STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Clues"
#40274-188
Teleplay by
Bruce D. Arthurs and Joe Menosky
Story by
Bruce D. Arthurs
Directed by
Les Landau
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FINAL DRAFT
NOVEMBER 14, 1990
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Clues"
CAST
PICARD MADALINE
RIKER
DATA ALYSSA OGAWA
BEVERLY HOLODECK MAN
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
Non-Speaking
GUINAN PAXAN ENTITY
O'BRIEN
ENSIGN McKNIGHT
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMERARIES
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Clues"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
TURBOLIFT
CORRIDOR
TRANSPORTER ROOM
SICKBAY
SICKBAY LAB
MAIN ENGINEERING
TEN-FORWARD
TROI'S QUARTERS
DATA'S QUARTERS
WORKOUT ROOM
HOLODECK (WORLD OF DIXON HILL)
SECRETARY'S OFFICE
HILL'S PRIVATE OFFICE
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Clues"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
CYTOSOME SITE-oh-zohm
ELECTROLYTE ee-LEC-tro-lite
EVADNE ee-VAHD-nee
MARA MARU MAH-ruh muh-ROO
NGAME n'GOM-aye
TURGOR TER-jer
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Clues"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Establish the ship travelling across a background of
interstellar dust clouds.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's Log, Stardate 44502.7.
Early completion of our mission
at Harrakis Five has allowed me
to grant extra personal time for
many of the crew.
2 INT. WORKOUT ROOM
WORF, dressed in a Klingon robe is leading several
others, including TROI, RIKER and GEORDI in a set of
slow exercises, that might be described as Klingon Tai
Chi.
PICARD (V.O.)
(continuing)
Given our recent tight scheduling,
this has come as something of a
relief.
3 INT. SICKBAY LAB
At a lab counter, BEVERLY is lining several small
incubation bottles along a rack -- obviously an
experimental procedure. Her satisfied smile indicates
that she's enjoying this.
PICARD (V.O.)
(continuing)
Our diplomatic assignment in the
Evadne system is a ten day journey
past the Ngame Nebula, and I
expect it to be uneventful. I
personally am using the time to
fulfill a promise to a colleague.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - TEASER 2.
4 OMITTED
5 INT. SECRETARY'S OFFICE - CIRCA 1940S - DAY
CLOSE SHOT of the office door, wood with a frosted
glass insert in the upper portion. On the glass are
printed the words --
DIXON HILL
PRIVATE
INVESTIGATIONS
-- but they are in reverse. We are inside the somewhat
dingy, period office. We hear a loud SNAP.
5A INCLUDE MADELINE
A bombshell secretary, sitting behind her desk,
typewriter in front of her, but paying more attention
to painting her fingernails. She again loudly SNAPS
her chewing gum.
The door opens, GUINAN ENTERS, dressed completely in
period clothing, chewing gum like an expert.
GUINAN
Dixon Hill around?
MADELINE
(barely looking up)
He's occupied at the present
moment.
GUINAN
Tell him Gloria is here.
MADELINE
Can't do that.
Madeline snaps her gum.
MADELINE
(continuing)
He doesn't want to be disturbed.
GUINAN
I'm here from...
(remembering)
Cleveland.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER 2A.
5A CONTINUED:
MADELINE
Doesn't matter if you're from the
moon, Hon. Mister Hill is
incommuni... incommunica...
GUINAN
Incommunicado.
MADELINE
That's it. Sorry, Hon.
Madeline snaps her gum.
GUINAN
Listen, Hon. Just tell him
Gloria's here.
Guinan snaps her gum. Madeline narrows her eyes at the
challenge, snaps back.
MADELINE
When the boss doesn't want to be
disturbed, the boss doesn't want
to be disturbed. Don't take it
personal like.
Guinan snaps her gum. Noting a clock on the wall --
GUINAN
Mister Hill is expecting me. I
have a two o'clock appointment.
MADELINE
It's two-ten.
GUINAN
Sorry. I had a hard time with
the outfit...
(raising her skirt to
show off a garter)
It took me awhile to figure out
what this thing was supposed to
do...
Madeline huffs, picks up the phone, and hits the
intercom...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER 2B.
5A CONTINUED: (2)
MADELINE
Sorry, Dix. There's a... "lady"
here to see you, says her name
is...
GUINAN
Gloria...
MADELINE
Gloria...
GUINAN
From Cleveland.
MADELINE
From Cleveland.
(beat)
Okay.
She hangs up.
MADELINE
He never heard of you.
GUINAN
Never heard of me?
MADELINE
That's right.
GUINAN
No, you don't understand... it's
all been set up in advance... I'm
supposed to be Gloria from
Cleveland and I was supposed to
be in Holodeck Four at two o'clock
and you don't have the slightest
idea of what I'm talking about,
do you?
Madeline blinks, dumb. Guinan wheels and heads for
Dixon's inner office door...
MADELINE
Hey, you can't go in there...
But Guinan charges through the door into...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER 3.
6 INT. DIXON HILL'S OFFICE - DAY
... to find Picard with his hands raised high and a
GUNMAN aiming a revolver at him, the gunman holds a
valise... She reacts as he motions the gun at her...
GUNMAN
Get inside.
(to Picard)
Who's the doll?
PICARD
She's my cousin.
GUINAN
Gloria. From Cleveland.
PICARD
Sorry, Gloria -- I didn't want
to get you involved. She has
nothing to do with this, Johnny.
GUNMAN
Yeah, right. What do I look like?
A jamoke? You ain't nobody's
cousin and you ain't here for a
visit. What do you know about
my money?
GUINAN
Your money?
GUNMAN
The money he stole.
GUINAN
(to Picard)
You stole his money?
PICARD
He's lying, Gloria -- don't
listen to him.
GUINAN
Johnny, why don't you tell me all
about it, maybe I can help, I'm
a good listener...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER 4.
6 CONTINUED:
He moves threateningly at Guinan passing in front of
the window as he does...
GUNMAN
I'm finished with talking,
sweetheart. Now, I'm gonna get
some action or else...
Outside we can hear a car screech around a corner...
Suddenly the window is blasted out by machine gun
fire... Guinan and Picard hit the ground... the gunman
is hit in the back, groans and falls dead with --
6A ANGLE - FACE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR
GUINAN
(to Picard)
This is what you do for fun?
PICARD
It's a mystery, Guinan... Who
was this man? Who killed him?
Where's the money he was talking
about? A mystery. Now, we
begin the search for clues.
GUINAN
And that's fun...
The SCREECH of a car outside. Picard goes to the
window.
PICARD
That's fun.
He looks out the window.
PICARD
A forty-eight Packard with
whitewalls... I couldn't catch
the license plate...
The phone rings in the outer office...
MADELINE (O.S.)
Dixon Hill, Private
Investigations.
(answering phone)
Sorry, there's no Captain Picard
here. Try down at the docks.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - TEASER 5.
6A CONTINUED:
PICARD
(reacts)
It's all right. I'll take it,
Madeline.
Picard picks up the phone on the desk.
PICARD
(a little ruffled)
What is it?
INTERCUT:
7
thru OMITTED
9
10 INT. BRIDGE
DATA is at the helm.
DATA
Please excuse the unusual
interruption, Captain. I thought
that patching communications
through the holodeck program would
be less obtrusive.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
(a smile)
I appreciate the consideration,
Commander. What can I do for
you?
11 INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
The Ngame dust cloud is a diaphanous wave of color
partially obscuring the backdrop of stars.
DATA
Long range sensors have detected
a T-tauri type star within a
pocket of the Ngame cloud.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Nothing unusual about that.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - TEASER 5A.
11 CONTINUED:
DATA
No, Sir. However, the star's
single planet falls within the
M-Class range. It is capable of
supporting life.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Now that is unusual.
DATA
Highly, Sir.
Picard is not covering too well his disappointment at
having to interrupt the holodeck fantasy.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Yes, thank you, Data. Procedures
require us to investigate. Recall
the bridge crew and set a course.
12 OMITTED
13 INT. DIXON HILL'S PRIVATE OFFICE
Picard hangs up the phone. Turns to Guinan.
PICARD
I'm afraid I have a twenty-fourth
century mystery to deal with,
Gloria. You're welcome to carry
on if you'd like.
GUINAN
No, I've had enough "fun" for
one day.
They both go out the office door.
14 INT. BRIDGE - LATER
The Bridge now has a full crew (Picard, Riker, Worf,
Data, TROI, and ENSIGN MCKNIGHT at CONN).
MCKNIGHT
Entering the T-tauri system, now,
Captain.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/14/90 - TEASER 6.
15 ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
Which displays the star we are approaching -- still
distant, but close enough to see it as a disc rather
than a point of light.
16 RESUME
DATA
Sensors indicate an energy
fluctuation directly in our path.
Source unknown.
17 ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
A shimmering "hole" in space opens up for just a moment
-- then disappears.
18 RESUME
Worf looks at his instruments.
WORF
Still picking up energy
distortions -- but fading. It
seems to be gone.
PICARD
A wormhole?
DATA
Very likely. Small and extremely
unstable wormholes have been
mapped near thirty-nine T-tauri
systems in the last one hundred
years alone.
RIKER
Captain, I suggest we move to
a safer location. It could
reappear at any moment.
PICARD
Agreed. Ensign, take us --
Data is glued to his instruments.
DATA
-- Captain!
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - TEASER 7.
19 INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
And the worm-hole as it reappears virtually on top of
them.
20 RESUME (OPTICAL)
The entire Bridge crew looks towards the screen just
as the Enterprise goes into the worm-hole. A dazzling
light fills the Bridge, as we stay on Data, who can
barely be seen pouring over his sensor readings. Then
the light just as suddenly fades to normal.
Data turns from his instruments to survey the Bridge
-- everyone else is slumped over in their chairs or
fallen to the floor.
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE 8.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
21 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CLOSE SHOT OF PICARD
slumped unconscious in his Command Chair.
DATA (O.S.)
Captain?
22 PULL BACK TO INCLUDE DATA
as he gently shakes Picard, who begins to awaken.
PICARD
Data?
Picard looks around. Seeing the other unconscious
crewmen starting to gradually come around, he tries to
stand. Still woozy, he staggers, and is caught by
Data.
DATA
Careful, Captain. The stun-effect
from the wormhole was relatively
severe.
Picard rubs his head.
PICARD
Apparently so. How long were we
unconscious?
DATA
Approximately thirty seconds.
I have scanned the ship and
detected no life-threatening
injuries to the crew.
A moan from McKnight as she rubs the shoulder she fell
upon. Worf rubs his right wrist as he stands. Riker
is helping a still dazed looking Troi to her seat.
PICARD
You were not affected?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE 9.
22 CONTINUED:
DATA
No. My positronic system is
immune to the effect. This is
the third unstable wormhole I have
passed through during my time in
Starfleet. The first, on-board
the U.S.S. Trieste --
PICARD
-- Thank you, Data.
Picard surveys the Bridge.
PICARD
(continuing)
Well, where the hell are we?
RIKER
(checking instruments)
Point five-four parsecs from our
previous position. Almost a day's
travel... in just thirty seconds.
DATA
Sir, I should re-align the ship's
clock with Starbase Four-ten's
subspace signal to adjust for the
time distortion.
PICARD
Proceed.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
Captain, Sickbay here.
PICARD
Go ahead, Doctor.
INTERCUT:
22A INT. SICKBAY
BEVERLY
I'm getting scattered reports of
minor injuries. What happened?
PICARD'S COM VOICE
The Enterprise just jumped through
a wormhole.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE 9A.
22A CONTINUED:
PICARD'S COM VOICE (Cont'd)
We were all unconscious for
about thirty seconds.
BEVERLY
Everybody okay up there?
PICARD'S COM VOICE
(glancing around)
Little or no damage on the Bridge,
Doctor.
BEVERLY
Acknowledged. Crusher out.
22B INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
PICARD
Ship's status?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT ONE 10.
22B CONTINUED:
Riker looks at his console.
RIKER
Reports coming in now. Nothing
serious so far.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Impulse engines and warp drive
are unaffected, Captain.
WORF
Shields and weapons systems are
fully functional.
Worf rubs his wrist again. Picard glances at Troi, who
still seems slightly out of it.
PICARD
Counselor? Are you alright?
TROI
Yes... I think so... Excuse me,
Captain, but I feel a bit...
unfocused...
(a deep breath)
It will pass.
Picard satisfies himself that the crew is basically
back to normal.
PICARD
Not too bad, all things
considered.
RIKER
(agreeing)
We're lucky we didn't end up
half-way across the galaxy and
in the middle of next week.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE 11.
22B CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
I do not believe that was ever
a possibility. The wormhole's
small size and extremely short
period indicate a relatively local
phenomenon.
RIKER
I didn't mean that literally,
Data.
PICARD
There's still the anomalous
M-Class planet we were going to
investigate. Do we go back?
DATA
The unpredictability of the
wormhole would make our
investigation a hazardous one.
A probe from our current position
would be more advisable.
Picard weighs the considerations. Nods to Data.
PICARD
Make it so.
23 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The ship launches a probe, which speeds across space
and out of frame.
24 INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)
Beverly is treating O'BRIEN, running a hand-held
instrument over the Chief's elbow. In the background,
ALYSSA OGAWA and another medical assistant are
treating two other crew members.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE 12.
24 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Nothing broken, Chief. But the
ligaments around the elbow have
been twisted pretty severely.
(a smile)
What in the world were you doing
when you fell?
O'BRIEN
Hanging a plant for Keiko. Part
of her running project to give
me a green thumb.
BEVERLY
How's it working?
O'BRIEN
(shakes his head)
Everything I touch seems to turn
brown and wither away.
Beverly laughs.
BEVERLY
Alyssa, would you get me the --
She glances over at her assistant, who is very busy
with other patients.
BEVERLY
-- Never mind. I'll do it.
(to O'Brien)
You, don't go away. We'll fix
that right up.
25 FOLLOW BEVERLY
as she crosses into a lab on the other side of
Sickbay.
25A INT. SICKBAY LAB - CONTINUOUS
Beverly finds the hand-held instrument she's looking
for, and in passing, notices the small glass containers
we saw her experimenting with earlier. Something stops
her dead in her tracks.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT ONE 12A.
26 CLOSE ON THE INCUBATION CONTAINERS
each of which is fuzzy with a bright red, moss-like
growth inside.
27 INCLUDE A VERY PUZZLED BEVERLY
as she reaches over and picks one up. She stares at it
for a moment.
BEVERLY
(evenly)
This is impossible.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE 13.
28 INT. SICKBAY - MOMENTS LATER (OPTICAL)
Beverly is walking back towards O'Brien, carrying the
instrument she went for, a bemused look still on her
face.
She reaches O'Brien and indicates his elbow.
BEVERLY
Straighten your arm.
He does so. She touches the device to one side of the
injured joint, holding it there.
BEVERLY
Alyssa?
The other woman glances up.
ALYSSA
Yes, Doctor?
BEVERLY
Did you see anybody near the lab
today?
ALYSSA
No, I didn't.
A beat.
BEVERLY
You didn't happen to adjust the
environments on the incubation
containers?
ALYSSA
I would never touch one of your
experiments unless you asked me
to, Doctor.
BEVERLY
Of course, I'm sorry, Alyssa.
Beverly wonders to herself what the hell is going on...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE 14.
29 INT. BRIDGE
Worf looks up from his instruments.
WORF
Probe approaching the T-tauri
system, Captain.
PICARD
Readings, Data?
DATA
Coming in now, sir. The probe
has moved within visual range of
the planet.
PICARD
On screen.
ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
A big, green, gassy, Neptune-like planet. Data studies
the instruments for a couple of beats.
DATA
Sensors indicate a hydrogen-helium
composition.
(takes another reading)
With a frozen helium core.
RIKER
Wait a minute, didn't your
readings indicate a Class M planet
before we went through the
wormhole, Data?
DATA
It is very possible that
interference from the wormhole
affected the sensors, Commander.
This is clearly not a Class M
planet.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT ONE 15.
30 CONTINUED:
Picard appears convinced. Riker still a bit doubtful.
PICARD
Data, run a full diagnostic to
make sure the wormhole didn't
cause any permanent damage to the
sensors.
DATA
Aye, Captain.
PICARD
Ensign, set us back on a course
for...
(off Riker's doubt)
Number One? A problem?
RIKER
It's awfully strange that a
malfunctioning sensor should give
such a specific misreading of
a planet. I would have thought
that a space/time disturbance
would cause a lot more confusion
than that.
Data jumps in just a little too quickly.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT ONE 16.
30 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
It is conceivable that the
sensors picked up the afterimage
of an actual planet that lies on
the other side of the wormhole.
(to Picard)
We could survey the nearby stars
for such a planet. It would
require approximately six weeks.
PICARD
We don't have the time.
Picard has made up his mind.
PICARD
We've encountered a minor
mystery, one that has been solved
to my satisfaction. Number One,
unless there's a major objection,
Ensign McKnight will set us a
course for Evadne Four.
Riker has good-humoredly backed down from playing
devil's advocate.
RIKER
No objection.
PICARD
Ensign.
The Ensign's fingers touch the controls in front of
him. OFF Data's unreadable face.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE 17.
31 OMITTED
32 INT. READY ROOM
Picard is sitting at his desk as Beverly Crusher
ENTERS, carrying a small, box-like carrier.
PICARD
You wanted to see me, Beverly.
BEVERLY
I have something of a minor
mystery on my hands.
PICARD
A "minor mystery"? That seems
to be a recurring phrase around
here lately.
(indicating table)
Please.
She sets down the box and opens it, taking out one of
the incubation containers, now thriving with red moss.
PICARD
(surprised)
Diomedian scarlet moss. I didn't
know you were an enthno-botanist.
BEVERLY
It's a hobby.
PICARD
You've got a good crop going
there. As I recall, it's not easy
to cultivate.
BEVERLY
That's just it -- I started the
spores right before we were all
knocked unconscious by the
wormhole. You said we were out
for thirty seconds?
PICARD
Correct.
BEVERLY
Then how come this shows a full
day's growth?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT ONE 18.
32 CONTINUED:
Picard stares at it for a moment, curious.
PICARD
Perhaps you've got some sort of
fast-growth strain.
She pulls out four more bottle-like containers, lining
them up in front of him, each with a similarly
luxuriant growth inside.
BEVERLY
Each of these incubators were set
with spores from completely
different sources in the Diomedian
system. I've got a dozen more
back at the lab. Perhaps
something extraordinary could have
happened to one of them, but not
to all of them.
Picard continues to stare at the containers.
PICARD
But that would mean we were
unconscious for a full day. And
yet everything else on board
indicates that we were out for
only thirty seconds. The ship's
chronometer, the computer...
A beat as the implication sinks in.
PICARD
(continuing)
Everything else... including
Commander Data.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO 19.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
33 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Travelling at impulse speed through space, no longer
near a dust cloud.
PICARD (V.O)
Captain's log, supplemental.
Commander Data continues to
maintain that we were unconscious
for only thirty seconds, despite
Doctor Crusher's evidence to the
contrary.
34 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Picard, Beverly, Data, Geordi, Riker, Worf. On the
table in front of them sits one of Beverly's incubation
bottles.
DATA
Captain, I have a hypothesis.
Picard nods, and seems to study Data intently as he
answers.
DATA
The twenty-second century
physicist Pell Underhill
conjectured that a major
disruption in time-continuity
could be compensated for by
trillions of counter reactions.
Data indicates the incubation chambers.
DATA
(continuing)
The effect could have allowed
Doctor Crusher's mosses to arrive
at the other side of the worm hole
with the unanticipated growth.
GEORDI
Underhill was talking about
energy!
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO 19A.
34 CONTINUED:
DATA
True. Nevertheless, it is
possible that the phenomenon could
occur in matter at much higher
levels of organization. Given the
proper conditions.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT TWO 20.
34 CONTINUED: (2)
A beat.
PICARD
Thank you, Data. An intriguing
hypothesis.
Picard considers for a moment, smiles at Data.
PICARD
(continuing)
Perhaps we've got a tempest in
a test tube, after all.
BEVERLY
Captain --
Picard cuts her off with a look.
PICARD
(lightly)
Data, I promised Mister Nelson
in Engineering that you would
assist him on the sensor
diagnostics. You'll find him hard
at work on Deck Thirty-six.
DATA
As you wish, Captain.
Data turns and EXITS the room. Picard waits a moment,
as if this is difficult.
PICARD
(to Geordi)
Did you believe Data's
explanation?
Geordi hesitates.
PICARD
(continuing)
A frank answer, Commander.
GEORDI
Not for a second. I'm honestly
amazed that he even proposed it.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO 21.
34 CONTINUED: (3)
WORF
What are you suggesting, Captain?
PICARD
I'm not sure. I have never known
Data to lie, and yet...
BEVERLY
If we never went through a
wormhole... then what happened
to us during that missing day...
GEORDI
If we were out for a whole day,
why didn't our beards grow?
No answers.
RIKER
Whatever it was... it seems to
be something Data doesn't want
to tell us about...
PICARD
It could be that whatever caused
this situation affected Data as
well.
(beat)
Or it could be that he's telling
the truth... and this is just...
another minor mystery.
GEORDI
I can check the computer's
chronometer... see if there's
evidence of tampering...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT TWO 22.
34 CONTINUED: (4)
BEVERLY
A transporter trace analysis might
give us another indication of
how much time has actually passed.
PICARD
Proceed on both counts.
Meanwhile, we'll maintain our
present course. If there is
something wrong with Data, we
don't want him aware of our
suspicions.
35 INT. ENGINEERING
Data is helping a SUPERNUMERARY engineer, (NELSON),
with standard sensor diagnostics. Geordi enters
frame, seemingly buoyant.
GEORDI
(lightly)
Gentlemen, how goes the battle?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT TWO 23.
35 CONTINUED:
DATA
The long-range, infra-red sensors
suffered no apparent damage as
a result of the wormhole. We
are presently checking the
neutrino and heavy particle
detectors.
GEORDI
Great. I'll take over, Data.
The Captain wants you back on the
Bridge.
Just a little puzzled, Data nods, hands a diagnostic
instrument over to Geordi and turns to go.
GEORDI
(continuing)
See you later in Ten Forward.
DATA
Yes. I will see you then.
Geordi waits until Data actually goes out the door.
Then his smile immediately fades and is replaced by
serious intent. He sets down the diagnostic
instrument.
GEORDI
Nelson, I need your help with the
computer.
36 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
Beverly ENTERS, steps up to O'Brien, who is at the
transporter controls, entering a report into a small
computer peripheral.
BEVERLY
Hello, Chief. How's the elbow?
O'BRIEN
Much better. This isn't a house
call, is it?
BEVERLY
No, it's not. Tell me, who was
the last one to use the
transporter before we went through
the wormhole?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT TWO 24.
36 CONTINUED:
O'Brien touches the control board in front of him, gets
the answer.
O'BRIEN
Ensign Locklin. She's one of my
technicians.
BEVERLY
Have her report immediately to
Sickbay.
37 INT. SICKBAY
Beverly is holding a small instrument over the lower
arm of a young woman, ENSIGN LOCKLIN, who is sitting
on a diagnostic bed. As she continues to slowly move
the device, Beverly and her assistant Alyssa Ogawa
monitor the screen behind them.
BEVERLY
Electrolyte concentration.
ALYSSA
Twelve point five deviation from
previous.
Beverly and Alyssa share a look.
BEVERLY
Interesting...
(adjusting device)
Let's check the cellular membrane.
I'm willing to bet the internal
turgor pressure is off by almost
the same amount.
She again holds the instrument over Ensign Locklin's
arm. A few beats. Beverly and Alyssa watch the
readout behind the bed change slightly.
ALYSSA
Eleven three deviation from the
norm.
BEVERLY
(excited)
That's what I wanted to hear.
(to Locklin)
Thank you, Ensign Locklin.
That'll be all.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT TWO 24A.
37 CONTINUED:
Ensign Locklin nods, jumps down from the bed and goes
out the door as Beverly touches a companel.
BEVERLY
Crusher to Captain Picard.
37A INT. TURBOLIFT
PICARD
(keying insignia)
What is it, Doctor?
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
I need to see you immediately.
PICARD
I'm on my way to Engineering.
Join me.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO 25.
38 INT. CORRIDOR
Picard and Beverly are walking quickly along a
corridor.
BEVERLY
Physiologically, each of us is
on a daily cycle. Our cells have
developed rhythms based on a
twenty-four hour period.
PICARD
Our internal clocks.
BEVERLY
Exactly, and I can measure that
effect at the molecular level.
I took a trace from the last
person to use the transporter,
and compared her cell function
levels to what they are right now.
If we were unconscious for only
thirty seconds, those cycles would
be nearly synchronous.
PICARD
And were they?
BEVERLY
No. We were out for longer than
thirty seconds, Captain. A lot
longer.
OFF Picard's reaction.
39 OMITTED
40 INT. ENGINEERING - CLOSE ON GEORDI
from inside a ladder well as he climbs down and out.
GEORDI
(loudly)
I've got some good news, and some
bad news...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT TWO 26.
41 NEW ANGLE
On Geordi as he emerges from the tube into the presence
of Picard and Dr. Crusher.
GEORDI
The good news is that we were
right about the computer's
chronometer. There's a security
program to prevent tampering.
But it looks now like it was
disabled, and a new program put
in its place. Someone reset the
clock.
PICARD
And the bad news?
GEORDI
Data and I are the only ones
onboard this ship capable of
doing it.
42 INT. READY ROOM
Data is standing in front of Picard.
DATA
A bit of a mystery, Captain.
PICARD
That's an understatement.
(beat)
Is it possible that something or
someone affected you -- without
your knowledge?
DATA
I am unable to answer that
question, Captain.
Picard pauses for a moment.
PICARD
Data, would you consent to being
examined by Commander La Forge?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT TWO 27.
42 CONTINUED:
DATA
As you wish, Captain.
Picard touches a companel.
PICARD
(to com)
Come.
Immediately, the door slides open and a security
officer steps inside.
PICARD
Please escort Commander Data to
Engineering.
The officer steps to Data's side.
DATA
(to Picard)
I know the way, Sir.
A beat. Data and the security officer head towards the
door.
CLOSE ON Picard's face as the door slides open and shut
offscreen.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/28/90 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
43 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Establish heading at impulse through space.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, supplemental. It
has become clear that everyone
aboard the Enterprise has lost
an entire day. As the mystery
of what actually occurred during
those missing hours continues to
deepen, so do my doubts about
Commander Data.
43A INT. ENGINEERING
The side of Data's head is open and blinking. Geordi
has a small, pen-like device in hand. He's trying to
keep things light, but it's a cover -- he's clearly
uncomfortable with this assignment.
GEORDI
We'll start with the higher
functions before we get down to
basics.
He moves the pen-like device towards Data's head.
GEORDI
(joking)
Now, this won't hurt a bit...
He touches the device to Data's exposed head.
DATA
Have you forgotten that my sensory
inputs are not programmed to
experience pain, Geordi?
GEORDI
It's a figure of speech. Bedside
manner. I was just trying to make
you comfortable.
DATA
I am perfectly comfortable.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/29/90 - ACT THREE 28A.
43A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(almost to himself)
Pattern recognition, syntactic
algorithms, heuristic functions
-- all normal.
DATA
However, I cannot help noticing
that you appear a bit
uncomfortable yourself.
Geordi again touches the instrument to Data's head.
GEORDI
I just don't like having to do
this, that's all...
DATA
(puzzled)
The Captain has expressed doubts
about my operational capacities.
Doubts which, given the
circumstances, seem entirely
justified. I do not understand
your reluctance to carry out his
instructions.
Geordi takes down the instrument.
GEORDI
It's not reluctance exactly...
more like concern. I don't want
to find something wrong with you.
On the other hand...
DATA
Yes?
GEORDI
It feels like you're not being
completely... honest with us.
Data, I'm your freind... if
something is wrong, tell me...
maybe I can help you...
DATA
(a beat)
There is nothing I can tell you,
Geordi, beyond what I have already
stated.
Geordi stares at him for a long beat.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/29/90 - ACT THREE 28B.
43A CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
Okay.
Data almost looks for a moment as if he wants to go
ahead and tell him anyway, but changes his mind.
DATA
Okay...
Off the look between them.
44 INT. BRIDGE
Picard is at the helm; Riker, Worf, the Ensign and Troi
are at their respective stations.
The turbolift door opens and Geordi steps onto the
Bridge. Picard looks towards him expectantly.
GEORDI
I've finished examining Data,
Captain.
PICARD
And?
GEORDI
Nothing's wrong with the
technology that I can see. He's
in perfect condition.
PICARD
I was almost hoping you'd find
a problem.
GEORDI
He could still be malfunctioning
beyond my ability to detect it.
Picard pauses, looks around, frustrated.
PICARD
This entire mystery began when
our sensors detected that planet.
First it was class "M"... now it
isn't...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT THREE 29.
44 CONTINUED:
RIKER
But the sensors were
malfunctioning. Our probe clearly
established the planet could not
support life...
PICARD
Data launched that probe.
They exchange a look.
RIKER
(to Geordi)
If he rigged the probe, could you
prove it?
GEORDI
I could try.
He EXITS. The Captain glances around at the rest of
the crew.
PICARD
What happened to us in that
missing day? Surely clues must
exist. Each of you think back
to what you were doing right
before we blacked out. Reenact
it if need be. Look for anything
odd or --
WORF
-- Counselor!
Worf rushes to Deanna's side as she nearly faints off
her chair.
PICARD
Deanna, are you alright?
TROI
(recovering)
Just a moment... Yes... I'm
fine...
RIKER
What happened?
TROI
I suddenly became dizzy... I'd
better go to my quarters.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE 30.
44 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Perhaps Sickbay would be a better
idea.
TROI
(standing)
No. Really, I'm alright.
Picard nods to Worf.
PICARD
See the counselor to her quarters.
WORF
Aye, Captain.
45 INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE TROI'S QUARTERS
Troi and Worf walk up to Troi's door.
TROI
Thank you for coming with me,
Worf.
WORF
Of course. You're certain you
are well.
TROI
I just need some rest.
Troi ENTERS her quarters, the door closing behind her.
Worf stands doubtfully for a few beats in the corridor,
then starts away.
There is a short, frightened scream from Troi's cabin.
Worf wheels around and dashes back to the door.
WORF
Counselor!
The door remains closed. Worf touches his
communicator.
WORF
Security! Override the lock on
Deanna Troi's quarters! Now!
The door opens, and Worf dashes in.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT THREE 31.
46 INT. TROI'S QUARTERS
Worf ENTERS, but Troi is not in the main part of her
cabin. He dashes towards the washroom.
Troi is inside. She is pale, shaking with fright.
She is backed against the wall opposite the mirror,
averting her eyes from her reflection.
WORF
What's wrong?
TROI
The mirror... I came in here...
and I looked into the mirror...
It wasn't me, Worf... Not me...
It was my face, but it wasn't me
inside...
TIME CUT:
47 INT. TROI'S BEDROOM
Troi is sitting in bed as Beverly finishes running
an instrument around her head. Picard is standing
nearby.
PICARD
Is she alright?
TROI
I feel fine...now.
BEVERLY
Signs of stress, adrenaline
by-products higher than baseline.
But that's a normal reaction to
sudden fright. All brain
functions check out okay.
PICARD
Deanna, what happened?
TROI
A hallucination perhaps.
PICARD
What did you see?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT THREE 32.
47 CONTINUED:
TROI
It wasn't what I saw. It was what
I felt. I looked into the mirror,
and it seemed a stranger was
staring back at me from behind
my own eyes.
She wraps her arms together as if for comfort in
reaction to the memory.
TROI
(continuing)
As if my own face was a mask.
Picard puts a gentle hand on her shoulder.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
La Forge to Captain Picard.
PICARD
Yes, Geordi.
48 INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)
Geordi is standing in front of a monitor displaying
an image of the same Neptune-like planet the probe
relayed earlier back to the Enterprise.
GEORDI
(to Com)
I found something, sir.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE 33.
49 OMITTED
50 INT. SICKBAY
Beverly returns to see Worf waiting...
BEVERLY
Hello, Worf.
WORF
Doctor.
He seems a little hesitant.
BEVERLY
Can I help you?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE 34.
50 CONTINUED:
WORF
Perhaps not.
Worf turns to leave --
BEVERLY
-- Worf.
He stops, turns back to her.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
You came in here for something.
You can trust me.
WORF
A warrior does not complain about
physical discomfort.
Dr. Crusher puts a caring hand on his shoulder and
maneuvers him towards a diagnostic bed.
BEVERLY
Are you in pain?
WORF
But the Captain ordered us to
report anything out of the
ordinary.
He holds out the wrist he's been favoring since the
time-jump incident. Beverly takes an instrument and
runs it over the arm. A very surprised look crosses
her face.
BEVERLY
How did this happen?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT THREE 35.
51 INT. DATA'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)
Data, Picard and Geordi are standing around the monitor
screen in Data's quarters, staring at the image of the
Neptune-like planet, with various numbers and symbols
across the screen.
PICARD
Do you recognize the planet, Data?
DATA
Yes, it is the planet our probe
detected in the T-tauri system.
GEORDI
No it's not. Actually, it's
Tethys Three. I retrieved the
image from the ship's library.
The geophysical figures have
been slightly altered, but it's
definitely Tethys Three.
Geordi doesn't look too comfortable about his role
here.
PICARD
(to Data)
Strange that an obscure planet
several hundred light years from
here should be picked up by our
probe.
There is a tense beat.
PICARD
Data, did you take this image
from the ship's library and then
program the probe to send it back
to us?
DATA
I cannot verify that hypothesis.
PICARD
But you don't deny it.
DATA
No, Sir.
Picard looks to Geordi.
PICARD
Geordi, send another probe to the
T-tauri system.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE 35A.
51 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Yes, Sir.
(as he turns to go)
Sorry, Data.
Geordi goes out the door. Picard waits until he's
gone, then turns back to Data.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE 36.
51 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Counselor Troi just had a very
disturbing hallucination.
DATA
Is she alright?
PICARD
For the moment. Can you tell me
if Deanna's incident is in any
way related to the missing time
period?
DATA
No, Sir. I cannot.
PICARD
Data! You're the key to this
entire mystery. And you've done
nothing but block my attempts to
solve it. Why are you fighting
me?
DATA
It is not by choice.
PICARD
What does that mean?
DATA
I cannot say.
PICARD
You would rather endanger Deanna
Troi, a friend, than tell me
what's going on?!
DATA
Which would you place first? The
welfare of a single individual?
Or that of the entire crew?
Picard is taken aback.
PICARD
Are you saying that by not
cooperating, you're actually
protecting us?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT THREE 37.
51 CONTINUED: (3)
DATA
I am not saying that at all. I
merely state a possible
alternative explanation.
PICARD
Then I'm going to ask you again.
And I'm ordering you to respond
directly. What really happened
to us?
DATA
I cannot answer that, Captain.
Picard is completely frustrated.
PICARD
What would you have me do?! How
would you handle this, if our
positions were reversed?
DATA
I am apparently guilty of
falsifying the Enterprise's
records. Of interfering with an
investigation. Of disobeying a
direct order from my commanding
officer. Your duty seems clear.
A beat.
PICARD
Do you know what a court-martial
would mean? Your career in
Starfleet would be finished.
DATA
I realize that.
PICARD
Do you also realize that you would
most likely be stripped down to
the wires to find out what the
hell went wrong?
DATA
Yes, Sir. I do.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FOUR 38-40.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
52 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
53 INT. READY ROOM
Beverly and Worf are with Picard.
BEVERLY
The wrist has been broken.
Broken, reset, and treated with
one of our subcutaneous bone
fusion units.
PICARD
During the missing day?
BEVERLY
It's the only possibility.
Picard starts pacing, almost as if he's talking to
himself.
PICARD
You're suggesting he was
conscious?
BEVERLY
I'm suggesting maybe we all were.
I certainly didn't repair a broken
wrist while I was unconscious.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 41.
53 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Our memories of that day?
BEVERLY
Blocked. Possibly erased.
PICARD
By whom?
A pause.
WORF
There are very few individuals
on board who could have broken
my wrist.
(pause)
Commander Data is one of those
individuals.
PICARD
I can't accept that explanation.
WORF
He does possess the speed and
strength.
PICARD
Granted. But I am beginning to
suspect that Data is refusing to
cooperate because he believes he
is acting in the best interests
of the Enterprise.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
La Forge to Captain Picard.
PICARD
(to Com)
Yes, Geordi.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Our probe's approaching the
planet, sir.
PICARD
(to Com)
Acknowledged.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 42.
53 CONTINUED: (2)
FOLLOW Picard onto the Bridge, Beverly and Worf close
behind.
PICARD
Now maybe we'll get some answers.
54 INT. BRIDGE
Picard strides towards his chair, as Worf and Beverly
take their respective positions. Riker, Geordi and
McKnight are already at theirs posts.
GEORDI
Visuals available now, Captain.
55 ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
A sandy-brown planet.
RIKER
M-Class. Nickel-iron core,
nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere.
PICARD
The same planet our sensors picked
up before the so-called
wormhole...
RIKER
Affirmative.
Geordi reads off his instruments.
GEORDI
No indication of any space-time
distortion whatsoever. The probe
should at least be detecting a
residual effect, even if the
wormhole is inactive.
PICARD
That's because there isn't a
wormhole. There never was.
The crew is puzzled.
MCKNIGHT
Sir?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FOUR 43.
55 CONTINUED:
A hint of Dixon Hill is on him now, as he paces the
room.
PICARD
It was a ruse to throw us off the
track. Look at the clues. Doctor
Crusher's incubation experiment,
the computer clock, the
transporter trace all indicate
the existence of a missing day.
Worf's broken wrist suggests that
we may have been awake and aware
for that day, and possibly in a
struggle for our lives.
BEVERLY
The fact that we're alive suggests
we must have won.
PICARD
Not necessarily, Doctor. Data's
behavior clearly suggests we did
not. Why else would he be willing
to sacrifice his career rather
than tell us the truth?
WORF
But if we didn't win and we
didn't lose... ?
PICARD
The only alternative left is a
stalemate. A compromise might
have been reached... a compromise
that could have forced Data
into silence.
RIKER
But maybe by uncovering all this,
we're in danger of upsetting the
stalemate. Maybe it's best to
leave well enough alone.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 43A.
55 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Possibly, Number One. And I would
be willing to live with the
mystery... but Data's role in
this must be ascertained... or
he will never be trusted with
starship duty again. I cannot
live with that.
Picard stares at the viewscreen.
PICARD
(to McKnight)
Ensign, take us back to the scene
of the crime. Go to warp two.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 44-44A.
56 OMITTED
57 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Speeding through space at warp speed.
58 INT. BRIDGE - LATER
The Ensign glances up from her instruments.
MCKNIGHT
Within sensor range, Captain.
PICARD
Drop to impulse. Lieutenant Worf,
maximum shields, ready all
weapons.
WORF
Shields up. Photon torpedos
armed, phasers standing by.
(a beat)
Captain, an energy field has
appeared between our position and
the planet.
PICARD
On screen.
59 ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
In front of the ship is a green, rectangular, glowing
field.
PICARD
Hold position. Let's see what
it does.
WORF
The field has emitted an
energy-pulse, approaching the
Enterprise.
Riker glances at an instrument panel.
RIKER
Too slow to be a photon torpedo.
WORF
It might be a probe.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT FOUR 45.
59 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Let's see what happens when it
hits the shields.
60 OMITTED
61 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The energy-pulse, a glowing green missile, strikes
the Enterprise shields, spreads in a shower of
fluorescence, and fades.
62 INT. BRIDGE
Worf is staring at his instruments.
WORF
Shields undamaged. The
energy-pulse has dispersed.
63 INT. TROI'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)
Troi is asleep in her bed. Suddenly a green glow
suffuses her room, and slowly coalesces around her
head, until it seems to disappear into her. Troi sits
up, her face blank.
64 INT. DATA'S QUARTERS
Data rises from his chair as the door opens and Troi
ENTERS.
DATA
Counselor Troi. What is it?
But when Troi speaks, it is with a very flat tone.
TROI
The plan has failed.
Data reacts with surprise.
DATA
You have returned.
TROI
Your ship is again in our space.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/15/90 - ACT FOUR 46.
64 CONTINUED:
DATA
I was unable to prevent this.
TROI
Regardless, you are here.
Troi's voice is a threat.
DATA
Please. The Enterprise is not
a threat to you. Give me more
time. Our destruction would only
--
The door slides open and Geordi ENTERS the room.
Surprised to find Troi there.
GEORDI
Data, the Captain wants me to
take you to the Bridge.
(to Troi; puzzled)
Counselor...
DATA
One moment, if you would.
Geordi hesitates, unsure about what's going on, then
steps back out of the room, the door closing behind
him.
DATA
Please. Do nothing. It may yet
be possible to salvage the
situation.
Troi gives no response other than an intense stare.
65 INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Data and Geordi ENTER. Geordi goes to his station
while Data approaches Picard. Picard stands. The
planet with a green energy field in front of it is on
the viewscreen.
DATA
Reporting as ordered, Captain.
PICARD
(indicating viewscreen)
As you can see, we're back to
where this all started.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 47.
65 CONTINUED:
Data glances at the screen.
DATA
We must leave immediately.
PICARD
Why?
DATA
Any further delay will put all
of our lives at grave risk.
PICARD
Why? What is the source of that
risk?
(indicating screen)
The energy field?
DATA
I cannot say.
PICARD
(temper rising)
Data, you sound like you're stuck
in a feedback loop. You have free
will. You very well can say.
You have a choice.
DATA
My silence is not by choice, Sir.
PICARD
Not by choice?
(indicating screen)
Are you somehow being controlled
by that force? Did Geordi miss
something when he examined you?
DATA
Geordi's examination was
exemplary.
PICARD
Then why are you still compelled
to disobey my orders? How --
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FOUR 48.
65 CONTINUED: (2)
Picard stops in mid-sentence as an inspiration strikes.
He starts again, more calmly.
PICARD
During the missing day. Were you
contacted by Starfleet? Were you
given orders to conceal the truth
from us?
DATA
I cannot answer that question.
We must leave.
PICARD
Dammit, Data! It's the only
explanation that makes sense!
This ship is not going anywhere
until I get an answer. Now who
gave you such an order?
Troi ENTERS the Bridge. Data and her immediately make
eye-contact. There is a look between them. He turns
back to Picard.
DATA
You did, Sir.
OFF Picard's astonished reaction.
66
thru OMITTED
67
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/16/90 - ACT FIVE 49.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
68 INT. BRIDGE
Picard is still stunned at Data's revelation.
PICARD
I... ordered you to lie?
WORF
(interrupting)
Captain! The energy field is
approaching!
69 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The rectangular green field interposed between the
Enterprise and the planet is moving steadily towards
the ship.
70 INT. BRIDGE
RIKER
Maintain shields at full intens--
DATA
-- No! You must vary shield
strength and shape as rapidly as
possible. Maximum shields will
only speed the ship's takeover.
Picard and Riker exchange glances.
WORF
Contact imminent.
PICARD
Do as Data says. Now!
WORF
(touching controls)
Aye, sir.
71 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The rectangular green glow has draped itself outside
and over the invisible shields, and seems to be pulsing
and changing its shape -- shrinking, then expanding,
over and over, not getting any closer to the ship.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 50.
72 INT. BRIDGE
Worf looks up from his instruments.
WORF
The field is shifting amplitude...
trying to match the shield...
DATA
Captain, eventually the field will
be able to penetrate our
shields... There is no way to
counter the Paxans' technology.
We can delay their takeover --
we cannot prevent it.
Picard is taken aback.
PICARD
The Paxans. Who are they?
Data replies with a look towards Troi. Picard turns
to her, puzzled.
TROI
(futzed)
You have invaded our system.
REACTION SHOTS of the Bridge crew. Worf reaches for
his phaser; Data raises a hand towards him.
DATA
You would only harm Counselor
Troi's body.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - ACT FIVE 51.
72 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(to Troi)
We are explorers, not invaders.
Troi's eyes flash with anger.
TROI
Your knowledge of us is
unacceptable.
DATA
They are xenophobes, Sir.
Isolationists. The Paxans
terraformed a protoplanet in this
system to better conceal their
whereabouts. The apparent
wormhole we experienced during
our previous encounter is actually
a trap designed to keep away
intruders.
PICARD
Go on.
DATA
The energy field stuns everyone
on board the intruding ship
putting them in a state of
biochemical stasis.
GEORDI
That explains why our beards
didn't grow.
DATA
Then the Paxans take the ship
out of their territory.
RIKER
The crew wakes up thinking they
just went through a wormhole,
so they count their blessings and
keep going.
DATA
Precisely.
PICARD
What went wrong this time?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 52.
72 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
My positronic brain is a
technology unknown to the Paxans.
TROI
Our stun-field had no effect on
him. He remained conscious as
we attempted to take over your
ship.
DATA
When I realized that I alone was
able to act --
EFFECT TO:
73 INT. BRIDGE (FLASHBACK SEQUENCE) (OPTICAL)
The flashback begins immediately after the teaser
scene. Data sees that everyone is slumped or sprawled
on the Bridge.
DATA (V.O.)
(continuing)
-- I initiated emergency
procedures.
Data turns back to his console.
DATA
Computer, the crew is
incapacitated. Engage Emergency
Plan Zed Zed Alpha.
COMPUTER (V.O.)
Automatic defense procedures
initiated. Energy field strength
increasing. Warning, shield
penetration seventeen percent.
Puzzled, Data studies the reading on his instruments.
He comes to a quick decision.
DATA
Computer, begin random fluctuation
of shield frequency and
modulation.
COMPUTER (V.O.)
Executed.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 53.
73 CONTINUED:
Data pulls out a tricorder, steps quickly over to Riker
and waves it over him.
DATA (V.O.)
With the Enterprise temporarily
protected, I revived the crew.
A beat as he studies the readings, then:
DATA
Computer, release compound A-D-T-H
into the air flow system; five
parts per million.
COMPUTER
Acknowledged. Initiating compound
release now.
Immediately, the crew begins to revive... Data helps
Picard to his feet. The crew shrugs off the effects
of the stun, and resume their posts.
PICARD
Status, Data?
DATA
The energy field is attempting
to match shield frequencies, Sir.
PICARD
Options, Mister Worf?
WORF
I do not recommend weapons at this
range.
PICARD
Can we go to warp?
DATA
Negative. The field is also
acting as a tractor beam.
The lights suddenly dim, brighten, and dim again.
COMPUTER
Warning. Shields have been
penetrated.
The lights return to normal.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 54.
73 CONTINUED: (2)
WORF
All systems are frozen, Captain.
A green glow suddenly suffuses the entire Bridge.
Everyone reacts. Worf pulls his phaser. The green
glow shrinks down, coalescing around Troi.
DATA (V.O.)
The Paxans can manipulate energy
structures on many levels. They
took control of Counselor Troi's
body to communicate with us.
The green glow disappears, seemingly into Troi's body.
Troi suddenly moves with intent towards Picard.
WORF
Captain!
Worf raises his phaser, and tries to block her way.
She grabs hold of his right wrist and casually tosses
him aside. Worf lands with a cry of pained surprise,
clutching his now broken wrist.
Riker and Data start forward to protect Picard, but
he holds out a hand to restrain them.
PICARD
No! Everyone stop!
Data and Riker halt. As does Troi.
PICARD
(to Troi, carefully)
Who are you?
TROI
You know of our existence. We
have no choice but to destroy this
ship.
PICARD
If you destroy this ship, others
will come searching for us. You
may not be able to stop them all.
Knowledge of your civilization
could be spread across half the
galaxy.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/21/90 - ACT FIVE 55.
73 CONTINUED: (3)
Troi's face seems to blanche at that prospect.
TROI
No...
PICARD
Allow us safe passage and we will
protect your right to privacy to
the best of our ability. We will
tell no one of your existence.
TROI
There are over a thousand
lifeforms on this vessel. How
could you assure their silence?
Picard knows he cannot, thinks quickly.
PICARD
This biochemical stasis. Does
it supress synaptic functions?
TROI
It does.
PICARD
Then you must have the capability
of affecting memory. Could you
erase the short term memory of
everyone on this ship? Remove
all knowledge of this event?
Allow us to proceed as though it
never happened?
The Paxan considers this.
TROI
It would take time. One of your
days.
(indicates Data)
And he is immune to our influence.
Picard moves to Data...
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 55A.
73 CONTINUED: (4)
PICARD
Data, I have to give you a most
unusual order... I'm not quite
sure how well you will be able
to integrate it into your
program...
DATA
As a Starfleet officer, I am
required to follow all of your
orders, Captain.
Picard looks to Troi to emphasize what Data just
said...
PICARD
Good. Because our survival
depends upon it. I am ordering
you never to reveal what has
happened here today. Not to
Starfleet, not even to myself.
You will conceal your memory of
the Paxans for as long as you
live. Is that understood?
DATA
Completely, Captain.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 56.
73 CONTINUED: (5)
PICARD
(to Troi)
Satisfactory?
TROI
(a beat)
Agreed.
PICARD
Excellent.
(to everyone)
Now, our task is to eliminate any
information in the ship's records
that might lead to knowledge of
this incident. Let's get to work.
EFFECT BACK TO:
74
thru OMITTED
75
76 INT. BRIDGE (REAL TIME)
Data is telling his story.
DATA
We proceeded to erase all evidence
of our encounter with the Paxans.
I reset the computer's chronometer-and
the crew was again stunned
into unconsciousness and their
short term memories erased. When
they were revived a day later,
the computer adjustments made it
appear that only thirty seconds
had passed.
RIKER
And here we are.
PICARD
(re: Troi)
Here we are again.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/19/90 - ACT FIVE 57.
76 CONTINUED:
TROI
Your plan failed. This ship must
be destroyed.
PICARD
Wait. Please.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 58.
76 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
The plan failed because clues were
left behind that suggested a
mystery. And to many humans, a
mystery must be solved. Doctor
Crusher's incubation experiment,
Worf's wrist, Troi's
hallucinations... little pieces
of evidence that led us to even
more clues about the clock, the
transporter trace, Data's odd
behavior... Don't you see...
without clues, there would be no
mystery! If we were to simply
eliminate all the clues and
begin again...
TROI
Again?
PICARD
Exactly. Consider the first time
a run-through, a rehearsal... to
shake out all the flaws. The
second time will succeed -- if
we leave no clues.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 59.
76 CONTINUED: (3)
TROI
(beat)
You are a most unusual species.
Worthy of a second chance.
Proceed.
Troi suddenly shudders and collapses.
RIKER
Deanna?
Riker goes to her side. She nods -- she's okay.
PICARD
Welcome back.
Riker lends support to Troi as Picard directs the rest
of the crew.
PICARD
(continuing)
Data, Geordi -- reconfigure the
computer and all records. Number
One, you're to oversee the rest
of the ship.
(to all)
Let's get it right this time.
76A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
at impulse.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/20/90 - ACT FIVE 60.
77 INT. BRIDGE (ONE DAY LATER)
CLOSE SHOT of Picard, unconscious, beginning to come
around... Data goes to assist him as before.
PICARD
Data, what happened... ?
DATA
The effect from the wormhole was
rather intense.
PICARD
I should say so...
DATA
Everyone but myself was rendered
unconscious. My positronic brain
is immune to the effect.
Picard rises as the rest of the Bridge begins to
awaken.
PICARD
How long were we out?
DATA
Thirty seconds, Sir.
RIKER
Current position?
MCKNIGHT
Point five-four parsecs from our
previous position; bearing
two-eight-five mark
one-four-seven.
Everyone settles in.
PICARD
It could be worse.
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/26/90 - ACT FIVE 60A.
77 CONTINUED:
DATA
Yes, Captain. The wormhole
appears to have been a local
phenomenon.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
Crusher to Bridge. What happened?
INTERCUT:
77A INT. SICKBAY
PICARD
The ship just went through a
wormhole. The entire crew was
unconscious for approximately
thirty seconds.
BEVERLY
Anyone hurt on the Bridge?
PICARD
(glancing around)
Apparently not.
BEVERLY
Acknowledged. Crusher out.
77B INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
PICARD
Status reports?
RIKER
(checking console)
No damage to Engineering.
WORF
Shields and weapons systems
unaffected.
Picard glances at Troi.
PICARD
Counselor?
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/27/90 - ACT FIVE 61.
77B CONTINUED:
TROI
There's a general feeling of
disorientation on board. Nothing
serious as far as I can tell.
Picard glances around the Bridge one last time to
assure himself that all is in order.
PICARD
Well, then. We still have that
anomalous M-Class planet to
investigate.
(to McKnight)
Ensign, replot a course back to...
DATA
Sir, it is likely that the
anomalous readings were caused by
the wormhole's effect. It was
extremely unstable. I would
recommend against returning. It
might put the Enterprise at
further risk.
RIKER
We could sent a probe...
DATA
(a little too quick)
That would certainly be
sufficient, Commander.
Picard stares at Data for a very long moment... Did
Data show his hand? Will Picard order them back again?
Data's face is like granite. Finally...
PICARD
Make it so. And put out a hazard
advisory to Starfleet.
DATA
Aye, sir.
PICARD
Set a course to Evadne Four,
Ensign.
MCKNIGHT
Course laid in, sir.
PICARD
Engage.
OFF Data's face --
STAR TREK: "Clues" - REV. 11/26/90 - ACT FIVE 62.
78 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The Enterprise at impulse speed.
79
thru OMITTED
80
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END