STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
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Written by
Michael Piller
Directed by
Cliff Bole
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FINAL DRAFT
JULY 2, 1990
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - 7/9/90 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two
CAST
PICARD ADMIRAL HANSON
RIKER LT. COMMANDER SHELBY
DATA LOCUTUS (PICARD-BORG)
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
WESLEY Non-Speaking
SEVERAL BORG
GUINAN
O'BRIEN
GLEASON
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMERARIES
MISC. SECURITY PERSONNEL
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - 7/10/90 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE BATTLE SECTION
BATTLE BRIDGE SAUCER SECTION
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
MAIN ENGINEERING THE STARFLEET SHIPS
SICKBAY USS CHEKHOV
DATA'S LABRATORY USS KYUSHU
CORRIDOR USS MELBOURNE
TURBOLIFT ETC.
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
TRANSPORTER ROOM
ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE
THE BORG SHIP THE BORG SHIP
INTERIOR CHAMBER
OPERATING ROOM SATURN (FROM SPACE)
ADMIRAL HANSON'S SHIP MARS (FROM SPACE)
(GALAXY CLASS STARSHIP) UNMANNED PODS
READY ROOM
BATTLE BRIDGE EARTH (FROM SPACE)
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
LOCUTUS low-KEW-tus
ITERATIVE IT-er-ah-tiv
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two
TEASER
FADE IN:
INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - LOCUTUS ON SCREEN
barely reacts to Riker's order to fire. Red alert
continues. We hear a low rumbling, slowly growing...
RIKER
Eyes locked on Locutus. The rumbling grows.
GEORDI
at the Engineering Station... monitoring readings...
GEORDI
Deflector power approaching
maximum limits. Energy discharge
in... six seconds...
As the rumble heightens to a roar...
VARIOUS REACTIONS
Beverly... Troi... Worf... Wesley... Shelby... finally
back to Riker...
EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Close on the main deflector dish as it glows...
pulses... and then erupts in a blinding beam that
strikes --
EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
A forcefield absorbing the continuing blast.
INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
The ship shakes...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - TEASER 2.
CONTINUED:
WORF
The Borg ship is undamaged.
SHELBY
Impossible...
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Warp reactor core
primary coolant failure.
GEORDI
Can't maintain it much longer,
Commander...
Riker never takes his eyes off Locutus...
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Exceeding reaction
chamber thermal limit.
RIKER
Cease fire.
Geordi runs through a series of commands on his
panels...
GEORDI
Shutting down warp engines.
The roar stops... the silence is eerie... The Bridge
crew is stunned.
RIKER
(unbelievable)
They couldn't have adapted that
quickly...
LOCUTUS
(on the contrary)
The knowledge and experience of
the human Picard is part of...
us... now. It has prepared us...
for all possible courses of
action. Your resistance is
hopeless...
(beat)
... Number One.
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7 CONTINUED: (2)
And on the frightening intimacy of the moment... on
Riker's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
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ACT ONE
FADE IN:
8 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Alone... The Borg ship is gone.
RIKER (V.O.)
First Officer's Log, Stardate
43999.1. The Borg ship has
resumed its course toward Earth.
We are unable to pursue pending
repairs to the Enterprise.
9 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)
Riker, Geordi, Troi, Worf, Beverly and Shelby. Admiral
Hanson is on the viewscreen; he is in his Ready Room on
a Galaxy Starship.
RIKER
... and as we anticipated, the
blast burned out the main
navigational deflector... we also
have damage to shields and the
reactor core.
GEORDI
We should be back up in eight to
twelve hours, Admiral.
Hanson frowns, acknowledges...
HANSON
Well, we'll miss you at the party.
RIKER
The Enterprise will be there, sir.
Maybe a little late. But we'll
be there.
HANSON
Your engagements gave us valuable
time. We've mobilized a fleet
of forty starships at Wolf 359
and that's just for starters...
the Klingons are sending
warships... Hell, we've even
thought about opening
communications with the
Romulans...
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9 CONTINUED:
SHELBY
You realize, Admiral, that with
the assistance of Picard, the Borg
will be prepared for your
defenses.
Hanson takes a long beat as though he's considering
the dreadful ramifications of this fact. But that's
not what he's thinking about at all. He finally
speaks.
HANSON
Lieutenant... a few years ago,
I watched a freshman cadet pass
four upper classman on the last
hill of the forty kilometer run
on Danula Two... damndest thing
I ever saw... only freshman to
ever win the Academy marathon.
I made it my business to get to
know that young fellow... got to
know him very very well... I'll
tell ya, I've never known anyone
with more drive, determination
or more courage than Jean-Luc
Picard. There's no way in hell
he would assist the Borg. I
want that clear.
SHELBY
Of course, Admiral...
HANSON
He is a casualty of war.
BEVERLY
Then... we have abandoned all hope
of recovering him.
HANSON
(reluctantly
acknowledges)
In less than twenty-four hours,
this armada's going to hit that
Borg vessel with everything we
can muster. Either they survive
or we do. As for Picard...
(beat)
A great man has been lost. Your
Captain. My friend.
He sighs, looks down a beat and then up.
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9 CONTINUED: (2)
HANSON
Commander Riker... I hereby
promote you to the field
commission of Captain.
Push in on Riker...
HANSON
The Enterprise is your ship now.
Congratulations. I wish the
circumstances were different.
RIKER
Good luck, Admiral.
HANSON
To us all.
He signs off.
10 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
warping toward Earth.
11 INT. BORG SHIP
Moving down a row... no activity... the Borg are in
their regenerative state, in their compartments...
finding Locutus in a compartment, 'asleep'... a shudder
crosses his face as though a nightmare has invaded his
mind... suddenly his eyes open in a panic...
12 MATTE SHOT - THE BORG SHIP INTERIOR (OPTICAL)
An agonizing human cry echoes through the chamber...
13 A BORG IN HIS COMPARTMENT
reacts to the commotion... methodically EXITS and moves
to Locutus, who resists his efforts to restrain him...
another Borg joins them... together they escort him
out of his compartment...
14 INT. BORG OPERATING ROOM - MONTAGE SEQUENCE (OPTICAL)
Small and no different than any other area of the ship
except there is a medical table...
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14 CONTINUED:
Locutus is lying on his back, conscious as one Borg
prepares to use a long, probing implant device to add a
bio-chip... another Borg prepares a huge mechanical arm
to attach... and as we slowly push in to Locutus'
face... and into his eye... a single tear is in one
corner... and as the operation commences, his eyes
close and after a beat, slowly, the color in his human
face begins to drain further and further away until
he is ashen white.
15 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
Riker stands at the window, now wearing a Captain's
rank, looks around... moves closer to Picard's
desk... and studies the empty chair... and it is a
symbol of the man... and he cannot bring himself to
sit there. So he sits in the chair he always sits
in... facing the Captain's desk. A chime. He
reacts... stands...
RIKER
Come.
Troi ENTERS. Riker is glad to see her, smiles, warm.
RIKER
Hi.
TROI
You wanted to see me?
And already it's different between them... he is the
Captain now and that inherently creates an emotional
barrier.
RIKER
How's the crew?
TROI
Throwing themselves into the work
to be done... the emotional impact
hasn't been fully realized yet...
RIKER
(understands)
I guess Starfleet training kicks
in and takes over...
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15 CONTINUED:
TROI
(acknowledges)
We know the risks, tell ourselves
we're prepared for the
consequences... and yet, something
like this cuts deeper than we can
admit at first. He was our
Captain. It's like losing the
leader of a nation or the head
of a family.
RIKER
(a beat)
He was more of a father to me than
my own.
Troi nods sympathetically...
RIKER
When I saw him like that...
mutilated...
TROI
You did what you had to do...
nobody doubts your love for him...
RIKER
Was there any part of him left,
Deanna?
TROI
(slow)
Yes. I can still sense his
humanity
RIKER
(looks down)
Then you must have sensed his
pain...
Her silence tells him she does.
RIKER
I don't envy your abilities.
He cannot stay with the intensity of this moment...
Breaking the tension --
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15 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
I'd better check on the progress
of our repairs...
(beat)
There won't be any changes... as
far as I'm concerned it's his
ship, his crew... and everything
we do, every battle we fight, it's
for him.
(beat, warm)
I'm glad you're here to help me
with this.
TROI
Thank you, Captain.
And as they both realize their intimacy will be never
quite the same again.
RIKER
(dismissed)
Counselor...
Their eyes say more than their words. And as she
leaves, we stay a beat on him as he begins to realize
it's lonely at the top and he glances once more at --
16 THE DESK
and the empty chair... where he still has not been
seated.
17 INT. TURBOLIFT
as it opens and Riker and Worf ENTER.
RIKER
... and Mister Crusher has
suggested a chip might be designed
that will automatically retune
phasers to a random setting after
each discharge...
WORF
That would be a great advantage.
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17 CONTINUED:
RIKER
We should also see if we can find
some way to neutralize their
forcefields, Worf... we've got
to show them we can adapt too.
(to com)
Engineering.
(continuing to Worf)
We're not just fighting the Borg
anymore... we're fighting the life
experience they've stolen from
Captain Picard... how the hell
do we defeat an enemy that knows
us better than we know
ourselves... ?
WORF
The Borg have neither honor nor
courage... that is our greatest
advantage.
RIKER
I hope it's enough.
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17 CONTINUED: (2)
The doors open. They EXIT...
18 OMITTED
19 INT. ENGINEERING
The warp reactor where Geordi and Shelby are
supervising repairs, checking panels, sensors...
GEORDI
Engine control processors are back
up...
SHELBY
Accelerator coils are responding
normally...
GEORDI
Forward shields at fifty-eight
percent... aft shields --
(reacts as he studies
sensors)
Sensors must be down...
SHELBY
Checking... sensors are fine...
no, aft shields have completely
failed... dammit... auxiliary
generators are out again...
Riker and Worf ENTER. Seeing Worf --
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CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Just the man I need.
(to Riker)
We're having problems with the
aft shields... generators are
going on and off line... I could
use your help, Worf...
Riker nods his approval. Geordi and Worf start to
move...
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19 CONTINUED:
RIKER
How soon do we get underway,
Geordi?
GEORDI
Still a couple hours... Commander
Shelby can fill you in...
Geordi and Worf EXIT... Riker and Shelby are alone...
the first time they've been alone since the big
Turbolift argument... and the tension of their
relationship hangs over the scene.
SHELBY
The main navigational deflector
is functional again... Sherbourne
and Barclay are running through
the final testing sequence now...
RIKER
The warp reactor core?
SHELBY
Reconstruction is proceeding
normally... it's slow work. If
we can nail down this shield
generator problem, I agree with
La Forge... we should be at
operating capacity in two or three
hours...
RIKER
Good.
An uncomfortable beat of silence as they study each
other...
SHELBY
Anything else, sir?
RIKER
Yes. You did a good job on the
Borg ship.
SHELBY
I didn't get Picard.
RIKER
You stopped them. You gave us
our shot.
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19 CONTINUED: (2)
Shelby realizes that Riker is being extraordinarily
generous and she appreciates it. About to apologize
for her earlier attitude --
SHELBY
Sir...
RIKER
Commander, we don't have to like
each other to work well together.
In fact, I expect you to continue
to keep me on my toes.
SHELBY
(quick)
Some might define that as the role
of a first officer.
Riker reacts, frowns...
RIKER
Damn, you are ambitious, aren't
you, Shelby...
SHELBY
Yes.
Riker shakes his head, almost smiles. She does have
chutzpa.
SHELBY
(continuing)
Captain Riker, based on our past
relationship, there's no reason
I should expect to become your
first officer... except you need
me. I know how to get things
done. And I have the expertise
in the Borg...
RIKER
You also have a lot to learn,
Commander.
SHELBY
(beat, taking it as a
rejection)
Yessir.
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19 CONTINUED: (3)
RIKER
(beat)
Almost as much as I had to learn
when I came aboard as Captain
Picard's first officer. He
reminded me of that fact when I
commented on what a pain in the
neck you are.
SHELBY
(relieved)
Yessir.
DATA'S COM VOICE
Data to Riker. Message from
Starfleet, Captain.
RIKER
Go ahead, Data.
DATA'S COM VOICE
Starfleet reports it has engaged
the Borg at Wolf 359.
On Riker's reaction...
20
thru OMITTED
25
26 INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Riker ENTERING in a hurry from the Turbolift. Data,
Wesley and supernumeraries.
DATA
Admiral Hanson on subspace,
Captain...
RIKER
On screen.
27 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Hanson's image on screen... he's on a Battle Bridge at
Red Alert... reception is breaking up... his ship is
clearly in battle... some shaking...
RIKER
Admiral...
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27 CONTINUED:
HANSON
(calm but worried)
The fight does not go well,
Enterprise... we're attempting
to withdraw and regroup.
Rendezvous with fleet...
Transmission ends suddenly... subspace hiss and snow
fills the screen... on Riker's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
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ACT TWO
FADE IN:
28 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
warping.
RIKER (V.O.)
Captain's Log, Stardate 44000.3.
Repairs are complete. The
Enterprise is warping to
rendezvous with Starfleet at Wolf
359. Subspace communications from
the site of battle have been cut
off possibly by Borg interference.
29 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Riker, Data, Geordi, Beverly, Shelby, Worf, Troi.
RIKER
Lieutenant Worf, everyone at this
table shares my respect for your
service to this ship. But right
now, I need your experience at
tactical... Mister Data, I
realize that your very nature
omits ambition. Nevertheless,
I want you to know I thought
seriously about you as first
officer as well...
DATA
Thank you, sir...
RIKER
But this is not a time for change.
I need you all where you are,
where Captain Picard always relied
on you.
(with some tongue-in-cheek)
I have been... reluctantly...
forced to conclude that Commander
Shelby, our expert on the Borg,
is the ideal choice at this time
for first officer.
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29 CONTINUED:
Shelby has softened a bit by now, appreciates the humor
at her expense... the staff nods congratulations. On
to business...
RIKER
Based on our last communication,
we have to assume the Borg have
survived the fleet's attack...
your thoughts on our next
encounter...
SHELBY
What about the heavy graviton beam
we were talking about... ?
GEORDI
I've gone over it four times...
The local field distortion just
wouldn't be strong enough to
incapacitate them...
DATA
Doctor Crusher and I have been
working on an interesting
premise...
BEVERLY
With our recent experience in
nanotechnology, we might be able
to introduce a destructive breed
of nanite to the Borg...
SHELBY
Nanites?
DATA
Robots small enough to enter
living cells.
RIKER
How much time would it take to
execute this...
BEVERLY
That's the problem. Two, three
weeks.
TROI
In two or three weeks, nanites
may be all that's left of the
Federation.
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29 CONTINUED: (2)
There's an ominous silence as the ideas run out.
WORF
We have the new phaser adapters...
GEORDI
(grim)
Perhaps in concert with photon
torpedoes... we can slow them
down...
But this is a crew with little hope and ultimately all
eyes turn to their Captain. A long beat as Riker feels
the responsibility of command.
RIKER
I'm sure Captain Picard would have
something meaningful and inspiring
to say right now. And to tell
you the truth, I wish he were here
to say it, cause I'd like to hear
it, too.
30 ANGLE - THE FACES
around the table.
RIKER (O.C.)
(continuing)
I know how difficult this
transition is for all of you.
I can take over for him, but I
can never replace Captain Picard
and would never hope to...
31 RIKER
And in that moment, Riker wonders as he looks around
the table whether he's reaching them...
RIKER
(a beat)
Whatever the outcome, I know our
efforts in the coming battle will
justify the faith he had in all
of us.
(beat, bailing out)
Dismissed.
As they rise to leave...
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32 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
Riker ENTERS, frustrated, not sure what the hell he's
going to do, not pleased with the way he handled the
meeting... once more he looks at --
33 ANGLE - THE DESK
with no one behind it...
34 RIKER
RIKER
What would you do?
A chime.
RIKER
Come in.
The door opens to reveal Guinan. She ENTERS.
GUINAN
May I speak to you, Captain?
RIKER
(reluctant)
Well, actually Guinan... right
now, I...
GUINAN
(will not be denied)
Picard and I used to talk... now
and again, when one of us needed
to... I guess I'm just used to
having the Captain's ear...
And sacrilege as it might be, she sits behind the desk
in the Captain's chair. Riker reacts.
GUINAN
I hope I'm not imposing.
Riker studies her, let's get this over with.
RIKER
What's on your mind?
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34 CONTINUED:
GUINAN
I've heard a lot of people talking
down in Ten Forward... They
expect to be dead in the next day
or two.
It is said casually, stating a fact... A beat as Riker
studies her, wonders what she's getting at.
GUINAN
(continuing)
They like you, Riker. They trust
you. But they don't believe
anyone can save them.
RIKER
(defensive)
I'm not sure anyone can.
GUINAN
The way I see things, if a man
is convinced he's gonna die
tomorrow, he'll probably find some
way to make it happen.
(beat)
The only one who can turn that
around... is you.
Riker has had just about enough of this tutoring
session with the bartender...
RIKER
(with an edge)
I'll do the best I can.
GUINAN
You'll have to do something you
don't want to do.
(off his look)
Let go of Picard.
RIKER
(calmly angry)
Maybe you didn't hear --
yesterday, I tried to kill him.
GUINAN
You tried to kill whatever that
is on the Borg ship. Not Picard.
Picard is still here, still in
the room with us.
(MORE)
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34 CONTINUED: (2)
GUINAN (Cont'd)
(beat)
If he had just died, it would
be easier. But he's been taken
from us a piece at a time.
They study each other a long beat. Both feel the loss
intensely.
GUINAN
Did he ever tell you why we were
so close?
RIKER
No.
GUINAN
Then I'm not going to tell you
either. But it was beyond
friendship, beyond family... and
I will let him go. You must,
too.
(beat)
There can only be one Captain.
RIKER
It's not that simple... This was
his crew... he wrote the book on
this ship...
GUINAN
And the Borg know everything he
knows...
RIKER
Yes...
GUINAN
Then, it's time to throw the book
away.
(beat)
You must let him go, Riker. It's
the only way to beat him... the
only way to save him.
He reacts. She stands.
GUINAN
This chair is yours.
And she EXITS. After a beat, he slowly moves to the
empty chair and sits down.
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35 OMITTED
36 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Data, Wesley, Shelby, Worf and supernumeraries are on
the Bridge. Shelby wears Commander rank pips.
WESLEY
(on com)
Captain, we're approaching the
Wolf system.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
On my way.
Riker ENTERS from the Ready Room.
RIKER
Slow to impulse. Take us to the
battle coordinates, Ensign...
yellow alert...
WORF
Sensors are picking up several
vessels, Captain...
RIKER
The fleet?
DATA
(checking)
There are no active subspace
fields... Negligible power
readings...
RIKER
Lifesigns?
DATA
Negative, sir.
WORF
Visual contact.
RIKER
On screen.
37 ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
and the Bridge crew reacts with horror as they see the
wreckage of the Starfleet armada... it is like Pearl
Harbor. Passing by one dead ship after another...
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38 TWO SHOT - RIKER AND SHELBY
as she recognizes and calls out the names... and slow
push to Riker...
SHELBY
The Chekhov... The Kyushu...
The Melbourne...
On Riker's face...
39 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as it passes through the cemetery of dead ships...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
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ACT THREE
FADE IN:
40 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
at impulse, going through the devastation as before.
41 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
WORF
Sir, sensors are picking up
unusually strong magnetic eddy
currents, bearing two-zero-zero,
mark two-one-one.
RIKER
Data, your analysis...
DATA
It could indicate the course of
the Borg ship...
RIKER
Ensign Crusher, set a course that
follows those currents...
WESLEY
Aye, Captain.
RIKER
Commander Shelby, you will prepare
to initiate your plan of
separating the saucer section when
we find the Borg.
SHELBY
Sir. I must remind you that
Captain Picard was briefed on that
plan... the Borg will be prepared
for it...
RIKER
I'm aware of that, Commander.
In fact, I'm counting on it.
She reacts...
SHELBY
Crusher, Cartaino, Gleason -- report
to the Battle Bridge...
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41 CONTINUED:
As the regulars are replaced at their posts by
supernumeraries... on the move...
RIKER
Mister Data and Mister Worf, I
have a special mission for you...
42 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
at Warp.
43 INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
Locutus is escorted, almost like a pet dog on a "heel"
command, to the area near the center chamber where
communication takes place... he is less Picard than
he was before... more Borg... The facial color is
gone... a huge Borg arm has been added... as he
positions himself --
43A ANGLE (OPTICAL)
a wide viewscreen reveals a small image of a ship
approaching... an effect magnifies the image to reveal
it as The Enterprise.
44 LOCUTUS
reacts... over his face --
RIKER'S VOICE
Locutus of Borg, this is Captain
William T. Riker of the U.S.S.
Enterprise.
45 ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN - RIKER'S IMAGE (OPTICAL)
from the Battle Bridge...
LOCUTUS
You may speak.
INTERCUT:
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46 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Riker, Wesley at Conn, GLEASON at Ops, others as
needed. Shelby, Data and Worf are notably absent.
RIKER
We wish to end the hostilities.
LOCUTUS
Then you must unconditionally
surrender.
RIKER
We are prepared to meet to discuss
your terms.
LOCUTUS
(a beat)
It is unlikely that you are
prepared to discuss terms. It
is more likely that this is an
attempt at deception.
RIKER
Come now, Locutus, if Picard's
knowledge and experience is part
of you, then you know I have never
lied to him... in fact, you should
implicitly trust me, is that not
so?
Locutus is having difficulty processing Riker's
routine...
LOCUTUS
Picard implicitly trusted you.
RIKER
Then trust me now. Meet with me
to discuss terms.
The Borg influence takes over in Locutus.
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE 27.
46 CONTINUED:
LOCUTUS
Discussion is irrelevant. There
are no terms. You will disarm
all weapons and escort us to
sector zero-zero-one where we will
begin the assimilation of your
culture and technology.
Riker turns away from the screen... signals to cut off
transmission...
RIKER
Mister Gleason, can you pinpoint
the Borg's source of transmission?
GLEASON
(acknowledging)
I can put you within thirty meters
of it, sir...
RIKER
(to comm)
Mister O'Brien, report...
INTERCUT:
47 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
O'Brien with Data and Worf...
O'BRIEN
The Borg have adapted their
electromagnetic field to prevent
main Transporter functions, sir...
RIKER
(to comm)
As expected. Mister Data and
Mister Worf, you will proceed as
we discussed...
DATA
Aye, Captain...
Data and Worf each don an armpack.
48 INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
Locutus at the viewscreen. Riker turns back, reopens
communications.
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48 CONTINUED:
RIKER
We would like time to prepare our
people for assimilation.
LOCUTUS
Preparation is irrelevant. Your
people will be assimilated as
easily as Picard has been.
49 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
RIKER
Does it involve a lot of
needles... because I just hate
needles...
LOCUTUS
Your attempt at a delay will not
be successful, Number One. We
will proceed to Earth and if you
attempt to intervene we will
destroy you.
RIKER
Take your best shot, Locutus,
cause we're about to intervene.
Cuts off communication... Starfield and the Borg ship
return to the viewscreen.
RIKER
Reset subspace communications
to scrambler code Riker One...
GLEASON
Scrambler code Riker One,
acknowledged.
RIKER
(to com)
Commander Shelby, report...
INTERCUT:
50 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Shelby at command with supernumeraries at other posts.
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50 CONTINUED:
SHELBY
Ready for separation.
RIKER
Make it so.
51 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The separation begins...
51A INT. ENGINEERING
GEORDI
Docking latches clear, separation
complete...
52 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
WESLEY
Saucer velocity one hundred meters
per second and increasing.
RIKER
Open fire... all weapons...
53 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
SHELBY
Fire...
54 INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
Locutus watches the two separating parts of the
Enterprise and this is nothing unexpected... the
viewscreen scanners promptly focus on the battle
section because Locutus knows that's where the power
is...
55 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
reaches out its tractor beam toward the battle
section...
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56 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
WESLEY
Borg tractor beam attempting to
lock on, Captain...
135:[1,#b]
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56 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Evasive manuevers... pattern Riker
Alpha...
WESLEY
Riker Alpha, confirmed...
57 EXT. SPACE - THE BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)
moving quickly by...
58 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
WESLEY
They're ignoring the saucer
section completely...
RIKER
(murmering toward the
Borg ship)
Just as you should, Captain...
Ensign, evasive pattern, Riker
Beta...
WESLEY
Riker Beta, confirmed...
RIKER
(to comm)
Commander Shelby, proceed with
second phase...
59 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
SHELBY
Acknowledged.
(to tactical officer)
Fire antimatter spread...
60 EXT. SPACE - THE SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)
Fires a spread of antimatter pellets exploding in a
spectacular display toward the Borg ship...
61 INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
As the viewscreen pans toward the saucer section,
Locutus and other Borg look at the antimatter
display... and this is unexpected...
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62 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
Pushing to Riker...
RIKER
Launch shuttle...
63 INT. SHUTTLE
Data and Worf inside...
DATA
Shuttle launch sequence
confirmed... departing Enterprise
in three seconds...
64 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)
As the shuttle leaves the ship... becoming part of the
forest of anti-matter pyrotechnics...
65 INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS
studies what's happening... Picard's mind working
unwillingly... suggesting reponses...
66 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
The Borg ship terminates the tractor beam aimed at the
battle section... initiates another beam in the other
direction toward the anti-matter spread.
67 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
WESLEY
The Borg tractor beam has moved
toward the anti-matter spread.
GLEASON
They might be picking up engine
ionization from the shuttle...
RIKER
(to com)
Data, cut your engines... take
her in unpowered...
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67A EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
to see the shuttle moving through the antimatter field
toward the Borg ship... the tractor beam sweeps by,
just barely missing the shuttle.
68 INT. SHUTTLE - OVER THE SHOULDER (OPTICAL)
The shuttle shakes.
69 OMITTED
70 INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS
watches.
71 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
Favoring Riker...
WESLEY
They're gonna make it...
INTERCUT:
72 INT. SHUTTLE - OVER THE SHOULDER (OPTICAL)
As it moves up close and personal to the Borg ship...
WORF
Shuttle has penetrated the Borg
electromagnetic field...
Data is already out of his seat...
DATA
(checking sensors)
The shuttle escape transporter
should provide adequate power
to beam us onto the Borg ship from
here, sir...
RIKER'S COM VOICE
And back, Mister Data?
DATA
Yessir, there should be enough
energy for two transports.
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72 CONTINUED:
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Proceed.
Worf moves out of his chair... and joins Data by the
transport unit as he punches some overhead keys and
they DEMATERIALIZE...
73 INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
Locutus and the Borg react as Worf and Data MATERIALIZE
several meters away... Worf and Data have phasers...
blast away at the Borg near-by, several go down...
Locutus turns and as Worf rushes him, his forcefield
goes on, but Worf and Data together spray a wide,
fan-shaped phaser blast that dissolves the forcefield
and Worf tackles Locutus to the ground as Data
continues to cover him with phaser shots at other
Borg...
74 LOCUTUS AND WORF (OPTICAL)
struggle on the ground as Data comes up and sedates
Locutus with a hypo... and then he hits the arm band
and they DEMATERIALIZE...
75 INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
They MATERIALIZE...
WORF
Mission accomplished... we have
him...
Touching a control panel:
DATA
Firing shuttle thrusters...
76 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
RIKER
Beam them out of there, Mister
O'Brien...
77 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
O'BRIEN
Locked in...
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78 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
fires their cutting beam and obliterates the shuttle.
79 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)
Data and Worf support the unconscious Locutus as they
MATERIALIZE...
O'BRIEN
Transport successful, sir...
80 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
On a push in to Riker's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
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ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
81 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Still in two sections... the Borg ship is taking no
offensive action.
82 INT. BATTLE BRIDGE
As before.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Captain, we've sustained damage
to the impulse drive... the saucer
section is disabled...
GLEASON
Reading subspace field
fluctuations from the Borg ship...
looks like they're getting ready
to increase power...
RIKER
Stand-by, La Forge...
WESLEY
(to himself)
The saucer section... it's a
sitting duck...
RIKER
Prepare to draw their fire...
WESLEY
(surprised)
Captain, the Borg ship... it's
moving away...
83 ANGLE - THE VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL)
As the Borg ship warps away.
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83 CONTINUED:
WESLEY
It's resuming its course to Earth,
sir...
RIKER
Rendezvous with the saucer
section... lay in a course of
pursuit...
84 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
reconnects.
85 INT. SICKBAY
Picard/Borg is on an emergency medical bed... Riker
watches as Beverly examines him...
BEVERLY
There's extensive infiltration
of microcircuit fibers into the
surrounding tissues... his DNA
is being rewritten...
RIKER
Can you revive him?
BEVERLY
(reluctant)
I'd like more time to study the
structural changes in the motor
pathways...
RIKER
Doctor, we don't have more time.
Once he was wired into the Borg,
they knew everything he knew.
I'm hoping it goes both ways.
If we're lucky, he had access to
everything we need to know about
them... especially their
vulnerabilities.
Beverly understands... uses a hypo to begin to revive
him... he stirs...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FOUR 37.
85 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Jean Luc... it's Beverly... can
you hear me...
His eye opens...
LOCUTUS
Beverly... Crusher...
BEVERLY
Yes... don't try to move...
LOCUTUS
I am... on board the Enterprise.
RIKER
That's right.
LOCUTUS
A futile manuever.
They react. He sits up.
RIKER
Locutus...
LOCUTUS
Incorrect strategy, Number One...
to risk your ship and crew... to
retrieve only one man... Picard
would never have approved...
BEVERLY
(to comm)
Security...
LOCUTUS
You underestimate... us... to
believe this... abduction would
be of any concern...
Worf and two security men ENTER...
LOCUTUS
There is no need for
apprehension... I intend no harm.
There is a moment where the human Picard peeks
through... seems to resist but he is helpless...
Almost as a plea to his own alter ego --
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FOUR 37A.
85 CONTINUED: (2)
LOCUTUS/PICARD
No harm.
Locutus continues.
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR 38.
85 CONTINUED: (2)
LOCUTUS
I will continue... aboard your
ship... to speak for the Borg ...
as they continue... without
further diversion... to sector
zero zero one... where they will
force your unconditional
surrender.
On reactions...
86 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION
Riker and Beverly looking over Data's shoulder as he
works at monitors... an Okudagram showing some signal
measurements... Shelby at command... Wesley at Conn.
DATA
Using multimodal reflection
sorting, I have been able to
detect a complex series of
subspace signals between Locutus
and the Borg ship...
BEVERLY
That's how they're controlling
him?
DATA
It is not just a matter of
control, Doctor. The signals are
interactive across a subspace
domain similar to that of a
Transporter beam. I would
hypothesize that these frequencies
form the basis of the Borg's
collective consciousness.
RIKER
Can't we block them?
DATA
Possibly. But, as you will
recall, on several occasions, we
have witnessed the Borg removing
key circuits from injured
comrades... no doubt separating
them from the group consciousness.
RIKER
The injured Borg immediately
self-destructed.
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86 CONTINUED:
DATA
That is correct, sir.
BEVERLY
Cutting the link to Locutus might
be fatal to Captain Picard.
Riker frowns... thinks...
RIKER
We have to find a way to reach
him... we must know what he
knows...
BEVERLY
Without these interactive signals,
it would only be a matter of
microsurgery... I could do it...
but as long as those Borg implants
are functioning, there's no way
I can separate the man from the
machine.
DATA
(beat, an idea)
Then perhaps... there is a way
I can access the 'machine',
Doctor.
Riker reacts and...
87 INT. SICKBAY
Worf and the two security men watch as Picard examines
Sickbay... as though he is scanning the technology...
satisfied, he comes to Worf and begins to scan him...
LOCUTUS
Worf.
Worf silently studies him, mixed feelings.
LOCUTUS
Klingon species. A warrior race.
(beat)
You too will be assimilated.
WORF
The Klingon Empire will never
yield.
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87 CONTINUED:
LOCUTUS
Why do you resist? We only wish
to raise... quality of life...
for all species...
WORF
I like my species the way it is.
LOCUTUS
A narrow vision. You will...
become one with the Borg. You
will... all... become one with
the Borg.
Riker, Data and Beverly ENTER...
LOCUTUS
The Android... Data... primitive
artificial organism... you will
be obsolete in the new order...
As he scans Data, Beverly comes around and hypos him
in the neck, he loses consciousness... Riker and Worf
grab him as he falls...
RIKER
(to Security men)
Take him to Data's lab...
SHELBY'S COM VOICE
Shelby to Riker...
RIKER
Go ahead...
SHELBY'S COM VOICE
Captain, the Borg have entered
sector zero-zero-one...
On Riker's reaction...
88 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
As it moves by us at impulse... we follow to reveal
the familiar 'Monument Valley', if you will, of our own
solar system... as the Borg ship passes by Saturn...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
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ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
89 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
still at warp.
90 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Shelby at command, Wes at conn, Riker and Worf ENTER
from the Turbolift. Supernumerary at Ops.
SHELBY
The Borg have dropped out of warp,
sir... Jupiter Outpost Nine-Two
reported visual contact at twelve
hundred hours, thirteen minutes...
RIKER
Planetary defenses?
SHELBY
Responding. No reports on
effectiveness... but I can't
believe that against the Borg...
RIKER
(interrupting)
Mister Crusher, at their current
speed, when will they reach Earth?
WESLEY
Twenty-seven minutes...
RIKER
The soonest we can intercept?
WESLEY
(beat, grim)
Forty-two minutes, sir.
RIKER
(to com)
Riker to Data... your status?
INTERCUT:
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE 42.
91 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
This is the set up we had in "The Offspring"... the
raised biobed, the impressive technical equipment...
Troi, Beverly, O'Brien and the one security man
observe... Picard is off-camera... Data is working at
panels... checking monitors... he is seen in profile...
DATA
The initial cybernetic connection
into Captain Picard's neural net
pathways has been established...
Mister O'Brien is ready to process
the Borg signal through the
transport pattern buffer.
RIKER
Make it so. And with dispatch,
Mister Data...
As Data turns, he reveals an open panel on his head...
DATA
Proceeding immediately, sir. Data
out.
Over the above, Data has hit a series of panels and
now...
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92 ANGLE - THE BIOBED
begins to lower... revealing Locutus, still
unconscious, stripped of clothes, his hideous
mutilation clearly exposed... transfers are patched to
the Borg side of him...
Data moves into position beside him and begins to
attach himself to the biobed transfer device...
DATA
The neural link will be
established in three stages...
Doctor, I suggest you closely
observe Captain Picard's lifesigns
while Chief O'Brien monitors my
positronic matrix activity at each
stage... Counselor, hopefully
you will be able to determine if
I am reaching Captain Picard.
O'BRIEN
At what point should I shut it
down if there's a problem?
DATA
I do not know. I have never done
this before.
(touching a series of
panels)
Initating first neural link...
93 BEVERLY
at monitors with human lifesigns displayed...
BEVERLY
The Captain's vital signs are
stable...
94 O'BRIEN
looking at an Okudagram...
O'BRIEN
Positronic activity unchanged...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FIVE 44.
95 RESUME - DATA
DATA
First neural connection is
confirmed... I cannot report any
significant access to the Borg
consciousness...
He glances at Troi who shakes her head, no...
96 EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
moving by Mars... unmanned pods attack it... the Borg
ship destroys them easily... moves on... and now we
reveal their final destination... the familiar shape
of Earth straight ahead...
97 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
WORF
It is confirmed... the Borg have
broken through the Mars defense
perimeter...
WESLEY
Enterprise approaching the Terran
system, sir...
RIKER
Slow to impulse... time to
intercept...
WESLEY
Twenty-three minutes, fourteen
seconds, sir.
98 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
at impulse power moving by Saturn...
99 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
DATA
Second neural connection is
confirmed... I still cannot report
any significant access...
proceeding with the final link...
He pushes a series of panels... and this time the
result is dramatic... there is a visible jolt to
Picard...
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100 BEVERLY
reacts... checking her monitor...
BEVERLY
Significant increase in premotor
area and hypothalamus activity...
his heartrate is accelerating
rapidly...
101 O'BRIEN
watching his sensors...
O'BRIEN
Sir, your submicron matrix
activity is increasing
exponentially.
Data is absorbing information at an incredible rate...
like an internal blastoff...
DATA
Neural connections are complete.
I... have... access to the Borg
subspace signals... Processing...
processing...
TROI
Data...
DATA
Stand by... processing...
O'Brien looks at Beverly with great concern...
DATA
Fascinating. The Borg group
consciousness... is divided into
subcommands... necessary to carry
out all functions...
communications, defense,
navigation... they are all
controlled... by a root command...
implanted in each --
Suddenly...
102 THE BORG ARM
on Picard rises and attempts to disengage the
connections on the biobed...
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103 THE SECURITY MAN
charges forward... and the arm pushes them easily off
the biobed... it moves back toward the connections,
but
104 DATA
grabs the Borg hand and holds it back from the controls
using his extraordinary strength...
105 THE TWO ARMS
locked in a symbolic arm wrestle for control of
Picard... and finally after straining at both ends,
Data wins by breaking the arm off at the wrist joint...
105A THE BROKEN BORG 'HAND'
continues to move in Data's hand...
106 RESUME SCENE
BEVERLY
Data, I'm picking up increased
neural activity in Captain
Picard... localized in the
prefrontal and parietal lobes...
O'BRIEN
The Borg might be trying to
terminate their link with him...
DATA
Negative... subspace signal
configuration is unchanged. The
cause of increased neural activity
is unclear...
TROI
No, it's not... it's him...
Slowly...
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107 PICARD'S HUMAN ARM
is reaching out, his hand struggling to find -- finally
grasping -- Data's wrist and holds it tightly...
clinging to life... a first contact with the human...
108 REACTIONS
from Data... Beverly... O'Brien...
109 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
TROI'S COM VOICE
Troi to Bridge. Data has made
first contact with Captain
Picard...
RIKER
Can you communicate with him,
Data?
DATA'S COM VOICE
I have been unable to create a
neural path around the Borg
implants, sir... it is Captain
Picard himself who has somehow
managed to initiate contact...
WORF
Sir, the Borg have halted their
approach to Earth...
SHELBY
I think we got their attention...
RIKER
Time to intercept... ?
WESLEY
Two minutes, four seconds...
RIKER
They're worried... they're worried
that we've got access to Picard...
we've got two minutes to figure
out what we can do with it...
INTERCUT:
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE 48.
110 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
DATA
Sir, it is clear the Borg are
unable or unwilling to terminate
their subspace links...
BEVERLY
That may be their achilles heel,
Captain... their
interdependency...
RIKER
What do you mean, Doctor?
BEVERLY
He's part of their collective
consciousness... Cutting him off
is like asking us to disconnect
an arm or a foot... we can't do
it.
SHELBY
(extrapolating)
They operate as a single mind...
RIKER
If one jumps off the cliff... they
all jump off the cliff...
(to com)
Data, is it possible to plant a
command in the Borg collective
consciousness...
DATA
It is conceivable, sir... it would
require altering the pathways from
the root command, to affect all
iterative branchpoints in...
RIKER
(interrupting)
Make every effort, Mister Data...
DATA
What command shall I try to plant,
sir... ?
RIKER
Something straightforward... like
'disarm your weapons systems'...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE 49.
110 CONTINUED:
WORF
Visual contact with the Borg...
SHELBY
On screen.
111 ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
to see the Borg ship long range... Earth in the
background.
RIKER
Magnify.
The image is magnified...
WORF
Sensors reading increased power
generation from the Borg...
RIKER
Red alert. Load all torpedo
bays... ready phasers...
WORF
Aye, Captain...
RIKER
Status of the Borg weapons...
WORF
Borg weapon systems are fully
charged...
RIKER
Data... ?
INTERCUT:
112 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
DATA
Attempting to reroute subcommand
paths, Captain... defense systems
are protected by access
barriers...
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112 CONTINUED:
Panning down to find Picard's hand still holding on
to Data's wrist...
113 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
and the Borg squaring off one last time with Earth as
the backdrop... the Borg ship sends out their tractor
beam...
114 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
The ship shakes...
WORF
Borg attempting to lock on tractor
beam...
RIKER
Rotate shield frequencies...
(to com)
Data, report...
INTERCUT:
115 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
Shaking continuing...
DATA
I am unable to penetrate defense
systems command structure,
Captain...
SHELBY
Try the power systems, Data...
see if you can get them to power
down...
DATA
Acknowledged... attempting new
power subcommand path...
116 ANGLE - PICARD
shaking with the ship... stirring...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - ACT FIVE 51.
INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI
at a console...
GEORDI
Shields have failed...
INT. MAIN BRIDGE
RIKER
Fire all weapons.
EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
once again in the grips of the Borg tractor beam...
firing at will... but it is a hopeless cause...
INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
DATA
I cannot penetrate the Borg power
subcommand structure... all
critical subcommands are
protected, Captain...
INTERCUT:
INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Close on Riker as the truth sets in...
SHELBY
Then it's over.
RIKER
Mister Crusher, ready a collision
course with the Borg ship...
Wesley reacts, turns and looks for confirmation...
Repeating --
RIKER
(quietly)
You heard me. A collision
course.
WESLEY
Yessir.
RIKER
Mister La Forge, prepare to go
to warp power...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE 51A.
122 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
Picard groans, whispers...
PICARD
Sleep.
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE 52.
122 CONTINUED:
And it is only by sheer force of will, the power of
the man, that Picard is able to reach through the
control of the Borg consciousness... and whisper this
word...
BEVERLY
Data, he's regaining
consciousness...
PICARD
Sleep.
TROI
(reacts)
It is Captain Picard speaking,
not Locutus.
PICARD
Sleep. Data.
And then under extreme pressure, his will is suppressed
and he loses consciousness...
BEVERLY
He's exhausted.
DATA
Yes, Doctor... but if I may make
a supposition, I believe his
message was not intended to
express fatigue but to suggest
a course of action.
123 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
WORF
Borg cutting beam activated...
And Captain Riker prepares to give the last fateful
order of his short but colorful career...
RIKER
Mister Crusher, en...
DATA'S COM VOICE
Data to Bridge... stand by...
RIKER
Stand by all stations...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FIVE 53.
123 CONTINUED:
DATA'S COM VOICE
I am attempting to penetrate the
Borg regenerative subcommand
path... it is a low priority
system and may be accessible...
124 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The Borg cutting beam reaches out to the Enterprise...
125 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Crack of impact... a dreadful shake...
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Outer hull breach.
WORF
Sir... shall I execute evacuation
sequence...
RIKER
Negative, Mister Worf... Mister
Data, your final report...
DATA'S COM VOICE
Stand by...
RIKER
I can't, Mister Data...
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Inner hull failure
imminent on decks twenty-three,
twenty-four, and twenty-five...
Decompression danger...
126 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Suddenly, the attack simply ends.
127 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Reactions.
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FIVE 54.
127 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Data? What the hell happened?
INTERCUT:
128 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
DATA
I successfully planted a command
in the Borg collective
consciousness, sir. It
misdirected them to believe it
was time to regenerate. In
effect, I put them all to sleep.
129 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Reactions.
RIKER
To... sleep.
DATA
Yessir.
RIKER
Status of Borg power drive... ?
WORF
Minimal power...
RIKER
Electromagnetic field?
WORF
Nonexistent.
RIKER
(reacts)
Commander Shelby, take an away
team and confirm that the Borg...
are... asleep.
SHELBY
Delighted, sir.
As she EXITS...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE 55.
130 INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)
Shelby, Worf and Gleason MATERIALIZE... They examine
the Borg... who are all in their compartments...
SHELBY
(keys insignia)
Shelby to Enterprise. It's true.
They're all in their regeneration
mode.
INTERCUT:
131 INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR
Riker on the move...
RIKER
(keying insignia)
Any indication to how long we can
keep them like this...
132 INT. BORG SHIP
SHELBY
Checking...
WORF
(to Shelby)
Commander, tricorder readings are
fluctuating rapidly...
Shelby comes over... reacts...
SHELBY
Enterprise... there are
indications here that their entire
power net's about to feed back
on itself. I'd say we're looking
at a self-destruct sequence
activated by the Borg's
malfunction... do you want us to
attempt to disarm it...
133 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
Riker has just entered... Beverly has heard. Data is
still tied up with Picard...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FIVE 56.
133 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
There's no way to know what the
destruction of the Borg ship will
do to him...
DATA
We should also consider the
advantages of further examination
of the Borg and their vessel, sir.
RIKER
(beat)
I don't think so. Mister Data,
separate yourself from Captain
Picard.
Data follows the order as --
RIKER
(keys insignia)
Away Team, get yourselves home.
Mister Crusher, upon their return
move us to a safe position.
And as Beverly watches with a personal concern, Data
gently removes Picard's hand from his wrist...
134 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The Enterprise moves away and... the Borg ship
explodes... in several decentralized small bursts.
INTERCUTTING:
135 INT. DATA'S LABORATORY
Picard shudders...
135A THE BORG SHIP
blows apart.
135B PICARD
lies still... After a long beat, his eyes open... he
smiles weakly...
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE 57.
135B CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Life signs are stable... the DNA
around the microcircuit fiber
implants is returning to normal...
TROI
How do you feel?
With a voice hoarse from fatigue...
PICARD
Almost human.
(smiles slightly)
With a bit of a headache...
BEVERLY
We'll get you to Sickbay...
(to Riker)
We won't have any trouble getting
these implants out now.
RIKER
(to Picard)
How much do you remember?
PICARD
Everything.
(beat)
Including some brilliantly
unorthodox strategy by a former
first officer of mine.
There's a special look between them and...
136 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Orbiting Earth.
137 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
Picard has had his surgery... his face is half-bandaged...
he is back in uniform. With him is Riker,
still wearing his Captain's pips.
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT FIVE 58.
137 CONTINUED:
RIKER
... and Earth Station McKinley has
advised they're ready to begin
refitting the Enterprise.
PICARD
Have they estimated the time for
repairs... ?
RIKER
Five to six weeks...
A chime.
PICARD & RIKER
Come.
They glance at each other as Shelby ENTERS... slightly
confused... moves to Riker...
SHELBY
Request permission to disembark,
sir...
Riker defers to Picard, thereby clearly relinquishing
command.
PICARD
Permission granted. They picked
a fine officer for the task force,
Commander.
SHELBY
We'll have the fleet back up in
less than a year...
(to Riker)
I... imagine you'll get your choice
of any Starfleet command, sir...
Riker grins, exuding confidence...
RIKER
Everyone's so concerned about my
next job. With all due respect,
Commander... sir...
(with a nod in
Picard's direction)
... my career plans are my own
business, no one else's.
(beat)
But it's nice to know I'll have
a few options.
STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT FIVE 59.
137 CONTINUED: (2)
SHELBY
I hope I'll have the fortune of
serving with you again.
(turning to Picard)
Captain...
Picard nods, dismissing her. And she EXITS.
RIKER
Course to Station McKinley is laid
in and ready, sir...
PICARD
Make it so, Number One.
Riker grins and EXITS and we stay a beat on Picard as
he turns in his chair and looks out his window... and
as he drinks his tea, there is a definite incomplete
thought here, not an entirely happy ending... a man
recovering but not recovered.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
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