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                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Sub Rosa" 
                       (fka "Passions") 
                          #40277-266 
                              
                           Story by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                    Based Upon Material by 
                        Jeanna F. Gallo 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


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                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      NOVEMBER 5, 1993

            STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 10/18/93 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Sub Rosa" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD                 FELISA
                RIKER                  RONIN
                DATA                   QUINT
                BEVERLY                MATURIN
                TROI               
                WORF               
                GEORDI 
            
                Non-Speaking           Non-Speaking
                  N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    N.D. COLONISTS
                  TRANSPORTER CHIEF  

            STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Sub Rosa" 
                       
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              BEVERLY'S QUARTERS       CEMETERY
              CORRIDOR
              ENGINEERING
              READY ROOM
              TEN FORWARD
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
          
            PLANET SURFACE
              HOWARD HOME
              WEATHER CONTROL STATION

    STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Sub Rosa" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                 ANAPHASIC         an-uh-FAZE-ick
                 CALDOS            CALL-dose
                 CUMULONIMBUS      kyoom-you-low-NIM-bus
                 FELISA            fell-EE-sah
                 GLAMIS            GLOMS
                 JESSEL            JESS-ul
                 KILMARNOCK        KILL-mar-nock
                 MATURIN           ma-TOUR-in
                 MOK'BARA          moke-ba-RAH
                 RONIN             ROW-nin
                 SELAR             sell-AR

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          1.

                STAR TREK: The Next Generation                  
                          "Sub Rosa"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - DAY

	A traditional FUNERAL is in progress. A large group of
	MOURNERS, dressed in black, are gathered around a
	COFFIN. The setting is a SUNNY clearing surrounded by
	a large HEDGE. Stone-carved TOMBSTONES and other
	traditional graveyard details can be seen. PICARD and
	TROI are there, as well -- wearing their dress
	uniforms.

	BEVERLY is standing at the head of the coffin, speaking
	to the group. It's a eulogy, and Beverly speaks with
	great fondness.

					BEVERLY
				(to all)
			Most people on this colony will
			remember my grandmother as a
			"healer"... but her abilities
			went beyond that. She didn't just
			relieve pain, or fight illness...
			because she knew that well-being
			is more than a healthy body. Her
			remedies included words of advice
			as often as they did medicinal
			teas...
				(smiles)
			And sometimes they were just as
			bitter-tasting.

	As she speaks, the crowd listens intently... the mood
	is somber.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			But Nana's favorite thing was
			cooking. My most vivid memories
			growing up were of Nana in the
			kitchen... the sounds of bubbling
			pots and wooden spoons... the
			exotic tastes and smells...
				(beat)
			In fact, she was in the middle of
			writing a cook book when she died.
			I'd like to share with you one of
			her recipes... it was my favorite.

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          2.

1    CONTINUED:

	Beverly picks up a PADD and begins to read from it.

					BEVERLY
				(reads)
			"Nana's Gingerbread. Mix one gram
			currants... six hundred
			milliliters of flour... two
			hundred milliliters buttermilk...
			and a dollop of molasses... "
				(beat)
			"Two pinches of ginger and
			cinnamon... and two hundred
			milliliters of sugar."

	As she reads, we see that the people in the crowd --
	Picard, Troi, and the others -- are all smiling. The
	recipe is soothing... a moment of peace and grounding
	in this tragic time.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, reads)
			"Heat the oven until it's happy...
			then pour the batter into the arms
			of a welcoming pan... "
				(an aside)
			I never knew when an oven was
			happy, and I never saw arms on a
			pan... but it sure tasted great.

	Beverly sets down the PADD.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I'll miss Felisa Howard very
			much... her healing... her
			advice... and most of all, her
			gingerbread.

	A quiet moment, then Beverly steps to the side of the
	grave. GOVERNOR MATURIN -- an ALIEN man in his late
	fifties -- steps forward. As he speaks, FOUR
	PALLBEARERS start to lower the coffin into the ground.

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          3.

1    CONTINUED: (2)

					MATURIN
				(to all)
			"And so now we commit her body to
			the ground; earth to earth, ashes
			to ashes, dust to dust... in sure
			and certain hope that her memory
			will be kept alive within us all."

	The mourners begin a ritual procession by the coffin.
	As they walk past, each one of them takes a hand-full
	of DIRT and tosses it onto the coffin. Beverly stares
	down at the grave...

2    ANGLE ON COFFIN

	As a hand-full of dirt hits the coffin... then
	another...

3    BEVERLY

	Watches the coffin silently...

4    ANGLE ON COFFIN

	As another pile of dirt hits... and another... and
	suddenly a single FLOWER is thrown onto the coffin --
	a CAMELLIA, bright against the dark wood.

5    BEVERLY

	reacts, looks up to see --

6    A MAN

	is staring directly at her. His eyes are intense, face
	utterly expressionless -- he's striking and attractive
	but somehow strange. His skin is very pale, delicate,
	eyes a striking GREEN in contrast...

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - TEASER          4.

7    BEVERLY

	reacts to the man, startled -- who is he? Before she
	can say anything, the man walks past her... and the
	procession of mourners continues. She glances back at
	the man, trying to shake the odd feeling. OFF her
	curious expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

8    EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - DAY

	A short time later. The funeral is over and many of
	the mourners are slowly starting to leave, while others
	have broken off into small groups, talking quietly.
	Picard and Governor Maturin are standing off to one
	side, mid-conversation.

					MATURIN
			How long are you planning to stay?

					PICARD
			Just a few more hours. Why?

					MATURIN
			Well, as I'm sure you know, Caldos
			was one of the first terraforming
			projects of the Federation. Some
			of our weather controls and fusion
			systems are nearly a century old.
			I wouldn't mind having a starship
			Engineer take a look at them...
			perhaps give us a few upgrades.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         6.

8    CONTINUED:

					MATURIN (Cont'd)
				(smiles)
			Maybe in exchange for a tour of
			the colony... and a home-cooked
			meal?

	Picard looks over at Beverly, who can be seen standing
	by the graveside, receiving condolences from a couple
	of mourners. He grows thoughtful...

					PICARD
			We're due at Starbase six-two-one
			tomorrow morning... but we can
			delay that for a few days. Yes...
			I'm sure we can find some time.

					MATURIN
			Excellent.

	A beat. Picard looks around at the peaceful setting.

					PICARD
			I look forward to that tour. The
			Caldos Colony is really an
			impressive accomplishment. I
			actually feel like I'm in the
			Scottish Highlands.

					MATURIN
			That was the intent. The
			cornerstone of every building in
			town was brought from Edinburgh..
			Glasgow... Aberdeen... The
			founders wanted everyone to have
			a piece of the real thing here.
			They didn't just want to imitate
			Scotland -- they wanted to
			recreate it.

	Picard looks at him.

					PICARD
			I'm curious, Governor... you're
			obviously not from Scotland. What
			drew you here?

					MATURIN
			There's something about the
			culture... the heritage. When I
			was a boy, my family visited
			Glamis Castle in Scotland. As I
			looked out across the highlands,
			I felt as if I'd come home.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         7.

9    NEW ANGLE

	Beverly is standing by the graveside, where TWO N.D.
	COLONISTS are using old-fashioned shovels to fill in
	the grave with dirt. A mourner hugs Beverly, then
	walks off. A moment later Troi walks up and puts her
	arm in Beverly's.

					TROI
			I thought it was a beautiful
			eulogy, Beverly.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you.

	Beverly looks around at the departing mourners.

					BEVERLY
			You know, I never realized how
			many friends Nana had...

					TROI
			Did you come home often?

					BEVERLY
			Not really. After I married Jack
			and moved to Earth... I never
			seemed to get back here...

	Beverly looks intrigued by something.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna... did you notice a
			peculiar man at the service? He
			looked like he was in his midthirties...
			dark hair?

					TROI
			No...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         8.

9    CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			He threw a flower on Nana's
			grave... a camellia... it was her
			favorite flower. She used to keep
			them all over the house.

					TROI
			Maybe he was a friend... or one of
			her patients.

					BEVERLY
			Maybe. It was just such a
			personal gesture... and he gave me
			the oddest look...

	A beat, then Beverly shakes the feeling.

					BEVERLY
			Well... I suppose I should go back
			to the house. There are some
			things there I'd like to take care
			of.
				(beat)
			It's only a few minutes away.
			Would you mind coming along?

					TROI
			I'd love to.

	As Beverly and Troi walk off...

                                             CUT TO:

10   INT. HOWARD HOME - DAY

	A large, open living area. The LIVING ROOM is adjacent
	to a SITTING ROOM... and there are doors to suggest
	other rooms. There is a stairway leading up to an
	offscreen second story. The decor should suggest an
	earlier time and way of life -- a warm Scottish country
	home from the early 19th century. Herbs and other
	exotic-looking medicinal ARTIFACTS can be seen
	throughout the house. And there are a few 24th century
	devices in evidence -- a replicator, computer terminal,
	etc.

	Troi is standing at a table, looking at an old-style
	PHOTOGRAPH of Beverly standing next to an elderly
	woman. Beverly is standing nearby, looking through
	some belongings.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         8A.

10   CONTINUED:

					TROI
				(re: photograph)
			Your grandmother had remarkable
			green eyes...

          STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE 9-10.             

10   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Every woman in the Howard family
			has had green eyes... except for
			my mother and me.

					TROI
			How well do you remember your
			mother?

	Beverly stops, remembering.

					BEVERLY
			Not very well... I was so young
			when she died. I just have the
			image of her face... and I can
			hear the sound of her voice, but
			I can't tell you anything specific
			she ever said...
				(beat)
			Mostly, I remember Nana.

	Beverly sees something in a corner and moves to it...
	stops at an exotic-looking CANDLE -- it has an
	elaborate metal base with engravings on it. The candle
	FLAME is burning brightly. (NOTE: It is not a waxburning
	candle -- it looks more like the kerosene
	variety.)

					TROI
				(re: candle)
			That's beautiful... what is it?

					BEVERLY
			A family heirloom... it's been in
			the Howard clan for at least
			twenty generations. It's supposed
			to symbolize the "enduring spirit
			of the Howards, wherever they may
			go -- a shining light to guide
			their fortune."
				(smiles)
			Nana always kept it lit. I can
			remember sitting in here listening
			to ghost stories with only this
			candle burning...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			You should take it with you...

					BEVERLY
			I think I will.

	A quiet beat as they stare at the flame.

					TROI
			Well... I'm going to head back to
			the ship.

					BEVERLY
			You don't have to go.

					TROI
			Something tells me you'd like some
			time alone.
				(smiles)
			I'll see you later.

					BEVERLY
			Thanks.

	Troi EXITS. Beverly looks around for a long moment...
	taking in the house... then she sits on a chair by the
	fireplace and picks up a large leather-bound JOURNAL
	sitting on a side-table with several other books. She
	eyes it with curiosity, runs her fingers over the
	cover, and opens it...

10A  INSERT - THE JOURNAL

	as she opens it to the first page, where the name
	"FELISA HOWARD" is hand-written in ink. She turns to
	a few more pages -- every page has a hand-written date
	and journal entry on it...

10B  RESUME SCENE

	Beverly begins to flip through the pages... intrigued
	by what she reads. She stands, still turning the
	pages, and walks up the staircase, disappearing out of
	view...

10C  NEW ANGLE - THE ROOM

	After a silent beat, a NOISE is heard at the door --
	the rattling of the lock. The door creaks open... and
	a man steps into the house. It's NED QUINT -- a dour
	man in his mid-fifties with a heavy Scottish accent.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE        11A.

10C  CONTINUED:

	He walks directly to the table where the exotic candle
	is burning. He eyes it with an angry and unhappy
	look... then blows out the flame and is about to throw
	the candle to the floor--

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Who's there?

	Quint turns, surprised at the voice --

11   INCLUDE BEVERLY

	as she comes down the staircase.

					BEVERLY
			What the hell are you doing?

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         12.

11   CONTINUED:

	She rushes over to him, grabs the candle out of his
	hands, angry.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Get out of my house.

					QUINT
			I wouldn't get so high and mighty
			with me, Beverly Howard Crusher.
			I've spent more time here in the
			past five years than you have in
			the past twenty.

	She looks at him in surprise, taken aback.

					BEVERLY
			How do you know who I am?

					QUINT
			I'm Ned Quint. I took care of
			your grandmother's house and her
			affairs.

					BEVERLY
			Nana never mentioned you...

					QUINT
			There's a lot of things she didn't
			tell you.

	Beat. Beverly examines the candle, calming down a
	little. Quint eyes the candle with intent.

					QUINT
			Now -- let me get rid of that
			candle.

	Quint reaches out to take the candle from her, but she
	pulls it away.

					BEVERLY
			What do you mean?

					QUINT
			That candle has brought nothing
			but misery and bad luck to your
			grandmother.

	Beverly's eyes flash and she stiffens slightly.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         13.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Now listen, Mister Quint -- I
			don't know what your relationship
			was with my grandmother. But this
			is my house now and these are my
			things --

					QUINT
			I'm telling ya -- that candle has
			been a curse on your family for
			generations. And if you had a
			lick of sense, you'd listen to me
			right now and do away with it.
			Now give it to me.

					BEVERLY
				(hard)
			This is a family heirloom and I
			intend to keep it. I would like
			you to leave my house. Now.

	He looks at her for a second, then turns to go.

					QUINT
				(mutters)
			Howard women... always the same
			stubborn fools...
				(then loud)
			I wash my hands of it now. You
			stay in this house and keep that
			damned candle and I won't be
			responsible for what happens.

	Finally, he EXITS, slamming the door behind him. OFF
	Beverly's puzzled reaction...

                                             CUT TO:

12   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit around the planet CALDOS FOUR.

13   INT. ENGINEERING

	DATA is working at a console while Governor Maturin
	looks on. The wall monitor displays an Okudagram of
	the CALDOS COLONY. GEORDI and various N.D.s can be
	seen working in the b.g.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         14.

13   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			The colony's (TECH) systems are
			functioning normally... as are the
			(TECH) systems.

					MATURIN
			Can you check the seismic
			stabilizers? We've been having a
			few tremors over the past couple
			of months.

					DATA
			Certainly.

					MATURIN
			You can't imagine what it's like
			trying to enjoy afternoon tea
			while the earth is shaking.

	Geordi reacts to the console he's working on.

					GEORDI
			Governor... did you know you had
			a power fluctuation in your
			weather control system?

	Data and Maturin move to Geordi.

					MATURIN
			No... our weather control's been
			working perfectly for over twenty-two
			years.

	Geordi works the console.

					GEORDI
			I can't isolate the exact source,
			but the fluctuation seems to be
			originating from one of the
			substations that regulates
			atmospheric humidity for the
			colony.

					MATURIN
			Is this going to be a problem?

					GEORDI
			Not yet... but power distribution
			patterns are already off by five
			percent.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         15.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I suggest we analyze the planet's
			weather patterns to see if they
			have been affected.

	Geordi nods and they work a moment. Maturin watches
	with concern.

					DATA
				(continuing, off
				 console)
			I am reading unusually high
			humidity across the entire
			Southern desert region... and
			there is increasing cloud activity
			over the Northern coastal area...
			possibly the formation of a storm
			system.

					MATURIN
				(reacts)
			Storm? It's the middle of Summer --
			we don't have rain at this time of
			year...

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			Data, let's see if we can correct
			this. I'll check out the colony's
			climatic flow array.

					DATA
			And I will run a diagnostic on the
			thermal regulators.

	Geordi gives Maturin a reassuring smile.

					GEORDI
			Don't worry, Governor. We'll keep
			you dry.

					MATURIN
			I certainly hope so. There's a
			caber toss scheduled for tomorrow
			afternoon... and I'd hate to see
			it spoiled by an unexpected
			downpour.

	OFF Maturin's concern...

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         16.

14   INT. CORRIDOR

	Turbolift doors open and Picard and Beverly walk out,
	mid-conversation. Beverly has a hard case slung over
	her shoulder, and she's holding the leather-bound books
	seen earlier. As they walk down the corridor...

					BEVERLY
				(re: book)
			You wouldn't believe what I've
			been reading about in my
			grandmother's journals...

	She stops, lowers her voice a little.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			You know she had a lover? Can you
			believe it? Nana was a hundred
			years old.

					PICARD
			It would seem the Howard women
			have exceptionally... vigorous
			libidos.

	She gives him a look and they continue walking.

					BEVERLY
			I certainly hope so. I'd like to
			think that I could find a young,
			handsome man in his thirties when
			I pass the century mark.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Thirties?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. According to her journal,
			his name is Ronin... and he's
			thirty-four years-old. She met
			him just after my great-grandmother
			died. And I think I
			saw him at the funeral. He threw
			a camellia onto her grave.
				(beat)
			The strange thing is, Nana never
			mentioned him to me in her
			letters... never once. And they
			apparently spent almost all of
			their time together...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         17.

14   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			It's like she led a whole life I
			never knew about.

	They stop at Beverly's quarters.

					PICARD
			Well... it looks like we're going
			to be at Caldos for a few more
			days. This might give you a
			chance to get your grandmother's
			affairs in order.

	She smiles at him.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. I will.

	She opens a page in one of the journals and EXITS to
	her quarters, reading. OFF Picard's face as he watches
	her go...

                                             CUT TO:

15   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Later. Beverly is lying in bed, under the blankets and
	dressed in her nightclothes. It's late. She's paging
	through her grandmother's journal, utterly absorbed by
	what she's reading. On the night table next to the bed
	is the exotic candle, as seen before.

	Gradually, Beverly starts to drift off... her eyes
	flutter shut and the book slowly drops into her lap...
	her breathing deepens and soon she is asleep. A quiet
	beat goes by...

16   NEW ANGLE

	on the night table. The candle FLAME begins to sputter
	to life on its own, as if the flame is trying to come
	alive. It sparks and sputters but does not catch
	fire... and finally goes out completely...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT ONE         18.

17   BEVERLY

	asleep, does not notice. Very gradually, the blanket
	starts to MOVE of its own accord... slowly pulling away
	from Beverly's shoulders as if by an unseen hand.
	Beverly draws in a sharp breath and tenses her body,
	reacting to something touching her face... then her
	neck...

	Her nightgown SLIDES down off her shoulder, exposing
	her skin... Gradually, a smile forms on Beverly's face
	and it's clear that she is experiencing some sort of
	pleasure... she responds to a rush of sensations and
	emotion...

	A MAN'S VOICE is heard from somewhere in the room --
	low and seductive...

					MAN'S VOICE
			Beverly...

	Beverly bolts awake. She's breathless... rattled by
	the dream... She glances around the room in momentary
	confusion... but there's no one there. OFF her shaken
	expression...
                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         19.

                            ACT TWO                             

18   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Beverly and Troi are sitting at a table, midconversation.
	A couple of PADDS sit in front of them.

					TROI
			You dreamt you were in bed with
			someone?

	Beverly tries to describe her "dream", but it isn't
	easy. Clearly, it has affected her on some deeper
	level -- she seems absorbed by the memory of it.

					BEVERLY
			Not exactly. I was in bed... but
			there wasn't another person in the
			dream... it was more like a
			presence...

					TROI
			You said you felt a touch...

					BEVERLY
				(nods)
			A pair of hands. They were moving
			across my skin...

					TROI
			Like a caress?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. And I heard a voice... a
			man... he whispered my name...
				(beat)
			It was almost like I knew him...
			or more like he knew me. He knew
			exactly how I liked to be
			touched...
				(beat)
			It was the most... physical dream
			I've ever had. The sensations
			were so real...

	Beverly looks at her, a little embarrassed.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			And extremely... arousing.

	Troi smiles.

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT TWO       20.

18   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			Frankly, I'm envious.

	They both laugh -- two friends sharing an intimate
	experience.

					BEVERLY
				(lightly)
			I did fall asleep reading a
			particularly erotic chapter in my
			grandmother's journal. She wrote
			very detailed descriptions about
			her experiences with Ronin.

					TROI
			That's bound to cause a dream or
			two.

	Beverly grows thoughtful. A beat goes by, then Troi
	picks up a PADD.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			So... should we start going over
			the personnel reports?

	Beverly seems not to have heard her -- she's still
	absorbed with the dream.

					BEVERLY
			You know, I think I even felt a
			ring on one of the hands... when
			it touched my shoulder... and my
			neck.
				(beat)
			I wonder if I'll have another
			dream tonight...

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT TWO       21.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(lightly)
			I'd read two chapters.

	Beverly smiles and they start working the PADDs. After
	a beat, Beverly stares off into middle-distance, lost
	in thought. She is still engrossed by the dream. OFF
	her expression...

                                             CUT TO:

19   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - DAY

	It is CLOUDY and OVERCAST -- a contrast to the sunny
	day seen in the Teaser and Act One. Beverly ENTERS the
	cemetery (wearing casual clothing) and walks toward her
	grandmother's grave. She stops at what she sees. Ned
	Quint is kneeling at the graveside. Beverly walks
	toward him...

	Quint is carefully tending the grave, smoothing and
	tamping down the dirt. A TOMBSTONE is engraved with
	the words "FELISA HOWARD - BORN 2270, DIED 2370".
	Beverly walks over and watches Quint for a moment.
	Finally, Quint senses her and he stands. He is
	vulnerable here -- not nearly so confrontational, as
	before. But he covers it with a slight gruffness in
	his voice.

					QUINT
				(to Beverly)
			You probably want to be alone.
			I'll leave.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         22.

19   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			No... it's okay.
				(beat)
			Look, I'm sorry we got off to such
			a bad start yesterday. I've been
			reading my grandmother's
			journals... and I know how much
			you meant to her.

	Quint eyes her.

					QUINT
			She was a grand lady. You won't
			see many more like her...
				(beat)
			You have your grandmother's fire,
			that's for sure.

	Beverly smiles, speaks gently.

					BEVERLY
			Ned... you're welcome to stay on
			at the house after I'm gone. I'll
			need someone to take care of it.

	Quint's expression darkens.

					QUINT
			That's kind of you, Lass. But
			I'll never set foot in that house
			again. And I recommend that you
			don't either.

					BEVERLY
			Why?

					QUINT
			Like I tried to tell your
			grandmother... that house is
			haunted.

					BEVERLY
			Haunted?

					QUINT
				(quickly)
			And don't you smile at me. She
			smiled at me, too. I know you fly
			around the galaxy in a starship
			and all... think you're so much
			smarter than the rest of us...

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         23.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			Ned, I never said that...

					QUINT
			Oh, but you were thinking it.
			Just an old man with tales of
			ghosts and goblins... But I was
			born in Kilmarnock -- the real
			Kilmarnock on Earth. I've seen
			things there on the moors at night
			that canna be explained by a
			tricorder, or a fancy ship.

	We hear a distant rumble of THUNDER. A storm is
	approaching in the distance...

					BEVERLY
			I grew up in that house. I loved
			that house.

					QUINT
			Sure... Felisa did too. And now
			she's dead.

					BEVERLY
			Are you suggesting my grandmother
			didn't die of natural causes?

	There's another rumble of THUNDER. Quint looks up the
	sky, worried.

					QUINT
				(continuing)
			Believe what ya want... just
			don't light that candle.

					BEVERLY
			Why not?

					QUINT
			It'll bring the ghost... it's his
			home.

	Quint glances around, worried.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         24.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					QUINT
				(continuing)
			Right now he's out... wanderin'
			across the land... angry 'cause
			he's been driven out...
				(beat)
			That's why he's bringing the
			storms.

					BEVERLY
			Ned -- the weather control system
			is malfunctioning. The Enterprise
			is trying to fix it...

					QUINT
			Oh, sure... and who do you think
			is causing the malfunction?

					BEVERLY
			I think your imagination is --

					QUINT
				(firm)
			Think what ya want, see what ya
			want. But just do what I say.
			Don't light the candle. Don't go
			in that house. Or before you know
			it... I'll be burying another
			Howard in this cemetery.

	Quint turns and walks off. The thunder continues to
	RUMBLE, getting closer. Beverly watches him go...
	pulls her coat up around her neck, chilled by the air.
	Then she looks down at the grave...

20   OMITTED

21   INCLUDE THE GRAVE

	CAMELLIAS have been strewn all over the grave and
	tombstone -- dozens of them, everywhere. They were not
	there before.

22   BEVERLY

	reacts. Suddenly, there's a FLASH of nearby LIGHTNING
	and a LOUD CRASH of THUNDER. Beverly reacts, startled.
	A WIND whips up -- the storm is right on top of her
	now. More LIGHTNING and THUNDER. Beverly turns and
	makes a run for it...

                                             CUT TO:

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         25.

23   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard, RIKER, WORF, N.D.s at stations. Worf reacts to
	his console.

					WORF
			Captain -- I am detecting
			atmospheric turbulence over the
			colony... and large pockets of
			electrical activity.

					PICARD
			On screen.

24   INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An orbital view of a large, rapidly forming STORM
	SYSTEM over part of the planet's surface -- roiling
	gray clouds and crackling lightning. Reactions to the
	sight.

					RIKER
			That's one hell of a thunderstorm.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Bridge to Engineering. Mister
			Data, we're reading an extremely
			large storm system over the Caldos
			Colony. It was my understanding
			that the weather control
			malfunction was not severe.

                                             INTERCUT:

25   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are working a console.

					DATA
				(to com)
			It began as a minor power
			fluctuation, sir -- but the effect
			has spread throughout the control
			grid.
				(off console)
			It has caused unusual
			concentrations of cumulonimbus
			activity above the colony.

         STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT TWO         26.

25   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			Captain, I suggest we set up a
			power transfer between the
			Enterprise and the weather
			substations -- try to give them
			enough power to stabilize the
			storm.

					PICARD
			Make it so.
				(to Riker)
			In the meantime, Number One --
			contact Governor Maturin. Tell
			him to expect some... rough
			weather.

	Riker nods. OFF the Viewscreen image of the violent
	storm...

                                             CUT TO:

26   INT. HOWARD HOME - NIGHT

	The room is dark. Beverly ENTERS, her hair and
	clothing damp from the rain. THUNDER booms outside --
	and LIGHTNING continues to flash in through the
	windows. The storm is getting worse. She leaves the
	door open and immediately searches for a lamp... finds
	one and turns it on...

27   ANGLE ON ROOM

	The house is FILLED with CAMELLIAS -- dozens of them
	everywhere, arranged to fill every corner and surface
	of the house.

	OFF Beverly's stunned reaction...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        27.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   INT. HOWARD HOME - NIGHT

	Continuous action. Beverly standing in the house full
	of flowers. Suddenly, the door SHUTS behind her of its
	own accord. She jumps, startled... then steadies
	herself.

					BEVERLY
				(calls out)
			Who's there?

	A beat -- all we hear is distant thunder. She takes a
	step into the house.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, calls out)
			Ned, is that you? Hello... ?

	A floorboard CREAKS from somewhere in the house.
	Beverly turns at the sound... then heads toward the
	drawing room...

29   NEW ANGLE - DRAWING ROOM

	as Beverly ENTERS the room... looks around, but there's
	no one there. The room is DIMLY-LIT... blowing trees
	just outside the window cast spidery SHADOWS inside the
	room.

					BEVERLY
				(calls out)
			I know somebody's here... now I
			suggest you --

	Suddenly, a MIRROR on the far wall begins to RATTLE
	slightly from an unseen source. Beverly looks over and
	it immediately stops rattling. She moves to the
	mirror, examines it closely... and then lifts the
	mirror off the nail and looks behind it. Nothing
	there. She replaces the mirror on the wall -- and as
	she sets it into place, we suddenly see the image of
	the YOUNG MAN from the funeral standing right behind
	Beverly!

	Beverly drops the mirror in shock and whirls around.
	There's a shattering CRASH as the mirror hits the
	ground. But there's nobody there. Beverly is shaken,
	angry.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        28.

29   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, calls out)
			Alright... that's it. Whoever you
			are, show yourself right now or
			I'm going to call the Enterprise
			and have ten security guards down
			here in the next thirty seconds.

	A beat... then a flash of LIGHTNING lights up the room.
	A quick beat later comes a roll of THUNDER -- and over
	the thunder we hear a MAN'S VOICE -- low and
	seductive... as heard in Beverly's dream in Act One.

					MAN'S VOICE
			Beverly...

	She reacts -- was it the thunder, or was there really
	a voice? She's not certain. She waits. Then the
	voice comes again, this time without the thunder. (We
	will later learn that the voice belongs to someone
	named RONIN.)

					RONIN/MAN'S VOICE
			Beverly... I've come back for
			you...

	She looks around the room.

					BEVERLY
			Who are you?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Don't you remember? I came to you
			last night... while you were
			asleep...

					BEVERLY
				(firm)
			No... that was a dream...
				(beat)
			I'm calling the Enterprise.

	She pulls a combadge out of her pocket, but before she
	can activate it her coat FALLS from her shoulders, as
	if it were taken off. She takes in a breath, feeling
	a rush of sensation and emotion. Her eyes lose focus
	momentarily, as though she's just been given some kind
	of narcotic.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Now do you remember me?

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        29.

29   CONTINUED: (2)

	Her eyes flutter and she breathes heavily again, drawn
	deep into the narcotic state. The combadge falls from
	her hand onto the floor. Like someone coming out of a
	deep sleep, she tries to force her eyes open...

					BEVERLY
			Yes, but... what's happening to
			me... I feel... strange...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I love you, Beverly... just as I
			loved Felisa before you.

					BEVERLY
			Are you... Ronin?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			That's right... you saw me at the
			funeral.

	She reacts to an unseen caress. Her expression turns
	to a smile and she bites her lower lip, tensing. The
	feeling should be very erotic and mesmerizing. Beverly
	is now adrift... caught in the throes of the narcotic
	effect. She starts to move around the house, searching
	for the source of the voice... trying to keep her eyes
	focused...

					BEVERLY
			Who... are you?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I'm a spirit...

					BEVERLY
				(weak)
			But I don't believe in...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Ghosts? I don't blame you... I
			didn't either at first. But I was
			born in sixteen-forty-seven... in
			Glasgow on Earth.

	Beverly is intrigued by this story, pulled in by it,
	but also trying to maintain some semblance of her
	Starfleet objectivity.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        30.

29   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			So you're telling me that you're
			an eight hundred year-old ghost...

	As the voice speaks, Beverly continues her search of
	the house -- looking in every corner... behind every
	door... but there's no one there...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			That's right. I found a home with
			Jessel Howard... she was a pretty
			lass with a mane of red hair, and
			eyes like diamonds... and I loved
			her very much. And when she died,
			I stayed with her daughter... and
			her daughter... and on down
			through the years, generation
			after generation...

	Beverly is mesmerized by the voice... it's getting
	harder and harder to maintain her composure. As Ronin
	tells his story, she slowly begins to back away from an
	unseen source, as though being gently forced
	backward... and she collapses onto a couch, losing her
	balance...

					BEVERLY
			And now you're here... on
			Caldos... two hundred light years
			away?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Yes... When your family moved out
			into the galaxy, I moved with
			them.

					BEVERLY
			I don't believe you...

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        31.

29   CONTINUED: (4)

	Now her protest is so weak, they're just words.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I believe you are the most
			beautiful women I have ever
			known...

	Beverly's eyes close and her head rolls back, oblivious
	to the world around her. She reacts again to an
	invisible touch moving across her body... but before it
	can go on she manages to sit up and fight against the
	sensation.

					BEVERLY
			Wait -- what's happening...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			We're becoming one, Beverly...
			we're going to be together...

					BEVERLY
			I don't understand... stop...

	She sits up and the moment is broken. Silence.
	Beverly rubs her eyes as if waking up from a long
	night's sleep. She touches her face, as if remembering
	a lover's caress. Her expression is thoughtful but not
	frightened. OFF her intrigued look...

                                             CUT TO:

30   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, in orbit of the planet -- but now the ship
	is sending out a thin BEAM OF ENERGY through the
	atmosphere below.

31   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS

	Beverly is sitting in front of a dresser, wearing a
	loose-fitting robe. She's relaxing, arranging a
	cluster of camellia flowers in front of a mirror. She
	eyes the flowers a moment...

	The door CHIMES.

					BEVERLY
			Come in.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        32.

31   CONTINUED:

	Troi ENTERS, wearing her martial arts outfit.

					TROI
			Hi, Bev. I just wanted to see if
			you were going to mok'bara class
			this morning.

					BEVERLY
			No... I think I'm going to skip it
			today. I'm exhausted.

	Beverly moves to her bed and takes a glass of water off
	the night table, takes a sip.

					TROI
			Did you have another dream last
			night?

					BEVERLY
			Not exactly...

	Troi senses that Beverly is holding something back.

					TROI
			Is anything wrong?

					BEVERLY
			Not at all. I'm just a little
			tired.

	Troi looks at her, sensing more -- and she reacts,
	surprised by something.

					TROI
			Beverly... if I didn't know any
			better, I'd say you're seeing
			someone.

					BEVERLY
			Deanna...

					TROI
			Oh, now I know you're seeing
			someone.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        33.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

	Beverly hesitates -- she doesn't want to talk about
	this.

					BEVERLY
			I'm not... "seeing" anybody. I
			met someone, that's all...

					TROI
			Well, you obviously have romantic
			feelings for him...
				(lightly)
			Beverly, you should realize by now
			you can't fool me. Who is it?

	Beverly pauses... then finally she smiles slightly --
	she's been caught. She sits down on the bed and Troi
	sits across from her.

					BEVERLY
			Alright... the truth is, I met
			Ronin.

					TROI
				(surprised)
			Ronin? Your grandmother's lover?

					BEVERLY
			I know, I know... it sounds crazy.
			But he's unlike anyone I've ever
			met before.
				(beat)
			I've never known anyone who's
			so... passionate. It's like he
			brings every part of me alive.
			He's very...

					TROI
			Sensual?

					BEVERLY
			Yes. Exactly. I can see why Nana
			fell in love with him...

	Beverly looks at Troi and laughs a little in
	embarrassment.

					BEVERLY
			You must think this is pretty
			strange...

					TROI
			I will admit, it's unusual... but
			I'm very happy for you.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        34.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			But I do want you to consider
			something. You and Ronin have
			both experienced a tremendous
			loss. Very often a shared
			traumatic experience can create
			the illusion of closeness... and
			romance.

	Beverly considers this, but she's unconcerned.

					BEVERLY
			I appreciate the concern, but I
			think I know what I'm doing.
			Besides, I didn't say I was in
			love with him. I'm just...
			intrigued.

	Troi, for the moment, is satisfied with this. OFF
	Beverly's enigmatic expression...

                                             CUT TO:

32   INT. TURBOLIFT

	Picard and Governor Maturin, mid-conversation. Maturin
	is wearing a RAIN PARKA, and he's wet from the recent
	storm.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        35.

32   CONTINUED:

					MATURIN
			You know, Captain... I moved to
			this colony because it was a
			recreation of Scotland. But I
			must admit, it's becoming a little
			too realistic.

	Maturin sneezes. The Turbolift doors open and they
	EXIT to the Bridge...

33   INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Maturin stop at what they see. There is a
	dense, low-hanging FOG everywhere on the Bridge. Worf
	is frantically working his console. Data is on his
	feet, scanning the fog with a tricorder. Picard and
	Maturin walk to command.

					PICARD
				(shocked)
			What the hell is going on?

					DATA
				(scanning)
			It appears to be a concentrated
			suspension of water vapor,
			approximately one degree Celsius.

					PICARD
			Fog?

					RIKER
			It just sort of... rolled in on
			us, sir.

	Worf works his console.

					WORF
				(to Picard)
			There has been a malfunction in
			the ship's environmental controls.

					RIKER
			We've traced the problem to the
			power transfer beam -- we're
			getting some sort of feedback from
			one of the colony's weather
			substations.

					MATURIN
			Another power fluctuation?

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        36.

33   CONTINUED:

	Worf reacts to his console.

					WORF
			Captain -- the temperature in Ten
			Forward has dropped below
			freezing... and Deck Nineteen has
			just lost gravity.

	Reactions.

					PICARD
			Mister Data -- disengage the power
			transfer.

	Data sits at Ops and works.

					DATA
			I am unable to terminate the
			connection, sir. A feedback loop
			has formed in the transfer beam.
				(beat)
			I will have to go to the
			substation and attempt to correct
			the problem from there.

					PICARD
			Make it so.

	Data heads for the door. Picard shivers slightly,
	reacting to a chill in the air.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			In the meantime, I think I'll get
			my jacket.

	As Picard heads for the Ready Room...

                                             CUT TO:

34   INT. WEATHER CONTROL STATION

	A small room lined with consoles and monitors that
	display various weather-tracking information. Many of
	the monitors are FLICKERING ON AND OFF.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        37.

34   CONTINUED:

	Data and Geordi ENTER the room and they both move to a
	console, start checking the equipment.

					DATA
			It appears that the station is
			experiencing a system-wide power
			failure.

					GEORDI
			How's that possible? The back-up
			systems should have --

	Suddenly, there's a fritzing NOISE from behind one of
	the consoles. Data keeps working as Geordi walks over
	to the console and looks behind it. Reveal --

35   NED QUINT (OPTICAL)

	kneeling behind the console, frantically tearing
	components out of an opened panel. He looks intent on
	destroying the console.

					GEORDI
			Data -- I think I just found the
			problem...

	Quint ignores him, tears out another handful of
	circuits. Data walks over and sees Quint.

					DATA
				(to Quint)
			You are dismantling the primary
			power conduit. I must ask you to
			stop.

					QUINT
			No...

	Quint keeps tearing at the panel. Data moves to him
	and tries to gently pull him away. Quint pushes him
	away, intent and angry.

					QUINT
				(continuing)
			Get away from me!

	Quint stands -- backs up against the console.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT THREE        38.

35   CONTINUED:

					QUINT
				(continuing, urgent)
			He'll kill us all! You don't
			understand --

	Without warning, a bright FLASH OF GREEN PLASMA ENERGY
	LEAPS OUT from the dangling circuits and JOLTS Quint
	violently to the floor.

	Data rushes to Quint, quickly scans him with a
	tricorder.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			He is dead.

                                             FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. WEATHER CONTROL STATION

	Later. Data and Geordi are working at the panel where
	Quint was ripping out components. Maturin is looking
	on. Beverly is in the b.g., kneeling next to Quint's
	body, scanning it with a tricorder (she's in uniform,
	wearing her lab coat). A MEDICAL N.D. is assisting
	her.

					GEORDI
			From what I can tell, he was
			trying to shut down the entire
			weather control system...
				(beat)
			He was pulling out the primary
			plasma conduit... that's probably
			what caused the plasma discharge
			that killed him.

	Maturin shakes his head, baffled by all this.

					MATURIN
			I knew Ned Quint. He was an
			honest man... he mostly kept to
			himself. I can't imagine why he
			would do something like this...

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

36   CONTINUED:

	A grim beat.

					GEORDI
			It'll take some time to get the
			system back on-line... I'd say we
			need another day, at least.

					DATA
			In the meantime, Governor, you
			should expect the weather problems
			to continue.

	Maturin nods, then --

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Commander Data -- you'd better
			take a look at this.

	Geordi, Maturin and Data move to Beverly...

37   NEW ANGLE

	on Beverly and the N.D. working over Quint's body.
	Geordi, Data and Maturin join her. Beverly stands and
	indicates the body.

					BEVERLY
				(to Data)
			Data, you said you saw a plasma
			discharge coming from the console
			when Quint was killed...

					DATA
			That is correct.

					BEVERLY
			Well, that's not what killed him.
				(off tricorder)
			I'm detecting an anomalous energy
			residual throughout his body...
			all the way down to the cellular
			level.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        41.

37   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY (Cont'd)
			Whatever it is, it's definitely
			not the result of a plasma
			discharge.

	Data opens his tricorder and scans Quint's body... then
	looks up in puzzlement.

					GEORDI
			Anything?

					DATA
			I cannot identify the energy
			residual. However, it appears to
			have the same anaphasic signature
			as the power fluctuations we
			observed in the weather control
			system.

	Reactions.

					GEORDI
			Then it's possible that whatever
			caused the weather malfunctions
			also killed Quint...

					DATA
			It is possible.

	A beat.

					GEORDI
				(to Data)
			We should scan the colony for any
			energy readings that match this
			anaphasic signature.

	Data nods and he moves off with Geordi. Beverly is
	staring down at Quint's body, preoccupied by something.

					BEVERLY
				(to Maturin)
			Governor, with your permission,
			I'd like to take the body back to
			the ship to run a few more tests.

					MATURIN
			Of course, Doctor.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        42.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(to N.D.)
			Ensign, have Doctor Selar run a
			bio-spectral analysis.

	The N.D. nods. Beverly prepares to go, intent about
	something.

					MATURIN
				(to Beverly)
			You're not going to run the tests
			yourself?

	Beverly seems distracted about something.

					BEVERLY
			No. There are some things I have
			to attend to...

	Maturin gives her an odd look. As Beverly heads for
	the door...

                                             CUT TO:

38   INT. HOWARD HOME - DAY

	Beverly ENTERS (NOTE: It should still be dark and
	cloudy outside, the storm still in evidence). The
	camellia flowers are everywhere, as seen before.

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR       43.

38   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
				(calls out)
			Ronin... I have to talk to you...
			are you here?

	There's a beat, then Beverly moves her head as if
	someone is touching her cheek. She smiles, clearly
	responding to the touch.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I'm here, Beverly... did you miss
			me?

					BEVERLY
				(smiles)
			Yes....
				(beat)
			But... I must talk to you.
			There's been an accident...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I know. Quint is dead.

					BEVERLY
			Do you know what happened? What
			was he trying to do?

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Beverly... there's something more
			important we have to talk about...

	Beverly closes her eyes, struggles to concentrate on
	the problem at hand...

					BEVERLY
			Ronin... I've got to know.
			Quint's dead...

	Suddenly, a HAND reaches into frame and cups her cheek.
	Beverly reacts in surprise, turns --

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        44.

39   REVEAL (OPTICAL)

	RONIN. It's the man from the funeral. He staring at
	Beverly with an intense look.

					BEVERLY
			Ronin?

					RONIN
			Yes...

	Ronin reaches out for her. She puts her hands into
	his. He draws her close. The sight of him is almost
	hypnotic to Beverly -- she seems drawn to him by
	feelings and forces that she cannot understand or
	resist.

					RONIN
			I need you to help me...

	He steers her to a couch and they both sit down. Ronin
	shudders for a moment, reacting to a sudden pain
	throughout his body.

					BEVERLY
			Help you?

					RONIN
			It's not easy for me to take
			corporeal form... I can't do it
			for long. I want you to light the
			candle...

					BEVERLY
			Quint said it was your home... is
			that true?

					RONIN
			Yes... if I'm away from it for too
			long, I begin to weaken. That's
			why the women in your family have
			always kept the candle lit.

	Ronin shivers briefly, in pain. Beverly stands,
	worried.

					BEVERLY
			The candle is on my ship... I'll
			go get it...

					RONIN
				(quickly)
			No... there's no time... I'll go
			with you...

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        44A.

39   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			How... ?

					RONIN
			The power transfer beam... I can
			travel along it.

	Beverly nods, eager to help him.

					BEVERLY
			After I light the candle, then
			what?

					RONIN
			Then we'll be together... always.

	He takes her in his arms... and he kisses her. But
	before it can turn passionate, he stands and backs
	away... and he VANISHES, leaving her unsatisfied.

        STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR        45.

39   CONTINUED: (2)

	In her eyes, we can see that she has completely
	forgotten about Quint and is only concerned with what
	Ronin has told her. As she stands and heads for the
	door...

                                             CUT TO:

40   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before, in orbit of the green planet. The energy
	beam is still cutting through the atmosphere.

41   INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)

	Beverly ENTERS.

					BEVERLY
			Computer, secure door.

	She immediately goes to a desk and quickly sorts
	through a medical kit with an obsessive, almost
	maniacal drive. She finds a laser DEVICE... then she
	quickly moves to the candle on her night table and
	LIGHTS it. She sits down on the bed and looks around
	the room expectantly. She is obviously on edge --
	nervous, doesn't know what to do with her hands. After
	a beat, she gets up, walks around the room, keeps
	glancing at the candle. Beverly is like a drug addict
	in search of her next "fix".

					BEVERLY
				(continuing, calls out)
			I lit the candle... where are you?

	She sits on the edge of the bed, puts her head in her
	trembling hands and tries to get a hold of herself.
	Suddenly, from behind her, a PAIR OF HANDS reaches over
	her shoulders and caresses her hands. Beverly grabs
	the man's hands and holds onto them tightly, hanging on
	for dear life. Ronin moves into view, comforting...

					RONIN
			It's all right... we're
			together... we're going to be
			one... I'll become part of you,
			Beverly. Would you like that?

					BEVERLY
			Yes... more than anything.

	Ronin looks pleased. His breathing is still labored...

       STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR       46.

41   CONTINUED:

					RONIN
			As it was with your grandmother...
			and your great-grandmother... and
			all of the Howard women before
			them... I'll take care of you.
				(beat)
			And you'll feel love as you've
			never felt it before...

	He smiles at her. We can see that in this moment there
	is nothing Beverly wouldn't do for this man. He walks
	toward her with intent and VANISHES. Beverly's arms
	close around nothing... she is feeling an unseen
	presence. She runs her hands her across her face...
	neck... caressing herself... runs her fingers across
	her lips... as if still feeling his lips upon hers...

	She falls backward onto the bed. As she is swept away
	in a moment of ecstasy...

                                             CUT TO:

42   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

43   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Beverly is stepping onto the transporter platform,
	where several suitcases can be seen... she is holding
	the lit candle. A TRANSPORTER CHIEF is at the
	controls. Picard RUSHES INTO the room, carrying a
	PADD.

					PICARD
				(re: PADD)
			Beverly... what the hell is this?

					BEVERLY
			I thought it was pretty self-explanatory.
			I'm leaving
			Starfleet.
				(to Chief)
			Energize.

					PICARD
			Belay that order.
				(to Beverly)
			Beverly, you can't just... resign.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FOUR            47.

43   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			I can -- and I have. I've decided
			to stay on Caldos and become a
			healer, like my grandmother. It's
			a proud Howard tradition, and I've
			decided to uphold it.
				(to Chief)
			Energize.

	The transporter chief looks to Picard, who doesn't know
	what to do.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			I've resigned my commission. Now
			unless you plan on kidnapping
			me...

	Finally, Picard nods to the Transporter Chief. Beverly
	DEMATERIALIZES. OFF Picard's disturbed expression...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            48.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

44   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Troi, mid-conversation. Picard is on his
	feet, tense. They're trying to make sense of the
	situation.

					TROI
			Beverly was attracted to Ronin in
			a very... intense and intimate
			way. I warned her that they had
			both experienced a recent loss...
			but she seemed very defensive
			about it... so I left her alone.
				(beat)
			I could sense she was holding
			something back... she wasn't
			telling me the whole truth...

					PICARD
			Do you think this Ronin may be
			exerting some sort of influence on
			her... that she may be staying
			because of him?

					TROI
			It's possible. She may really
			believe she's in love...

	Picard considers -- something still doesn't seem right
	about all this.

					PICARD
			It's a rash decision... ill-considered...
			not like Beverly at
			all.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            49.

44   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			I agree. But she does have the
			right to make that choice, even if
			we feel it's a bad one.

	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Captain, Geordi and I have
			detected an energy residual with
			the same anaphasic signature as
			the one we found in Ned Quint's
			body.

					PICARD
			Where?

					DATA
			Approximately seventeen kilometers
			from the center of the colony.
				(beat)
			It is coming from the cemetery,
			sir.

	Picard reacts to the strange news.

					PICARD
			I want you to go down to the
			cemetery... see if you can
			pinpoint the source.

					DATA
			Aye sir.

	Data EXITS.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			In the meantime, I would very much
			like to meet this... Ronin.

	OFF Picard's concern...

                                             CUT TO:

45   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - NIGHT

	It's dark and there are distant rumbles of thunder.
	Data and Geordi ENTER the cemetery, carrying Palm
	Beacons and scanning with their tricorders...

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            50.

45   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			The energy readings are coming
			from this area, but I can't get an
			exact location. I'll try to
			narrow the scan field...

	Geordi adjusts his tricorder, then walks into the
	cemetery with no hesitation. Data follows. They walk
	among the tombstones moment, scanning. Data reacts to
	his tricorder... aims it toward the ground.

					DATA
			The energy readings appear to be
			originating approximately eight
			meters below the surface.

	Data follows the readings... and comes to a stop at a
	single grave.

					DATA
				(re: grave)
			I believe they are concentrated
			within this burial site.

46   INCLUDE

	Felisa Howard's grave. As Data and Geordi exchange a
	look...

                                             CUT TO:

47   INT. HOWARD HOME - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	The room is dimly-lit... the exotic candle is burning
	brightly... the mood is romantic. Beverly is lying on
	the floor in front of the FIREPLACE wearing a loose-fitting
	robe. She looks peaceful, content. Ronin
	enters and sits down next to her. She cuddles against
	him and smiles.

					BEVERLY
			I'm so glad you're here... right
			now I can't imagine what life was
			like before I met you.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           51.

47   CONTINUED:

					RONIN
			And it will only get better.

	He strokes her cheek, then stands and takes a step
	away. His body TRANSFORMS into an irridescent GREEN
	MIST. Beverly stares in anticipation as the vaporous
	shape moves toward her... her body tense but open to
	receive it. The vapor CLINGS to the contours of her
	face and body... and then it COALESCES into her,
	LIGHTING UP her features with a momentary GLOW...

	Beverly's eyes close... her head rolls about on her
	shoulders... she's in the throes of some dark and
	mysterious passion...

48   CLOSE ON BEVERLY'S FACE (OPTICAL)

	her eyes still closed...

					BEVERLY
			Ronin... I had no idea I could
			feel this way...

					RONIN'S VOICE
			We're nearly merged now... as two
			candles join to form a single
			light... so we will flourish as
			one...

	Beverly opens her eyes -- and then her EYES CHANGE IN
	COLOR FROM BLUE TO A STARTLING EMERALD GREEN.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			I love you, Beverly.

	Suddenly, there's a KNOCK at the door. Beverly ignores
	it.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ronin)
			I love you...

	There's a more insistent knock at the door. Beverly
	still ignores it. We hear the door open...

49   INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	as he ENTERS the house. He sees Beverly sitting on the
	floor, seemingly in a daze.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE           51A.

49   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Beverly...

	Beverly sits up at the voice, and there is a sense that
	she has awakened from a deep sleep. She sees Picard
	and pulls the robe tightly around her and gets to her
	feet. She's surprised to see him -- and a little
	embarrassed.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            52.

49   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I'm sorry for startling you. I
			knocked, but there was no answer.

	Beverly is agitated, tense.

					BEVERLY
				(on edge)
			What do you want?

					PICARD
			I hoped to meet your new friend...
			Ronin.

					BEVERLY
			He's... not here.

					PICARD
			Oh. Well, if you don't mind I'll
			wait. I'm anxious to meet this
			remarkable young man who swept
			away not only one, but two of the
			Howard women.

					BEVERLY
				(an edge)
			Jealousy doesn't become you, Jean-Luc.

	Picard ignores the barb... and notices something.

					PICARD
			Beverly... did you change the
			color of your eyes?

	Beverly takes a couple steps away from him,
	thoughtful... glances into a nearby mirror. She reacts
	in surprise... tries to keep her voice matter of fact.

					BEVERLY
			Yes... I just got tired of the old
			color. Don't you think this suits
			me?

					PICARD
			I think I liked your eyes the way
			they were before...
					(MORE)

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            53.

49   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			I think I liked you the way you
			were before, Beverly.

	She turns on him with anger.

					BEVERLY
			Well, this is the way I am now.
			This is my life. I've made my
			decision and I'm not going to
			change my mind, so please leave me
			alone.

					PICARD
			No... there's something's wrong
			here. This is about more than
			just an obsessive love affair
			that's gotten out of hand...
				(beat)
			Why is it that no one has seen
			this Ronin except you?

					RONIN VOICE
			Alright, Captain. Here I am.

	They both turn in surprise, and there standing on the
	other side of the room is Ronin. Beverly moves to him,
	as if everything were normal. She takes his arm.

					RONIN
				(to Picard)
			And I believe Beverly asked you to
			leave.

	Picard side-steps the issue of leaving and tries to get
	to the bottom of this.

					PICARD
			So, you're Ronin... it's a
			pleasure to meet you. Where are
			you from?

					RONIN
			Earth. Scotland.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           54.

49   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			How long have you been here on
			Caldos?

					RONIN
			All that matters is that I'm here
			now. And that Beverly and I plan
			to be together for the rest our
			lives.

					PICARD
			That's a very... romantic notion.
			Especially for two people who have
			just met. Don't you think perhaps
			you're rushing into things a bit?

	Ronin's expression hardens.

					RONIN
			I think you're a jealous man who
			can't bear the thought of losing
			a beautiful woman like Beverly.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data to Picard.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Go ahead.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we have located the
			source of the energy residual. It
			appears to be concentrated within
			Felisa Howard's coffin.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            55.

49   CONTINUED: (5)

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Captain, we'd like permission to
			exhume the body.

					RONIN
				(quickly)
			You can't do that. Leave her
			alone...

					PICARD
			Why? What are you afraid of?

					RONIN
			I'm not afraid of anything. But
			I won't let you desecrate her
			grave.

	Picard takes a beat.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data, contact Governor
			Maturin and ask for permission to
			exhume the body. Picard out.

	Ronin takes an angry step toward him.

					RONIN
			I won't stand for this... I'll go
			to the governor myself.

					PICARD
			Go ahead. But I'll be surprised
			if the governor knows who you are.
			He'll probably have the same
			questions I do. How did you come
			to Caldos? What ship did you
			arrive on?

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc, leave him alone --

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           56.

49   CONTINUED: (6)

					PICARD
				(hard)
			Answer the question, Ronin. What
			ship? I'd like to look at the
			passenger list.
				(pressing on)
			Where have you been living here on
			Caldos? What's your position
			here? Who are your neighbors?

	Ronin's eyes flash in anger and he VANISHES. Picard
	reacts.

					PICARD
				(continuing, quickly)
			Come on, Beverly -- we have to get
			out of here.

	He reaches for her hand to pull her away -- but a BURST
	OF THE GREEN PLASMA ENERGY snakes around his body out
	of thin-air. He falls to his knees, then slumps to the
	floor. Beverly reacts -- the shock of seeing Picard
	hurt seems to propel her into action. She rushes to
	his side, instinctively helping her friend.

					BEVERLY
			Jean-Luc...

	She feels for a pulse, then grabs a medical kit from a
	nearby table, brings it over and starts to administer
	aid to him.

					RONIN'S VOICE
			Beverly, we must stop the others.
			They cannot exhume the body.

					BEVERLY
			We can't leave him... he'll die.

					RONIN'S VOICE
				(re: Picard)
			You must come. I am your love.
			I'm the one who will take care of
			you.

	Beverly hesitates for a moment, the medical tricorder
	in her hand... she closes her eyes tight, as if trying
	to get rid of a nightmare...

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            57.

49   CONTINUED: (7)

					BEVERLY
			No... no, I can't just let him
			die...

	We HEAR Ronin appear offscreen. He places a hand on
	Beverly's shoulder...

					RONIN
			Beverly... come with me.

	She looks up into his face... her expression
	stricken... she's like an addict taking the first step
	away from a powerful drug. It's one of the most
	difficult things she's ever had to do.

					BEVERLY
			No... no!

	She pushes him away and goes to work on Picard. Ronin
	eyes her -- worried, fearful, angry. Then a look of
	resolve crosses his face.

					RONIN
			I'm going to stop them.

	Ronin steps away and we HEAR him vanish offscreen.

	As soon as he's gone, Beverly suddenly sags, as if
	exhausted. She puts a hand to her forehead, closes her
	eyes, fights off a wave of nausea... she struggles to
	open her eyes and focus on the tricorder -- and when
	she does, we see that her EYES have turned BLUE again --
	her normal color. She concentrates on Picard... scans
	him with the tricorder...

	After a moment, Picard regains consciousness... he
	looks up at her...

					PICARD
			I'm alright...
				(beat)
			Beverly... you must go after
			him... go to the cemetery...

	Beverly nods. OFF her concern...

                                             CUT TO:

50   EXT. PLANET SURFACE - CEMETERY - NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	As before. Data and Geordi standing next to Felisa
	Howard's grave.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            58.

50   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(taps combadge)
			La Forge to Enterprise -- we're
			ready down here.

	A beat, then we see a COFFIN MATERIALIZE on top of the
	grave. (Same coffin seen in Teaser.) Data and Geordi
	walk to the coffin and pull out their tricorders.

	Data releases two LATCHES on the coffin and LIFTS OPEN
	the coffin lid. We see the DEAD BODY of FELISA HOWARD,
	lying peacefully in the coffin. Geordi and Data begin
	to scan her body.

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			I am reading definite signs of
			anaphasic energy in her body -- it
			appears to extend to the cellular
			level.

	Geordi reacts, keeps scanning.

					GEORDI
			How's that possible? She wasn't
			anywhere near the weather station
			when Quint was killed... she died
			of natural causes...

					DATA
			I suggest we run a deep tissue
			scan to look for --

	Suddenly, Felisa's eyes OPEN -- she's staring directly
	at Data. Data reacts with surprise. Felisa SITS UP,
	reaches out and GRABS Data and Geordi by the arms.
	They are suddenly enveloped in a field of CRACKLING
	GREEN PLASMA ENERGY -- as seen before. Data slumps
	over at the waist, deactivated. Geordi falls to his
	knees and slumps to the ground.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           59.

50   CONTINUED: (3)

	Geordi moans, dazed... lying on the ground... he tries
	to sit up. Felisa starts to get out of the coffin,
	eyeing Geordi with intent -- a bizarre and terrifying
	sight...

					BEVERLY'S VOICE
			Stop -- NO!

51   INCLUDE BEVERLY (OPTICAL)

	who stares at the shocking sight of her dead
	grandmother getting out of her coffin.

					BEVERLY
			Ronin -- stop this... please...

	Felisa looks at Beverly.

					FELISA
			Beverly, it's all right... have
			trust in me..

	Beverly steels herself against the image of her
	grandmother... she has broken the narcotic hold and is
	struggling to be herself. She looks haggard,
	exhausted.

					BEVERLY
				(angry)
			You're not Nana... Nana's dead.
			Leave her alone.

	Suddenly, Felisa's body goes limp in the coffin. Ronin
	APPEARS standing next to the grave.

					RONIN
			Beverly, these men were trying to
			stop us from being together. Once
			they're gone, everything will be
			all right.

					BEVERLY
			No... I won't let you hurt my
			friends.

	Beverly reveals that she is holding the exotic candle,
	which is still lit.


           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE           60.

51   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			No, it won't. I scanned myself
			with the tricorder. You've been
			infusing me with the same
			anaphasic energy that killed
			Quint...

	Ronin hesitates at this, troubled -- then he continues
	to move toward her, his eyes boring into hers.

					RONIN
			He was trying to destroy me... I
			had to defend myself...
				(beat)
			But I would never hurt you,
			Beverly. I'm here to protect
			you...

	Beverly struggles to stay focused... confronting him.

					BEVERLY
			No, you're not. There's no such
			thing as a ghost... you're some
			sort of... anaphasic lifeform...
				(beat)
			Anaphasic energy is extremely
			unstable... without an organic
			host to maintain your molecular
			cohesion, you'd die... isn't that
			right?

					RONIN
			Beverly...

	Beverly indicates the candle.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE          60A.

51   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
				(pressing on)
			I scanned the candle, too... the
			flame is plasma-based... you were
			using it as a temporary receptacle
			for yourself... until you could
			get to me... so you could "merge"
			with me...

	Ronin keeps coming, a threat. Beverly uses her words
	to keep him at bay...

					BEVERLY
			You've been using me... Nana... my
			whole family... for centuries...

	Ronin's face darkens -- he knows he's been caught.

					RONIN
			And I loved all of them... and
			they loved me.
				(firm)
			Give me the candle, Beverly.

	He approaches her, reaching out for the candle.

					BEVERLY
			No...

	She steps backward. Ronin glances at Geordi, who is
	still lying on the ground, dazed. Suddenly we see a
	BURST of CRACKLING PLASMA ENERGY flash around Geordi,
	who yells out in pain.

					RONIN
				(re: Geordi)
			Put it down -- or I'll kill him.

	Beverly watches in horror for a moment... then slowly
	walks toward Ronin and Geordi...

					RONIN
				(continuing)
			Very good... now set it down...
			then walk way.

	Beverly sets the candle down near Ronin's feet... and
	begins to stand up... but in a lightning move she GRABS
	Geordi's phaser off his belt -- and she shoots it at
	the candle, VAPORIZING it.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE           60B.

51   CONTINUED: (3)

					RONIN
				(urgent)
			NO!

	Beverly taps Geordi's communicator.

					BEVERLY
				(quickly, to com)
			Crusher to Riker. Wil -- I want
			you to shut down all plasma
			conduits in the weather control
			system. I'll explain later.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Understood.

					BEVERLY
				(to Ronin)
			You've got nowhere left to go...

	Ronin smiles slightly, menacing.

					RONIN
			Yes, I do...

	He moves toward Beverly with intent. Beverly aims the
	phaser at him.

					BEVERLY
			Keep away from me...

	Ronin keeps coming, a threat. Beverly has no choice --
	she FIRES at Ronin. He stumbles backward, quickly
	recovers -- and he makes a sudden lunge toward her.
	Beverly FIRES a sustained burst. Ronin's body begins
	to FRITZ OUT, and he VANISHES in a final FLASH of
	ENERGY. Gone.

           STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE           61.

51   CONTINUED: (4)

	Beverly quickly moves to Geordi, who nods that he's all
	right. Beverly quickly moves to Data, reaches behind
	his back and RE-ACTIVATES him. Data stands up -- he's
	all right. Off Beverly's relief...

                                             CUT TO:

52   OMITTED

53   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

54   INT. TEN FORWARD

	Later. Beverly and Troi are sitting at a remote table,
	enjoying a drink.

					BEVERLY
			Somehow he realized that one of my
			ancestors had a biochemistry that
			was compatible with his energy
			matrix...
				(beat)
			I imagine he took human form and
			seduced her the same way he did
			me. He had some sort of
			hypnotic... almost telepathic
			control.

	A somber beat as Beverly takes a sip of her drink.

					BEVERLY
			It's strange... I was about to be
			initiated into a very unusual
			relationship... I guess you could
			call it a family tradition. And
			there's a part of me that's a
			little sad...

					TROI
			How so?

					BEVERLY
			I re-read the entries in my
			grandmother's journals. Whatever
			else he might have done... he made
			her very happy.

             STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - ACT FIVE            62.

54   CONTINUED:

	As Beverly looks out the window, reflecting on her
	experience...

                                             FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END