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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Tin Man"
#40273-168
Written by
Dennis Putman Bailey
&
David Bischoff
Directed by
Robert Scheerer
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 1990 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 This script is not for publication or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
JANUARY 31, 1990
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Tin Man"
CAST
PICARD TAM ELBRUN
RIKER CAPTAIN JONATHAN DESOTO
DATA ROMULAN COMMANDER
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
WESLEY
O'BRIEN
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMERARIES
ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" 1/31/90 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Tin Man"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM USS HOOD
TRANSPORTER ROOM
CORRIDOR ROMULAN WARBIRDS
TURBOLIFT
OBSERVATION LOUNGE TIN MAN
SICKBAY/CRUSHER'S OFFICE
TAM'S GUEST QUARTERS
DATA'S QUARTERS
MAIN ENGINEERING
TEN-FORWARD
TIN MAN ("GOMTUU")
PILOT'S CHAMBER
CORRIDOR
USS HOOD
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
ROMULAN WARBIRD
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Tin Man"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
HAYASHI NEBULA ha-YAH-she
TAM ELBRUN TAM EL-brun
GHORUSDA gor-OOSH-dah
BETA STROMGREN STRUM-gren
CHANDRA FIVE CHON-druh
GOMTUU GOM-too
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 1-2.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Tin Man"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
moving at warp.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 43779.3.
The Enterprise is preparing
detailed atmospheric charts of the
Hayashi system. Although tedious,
this endeavor is the first step
toward planet colonization.
2 INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
PICARD and RIKER at Command. WORF and TROI are at
their stations. DATA and WESLEY are at Ops and Conn.
Data reacts to something on the Ops panel.
DATA
Sensors report the USS Hood
closing on an intercept course
at high warp.
PICARD
That's odd... I wasn't notified
of a rendezvous.
RIKER
They seem to be in an awful hurry.
WORF
Sir, we are being hailed on a
secured channel by Captain DeSoto.
PICARD
On screen.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 3.
3
thru OMITTED
5
6 WIDE ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
TIGHT ANGLE ON DESOTO in the Hood's Ready Room.
DESOTO
Sorry to sneak up on you like
that, Jean-Luc --
PICARD
Robert, why didn't you inform
us --
DESOTO
-- Out here, you never know
who's listening. Keeps you on
your toes, anyway. Hey, Will,
you getting soft on that luxury
liner?
Riker grins. Picard is still puzzled.
PICARD
So, old friend. How are you?
DESOTO
Ah, you know, they send you
Galaxy-Class boys out here to the
far reaches. Me, I'm hauling my
butt back and forth between
starbases --
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 4.
7 ANGLE ON PICARD
Smiling to Riker and Troi; DeSoto's put-on griping is
an old song going back to when he and Picard served
together as lieutenants.
PICARD
But not today.
8 CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER AS NECESSARYY
(OPTICAL)
DESOTO
Nope. Starfleet's got new orders
for you. This is top priority.
They need the fastest ship in
the fleet -- and the best people.
That's you.
PICARD
If time is so important, why
didn't they transmit the orders
by subspace?
DESOTO
They're worried about Romulan
eavesdropping on this one. And
we've got a passenger for you.
Hard to send by subspace.
PICARD
What sort of passenger?
DESOTO
Mission specialist. He'll bring
your orders aboard with him.
Name's Tam Elbrun.
RIKER
(startled)
Elbrun? You mean Tam Elbrun as
in the Ghorusda disaster?
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - TEASER 5.
8 CONTINUED:
DESOTO
The same.
(sighing)
What can I say? Your orders are
to cooperate fully with him.
9 REACTION SHOT OF TROI
clearly distressed at the discussion of Elbrun.
DESOTO
(continuing)
Best of luck, folks. Hood out.
10 BACK TO SHOT
A view of space replaces DeSoto's image.
DATA
Sir, the Hood is slowing to
impulse.
Picard rises, looks dubiously at the others. Most of
whom clearly know the name Elbrun.
PICARD
Mister Data, come with me --
11 ANGLE ON TROI
who steps anxiously toward Picard.
TROI
Captain, let me come with you to
greet Tam --
PICARD
You know him?
12 CLOSE ON TROI
TROI
I do... He was at the university
on Betazed when I studied
psychology there.
PICARD
Ah, I see. He was a colleague,
then.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 6.
12 CONTINUED:
TROI
No, sir. He was a patient...
Off Picard's reaction.
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 7.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
13 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S. HOOD (OPTICAL)
running at impulse speed.
14 INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - PICARD, TROI AND DATA
ENTERING the Transporter Room.
TROI
Tam is a telepath of extraordinary
talent, even for a Betazoid. He's
a specialist in first contact with
new life-forms, and... a rather
unique person.
(a beat)
He's not what you might expect,
Captain.
Troi and Picard EXIT into Transporter Room. Off Data's
puzzled expression as he follows them.
15 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)
O'Brien behind console, as Tam Elbrun MATERIALIZES on
the transporter. He's a mid-thirties Betazoid, with
wide, dark eyes. He appears nervous. Informally
dressed, not at all officious.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT ONE 8.
15 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Welcome aboard the Enterprise.
I'm --
TAM
Captain Picard. Here --
Tam reaches into his pocket and produces a data
cassette. He flips it casually to Picard as he steps
down. Picard catches it, annoyed. Tam's attitude is
abrupt and rude.
TAM
(continuing)
You want to know all about your
mission. Everything's on there.
Orders and briefings. Destination
and heading, all that.
16 ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA
standing by transporter console. Picard is visibly
annoyed. He hands the cassette to Data, who accepts it
and steps toward Tam as if to ask a question.
TAM
(to Troi)
I sensed you were out here.
How've you been?
17 ANGLE ON TROI
TROI
(embarrassed by Tam's
tactlessness, she still
can't help smiling)
Fine, but Tam, I...
TAM TROI
Thought you were on ... thought you were on
Chandra Five. Chandra Five.
They laugh -- this is a familiar routine to them both.
Data now has come to stand behind Tam, unnoticed.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 9.
17 CONTINUED:
DATA
Sir --
Tam whirls on Data as if a rocket just went off behind
him. NO ONE has EVER approached Tam Elbrun without his
awareness. Until now.
TAM
Who -- what are you?
DATA
(puzzled)
My name is Data.
Tam locks gazes with Troi, READING the answers he wants
from HER MIND. Then he looks back at Data, fascinated
as a child with a new toy.
TAM
Incredible, an android. I can't
read you at all. It's like you're
not there.
Data frowns, puzzled. Tam notices the cassette in the
android's hand.
TAM
Oh. You better hurry up to the
bridge with that. Captain wants
you to run the orders, scan the
technical schematics, and be ready
to brief him in ten minutes.
(to Picard)
Right?
Picard activates his communicator.
PICARD
Number One?
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Riker here.
PICARD
Meet Mister Data on the bridge.
He has our orders and new heading.
RIKER
Aye, sir.
Picard nods to Data. Data EXITS.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 10.
17 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
(continuing)
And assemble the bridge staff for
a mission briefing in -- fifteen
minutes. Picard out.
(to Tam)
Mister Elbrun. Would you --
TAM
(flatly)
Like to see my quarters. No.
I'd rather get this briefing over
with. Then be left alone until
I'm needed.
Tam EXITS. Troi looks apologetically at Picard, who is
severe. They exit together after Tam.
18 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S HOOD (OPTICAL)
as the Hood veers away to starboard, leaving the
Enterprise. The Enterprise turns.
19 INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - RIKER AND GEORDI
are walking to turbolift.
GEORDI
I've heard something about
Ghorusda. Weren't about forty
people killed --
RIKER
Forty-seven, including the captain
of the Adelphi -- and two friends
from my class at the Academy.
GEORDI
Sorry. What happened?
Riker and Geordi step into turbolift. The doors close.
20 INT. TURBOLIFT - RIKER AND GEORDI
RIKER
It was a first contact situation.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 11.
20 CONTINUED:
RIKER
The Ghorusdans values are so
complex, and so different, that
the Federation sent along a
specialist. To prevent
misunderstanding.
GEORDI
That was Tam Elbrun? And what
happened was his fault?
Riker considers a moment, before answering.
RIKER
Not directly. Board of inquiry
blamed Captain Darson's
carelessness about Ghorusdan
cultural taboos.
(pause)
But if Elbrun's so good, why
didn't he warn Darson? What was
he there for, if he couldn't sense
that much hostility?
21 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Data is at Science One. Worf at Tactical.
Supernumeraries at all other stations. Data is loading
the data chip. Geordi and Riker stand at Data's
shoulder.
DATA
Commander, Geordi... do you ever
feel as if I am not "there?" That
is to say... not "here."
Reactions from others. Geordi clasps Data's shoulders
as if testing his solidness.
GEORDI
You seem to be all here.
Data considers this, then turns his attention to the
screen where the information is appearing.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 12.
21 CONTINUED:
DATA
Our destination is the Beta
Stromgren system, following the
path of the Vega Nine probe.
RIKER
That's twenty-three parsecs beyond
our furthest manned explorations.
DATA
That is correct, Commander.
Apparently the probe has
discovered...
(a beat, reacting to
something he sees on
the screen)
...Astonishing.
22 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Present are Picard, Riker, Geordi, Troi, Data, Worf
and Tam Elbrun. Tam is seated next to Data. NOTE:
throughout this scene Tam should appear distracted by
pain, as from a bad headache.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 13.
23 CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)
of a RED SUPERGIANT STAR. Flashing around it in close
orbit is a TINY, BRILLIANT WHITE light.
DATA
This is the star Beta Stromgren...
24 PULL BACK TO SHOW OUR PEOPLE AND TAM SEATED AROUND
TABLE
DATA
(continuing)
Scientists have discovered that
it is in the final stages of an
alternating cycle of expansion
and collapse, which will soon
result in a supernova.
(beat)
However, the long-range unmanned
probe which Starfleet sent to
observe the process has discovered
something much more --
TAM
(exasperated)
Oh, Data -- don't waste time.
Tam reaches past a startled Data and PUNCHES the
projector CONTROLS. The screen FREEZES its motion.
A FRAME APPEARS around the star's tiny companion, and
the framed area is MAGNIFIED to REPLACE the star image.
25 CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)
The new image is a SLENDER OBJECT which PULSES WITH
LIGHT, of organic appearance. At the aft end of the
object are two GLOWING ORANGE GRIDS -- clearly ENGINES.
The whole surface of the thing is NETWORKED by faintly
pulsing pale white ENERGY PATHS, suggesting something
between lightning charges and a human circulatory
system.
TAM
They call it "Tin Man". The Vega
Probe found it orbiting Stromgren.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 14.
26 BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL)
GEORDI
Looks like a ship of some kind.
TAM
Its energy source is unknown.
The people who've studied the
transmissions think it's a
starship. And they're sure it's
alive.
PICARD
(immediately fascinated)
Alive? How so?
GEORDI
A cybernetic organism -- like the
Borg?
TAM
No, no, NO! Here --
Tam manipulates the projector controls again. Data
looks on, bemused, as the image on the screen is
replaced by rotating multi-plane artwork representing
interior diagrams and schematics of Tin Man.
TAM
Starfleet believes it's an
organic creature, born in space,
living its life in the wastes
between stars.
Tam RISES, WINCING slightly, and PACES the room,
growing more excited as he speaks. Troi notices his
discomfort.
TAM
(continuing)
No one knows where it came from,
or why it's here now. And we're
going to meet it. We're going
to talk to it.
(softly, as if to
himself)
I'm going to talk to it.
Riker regards Tam dubiously.
RIKER
Have attempts been made --
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 15.
26 CONTINUED:
TAM
To communicate with it by
subspace. Of course --
linguacode, universal translation,
all that. It won't work. Tin Man
is too different. Direct
mind-to-mind contact is our only
hope.
TROI
The opportunity for discovery is
extraordinary -- but I don't yet
understand Starfleet's urgency
--
Tam turns to Troi, a little blankly -- the telepath
is lost in imagination.
PICARD
The Romulans --
TAM
Hell, I forgot -- the Romulans...
PICARD
They claim the sector of space
in which Beta Stromgren is
located.
WORF
The Romulans claim all that is
within their field of vision.
DATA
And they routinely monitor the
telemetry of our deep-space
probes.
PICARD
So it's quite certain they'll
be sending a ship of their own
to investigate this Tin Man.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 16.
26 CONTINUED: (2)
TAM
No... Actually, they're sending
two. Uh, Data --
Riker reacts -- concerned.
DATA
That is correct. Starbase one
twenty-three detected two
D'daridex class cruisers on an
intercept course.
(to Picard)
The top speed of this class vessel
is known to be less than our own,
sir. We therefore have some
advantage.
PICARD
So, it's a race?
(thoughtfully)
An alien intelligence -- a new
life-form -- representing a
technology far beyond that of
either the Romulans or ourselves.
The Romulans will take whatever
measures -- military or otherwise
-- are required to secure the
creature for study.
GEORDI
Study as in dissect, I'd bet.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 17.
27 ANGLE ON PICARD
PICARD
Data, you're our resident honor
student in exobiology. I'm
assigning you to head up life
sciences on this mission.
DATA
Yes, sir.
TAM
Excellent.
PICARD
Meeting adjourned, then.
Everyone but Picard, Tam, Data and Riker EXIT.
TAM
So, Data -- I guess you're the
brains of this outfit, huh?
PICARD
Mister Elbrun -- one reason I want
you to work closely with a member
of my staff is to avoid any
further... omissions. The
possibility of an encounter with
Romulans on this mission is hardly
trivial. Yet you --
TAM
(interrupting)
All right, all right... I should
have brought up the Romulans
earlier, but I was distracted.
Riker looks annoyed. Tam reads his thoughts, and turns
to glare at him.
TAM
(to Riker)
And no, Billy boy, I wasn't
"distracted" on Ghorusda.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 18.
27 CONTINUED:
TAM (Cont'd)
If Darson had listened to me, no
one would have died. And I
don't care whether you believe
that or not.
Tam EXITS angrily, leaving Riker, Picard and Data
doubtful and concerned.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 19.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
29 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Traveling at warp speed.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 43782.6.
Travelling at top warp, we are
still several days from rendezvous
with the mysterious entity which
Starfleet has christened Tin Man.
30 INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE - WIDE SHOT
Picard and Troi are present. BEVERLY is at her desk,
consulting the computer terminal.
PICARD (V.O.)
(continuing)
My immediate concern is with Tam
Elbrun. Starfleet considers his
unique abilities crucial to our
mission. Yet he seems to me...
unstable.
BEVERLY
Well, according to his medical
records and psych profile, he's
very high on the ESP scale. A
sort of prodigy.
PICARD
A prodigy? In what sense?
TROI
In most Betazoids their telepathic
gifts develop at adolescence.
PICARD
They're not born reading minds?
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 20.
30 CONTINUED:
TROI
No. Except... for some reason
that no one understands,
occasionally a Betazoid child is
born different.
PICARD
How "different?"
TROI
Born with their telepathic
abilities "switched on."
Most Betazoids born like that
never lead a normal life.
BEVERLY
(understanding now)
The noise of other people's
thoughts and feelings must be...
overwhelming. Incomprehensible...
especially for a child.
TROI
And painful. Early diagnosis and
special training helped Tam adjust
-- but he has some problems.
PICARD
(to Troi)
You mentioned a hospitalization
--
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 21.
30 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
(nodding)
For stress. Repeatedly,
throughout his life.
BEVERLY
I always wonder... what holds one
person together through that kind
of struggle, while another goes
under?
PICARD
Yes, well, he's evidently done
more than "hold together". He's
the indispensable man -- the
Federation's finest specialist
in communication with unknown
life-forms.
BEVERLY
It looks like the more unusual a
life form is, the better he likes
it. His personnel file shows that
he's gravitated toward assignments
that isolate him from other
humanoids.
31 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
Data at Command, Worf at Security, Wesley Crusher at Conn.
Geordi is monitoring the bridge Engineering Aft
Station. Supernumeraries at all other stations.
WESLEY
Commander Data, I'm picking up
an unusual echo from my
navigational sensors.
Worf looks up from his security board.
WORF
There is something there, sir,
tracking us -- matching our speed
and heading. Something which
doesn't fully register on our
instruments.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 22.
32 ANGLE ON DATA
as he consults the back-up Conn panel on his command
chair.
DATA
Since there is no known natural
phenomenon capable of travel at
warp velocities, there are but
two possibilities: either it is
a sensor malfunction, or it is
another ship, following us
covertly.
WORF
It is not a sensor malfunction.
33 BACK TO SHOT
as Data RISES and WALKS toward the MAIN VIEWER,
concerned.
DATA
Agreed.
WESLEY
A Romulan ship? With their
cloaking device, we shouldn't pick
them up at all.
GEORDI
Unless they're pulling so much
power for something else that they
can't fully cloak.
WESLEY
Like what?
GEORDI
(shrugging)
Ask the Romulans... if it is the
Romulans.
DATA
Lieutenant, continue monitoring
the precise position of the echo
-- at any sudden change in its
behavior, initiate Yellow Alert.
WORF
Aye, sir.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 23.
34 INT. TAM ELBRUN'S GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL) - TAM
is STANDING by the long WINDOW, face half-away from
the camera, watching the STARS STREAK BY at warp.
Lights in his cabin are low; he is lost in the depths
until:
TAM
Come in.
He says this a moment BEFORE the DOOR CHIME SOUNDS and
Deanna Troi ENTERS. Tam does NOT look to see who it
is.
TAM
How're things in the land of the
living?
Now he turns to look at her, smiling.
TROI
I thought you might be lonely.
No one sees you, except Data.
TAM
Lonely? I can hear everything
that everyone on this ship thinks.
(a beat)
No one besides you seems to be
missing my charming --
TROI
(interrupting, annoyed)
You want them to dislike you.
Why?
Tam TURNS away.
TAM
(sarcastic)
Because I'm not a nice guy?
(a beat)
Okay -- because they scare me.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 24.
35 ANGLE ON TAM
as he crosses and SLUMPS wearily into a chair.
TAM
(continuing)
Too many minds, Deanna. I can't
shut them out -- never could
learn. All their loves, their
hates, their fears, their...
needs. It's like a tide that
never ebbs.
(pause)
I could drown.
Troi walks to Tam and places a sympathetic hand on his
shoulder --
TROI
I remember.
TAM
(smiling in
remembrance.)
You understood -- at least a
little -- how I felt.
(indicates the ship)
I see you finally found a place
to fit... people to care about...
TROI
And you're still looking.
TAM
(he stands and begins
to pace)
Then there's Ghorusda. I've got
enough doubts about my...
reliability... without having to
listen to Riker's, and Picard's
--
TROI
What happened there?
TAM
I thought everyone knew --
TROI
No. What happened to you?
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO 24A.
35 CONTINUED:
TAM
Maybe... I got too involved with
the Ghorusdans, with their point
of view. It happens to me. I
wanted everyone to get along.
I could have warned Darson more
forcefully.
TROI
So after that, you ran away? The
last I heard, you were the only
Federation delegate assigned to
Chandra Five.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO 25.
35 CONTINUED: (2)
TAM
Beautiful creatures, the
Chandrans. Their minds are
glacial. They have a lovely
three-day ritual for saying
"hello." Peaceful, untroubled
people...
TROI
Unlike humanoids?
TAM
Well, except for your friend Data.
I like him. He's... restful.
Troi tries vainly to suppress a smile.
TROI
I believe your impression of Data
is probably unique.
TAM
Yeah? Well, having to get to know
someone, just once, has its appeal.
I mean, talking to them, instead
of getting it all at once up here
--
(Tam taps his forehead)
-- whether I want it or not.
TROI
But you accepted this mission.
You could have stayed on Chandra
Five. You willingly came aboard
a ship of over a thousand people
--
TAM
How could I not? Think of it,
Dee. This intelligence that swims
naked through space like a fish
in the sea. Totally alien,
mysterious -- not like us at all.
Ancient. And alone.
(quietly, as if to
himself)
So lonely, for so long.
TROI
(concerned)
How can you know that? Tam?
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO 26.
35 CONTINUED: (3)
Tam LOOKS AWAY toward the cabin WINDOWS, where the
stars stream by. Troi's eyes widen as she senses the
TRUTH, from his silence and his mind.
TROI
You're in contact with it. With
Tin Man. Aren't you?
TAM
No -- well... yes. A little.
Not quite on a conscious level.
TROI
But we're still light-years away.
That must be impossible -- even
for you.
36 CLOSE ON TAM
TAM
(shrugging)
Impossible for me. Maybe not
impossible for Tin Man.
37 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
coming out of warp.
38 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
High activity - Wesley Crusher and Data at CONN and OPS,
Worf at Security, Riker at Command. Supernumeraries
monitor Science I and Science II as the crew prepares
for its first contact with the Alien. Picard ENTERS
from his Ready Room.
PICARD
Status, Number One?
Riker STANDS and yields command chair to Picard.
RIKER
We've reached the outer regions
of the Beta Stromgren system, sir.
On course for orbital intercept
of Tin Man, e.t.a. eighteen minutes.
PICARD
Grand.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT TWO 27.
38 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Not altogether. Astrophysics
reports that the star's rate of
collapse is increasing -- it could
go supernova within the next few
days.
DATA
Captain, we are receiving relayed
sensor data, from the Vega Probe
-- including visuals.
PICARD
On screen, Mister Data.
39 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
where the curve of the SUPERGIANT STAR fills half of
the screen. TIN MAN sweeps majestically into view,
shimmering with the silver iridescence of an
otherworldly fish. As it sails past the viewer POV,
the fire of its engines can be seen. Tin Man is at
least the size of the Enterprise. Picard RISES, gazing
transfixed at the alien image on the Main Viewer.
PICARD
Magnify.
The image of Tin Man becomes larger.
PICARD
Remarkable. Computer -- locate
Tam Elbrun.
COMPUTER VOICE
Tam Elbrun is in Turbolift One,
en route to the Main Bridge.
PICARD
Of course.
40 ANGLE FAVORING AFT STATIONS
as Worf, in foreground, FROWNS over his security board.
In background, Tam and Troi ENTER from aft turbolift.
WORF
Commander...
Riker WALKS UP ramp to stand by Worf.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT TWO 28.
40 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Problem, Worf?
WORF
Sir, I am reading a wave front
of ionized particles preceding
the object which is tracking us.
RIKER
(nodding)
Go to Yellow Alert.
PICARD
On screen.
41
thru OMITTED
42
43 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
as a ROMULAN WARBIRD UNCLOAKS.
43A INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Off the shocked reactions of the crew.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 29.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
44 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)
The Romulan warbird comes up behind the Enterprise.
45 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
as before.
WORF
Romulan warbird, closing.
(pause)
They're arming main distruptors,
Captain.
PICARD
Go to Red Alert -- shields at
maximum.
KLAXONS SOUND and red alarm lights flash.
RIKER
Worf, arm photon torpedoes and
stand by.
WORF
Aye, sir.
RIKER
(to Data)
I thought you said the Enterprise
was faster than this Romulan --
DATA
In fact, we are, Commander.
However --
Tam is INTENT upon the viewer.
PICARD
Evasive, Mister Worf. Data, open
hailing frequencies --
TAM
I guarantee that they don't want
to talk to you, Captain.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 30.
46
thru OMITTED
47
48 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
The crew is SHAKEN -- main LIGHTING FAILS as the
TORPEDOES EXPLODE against the ship's shields.
48A EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN VESSEL (OPTIZCAL)
as the Romulan fires another spread of photon
torpedoes at the Enterprise. It then flies over the
Enterprise, away from us and towards the Tin Man,
recloaking as it goes.
49
thru OMITTED
51
52 REVERSE WIDE ANGLE ON BRIDGE
WORF
The Romulan has passed us, sir,
and recloaked.
PICARD
Damage report.
WORF
No casualties reported. Seventy
percent loss to main shields, sir.
Tam approaches Picard again.
TAM
Captain, their attack on us was
incidental.
PICARD
Incidental?
TAM
Yes. To delay us.
DATA
Captain, it would appear that the
Romulan's intent is to contact
Tin Man first, at any cost.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 31.
52 CONTINUED:
DATA (Cont'd)
(pause)
According to my sensor readings,
the warbird exceeded maximum
engine output by nearly thirty
percent... They appear to have
suffered irreparable damage to
their warp coils.
Riker takes his chair.
RIKER
So -- they kept up with us by
sacrificing their ability to
return to Romulan space.
PICARD
A one-way trip.
Tam paces nervously between the Main Viewer and Picard.
TAM
There is one more trailing us,
Captain -- a day or two behind.
Data's right -- this one's job
is to beat us to Tin Man at any
cost.
Picard eyes Tam skeptically.
PICARD
You read all this, telepathically
--
TAM
-- In the mind of the Romulan
commander, during the attack.
Picard exchanges looks with Riker -- can Tam be that
good? Evidently so.
PICARD
Very well, then. Mister Crusher
all stop.
WESLEY
Aye, sir.
PICARD
Commander La Forge.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 32.
52 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
La Forge here.
53 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING
Geordi is leaning over a console, locating a burnout.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Geordi -- how long to restore
shields?
GEORDI
Working on it. Computer,
reconfigure structural integrity
power to feed inner deflector
grid.
COMPUTER VOICE
Unable to comply. Requested
reroute would compromise
operational safety limits.
GEORDI
To hell with the limits.
Override. Authorization La Forge
theta two-nine-nine-seven.
COMPUTER VOICE
Rerouting structural integrity
power supply.
GEORDI
(yells to supernumerary
in next room)
Russell! Watch the lateral grid
balance.
(looks at panel)
Nope, too much. We gotta do it
manually.
(keys insignia)
La Forge to bridge.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Go ahead.
GEORDI
Captain, I'm trying to feed the
inner grid by stealing some power
from the structural integrity
field. You should have partial
shielding in thirty minutes.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 32A.
53 CONTINUED:
PICARD'S COM VOICE
You have ten.
54 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
PICARD
Picard out.
(to the group in
general)
The Romulans wish the honor of
the first contact, let them have
it.
The others REACT in various STARTLED ways. Tam is
almost in a panic.
TAM
You're out of your mind, Picard!
What if the Romulans find a way
to persuade Tin Man --
PICARD
I think the chances of that are
remote. And, Mister Elbrun, if
you'll be still you may learn --
TAM
What?
PICARD
That being first, at any cost,
is not always the point.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 33.
54 CONTINUED:
PICARD (Cont'd)
(pause)
Data, while we await repairs, I
want Life Sciences and Engineering
to continue collecting information
on the alien. Query the Vega Nine
probe, and the long-range sensors.
DATA
Yes, sir.
55 INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as Data and Tam ENTER together. Data SITS at his large
computer workstation and ACTIVATES it. Tam WANDERS
around the room CURIOUSLY.
TAM
You do a lot of your work here?
Data, in ANALYSIS mode, ABSORBS INFORMATION as it
FLASHES on screen before him.
DATA
Yes. I have configured these
instruments to display information
with greater speed and efficiency
than stations used by the others.
TAM
Nice. A little Spartan.
DATA
Spartan?
TAM
Lots of work space, not much room
to live. I don't guess you sleep?
DATA
(still working)
I have tried it, from time to
time. But you are correct. I
do not require rest.
Tam walks over to an easel with a COVERED PAINTING on
it, and lifts one corner of the cloth appraisingly.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 34.
55 CONTINUED:
TAM
But you paint.
Data has an uncomfortable sense of being EVALUATED.
He changes the subject.
DATA
The creature's anatomy appears
most peculiar.
TAM
In what way?
DATA
It is indeed laid out as a vessel,
with what appear to be corridors
and chambers. An internal
environment suitable for carbon
based life forms is being
maintained. Yet there is no
evidence of a crew aboard.
(thoughtful)
Tin Man is a living being yet it
was bred or adapted itself to
serve a purpose. I find that very
interesting.
Tam LEANS across the work station, to regard Data
intently.
TAM
Why? Must living beings have a
purpose? Or do we exist for no
reason but to exist?
DATA
I do not believe I am qualified
to express an opinion.
TAM
Ah, Data -- you're uniquely
qualified. You think a great deal
about humanity -- and you're an
honest researcher. You don't
treat anything as trivial, or
irrelevant. You want to try it
all.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE 35.
55 CONTINUED: (2)
Data shuts off his computer and RISES, INTRIGUED by
Tam.
DATA
You said in the Transporter Room
that you could not read my mind.
TAM
True enough. But I think I
understand you pretty well.
(pause)
It worries you -- that I can't
read your mind?
DATA
(quietly)
Perhaps there is nothing to read.
Nothing other than mechanism and
algorithmic response --
TAM
Perhaps you're just different.
Not a sin, you know -- though you
may have heard otherwise.
56 CLOSE ON DATA
considering Tam's words.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE 36.
57
thru OMITTED
58
59 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard at Command. Troi, Riker, Wesley, Data, and Worf
at their stations. Supernumeraries at Science Aft
Stations. Tam Elbrun standing on ramp near Troi.
DATA
Captain, the Romulan ship is
hailing the alien using their
equivalent of linguacode.
RIKER
Response?
DATA
None so far, Commander.
TAM
Why should it answer? What can
it have in common with them?
RIKER
But you're so sure it'll "talk" to
you.
TAM
(smug)
Well, I --
WORF
(interrupting)
Captain, the Romulans are arming
all disruptors.
60 ANGLE ON PICARD
PICARD
Yellow Alert. Prepare for evasive
action at the first change in the
Romulans' course.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 37.
61 ANGLE ON RIKER
RIKER
With our shields in their present
condition, we can't risk --
62 ANGLE ON TAM
TAM
No!
EYES WIDE, he steps toward the Main Viewer, FRANTIC.
TAM
We're not the target. It's Tin
Man --
PICARD
What do you mean? They intend
to destroy it?
TAM
(acknowledges)
Those are their orders if they
can't secure the alien.
63 ANGLE ON PICARD
PICARD
(to Wesley)
Increase speed to intercept the
Romulans.
64 ANGLE ON WESLEY
as he consults his instruments, then looks to Picard
with a shake of his head.
WESLEY
Their lead is too great.
65 CLOSE ON PICARD
PICARD
Worf, hail them. I cannot allow
--
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE 38.
66 BACK TO WIDE ANGLE
TAM
(interrupting, panicked)
They won't listen to you!
Tam LOOKS from Picard to the Main Viewer, like a
TRAPPED ANIMAL looking for a place to FLEE -- or to
MAKE A STAND. With sudden resolution he steps past the
forward stations and stands directly before the Main
Viewer.
67 EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM
EYES CLOSED; a look of pained CONCENTRATION on his
face.
TAM
(low)
Danger... Gom-tuu... Do not allow!
68 OMITTED
69 EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)
The ENERGY traces on its surface FLARE BRILLIANT WHITE,
the first sign of response from the creature since its
discovery. A NARROW RING OF WHITE ENERGY, like a SHOCK
WAVE, RADIATES away from its surface in ALL DIRECTIONS.
70 EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)
The white energy of the SHOCK WAVE weapon PASSES OVER
THE ROMULAN, WHICH EXPLODES INSTANTLY INTO A MILLION
SHARDS OF METAL AND DUST.
71 OMITTED
72 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
as our crew reacts.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE 39.
73 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The Enterprise and the oncoming wall of energy. The
energy begins to WAVER, FADE, and only the ghost of
it is left to PASS OVER THE BOW of the Enterprise.
74 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
as lights fail and the crewpeople are SHAKEN about.
RED ALERT SOUNDS -- this is a MAJOR SYSTEMS FAILURE,
brought about by Tin Man's DEFENSIVE use of its weapon.
PICARD
Worf! Damage report!
75 ANGLE ON WORF
WORF
Not yet available, Captain. We
have partial failure of the main
computer.
76 ANGLE ON PICARD
as he ADVANCES on Tam Elbrun, who still STANDS swaying
with weakness by the Main Viewer. Picard is livid, and
HE IS SCARED.
77 CLOSE ON PICARD AND TAM
Picard is INCHES from Tam's face.
PICARD
You did this. You woke your Tin
Man.
78 EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM'S FACE
His eyes open slowly, but he is a million miles away as
we:
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 40.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
79 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In orbit around Beta Stromgren with Tin Man in the
distance.
80 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - WIDE ANGLE
Geordi SUPERVISING several Engineering technicians as
RIKER LOOKS ON. A technician hands Geordi a PADD,
which he READS with consternation.
GEORDI
We've got impulse power, but I've
got to take the warp engines off
line while we recalibrate the
intermix regulators.
RIKER
How long?
GEORDI
For just the warp drive, or for
everything?
RIKER
All of it.
GEORDI
We're looking at twenty hours
work, double shifts.
RIKER
Geordi, we don't know that we have
twenty hours. The star could
explode at any time --
GEORDI
I know. Okay, first we need to
get the main computer working
right --
RIKER
No -- fix the shields first.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 41.
80 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Commander, whatever Tin Man hit
us with, it fried circuits I
thought were unfryable.
RIKER
It's not Tin Man I'm worried
about. It's more Romulans showing
up.
GEORDI
Right. First priority, get the
shields up. Only, let's not have
any more surprises till I'm done.
RIKER
(bitterly)
Don't ask me about surprises.
Ask Tam Elbrun.
81 INT. SICK BAY - ANGLE ON TAM ELBRUN
sitting up on a biobed as Beverly Crusher scans him.
Picard and Troi are present.
BEVERLY
Brain activity suggests that
you're coming out of a sort of
fugue, or seizure... blood
pressure and glucose indicative
of general systemic stress --
TAM
(lightly)
But I'm gonna live?
BEVERLY
(very dry)
No doubt about it.
Picard, unamused, ADVANCES on Tam.
PICARD
Good. I want to know exactly what
you did. I want to know how
closely you are in communication
with the alien, and what you've
learned about it. Now.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 42.
81 CONTINUED:
Tam steps off the biobed and faces Picard.
TAM
I... just warned it, that's all.
I've been in contact with it...
sensing impressions from it...
(pause)
It calls itself Gomtuu. It's old,
Captain. It's roamed the universe
for many thousands of years.
PICARD
Where did it come from? How
many...
TAM
Far away, I think. Maybe beyond
the galaxy. Once there were
millions of them.
PICARD
Once?
TAM
It hasn't seen another of its kind
for millennia. It's alone. It
may be the last of its species.
Picard is reflective, saddened by the thought.
PICARD
Perhaps we can help it in some
way. Can you ask it to return
with us to Federation space? Or
at least to remove itself from
the vicinity of Beta Stromgren,
before the star explodes?
TAM
Captain, Gomtuu knows that the
star will go nova soon. That's
why it came here. It wants to die.
BEVERLY
Why?
Tam begins very matter of fact, but becomes more and
more distant as he relives what he read in Tin Man's
mind.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 43.
81 CONTINUED: (2)
TAM
There was... an explosion, in
space... radiation penetrated
the outer layers. The crew...
the crew died. Such loss... empty
pain... Hollowness.
Troi LUNGES forward and grips Tam by both arms.
TROI
Stop this! Tam -- Tam, you're
losing yourself in this -- this
merging.
TAM
I -- I know.
(sits up. To Picard)
Tin Man hurts... and wants to die.
(a beat)
I can't do any more from here.
If you want me to really reach
Tin Man, I've got to be in
physical contact. I've got to
go aboard.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 44.
81 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
No. Absolutely out of the
question.
TAM
You don't trust me.
82 CLOSE ON PICARD
PICARD
No. I don't believe that I do.
83 BACK TO SHOT
PICARD
(continuing)
Tam -- when you reached out to
the alien, to warn it -- did you
give any thought to this vessel?
To the danger, however
inadvertent, the creature might
pose to our crew? Or did you
simply react out of instinct?
84 ANGLE TO INCLUDE TROI
TROI
Captain --
TAM
Deanna -- he's right... I don't
know what might happen -- but if
you don't let me go, we fail in
our mission.
85 BACK TO SHOT
as Tam WALKS uncertainly to door -- STOPS in the open
doorway and TURNS BACK to Picard.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR 45.
85 CONTINUED:
TAM
(continuing)
Besides, at this point, you need
all the help you can get -- even
Tin Man's.
Tam EXITS.
86 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI
as he reseals the hatch on a wall display, and hands a
tool to an assisting Engineering technician.
GEORDI
Russell -- reactivate the sensor
assemblies.
87 ANGLE TO INCLUDE POOL TABLE (OPTICAL)
Geordi and Russell move to the pool table. Russell
makes adjustments to a panel. Nothing happens.
GEORDI
Okay, let's do a program reload
on the port array only.
Russell makes more adjustments.
GEORDI
(continuing)
Good. Computer, run level two
diagnostic.
COMPUTER VOICE
Port sensor array remains offline.
GEORDI
Damn.
Geordi starts pulling isolinear chips from an unseen
access panel on the underside of the pool table.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Riker to La Forge. How's it
coming?
Geordi doesn't even look up from his work.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FOUR 45A.
87 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Not great... I think all the
control processors are shot.
Maybe if I swap the chips from
the secondary array, I can give
you a minimum EM scan.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Do it.
Geordi motions to one of his assistants, who starts
pulling chips from another unseen access panel, and
hands them to Geordi, who picks three of them and
inserts them carefully into the first unseen access
panel.
GEORDI
Russell -- try restarting sensor
element thirty-two only.
As the display comes alive to show a schematic of the
Stromgren system. A MOVING BLIP representing an
approaching ship appears near the outer edges of the
system.
88 REVERSE ANGLE ON GEORDI
GEORDI
Well, the good news is that we
have partial long range sensors.
(he taps his
communicator)
La Forge to bridge.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Riker here.
89 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
Riker at Command, other stations manned by
Supernumeraries. Worf is assisting several engineering
technicians, who have the circuitry access panels open
and are replacing circuit boards.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
I'm picking up another echo on
the long-range sensor display
here. You getting that on your
panel?
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 46.
89 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Worf?
WORF
One moment, Commander.
One technician closes an access panel and nods to Worf,
who goes to his Tactical Console and reactivates it,
satisfied at last that it is now working properly.
WORF
Confirmed. Sir, the other Romulan
ship... on an intercept course.
90 ANGLE ON RIKER
RIKER
(very discouraged)
Geordi, are we gonna have shields
anytime soon?
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
I'm doing the best I can...
But shields won't help if that
star explodes.
91 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - WIDE ANGLE FAVORING PICARD
who is standing. Troi and Data are present.
PICARD
Data, you and Tam Elbrun seem to
have developed an affinity. Troi,
you've known him for years. How
far can he be trusted?
TROI
Captain, the issue isn't one of
trust in Tam's intentions, but
in his judgment. I would trust
him to do what he believes is
right --
PICARD
Yes, of course. But his
judgment...
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 47.
91 CONTINUED:
TROI
... Is precarious. The stress of
exposure to so many minds on the
ship has been bad enough. Now
he's strongly drawn to this
creature. I'm afraid for him.
PICARD
Afraid of what?
TROI
I sense that the alien is somehow
calling him. If we allow him to
do as he insists -- to beam over
-- I'm afraid that we'll lose him
to it.
(pause)
That he will lose himself.
DATA
Captain, I agree that Tam's
motives are trustworthy. I do
not believe it is possible that
he might act against us, or cause
Tin Man to act against us out of
malice.
92 OMITTED
93 ANGLE ON TROI
TROI
If Tam breaks down over there,
we'll be no closer to
accomplishing our mission,
Captain. It would be a grave
mistake.
94 BACK TO SHOT
PICARD
Thank you both.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FOUR 48A.
97 CONTINUED:
WORF
Captain, the Romulan has
uncloaked.
Picard and Data ENTER from the Ready Room and head
for their seats.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 48.
94 CONTINUED:
Troi EXITS. Data stands waiting, as if to add
something.
PICARD
Data?
DATA
I am puzzled, sir. We have come
this far. But you may not allow
Tam to fulfill his mission.
95 ANGLE ON PICARD
PICARD
Data -- Elbrun warned Tin Man,
and the first thing it did was
to destroy a space vessel.
DATA
I think I understand, sir.
(pause)
If you feel that the risk is too
great to send Tam Elbrun, alone,
then send me with him.
PICARD
Counselor Troi understands him
better.
DATA
(acknowledging)
But I distress him less.
(a beat)
It is humanity he is fleeing.
I can serve as an intermediary...
a bridge back, and a reminder of
his obligations... both to us
and to Tin Man.
96 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as a Romulan warbird MATERIALIZES in foreground.
97 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
Riker, Worf. Supernumeraries at all other stations.
As they react to the warbird.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 49.
97 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Status Number One?
RIKER
Shields at forty percent, Captain.
We can maneuver on impulse.
WORF
Phasers available on manual, sir.
computer target lock not
functioning.
PICARD
Well, let's hope they're in a mood
to talk. Open hailing
frequencies.
98 CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
where a Romulan warbird hovers close.
PICARD
Romulan vessel -- this is Captain
Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
Enterprise.
On viewer, the warbird is replaced by TIGHT ANGLE: The
Romulan commander in his Ready Room.
ROMULAN COMMANDER
Enterprise -- your presence here
is a violation of Romulan space.
You will leave immediately.
PICARD
We are not familiar with the terms
of your claim on this sector,
Commander. We are here engaged
in scientific research. Do you
wish to participate --
ROMULAN COMMANDER
We have monitored the destruction
of our sister ship by the star
creature. We claim right of
vengeance. We will destroy the
alien.
(pause)
If you interfere, we will destroy
you as well.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 50.
99 REACTION SHOT OF PICARD
considering his limited options as we:
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE 51.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
100 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ROMULAN SHIP
(OPTICAL)
facing one another down.
PICARD (V. O.)
Captain's log, Supplemental.
Light-years beyond the edges of
explored space, and virtually
disabled, our survival may now
depend upon Tam Elbrun's
telepathic rapport with an alien
intelligence.
101 OMITTED
102 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, and Wesley at their
stations. Supernumerary at Ops. Picard is grim.
PICARD
Picard to Tam Elbrun.
A beat before Tam comes on com-link.
TAM'S COM VOICE
Captain?
PICARD
Report to Transporter Room Six
immediately.
Troi RISES.
TROI
Captain, I don't --
Picard signals silence.
PICARD
(to Tam)
Commander Data will meet you
there.
Picard nods to Data, who acknowledges, rises from his
station and EXITS.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE 52.
102 CONTINUED:
Picard approaches Troi.
PICARD
Counselor, we no longer have a
choice.
Troi nods reluctant agreement, but turns away
distressed.
103
thru OMITTED
105
106 EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)
orbiting Beta Stromgren. Enterprise and the Romulan
in distance.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FIVE 53.
107 INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as Data and Tam MATERIALIZE. The corridor is ROUNDED,
organic-looking, with dim ENERGY-VEINS resembling Tin
Man's exterior. The interior is very dark, shadows
broken only by the lights behind the glistening walls.
107A ANGLE ON TAM
His eyes are closed. He shakes with tension,
struggling against fear and the strange closeness of
the alien which surrounds him.
He spins away from Data, his hands clutching at his
head.
TAM
No... Too much. Too much.
Data moves to Tam.
DATA
(concerned)
Tam?
TAM
I can't.
Data reacts, keying his insignia.
DATA
Data to Enterprise. Come in
Enterprise.
Tam, struggling against his pain, turns back to Data.
TAM
(to Data)
No... No, don't.
DATA
If it is harming you, we must
return.
Again Data keys his insignia.
DATA
(continuing)
Enterprise, respond.
A beat. There is no response. But we see that Tam is
slowly beginning to assimilate the flood of information
from Tin Man.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE 53A.
107A CONTINUED:
DATA
(continuing)
I cannot contact the ship.
Tam relaxes, smiles peacefully. In this moment, two
fantastically different life forms have made contact.
Information has been exchanged and a bond is forming.
TAM
It's alright... Gomtuu tried to
communicate a lifetime of
experiences to me in a few
seconds.
(a beat)
It's alright now.
108 OMITTED
109 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON O'BRIEN
who looks at his console, disturbed. He adjusts a
readout. Unsatisfied, he activates his communicator.
O'BRIEN
O'Brien to bridge.
110 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD
PICARD
Go ahead, Chief.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
I lost the transporter lock on
them. Some kind of force field
went up.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE 54.
111 WIDE ANGLE
WORF
Confirmed. The alien has thrown
up a shield -- it's blocking all
our sensors.
Picard is greatly concerned by this.
112 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
as the Romulan ship moves away from the Enterprise.
Beyond it in the distance the red star, and Tin Man,
are visible.
WORF
The Romulans' weapons systems are
now at full power.
113 OMITTED
114 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
Picard, Riker, Worf. Troi and Wesley at their stations.
Supernumerary at Ops.
PICARD
Red Alert... Mister Worf... arm
photon torpedos.
115 INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - ANGLE ON TAM
Data watches as Tam is now totally focussed on his
communication with Tin Man.
He approaches a glowing light panel on the corridor
wall. He places his palm on the panel and it GLOWS
BRIGHTER. Tam LAUGHS softly as if Tin Man just told
him something wonderful.
TAM
Yes...
As Tam removes his hand, the panel FADES to its
original intensity.
Data, puzzled, approaches the panel, touches it. There
is no response. Data scans the corridor.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE 54A.
116 ANGLE TO INCLUDE DATA
DATA
There is a large chamber twenty
meters ahead.
TAM
Yeah, I know.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE 55.
117 WIDE ANGLE
Tam smiles.
TAM
I know everything, now. Come on.
118 REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)
As Data and Tam round a curve in the corridor, but they
are brought up short by the ribbed and membraned wall.
Tam stands for a moment. His eyes are blank, the stare
wide-eyed. Suddenly the wall OPENS to admit the
Betazoid and the android. Data looks in wonder at Tam
who smiles.
119 OMITTED
120 INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL)
A small room narrowing at one end -- again, organic in
appearance. The narrow end of the chamber the walls
pulse and writhe. Darkness, shadows, and lights which
brighten and ebb behind the flesh-like walls.
DATA
Intriguing.
TAM
This is the control center where
Gomtuu's crew guided their
journeys. The ship and the crew
existed symbiotically.
Tam continues to explore the softly pulsing room.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE 56.
120 CONTINUED:
Tam moves down the room to the pulsing walls, and
softly strokes it. The pulsing forms respond by
straining toward him.
Data experimentally touches the ship's wall. It does
not respond. A small frown from Data. Obviously the
ship has no interest in him.
TAM (cont'd)
They needed one another. When
Gomtuu had no one left to care
for, it no longer had a reason
to exist.
DATA
(recalling their earlier
talk)
And is that the purpose of
existence? To care for someone?
TAM
It is for me.
(pause)
Deanna was right. I'll lose
myself here.
AGAIN, Tam REACHES out, and strokes the ship. Suddenly
Tin Man extrudes a portion of itself. It is clearly
a chair being formed from the floor, and it is also
clearly a signal to Tam. He rests a hand lightly on
the back of the chair.
TAM
(lightly)
An invitation.
Data is troubled.
DATA
I must remind you that our
objective is to bring Tin Man out
of danger and report our findings
to Starfleet.
Tam settles into the pilot's chair.
TAM
I'm not going back, Data. I'm
staying here.
Off Data's puzzled expression.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE 57.
121
thru OMITTED
122
123 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER
(OPTICAL)
as the Romulan commander reappears on the viewer.
Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley at their stations.
Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.
ROMULAN COMMANDER
Captain Picard, if you interfere
with us, we will fire upon you
as well --
124 CROSS-CUTTING BETWEEN PICARD AND VIEWER AS
NECESSARY (OPTICAL)
PICARD
Commander -- we are prepared to
defend the life of the alien.
(to Worf)
Shields up.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 58.
124 CONTINUED:
WORF
(urgently)
Power levels aboard the alien are
increasing, sir.
WESLEY
(stepping on Worf's line
in his urgency)
Captain, the diameter of the star
has decreased by one hundred
thousand kilometers.
PICARD
(to Riker)
It's beginning.
125 EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)
Enterprise and Romulans in background -- as Tin Man's
lights and engines BLAZE ON FULL.
126 INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL)
Tam settles into the chair, and the ship with an EFFECT
similar to that which opened the doorway to the pilot's
chamber, creates a viewport with a view of the stars
for the Betazoid.
TAM
(turning to look at
Data)
Explain to them... make them
understand.
DATA
(forcefully)
But our mission...
TAM
... is to save Tin Man and I
will... but he's going to save
me as well. All my life I've
waited for this. A chance to
find peace. Finally all the
the voices are silent. Only Tin
Man speaks to me now.
(a beat)
Don't you see, Data? This is
where I belong.
Off Data's expression.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE 58A.
127
thru OMITTED
131
132 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker checking his com panel.
RIKER
The star is gonna go any minute,
sir.
PICARD
The Romulans know that as well
as we do.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 59.
132 CONTINUED:
WORF
Power levels aboard Tin Man
increasing beyond our sensor
range.
133 OMITTED
134 EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)
Tin Man glowing brightly, as another energy pulse halos
the ship, and rushes toward the Enterprise and the
Romulan ship. It strikes, and both ships TUMBLE out
of frame.
135 OMITTED
136 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Tumbling wildly.
137 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley. SHAKES, the
SOUND of warp engines WHINING under the stress.
138 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
coming finally to a stop in starlit, empty space.
Alone.
139 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE
as things return to normal and RED ALERT ENDS.
PICARD
Conn -- report.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 60.
139 CONTINUED:
WESLEY
Dead stop, Captain. Sir--
(pause as he
double-checks readings)
We've been thrown clear of Beta
Stromgren. Distance -- three
point eight billion kilometers.
WORF
There is no sign of Tin Man or
the Romulans, sir.
(checks his panel)
Captain -- on screen!
140 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)
the EXPLOSION and flowering of Beta Stromgren as it
goes SUPERNOVA.
141 ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)
standing midway between his seat and Conn, STUNNED.
PICARD
Data.
Behind Picard, Data MATERIALIZES. NOT the transporter
effect -- Tin Man has returned him.
DATA
Sir?
Picard, startled, does a take on Data. The android is
unperturbed.
PICARD
Data -- what happened, over there?
DATA
Difficult to explain, Captain.
142 CLOSE ON TROI
Looking at Data.
TROI
Tam?
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 61.
142 CONTINUED:
DATA
I believe he has found what he
was looking for, Counselor.
As Troi reacts --
143 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
through space at impulse.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, supplemental. With
all main systems at least
temporarily restored, we are
proceeding to Starbase one fifty-two
for inspection and additional repairs.
144 OMITTED
145 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Data standing by the windows gazing out at the stars.
His expression is thoughtful. Troi ENTERS.
PICARD (V.O.)
(continuing)
We have had no further encounter
with the Romulans. As for the
whereabouts of Tin Man, and Tam
Elbrun -- we can only speculate.
TROI
You sent for me?
DATA
(turning to face her)
Tam's final request was for me
to explain his decision to the
crew. But I believe his hope was
that you would understand.
Troi nods. A beat.
STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 62.
145 CONTINUED:
TROI
What did happen, Data?
DATA
I witnessed something remarkable.
(considers a moment)
Individually they were both so...
TROI
Wounded? Incomplete?
DATA
Yes. But no longer. Through
their joining they have been
healed. Grief was transmuted to
joy. Loneliness to belonging.
Troi is hearing an echo of something new in Data's
voice.
TROI
Data, you do understand...
DATA
Yes, Counselor, when Tin Man
returned me to the Enterprise I
realized that this was where I
belong.
A long look. Troi steps to his side, and lightly lays
a hand on his shoulder. They gaze out at the passing
stars.
146 OMITTED
147 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
snapping off into warp.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END
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