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                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
              "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" 
                          #40274-175 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
                       
                        JULY 2, 1990


         STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - 7/9/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
              "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ADMIRAL HANSON
                RIKER              LT. COMMANDER SHELBY
                DATA               LOCUTUS (PICARD-BORG)
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             Non-Speaking
                                     SEVERAL BORG
                GUINAN             
                O'BRIEN            
                GLEASON            

                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  MISC. SECURITY PERSONNEL

         STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - 7/10/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
               "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two
                   
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE                BATTLE SECTION
              BATTLE BRIDGE              SAUCER SECTION
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              MAIN ENGINEERING         THE STARFLEET SHIPS
              SICKBAY                    USS CHEKHOV
              DATA'S LABRATORY           USS KYUSHU
              CORRIDOR                   USS MELBOURNE
              TURBOLIFT                  ETC.
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
          
            ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE         ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE
          
            THE BORG SHIP              THE BORG SHIP
              INTERIOR CHAMBER
              OPERATING ROOM           SATURN (FROM SPACE)
          
            ADMIRAL HANSON'S SHIP      MARS (FROM SPACE)
              (GALAXY CLASS STARSHIP)    UNMANNED PODS
              READY ROOM
              BATTLE BRIDGE            EARTH (FROM SPACE)

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
              "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two 
                
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 LOCUTUS           low-KEW-tus
                 ITERATIVE         IT-er-ah-tiv

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - TEASER    1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
              "The Best of Both Worlds" Part Two                   
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) - LOCUTUS ON SCREEN

	barely reacts to Riker's order to fire. Red alert
	continues. We hear a low rumbling, slowly growing...

	RIKER

	Eyes locked on Locutus. The rumbling grows.

	GEORDI

	at the Engineering Station... monitoring readings...

					GEORDI
			Deflector power approaching
			maximum limits. Energy discharge
			in... six seconds...

	As the rumble heightens to a roar...

	VARIOUS REACTIONS

	Beverly... Troi... Worf... Wesley... Shelby... finally
	back to Riker...

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Close on the main deflector dish as it glows...
	pulses... and then erupts in a blinding beam that
	strikes --

	EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A forcefield absorbing the continuing blast.

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	The ship shakes...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - TEASER    2.

	CONTINUED:

					WORF
			The Borg ship is undamaged.

					SHELBY
			Impossible...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Warp reactor core
			primary coolant failure.

					GEORDI
			Can't maintain it much longer,
			Commander...

	Riker never takes his eyes off Locutus...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Exceeding reaction
			chamber thermal limit.

					RIKER
			Cease fire.

	Geordi runs through a series of commands on his
	panels...

					GEORDI
			Shutting down warp engines.

	The roar stops... the silence is eerie... The Bridge
	crew is stunned.

					RIKER
				(unbelievable)
			They couldn't have adapted that
			quickly...

					LOCUTUS
				(on the contrary)
			The knowledge and experience of
			the human Picard is part of...
			us... now. It has prepared us...
			for all possible courses of
			action. Your resistance is
			hopeless...
				(beat)
			... Number One.

     STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - TEASER     3.

7    CONTINUED: (2)

	And on the frightening intimacy of the moment... on
	Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT TWO    4.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Alone... The Borg ship is gone.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's Log, Stardate
			43999.1. The Borg ship has
			resumed its course toward Earth.
			We are unable to pursue pending
			repairs to the Enterprise.

9    INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Geordi, Troi, Worf, Beverly and Shelby. Admiral
	Hanson is on the viewscreen; he is in his Ready Room on
	a Galaxy Starship.

					RIKER
			... and as we anticipated, the
			blast burned out the main
			navigational deflector... we also
			have damage to shields and the
			reactor core.

					GEORDI
			We should be back up in eight to
			twelve hours, Admiral.

	Hanson frowns, acknowledges...

					HANSON
			Well, we'll miss you at the party.

					RIKER
			The Enterprise will be there, sir.
			Maybe a little late. But we'll
			be there.

					HANSON
			Your engagements gave us valuable
			time. We've mobilized a fleet
			of forty starships at Wolf 359
			and that's just for starters...
			the Klingons are sending
			warships... Hell, we've even
			thought about opening
			communications with the
			Romulans...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT ONE    5.

9    CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			You realize, Admiral, that with
			the assistance of Picard, the Borg
			will be prepared for your
			defenses.

	Hanson takes a long beat as though he's considering
	the dreadful ramifications of this fact. But that's
	not what he's thinking about at all. He finally
	speaks.

					HANSON
			Lieutenant... a few years ago,
			I watched a freshman cadet pass
			four upper classman on the last
			hill of the forty kilometer run
			on Danula Two... damndest thing
			I ever saw... only freshman to
			ever win the Academy marathon.
			I made it my business to get to
			know that young fellow... got to
			know him very very well... I'll
			tell ya, I've never known anyone
			with more drive, determination
			or more courage than Jean-Luc
			Picard. There's no way in hell
			he would assist the Borg. I
			want that clear.

					SHELBY
			Of course, Admiral...

					HANSON
			He is a casualty of war.

					BEVERLY
			Then... we have abandoned all hope
			of recovering him.

					HANSON
				(reluctantly
				 acknowledges)
			In less than twenty-four hours,
			this armada's going to hit that
			Borg vessel with everything we
			can muster. Either they survive
			or we do. As for Picard...
				(beat)
			A great man has been lost. Your
			Captain. My friend.

	He sighs, looks down a beat and then up.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT ONE    6.

9    CONTINUED: (2)

					HANSON
			Commander Riker... I hereby
			promote you to the field
			commission of Captain.

	Push in on Riker...

					HANSON
			The Enterprise is your ship now.
			Congratulations. I wish the
			circumstances were different.

					RIKER
			Good luck, Admiral.

					HANSON
			To us all.

	He signs off.

10   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	warping toward Earth.

11   INT. BORG SHIP

	Moving down a row... no activity... the Borg are in
	their regenerative state, in their compartments...
	finding Locutus in a compartment, 'asleep'... a shudder
	crosses his face as though a nightmare has invaded his
	mind... suddenly his eyes open in a panic...

12   MATTE SHOT - THE BORG SHIP INTERIOR (OPTICAL)

	An agonizing human cry echoes through the chamber...

13   A BORG IN HIS COMPARTMENT

	reacts to the commotion... methodically EXITS and moves
	to Locutus, who resists his efforts to restrain him...
	another Borg joins them... together they escort him
	out of his compartment...

14   INT. BORG OPERATING ROOM - MONTAGE SEQUENCE (OPTICAL)

	Small and no different than any other area of the ship
	except there is a medical table...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT ONE    7.

14   CONTINUED:

	Locutus is lying on his back, conscious as one Borg
	prepares to use a long, probing implant device to add a
	bio-chip... another Borg prepares a huge mechanical arm
	to attach... and as we slowly push in to Locutus'
	face... and into his eye... a single tear is in one
	corner... and as the operation commences, his eyes
	close and after a beat, slowly, the color in his human
	face begins to drain further and further away until
	he is ashen white.

15   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Riker stands at the window, now wearing a Captain's
	rank, looks around... moves closer to Picard's
	desk... and studies the empty chair... and it is a
	symbol of the man... and he cannot bring himself to
	sit there. So he sits in the chair he always sits
	in... facing the Captain's desk. A chime. He
	reacts... stands...

					RIKER
			Come.

	Troi ENTERS. Riker is glad to see her, smiles, warm.

					RIKER
			Hi.

					TROI
			You wanted to see me?

	And already it's different between them... he is the
	Captain now and that inherently creates an emotional
	barrier.

					RIKER
			How's the crew?

					TROI
			Throwing themselves into the work
			to be done... the emotional impact
			hasn't been fully realized yet...

					RIKER
				(understands)
			I guess Starfleet training kicks
			in and takes over...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT ONE    8.

15   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(acknowledges)
			We know the risks, tell ourselves
			we're prepared for the
			consequences... and yet, something
			like this cuts deeper than we can
			admit at first. He was our
			Captain. It's like losing the
			leader of a nation or the head
			of a family.

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			He was more of a father to me than
			my own.

	Troi nods sympathetically...

					RIKER
			When I saw him like that...
			mutilated...

					TROI
			You did what you had to do...
			nobody doubts your love for him...

					RIKER
			Was there any part of him left,
			Deanna?

					TROI
				(slow)
			Yes. I can still sense his
			humanity

					RIKER
				(looks down)
			Then you must have sensed his
			pain...

	Her silence tells him she does.

					RIKER
			I don't envy your abilities.

	He cannot stay with the intensity of this moment...
	Breaking the tension --

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT ONE    9.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			I'd better check on the progress
			of our repairs...
				(beat)
			There won't be any changes... as
			far as I'm concerned it's his
			ship, his crew... and everything
			we do, every battle we fight, it's
			for him.
				(beat, warm)
			I'm glad you're here to help me
			with this.

					TROI
			Thank you, Captain.

	And as they both realize their intimacy will be never
	quite the same again.

					RIKER
				(dismissed)
			Counselor...

	Their eyes say more than their words. And as she
	leaves, we stay a beat on him as he begins to realize
	it's lonely at the top and he glances once more at --

16   THE DESK

	and the empty chair... where he still has not been
	seated.

17   INT. TURBOLIFT

	as it opens and Riker and Worf ENTER.

					RIKER
			... and Mister Crusher has
			suggested a chip might be designed
			that will automatically retune
			phasers to a random setting after
			each discharge...

					WORF
			That would be a great advantage.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE   10.

17   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We should also see if we can find
			some way to neutralize their
			forcefields, Worf... we've got
			to show them we can adapt too.
				(to com)
			Engineering.
				(continuing to Worf)
			We're not just fighting the Borg
			anymore... we're fighting the life
			experience they've stolen from
			Captain Picard... how the hell
			do we defeat an enemy that knows
			us better than we know
			ourselves... ?

					WORF
			The Borg have neither honor nor
			courage... that is our greatest
			advantage.

					RIKER
			I hope it's enough.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT ONE   11.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	The doors open. They EXIT...

18   OMITTED

19   INT. ENGINEERING

	The warp reactor where Geordi and Shelby are
	supervising repairs, checking panels, sensors...

					GEORDI
			Engine control processors are back
			up...

					SHELBY
			Accelerator coils are responding
			normally...

					GEORDI
			Forward shields at fifty-eight
			percent... aft shields --
				(reacts as he studies
				 sensors)
			Sensors must be down...

					SHELBY
			Checking... sensors are fine...
			no, aft shields have completely
			failed... dammit... auxiliary
			generators are out again...

	Riker and Worf ENTER. Seeing Worf --

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - ACT ONE   11A.

	CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Just the man I need.
				(to Riker)
			We're having problems with the
			aft shields... generators are
			going on and off line... I could
			use your help, Worf...

	Riker nods his approval. Geordi and Worf start to
	move...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    12.

19   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			How soon do we get underway,
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			Still a couple hours... Commander
			Shelby can fill you in...

	Geordi and Worf EXIT... Riker and Shelby are alone...
	the first time they've been alone since the big
	Turbolift argument... and the tension of their
	relationship hangs over the scene.

					SHELBY
			The main navigational deflector
			is functional again... Sherbourne
			and Barclay are running through
			the final testing sequence now...

					RIKER
			The warp reactor core?

					SHELBY
			Reconstruction is proceeding
			normally... it's slow work. If
			we can nail down this shield
			generator problem, I agree with
			La Forge... we should be at
			operating capacity in two or three
			hours...

					RIKER
			Good.

	An uncomfortable beat of silence as they study each
	other...

					SHELBY
			Anything else, sir?

					RIKER
			Yes. You did a good job on the
			Borg ship.

					SHELBY
			I didn't get Picard.

					RIKER
			You stopped them. You gave us
			our shot.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    13.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

	Shelby realizes that Riker is being extraordinarily
	generous and she appreciates it. About to apologize
	for her earlier attitude --

					SHELBY
			Sir...

					RIKER
			Commander, we don't have to like
			each other to work well together.
			In fact, I expect you to continue
			to keep me on my toes.

					SHELBY
				(quick)
			Some might define that as the role
			of a first officer.

	Riker reacts, frowns...

					RIKER
			Damn, you are ambitious, aren't
			you, Shelby...

					SHELBY
			Yes.

	Riker shakes his head, almost smiles. She does have
	chutzpa.

					SHELBY
				(continuing)
			Captain Riker, based on our past
			relationship, there's no reason
			I should expect to become your
			first officer... except you need
			me. I know how to get things
			done. And I have the expertise
			in the Borg...

					RIKER
			You also have a lot to learn,
			Commander.

					SHELBY
				(beat, taking it as a
				 rejection)
			Yessir.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    14.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Almost as much as I had to learn
			when I came aboard as Captain
			Picard's first officer. He
			reminded me of that fact when I
			commented on what a pain in the
			neck you are.

					SHELBY
				(relieved)
			Yessir.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Riker. Message from
			Starfleet, Captain.

					RIKER
			Go ahead, Data.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Starfleet reports it has engaged
			the Borg at Wolf 359.

	On Riker's reaction...

20
thru	OMITTED
25

26   INT. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker ENTERING in a hurry from the Turbolift. Data,
	Wesley and supernumeraries.

					DATA
			Admiral Hanson on subspace,
			Captain...

					RIKER
			On screen.

27   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Hanson's image on screen... he's on a Battle Bridge at
	Red Alert... reception is breaking up... his ship is
	clearly in battle... some shaking...

					RIKER
			Admiral...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT ONE    15.

27   CONTINUED:

					HANSON
				(calm but worried)
			The fight does not go well,
			Enterprise... we're attempting
			to withdraw and regroup.
			Rendezvous with fleet...

	Transmission ends suddenly... subspace hiss and snow
	fills the screen... on Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT TWO    16.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

28   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44000.3.
			Repairs are complete. The
			Enterprise is warping to
			rendezvous with Starfleet at Wolf
			359. Subspace communications from
			the site of battle have been cut
			off possibly by Borg interference.

29   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Riker, Data, Geordi, Beverly, Shelby, Worf, Troi.

					RIKER
			Lieutenant Worf, everyone at this
			table shares my respect for your
			service to this ship. But right
			now, I need your experience at
			tactical... Mister Data, I
			realize that your very nature
			omits ambition. Nevertheless,
			I want you to know I thought
			seriously about you as first
			officer as well...

					DATA
			Thank you, sir...

					RIKER
			But this is not a time for change.
			I need you all where you are,
			where Captain Picard always relied
			on you.
				(with some tongue-in-cheek)
			I have been... reluctantly...
			forced to conclude that Commander
			Shelby, our expert on the Borg,
			is the ideal choice at this time
			for first officer.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT TWO    17.

29   CONTINUED:

	Shelby has softened a bit by now, appreciates the humor
	at her expense... the staff nods congratulations. On
	to business...

					RIKER
			Based on our last communication,
			we have to assume the Borg have
			survived the fleet's attack...
			your thoughts on our next
			encounter...

					SHELBY
			What about the heavy graviton beam
			we were talking about... ?

					GEORDI
			I've gone over it four times...
			The local field distortion just
			wouldn't be strong enough to
			incapacitate them...

					DATA
			Doctor Crusher and I have been
			working on an interesting
			premise...

					BEVERLY
			With our recent experience in
			nanotechnology, we might be able
			to introduce a destructive breed
			of nanite to the Borg...

					SHELBY
			Nanites?

					DATA
			Robots small enough to enter
			living cells.

					RIKER
			How much time would it take to
			execute this...

					BEVERLY
			That's the problem. Two, three
			weeks.

					TROI
			In two or three weeks, nanites
			may be all that's left of the
			Federation.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    18.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	There's an ominous silence as the ideas run out.

					WORF
			We have the new phaser adapters...

					GEORDI
				(grim)
			Perhaps in concert with photon
			torpedoes... we can slow them
			down...

	But this is a crew with little hope and ultimately all
	eyes turn to their Captain. A long beat as Riker feels
	the responsibility of command.

					RIKER
			I'm sure Captain Picard would have
			something meaningful and inspiring
			to say right now. And to tell
			you the truth, I wish he were here
			to say it, cause I'd like to hear
			it, too.

30   ANGLE - THE FACES

	around the table.

					RIKER (O.C.)
				(continuing)
			I know how difficult this
			transition is for all of you.
			I can take over for him, but I
			can never replace Captain Picard
			and would never hope to...

31   RIKER

	And in that moment, Riker wonders as he looks around
	the table whether he's reaching them...

					RIKER
				(a beat)
			Whatever the outcome, I know our
			efforts in the coming battle will
			justify the faith he had in all
			of us.
				(beat, bailing out)
			Dismissed.

	As they rise to leave...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    19.

32   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Riker ENTERS, frustrated, not sure what the hell he's
	going to do, not pleased with the way he handled the
	meeting... once more he looks at --

33   ANGLE - THE DESK

	with no one behind it...

34   RIKER

					RIKER
			What would you do?

	A chime.

					RIKER
			Come in.

	The door opens to reveal Guinan. She ENTERS.

					GUINAN
			May I speak to you, Captain?

					RIKER
				(reluctant)
			Well, actually Guinan... right
			now, I...

					GUINAN
				(will not be denied)
			Picard and I used to talk... now
			and again, when one of us needed
			to... I guess I'm just used to
			having the Captain's ear...

	And sacrilege as it might be, she sits behind the desk
	in the Captain's chair. Riker reacts.

					GUINAN
			I hope I'm not imposing.

	Riker studies her, let's get this over with.

					RIKER
			What's on your mind?

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    20.

34   CONTINUED:

					GUINAN
			I've heard a lot of people talking
			down in Ten Forward... They
			expect to be dead in the next day
			or two.

	It is said casually, stating a fact... A beat as Riker
	studies her, wonders what she's getting at.

					GUINAN
				(continuing)
			They like you, Riker. They trust
			you. But they don't believe
			anyone can save them.

					RIKER
				(defensive)
			I'm not sure anyone can.

					GUINAN
			The way I see things, if a man
			is convinced he's gonna die
			tomorrow, he'll probably find some
			way to make it happen.
				(beat)
			The only one who can turn that
			around... is you.

	Riker has had just about enough of this tutoring
	session with the bartender...

					RIKER
				(with an edge)
			I'll do the best I can.

					GUINAN
			You'll have to do something you
			don't want to do.
				(off his look)
			Let go of Picard.

					RIKER
				(calmly angry)
			Maybe you didn't hear --
			yesterday, I tried to kill him.

					GUINAN
			You tried to kill whatever that
			is on the Borg ship. Not Picard.
			Picard is still here, still in
			the room with us.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT TWO    21.

34   CONTINUED: (2)

					GUINAN (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If he had just died, it would
			be easier. But he's been taken
			from us a piece at a time.

	They study each other a long beat. Both feel the loss
	intensely.

					GUINAN
			Did he ever tell you why we were
			so close?

					RIKER
			No.

					GUINAN
			Then I'm not going to tell you
			either. But it was beyond
			friendship, beyond family... and
			I will let him go. You must,
			too.
				(beat)
			There can only be one Captain.

					RIKER
			It's not that simple... This was
			his crew... he wrote the book on
			this ship...

					GUINAN
			And the Borg know everything he
			knows...

					RIKER
			Yes...

					GUINAN
			Then, it's time to throw the book
			away.
				(beat)
			You must let him go, Riker. It's
			the only way to beat him... the
			only way to save him.

	He reacts. She stands.

					GUINAN
			This chair is yours.

	And she EXITS. After a beat, he slowly moves to the
	empty chair and sits down.

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT TWO    22.

35   OMITTED

36   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Data, Wesley, Shelby, Worf and supernumeraries are on
	the Bridge. Shelby wears Commander rank pips.

					WESLEY
				(on com)
			Captain, we're approaching the
			Wolf system.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

	Riker ENTERS from the Ready Room.

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse. Take us to the
			battle coordinates, Ensign...
			yellow alert...

					WORF
			Sensors are picking up several
			vessels, Captain...

					RIKER
			The fleet?

					DATA
				(checking)
			There are no active subspace
			fields... Negligible power
			readings...

					RIKER
			Lifesigns?

					DATA
			Negative, sir.

					WORF
			Visual contact.

					RIKER
			On screen.

37   ANGLE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	and the Bridge crew reacts with horror as they see the
	wreckage of the Starfleet armada... it is like Pearl
	Harbor. Passing by one dead ship after another...

    STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT TWO    23.

38   TWO SHOT - RIKER AND SHELBY

	as she recognizes and calls out the names... and slow
	push to Riker...

					SHELBY
			The Chekhov... The Kyushu...
			The Melbourne...

	On Riker's face...

39   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it passes through the cemetery of dead ships...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse, going through the devastation as before.

41   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Sir, sensors are picking up
			unusually strong magnetic eddy
			currents, bearing two-zero-zero,
			mark two-one-one.

					RIKER
			Data, your analysis...

					DATA
			It could indicate the course of
			the Borg ship...

					RIKER
			Ensign Crusher, set a course that
			follows those currents...

					WESLEY
			Aye, Captain.

					RIKER
			Commander Shelby, you will prepare
			to initiate your plan of
			separating the saucer section when
			we find the Borg.

					SHELBY
			Sir. I must remind you that
			Captain Picard was briefed on that
			plan... the Borg will be prepared
			for it...

					RIKER
			I'm aware of that, Commander.
			In fact, I'm counting on it.

	She reacts...

					SHELBY
			Crusher, Cartaino, Gleason -- report
			to the Battle Bridge...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT THREE   25.

41   CONTINUED:

	As the regulars are replaced at their posts by
	supernumeraries... on the move...

					RIKER
			Mister Data and Mister Worf, I
			have a special mission for you...

42   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	at Warp.

43   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus is escorted, almost like a pet dog on a "heel"
	command, to the area near the center chamber where
	communication takes place... he is less Picard than
	he was before... more Borg... The facial color is
	gone... a huge Borg arm has been added... as he
	positions himself --

43A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	a wide viewscreen reveals a small image of a ship
	approaching... an effect magnifies the image to reveal
	it as The Enterprise.

44   LOCUTUS

	reacts... over his face --

					RIKER'S VOICE
			Locutus of Borg, this is Captain
			William T. Riker of the U.S.S.
			Enterprise.

45   ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN - RIKER'S IMAGE (OPTICAL)

	from the Battle Bridge...

					LOCUTUS
			You may speak.

									INTERCUT:

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/12/90 - ACT THREE  26.

46   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Wesley at Conn, GLEASON at Ops, others as
	needed. Shelby, Data and Worf are notably absent.

					RIKER
			We wish to end the hostilities.

					LOCUTUS
			Then you must unconditionally
			surrender.

					RIKER
			We are prepared to meet to discuss
			your terms.

					LOCUTUS
				(a beat)
			It is unlikely that you are
			prepared to discuss terms. It
			is more likely that this is an
			attempt at deception.

					RIKER
			Come now, Locutus, if Picard's
			knowledge and experience is part
			of you, then you know I have never
			lied to him... in fact, you should
			implicitly trust me, is that not
			so?

	Locutus is having difficulty processing Riker's
	routine...

					LOCUTUS
			Picard implicitly trusted you.

					RIKER
			Then trust me now. Meet with me
			to discuss terms.

	The Borg influence takes over in Locutus.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   27.

46   CONTINUED:

					LOCUTUS
			Discussion is irrelevant. There
			are no terms. You will disarm
			all weapons and escort us to
			sector zero-zero-one where we will
			begin the assimilation of your
			culture and technology.

	Riker turns away from the screen... signals to cut off
	transmission...

					RIKER
			Mister Gleason, can you pinpoint
			the Borg's source of transmission?

					GLEASON
				(acknowledging)
			I can put you within thirty meters
			of it, sir...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Mister O'Brien, report...

									INTERCUT:

47   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

	O'Brien with Data and Worf...

					O'BRIEN
			The Borg have adapted their
			electromagnetic field to prevent
			main Transporter functions, sir...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			As expected. Mister Data and
			Mister Worf, you will proceed as
			we discussed...

					DATA
			Aye, Captain...

	Data and Worf each don an armpack.

48   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus at the viewscreen. Riker turns back, reopens
	communications.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   28.

48   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			We would like time to prepare our
			people for assimilation.

					LOCUTUS
			Preparation is irrelevant. Your
			people will be assimilated as
			easily as Picard has been.

49   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					RIKER
			Does it involve a lot of
			needles... because I just hate
			needles...

					LOCUTUS
			Your attempt at a delay will not
			be successful, Number One. We
			will proceed to Earth and if you
			attempt to intervene we will
			destroy you.

					RIKER
			Take your best shot, Locutus,
			cause we're about to intervene.

	Cuts off communication... Starfield and the Borg ship
	return to the viewscreen.

					RIKER
			Reset subspace communications
			to scrambler code Riker One...

					GLEASON
			Scrambler code Riker One,
			acknowledged.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Commander Shelby, report...

									INTERCUT:

50   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Shelby at command with supernumeraries at other posts.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   29.

50   CONTINUED:

					SHELBY
			Ready for separation.

					RIKER
			Make it so.

51   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The separation begins...

51A  INT. ENGINEERING

					GEORDI
			Docking latches clear, separation
			complete...

52   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			Saucer velocity one hundred meters
			per second and increasing.

					RIKER
			Open fire... all weapons...

53   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					SHELBY
			Fire...

54   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus watches the two separating parts of the
	Enterprise and this is nothing unexpected... the
	viewscreen scanners promptly focus on the battle
	section because Locutus knows that's where the power
	is...

55   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	reaches out its tractor beam toward the battle
	section...

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE  29A.

56   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			Borg tractor beam attempting to
			lock on, Captain...

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   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   30.

56   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Evasive manuevers... pattern Riker
			Alpha...

					WESLEY
			Riker Alpha, confirmed...

57   EXT. SPACE - THE BATTLE SECTION (OPTICAL)

	moving quickly by...

58   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			They're ignoring the saucer
			section completely...

					RIKER
				(murmering toward the
				 Borg ship)
			Just as you should, Captain...
			Ensign, evasive pattern, Riker
			Beta...

					WESLEY
			Riker Beta, confirmed...

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Commander Shelby, proceed with
			second phase...

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					SHELBY
			Acknowledged.
				(to tactical officer)
			Fire antimatter spread...

60   EXT. SPACE - THE SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)

	Fires a spread of antimatter pellets exploding in a
	spectacular display toward the Borg ship...

61   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	As the viewscreen pans toward the saucer section,
	Locutus and other Borg look at the antimatter
	display... and this is unexpected...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT THREE   31.

62   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Pushing to Riker...

					RIKER
			Launch shuttle...

63   INT. SHUTTLE

	Data and Worf inside...

					DATA
			Shuttle launch sequence
			confirmed... departing Enterprise
			in three seconds...

64   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE SAUCER SECTION (OPTICAL)

	As the shuttle leaves the ship... becoming part of the
	forest of anti-matter pyrotechnics...

65   INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS

	studies what's happening... Picard's mind working
	unwillingly... suggesting reponses...

66   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Borg ship terminates the tractor beam aimed at the
	battle section... initiates another beam in the other
	direction toward the anti-matter spread.

67   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					WESLEY
			The Borg tractor beam has moved
			toward the anti-matter spread.

					GLEASON
			They might be picking up engine
			ionization from the shuttle...

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Data, cut your engines... take
			her in unpowered...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT THREE   32.

67A  EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	to see the shuttle moving through the antimatter field
	toward the Borg ship... the tractor beam sweeps by,
	just barely missing the shuttle.

68   INT. SHUTTLE - OVER THE SHOULDER (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle shakes.

69   OMITTED

70   INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS

	watches.

71   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	Favoring Riker...

					WESLEY
			They're gonna make it...

									INTERCUT:

72   INT. SHUTTLE - OVER THE SHOULDER (OPTICAL)

	As it moves up close and personal to the Borg ship...

					WORF
			Shuttle has penetrated the Borg
			electromagnetic field...

	Data is already out of his seat...

					DATA
				(checking sensors)
			The shuttle escape transporter
			should provide adequate power
			to beam us onto the Borg ship from
			here, sir...

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			And back, Mister Data?

					DATA
			Yessir, there should be enough
			energy for two transports.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT THREE   33.

72   CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Proceed.

	Worf moves out of his chair... and joins Data by the
	transport unit as he punches some overhead keys and
	they DEMATERIALIZE...

73   INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Locutus and the Borg react as Worf and Data MATERIALIZE
	several meters away... Worf and Data have phasers...
	blast away at the Borg near-by, several go down...
	Locutus turns and as Worf rushes him, his forcefield
	goes on, but Worf and Data together spray a wide,
	fan-shaped phaser blast that dissolves the forcefield
	and Worf tackles Locutus to the ground as Data
	continues to cover him with phaser shots at other
	Borg...

74   LOCUTUS AND WORF (OPTICAL)

	struggle on the ground as Data comes up and sedates
	Locutus with a hypo... and then he hits the arm band
	and they DEMATERIALIZE...

75   INT. SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	They MATERIALIZE...

					WORF
			Mission accomplished... we have
			him...

	Touching a control panel:

					DATA
			Firing shuttle thrusters...

76   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Beam them out of there, Mister
			O'Brien...

77   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

					O'BRIEN
			Locked in...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT THREE   34.

78   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	fires their cutting beam and obliterates the shuttle.

79   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Data and Worf support the unconscious Locutus as they
	MATERIALIZE...

					O'BRIEN
			Transport successful, sir...

80   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	On a push in to Riker's reaction...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR   35.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

81   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in two sections... the Borg ship is taking no
	offensive action.

82   INT. BATTLE BRIDGE

	As before.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we've sustained damage
			to the impulse drive... the saucer
			section is disabled...

					GLEASON
			Reading subspace field
			fluctuations from the Borg ship...
			looks like they're getting ready
			to increase power...

					RIKER
			Stand-by, La Forge...

					WESLEY
				(to himself)
			The saucer section... it's a
			sitting duck...

					RIKER
			Prepare to draw their fire...

					WESLEY
				(surprised)
			Captain, the Borg ship... it's
			moving away...

83   ANGLE - THE VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	As the Borg ship warps away.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR   36.

83   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			It's resuming its course to Earth,
			sir...

					RIKER
			Rendezvous with the saucer
			section... lay in a course of
			pursuit...

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	reconnects.

85   INT. SICKBAY

	Picard/Borg is on an emergency medical bed... Riker
	watches as Beverly examines him...

					BEVERLY
			There's extensive infiltration
			of microcircuit fibers into the
			surrounding tissues... his DNA
			is being rewritten...

					RIKER
			Can you revive him?

					BEVERLY
				(reluctant)
			I'd like more time to study the
			structural changes in the motor
			pathways...

					RIKER
			Doctor, we don't have more time.
			Once he was wired into the Borg,
			they knew everything he knew.
			I'm hoping it goes both ways.
			If we're lucky, he had access to
			everything we need to know about
			them... especially their
			vulnerabilities.

	Beverly understands... uses a hypo to begin to revive
	him... he stirs...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FOUR   37.

85   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Jean Luc... it's Beverly... can
			you hear me...

	His eye opens...

					LOCUTUS
			Beverly... Crusher...

					BEVERLY
			Yes... don't try to move...

					LOCUTUS
			I am... on board the Enterprise.

					RIKER
			That's right.

					LOCUTUS
			A futile manuever.

	They react. He sits up.

					RIKER
			Locutus...

					LOCUTUS
			Incorrect strategy, Number One...
			to risk your ship and crew... to
			retrieve only one man... Picard
			would never have approved...

					BEVERLY
				(to comm)
			Security...

					LOCUTUS
			You underestimate... us... to
			believe this... abduction would
			be of any concern...

	Worf and two security men ENTER...

					LOCUTUS
			There is no need for
			apprehension... I intend no harm.

	There is a moment where the human Picard peeks
	through... seems to resist but he is helpless...
	Almost as a plea to his own alter ego --

  STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FOUR  37A.

85   CONTINUED: (2)

					LOCUTUS/PICARD
			No harm.

	Locutus continues.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FOUR   38.

85   CONTINUED: (2)

					LOCUTUS
			I will continue... aboard your
			ship... to speak for the Borg ...
			as they continue... without
			further diversion... to sector
			zero zero one... where they will
			force your unconditional
			surrender.

	On reactions...

86   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Riker and Beverly looking over Data's shoulder as he
	works at monitors... an Okudagram showing some signal
	measurements... Shelby at command... Wesley at Conn.

					DATA
			Using multimodal reflection
			sorting, I have been able to
			detect a complex series of
			subspace signals between Locutus
			and the Borg ship...

					BEVERLY
			That's how they're controlling
			him?

					DATA
			It is not just a matter of
			control, Doctor. The signals are
			interactive across a subspace
			domain similar to that of a
			Transporter beam. I would
			hypothesize that these frequencies
			form the basis of the Borg's
			collective consciousness.

					RIKER
			Can't we block them?

					DATA
			Possibly. But, as you will
			recall, on several occasions, we
			have witnessed the Borg removing
			key circuits from injured
			comrades... no doubt separating
			them from the group consciousness.

					RIKER
			The injured Borg immediately
			self-destructed.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FOUR   39.

86   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			That is correct, sir.

					BEVERLY
			Cutting the link to Locutus might
			be fatal to Captain Picard.

	Riker frowns... thinks...

					RIKER
			We have to find a way to reach
			him... we must know what he
			knows...

					BEVERLY
			Without these interactive signals,
			it would only be a matter of
			microsurgery... I could do it...
			but as long as those Borg implants
			are functioning, there's no way
			I can separate the man from the
			machine.

					DATA
				(beat, an idea)
			Then perhaps... there is a way
			I can access the 'machine',
			Doctor.

	Riker reacts and...

87   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf and the two security men watch as Picard examines
	Sickbay... as though he is scanning the technology...
	satisfied, he comes to Worf and begins to scan him...

					LOCUTUS
			Worf.

	Worf silently studies him, mixed feelings.

					LOCUTUS
			Klingon species. A warrior race.
				(beat)
			You too will be assimilated.

					WORF
			The Klingon Empire will never
			yield.

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FOUR   40.

87   CONTINUED:

					LOCUTUS
			Why do you resist? We only wish
			to raise... quality of life...
			for all species...

					WORF
			I like my species the way it is.

					LOCUTUS
			A narrow vision. You will...
			become one with the Borg. You
			will... all... become one with
			the Borg.

	Riker, Data and Beverly ENTER...

					LOCUTUS
			The Android... Data... primitive
			artificial organism... you will
			be obsolete in the new order...

	As he scans Data, Beverly comes around and hypos him
	in the neck, he loses consciousness... Riker and Worf
	grab him as he falls...

					RIKER
				(to Security men)
			Take him to Data's lab...

					SHELBY'S COM VOICE
			Shelby to Riker...

					RIKER
			Go ahead...

					SHELBY'S COM VOICE
			Captain, the Borg have entered
			sector zero-zero-one...

	On Riker's reaction...

88   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	As it moves by us at impulse... we follow to reveal
	the familiar 'Monument Valley', if you will, of our own
	solar system... as the Borg ship passes by Saturn...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FIVE   41.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

89   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	still at warp.

90   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Shelby at command, Wes at conn, Riker and Worf ENTER
	from the Turbolift. Supernumerary at Ops.

					SHELBY
			The Borg have dropped out of warp,
			sir... Jupiter Outpost Nine-Two
			reported visual contact at twelve
			hundred hours, thirteen minutes...

					RIKER
			Planetary defenses?

					SHELBY
			Responding. No reports on
			effectiveness... but I can't
			believe that against the Borg...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Mister Crusher, at their current
			speed, when will they reach Earth?

					WESLEY
			Twenty-seven minutes...

					RIKER
			The soonest we can intercept?

					WESLEY
				(beat, grim)
			Forty-two minutes, sir.

					RIKER
				(to com)
			Riker to Data... your status?

									INTERCUT:

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE   42.

91   INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	This is the set up we had in "The Offspring"... the
	raised biobed, the impressive technical equipment...
	Troi, Beverly, O'Brien and the one security man
	observe... Picard is off-camera... Data is working at
	panels... checking monitors... he is seen in profile...

					DATA
			The initial cybernetic connection
			into Captain Picard's neural net
			pathways has been established...
			Mister O'Brien is ready to process
			the Borg signal through the
			transport pattern buffer.

					RIKER
			Make it so. And with dispatch,
			Mister Data...

	As Data turns, he reveals an open panel on his head...

					DATA
			Proceeding immediately, sir. Data
			out.

	Over the above, Data has hit a series of panels and
	now...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE   43.

92   ANGLE - THE BIOBED

	begins to lower... revealing Locutus, still
	unconscious, stripped of clothes, his hideous
	mutilation clearly exposed... transfers are patched to
	the Borg side of him...

	Data moves into position beside him and begins to
	attach himself to the biobed transfer device...

					DATA
			The neural link will be
			established in three stages...
			Doctor, I suggest you closely
			observe Captain Picard's lifesigns
			while Chief O'Brien monitors my
			positronic matrix activity at each
			stage... Counselor, hopefully
			you will be able to determine if
			I am reaching Captain Picard.

					O'BRIEN
			At what point should I shut it
			down if there's a problem?

					DATA
			I do not know. I have never done
			this before.
				(touching a series of
				 panels)
			Initating first neural link...

93   BEVERLY

	at monitors with human lifesigns displayed...

					BEVERLY
			The Captain's vital signs are
			stable...

94   O'BRIEN

	looking at an Okudagram...

					O'BRIEN
			Positronic activity unchanged...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FIVE   44.

95   RESUME - DATA

					DATA
			First neural connection is
			confirmed... I cannot report any
			significant access to the Borg
			consciousness...

	He glances at Troi who shakes her head, no...

96   EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	moving by Mars... unmanned pods attack it... the Borg
	ship destroys them easily... moves on... and now we
	reveal their final destination... the familiar shape
	of Earth straight ahead...

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			It is confirmed... the Borg have
			broken through the Mars defense
			perimeter...

					WESLEY
			Enterprise approaching the Terran
			system, sir...

					RIKER
			Slow to impulse... time to
			intercept...

					WESLEY
			Twenty-three minutes, fourteen
			seconds, sir.

98   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse power moving by Saturn...

99   INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			Second neural connection is
			confirmed... I still cannot report
			any significant access...
			proceeding with the final link...

	He pushes a series of panels... and this time the
	result is dramatic... there is a visible jolt to
	Picard...

   STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE   45.

100  BEVERLY

	reacts... checking her monitor...

					BEVERLY
			Significant increase in premotor
			area and hypothalamus activity...
			his heartrate is accelerating
			rapidly...

101  O'BRIEN

	watching his sensors...

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, your submicron matrix
			activity is increasing
			exponentially.

	Data is absorbing information at an incredible rate...
	like an internal blastoff...

					DATA
			Neural connections are complete.
			I... have... access to the Borg
			subspace signals... Processing...
			processing...

					TROI
			Data...

					DATA
			Stand by... processing...

	O'Brien looks at Beverly with great concern...

					DATA
			Fascinating. The Borg group
			consciousness... is divided into
			subcommands... necessary to carry
			out all functions...
			communications, defense,
			navigation... they are all
			controlled... by a root command...
			implanted in each --
	Suddenly...

102  THE BORG ARM

	on Picard rises and attempts to disengage the
	connections on the biobed...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/13/90 - ACT FIVE       46.

103  THE SECURITY MAN

	charges forward... and the arm pushes them easily off
	the biobed... it moves back toward the connections,
	but

104  DATA

	grabs the Borg hand and holds it back from the controls
	using his extraordinary strength...

105  THE TWO ARMS

	locked in a symbolic arm wrestle for control of
	Picard... and finally after straining at both ends,
	Data wins by breaking the arm off at the wrist joint...

105A THE BROKEN BORG 'HAND'

	continues to move in Data's hand...

106  RESUME SCENE

					BEVERLY
			Data, I'm picking up increased
			neural activity in Captain
			Picard... localized in the
			prefrontal and parietal lobes...

					O'BRIEN
			The Borg might be trying to
			terminate their link with him...

					DATA
			Negative... subspace signal
			configuration is unchanged. The
			cause of increased neural activity
			is unclear...

					TROI
			No, it's not... it's him...

	Slowly...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       47.

107  PICARD'S HUMAN ARM

	is reaching out, his hand struggling to find -- finally
	grasping -- Data's wrist and holds it tightly...
	clinging to life... a first contact with the human...

108  REACTIONS

	from Data... Beverly... O'Brien...

109  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					TROI'S COM VOICE
			Troi to Bridge. Data has made
			first contact with Captain
			Picard...

					RIKER
			Can you communicate with him,
			Data?

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I have been unable to create a
			neural path around the Borg
			implants, sir... it is Captain
			Picard himself who has somehow
			managed to initiate contact...

					WORF
			Sir, the Borg have halted their
			approach to Earth...

					SHELBY
			I think we got their attention...

					RIKER
			Time to intercept... ?

					WESLEY
			Two minutes, four seconds...

					RIKER
			They're worried... they're worried
			that we've got access to Picard...
			we've got two minutes to figure
			out what we can do with it...

									INTERCUT:

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       48.

110  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			Sir, it is clear the Borg are
			unable or unwilling to terminate
			their subspace links...

					BEVERLY
			That may be their achilles heel,
			Captain... their
			interdependency...

					RIKER
			What do you mean, Doctor?

					BEVERLY
			He's part of their collective
			consciousness... Cutting him off
			is like asking us to disconnect
			an arm or a foot... we can't do
			it.

					SHELBY
				(extrapolating)
			They operate as a single mind...

					RIKER
			If one jumps off the cliff... they
			all jump off the cliff...
				(to com)
			Data, is it possible to plant a
			command in the Borg collective
			consciousness...

					DATA
			It is conceivable, sir... it would
			require altering the pathways from
			the root command, to affect all
			iterative branchpoints in...

					RIKER
				(interrupting)
			Make every effort, Mister Data...

					DATA
			What command shall I try to plant,
			sir... ?

					RIKER
			Something straightforward... like
			'disarm your weapons systems'...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       49.

110  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Visual contact with the Borg...

					SHELBY
			On screen.

111  ANGLE - THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	to see the Borg ship long range... Earth in the
	background.

					RIKER
			Magnify.

	The image is magnified...

					WORF
			Sensors reading increased power
			generation from the Borg...

					RIKER
			Red alert. Load all torpedo
			bays... ready phasers...

					WORF
			Aye, Captain...

					RIKER
			Status of the Borg weapons...

					WORF
			Borg weapon systems are fully
			charged...

					RIKER
			Data... ?

									INTERCUT:

112  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			Attempting to reroute subcommand
			paths, Captain... defense systems
			are protected by access
			barriers...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       50.

112  CONTINUED:

	Panning down to find Picard's hand still holding on
	to Data's wrist...

113  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and the Borg squaring off one last time with Earth as
	the backdrop... the Borg ship sends out their tractor
	beam...

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	The ship shakes...

					WORF
			Borg attempting to lock on tractor
			beam...

					RIKER
			Rotate shield frequencies...
				(to com)
			Data, report...

									INTERCUT:

115  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Shaking continuing...

					DATA
			I am unable to penetrate defense
			systems command structure,
			Captain...

					SHELBY
			Try the power systems, Data...
			see if you can get them to power
			down...

					DATA
			Acknowledged... attempting new
			power subcommand path...

116  ANGLE - PICARD

	shaking with the ship... stirring...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/27/90 - ACT FIVE       51.

	INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI

	at a console...

					GEORDI
			Shields have failed...

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					RIKER
			Fire all weapons.

	EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	once again in the grips of the Borg tractor beam...
	firing at will... but it is a hopeless cause...

	INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			I cannot penetrate the Borg power
			subcommand structure... all
			critical subcommands are
			protected, Captain...

									INTERCUT:

	INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Close on Riker as the truth sets in...

					SHELBY
			Then it's over.

					RIKER
			Mister Crusher, ready a collision
			course with the Borg ship...

	Wesley reacts, turns and looks for confirmation...
	Repeating --

					RIKER
				(quietly)
			You heard me. A collision
			course.

					WESLEY
			Yessir.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, prepare to go
			to warp power...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE      51A.

122  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Picard groans, whispers...

					PICARD
			Sleep.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       52.

122  CONTINUED:

	And it is only by sheer force of will, the power of
	the man, that Picard is able to reach through the
	control of the Borg consciousness... and whisper this
	word...

					BEVERLY
			Data, he's regaining
			consciousness...

					PICARD
			Sleep.

					TROI
				(reacts)
			It is Captain Picard speaking,
			not Locutus.

					PICARD
			Sleep. Data.

	And then under extreme pressure, his will is suppressed
	and he loses consciousness...

					BEVERLY
			He's exhausted.

					DATA
			Yes, Doctor... but if I may make
			a supposition, I believe his
			message was not intended to
			express fatigue but to suggest
			a course of action.

123  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

					WORF
			Borg cutting beam activated...

	And Captain Riker prepares to give the last fateful
	order of his short but colorful career...

					RIKER
			Mister Crusher, en...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Bridge... stand by...

					RIKER
			Stand by all stations...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/2/90 - ACT FIVE       53.

123  CONTINUED:

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			I am attempting to penetrate the
			Borg regenerative subcommand
			path... it is a low priority
			system and may be accessible...

124  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Borg cutting beam reaches out to the Enterprise...

125  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Crack of impact... a dreadful shake...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Outer hull breach.

					WORF
			Sir... shall I execute evacuation
			sequence...

					RIKER
			Negative, Mister Worf... Mister
			Data, your final report...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Stand by...

					RIKER
			I can't, Mister Data...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Inner hull failure
			imminent on decks twenty-three,
			twenty-four, and twenty-five...
			Decompression danger...

126  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Suddenly, the attack simply ends.

127  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/3/90 - ACT FIVE       54.

127  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Data? What the hell happened?

									INTERCUT:

128  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

					DATA
			I successfully planted a command
			in the Borg collective
			consciousness, sir. It
			misdirected them to believe it
			was time to regenerate. In
			effect, I put them all to sleep.

129  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions.

					RIKER
			To... sleep.

					DATA
			Yessir.

					RIKER
			Status of Borg power drive... ?

					WORF
			Minimal power...

					RIKER
			Electromagnetic field?

					WORF
			Nonexistent.

					RIKER
				(reacts)
			Commander Shelby, take an away
			team and confirm that the Borg...
			are... asleep.

					SHELBY
			Delighted, sir.

	As she EXITS...

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/9/90 - ACT FIVE       55.

130  INT. BORG SHIP (OPTICAL)

	Shelby, Worf and Gleason MATERIALIZE... They examine
	the Borg... who are all in their compartments...

					SHELBY
				(keys insignia)
			Shelby to Enterprise. It's true.
			They're all in their regeneration
			mode.

									INTERCUT:

131  INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR

	Riker on the move...

					RIKER
				(keying insignia)
			Any indication to how long we can
			keep them like this...

132  INT. BORG SHIP

					SHELBY
			Checking...

					WORF
				(to Shelby)
			Commander, tricorder readings are
			fluctuating rapidly...

	Shelby comes over... reacts...

					SHELBY
			Enterprise... there are
			indications here that their entire
			power net's about to feed back
			on itself. I'd say we're looking
			at a self-destruct sequence
			activated by the Borg's
			malfunction... do you want us to
			attempt to disarm it...

133  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Riker has just entered... Beverly has heard. Data is
	still tied up with Picard...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/10/90 - ACT FIVE       56.

133  CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			There's no way to know what the
			destruction of the Borg ship will
			do to him...

					DATA
			We should also consider the
			advantages of further examination
			of the Borg and their vessel, sir.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			I don't think so. Mister Data,
			separate yourself from Captain
			Picard.

	Data follows the order as --

					RIKER
				(keys insignia)
			Away Team, get yourselves home.
			Mister Crusher, upon their return
			move us to a safe position.

	And as Beverly watches with a personal concern, Data
	gently removes Picard's hand from his wrist...

134  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise moves away and... the Borg ship
	explodes... in several decentralized small bursts.

									INTERCUTTING:

135  INT. DATA'S LABORATORY

	Picard shudders...

135A THE BORG SHIP

	blows apart.

135B PICARD

	lies still... After a long beat, his eyes open... he
	smiles weakly...

       STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/18/90 - ACT FIVE       57.

135B CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			Life signs are stable... the DNA
			around the microcircuit fiber
			implants is returning to normal...

					TROI
			How do you feel?

	With a voice hoarse from fatigue...

					PICARD
			Almost human.
				(smiles slightly)
			With a bit of a headache...

					BEVERLY
			We'll get you to Sickbay...
				(to Riker)
			We won't have any trouble getting
			these implants out now.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			How much do you remember?

					PICARD
			Everything.
				(beat)
			Including some brilliantly
			unorthodox strategy by a former
			first officer of mine.

	There's a special look between them and...

136  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Orbiting Earth.

137  INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

	Picard has had his surgery... his face is half-bandaged...
	he is back in uniform. With him is Riker,
	still wearing his Captain's pips.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT FIVE       58.

137  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			... and Earth Station McKinley has
			advised they're ready to begin
			refitting the Enterprise.

					PICARD
			Have they estimated the time for
			repairs... ?

					RIKER
			Five to six weeks...

	A chime.

					PICARD & RIKER
			Come.

	They glance at each other as Shelby ENTERS... slightly
	confused... moves to Riker...

					SHELBY
			Request permission to disembark,
			sir...

	Riker defers to Picard, thereby clearly relinquishing
	command.

					PICARD
			Permission granted. They picked
			a fine officer for the task force,
			Commander.

					SHELBY
			We'll have the fleet back up in
			less than a year...
				(to Riker)
			I... imagine you'll get your choice
			of any Starfleet command, sir...

	Riker grins, exuding confidence...

					RIKER
			Everyone's so concerned about my
			next job. With all due respect,
			Commander... sir...
				(with a nod in
				 Picard's direction)
			... my career plans are my own
			business, no one else's.
				(beat)
			But it's nice to know I'll have
			a few options.

        STAR TREK: "Worlds" Part Two - REV. 7/6/90 - ACT FIVE       59.

137  CONTINUED: (2)

					SHELBY
			I hope I'll have the fortune of
			serving with you again.
				(turning to Picard)
			Captain...

	Picard nods, dismissing her. And she EXITS.

					RIKER
			Course to Station McKinley is laid
			in and ready, sir...

					PICARD
			Make it so, Number One.

	Riker grins and EXITS and we stay a beat on Picard as
	he turns in his chair and looks out his window... and
	as he drinks his tea, there is a definite incomplete
	thought here, not an entirely happy ending... a man
	recovering but not recovered.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

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