STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "The Forsaken" (fka "Only the Lonely") #40511-417 Story by Jim Trombetta Teleplay by Don Dunaway and Michael Piller Directed by Les Landau THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department. Return to Script Department FINAL DRAFT PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION March 4, 1993 STAR TREK: DS9 - "The Forsaken" 3/4/93 - CAST STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "The Forsaken" CAST SISKO ANARA KIRA LOJAL ODO TAXCO QUARK VADOSIA BASHIR VOICE DAX O'BRIEN LWAXANA TROI COMPUTER VOICE Non-Speaking Non-Speaking SUPERNUMERARIES DOPTERIAN STAR TREK: DS9 - "The Forsaken" - 3/4/93 - SETS STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "The Forsaken" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE COMMANDER'S OFFICE OPS O'BRIEN'S STATION CORRIDOR PROMENADE QUARK'S SECURITY OFFICE TURBOLIFT STAR TREK: DS9 - "The Forsaken" - 3/05/93 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "The Forsaken" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ANARA ahn-ARE-uh ANDEVIAN an-DEEV-ee-an BAJORAN bah-JOR-an CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en CURZON KIHR-zahn DAIMON DAY-mon LWAXANA L'-WOKS-anna RIXX rihks TAXCO TAX-koh TORANIUM tore-AYN-ee-um WANONI wah-NOH-nee DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - TEASER 1. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "The Forsaken" TEASER FADE IN: 1 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) SISKO Station Log. Stardate 46925.1. We have been honored with a visit by a delegation of Federation ambassadors on a "fact-finding" mission to the wormhole. Fortunately I have just the officer to take them off my hands. 2 INT. QUARK'S BASHIR is with a Vulcan male, (LOJAL)... a Bolian male, (VADOSIA)... and an Arbazan woman (TAXCO). They are all middle-aged, intimidating and in a bad mood. Bashir is uncomfortable and defensive in his attempt to be charming. BASHIR I wish there was something I could do, Ambassador but... TAXCO Madame ambassador... BASHIR Madame ambassador... unfortunately, all the guest quarters on the station are roughly the same size... TAXCO Then move me to the crew level. BASHIR All the quarters on the crew level are currently occupied... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - TEASER 2. 2 CONTINUED: TAXCO Then someone can move... you, for example... VADOSIA She did the same thing during the voyage here. She's never satisfied... TAXCO At least I didn't bother the Captain every hour with some new suggestion on how to run his ship... VADOSIA He welcomed my suggestions... as I'm sure your Commander Sisko will welcome them... (beat, making a point) ... if we ever get to spend any time with him. BASHIR Commander Sisko is extremely busy... VADOSIA With what? BASHIR With... (searching) ... the recalibration sweep. LOJAL (interest piqued) What are you recalibrating? BASHIR ...Everything. It's a... sweeping... recalibration of all systems... LOJAL I cannot speak for the others, but I would be fascinated to observe this recalibration, Doctor. BASHIR You... would? After your long trip, I was thinking perhaps you all might enjoy stopping by a holosuite... ? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - TEASER 3. 2 CONTINUED: (2) Quick and overlapping dialogue: TAXCO (aghast) Are you actually suggesting we indulge in one of those disgusting Ferengi sex programs? BASHIR (quick) No... I... the holosuites are capable of creating many different... VADOSIA (likes the idea) Of course that was what he was suggesting. (to Bashir) The Arbazan are so sexually repressed... TAXCO This is outrageous. BASHIR Perhaps we should... all... just get some rest then... LOJAL I did not come all this way to rest, Doctor. I would like to see your facility. TAXCO A first-year officer assigned as our liaison. Starfleet command will hear of this... BASHIR Ambassador... Madame ambassador, I'm only... They are interrupted by a woman's scream... as they turn to see what it is -- 3 ANGLE - LWAXANA TROI at a dabo table, surrounded by other Players... including one small, weasely looking Dopterian who looks like a distant cousin to a Ferengi... who casually stands back and moves away as she pats her hands over her wig... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - TEASER 4. 3 CONTINUED: LWAXANA It's gone! It's gone! Bashir rolls his eyes, now what... moves to her... BASHIR What's gone, Madame Ambassador? LWAXANA My latinum hairbrooch. BASHIR (calling for) Quark! LWAXANA I'd just made a third straight cross and I leaned over the table to pick up the dice again and I felt someone brush against me... my God, I've been wigged... QUARK moves quickly into the fray... QUARK What's the problem here? BASHIR Someone has stolen Ambassador Troi's latinum hairbrooch. QUARK I'm sorry but as the sign says... the establishment is not responsible for the loss of any personal items... LWAXANA Sign? What sign? QUARK The one above the door. Bashir squints in the direction of the door... BASHIR You'd have to stand on the bar to read it... QUARK Rules of the house. I'm very sorry. Have a nice day. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - TEASER 5. 3 CONTINUED: (2) She grabs him by the ear and pulls him, grimacing with pain, to his full height. LWAXANA You're dealing with the daughter of the fifth house, keeper of the chalice of Rixx, heir to the holy rings of Betazed... QUARK Aah! Not my ear, please... LWAXANA Yes, I know where it hurts the most, you little troll. Now, I want this room sealed and everyone strip- searched until my brooch... ODO (O.S.) May I be of service? 4 ANGLE as they turn to ODO's arrival... she lets Quark go. BASHIR Yes, thank goodness. (to Lwaxana) Our security chief, Odo. ODO What seems to be the problem? LWAXANA My hairbrooch has been stolen, it's been in my family for thirty-six generations, it's absolutely priceless, and I want it back. Odo gives Mrs. Troi a piercing look. ODO You're certain you were wearing it today. LWAXANA Of course, I'm certain. I never use this hair without it. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - TEASER 6. 4 CONTINUED: ODO I see. (beat) You're Betazoid? LWAXANA Of course. ODO Telepathic. LWAXANA Yes. ODO And you sense no guilt anywhere in this room? A beat as she checks... eventually turns back to Quark -- LWAXANA (suspicious) No, but Betazoids can't read... Ferengis... ODO Quark has plenty of reasons to feel guilty, but he usually doesn't have to resort to petty theft to fleece his clients. QUARK (honor restored) Thank you. Odo moves away, scanning the room with his piercing gaze. His eye falls on... 5 ANGLE - THE DOPTERIAN making a point of being inconspicuous. But when he realizes that Odo's focused on him... he starts to move quickly toward the door... as Odo moves to intercept, he moves faster still... but can't get by him... Odo grabs him by the arm hard and snaps him back... ODO Empty your pockets. The Dopterian hesitates... looks around for some escape... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - TEASER 7. 5 CONTINUED: ODO Now! The Dopterian chagrined, empties his pockets... and as he puts things on the table... we see a variety of stolen objects... a Starfleet combadge... ODO Since when did you join Starfleet? And more... a necklace... a Bajoran earring... VOICE (O.S.) Hey, that's my earring... And finally a hairbrooch... LWAXANA That's it... that's my brooch. She takes it... Odo nods pleasantly -- LWAXANA But how did you know? ODO Dopterians are distant relatives of the Ferengi... it made sense that if you couldn't read Quark, you might not be able to read this charming fellow either. LWAXANA How perfectly brilliant of you. Odo nods, pushes the Dopterian toward the door and as he EXITS with his prisoner, Lwaxana trains her eyes on him... and before he can escape, takes Bashir intimately by the arm, still watching Odo's departure with designs... LWAXANA Doctor, I want to know everything there is to know about your security chief... Off Bashir's reaction... FADE OUT. END OF TEASER DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT ONE 8. ACT ONE FADE IN: (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes) 6 INT. OPS (VPB) KIRA at her station. DAX at hers. O'BRIEN is working in his area with a young, attractive Bajoran female apprentice, ANARA... They're working different panels, O'Brien already frustrated with the computer... O'BRIEN Computer, is the diagnostic on the fusion powerplant finished yet? COMPUTER VOICE Affirmative. The fusion powerplant is operating within normal parameters... O'BRIEN What are you talking about... (off sensors) It's thirteen percent below normal. COMPUTER VOICE Cardassian specifications accept operating efficiency within twenty percent. O'BRIEN Well, I don't. (beat) Anara... She comes over... ANARA Yessir. O'BRIEN (tutorial) How much do you know about the carbon reaction chambers... ? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 9. 6 CONTINUED: ANARA I've learned a little about laser- induced fusion... not much more than the basics... O'BRIEN It's a bloody inefficient system and if I could, I'd trade it in for a Federation model tomorrow. But it's all we've got. Do me a favor and just keep an eye on the exhaust plasma temperature... She acknowledges, goes to a console... O'BRIEN Computer, increase deuterium flow by five percent to reaction chamber two... COMPUTER VOICE Procedure is not recommended. O'BRIEN Listen, I've had enough of your opinions, computer, just do it. COMPUTER VOICE Procedure is not recommended. Consult Cardassian operational guidelines, paragraph two-fifty-four-A, now on screen. O'Brien blinks as he looks at a page of a tech manual that appears on a monitor... O'BRIEN I don't want to read your tech manual, dammit. Fine. We'll do it ourselves. Hits some switches... to Anara -- O'BRIEN Re-initializing reactor two... directing plasma stream to conduits one forty-three... one-forty-four... and one forty -- ANARA (interrupting) Chief O'Brien... (looking at her console) The power flow from reactor two has just been shut down... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 10. 6 CONTINUED: (2) O'BRIEN What? Computer, analyze reactor two failure... SISKO exits his office, moving past O'Brien, pauses to react as -- COMPUTER VOICE Reactor two was shut down after sensors detected a potential overload of the carbon reaction chambers. O'Brien hangs his head in frustration... O'BRIEN That's it. That's the straw. SISKO Relax, Chief. It's just a computer. O'BRIEN She's no computer, sir. She's my arch enemy. SISKO You've got it working just fine, as far as I can tell. O'BRIEN Fine? Commander, with all due respect, as an engineer, I couldn't look at myself in the mirror if I let this computer continue to perform as it does now. I really need to do a root canal. SISKO Root canal? O'BRIEN Engineering shorthand, sir. I'm gonna have to get into her guts and rebuild her from the ground up. SISKO How long will that take? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 11. 6 CONTINUED: (3) O'BRIEN Well, I'm still not all that familiar with Cardassian technology... but I'd guess no more than... oh, two, three years. SISKO (reacts) That's going to take a lot of man- hours. Is it really necessary? O'BRIEN (frustrated) You don't understand... SISKO Let's just say I don't have your sensitivity to the computer. O'BRIEN (offended) That's all right. It doesn't matter. SISKO Chief... O'BRIEN Forget it. It's all right. SISKO Chief, I want you to do what you have to do. In the background, Bashir and the three ambassadors arrive on the Turbolift... O'BRIEN (pleased) Yessir. Thank you, sir. I'll get on it right away. Sisko turns away only to be confronted by the ambassadors... he covers an unhappy reaction... BASHIR And this is... Ops... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 12. 6 CONTINUED: (4) VADOSIA The heart and soul of Deep Space Nine. Ah, there you are, Commander... SISKO (cordial) Gentlemen, Madame Ambassador... He throws a subtle annoyed glance at Bashir for letting them up here... BASHIR They insisted on seeing Operations, sir... The Vulcan moves into O'Brien's area and looks over his shoulder annoyingly... SISKO Of course. Please make yourself at home. I trust Doctor Bashir is taking care of all your needs. TAXCO He refuses to change my accommodations... if I have to sleep another night on a Cardassian bed... with those gargoyles staring at me from the woodpoles... KIRA Commander, unidentified vessel coming through the wormhole... Sisko moves away from the group... SISKO (to them) Excuse me. (to Kira) On screen. Bashir goes to take the Vulcan out of O'Brien's way... BASHIR You'll have a better view from over here, Ambassador... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 13. 7 ANGLE (OPTICAL) to include the viewscreen showing the wormhole opening and a small cylinder come through... Bashir plays host to the junket, trying to keep them out of the way... BASHIR Quite a sight, isn't it? The wormhole flashes off... 8 ON THE AMBASSADORS VADOSIA That's it? That's the whole thing? BASHIR Well, yes, it's... VADOSIA I was expecting... more... somehow. 9 RESUME WIDE (OPTICAL) with the vessel on Viewscreen. DAX Scanners aren't picking up any lifeforms on board. SISKO A probe? DAX Might be. (checking) I'm reading an extensive computer array... but no signals that would suggest it's trying to maintain contact with a mother ship... SISKO Are the computers compatible with ours... ? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT ONE 14. 9 CONTINUED: DAX Hard to tell. I don't recognize any known subprocessor patterns. 10 ANGLE - THE AMBASSADORS The Vulcan desperately wants to get in on the action. LOJAL (to Bashir) The young woman obviously doesn't have the necessary experience... perhaps if I... BASHIR (pulling him back) That young woman has over three hundred years of experience, Ambassador... 11 RESUME Oblivious to all that -- DAX I might have better luck if we towed it into the docking ring... SISKO No. (beat, thoughtful) Not until we know a little more about it. Major, tow it to five hundred meters off the docking ring... KIRA Yessir. SISKO Mister O'Brien, try to set up an adaptive interface link and see if we can download any information from it. O'BRIEN Aye, sir. 12 ANGLE as Sisko glances past Bashir... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT ONE 15. 12 CONTINUED: BASHIR I think it would be best if we clear this area... VADOSIA But this probe may represent contact with a new species... (moving forward) Commander, I think it would be appropriate for at least one Federation ambassador to be present at this historic occasion... and since I have a particular interest in first contact procedures... SISKO (deft) I appreciate your interest, Ambassador. And to keep you all fully informed, I'm scheduling a briefing at oh-four hundred. In the meantime, Doctor Bashir, the best view of this probe will be from the docking ring near port seven... BASHIR I'll show them the way. Sisko nods and turns away and moves to Dax to look as busy as possible... glances back to make sure they're gone... 13 INT. SECURITY OFFICE Odo is bent over his console, completely engrossed in his work. He doesn't notice... 14 LWAXANA ... watching admiringly from the doorway. She is dressed to kill, wears a wig. LWAXANA Such concentration. Such intensity. Such a passion for your work... tracking intergalactic malefactors. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 16. 15 ODO ... looks up as she ENTERS. ODO Most people find it rather tedious. LWAXANA Tedious? Those of us who have been the beneficiaries of your heroism would never call your work tedious. We've learned that on this station, you are the thin beige line between order and chaos... ODO (serious) That's my job. He rises. ODO Now, what can I do for you... you haven't lost anything else, I hope. LWAXANA Only my heart. ODO I beg your pardon? LWAXANA Is Odo your first or last name? ODO Yes. LWAXANA Ah, then I can just call you... ODO Odo. She's much too close to him for comfort. He moves to another part of the console. She follows and continues to stalk him. LWAXANA It has a certain lyrical quality. ODO Lyrical? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT ONE 17. 15 CONTINUED: LWAXANA Odo. It rolls... off the tongue. Her mouth so very close to his. ODO I have a lot of work to do. LWAXANA I'm told you're a shape-shifter. ODO That's correct. LWAXANA I've never been with a shape-shifter. ODO "Been with... "? LWAXANA I've heard you're the only one of your kind. ODO So far. LWAXANA All the men I've known... who've needed to be shaped and molded and manipulated. Finally, I've met a man who knows how to do it himself. A beat as they look into each other's eyes -- hers with lust -- his with terror... ODO Was that the com... ? I think it was. Excuse me, I'm wanted in Ops. And he races out... as she watches him go, she smiles and... FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 18. ACT TWO FADE IN: 16 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) Establishing. 17 INT. OPS O'Brien and Anara are in the engineering station. Dax at hers. COMPUTER VOICE Initiating high-resolution scan... memory nodes located... proceeding with data transfer... O'BRIEN (surprised) There you go... who woulda thought... DAX You seem surprised, Chief... O'BRIEN Yeah, well, knowing this computer, I thought I'd have to reconfigure the whole emulator module to get her to be compatible with the probe... but she's cooperating for a change... Odo arrives on the Turbolift, moves across Ops to the Commander's office... COMPUTER VOICE Transfer of data is complete... O'BRIEN (mostly to himself) Well done, computer. DAX Computer, run standard code translations on probe data... isolate syntax results... COMPUTER VOICE Processing, stand by. O'Brien beams... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 19. 18 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE Sisko working at his desk. SISKO Come in. Odo ENTERS... SISKO Yes, Odo... ODO Commander, I have a problem. SISKO Quark again... ? ODO Nossir, this one's named Lwaxana. SISKO Lwaxana Troi... the ambassador... ? ODO That's her. There was a minor incident at the bar that I helped her with... and now... she's... grateful. SISKO What's the problem? ODO The manner in which she expresses her gratitude. Sisko reacts curiously. ODO (continuing) To be honest, Commander, she seems interested in me. SISKO What's wrong with that? ODO She's extremely aggressive. SISKO I see. So, she's after you. ODO Like a Wanoni tracehound. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT TWO 20. 18 CONTINUED: A beat, a thought... SISKO Have you thought of letting her catch you? ODO Sir? SISKO A little romance, Odo. ODO I have six pylons that need a complete security sweep... I don't have time for romantic interludes... frankly, in my humble opinion, most of you humanoids spend far too much time on your respective mating rituals... SISKO It does help the procreation of one's species... ODO Procreation does not require changing how you smell or writing bad poetry or sacrificing various plants to serve as tokens of affection... In any event, it is all irrelevant to me. SISKO I'm sorry to hear that. ODO I would appreciate it if you would do something about this woman. SISKO Me? ODO Just tell her to leave me alone. SISKO Constable, you can handle thieves and killers but not one Betazoid woman... ? ODO I understand thieves and killers. I don't understand... her. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 21. 18 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO I can't help you, Odo. ODO I'm just trying to avoid a diplomatic incident. I don't want to insult the Ambassador. SISKO A reasonable concern. I suggest you handle the matter with great delicacy. Odo frowns, realizing he's not going to get any assistance from Sisko. ODO I don't handle "delicacy" very well. And EXITS. 19 INT. OPS - CONTINUOUS (VPB) Odo walks through and EXITS... O'Brien is looking over Anara's shoulder... ANARA The probe appears to be made out of some sort of corundium alloy... COMPUTER VOICE Analysis of all sub-processor modules is complete... O'Brien reacts, turns to another console to examine the results... O'BRIEN Already... ? On screen. (to Dax) Lieutenant... Dax comes over to O'Brien's station and looks at the screen with him... DAX No science modules... no communications system... and enough computer capacity to run a galaxy class starship. It's very odd. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT TWO 22. O'BRIEN That's an awful lot of computer hardware to simply navigate a probe. Kira comes over... KIRA Anything? DAX Nothing that suggests the probe's mission. As they react to the continuing mystery... 20 INT. PROMENADE Bashir and his ambassadors moving toward the Infirmary. BASHIR It's no trouble at all... we can clear that headache up in a second... when was the last time you had a complete checkup? VADOSIA Well, now that you mention it, I probably could use a physical if you could fit it into your schedule... They're inside and... 21 ANGLE to the Turbolift as the doors open and Odo comes out, looking around cautiously for Mrs. Troi... deciding the coast is clear, he comes out but a moment later, she appears... LWAXANA There you are, Odo. He recoils, steps backwards a few steps... to the Turbolift, hits the PADD buttons desperately, but it doesn't reopen... LWAXANA Have you ever been on the fourth moon of Andevian Two at dawn? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 23. 21 CONTINUED: ODO Can't say I have. LWAXANA I have the most wonderful holo-program and I've reserved a suite for us with that Quark person... ODO You told Quark you were going into a holosuite with me? LWAXANA Of course. He's preparing a special picnic basket for us. ODO Good lord. The door finally opens... ODO I'm afraid I'm not available. I have to get to upper pylon three immediately. He goes in... but before he can give the order... she slips in beside him... ODO (protesting) Madame ambassador... LWAXANA Lwaxana... (to com) Upper pylon three. As the doors close... LWAXANA I've always wanted to see an upper pylon. Odo sighs... 22 INT. TURBOLIFT as it begins to move... she smiles at him with a new idea... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 24. 22 CONTINUED: LWAXANA I know. I'll have Quark send one of his minions with our basket... we'll have our picnic up there... ODO Madame Ambassador... LWAXANA Lwaxana... ODO (no more patience) I don't eat... this is not a real mouth... it is an approximation of one... I don't have an esophagus or a stomach or a digestive system... I am not like you... every sixteen hours, I turn into a liquid. LWAXANA (shrugs) I can swim. He looks at her with exasperation... but before they continue... the lights dim... and the Turbolift stops. They react... ODO Computer... computer... No response. He hits his combadge. ODO Odo to Ops! 23 INT. OPS (VPB) Kira is on the move to engineering where Anara is looking at readings... KIRA Go ahead, Odo. ODO'S COM VOICE Ambassador Troi and I are stuck in a Turbolift... what's going on. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 25. ANARA (to Kira) Power to all the pylon turbolifts has failed... KIRA We're reading a turbolift failure, Odo... we'll beam you out... She looks to Dax... DAX (acknowledges) Locking on... prepare to transport... ODO'S COM VOICE Ready. Dax hits the panel... DAX Energizing. They look at the pad... nothing... she tries again... INTERCUTTING: 24 INT. TURBOLIFT On Odo's reaction... ODO Well? KIRA'S COM VOICE Looks like the transporter's down too... 25 INT. OPS DAX Dax to Chief O'Brien, please report to Ops immediately. KIRA Be patient, Constable. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT TWO 26. 26 INT. TURBOLIFT KIRA'S COM VOICE (continuing) We'll get you out as soon as we can. Odo sighs, looks at Mrs. Troi who smiles... LWAXANA Alone at last. On Odo's reaction... FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT THREE 27. ACT THREE FADE IN: 27 INT. OPS Sisko, Kira, O'Brien near engineering. Dax and Anara are over at the transporter pad. COMPUTER VOICE (midstream) ... electromotive coil functions normal... load detection functions normal. Diagnostic complete. O'BRIEN I don't get it. Every component of the turbolift power net seems to be operational. Dax and Anara coming back -- DAX We can't find anything wrong with the transporter. KIRA Great. Everything's in working order except nothing's working. SISKO How do we get our people out of the turbolift, Chief? O'BRIEN If we were on a starship, I'd reroute the E-P-S power flow in a couple of hours... but with this computer, there's no telling how long it will take... SISKO Get it started... O'Brien acknowledges... moves off. KIRA Kira to Odo... ODO'S COM VOICE Yes, Major. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT THREE 28. 27 CONTINUED: KIRA I'm sorry, but you'll have to stay put awhile... ODO'S COM VOICE Define "awhile." KIRA I wish I knew. 28 INT. TURBOLIFT Odo and Lwaxana standing in the dim light. KIRA'S COM VOICE (continuing) By the way, Cardassian turbolifts run an exposed multi-phase alternating current through their positioning mechanisms, so don't try to shape- shift your way out... ODO I wouldn't think of it. LWAXANA Besides it wouldn't be polite. KIRA'S COM VOICE I didn't hear that... ODO It wouldn't be polite. KIRA'S COM VOICE Understood. Kira out. After a beat. LWAXANA Do you suppose that we're actually in any danger? ODO Not if we remain calm. LWAXANA Then we might as well enjoy ourselves and use the opportunity to get to know one another. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT THREE 29. 28 CONTINUED: ODO I'd really prefer to pass the time... quietly. LWAXANA Quietly. ODO Quietly. LWAXANA Of course. ODO Thank you. A beat of silence. LWAXANA (admiring) The quiet man. ODO (a grunt) Hmmm. LWAXANA I've always been attracted to quiet men. Odd isn't it? But then, there may be more truth than we realize to the old axiom that opposites... He gives her a sharp look. LWAXANA (reminded) Quietly. A beat. She sits down on the floor. Another beat of silence. LWAXANA Odo... ODO Yes. LWAXANA I don't think I can. ODO Can what? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT THREE 30. 28 CONTINUED: (2) LWAXANA (vulnerable) You don't have to say a word as long as we're here... but I do think I need... to talk... He sighs again, sits, but as an officer and a gentlemen wants to control the situation, is not rude. ODO I understand. There's nothing to be afraid of. LWAXANA Of course not. It could be much worse. ODO (dry) Really. LWAXANA My daughter and I were once trapped on a Ferengi cargo ship and it was dreadful... well, all right, it wasn't actually dreadful, it was mildly lamentable. And it was all because that loathsome Daimon... well, actually he wasn't altogether loathsome, he was slightly repulsive, but he did have a certain charm, in an insufferable sort of way. And of course he was totally at the mercy of his uncontrollable passion for me. So he couldn't have been all bad, could he? Well, it wasn't all passion, there was some negligible commercial interest involved, but the passion was perfectly real, and quite touching, in a way. He was so helpless. At first it was totally a question of expediency when I made love with him... She notices him looking down at a corner of the floor... interrupts herself -- LWAXANA (continuing) ... what are you looking at? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT THREE 30A. 28 CONTINUED: (3) ODO Hmm? Oh... nothing... I was just wondering how many volts are in that exposed circuit... go on... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT THREE 31. 28 CONTINUED: (4) LWAXANA Well, quite frankly, by the time one thing had led to another, I wasn't at all sure that I would ever... 29 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE SISKO (with a warm smile) Think of it as an opportunity, Doctor. You never know when a friendly ambassador will be in the right place at the right time to help your career. BASHIR Another hour with them could destroy my career. SISKO It's a simple job. Just keep them happy and away from me. BASHIR Simple? Nothing makes them happy. They are dedicated to being unhappy and to spreading that unhappiness wherever they go... they are the Ambassadors of Unhappy. SISKO We've all had assignments like this, Doctor. BASHIR (impatient) Have you, sir? SISKO As a matter of fact, Curzon Dax used to take perverse pleasure in assigning me to take care of VIP guests... BASHIR So, now, you take the same perverse pleasure in doing it to me... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT THREE 32. 29 CONTINUED: SISKO (kidding on the square) Exactly. BASHIR May I ask, sir, when you "graduated" from this sort of assignment? SISKO The day I hit one of the guests. BASHIR Hit one. SISKO A minor misunderstanding over his attempt to coax a young Ensign to his quarters against her will. He escorts Bashir out into... 30 INT. OPS - CONTINUOUS SISKO (continuing) Don't hit one of them, Doctor. I'm not nearly as understanding as Curzon was. BASHIR Yessir. Bashir leaves, as Sisko is about to go back into his room, O'Brien calls to him from engineering... O'BRIEN Commander, can I talk to you... Sisko comes over... O'BRIEN It's the computer, sir. SISKO Still giving you problems... O'BRIEN Nossir, that's just the thing. It's not. It rerouted the E-P-S power flow in less than an hour. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/10/93 - ACT THREE 33. 30 CONTINUED: SISKO That's good news. How soon can we get Odo and the Ambassador out? O'BRIEN We can't. It didn't activate the Turbolift circuits. Don't ask me why. SISKO You must have some idea what's wrong... O'BRIEN (sighs, shrugs, doesn't know) I want you to listen to something -- computer, analyze Ops O-2 sensor readings... COMPUTER VOICE All sensors read between fourteen- point-three and fourteen-point-four K-S-C... O'Brien looks to Sisko for a reaction... Sisko doesn't get it... looks to O'Brien for an explanation. O'BRIEN (Okay, I'll try it again) Computer, restart all shield generator subsystems... COMPUTER VOICE Shield generator subsystems set to active status, reading ninety-eight point three percent efficiency... O'BRIEN Do you hear it? SISKO Hear what? O'BRIEN The voice. It's not the same attitude. SISKO It sounds like the computer. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT THREE 34. 30 CONTINUED: (2) O'BRIEN Sir, when you work with a computer as much as I do, you get to know it... they're all very different... working the Enterprise computer was like dancing a waltz... with this computer, it's always been more of a wrestling match... until we started downloading the probe... SISKO (reacts) You think some kind of program from the probe is influencing our computer... ? O'BRIEN Well, it's got to be more than just a program. The computer's whole... personality has changed. She's obedient, almost submissive... and then there's this one other crazy thing I'm almost afraid to mention... SISKO What's that? O'BRIEN Every time I leave, something happens to bring me back... SISKO Bring you back? O'BRIEN To the computer. Like the failures of the Turbolifts and the transporters... or a few minutes ago, when I was working over at the transporter pad, the com lines went down... and when I broke for a quick bite to eat, we had a replicator failure... it's like the computer doesn't want me to leave it alone. SISKO You almost make it sound like... a child. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT THREE 35. 30 CONTINUED: (3) O'Brien acknowledges if the shoe fits and... FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR 36. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 31 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 32 INT. OPS At the conference table. Sisko, Kira, O'Brien, Dax. Sisko listens intently. Picking up mid-meeting -- DAX What if it's some kind of non- biological lifeform we've never seen before... ? KIRA Non-biological... ? DAX Well, it comes down to how we define "lifeform"... but just as biological organisms have evolved in our cultures, mechanical life could have done the same in others... Dax acknowledges. KIRA You're suggesting someone's left a baby on our doorstep. DAX (smiles) Possibly. SISKO Do you think we could communicate with it? O'BRIEN In a way, we already have... I mean, it's part and parcel of our computer now... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/09/93 - ACT FOUR 37. 32 CONTINUED: DAX But as far as direct communication is concerned, it may not be capable of that. We haven't seen any evidence that this entity is sentient... KIRA It may be more like a stray puppy that's attached itself to you, Chief... Sisko has heard enough... SISKO Whatever it is, it's slowly disabling our station, people... we've got to get it out of there... O'BRIEN It came here when we downloaded the probe's files. If we uploaded the same files back to the probe, it might go with them. DAX What if it's fully integrated itself into our computer... ? O'BRIEN I don't think it has. That would make it more like a virus... but I don't see any evidence that it's trying to overwrite our control networks or destroy our systems. I think it's more likely that it simply creates connections with areas of the computer that are active... DAX Almost as though it feeds off the energy of the computer functions... O'BRIEN (acknowledges) If I'm right, transferring all of its programming off the station just might solve our problems... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR 38. 32 CONTINUED: (2) Sisko nods his approval... O'Brien and Dax move to their consoles... SISKO (to Kira) How long since we had any communication with Odo? KIRA Com lines have been down over ninety minutes... he's been in there for almost four hours now... SISKO You happen to know the schedule of his regenerative cycle? Kira reacts, realizing... KIRA My god... I have no idea... but if he doesn't get back to his pail in time... Sisko acknowledges his concern... 33 ANGLE - O'BRIEN'S STATION COMPUTER VOICE Subspace emitter aligned... outgoing data stream activated... O'BRIEN (to computer) Computer, upload all probe command sequences back to the probe's computers... COMPUTER VOICE Stand by. (a beat) Unable to complete requested function. Please abort and retry. O'BRIEN (reacts, curious) Reset subspace emitter... reinitialize data stream... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR 39. 33 CONTINUED: COMPUTER VOICE Receptors open... control relays activated... O'BRIEN Upload all probe command sequences back to the probe's computers... COMPUTER VOICE Stand by. After a beat, all lights and power in Ops goes out. O'BRIEN It may not be quite as easy as I thought, Commander. 34 INT. PROMENADE Some emergency source lights are dotting on one by one but it's mostly dark... finding Bashir and the three ambassadors reacting to all this... TAXCO Is it just the lights or the heat too... I didn't bring any warm clothes... BASHIR I'm sure it's just temporary... LOJAL I've been reading the reports of your Chief of Operations, Doctor... They gave me the impression that he was a competent engineer... BASHIR Chief O'Brien? One of the best in Starfleet... LOJAL Then why aren't the backup systems functioning? BASHIR Well, you know, out here on the edge of the frontier, it's one adventure after another... why don't I escort you back to your quarters while we all wait this out... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT FOUR 40. 35 INT. TURBOLIFT As before... LWAXANA Well, enough about me. ODO (zoned out) Hmmm? LWAXANA Enough about me. Tell me about yourself. ODO I'm really a private man. LWAXANA Of course you are. Is that hair real? ODO It is real... in that it is me. It is not real hair. LWAXANA How do you do it? (off his look) Your hair. ODO It took a great deal of practice. LWAXANA You studied hairstyles? ODO (sighs) If you must know, I imitated the hairstyle of the Bajoran man who was assigned to me... LWAXANA Assigned? ODO To study me at the research center. He was a scientist. LWAXANA You mean that's where you grew up... in a laboratory? DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR 41. 35 CONTINUED: ODO I didn't "grow up" as you think of it. It was merely a... transition... from what I used to be to what I learned to become... LWAXANA Sounds very lonely to me. Odo makes eye contact... she's hit a nerve... she looks at him sympathetically... ODO I was always very self-sufficient. LWAXANA I'm sure you had to be. (off his reaction) To survive. Being so different from everyone else. It's getting too intimate for Odo... he hits his combadge... ODO Odo to Ops... Odo to Ops... (no response) Com lines are still down... what's taking so long?... LWAXANA Are you all right? You look warm. And he does look a bit moist... he's nervous about it, covers... ODO It's nothing. I'm fine. A beat. LWAXANA I can't imagine how it must have been. He frowns, turns away. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT FOUR 42. 35 CONTINUED: (2) LWAXANA (continuing) If it bothers you to talk about it... ODO (defensive) Not at all. What was it like? I guess you could say I was... the life of the party. LWAXANA I'm not sure I understand. ODO My way of trying to fit in. I found I could be entertaining. Odo, be a chair. I'm a chair. Odo, be a razorcat. I'm a razorcat. Life of the party. I hate parties. LWAXANA Maybe you've been going to the wrong ones. And he looks at her... and there's a connection. LWAXANA Come to one of mine, Odo. I'll see to it that all the guests are there to entertain you... He almost smiles... but he is terribly uncomfortable now... he has trouble holding his head erect... LWAXANA You're not well. She moves to him. Lets him lean against her. ODO No, I'm fine. It's just... I told you how I turn into a liquid every sixteen hours? Well, I'm in hour fifteen... On her reaction... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR 43. 36 INT. OPS Emergency lighting is on now... Anara is in the engineering station... O'BRIEN We're ready, Commander... SISKO How long do you expect it to take? O'BRIEN If it works, we ought to be able to get all of the probe's files manually transferred to the six isolinear rods in less than sixty seconds... SISKO Let's do it... O'BRIEN Computer, conduct a level one diagnostic of all power systems on board. COMPUTER VOICE Requested function will require forty- three minutes. Stand by. O'Brien immediately goes to work, signalling Anara who works on a parallel console with a set of isolinear rods in a computer drive... as the diversion dialogue continues, O'Brien hits panels furiously and Anara puts in and takes out the set of six rods... one by one... SISKO Computer, give me an analysis of all Cardassian traffic along the border... COMPUTER VOICE Processing long range sensors, stand by... One of the rods is full and removed... DAX Computer, create an historical data base for all known wormhole activity... COMPUTER VOICE Time parameters... Another rod... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/05/93 - ACT FOUR 44. 36 CONTINUED: DAX All known occurrences... COMPUTER VOICE Requested function will require subspace link-up with Federation computers. Another rod... DAX Create a subspace link with Nehru colony... New France colony... and Corado One transmitter array... COMPUTER VOICE Attempting link-up, stand by... Another rod... ANARA Computer, access musical files in the Bajor master data banks and create a concert program of Bajoran serenas... COMPUTER VOICE Stand by... unable to... Another rod... COMPUTER VOICE Stand by... unable to... Suddenly the computer drive fritzes... sparks fly out from it... reactions as O'Brien and Anara back away... 37 ANGLE DAX (off her panel) I'm reading a huge plasma surge in the habitat ring... 38 INT. CORRIDOR Emergency lighting. Bashir and the Ambassadors ENTER going toward their quarters... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR 45. 38 CONTINUED: VADOSIA You tell Commander Sisko that I expect that probe briefing to be held on schedule, lights or no lights... BASHIR I will surely pass that on, Amb... Suddenly, there is a huge explosion ahead... The concussion pushes them backward with some force (i.e. Kira in "... Wishes.") 39 INT. OPS KIRA We've got a plasma explosion in corridor H-12-A. Guest quarters. O'BRIEN The computer's not responding... none of the fire suppression systems are coming on-line... DAX I'm reading four lifeforms in that corridor... SISKO Major, with me! Chief, send a message to security -- get an emergency crew down there. We'll need manual fire gear. O'BRIEN Aye, sir. 40 INT. CORRIDOR Bashir glances at the ambassadors who are slightly dazed but okay, looks at -- 41 ANGLE Fire and smoke at one end of the corridor... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - 3/04/93 - ACT FOUR 46. 42 ANGLE they retreat to the door they came in from... it doesn't open... the ambassadors pound on it... Bashir moves to a manual panel... tries to get the door open... nothing... looks back to see -- 43 THEIR POV the fire spreading, moving toward them... 44 ON REACTIONS FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/12/93 - ACT FIVE 47. ACT FIVE FADE IN: 45 INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL) Wisps of smoke escape from the closed door ahead... Sisko and Kira run up. Sisko touches the bulkhead door: it's hot. SISKO Phasers at maximum... They both draw their phasers, stand back... fire together... the door doesn't give. As security and medical personnel arrive, Sisko and Kira examine -- 46 ANGLE -- THE DOOR ... which shows a deep scar but another stronger metal lining is not affected... KIRA Toranium inlay... Cardassian design, I should have guessed... (to a deputy) We're going to need a bipolar torch to get through it... SISKO And get a message to Ops -- tell them it's going to take us awhile to get inside... if they can't get the fire suppression systems on-line... we're gonna lose our people in there... The Deputy nods, runs off... 47 INT. OPS O'Brien and Dax and Anara and supernumeraries... lighting as before... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/12/93 - ACT FIVE 48. 47 CONTINUED: O'Brien is working furiously on his panels but getting nowhere... he shakes his head, frustrated... he looks at Dax, failure in his eyes... O'BRIEN It's not paying any attention to me. DAX I guess it just doesn't want to leave. Like a scared puppy. O'Brien studies the console, searching his mind for answers... verbalizing the thinking process -- O'BRIEN We have no idea how long that probe was tumbling through space... maybe years... with that lifeform alone on board. It's sort of like shutting the puppy up in a room, you know? I had a pup once. If I had to lock him up, he'd scratch forever at the door, trying to get out... DAX I'm not sure I know what you're getting at... O'BRIEN (suddenly so obvious) Pups don't like to be left alone. They like attention. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 49. 47 CONTINUED: (2) DAX This one is certainly getting a lot of it. O'BRIEN That's right, so it's no wonder it doesn't want to leave. DAX Okay, but how does that help us? O'BRIEN Everything we've seen suggests this entity likes to be where the action is... it seems to feed on the energy of an active computer. We've been trying to separate it from what it thrives on... we've got to do the exact opposite... He starts to work the panels... Dax raises an eyebrow... DAX The exact opposite? O'BRIEN Lieutenant, I've got to build a doghouse... Off Dax's reaction... 48 INT. TURBOLIFT On Mrs. Troi. Watching Odo. His back is turned. We can't see his face. He touches his combadge. ODO Odo to Ops. No answer. ODO (disheartened) Odo out. LWAXANA Odo... turn around. He doesn't. ODO I can't. It's beginning. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 50. 48 CONTINUED: LWAXANA It's all right. ODO You don't understand. No one has ever seen me like this. LWAXANA Not even the scientist who was "assigned" to you? ODO That was different. It was only a matter of research to him. LWAXANA You don't have to be ashamed with me. ODO (lying) I am not ashamed. It's a private matter, that's all. LWAXANA How can I make it easier for you... ODO You can't. I'm fine. 49 ANGLE TO FAVOR ODO and he looks pretty wretched... trying to hold onto his shape as long as he can... we can't see Lwaxana in this shot... but suddenly her hand holds out her wig for him to see... he reacts... ODO What's that? LWAXANA My hair. He does a take and turns to look at her... showing himself to her in the process... and revealing to us the sight of Mrs. Troi without a wig on for the first time... her hair is pinned and informal... she looks decidedly unglamorous... LWAXANA Nobody's ever seen me like this. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 51. 49 CONTINUED: ODO Why? It looks fine. LWAXANA It looks... ordinary. I've never cared to be ordinary. (beat) You see, Odo, even us non-shape- shifters need to change who we are once in a while. Beat, he studies her with appreciation through his discomfort. ODO You are not at all what I expected. LWAXANA No one's ever paid me a greater compliment. ODO I cannot hold my shape any longer. She smiles with compassion... lifts her skirt into an improvised basin for him to dissolve into... LWAXANA (almost a whisper) Let go. I'll take care of you. 50 ANGLE (OPTICAL) He looks into her eyes... and melts... 51 LWAXANA As we PUSH IN SLOWLY on her face, we HEAR a soft gurgle of liquid. 52 HER LAP the basin filled up with liquid... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 52. 53 INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL) Sisko is operating the gear himself... shooting a thin cutting beam along the door... more smoke is escaping... Kira is organizing the helpers... she's strapping on a fire extinguisher... KIRA (to a med supernumerary) We're going to need portable oxygen... and get anything Bashir has in stock to treat plasma burns... (he exits, to a security man) Have a runabout ready to evacuate these people to Bajor if we need to... He leaves... 54 INT. OPS O'Brien finishes what he's doing... excited, with purpose... O'BRIEN Anara... ? ANARA The subprogram is ready, Chief. O'BRIEN Computer, analyze subprogram labelled "Pup"... COMPUTER VOICE Requested subprogram is a series of bi-directional data transfer and monitoring commands. O'BRIEN Re-route all main computer backup functions through this subprogram. COMPUTER VOICE All backup functions re-routed. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 53. 54 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN Great. Okay, Computer, now, listen carefully, I want to transfer all probe command sequences out of core memory and into the subprogram "pup." COMPUTER VOICE Stand by. (beat) Transfer complete. And the lights come back on... reactions... 55 INT. CORRIDOR Sisko has made a little more progress... but they react to the lights coming on... Sisko has already stopped what he's doing when we cut to him... DAX'S COM VOICE Dax to Sisko. Fire suppression is responding. All systems are back on- line. Can you get in? Goes to the manual bulkhead control and opens the door... SISKO We're in, Dax. Stand by... Revealing -- 56 THE CORRIDOR - FIRE AREA It's a shambles, charred black. The inside paneling has melted and fallen away from the walls in twisted piles of rubble. Nothing could have survived this holocaust. Sisko and Kira step through the door. A pair of medics start to pick up a stretcher. Sisko shakes his head. They put it down. They won't be needing it. DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 54. 57 SISKO AND KIRA ... move through the charred debris. There's no hope. KIRA (hoarse) We better... advise Starfleet Command. As a reaction to the voice... 58 HATCH COVER ... from the wall, pops out onto the floor. 59 SISKO AND KIRA ... whirl, startled. Bashir's voice (FROM INSIDE THE HOLE) Here, let me give you a hand, Madame Ambassador... As they move to help the ambassadors and Bashir out... who are all covered with soot. The medical helpers move in to assist... TAXCO Please, Julian. Call me Taxco. SISKO Are you all right? VADOSIA Thanks to Julian. LOJAL The doctor was remarkably calm and logical for a man of his years under such severe conditions. VADOSIA We'll be putting him in for a commendation. As Kira and the N.D. mech techs escort them away, leaving Sisko and Bashir alone... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 55. 59 CONTINUED: SISKO Nice work, Doctor Bashir. BASHIR (shrugs, false modesty) Right place at the right time. He follows the others... on Sisko's reaction. 60 INT. PROMENADE The door of the Turbolift opens, but it's a raking angle and we can't see in. After a moment Odo steps out, a little tentative. Then Mrs. Troi appears, looking fresh and cheerful as ever. She's wearing her wig. LWAXANA It's about time. Odo stands awkwardly for a moment, not knowing what to do. ODO I know that wasn't exactly what you had in mind for your picnic. LWAXANA When it comes to picnics, the only thing that really matters is the company. ODO (beat) Your discretion and sensitivity are appreciated. She smiles warmly... LWAXANA Next time you see me, I'll give you a lot more to appreciate. A last look between them... and as she moves off and he watches her go a half smile slowly grows on his lips... 61 INT. OPS Sisko returns on the Turbolift... moves to congratulate O'Brien... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 56. 61 CONTINUED: SISKO How'd you beat that thing in the computer, Chief? O'BRIEN I didn't. DAX He adopted it. SISKO Adopted it? O'BRIEN I was able to get our friend out of the main command pathways and into a subprogram. SISKO You're not suggesting we leave it in there. O'BRIEN I don't see why not. It's happy. Not bothering us any more. Seems to be the humane thing to do. Sisko glances at Dax who shrugs, she has no problem with it. DAX It's just another new lifeform visiting the station. O'BRIEN I'll look after it, sir... make sure it's getting enough attention and all... Sisko raises an eyebrow... SISKO Keep it off the furniture. And moves to his office. O'BRIEN Yessir. He exchanges a smile with Dax and... DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FIVE 57. 62 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END