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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Enemy"
(f.k.a. "The Mettle of Man")
#40273-155
Written by
Michael Piller
Directed by
David Carson
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 1989 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 This script is not for publication or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.
FINAL DRAFT
SEPTEMBER 11, 1989
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Enemy"
CAST
PICARD PATAHK
RIKER TOMALAK
DATA BOCHRA
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
WESLEY
O'BRIEN
Non-Speaking
MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARIES
SECURITY GUARDS
TWO CREWMEMBERS
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Enemy"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM ROMULAN WARSHIP
TRANSPORTER ROOM
CORRIDOR GALORNDON CORE
SICKBAY SURFACE
BEVERLY'S OFFICE
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
RIKER'S QUARTERS
ROMULAN WARSHIP
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
GALORNDON CORE
PIT
CAVE
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Enemy"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
RIBOSOME RYE-bo-zome
PATAHK Pah-tock
TOMALAK TOM-uh-lack
BOCHRA BAH-kruh
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Enemy"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1
thru OMITTED
4
5 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE (OPTICAL)
A hellish environment bathed in a BLUE-HUED light.
Cold and dusty (it is always night), the planet is
whipped by gale force winds. Visibility is only a few
feet. Crackling blue ARCS of electricity slash across
the sky. RIKER, WORF and GEORDI MATERIALIZE. It is
an immediate struggle to see. Riker lays a marker down
on the ground where they beamed in.
RIKER
Marking beam-out position.
Return transport: fourteen
minutes, forty seconds.
Worf and Riker light their palm beacons... beams of
light shoot out... it doesn't help a lot.
RIKER
Your view any better, Geordi?
GEORDI
(adjusting his VISOR)
Not too bad, sir. A lot of
charged-particle precipitation,
but I can compensate.
WORF
Communicators are dysfunctional.
RIKER
Tricorders?
WORF
Readings only valid within five
meters.
GEORDI
(re: his tricorder)
I'm not so sure of that... I'm
reading Worf as an unintelligent
life form.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - TEASER 2.
5 CONTINUED:
Worf shoots Geordi a look.
RIKER
Good thing we didn't bring
Data... we would've been
unscrambling his circuits for a
week...
As they move from the beam down position... Geordi
reacts to something he sees...
6. GEORDI'S VISOR POV - (OPTICAL)
picking up objects that have a different molecular
reading than the ground cover...
GEORDI (O.S.)
Picking up something on the
positron scan, Commander.
7 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE
Geordi takes the point...
GEORDI
Over here. Some electrically
conductive objects.
Moving with them as they begin to encounter pieces of
wreckage from a small landing craft, badly destroyed...
Riker looks down at some, reacts as he sees familiar
markings.
RIKER
Recognize the markings, Worf?
WORF
Yessir. Romulan.
RIKER
I wonder what the hell they were
doing in a Federation sector.
GEORDI
I'm picking up traces of ultritium
residue with my VISOR, Commander.
An explosive device must've been
used to destroy the craft after
it crashed.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - TEASER 2A.
7 CONTINUED:
They exchange a look. That means survivors. They draw
phasers.
RIKER
Spread out... twenty five meter
radius... our window back closes
in nine minutes...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - TEASER 3.
7 CONTINUED:
They spread out. Moving with Geordi as he continues to
follow --
8 ANOTHER ANGLE
as the distance between them increases, there is no
longer visual contact... Geordi disappears into the
storm as Worf comes across a seriously hurt Romulan
(PATAHK).
WORF
Commander...
Riker is not visible... likely out of earshot in the
wind... Worf bends down, rolls the Romulan on his back.
Patahk is MOANING, delirious.
WORF
Commander Riker...
Patahk opens his eyes and sees Worf. He lunges up from
the ground, and tries to close his hands around Worf's
throat. Worf struggles with the Romulan and succeeds
easily in immobilizing the injured man. A moment
later, Riker appears, reacts to the sight of the
Romulan.
9 WITH GEORDI
moving along the terrain... suddenly without warning,
the earth beneath him collapses and...
10 INT. PIT
Geordi falls hard to the ground, splashing in muddy
water... his VISOR is flung from his face on impact...
he groans, stunned... reaches out, trying to find the
VISOR in the puddle, finally touches it... puts it
on... wipes it off... sees that he's in a deep
pit...
NEW ANGLE
The sky raging in a small opening many feet
overhead... The walls are slick and muddy -- not
rocky... there's no way back up.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - TEASER 4.
11 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(yelling)
COMMANDER RIKER... WORF... HEY
UP THERE...
12 RIKER AND WORF
can't hear him. They are supporting the Romulan...
moving him back to the beam-out spot.
WORF
Four minutes to beam-up, sir.
Riker tries to see through the storm... it's
impossible...
RIKER
Where is he? Wait here...
He moves into the storm, quickly disappearing...
13 GEORDI
trying his communicator, knowing it doesn't work...
GEORDI
La Forge to Riker... La Forge to
Worf...
(yelling up again)
HEY...
He tries to climb... the walls are wet and slippery...
he only succeeds in bringing more mud sliding down on
top of him...
14 RIKER
moving through the storm... it's getting worse...
RIKER
GEORDI...
15 WORF AND PATAHK (OPTICAL)
Worf kneeling on one leg... the Romulan is barely
clinging to consciousness.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - TEASER 5.
15 CONTINUED:
Worf, knowing time is running out, looks out into the
fog... sees Riker returning alone... they exchange
a look that says Geordi's lost. With a burst of
determination, Worf rises and starts to move away into
the storm to find Geordi...
RIKER
(sharply)
Lieutenant Worf, maintain your
position.
Worf reluctantly obeys. A moment later all three
DEMATERIALIZE. HOLD on the wind-swept wasteland as the
fierce electrical storm takes hold.
16 INT. CAVERN
Geordi looks up and no longer bothers yelling. He
knows it's useless. As we push into his face...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT ONE 6.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
16A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In orbit around Galorndon Core, an electromagnetically
shrouded planet, obscured by fierce storms and wildly
erratic arcs of jagged electricity.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 43349.2.
An unidentified distress signal
has led to the discovery of a
crashed Romulan vessel on the
surface of Galorndon Core, a
Federation planet.
17 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
Much activity... the Romulan being examined by
BEVERLY... MEDICAL SUPERNUMERARIES arriving with a
gurney...
PICARD (V.O.)
(continuing)
We have recovered one survivor.
Lieutenant Commander La Forge
did not report back with the away
team and is still missing on the
surface.
BEVERLY
Get him to Sickbay.
Worf observes... ordering SECURITY GUARDS to follow
--
WORF
Secure Sickbay. Post guards in
visual contact at all times.
Reacting, on the move --
BEVERLY
He's not going anywhere,
Lieutenant.
Worf doesn't waver, nods to the security personnel to
follow the medical team... as they do, they pass PICARD
who arrives... moves to Riker who is with O'BRIEN at
his console...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT ONE 7.
17 CONTINUED:
O'Brien trying in vain to find some trace of Geordi
in the transporter scan.
O'BRIEN
I'm sorry, Commander... There's
just no way to lock in on anything
down there...
RIKER
(controlled)
Keep trying, Mister O'Brien.
O'BRIEN
(shakes his head,
useless)
The electrical storms are creating
thousands of ghosts...
RIKER
(sharp)
Then beam some of the ghosts up
here... one of them may be La
Forge.
(sees Picard)
Request permission to lead another
away team...
PICARD
Denied.
(off his look)
When we get another window in the
storms.
Riker acknowledges, collects himself.
PICARD
The crash site?
Moving out into...
18. INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS
Walking...
RIKER
The Romulan craft's a total loss.
There's nothing there to salvage
-- unless we do it with tweezers.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT ONE 8.
18 CONTINUED:
PICARD
No sign of others...
RIKER
(shakes his head)
We could barely see two meters
in front of us down there...
PICARD
It certainly is the last place
one would expect a Romulan
encroachment.
(speculating)
On the other hand, Galorndon Core
would provide ideal cover for an
opening move of a new offensive.
RIKER
(agrees)
I doubt they were there for the
climate.
19 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE
Emphasizing his point... the storm is continuing to
build.
20 INT. PIT
Geordi is closely examining the muddy walls around
him...
21 HIS VISOR/POV (OPTICAL)
His scan reveals a substance buried in the wall that
has a different quality to it than the surrounding
soil...
22 INT. PIT
Geordi reacts, burrows the mud away to reveal --
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT ONE 9.
23 INSERT - A SILVER ORE-LIKE SUBSTANCE
24 INT. PIT (OPTICAL)
Geordi examines it... begins to pull more dirt off the
wall, giving himself something of a work-table...
using the mud to shape a rough mold... he takes small
bits of ore out of the vein, puts them into his mold,
uses his phaser to melt them... steam erupts as it
turns into hot liquid in the cold mud... and as it
collects in the mold, we can see he is creating a
short, sharp pole...
25 INT. SICKBAY
Beverly is with Picard and Riker... as they observe
life-saving measures being taken with the Romulan.
BEVERLY
We thought it would be like
working on a Vulcan, but there
are subtle differences... too many
of them...
PICARD
Can you treat him?
BEVERLY
He has cell damage in vital
areas... He's going to need a
transfusion of compatible
ribosomes in order to recover.
I'm setting up a schedule to
test every member of the crew.
RIKER
Will he survive?
BEVERLY
I can't answer that yet.
RIKER
Let me put it another way -- will
he survive long enough to tell
us what he was doing here?
Beverly reacts.
PICARD
It is an important consideration,
Doctor.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE 9A.
25 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
I can't put his life in any
additional jeopardy...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT ONE 10.
25 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Nor would we ask you to.
BEVERLY
I can bring him around for a few
minutes...
As she prepares an injection...
BEVERLY
There is one serious complication.
His brainwaves indicate early
neural-pathway degeneration.
RIKER
A head injury?
BEVERLY
(shakes her head, no)
There was no obvious cranial
trauma. I'm guessing the exposure
to the magnetic fields on the
surface was slowly breaking down
his synaptic connections.
Picard and Riker exchange a glance.
RIKER
Will it affect Geordi the same
way?
She nods, concerned... Gives the injection to Patahk
who stirs. As he awakens, Picard observes as Riker
moves closer to the Romulan. Patahk is in clear
discomfort.
RIKER
You are aboard the Federation
Starship Enterprise.
(Patahk reacts)
We are treating your injuries.
How long were you on Galorndon
Core?
(he does not answer)
Do you understand me?
PATAHK
I will not answer questions.
RIKER
We must know if there are any
other survivors on the surface.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT ONE 11.
25 CONTINUED: (3)
PATAHK
I am alone. I will not answer
any questions.
RIKER
Is there a mother ship we should
advise of your condition?
The Romulan closes his eyes and drifts back into
unconsciousness. Beverly signals that's it... Riker
joins Picard who has heard...
PICARD
The only answer he offers is that
he was alone...
RIKER
... which suggests he wasn't.
26 INT. PIT - GEORDI'S FACE STRAINING
and then...
27 NEW ANGLE
to see he is halfway up the side of the pit... using
two of his "spike" tools in each hand to poke into the
earth, pulling himself up, inch by inch... the howling
of the wind above... crashing thunder... flickering of
lightning...
28 HIS FEET
are almost useless, slipping on the sides...
29 INT. PIT - GEORDI
as he grits his teeth and raises himself another notch
and...
30 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE
Geordi's arm reaches over and drives a stake in the
ground... pulls himself up and out, exhausted...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT ONE 12.
31 OMITTED
32 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Worf, Beverly, TROI, WESLEY and DATA.
Picking up in mid-conversation...
RIKER
Something that can cut through
the storm... to give us some way
to signal him...
Wesley has an idea...
WESLEY
A neutrino pulse...
They turn to him...
WESLEY
We could build a portable neutrino
source and send it in a probe to
the surface. It would be like
a beacon.
Picard glances at Data for a reaction.
DATA
A neutrino pulse would send
non-charged particles back up
through the atmosphere... and
would be detectable by Geordi's
VISOR.
WESLEY
He'll be able to show us that he's
found it by modifying the
pulse...
PICARD
(nods to Wesley)
Make it so.
Wesley moves from his position and EXITS. Data has
something new on his sensors...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT ONE 13.
32 CONTINUED:
DATA
Captain, I have a new transmission
on a parallel frequency to the
distress call...
PICARD
From the planet?
DATA
No sir... from inside the Romulan
Zone. We should be able to view
the transmission.
PICARD
On screen.
33 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
as the image of TOMALAK, a Romulan commander, appears.
TOMALAK
Tomalak to Pi.
(a beat)
We have received your distress
signal. Respond.
(a beat)
If you can hear me, we are
entering the Neutral Zone now...
We will reach you in six hours.
The transmission ends. The viewscreen goes back to
the starfield. On reactions...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT TWO 14.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
34 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
35 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
As before.
PICARD
Mister Worf, hail the Romulan
vessel.
WORF
Frequency open, sir.
Picard addresses the viewscreen.
PICARD
Romulan vessel. This is Captain
Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation
Starship Enterprise.
There is a long beat and no response.
WORF
The frequency is open, sir.
PICARD
Commander Tomalak, we have
intercepted your transmission.
You are not to enter Federation
space.
Finally, the screen comes to life and Tomalak
appears... he is cool, almost cordial.
TOMALAK
Captain Picard, my apologies.
If I had known you were in this
sector, I certainly would have
advised you before crossing the
Neutral Zone.
PICARD
(dry)
Really...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT TWO 15.
35 CONTINUED:
TOMALAK
I'm sure you'll understand when
I explain. Simply, one of our
ships had a slight navigational
error and apparently crashed on
Galorndon Core.
PICARD
A "slight" navigational error.
Nearly half a light year past the
Neutral Zone.
TOMALAK
I assure you, Captain, no
aggression was intended.
PICARD
Commander, we have recovered one
of your survivors.
Tomalak's poker face barely reacts... but there's a
blink if you catch it.
TOMALAK
He is on board your ship?
PICARD
We are treating him for severe
injuries.
TOMALAK
And his craft?
PICARD
(pointed)
Destroyed... deliberately... after
the crash.
TOMALAK
(shrugs)
Standard procedure for all Romulan
crews.
PICARD
For all Romulan crews in enemy
space... which would suggest they
knew where they were, Commander.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT TWO 16.
35 CONTINUED: (2)
TOMALAK
(disagrees)
If I were lost and uncertain, I
would not take any chances. Nor
I suspect would you, Captain.
May I speak to him?
PICARD
He is not conscious... and not
well enough to leave Sickbay.
BEVERLY
Captain, with your permission...
Picard nods. She looks to the viewscreen --
BEVERLY
I am Doctor Crusher, the medical
officer. We are doing everything
we can for him and it still may
not be enough. Any medical
guidance your ship's doctor can
offer...
TOMALAK
(patronizing)
My dear, there is no way to talk
you through the intricacies of
Romulan medicine. His life is in
your hands.
And it is clear that Tomalak is using this
"responsibility" as a diplomatic weapon.
TOMALAK
(to Picard)
I assume that you are prepared
to leave at once and rendezvous
with me in the Neutral Zone.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT TWO 17.
35 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
I have an away team on the
surface. We are waiting for a
window in the storm to beam them
back.
Tomalak considers that...
TOMALAK
And then you will return my
officer?
Picard is not yet prepared to discuss that issue.
Instead...
PICARD
Are there any other Romulans we
should be looking to recover from
Galorndon Core... ?
TOMALAK
No. It was a one-man craft.
(beat, cool)
Captain, we will be at the
Federation border of the Neutral
Zone in roughly five hours. We
will expect you to rendezvous at
that time.
The Main Viewer switches back to the starfield.
36 ON PICARD
turning to Troi.
PICARD
Counselor?
TROI
There is great hostility behind
his smile, Captain. To complete
his mission, he will stop at
nothing.
RIKER
Including the Neutral Zone border?
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT TWO 18.
36 CONTINUED:
WORF
Sir, I see no reason to return
the Romulan to his ship. He
should be held and interrogated.
RIKER
We do have a right to detain him,
Captain.
PICARD
Without clear evidence of intent,
it would not be a simple matter.
RIKER
(disagreeing)
This was obviously not pilot's
error, Captain... it requires a
response from us.
PICARD
(acknowledges)
We must measure the response
carefully, Number One. Or history
may remember Galorndon Core
alongside Pearl Harbor and Station
Salem-One... as the stage for
a bloody preamble to war.
37 EXT. SHELTERED AREA (OPTICAL)
Geordi pushes into a crevice offering slim protection
from the furious storm... rests out of breath... He
is cold and hungry... rubbing his hands together for
heat... sees some (basketball-sized) rocks on the
ground... leans down to pick one up... and misses it off
to the left. He reacts...
GEORDI
What the hell... ?
He tries it again, comes down wrong again. Geordi
removes his VISOR, presses a tiny button on the inside
of it. After a beat, the VISOR BEEPS softly. Geordi
shrugs, puts it back on. As he tries again, this time
he methodically adjusts...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT TWO 19.
37 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
About five degrees off... huh.
The water maybe... ?
He shakes his head -- nothing to be done here and now.
He rolls a few rocks into a pile... uses his phaser
to heat them up... sits next to the rocks to get warm.
38 INT. SICKBAY
Medical supernumeraries are taking DNA (TECH) samples
from several crew members who have reported for
testing... moving to find Beverly examining the
Romulan's life signs and is not encouraged... to a
medical supernumerary --
BEVERLY
I want him off all the drugs...
they aren't doing anything...
(keys insignia)
Doctor Crusher to Picard.
INTERCUT:
39 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Worf, Data and supernumeraries...
PICARD
Go ahead.
BEVERLY
My patient is not responding to
treatment.
PICARD
You haven't found a compatible
ribosome donor?
BEVERLY
The lab is still processing the
tests... early results indicate
humans have far too many
biorejection factors. I've also
ruled out the Vulcans we've
tested.
In the background, Wesley ENTERS the bridge.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT TWO 20.
39 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
(continuing)
We'll try a little old-fashioned
country medicine... keep the
fever down, try to let the body
heal itself...
PICARD
Keep me advised. Picard out.
Staying on the bridge...
WESLEY
Captain, the neutrino beacon is
operational. We've placed it
aboard a class three probe.
PICARD
Well done, Ensign.
(to Worf)
Launch the probe.
Worf makes it march --
40 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
FIRING the probe. (STOCK photon torpedo)
41 OMITTED
42 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before. Wesley has returned to Conn.
WORF
Probe has entered the atmosphere,
sir.
DATA
The neutrino stream is coming in
strongly. Sensors are tracking
the probe despite the
interference.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT TWO 21.
43 EXT. SHELTERED AREA
Geordi is sitting by the hot rocks when he senses
something in the distance... something we can't see...
44 ANGLE - INCLUDE THE HORIZON
To our naked eye, there's nothing there. But...
45 GEORDI
reacts to something he sees, stands...
GEORDI
This better not be another
malfunction...
46 HIS POV - (OPTICAL)
His VISOR reveals the staccato beacon of light from
the neutrino beam... quite a distance away.
GEORDI (O.S.)
A stationary neutrino source...
47 GEORDI
Hope fills his face...
GEORDI
(smiles)
Wesley Crusher.
He moves out into the muck...
48 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE
Geordi moving through the storm along the rocky
hillside toward the neutrino beam... as he moves
forward...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - ACT TWO 22.
49 ANGLE
to find two feet moving out from cover... coming up
quickly behind him and a HARD THUD sound... and Geordi
falls into frame unconscious by the feet... and tilt up
to see another Romulan (BOCHRA) looking down at him.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE 23.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
50 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE
The wind is getting stronger. Geordi, dazed, gets to
his knees, shakes his head to clear it. As sense
returns, he instinctively reaches for his phaser. It's
gone -- as are his tricorder and communicator. Geordi
looks up:
51 ON THE ROMULAN
BOCHRA is standing a few meters away, holding Geordi's
tricorder and insignia in one hand -- and training a
phaser on him with the other. The wind grows more
furious. The Romulan does not look entirely well.
BOCHRA
You are my prisoner.
Geordi looks at him -- big deal.
GEORDI
Right. Congratulations.
Certainly, a strategic triumph
for the Romulan Empire.
Geordi starts to stand. Bochra waves the phaser.
BOCHRA
Stay there.
GEORDI
My shoes are getting full of
sand... I just hate that, don't
you? You think we could just
maybe move outta the...
BOCHRA
(interrupting)
How many other Federation troops
are with you?
FLASH of lightning. Wind stronger still. Geordi will
not offer any "military" information, sidesteps the
question.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE 23A.
51 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
We just stopped by to rescue you,
big fella... which I'm still
willing to do if you'll put that
down...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT THREE 24.
51 CONTINUED: (2)
Bochra holds it steady...
GEORDI
Or we can just stand here and take
in the view...
BOCHRA
Your name and rank.
GEORDI
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La
Forge. I don't believe I caught
yours... ?
BOCHRA
A Romulan ship will arrive
shortly... you will accompany me
on board...
GEORDI
Uh, I really don't think that's
gonna happen, Ensign... or is it
Commodore...
(a beat, Bochra doesn't
react)
Yeah, see... we heard your message
too... and well, the fleet's in,
Commodore. Sky's full of
Federation ships.
BOCHRA
You're lying.
GEORDI
I never lie when I've got sand
in my shoes, Commodore.
BOCHRA
Get up.
The wind is swirling dangerously now. Bochra gestures
for Geordi to start walking toward a cave (where he
was hiding). Geordi stands, but doesn't move.
GEORDI
Seriously. There's only one way
out of here. Put that down and
I'll take you back to my ship as
soon as there's a window in the
storm...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE 25.
51 CONTINUED: (3)
But now a hurricane force gust of blinding wind
virtually knocks them down... Geordi scrambles to his
feet, sees Bochra still struggling on the ground... as
rocks, loosened by the wind, start falling from the
cliff above all around them... one strikes the
Romulan's leg... Geordi doesn't hesitate, he pulls the
Romulan to safety.
52
thru OMITTED
53
54 INT. GALORNDON CAVE
as Geordi and Bochra ENTER. Bochra raises a hand --
"I can manage" -- limps over to a rock, sits down.
Geordi looks out at the storm, then turns to see Bochra
is once again levelling a phaser at him.
GEORDI
You gotta be kidding.
Bochra isn't kidding.
BOCHRA
Sit.
Bochra motions for Geordi to move away from the cave
mouth and cross to a spot where Bochra's between Geordi
and the cave mouth. As Geordi complies, sits down
and takes the shoe off...
GEORDI
(to himself)
Welcome to Galorndon Core, where
no good deed goes unpunished...
... and lets the sand fall out.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT THREE 26.
55 INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE
Beverly is at her desk as Worf ENTERS, having been
summoned...
WORF
Yes, Doctor...
She looks up, pleased to see him.
BEVERLY
Lieutenant. Good. Come in.
Please, sit down...
He does. Stiffly. She smiles at him.
BEVERLY
We've finally found a compatible
ribosome match for the Romulan.
But only one. You.
WORF
That is impossible. I am a
Klingon.
BEVERLY
Different species, yes. But
Humans, Romulans, Vulcans,
Klingons, Betazoids -- we're all
genetically similar. We have
comparable cell structures. And
you have what this Romulan
needs. There's absolutely no
risk to you...
Worf frowns, looks away. She reacts.
BEVERLY
You did understand that was the
purpose of all the testing...
WORF
I have no objection to tests.
BEVELRY
(beat)
You have an objection to being
a donor.
WORF
Yes.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 27.
55 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Lieutenant, I understand your
feelings about the Romulans.
But this is not the time or
place...
WORF
If you had seen them kill your
parents, you would understand,
Doctor. It is always the time
and place for those feelings.
BEVERLY
This Romulan did not kill your
parents. And you are the only
one who can save his life.
WORF
(beat)
Then he will die.
He stands and EXITS. Beverly is flabbergasted.
TIME CUT:
56 INT. READY ROOM
Beverly sits with Picard trying to enlist his aid.
BEVERLY
I don't need him to like the idea,
Captain... just to do it.
PICARD
There is no alternative?
BEVERLY
The alternative is the Romulan
will die. Worf is quite correct
on that point.
Picard stands, thoughtful.
PICARD
We need him alive...
(beat)
It is easy to forget that our
Lieutenant Worf is not human.
His values are very different from
yours and mine.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT THREE 28.
56 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Of course they are. But he is
also an officer of Starfleet...
and this is...
PICARD
... this is a personal matter...
BEVERLY
It's very personal, Captain.
Especially to the Romulan who's
dying in my Sickbay. Maybe he
has a family waiting for him to
come home.
Picard studies her.
BEVERLY
Worf is a good man. I know with
a word of encouragement from you
he will do the right thing.
A long beat.
PICARD
(you mean)
Order him.
BEVERLY
Encourage him.
PICARD
(uncomfortable)
A captain's encouragement is
difficult to refuse, Doctor.
(beat)
And difficult to offer to a man
whose feelings run so deep.
BEVERLY
Even if it means the life of the
Romulan?
Picard's expression is pained. He is torn by his
respect for this woman, his need to respect Worf's
beliefs, his own personal feelings. Slowly,
regretfully, he shakes his head.
PICARD
I must respect his personal
views... even if I do not share
them. He will have to live with
the consequences of his decision.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 28A.
56 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY
We will all have to.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE 29.
56 CONTINUED: (2)
He and Beverly share a last long look. She is not
happy. She EXITS. Picard looks somberly after her.
57 INT. GALORNDON CAVE
Bochra and Geordi sit facing one another. Bochra's
posture is ramrod-straight as he keeps his phaser
levelled at Geordi. But he seems oddly overheated for
the cold environment. Geordi, however, has made
himself as comfortable as possible, reclining and
putting his feet up -- a small show of rebellion.
GEORDI
I wish you'd put that away.
BOCHRA
(smug)
You're afraid of dying.
GEORDI
("are you stupid?")
You bet I am. Who isn't?
BOCHRA
I'm not.
GEORDI
Right.
BOCHRA
To die in the service of my
people...
GEORDI
Ah, the Romulan path to glory.
Such irreverence. Bochra starts to boil, then gets
control of himself. No sense letting a lowly human get
your goat.
BOCHRA
You can be sarcastic -- now. But
in a few millennia, when humans
are extinct and the Romulan Empire
spans the galaxy...
GEORDI
(genuinely curious)
You really believe that stuff,
don't you, Commodore?
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 30.
57 CONTINUED:
BOCHRA
Our culture is far older and wiser
than yours. It's inevitable that
we will prevail.
GEORDI
Well, if you're that sure of
yourselves, why be so
tight-lipped? You won't even tell
me your name.
BOCHRA
I see no need to tell you.
GEORDI
Why? Is it a military secret or
something? I've told you mine.
(shrugs)
Okay, Commodore... whatever you
say.
Bochra bristles. Geordi pretends not to notice.
BOCHRA
You may address me as Centurion
Bochra.
GEORDI
Ahh. Bochra. Good, solid Romulan
name. And you're a centurion.
Well, stay with it, you'll be a
commodore someday.
Bochra starts to react, realizes Geordi's deliberately
trying to get a rise out of him, decides two can play
at this game. Unruffled, Bochra replies:
BOCHRA
I'm not certain of the equivalent
Federation rank... but I do know
it's higher than lieutenant
commander.
Geordi can't help a grin. Good shot. Bochra's head
weaves momentarily as though he's dizzy.
GEORDI
What's the matter?
BOCHRA
Nothing.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT THREE 31.
57 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
Wrong. Your heart rate just shot
way up.
Bochra can't help his curiosity, looks at Geordi --
How can you tell? Geordi taps his VISOR in response.
GEORDI
It translates a wide range of
radiation into neural impulses.
Allows me to see.
BOCHRA
Without it, you are blind?
GEORDI
Yes...
BOCHRA
How did this happen?
GEORDI
I was born that way.
BOCHRA
(honestly doesn't
understand)
And your parents let you live?
Geordi's stunned.
GEORDI
What kind of question is that?
Of course they let me live.
Bochra shakes his head. Humans are strange.
BOCHRA
No wonder your race is weak. You
waste time and resources on
defective children...
That pushes Geordi's button.
GEORDI
Defective? Listen, Commodore --
I'm a chief engineer in Starfleet.
You don't get there by being
defective.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 31A.
57 CONTINUED: (3)
BOCHRA
But if you can't see...
GEORDI
I can see things you can't even
imagine.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT THREE 32.
57 CONTINUED: (3)
Geordi turns to look out in the direction of the
neutrino beacon...
57A HIS POV (OPTICAL)
He sees the neutrino beam through the storm... but
suddenly the vision goes haywire.
57B GEORDI
reacts...
GEORDI
Whoa...
Bochra looks on with fascination as Geordi removes his
VISOR and presses the tiny button inside. The VISOR
BEEPS back.
GEORDI
(to Bochra)
I'm having some sort of polarity
shift. The diagnostic insists
everything's fine...
Geordi replaces his VISOR over his eyes, looks at
Bochra with concern.
GEORDI
(continuing)
Your body temperature's gone up
another full degree...
BOCHRA
(giving nothing away)
What are you saying?
GEORDI
It's this place... All that
electromagnetic soup is playing
hell with our nervous systems.
Your metabolism's messed up...
so's my interface with the VISOR.
Geordi starts to get to his feet.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 33.
57B CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(continuing)
We've got to get out of here
while we still can.
Bochra raises the phaser -- "don't move." Geordi
freezes.
BOCHRA
Sit down.
GEORDI
Bochra...
Bochra wavers. He's feeling dizzy, short of breath,
feverish -- but is trying not to let it show. Maybe
Geordi's telling the truth -- but Bochra can't bring
himself to trust him.
BOCHRA
(deliberate)
Sit down.
Reluctantly, Geordi sits down...
58 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, Wesley, Data. Wesley is
monitoring the neutrino probe... a concerned look on
his face. Riker, impatient for a sign, glances over
Wes' shoulder, sighs... a shiver in the signal makes
him react... he looks at Wesley who shakes his head...
RIKER
What's that?
WESLEY
Just a background fluctuation,
Commander... he hasn't found it
yet.
RIKER
Then he must be hurt... or dead.
(beat)
How long before another window,
Data?
DATA
There are none indicated,
Commander. I have no way to
predict.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/12/89 - ACT THREE 33A.
58 CONTINUED:
WORF
Incoming Romulan transmission,
Captain.
Picard and Riker exchange a look.
RIKER
They're early.
DATA
(agrees)
The Romulan warbird should still
be twenty-nine minutes away from
the edge of the Neutral Zone.
PICARD
Close enough, however, to see
we're not there.
(to Worf)
On screen.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 34.
59 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
Tomalak speaks from his command chair.
TOMALAK
Picard, I'm approaching the
Federation border and the
Enterprise is not to be found.
Why?
Picard doesn't like Tomalak's attitude, but he
maintains his composure.
PICARD
My away team has not been able
to leave the surface because of
the storms.
TOMALAK
And my officer?
PICARD
He is alive.
TOMALAK
His life remains in jeopardy?
PICARD
Yes.
Include Worf.
TOMALAK
And yet you will still not permit
me to cross into your precious
Federation space to retrieve
him...
Picard feels himself being manuevered into a defensive
position. He knows he's escalating the stakes when
he responds...
PICARD
If the point hasn't been made
clearly, Commander, let me make
it again.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 34A.
59 CONTINUED:
PICARD (Cont'd)
Romulan warships do not enter
Federation space unless they are
prepared to do battle.
TOMALAK
But a mission of mercy...
PICARD
A mission to recover one of your
officers who was caught on a
Federation planet. For reasons
still unknown...
TOMALAK
I have already explained that.
PICARD
And I have rejected your
explanation.
TOMALAK
Territories... you would measure
territories against a man's life?
Picard does not at all like being in this position. He
takes the only posture he can.
PICARD
Commander, your singular concern
for a life is impressive. Do
not risk any more lives by leaving
the Neutral Zone. Picard out.
The screen returns to starfield. Picard is really
furious with the way this is going. He turns and
cannot help exchanging a glance with Worf. As he EXITS
to the Ready Room.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT THREE 35.
60 OMITTED
61 INT. GALORNDON CAVE
The SOUND of the storm outside has abated. Bochra's
definitely not a well Romulan; he's sweating, and his
hands have developed a slight tremble. He is clearly
much further along in his deterioration than Geordi.
But he never takes his eyes -- or the phaser -- off
Geordi.
GEORDI
Bochra, you're in bad shape.
Bochra doesn't respond.
GEORDI
My vision's getting worse.
There's a beacon out there...
it'll get us back to my ship...
but not if I can't find it.
Bochra shakes his head.
BOCHRA
I can't surrender to the
Federation.
GEORDI
Then stay here and die.
Bochra looks inquisitively at Geordi, trying to
understand this human.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT THREE 36.
61 CONTINUED:
BOCHRA
If the situation were reversed...
would you not die to avoid
capture?
Geordi takes a beat to consider.
GEORDI
I don't know. I might... if I
thought it was necessary. If the
stakes were high enough.
(a beat)
But they'd have to be pretty damn
high.
Bochra thinks this over. Maybe he's considering just
how high -- or low -- the stakes are in his case.
GEORDI
(continuing)
Guess I'd make a pretty lousy
Romulan, huh... ?
BOCHRA
I no more wish to die than you
do.
GEORDI
(a smile)
You mean Romulans aren't always
ready to sacrifice themselves on
command?
BOCHRA
No more than humans are frail,
weak-willed children without any
conception of loyalty or duty.
They exchange a weak grin. Geordi tests his vision;
it's getting worse.
GEORDI
Bochra -- there are times when
dying for one's ideals is
necessary.
(a beat)
Do you believe this is one of
those times?
Bochra agonizes, makes up his mind, gets to his feet
-- and lowers the phaser. Geordi nods in
acknowledgement of what that cost Bochra.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - 9/11/89 - ACT THREE 37.
61 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
Let's find that beacon.
They start toward the entrance.
62 NEW ANGLE
as Geordi stumbles over a rock, gropes for the walls of
the cave.
BOCHRA
What is it?
Geordi holds his VISOR to his forehead with both hands.
GEORDI
Everything's gone blank.
(a beat)
I'm blind.
Geordi takes off the VISOR, revealing his white,
sightless eyes.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FOUR 38.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
62A INT. CORRIDOR
Worf approaches a cabin door, considers a beat, then
rings the bell.
RIKER'S VOICE
Come.
The door opens to Riker's quarters and Worf ENTERS.
63 INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS
Riker is in his quarters studying territorial maps on
his computer screen. Worf ENTERS, stops...
WORF
You are busy. Forgive my
intrusion.
He starts to leave... Riker stops him with...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FOUR 39.
63 CONTINUED:
RIKER
For what it's worth, I understand
your bitterness.
Worf stops, turns...
WORF
With respect, sir... you cannot.
(beat)
I am asked to give up the very
lifeblood of my mother, of my
father, to those who murdered
them.
RIKER
Must you blame all Romulans for
that?
WORF
Yes.
RIKER
Forever, Worf?
(Worf thinks deeply)
What if the Federation should make
peace with the Romulans someday...
WORF
Impossible.
RIKER
Not long ago, your people said
the same thing about humans.
Worf reacts.
RIKER
And so many on both sides died
in that war. How could you and
I be here now... like this...
if we were unable to let go of
the anger, the blame.
(beat)
When does it end, Worf? If the
Romulan dies, does his family
carry the bitterness forward
another generation?
WORF
Then you believe I should.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FOUR 39A.
63 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
What I believe doesn't matter.
WORF
My Starfleet training tells me
one thing. Everything I am tells
me another.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
Lieutenant Worf, report to
Sickbay.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FOUR 40.
63 CONTINUED: (3)
WORF
Acknowledged.
Worf and Riker exchange a look. Then he EXITS.
64 INT. SICKBAY
CLOSE on Patahk in the biobed, MUTTERING in semiconsciousness.
65 ANGLE ON THE DOOR
as Worf ENTERS and stays at the door. Beverly crosses
to him. Worf looks suspiciously over at Patahk, then
at Beverly. Calmly, softly --
BEVERLY
Lieutenant, his life is coming
to an end. I thought it important
for you to see him again.
Worf studies him... perhaps begins to turn...
BEVERLY
It is not too late to change your
mind.
They exchange a long look and she leaves him with the
Romulan...
66 ANGLE - OVER HIS SHOULDER
Patahk's eyes open slightly and sees Worf. Hatred
succeeds in awakening him even more.
PATAHK
Come close to me, Klingon. Let
me die with my hands at your
throat.
Worf just stares at him. Patahk trembles, has to
force his body back under his control.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR 41.
66 CONTINUED:
Worf pulls away from his instinctive reaction,
desperately wants to find a way to make this okay.
We should see the two sides of him pulling back and
forth.
WORF
I am the only one who can keep
you alive.
PATAHK
You?
WORF
There is a substance within my
cells which you need to survive...
Patahk grins weakly... with irony.
PATAHK
You have come to hear me beg for
my life.
WORF
(beat)
No.
Is an appreciation of warriors who can respect each
other as enemies beginning here? Patahk looks up at him
through weakening eyes... reaches up with a wavering
hand and takes Worf by the wrist, tries to speak, pull
himself up, cannot... Worf leans over to hear what he has
to say.
PATAHK
(whispers)
I would rather die than pollute
my body with Klingon filth.
Worf reacts as the Romulan grins, leans back. Worf
EXITS past Beverly without looking at her.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR 41A.
67 INT. GALORNDON CAVE
A dejected Geordi examines his VISOR with his touch.
Bochra is lying back now, weaker... The diagnostic
BEEP is emitted, signalling all is okay with the VISOR
itself.
BOCHRA
I have lost almost all feeling
in my legs.
Geordi looks at him with concern...
GEORDI
My synapses must be turning to
jelly. The VISOR's fine, but I
can't see a thing.
BOCHRA
How do we locate the beacon?
GEORDI
We don't.
Another thin smile from Bochra.
BOCHRA
Do all humans give up so easily?
Geordi smiles in return.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR 42.
67 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Are all Romulans so pushy?
Bochra, we're lost... unless
you've got something that can
smell neutrinos.
Bochra picks up Geordi's tricorder.
BOCHRA
We have the sensor device you were
carrying.
GEORDI
My tricorder? It isn't set up
to detect neutrinos.
BOCHRA
But your eye device does. Connect
them.
GEORDI
That's crazy. They don't speak
the same language. I'd never get
an accurate sampling...
(stops; maybe it's not
so crazy)
But, then, I don't need an
accurate sampling. I just need
a pointer... a neutrino Geiger
counter.
Geordi considers the problem, then sinks back into
dejection.
GEORDI
(continuing)
Still not possible.
BOCHRA
You cannot do it?
GEORDI
Under normal circumstances, maybe.
Here, no way.
BOCHRA
Why?
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FOUR 43.
67 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
Because I can't see. Adapting
the neural output pods of the
VISOR is tricky work. It can't
be done by "touch."
Bochra is not to be dissuaded:
BOCHRA
Then I'll be your eyes.
On Geordi's reaction...
68 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Data, Worf.
DATA
The storm is beginning to subside,
Captain... we should have a
window in less than an hour...
RIKER
Still no indication he's found
the beacon, sir...
PICARD
(to Riker)
Assemble an away team...
RIKER
(moving with purpose)
Yes, sir...
But before Riker can leave...
WORF
(interrupting)
Captain... the Romulan warship
has crossed the Neutral Zone
border. It is in Federation space
and heading toward us.
PICARD
Stand by, Number One.
(quietly)
Red Alert.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FOUR 43A.
68 CONTINUED:
As RED ALERT SOUNDS, we --
69 OMITTED
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE 44.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
70 INT. GALORNDON CAVE
CLOSE ON Bochra's hand shaking badly as he tries to
make some final delicate adjustments on the
tricorder/VISOR.
GEORDI (V.O.)
... make sure the scan select
limiter matches the VISOR output
range.
BOCHRA
Not so fast...
71 WIDER
to see Bochra, exhausted, complete the task. Geordi
is behind him, guiding him through the operation.
BOCHRA
Done.
GEORDI
Now close the case and place the
neural output pods in contact
with the tricorder scanner heads.
Bochra closes up the tricorder then places the VISOR
around it.
BOCHRA
Ready.
GEORDI
Let her rip.
Bochra pans the area with the unit. As he scans, the
tricorder/VISOR suddenly emits a series of faint BEEPS.
BOCHRA
(excited)
Bearing three-five-zero.
GEORDI
We did it! The first
Federation-Romulan co-venture.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE 44A.
71 CONTINUED:
A brief moment of shared jubilation -- then they
remember they're supposed to be enemies, and return
to the task at hand. More somber:
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 45.
71 CONTINUED: (2)
BOCHRA
The storm may be breaking.
GEORDI
With any luck an electromagnetic
window will be opening up and we
can get out of here.
BOCHRA
At which point I'll be your
prisoner.
They exchange a look -- best not to look too far ahead.
Geordi puts his hand on Bochra's shoulder.
GEORDI
Can you walk?
BOCHRA
I don't know...
Geordi helps him to his feet... Bochra leans on him for
support... Bochra provides the vision for them both.
BOCHRA
Straight ahead...
72 INT. READY ROOM
Picard seated. Worf ENTERS.
WORF
You wished to see me, Captain.
PICARD
Yes, Lieutenant.
(a beat)
I assume you know what this is
about...
Worf nods.
PICARD
The Romulan ship will reach us
within the hour, Lieutenant. If
our patient dies... it may be
just the excuse the Romulan
commander needs to start an
incident. The death of a Romulan
officer at the hands of the
Federation! Think of it.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 45A.
72 CONTINUED:
WORF
I have, Captain.
PICARD
(acknowledges)
There is no question that this
Romulan is more valuable to us
alive than dead, Lieutenant.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE 46.
72 CONTINUED: (2)
WORF
I understand.
Picard chooses his next words carefully.
PICARD
Sometimes the moral obligations
of command are less than clear.
I weigh the good of the many
against the needs of the
individual... and try to balance
them as realistically as possible.
God knows I don't always succeed.
WORF
I have not had cause to complain,
Captain.
PICARD
(with appreciation)
You wouldn't complain even if you
had cause, Lieutenant.
WORF
If you order me to agree to the
transfusion, I will, of course,
obey.
Picard turns to him.
PICARD
I cannot order you. I will not
order you, Lieutenant. But I ask
you. I beg you to volunteer.
WORF
(a beat)
I cannot, Captain.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE 47.
ON PICARD
PICARD
Lieutenant...
WORF
Sir?
A long beat. Picard nods evenly.
PICARD
Dismissed.
Worf nods, EXITS. After a beat...
PICARD
(keys insignia)
Picard to Doctor Crusher.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
Go ahead.
PICARD
Do not continue to enlist
Lieutenant Worf's assistance.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
I won't have to, Captain. The
Romulan has died.
On Picard's reaction...
74 EXT. GALORNDON SURFACE
The hellish winds have died down and electrical ARCS
are few and far between. Vision is still difficult.
Geordi supports Bochra as they walk, Bochra holding
the BEEPING tricorder/VISOR before him, Geordi
shielding his VISORless eyes.
75 NEW ANGLE
as they come to the probe... barely sticking out of a
crater (virtually impossible to see with the naked
eye).
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 47A.
75 CONTINUED:
Bochra points the tricorder/VISOR down into the crater;
the BEEPS speed up. Pay dirt.
BOCHRA
We've found it.
GEORDI
Now we have to change its signal
pattern so the Enterprise knows
we've found it.
BOCHRA
Will that be difficult?
GEORDI
Not with your help.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/13/89 - ACT FIVE 48.
75 CONTINUED: (2)
They start down into the crater.
76 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard ENTERS; Riker, Troi, Worf, Data, and Wesley at
their stations. RED ALERT continues.
DATA
Scanners show a window, Captain.
PICARD
Estimated duration?
DATA
Nine minutes, forty seconds.
Picard turns to Wesley, who anticipates his question
with:
WESLEY
No change in the neutrino beacon
signal, sir.
Worf interrupts:
WORF
Romulan ship approaching. Bearing
three-fifty-four mark
two-eight-seven.
PICARD
On screen.
77 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER - ROMULAN WARSHIP (OPTICAL)
A Romulan warbird majestically cruises into view.
WORF (O.S.)
Romulan is entering phaser range.
78 CLOSE
as Picard stares at the screen.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 49.
78 CONTINUED:
WORF
We are being hailed, sir.
PICARD
On screen.
79 ANGLE ON MAIN SCREEN - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
Tomalak glares at Picard. Icy formality.
TOMALAK
You have one chance to escape
destruction, Picard. Return my
officer at once.
PICARD
(equally hard)
You have entered Federation space
despite my warning, Commander.
TOMALAK
You forced this situation. I will
not leave without him.
A long beat.
PICARD
He is dead.
Tomalak reacts, controls his rage.
TOMALAK
Then he is but the first to fall,
Picard.
Tomalak cuts off transmission; the starfield with the
Romulan warbird returns to the viewscreen.
WORF
The Romulan ship is routing power
to its forward disruptor array.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 50.
79 CONTINUED:
PICARD
All shields to maximum.
WORF
Aye, sir.
PICARD
Lock phasers on target.
WORF
Phasers locked and ready.
A tense silence as everyone braces for a hit.
80 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
Wesley reacts to something on his panel.
WESLEY
Captain -- the signal pattern from
the neutrino beacon is modulating.
TROI
Geordi!
RIKER
We can't transport him with our
shields up.
WORF
If we lower our shields, the
Romulan will strike.
DATA
The electromagnetic window on the
planet is closing. Three minutes
remain.
PICARD
Transporter Room. Lock onto the
coordinates of the neutrino beacon
and stand by.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
Standing by, Captain.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 51.
80 CONTINUED:
DATA
Captain, the window is allowing
intermittant sensor readings...
There are still numerous ghost
images, but I believe we are
picking up two life forms near
the beacon...
RIKER
Another Romulan?
DATA
I cannot say. The electromagnetic
interference prevents an accurate
reading.
PICARD
(mind racing)
But it is a likely hypothesis,
Number One. If Mister La Forge
located a second survivor...
(to Worf)
Hail the Romulan ship, Lieutenant.
WORF
Aye, sir.
(does so)
They're ignoring our hail, sir.
PICARD
Repeat the hail -- all channels.
(to Riker)
He has no way of knowing how
accurate our sensors are... put
on your poker face, Number One...
(to Worf)
Open frequency.
81 ON PICARD (OPTICAL)
as he rises, faces the viewscreen.
PICARD
Commander Tomalak. It would
appear our away team has rescued
a second man from your one man
ship.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 52.
81 CONTINUED:
A long beat.
PICARD
They are on the surface, ready
to beam up. We are preparing
to do so.
(beat, a decision)
After which we will return the
survivor to you.
A beat.
WORF
No acknowledgement, Captain.
Slow push to Picard.
PICARD
Commander, both our ships are
ready to fight. We have two
supremely powerful, destructive
arsenals at our command. Our next
actions will have serious
repercussions for both sides.
(a beat)
We have good reason to mistrust
one another, Commander, but we
have better reasons to set our
differences aside. The question,
of course, is who will show
vulnerability first.
(a beat)
The answer is -- I will. I must
lower my shields to transport
these men off the planet surface.
Picard crosses and stares at the warbird on the
viewscreen.
PICARD
Once the shields are down, you
will have an opportunity to open
fire. If you do, you will not
only destroy the Enterprise and
its crew -- but also the
cease-fire that the Romulans and
the Federation now enjoy.
Picard looks back at Worf.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 52A.
81 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Lieutenant, lower the shields.
Leave hailing frequencies open.
Worf takes a deep breath.
WORF
Yes, sir.
Worf then executes the order on his panel.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 53.
82 ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as everyone -- even Picard -- half expects a phaser
blast at any moment.
PICARD
Mister O'Brien. Transport Mister
La Forge and the Romulan directly
to the bridge.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
Aye, sir. Energizing.
Geordi and Bochra MATERIALIZE. (Note: Geordi's VISOR
is back on his face.) The sight of a Romulan on the
bridge sends Worf reaching for his phaser. Riker and
Picard exchange a glance. It's like drawing to fill a
straight flush.
WORF
Security team to bridge.
PICARD
Belay that order, Lieutenant.
Shields up.
(to Bochra)
No one is going to harm you.
Bochra isn't so convinced; his eyes looking around the
room full of enemies.
GEORDI
(to Bochra)
You have my word.
Bochra relaxes a notch. Picard takes this all in, then
faces the viewscreen.
PICARD
Well, Commander?
83 ANGLE ON THE VIEWSCREEN - ROMULAN READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
Sure enough, the view of the warbird is replaced with
the image of Tomalak. Bochra immediately salutes his
Commander. Still looks pretty bad, though he will
improve during the scene...
TOMALAK
If he has been in any way
mistreated...
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 54.
83 CONTINUED:
BOCHRA
I have given them no information,
Commander -- but I have not been
mistreated.
(after a look to Geordi)
In fact, this human saved my life.
Picard nods acknowledgment, then turns his attention
back to the screen.
PICARD
Commander, how is it possible you
didn't know of this second
Romulan on Galorndon Core?
Having been caught with his pants down, Tomalak reverts
to his earlier manner -- the unctuous commander worming
his way out of trouble.
TOMALAK
A simple misunderstanding, Captain
Picard. I was obviously
misinformed as to the size of the
craft. I assure you, I intended
no deception.
PICARD
Of course not.
TOMALAK
You doubt my good faith?
PICARD
Let's just say my faith would be
strengthened with a gesture --
such as powering down your
disruptors.
Tomalak nods, pushes a button. A moment later:
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE 55.
83 CONTINUED: (2)
WORF
Disruptors powering down, Captain.
PICARD
Thank you. Cancel Red Alert,
Lieutenant.
As the ship goes off Red Alert, the relief is almost
palpable. Picard returns his attention to Tomalak:
PICARD
(continuing)
We will return your officer and
escort your ship back to the
Neutral Zone, Commander.
TOMALAK
That is acceptable.
The view of the warbird returns as Tomalak ceases
transmitting.
84 ANOTHER ANGLE
as Picard returns to his chair.
PICARD
Mister La Forge, it's good to have
you back.
GEORDI
(looking at him)
I have Centurion Bochra to thank,
sir.
BOCHRA
Your vision is returning...
GEORDI
Yeah, gradually. Your heart
rate's slowing down.
Bochra and Geordi exchange a we-made-it look.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 55A.
84 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Mister La Forge, Mister Worf --
escort our guest to Transporter
Room One.
GEORDI
Aye, sir.
Worf and Geordi lead Bochra to the turbolift, EXIT.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/14/89 - ACT FIVE 56.
84 CONTINUED: (2)
Riker lets out a sigh of relief.
RIKER
Close call.
PICARD
Too close, Number One.
Brinksmanship is a dangerous
game...
85 OMITTED
86 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
O'Brien is behind the console. Beverly supervises two
CREWMEMBERS who are placing a coffin on the transporter
pad. Worf, Geordi, and Bochra ENTER. Bochra sees the
pallet, looks at Beverly. And she says this to Bochra,
but all the while gives Worf a scathing look:
BEVERLY
It was not in my power to save
him.
Perhaps a slight stress on the "my" for Worf's benefit.
Worf is stiffly silent as Beverly and the two
crewmembers EXIT.
87 ON BOCHRA
crossing to the transporter pad -- and his fallen
comrade.
BOCHRA
He was a loyal officer.
STAR TREK: "The Enemy" - REV. 9/15/89 - ACT FIVE 57.
87 CONTINUED:
Bochra somberly takes his place on the pad, nods in
salute and farewell to Geordi.
BOCHRA
(continuing)
Lieutenant Commander La Forge.
GEORDI
(returns the nod)
Centurion Bochra.
BOCHRA
You're not what I expected of a
Federation officer.
GEORDI
That's okay; you're not what I
expected of a Romulan, either.
(with a grin)
That's a compliment.
Bochra manages a thin smile. Geordi nods a final
goodbye and...
88 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Geordi signals O'Brien, who energizes; Bochra and the
pallet DEMATERIALIZE.
88A GEORDI AND O'BRIEN
GEORDI
That's the way to fight all the
wars from now on. Two guys on
a planet with no one else to talk
to and nowhere to go. Things get
settled in a hurry.
Exiting with O'Brien past Worf...
GEORDI
(leaving)
I'm gonna sleep for four days...
The doors hiss closed. Staying a beat on Worf as he
remains there a long beat, stands quietly, deadpanned...
and we can only speculate what he's thinking. He EXITS
and...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END
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