been different just a
little...
65 CUTAWAY - SISKO
listening...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 53.
65 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN (O.S.)
If the conditions we live in were
slightly changed...
66 RESUME
O'BRIEN
(beat)
I wanted him to take me with him. I
couldn't live like this anymore. I
just figured whatever it's like where
he's from... it has to be better
than it is here. There's got to be
something better than this.
A long silence... then...
KIRA II
Not for you, Mister O'Brien. Oh,
he's going to take you with him.
But not exactly where you thought
he'd be taking you.
She signals Garak with a nod... and he moves beside the
prisoners and begins to escort them out, but as they pass
Sisko, he grabs Garak and holds a phaser to his neck...
SISKO
No. I don't think so.
67 VARIOUS ANGLES
And in an instant, Sisko's men are raising phasers and other
weapons, holding the Klingons at bay, disarming them, ripping
off combadges from officers... Telok's spit-faced victim in
the previous scene has a phaser at his chin...
68 ANGLE - KIRA (OPTICAL)
rips the combadge off of Kira II and they exchange a look
that says all sorts of things... Kira II looks aghast at
Sisko... as Kira moves quickly to join him by the door...
KIRA II
Have you lost your mind?
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 54.
69 AT THE DOOR
SISKO
No. I didn't lose it. I just changed
it.
He smiles, shrugs.
70 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
As he and his men retreat carefully... outside in the
Promenade, Sisko fires a phaser shot over the doors, which
slam closed... after they run away, Worf and Garak move to
the doors which won't open now... they pound on the door,
trying to get it open...
71 INT. AIRLOCK CORRIDOR
As Sisko, his men, O'Brien, Kira and Bashir arrive on the
Turbolift... with some urgency...
KIRA
You know she's not going to let you
get away... she'll track you down no
matter how long it takes...
BASHIR
You may want to consider trying to
follow us back to our side...
SISKO
I've got a feeling I might not fit
in too well over there... We'll stay
one step ahead of the sheriff, don't
worry about us. Maybe we'll even
stir up a few things on this side...
BASHIR
(to O'Brien)
You're still welcome to come with
us.
O'BRIEN
(considers it, then
glances at Sisko)
Sounds like I might have something
to stay for now... if you have room
on your ship for me, Mister Sisko.
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 55.
71 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(smiles)
I can always use a good tinkerer and
putterer. Come on, Smiley. You're
with me.
Alarms go off...
KIRA
(to Sisko, meaningful)
Good luck. Thanks.
A heartfelt nod and they split up...
72 INT. RUNABOUT
As they climb in...
KIRA
Disengage the docking clamps before
they lock on...
He does...
BASHIR
Confirmed...
He joins her in the front...
KIRA
Firing thrusters...
BASHIR
Thrusters engaged.
KIRA
Taking us straight to impulse...
BASHIR
Impulse engines on line...
They shake as they leave...
73 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
The Runabout leaves.
74 INT. RUNABOUT
KIRA
Sixty seconds to wormhole...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 56.
74 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
I'm still picking up a residual leak
(TECH) from our warp core...
KIRA
I'm just hoping that leak gets us
back where we came from... I'm
matching speeds and attitude (TECH)
from our last time through...
(pressing panels)
Thirty seconds to wormhole...
BASHIR
Major... Klingon Bird of Prey
decloaking... coordinates one-five-
zero mark two-one mark zero-zero-
three... on an intercept course...
75 EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
The Bird of Prey decloaks and swoops down at the Runabout...
firing as it comes...
76 INT. RUNABOUT
Blasts rock the ship...
BASHIR
Shields down to sixty percent...
Another blast...
BASHIR
...Forty...
KIRA
Ten seconds to wormhole...
Blam... they're hit, a fire bursts out in a rear panel...
BASHIR
We're hit!
He stands and grabs an extinguisher, sprays it on the fire...
KIRA
Hold on!
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 57.
Bashir grabs his chair and holds on for dear life as...
77 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
through the front window, the wormhole opens up...
78 ANGLE - BASHIR AND KIRA (OPTICAL)
interactive light... suddenly the bridge goes completely
white and stays that way for an extra beat until we do a...
SLOW FADE TO:
79 INT. OPS
O'Brien, Dax, Odo present... Sisko comes in from his office...
SISKO
Anything?
DAX
The search vessels picked up the
warp signature traces... there was
some indication of a warp core leak...
SISKO
But no wreckage...
DAX
Nothing...
O'BRIEN
Reading elevated neutrinos,
something's coming out of the
wormhole... I can't believe it...
it's them!
DAX
They're showing damage to their
(TECH)...
SISKO
Put them on the screen, Mister
O'Brien...
DEEP SPACE: "Crossover" - 03/08/94 - ACT FIVE 58.
80 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Kira and Bashir on screen...
SISKO
We've got ships from here to New
Bajor looking for you... where have
you been?
KIRA
(sighs)
Through the looking glass,
Commander... it's good to be back...
81 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
As the Runabout moves toward the station...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END