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["", "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION", "\"Bloodlines\"", "#40277-274", "Written by", "Nick Sagan", "Directed by", "Les Landau", "THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED", "FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING", "WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.", "Copyright 1994 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 This script is not for publication or", "reproduction.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", "FEBRUARY 9, 1994", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/10/94 - CAST", "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION", "\"Bloodlines\"", "CAST", "PICARD", "BOK", "RIKER", "JASON", "DATA", "BIRTA", "BEVERLY", "TOL", "TROI", "RHODES", "WORF", "COM VOICE", "GEORDI", "Non-Speaking", "Non-Speaking", "N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES", "N.D FERENGI", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - SETS", "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION", "\"Bloodlines\"", "SETS", "INTERIORS", "EXTERIORS", "USS ENTERPRISE", "USS ENTERPRISE", "BRIDGE", "READY ROOM", "TRANSPORTER ROOM", "SICKBAY", "PICARD'S QUARTERS", "BEVERLY'S OFFICE", "ENGINEERING", "TEN FORWARD", "CORRIDOR", "HOLODECK/CAVES", "DANIEL'S QUARTERS", "FERENGI SHIP", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE", "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION", "\"Bloodlines\"", "PRONUNCIATION GUIDE", "VIGO", "VEE-go", "DAIMON", "DAY-mon", "CAMOR", "KAY-more", "GORLAN", "GORE-lun", "DICHROMIC", "die-KRO-mik", "BIRTA", "BERR-tuh", "DORIAS", "doe-RYE-us", "XENDI KABU", "zen-dee KA-boo", "B'ZAL", "buh-ZALL", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - TEASER", "1.", "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION", "\"Bloodlines\"", "TEASER", "FADE IN:", "A1", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE", "at impulse.", "1", "INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)", "RIKER, DATA and WORF are at their usual stations, along", "with assorted SUPERNUMERARIES. There's a feeling of", "urgency in the air. PICARD ENTERS from his Ready Room.", "PICARD", "Report.", "RIKER", "There's an object of some kind", "closing in on our position.", "PICARD", "On screen.", "The VIEWSCREEN magnifies to display a metallic PROBE.", "DATA", "(off console)", "It appears to be an unmanned probe --", "approximately half a meter in", "diameter. It has no identifiable", "armaments.", "WORF", "We are being hailed...", "Worf looks down at his console, makes a correction.", "WORF", "(to Picard)", "You are being hailed, sir -- by", "name.", "Picard and Riker exchange a glance -- what could this", "be all about?", "PICARD", "Open a channel.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - TEASER", "1A.", "1", "CONTINUED:", "Worf works his panel.", "PICARD", "This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of", "the --", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - TEASER", "2.", "1", "CONTINUED: (2)", "Worf interrupts with urgency --", "WORF", "I am reading a power surge --", "RIKER", "Shields up.", "On the VIEWSCREEN we see a BEAM shoot out from the", "probe toward us -- everyone tenses for impact... but", "nothing happens. Data studies his console with", "interest.", "DATA", "The beam appears to contain", "holographic imaging information...", "RIKER", "It's trying to project", "something...", "PICARD", "Isolate the bandwidth and let the", "signal through the shields.", "Data works his console; after a moment a TRANSLUCENT", "HOLOGRAM shimmers into being near the door to Picard's", "Ready Room -- it is the Ferengi, DAIMON BOK, who once", "swore vengeance on Picard...", "PICARD", "Bok...", "BOK", "I trust you remember me, Picard,", "because I haven't forgotten you...", "or how you murdered my son...", "Bok's eyes are full of hate... since this is prerecorded,", "he should not appear to be interacting with", "our people.", "BOK", "For fifteen years I've thought", "about how to avenge his death...", "but nothing I could do to you", "could equal what you did to me...", "until now.", "Bok smiles, but there's no mirth in it.", "BOK", "You thought you could hide him", "from me, didn't you? But I found", "out about him... Jason Vigo is as", "good as dead.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - TEASER", "3.", "1", "CONTINUED: (3)", "Bok's eyes go cold with hatred.", "BOK", "I'm going to kill your son,", "Picard, just like you killed", "mine...", "Picard looks utterly baffled -- his son? With a", "taunting smile the hologram DISAPPEARS. Off Picard's", "reaction we...", "FADE OUT.", "END OF TEASER", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE", "4.", "ACT ONE", "FADE IN:", "(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)", "2", "INT. BRIDGE -- CONTINUOUS", "All eyes are on Picard. He's said nothing to indicate", "what he thinks of Bok's claim... and no one's about to", "ask.", "PICARD", "(to Worf)", "Put a tractor beam on that probe", "and determine if it's safe to beam", "it aboard. I want to know where", "it came from.", "He turns to Data.", "PICARD", "Mister Data, see if there's any", "mention of a Jason Vigo in", "Federation records.", "(beat)", "You might start with Miranda Vigo --", "she was born on New Gaul about", "forty years ago...", "DATA", "Yes, sir.", "Data heads for aft science. Picard turns to Riker.", "PICARD", "Contact the Ferengi Government and", "find out what you can about Bok.", "He was wearing a Daimon's uniform --", "if he's regained his rank, I want", "to know why.", "And with that, Picard EXITS to his Ready Room, leaving", "everyone to wonder what's going through his mind.", "3", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "as it hangs in space.", "4", "INT. READY ROOM", "where Picard is staring out his window, lost in", "thought. The door CHIMES.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE", "5.", "4", "CONTINUED:", "PICARD", "Come.", "Riker ENTERS carrying a PADD.", "RIKER", "The Ferengi Government is debating", "an amendment to the Rules of", "Acquisition...", "(wry)", "-- it might be a while before they", "get back to us...", "Picard nods vaguely. Riker indicates the PADD he's", "holding.", "RIKER", "Data found out that the woman you", "mentioned does have a son named", "Jason.", "Picard takes this in, but gives away nothing.", "RIKER", "This is the most recent picture we", "could find.", "He sets the PADD on Picard's desk, and the Captain", "turns from the window and studies it for a beat.", "5", "INSERT - THE PADD", "showing the picture of a ten year old boy.", "6", "RESUME SCENE", "Picard asks a question that could confirm or disprove", "Bok's assertion.", "PICARD", "How old is the boy now?", "RIKER", "Twenty three.", "Picard's mental calculation is internal; he gives away", "nothing.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - ACT ONE", "6.", "6", "CONTINUED:", "RIKER", "He and his mother left Earth about", "six years ago and settled on Camor", "Five. That's all we know, the", "planet's records are practically", "non-existent.", "Picard speaks to the com system.", "PICARD", "Picard to Bridge. Set course for", "the Camor system, warp five.", "COM VOICE", "Aye, sir.", "Thinking that Picard isn't going to say anything more,", "Riker turns to leave.", "PICARD", "Wil... I appreciate your not", "asking, but you have the right to", "know...", "He turns to face Riker.", "PICARD", "There is a possibility that the", "boy is my son... I was involved", "with his mother for a short time", "about twenty four years ago. I", "met her through a friend during", "shore-leave on Earth. It was all", "very romantic...", "(smiles)", "-- probably because we both knew", "I'd be leaving in two weeks... we", "kept in touch for a short while,", "but we never managed to get", "together again...", "RIKER", "And she never said anything about", "being pregnant... ?", "PICARD", "No... either Bok's got it wrong", "and I'm not the father, or Miranda", "decided she wanted to raise the", "child on her own. Quite frankly", "it wouldn't surprise me. She was", "very independent... very strong-willed...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE", "7.", "6", "CONTINUED: (2)", "RIKER", "You'd have to be to get by on", "Camor Five.", "PICARD", "Whether he's really my son or not,", "the fact is he's in danger. Bok", "tried to kill me six years ago...", "I have no doubt he intends to make", "good on his threat against the", "boy...", "Riker acknowledges this grim fact...", "7", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "entering orbit of Camor Five...", "8", "INT. MAIN BRIDGE", "Picard and Riker now in the command area, Data at Aft", "Science, Worf at Tactical.", "RIKER", "Anything?", "WORF", "There are no Ferengi vessels", "within range of our scanners...", "Data turns from aft science.", "DATA", "Captain, I have been unable to", "find any information about Jason", "Vigo's current whereabouts...", "PICARD", "What about his mother's?", "DATA", "No, sir.", "Picard considers for a beat.", "PICARD", "Miranda was trained as a", "botanist... she used to talk", "about running a farm some day. We", "might start with the agricultural", "areas.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - ACT ONE", "8.", "8", "CONTINUED:", "DATA", "That would significantly narrow", "our search; the only cultivated", "land is on the southern continent,", "and there are relatively few", "people engaged in agricultural", "activities.", "PICARD", "There can't be too many non-Camorites", "among them. Try", "scanning for human life-signs.", "Data works his console, and uncovers the following", "little by little.", "DATA", "I am detecting seven humans...", "three are female... however they", "are all too young to be Miranda", "Vigo.", "PICARD", "What about males?", "Data works his console for a beat.", "DATA", "One is an infant... another is", "elderly... and two are middleaged.", "PICARD", "That's seven, you said there were", "eight humans.", "DATA", "(works)", "I am having difficulty getting a", "clear reading on the eighth...", "(works console)", "-- the individual appears to be", "located approximately two", "kilometers beneath the planet's", "surface.", "Picard and Riker exchange a glance over this odd", "information.", "PICARD", "Male or female?", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT ONE", "8A.", "8", "CONTINUED: (2)", "DATA", "(off console)", "Male... adult... between twenty", "and thirty years old.", "Picard reacts -- it could be Jason.", "RIKER", "No one in their right mind would", "go that far underground alone.", "PICARD", "Unless he was forced to.", "WORF", "(off console)", "Sir, I am reading seismic", "instability in the area. He is in", "danger.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT ONE", "9.", "8", "CONTINUED: (3)", "PICARD", "Relay his coordinates to the", "Transporter Room and have them", "beam him aboard.", "Picard starts for the Turbolift.", "9", "INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)", "Picard steps into the room, where JASON VIGO is in the", "process of MATERIALIZING. He is a handsome youth of", "about twenty-three, wearing high-tech rock climbing", "gear that's covered in dust. He's in the position of", "someone who was just scaling a rock face.", "When he fully materializes he whirls around --", "JASON", "What the... ?", "He stops, confused by the sudden change in locale. He", "locks eyes with Picard and frowns, realizing that he's", "been beamed aboard a Federation Starship.", "JASON", "This is a Federation ship...", "PICARD", "That's right. I'm Captain", "Picard... Jean-Luc Picard.", "Jason doesn't seem to recognize the name...", "JASON", "(with irony)", "I realize I wasn't supposed to be", "spelunking that cave, but don't", "you have something better to do?", "He says this with an easy and disarming smile.", "PICARD", "We thought you were in danger.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE", "10.", "9", "CONTINUED:", "JASON", "Oh... well... I wasn't. Maybe you", "should just beam me back where I", "was?", "PICARD", "Are you Jason Vigo?", "Jason is clearly taken by surprise; why are these", "people looking for him? He decides to dissemble.", "JASON", "I... know him. Is he in trouble?", "Picard isn't entirely sure whether he believes him or", "not.", "PICARD", "In a manner of speaking...", "someone's made a threat against", "his life.", "Jason's face blanches -- Picard's instincts tell him", "why...", "PICARD", "Jason... I'm an old friend of your", "Mother's. I came here because", "you're in danger.", "Jason isn't about to keep pretending... he's too", "worried for that.", "JASON", "Why would anyone want to kill me?", "Picard takes a breath and comes out with it.", "PICARD", "The person who made the threat is", "under the impression that... that", "you are my son...", "Jason reacts to this bombshell... after a moment of", "stunned silence...", "JASON", "Am I... ?", "PICARD", "I don't know...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE", "11.", "9", "CONTINUED: (2)", "JASON", "My mother never told me who my", "father was... just that he was in", "Starfleet.", "PICARD", "Perhaps we should contact her... ?", "Jason reacts, looks away...", "JASON", "She... died a few years ago...", "Picard take in this sad piece of news.", "PICARD", "I'm sorry...", "Jason nods, but says nothing.", "PICARD", "Jason... I think it's important", "that we find out one way or", "another. Would you be willing to", "permit a genetic test?", "Jason acknowledges with a nod.", "JASON", "If I'm not your son... is this", "person still going to want to kill", "me?", "PICARD", "Once he's made aware of the fact,", "I expect he won't...", "JASON", "(wry)", "In that case you won't mind my", "saying that I hope you're not my", "father...", "Jason and Picard share a smile and start toward the", "door...", "INT. SICKBAY", "BEVERLY draws blood from Jason's neck with a DEVICE", "that looks like a hypospray. She takes the blood", "sample over to the Sickbay computers, and while she", "executes the genetic test, Picard and Jason continue to", "talk.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT ONE 12-13.", "10", "CONTINUED:", "PICARD", "What were you doing down in that", "cave? Are you a seismologist?", "JASON", "(shaking his head)", "No, I just enjoy climbing.", "PICARD", "Without an antigrav harness... ?", "JASON", "They get in the way...", "Picard keeps his reaction to himself.", "PICARD", "So... what do you do?", "JASON", "I'm... between jobs right now.", "PICARD", "I see...", "Picard's at a loss as to what to talk about, and an", "awkward silence settles between them. Mercifully,", "Beverly calls them over to the MONITOR she's studying,", "which shows a DNA DOUBLE-HELIX STRAND rotating in", "place.", "BEVERLY", "Excuse me, gentlemen, but I have", "the results if you want to hear", "them.", "They approach her, and she indicates the DNA on the", "monitor.", "BEVERLY", "(to Jason)", "Your genetic code is a cross", "between the DNA of your mother,", "Miranda Vigo, and your father --", "Jean-Luc Picard.", "OFF their reactions...", "FADE OUT.", "END OF ACT ONE", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO", "14.", "ACT TWO", "FADE IN:", "11", "INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS", "where Picard has brought Jason to talk privately.", "Jason is walking around looking at Picard's things. He", "stops when he sees Picard's archaeological collection.", "JASON", "What is all this... ?", "PICARD", "Archaeological fragments I've", "collected over the years...", "Picard crosses over and shows him a small stone with", "hieroglyphics on it.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "This is a Silvan glyph stone...", "He shows him a TBD artifact.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "And this is a Gorlan prayer", "stick... it's extremely rare...", "JASON", "Is it valuable... ?", "PICARD", "Not really. Only to students of", "archaeology like myself. Still,", "I had to give up a very old bottle", "of Saurian brandy for it.", "JASON", "I'd say you got taken.", "PICARD", "Perhaps... but I value it", "nonetheless...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO", "15.", "11", "CONTINUED:", "JASON", "On Camor, something has value if", "you can eat it or sell it...", "everything else is a luxury.", "Picard sets down the artifact, uncomfortable, not", "knowing how to reach out to this defensive young man.", "After a beat...", "PICARD", "Would you like some tea?", "JASON", "No. Thanks.", "PICARD", "Something else?", "Jason shakes his head, unforthcoming. Picard goes to", "the replicator.", "PICARD", "Tea, Earl Grey, hot.", "Neither man talks until we hear the SOUND of the", "replicator and Picard gets his tea. He turns back to", "Jason, gamely tries to proceed.", "PICARD", "Well. I'm sure this whole thing", "is as much a surprise to you as it", "is to me...", "Jason gives a small shrug.", "PICARD", "I'll be honest with you, Jason.", "I was with your mother for only a", "short time. I would like to have", "known her better... but it didn't", "work out that way.", "This seems to have touched a chord. Jason looks down,", "gives a small nod.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO", "16.", "11", "CONTINUED: (2)", "PICARD", "You look a lot like her -- it's", "your eyes, I think...", "Again, Jason doesn't reply, though we get the feeling", "there are a lot of feelings churning inside him.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "I want to be clear about one thing --", "your mother didn't tell me about", "you. If she had... I would have", "been part of your life.", "Jason turns and looks Picard in the eye for maybe the", "first time in the scene.", "JASON", "I guess that's not what she", "wanted.", "There's a moment of awkward silence, then Jason stands.", "JASON", "I think I'd like to go back to the", "surface.", "PICARD", "It would be best if you stayed", "aboard the Enterprise... until we", "can resolve the situation with", "Bok.", "JASON", "What is the situation with Bok,", "anyway? Why does he want me dead?", "PICARD", "Years ago, I was forced to destroy", "a starship that was under his", "son's command. Apparently Bok", "feels it would be fitting", "vengeance to kill my son.", "Jason absorbs this.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO", "17.", "11", "CONTINUED: (3)", "JASON", "I can't hide forever.", "PICARD", "Of course not. We're trying to", "locate Bok... I intend to confront", "him, settle this matter.", "JASON", "How long will that take?", "There's no real answer to the question.", "PICARD", "I assure you -- no one's more", "eager to get this behind us than", "I am.", "Jason stares at him for a beat, then shrugs.", "JASON", "Where do I stay?", "PICARD", "We'll give you quarters.", "Jason grabs his backpack, heads for the door.", "JASON", "Okay. Let's go.", "PICARD", "Jason... your being here... I hope", "it will give us the chance to get", "to know each other.", "Jason looks away, doesn't respond to the offer of", "friendship Picard has made. He EXITS, and Picard is", "left with nothing to do but follow.", "12", "INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)", "Riker in the command area, Worf at Tactical. Picard is", "with Data and GEORDI at aft science.", "GEORDI", "We managed to shut down the", "probe's power systems so we could", "beam it aboard, but it's not going", "to be easy to figure out where it", "came from.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO", "17A.", "12", "CONTINUED:", "DATA", "Bok took the precaution of", "encrypting the probe's", "navigational systems so that we", "would be unable to decipher its", "flight path.", "GEORDI", "We ran an analysis of the probe's", "hull -- from the energy signatures", "and particle deposits we found, it", "looks like it travelled through a", "Dichromic Nebula, was exposed to", "an intensive gravimetric", "distortion, and passed within a", "light year of a class four pulsar.", "DATA", "Those phenomena are relatively", "common -- we would need to", "identify at least one of them", "specifically in order to postulate", "a flight path.", "Picard gives a frustrated nod.", "PICARD", "Understood.", "WORF", "(off console)", "Sir, incoming message from Daimon", "Birta.", "PICARD", "On screen.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO", "18.", "12", "CONTINUED: (2)", "Worf works his controls and a grand looking Ferengi", "APPEARS on the VIEWSCREEN -- DAIMON BIRTA. He's", "speaking from a Ferengi ship's Bridge, and behind him", "we see a BANNER that bears his personal crest.", "PICARD", "Thank you for taking the time to", "talk to us, Daimon.", "BIRTA", "I understand you have a problem.", "PICARD", "Yes, it concerns Daimon Bok.", "BIRTA", "Bok is no Daimon. He was relieved", "of command six years ago -- he was", "unstable, dangerous. We had to", "confine him to Rog Prison.", "PICARD", "But he's no longer there?", "BIRTA", "(matter of fact)", "He was able to buy himself out", "about two years ago.", "PICARD", "Buy himself out?", "BIRTA", "He paid his debt to society.", "Picard decides not to get into this.", "PICARD", "Considering that he is dangerous", "and unstable, I trust you've kept", "track of him?", "BIRTA", "He's a private citizen. We take", "no responsibility for him.", "Picard feels himself growing frustrated.", "PICARD", "I see. Do you have any idea of", "his present whereabouts?", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO", "19.", "12", "CONTINUED: (3)", "BIRTA", "I understand he was seen in the", "Dorias cluster not too long ago...", "Picard can't help but frown at the vagueness of this", "information (behind him, however, Data and Geordi take", "this information and set to work).", "PICARD", "That cluster consists of over", "twenty star systems...", "Birta smiles as if it were nothing.", "BIRTA", "You don't have to thank me,", "Captain.", "And with that the VIEWSCREEN returns to a starfield.", "Geordi turns from the console where he and Data are", "working.", "GEORDI", "Believe it or not, sir -- that", "might've given us the fix we", "needed. There's a nebula in the", "Dorias cluster that matches the", "particle signature we found on the", "probe.", "DATA", "(working)", "There is a class four pulsar three", "light years from the nebula -- my", "calculations indicate that the", "probe was launched in the Xendi", "Kabu system.", "PICARD", "(to helm)", "Plot a course and take us out of", "orbit.", "Off Picard's steely determination...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT TWO", "20.", "13", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "at warp.", "13A", "INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE", "where Beverly is working. After a moment, Picard", "appears at the door. Beverly smiles and waves him in.", "BEVERLY", "Jean-Luc... come in.", "As he takes a seat --", "PICARD", "I think I need to talk to a", "parent.", "Beverly understand immediately, smiles.", "BEVERLY", "What's he like?", "Picard takes a moment, tries to assess the question.", "PICARD", "I'm not sure I can tell you. He's", "put up so many barriers... I don't", "really know what's underneath.", "BEVERLY", "It would certainly be", "understandable if he couldn't", "accept you right away...", "PICARD", "I can't imagine that he'll ever", "accept me. He won't even talk to", "me.", "Beverly ponders this, wants to offer help.", "BEVERLY", "Keep in mind... he's had twenty", "years to be angry that his father", "wasn't there... it'll take time to", "get over those feelings -- but I", "think it's possible.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT TWO", "20A.", "13A", "CONTINUED:", "PICARD", "Perhaps. But surely it would be", "wrong of me to force the issue.", "Beverly senses a kind of relief in Picard as he says", "this.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "He's made it clear he doesn't want", "to pursue a relationship... I", "believe I should respect his", "feelings.", "Beverly takes a beat... speaks carefully...", "BEVERLY", "Of course you want to take your", "cues from him... move slowly...", "but you might want to keep trying", "to get through those barriers.", "But Picard clings to his choice.", "PICARD", "What I sense about this young", "man... is that he's very", "independent.", "(beat)", "I think it's best if I leave him", "alone. Let him come to me if he", "wants.", "Beverly regards him, smiles, shrugs, knowing him well", "enough not to engage in an argument.", "BEVERLY", "Maybe you're right.", "(beat)", "I just think you should consider", "one thing.", "He gives her a questioning look.", "BEVERLY", "(continuing)", "Are you really thinking about", "what's best for Jason... or", "easiest for you?", "And for that insightful question, Picard has no answer.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO", "20B.", "14", "INT. JASON'S QUARTERS", "where Jason is now in CIVILIAN CLOTHES. He's working", "on his climbing gear, wrapping and knotting ropes, etc.", "The door CHIMES.", "JASON", "Yeah...", "The door opens, revealing TROI in the doorway. Jason", "can't help but notice what an attractive woman she is.", "TROI", "Hello, Jason. I'm Deanna Troi...", "the ship's Counselor.", "JASON", "Come in...", "He steps aside so she can ENTER, giving her a subtle,", "appreciative glance as she passes. He gestures for her", "to take a seat.", "JASON", "Did Captain Picard ask you to come", "talk to me?", "TROI", "No... I just came to see how you", "were doing. A lot's happened in", "the last few hours... I thought", "you might want to talk about it.", "JASON", "I'll be all right...", "(smiles)", "People have wanted to kill me", "before...", "We're seeing another side of Jason -- while he was", "taciturn with Picard, he's charming and roguish with", "Troi.", "TROI", "But you've never met your father", "before.", "JASON", "I have to admit I never thought I", "would.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT TWO", "21.", "14", "CONTINUED:", "TROI", "It must be somewhat", "overwhelming...", "Jason looks at her... he's playing her, gauging her", "responses to him, adopting a vulnerability.", "JASON", "I am a little shaky.", "TROI", "Of course. That's only natural.", "He gives her an endearing smile.", "JASON", "But you know what? Just talking", "to you... I feel better already.", "Troi's instincts are flagged... this doesn't have the", "sound of sincerity.", "TROI", "How did you feel about the Captain --", "about your father?", "JASON", "(shrugs)", "He's okay. A little stiff.", "(beat)", "Where are you from?", "TROI", "I was born on Betazed...", "JASON", "Do all the women there have eyes", "like yours?", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT TWO", "22.", "14", "CONTINUED: (2)", "Troi realizes she has to deal with the situation.", "TROI", "Jason... I came here to talk to", "you because I'm the ship's", "counselor... if you don't want to", "talk to me in that way, I think I", "should go.", "He backs off immediately, tries to make it seem as if", "she's over-reacting.", "JASON", "Fine...", "She stands and crosses toward the door.", "TROI", "You're welcome to make an", "appointment to come by my office.", "He flashes her another smile.", "JASON", "Maybe I'll do just that.", "She EXITS and the door closes... he smiles to himself,", "enjoying the game.", "15", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "as it drops out of warp.", "16", "INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS", "where he's asleep in bed. After a moment, we hear the", "sound of a man's voice... soft, taunting...", "BOK", "(off screen)", "Picard... can you hear me?", "Picard wakes... and finds himself staring into Daimon", "Bok's eyes. The Ferengi stands at the foot of the bed,", "ominous, menacing...", "BOK", "(continuing)", "I will kill him, Picard. And", "there's nothing you can do about", "it.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - 02/09/94 - ACT TWO", "22A.", "16", "CONTINUED:", "Picard quickly reaches over to activate the COMPAD by", "his bed.", "PICARD", "Security to Captain's quarters.", "When he turns back the Ferengi is gone. Picard only", "took his eyes off him for a second and there was no", "sound to indicate transport -- it's as if Bok vanished", "into thin air.", "Off Picard's expression we...", "FADE OUT.", "END OF ACT TWO", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "23.", "ACT THREE", "FADE IN:", "17", "INT. ENGINEERING", "Twenty minutes later. Picard and Worf watch Geordi as", "he works a console.", "WORF", "Our shields were up; how could he", "have beamed through them?", "GEORDI", "I don't think he did. Sensor logs", "don't show any sign of an", "intruder.", "PICARD", "Could it have been another", "hologram?", "GEORDI", "I don't think so... something has", "to generate a hologram -- we would", "have detected it.", "Picard considers for a moment.", "PICARD", "Bok once used a mind control", "device to make me hallucinate.", "GEORDI", "That device gave off a very", "specific energy signature... I'm", "not reading anything like it.", "WORF", "Could he have modified the device", "so he could use it without being", "detected?", "GEORDI", "It's possible... I'll recalibrate", "the sensors to scan for low", "intensity transmissions. And just", "to be sure, I'll sweep your", "quarters with a resonance scanner.", "PICARD", "Good. Keep me posted.", "Geordi moves off, and Picard turns to Worf.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "24.", "17", "CONTINUED:", "PICARD", "I want you to assign a security", "detail to Jason.", "WORF", "What about yourself?", "PICARD", "I'm not the target of Bok's", "threats. Jason is.", "Picard heads for the door. But before he gets there,", "Data intercepts him.", "DATA", "Captain, I have compiled all", "available records pertaining to", "Jason Vigo's criminal record, and --", "PICARD", "(cutting him off)", "His criminal record?", "DATA", "Yes, sir. He has been charged", "three times for petty theft, twice", "for disorderly conduct, and", "several dozen times for", "trespassing.", "PICARD", "Trespassing?", "DATA", "I believe the charges were related", "to his climbing activities in the", "caves underneath the planet's", "surface.", "Picard looks dismayed. Data misinterprets the", "Captain's reaction.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "25.", "17", "CONTINUED: (2)", "DATA", "(continuing)", "This is the information you", "requested, is it not?", "PICARD", "Yes, thank you.", "Preoccupied by what he's just learned, Picard turns and", "EXITS. Off Data's face as he watches him go...", "18", "INT. TEN FORWARD", "It is morning. Jason is getting a GLASS of ORANGE", "JUICE from the BARTENDER. When he crosses away, TWO", "SECURITY OFFICERS follow him -- a male N.D. named", "GARVEY, and female, LIEUTENANT RHODES.", "He crosses up to look out the windows for a moment, but", "finds that it's hard to relax with the guards so close.", "JASON", "What was your name again?", "RHODES", "Lieutenant Rhodes.", "JASON", "Actually, I meant your first name.", "Jason asks this with a smile, and Rhodes momentarily", "lets down her business-like demeanor.", "RHODES", "Sandra...", "JASON", "Well, Sandra... do you think you", "could give me some room?", "RHODES", "We're supposed to be keeping an", "eye on you.", "JASON", "Don't you think you can keep an", "eye on me from over there?", "Reluctantly, Rhodes and Garvey withdraw... Jason turns", "back to the starscape, taking it in. He goes to take", "a sip of his juice but strangely, his hand starts to", "shake -- he tries to make it stop, but it only gets", "worse.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "26.", "18", "CONTINUED:", "Not wanting anyone to see, he hurriedly sets the glass", "down on a nearby table.", "Suddenly --", "PICARD", "(off-screen)", "Good morning...", "Jason turns to see that Picard has come up behind him.", "JASON", "I thought you said your ship was", "the safest place I could be.", "(off reaction)", "Why the guards?", "Picard isn't happy about having to divulge the reason.", "PICARD", "Because... Bok appeared in my", "quarters last night.", "Jason gives him a wary, surprised look.", "PICARD", "It may not have been Bok -- just", "an image of him. We're", "investigating.", "JASON", "Look, maybe you should just drop", "me off somewhere and let me watch", "out for myself.", "PICARD", "I don't think that's wise...", "JASON", "I've been doing it since I was", "fifteen.", "PICARD", "I know you have. But Bok is", "extremely dangerous. He has a", "starship, technology --", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT THREE", "27.", "18", "CONTINUED: (2)", "JASON", "All right, all right. I'll stay", "here.", "There is an uncomfortable moment as Jason stares out", "the window, simmering. At his point, the easiest thing", "for Picard would be to leave. But Beverly's question", "nags him, and he tries to hang in there, keep drawing", "Jason out.", "PICARD", "You seem to enjoy rock climbing.", "Our Holodeck can create some very", "challenging climbs.", "Jason turns and looks at him.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "Why don't I take you down there", "and show you how to use the", "programs?", "JASON", "Thanks. But I can figure it out", "myself.", "PICARD", "Perhaps we could do a climb", "together...", "(off Jason's look)", "I'm probably not as skilled as", "you, but I'm not inexperienced.", "JASON", "I kind of prefer to climb alone.", "PICARD", "Of course.", "(beat)", "There are other sports programs...", "fending, for example. Have you", "ever fenced?", "JASON", "Hardly.", "PICARD", "I think it might appeal to you.", "It's very physical... demanding --", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT THREE", "28.", "18", "CONTINUED: (3)", "Jason understands what Picard is trying to do... and", "finds the whole situation unbearably awkward.", "JASON", "Look... I'm sorry...", "(beat)", "I appreciate what you're trying to", "do. But Captain --", "(shakes his head)", "Captain, father, Jean-Luc -- I", "don't even know what I'm supposed", "to call you... after this thing", "with Bok is over, I'm leaving. So", "when you think about it, there's", "really not much point in our", "getting acquainted.", "Picard is silent. The barriers are still erect.", "JASON", "(continuing)", "Let me know when you catch him,", "all right?", "Jason turns and crosses away to EXIT Ten Forward,", "followed by the guards. Off Picard's face as he", "watches him go.", "19", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "as it travels at impulse.", "PICARD (V.O.)", "Captain's Log, Stardate 47829.1.", "We've been in the Xendi Kabu", "system for over three hours, and", "still no sign of Bok.", "20", "INT. MAIN BRIDGE", "Picard and Riker in the command area, Data at Ops, Worf", "at tactical. Data complete an operation on his console", "and turns to Riker.", "DATA", "I have completed a subspace", "scan... there is an energy", "residual that suggests that a", "Ferengi vessel, possibly several,", "was in this area within the last", "eighteen hours.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "28A.", "20", "CONTINUED:", "Picard takes this in. Geordi's com voice sounds.", "GEORDI'S COM VOICE", "La Forge to Bridge.", "PICARD", "Go ahead.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "29.", "21", "INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS", "Geordi stands at the foot of Picard's bed, holding a", "SCANNER like the one used in \"Eye of the Beholder.\"", "GEORDI", "I've scanned your quarters, sir...", "I haven't been able to find", "anything that would explain Bok's", "appearance.", "PICARD'S COM VOICE", "Understood.", "22", "INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)", "Picard lets out an exasperated breath, hating to feel", "this powerless. At the same time, Worf spots something", "on his console.", "WORF", "(with surprise)", "Captain, I am detecting an object", "five thousand kilometers off our", "starboard bow -- it is another", "probe.", "PICARD", "Why didn't we detect it before?", "WORF", "It must have been cloaked, sir --", "it appeared out of nowhere.", "PICARD", "On screen.", "On the VIEWSCREEN we see a PROBE identical to the first", "one Bok sent. Picard and Riker get to their feet and", "gaze out at the rapidly approaching craft.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "Another holographic device?", "DATA", "I do not believe so, sir.", "Worf reacts to his console.", "WORF", "(urgent)", "Captain, the probe's systems are", "overloading.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "29A.", "22", "CONTINUED:", "RIKER", "Red alert. Shields up!", "On the VIEWSCREEN the probe EXPLODES in a BURST OF", "BLINDING LIGHT...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT THREE", "30.", "22", "CONTINUED: (2)", "After the initial burst, the light spasmodically", "continues, FLASHING ON AND OFF RAPID FIRE in a", "complicated pattern, like an erratic pulsar.", "In a few seconds, it's over -- all we see on the", "Viewscreen is an empty starfield.", "RIKER", "(to Worf)", "Damage report.", "WORF", "No damage, sir.", "DATA", "Captain, I do not believe it was", "meant as an attack, but rather as", "a message.", "Data studies his console as he speaks.", "PICARD", "A message?", "DATA", "In B'Zal, a Ferengi code which", "uses an alternating pattern of", "light and darkness.", "PICARD", "Can you translate it?", "DATA", "I am attempting to do so...", "(works)", "The message appears to read: \"My", "revenge is at hand.\"", "Picard's frustration is etched in his face.", "PICARD", "He's proved he can get to us", "whenever he wants. What's he", "waiting for?", "Off Riker's face as he watches Picard EXIT to his Ready", "Room.", "23", "INT. READY ROOM (OPTICAL)", "where Picard is sitting at his desk, studying his", "computer screen. After a moment, he stands and crosses", "to the Replicator.", "PICARD", "Tea, earl grey -- hot.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT THREE", "31.", "23", "CONTINUED:", "He takes the CUP from the slot and when he turns back", "to his desk he sees that Bok is sitting in his chair.", "It's as if he appeared out of thin air. He smiles at", "Picard, mirthless.", "BOK", "If you want me to stay and talk", "you'd better not call for security", "this time...", "Picard decides not to call Security and see if he can", "get any information out of him.", "BOK", "How do you like your boy, Captain?", "Is he everything you'd always", "hoped for?", "PICARD", "It's a risky game you're playing,", "coming here. Next time we'll be", "ready for you. Why don't we", "settle this now?", "BOK", "How do you propose to do that,", "Picard? You murdered my son.", "PICARD", "It was self-defense. He fired on", "my ship.", "BOK", "You were in Ferengi space!", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT THREE", "32.", "23", "CONTINUED: (2)", "PICARD", "I didn't know that. If he'd told", "me I would have withdrawn.", "(beat)", "I'm sorry, but there's nothing I", "can do to bring him back.", "BOK", "How touching. But your apology is", "worthless to me. And I demand", "that you repay me for my loss.", "PICARD", "(firm)", "You can't put a price on a life.", "BOK", "Oh, but you can, Picard. You can", "pay me with your son's life.", "PICARD", "No...", "That mirthless grin spreads back over Bok's face.", "BOK", "I'm afraid you don't have any", "choice. I insist on being paid...", "Bok spins the chair around a full revolution... when it", "stops and he's facing Picard again he begins to", "DEMATERIALIZE in a strange, new TRANSPORTER EFFECT --", "it's silent, and a little faster than what we're used", "to seeing.", "He's gone... Off Picard's grim expression...", "24", "INT. SICKBAY", "Beverly is studying a readout on the main console -- a", "PATIENT is laid out on the center bio-bed. After a", "beat Beverly turns to a nearby N.D. NURSE.", "BEVERLY", "That should do it, but let's run", "a level-three bio-scan just to be", "sure.", "The Nurse acknowledges and starts to cross away.", "Suddenly a COM VOICE interrupts.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT THREE", "33.", "24", "CONTINUED:", "LT. RHODES'S COM VOICE", "Rhodes to Sickbay! Medical", "emergency -- deck nine, section", "four!", "Beverly grabs a MEDKIT and heads for the door, the", "nurse right behind her.", "25", "INT. JASON'S QUARTERS", "The two security officers step out of the way as", "Beverly and the nurse rush into the room. There, on", "the floor, Jason is twisting and thrashing in some kind", "of violent, convulsive fit.", "FADE OUT.", "END OF ACT THREE", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR", "34.", "ACT FOUR", "FADE IN:", "26", "INT. SICKBAY", "Jason is sitting up now, recovered but still shaken by", "what happened. Beverly is scanning him with a", "TRICORDER; Picard stands nearby, the guards at a", "distance.", "BEVERLY", "Have you ever had a seizure like", "this before?", "As Jason talks, Beverly starts to prepare a HYPOSPRAY.", "JASON", "Not really... sometimes my hands", "shake... but it's never been that", "bad.", "Jason is shaken, concerned as to what it all might", "mean.", "BEVERLY", "When did it first start to happen?", "JASON", "A few months ago... do you have", "any idea what's wrong with me?", "What's happened has made Jason more vulnerable than", "we've ever seen him. Beverly is gentle but candid.", "BEVERLY", "You have a condition called", "Forrester-Trent syndrome. It's a", "degenerative neurological disorder --", "very rare.", "Jason's face blanches when he hears this --", "PICARD", "What do you mean degenerative?", "BEVERLY", "If it goes untreated, it can lead", "to paralysis... even death. I'm", "starting you on a neuro-stabilization", "regimen. If we're", "lucky, we should be able to halt", "the degeneration, maybe even", "reverse it.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "35.", "26", "CONTINUED:", "Jason is silent as Beverly administers the hypo; he's", "trying to get his mind around everything that's", "happened.", "BEVERLY", "(continuing)", "The disease is hereditary.", "(glances at Picard)", "I know your father doesn't have", "it... was your mother prone to", "seizures?", "JASON", "Not that I know of.", "Beverly considers what this might mean.", "BEVERLY", "There have been a few reported", "cases where the disease was", "instigated by random mutation...", "(to Picard)", "I'll run a micro-cellular scan to", "see if that's what happened.", "Picard acknowledges with a nod.", "BEVERLY", "(continuing, to Jason)", "In the meantime, I want you to", "take it easy, get some rest.", "Jason nods and soberly EXITS the room... Beverly turns", "to Picard, who's face shows his deep concern.", "PICARD", "Is he going to be all right... ?", "BEVERLY", "I wish I could say for certain.", "There's no way to know how he'll", "respond to the treatment.", "PICARD", "Is there any... facility we can", "take him to -- where they might", "have special expertise?", "BEVERLY", "I'm afraid there isn't. But I'll", "do everything I can.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR", "36.", "26", "CONTINUED: (2)", "PICARD", "I know you will... I'm sorry.", "It's just hard for me to accept", "that there's nothing I can do...", "Beverly smiles gently.", "BEVERLY", "I understand...", "PICARD", "I've been thinking about what you", "said the other day. You were", "right, you know. I convinced", "myself Jason didn't want me to", "reach out to him...", "(beat)", "Because I don't have the faintest", "idea how to do it.", "Beverly regards him tenderly. Rarely does one see Jean-Luc", "Picard at a loss.", "BEVERLY", "I don't think anyone is born", "knowing how to be a parent. You", "kind of figure it out as you go.", "PICARD", "But nothing I try seems to work.", "BEVERLY", "(a small smile)", "I think anyone who's had a child", "can relate to that.", "(beat)", "If there's one quality parenthood", "tends to require -- it's patience.", "PICARD", "I'm just not sure that's going to", "be enough in his case.", "(beat)", "I found out he has a criminal", "record. Nothing terribly serious --", "petty theft, that sort of thing --", "but... he's a grown man. Is it", "too late for him to turn around?", "BEVERLY", "That's really up to him.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "36A.", "26", "CONTINUED: (3)", "BEVERLY", "Maybe. But you can't blame", "yourself for not having been", "there. All you can do is be there", "for him now.", "He smiles back at her. Just talking to the voice of", "experience is soothing.", "PICARD", "And be patient.", "BEVERLY", "And be patient.", "27", "INT. READY ROOM", "Geordi and Data are scanning the room -- Data has a", "TRICORDER, Geordi has the SCANNER that he used in", "Picard's quarters. Picard ENTERS from the Bridge.", "GEORDI", "I think we've found something...", "Data indicates the chair.", "DATA", "Bok was in direct contact with", "this chair for an extended", "period... it is showing a", "distinctive subspace signature as", "a result.", "GEORDI", "We think he's using some sort", "of... subspace transporter to", "beam aboard the Enterprise.", "Picard reacts with surprise.", "PICARD", "My understanding is that such", "devices were impractical.", "DATA", "The Federation abandoned its", "research in the field because the", "technology was found to be", "unreliable... as well as extremely", "energy intensive.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT FOUR", "37.", "27", "CONTINUED:", "GEORDI", "In order to transport matter", "through subspace, you have to put", "it into a state of quantum flux --", "it's very unstable.", "DATA", "The quantum effect would explain", "why our sensors did not detect", "Bok's presence.", "GEORDI", "It would also explain why he was", "able to penetrate our shields.", "PICARD", "What range would this kind of", "transporter have?", "DATA", "In theory it could operate over", "several light years.", "GEORDI", "That means the probe that exploded", "could have been beamed into", "position from some point outside", "sensor range.", "DATA", "If Bok uses his transporter again,", "we may be able to trace the", "subspace signature and locate his", "ship.", "Picard acknowledges, considers everything he's heard.", "PICARD", "Is there any way to keep him from", "beaming aboard the Enterprise", "again?", "GEORDI", "I don't think there is...", "PICARD", "If he has the ability to beam", "aboard, he might be able to beam", "someone away.", "DATA", "It is a possibility.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/09/94 - ACT FOUR", "38.", "27", "CONTINUED: (2)", "PICARD", "I'm concerned that he's going to", "try to take Daniel -- is there any", "way we can protect him?", "Data and Geordi consider for a beat.", "GEORDI", "We could keep a signal lock on him", "at all times... if Bok tried to", "beam him away, we might be able to", "keep him from getting a pattern", "lock.", "DATA", "In order to do so, we would have", "to tie the ship's subspace field", "coils into the transporter system.", "PICARD", "Make it so.", "They acknowledge, and Picard turns and EXITS.", "28", "INT. CORRIDOR", "Picard approaches the entrance to the Holodeck.", "PICARD", "Open.", "The doors open and Picard steps inside.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR", "39.", "29", "INT. HOLODECK/CAVES", "Picard finds himself standing at the base of a", "rockface, which Jason is scaling free-hand -- that is,", "without ropes or other gear.", "Picard approaches Rhodes and Garvey.", "PICARD", "Would you mind waiting outside?", "Rhodes and Garvey EXIT. We HEAR the sound of the door", "opening and closing behind them. Picard sees that", "Jason has reached a LEDGE of sorts and pulled himself", "on to it in order to rest.", "He walks over to the foot of the rock-face and starts", "to climb -- Jason watches as Picard expertly scales the", "rockface. He can't help but be impressed by his", "skill...", "30", "THE LEDGE", "as Picard pulls himself on to it and catches his", "breath.", "JASON", "Not bad...", "There are small crushed pebbles on the ledge that", "Jason, being a little uncomfortable in Picard's", "presence, might occasionally toss into the distance.", "PICARD", "I like climbing. There's", "something about... literally", "having your fate in your own", "hands.", "A small laugh from Jason.", "JASON", "I know.", "PICARD", "I came to tell you that we may", "have found a way to locate Bok's", "ship... this might be over soon.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "40.", "30", "CONTINUED:", "Jason gives him a surprised look.", "JASON", "You came all the way up here just", "to tell me that?", "PICARD", "I thought it might make you feel", "better.", "JASON", "Thanks.", "(beat)", "That was nice of you.", "There is a slight receptivity in Jason that hasn't been", "present before. Picard decides to take advantage of", "the thaw. Jason has steadfastly refused to talk about", "himself... but maybe there's another way in.", "PICARD", "Jason... after your mother and I", "parted... I lost track of her", "completely.", "(beat)", "I'd like to know more about what", "happened to her... if you don't", "mind telling me.", "The barriers reset themselves slightly.", "JASON", "Like what?", "PICARD", "Well... why did you go to Camor?", "It seems an unlikely place for a", "woman and a child...", "There is a brief silence... as though Picard has", "touched a nerve. After a beat --", "JASON", "You know what she was like...", "There is a tone in Jason's voice that is new --", "vulnerable.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "41.", "30", "CONTINUED: (2)", "JASON", "See a stray cat -- take it in.", "See someone cold -- give them your", "coat.", "PICARD", "(smiling)", "That was Miranda, all right.", "Jason takes a breath, hesitates for a moment, as though", "he's not going on. But it's as though talking about", "his mother provides an access to his feelings that", "comes in no other way. --", "JASON", "She heard about the children on", "Camor who'd been orphaned during", "the Cardassian war.", "PICARD", "(understanding)", "I see...", "JASON", "(beat)", "I was only ten when we went there.", "I remember her telling me about", "all the boys and girls who didn't", "have anybody to take care of", "them...", "This is as much talk as Picard has heard from Jason.", "Picard is silent, listening carefully.", "JASON", "So she found this big house...", "practically falling apart... and", "started rounding up children.", "(beat)", "Eventually, there were over forty", "of them...", "(beat)", "She called it a school. She got", "up before dawn and she went to bed", "after midnight and in between she", "never stopped working. She taught", "everyone to read... she grew", "vegetables in hardpan to feed", "us... and she made sure we knew", "how to sing.", "(wry laugh)", "That was important in a place like", "Camor...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "41A.", "30", "CONTINUED: (3)", "He trails off. Picard waits.", "JASON", "Then one day... two men attacked", "her... on the street in broad", "daylight... for the food she was", "carrying...", "(beat)", "If she'd just given it to them,", "they probably wouldn't have hurt", "her. But she knew we needed the", "food...", "(beat)", "So they killed her.", "Simple words that carry a big wallop.", "PICARD", "I'm sorry...", "JASON", "Don't be sorry for me. My mother", "made sure we were all tough enough", "to make it.", "Picard realizes that sheer determination covers a", "wellspring of pain.", "PICARD", "Jason... isn't there some way I", "can be a father to you?", "No answer.", "PICARD", "My father and I were estranged...", "he thought I should stay home and", "tend the vineyards and I wanted to", "join Starfleet. He died before we", "could come to terms about it...", "and I've regretted that all my", "life.", "(beat)", "I don't want the same thing to", "happen to us.", "Jason is touched by the gesture... but can't shake the", "demons inside him. Anguished --", "JASON", "Don't you understand? I'm not", "anyone you'd want for a son.", "(MORE)", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "41B.", "30", "CONTINUED: (4)", "JASON (Cont'd)", "Trust me -- if you knew anything", "about me, you wouldn't be trying", "so hard.", "PICARD", "That's not so...", "Jason can't withhold it any longer -- if Picard's going", "to be so blind, so naive, he'll lay it out.", "JASON", "No? Well let me spell it out for", "you. I've been in trouble since", "I was a teenager... I steal, I", "lie, I use people. I'm a", "criminal. That's what your son", "is.", "PICARD", "(beat)", "I know.", "Surprised, Jason turns to him.", "PICARD", "I'm aware of your trouble with the", "Camor authorities.", "JASON", "You are?", "PICARD", "It doesn't change anything.", "You're still my son. And, like it", "or not, I'm your father. I don't", "know what that means, but I know", "it means something. That we're...", "connected...", "Picard senses that Jason is listening -- and that his", "words have had an impact.", "JASON", "(very quietly)", "Yes...", "A brief silence. Where do they go from here?", "PICARD", "At the very least...", "(smiles)", "-- I know you'll never look at", "your hairline the same way again.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/11/94 - ACT FOUR", "42.", "30", "CONTINUED: (5)", "Jason can't help but smile at this. They look at each", "other for a moment... there's a connection between", "them, nothing earth-shaking, but it's a first step...", "PICARD", "Come on -- let's get to the top of", "this thing...", "As they start to stand and turn to look at the rockface", "above them...", "31", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "as it moves at impulse.", "32", "INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE", "Beverly is working at her desk. After a beat, Picard", "ENTERS -- he's in a great mood, full of energy...", "PICARD", "You wanted to see me?", "BEVERLY", "It's about Jason...", "He sees the look on Beverly's face -- it's clear she", "has major news for him. He sinks into a chair,", "prepares himself for the worst.", "BEVERLY", "(continuing)", "I finished the micro-cellular scan", "I was running... there's something", "you need to know...", "Off this moment...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FOUR", "43.", "33", "INT. BRIDGE", "Riker has command, Data at Ops, Worf at tactical.", "N.D.s as needed. Riker is handing a PADD back to an", "N.D. after having checked something over... suddenly --", "DATA", "(off console)", "Sir... sensors detect a subspace", "carrier wave heading toward the", "ship...", "(works)", "-- its signature is consistent", "with Bok's transporter.", "RIKER", "Can you tell what part of the ship", "it's headed toward?", "DATA", "(works)", "Not yet, Commander.", "RIKER", "(to Worf)", "See if you can track the signature", "and locate Bok's ship.", "(to Com)", "Geordi, are you ready down there?", "GEORDI'S COM VOICE", "I've got a signal lock on Jason.", "RIKER", "Riker to Captain --", "34", "INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE", "where Picard and Beverly are still talking.", "PICARD", "Picard, here.", "RIKER'S COM VOICE", "Bok is trying to use his", "transporter.", "Picard stands and heads for the door --", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FOUR", "43A.", "35", "INT. BRIDGE", "DATA", "(off console)", "The transporter beam is focusing", "on deck nine, section four.", "RIKER", "Jason's quarters...", "35A", "INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM", "where Geordi is working the console.", "GEORDI", "I'm on it, Commander.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FOUR", "44.", "36", "INT. CORRIDOR", "as Rhodes and Garvey EXIT to --", "37", "INT. JASON'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)", "as Rhodes and Garvey burst into the room. Jason turns", "away from the replicator where he was standing --", "JASON", "What's wrong?", "Suddenly Jason starts to DEMATERIALIZE via the same", "TRANSPORTER EFFECT that Bok used earlier.", "RHODES", "(hits combadge)", "Security to Bridge -- Bok is", "beaming Jason off the ship!", "Jason stares in horror at his hands as they fade...", "38", "INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)", "where Geordi is urgently working the transporter", "console.", "GEORDI", "Initiating transport, now --", "On the platform, we see Jason's body PARTIALLY", "MATERIALIZE (this should be the familiar Starfleet", "effect).", "GEORDI", "(continuing)", "I'm losing his signal...", "Jason's body starts to DEMATERIALIZE (this should be", "Bok's transporter effect). Picard ENTERS the room and", "sees what's happening --", "GEORDI", "(continuing)", "Bok's re-establishing his lock...", "Without hesitation, Picard moves toward the transporter", "pad -- if necessary, he intends to throw himself into", "the beam and be transported away as well.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FOUR", "45.", "38", "CONTINUED:", "But it's too late -- Jason's body completely VANISHES", "before he can get there. Off Picard's face as he", "realizes Jason is in Bok's clutches...", "FADE OUT.", "END OF ACT FOUR", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "46.", "ACT FIVE", "FADE IN:", "39", "INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)", "Riker in the command area, Data at Ops, Worf at", "Tactical. N.D's as needed. Picard ENTERS from the", "Turbolift; his step is urgent.", "PICARD", "Have you been able to locate Bok's", "ship?", "DATA", "(as he works)", "No, sir. The subspace signature", "left by his transporter is", "decaying more rapidly than", "predicted -- it may not be", "possible to trace it.", "Picard takes in this grim news. Worf reacts to", "something on his console --", "WORF", "(urgent)", "Sir, another probe has", "materialized five hundred", "kilometers to starboard...", "(off console)", "-- it is sending a transmission.", "PICARD", "On screen.", "The VIEWSCREEN fills with Bok's face, ugly with hate", "and triumph. This is a pre-recorded message, not a", "conversation.", "BOK", "This is a very special day,", "Picard. Fifteen years ago you", "took my son away from me... today,", "I will take yours away from you.", "It will be... our anniversary.", "Bok steps aside and behind him we can see Jason in", "shackles. Bok steps towards him and pulls out the", "curved knife...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "47.", "39", "CONTINUED:", "BOK", "I wanted you to see him one last", "time... so you could cherish his", "memory forever...", "And with that, the transmission ends and the VIEWSCREEN", "reverts to a starfield. Bok's message is ominous, but", "there's an opportunity in it.", "DATA", "I have traced the transporter beam", "Bok used to send the probe -- His", "ship is holding position", "approximately three hundred", "billion kilometers from here...", "Picard reacts -- this is a long way away.", "PICARD", "Plot a course -- maximum warp.", "When he gives this order it's with the knowledge that", "it may be futile.", "RIKER", "(quiet)", "Even at warp nine we won't get", "there for almost twenty minutes...", "Picard acknowledges with a grim nod...", "PICARD", "(to Data)", "The modifications you made to our", "Transporter... is there any way", "you could try a subspace transport", "from here and get me aboard Bok's", "ship?", "DATA", "It may be possible, but it would", "not be advisable.", "That's good enough for Picard.", "PICARD", "(to Data)", "You're with me.", "And with that, Picard turns and heads for the Turbolift --", "Data and Riker exchange a glance, then Data stands and", "follows the Captain. Off this moment...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FIVE", "48.", "40", "INT. FERENGI BRIDGE", "TWO N.D. FERENGI operate the ship while Bok speaks", "with his captive.", "Jason is using his street skills, trying to figure a", "way to survive.", "JASON", "You know... if you're trying to", "make Captain Picard suffer,", "killing me won't do it.", "Bok looks at him questioningly.", "JASON", "We didn't exactly hit it off. I", "think I'm something of an", "embarrassment to him.", "But Bok is no dummy.", "BOK", "You're lying. Picard would never", "reject his own son.", "JASON", "I mean it -- he cares more about", "his crew than he does about me.", "BOK", "You are a clever young man. But", "I do not believe that Picard will", "be unaffected by your death.", "Hearing this, one of the Ferengi -- TOL -- steps", "forward.", "TOL", "Daimon... if you kill him, the", "human will not pay the ransom.", "Bok twirls around to angrily face his crewman.", "BOK", "He will... Picard won't know the", "boy is dead until it's too late...", "Although he's not convinced of this, the Ferengi is", "cowed by Bok's anger --", "TOL", "Yes, Daimon...", "The Ferengi exchange uncertain glances... Bok turns", "back to Jason...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "49.", "41", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "as it hurtles by at warp.", "42", "INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM", "Geordi is at the wall panel, Data at the main console --", "both are working urgently. Picard is on the pad with", "a PHASER in hand.", "GEORDI", "There... I've aligned the field", "coils...", "DATA", "The phase dampers are in synch...", "standing by to modulate the", "transport pattern...", "GEORDI", "Sir, we might be able to get you", "over there, but I don't see how", "we're going to get you back.", "PICARD", "We'll deal with that when the time", "comes.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FIVE", "50.", "42", "CONTINUED:", "Data and Geordi hear the resolve in his voice and don't", "argue.", "GEORDI", "The transport is going to take", "longer than normal... we're going", "to have to shunt your pattern", "through the subspace field", "coils...", "PICARD", "Understood...", "DATA", "Initiating transport sequence...", "now...", "As Data and Geordi work...", "43", "INT. FERENGI BRIDGE (OPTICAL)", "where Bok is standing near Jason with the knife.", "JASON", "Look... maybe we could make a", "deal.", "BOK", "What kind of deal?", "JASON", "Tell my father you killed me...", "Put a phaser burn on my shirt and", "send it to him. He'll think I'm", "dead. That's what's important,", "isn't it?", "(beat)", "I have friends on Camor Five", "who'll make it worth your while.", "BOK", "I understand your desire to live.", "But I want Picard to see your body --", "so there will be no doubt.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "51.", "43", "CONTINUED:", "Suddenly Picard MATERIALIZES on the Ferengi Bridge in", "an effect that is a cross between Bok's transporter and", "ours.", "It takes a moment for Picard to get his bearings... the", "N.D Ferengi scramble for their weapons, and Bok raises", "the knife and puts it to Jason's throat. Picard takes", "aim at Bok just as the N.D Ferengi take aim at him...", "PICARD", "Lower your weapons or Bok is", "dead...", "It's a stand off -- the Ferengi look at Bok for", "instructions...", "BOK", "Lower yours... or your son dies.", "Picard fixes Bok with an even stare --", "PICARD", "You know as well as I do, Bok...", "he's not my son.", "Bok is stunned by Picard's words... as is Jason...", "PICARD", "I know what you did... Miranda", "Vigo is Jason's mother... but, I", "am not his father... it only", "appeared as if I were because you", "resequenced his DNA...", "The Ferengi are as surprised to hear this as Jason is.", "PICARD", "But your technique was flawed...", "Jason began to suffer from a", "neurological disorder... when my", "ship's Doctor investigated its", "cause, she discovered what you'd", "done...", "Bok can't believe his plan is unraveling before his", "eyes...", "TOL", "(despondent)", "Now he'll never pay the ransom...", "Picard realizes what Bok has been doing; he addresses", "Bok's crew --", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "52.", "43", "CONTINUED: (2)", "PICARD", "There was never going to be any", "ransom. All Bok has ever cared", "about was vengeance.", "TOL", "Is this true, Daimon?", "PICARD", "He is no longer a Daimon -- he was", "stripped of command.", "Bok's anger flares.", "BOK", "They had no right to do that to", "me.", "Picard ignores him, keeps working on the others.", "PICARD", "He lied to you so you'd help him", "carry out his plan.", "The Ferengi are looking at each other, uncertain.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "The Enterprise is closing in on", "your position... if you let us", "both go now, you won't be", "attacked.", "BOK", "Your crew won't attack -- not", "while you're on board.", "PICARD", "They'll cripple your vessel and", "keep you here until the Ferengi", "authorities arrive.", "Picard turns to the crew.", "PICARD", "(continuing)", "You'll have a great deal of", "explaining to do... your only hope", "is to turn Bok over to them and", "tell them that he deceived you.", "Tol makes his decision -- he steps toward Bok and takes", "the knife from him at gunpoint. Bok looks at him, he", "can't believe they're turning on him...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "52A.", "43", "CONTINUED: (3)", "Tol explains himself --", "TOL", "(it's nothing personal)", "There is no profit in this for", "us...", "It's over. Picard and Jason exchange a look of", "profound relief...", "44", "EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)", "as it orbits Camor Five.", "PICARD (V.O.)", "Captain's Log, Stardate 47831.8.", "At Jason's request, the Enterprise", "has returned to Camor Five.", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/10/94 - ACT FIVE", "53.", "45", "INT. CORRIDOR", "as Picard and Jason make their way toward the", "Transporter room. Jason carries a SHOULDER PACK with", "all his belongings in it.", "JASON", "Doctor Crusher said I'm responding", "well to the treatment... she", "thinks the damage is going to be", "completely reversed...", "PICARD", "I'm glad to hear it...", "Picard is quiet for a beat -- Jason is leaving and he", "wishes he weren't.", "PICARD", "Are you sure you wouldn't like to", "stay aboard the Enterprise for a", "few more days?", "JASON", "I can't... I have a life on", "Camor...", "(smiles)", "-- it's a bit of a mess, but I", "want to go back and try to", "straighten things out...", "PICARD", "I understand...", "Although Picard is sincere, even pleased to hear that", "Jason is planning to turn over a new leaf, Jason hears", "disappointment in his voice as well...", "They reach a door and EXIT to --", "46", "INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)", "Picard nods a greeting to the N.D manning the console", "as he and Jason ENTER. Jason glances toward the", "platform, then turns to Picard.", "JASON", "Well...", "Picard manages a small nod... Jason is leaving and", "everything feels unresolved to him...", "STAR TREK: \"Bloodlines\" - REV. 02/14/94 - ACT FIVE", "54.", "46", "CONTINUED:", "JASON", "Maybe... next time you come back", "this way, you can look me up...", "PICARD", "I will...", "Picard indicates Jason's shoulder pack.", "PICARD", "I slipped a little something into", "your bag while you were packing...", "Jason is a little taken off guard by this... he opens", "the bag and is surprised to find the Gorlan Prayer", "stick.", "PICARD", "(continuing, smiles)", "I know you'd prefer a bottle of", "Saurian brandy... but this is all", "I could come up with.", "Jason smiles at Picard's remark, but he knows how much", "this artifact means to Picard.", "JASON", "I... I can't accept this...", "PICARD", "I want you to have it...", "Jason nods, extends his hand to shake Picard's. Picard", "takes it... They separate, take a last look at each", "other, then Jason steps onto the platform. When he's", "in position:", "PICARD", "Energize...", "Picard watches as Jason DEMATERIALIZES... he stands", "there for a long moment... off Picard's still features", "we...", "FADE OUT.", "END OF ACT FIVE", "THE END", "    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                                                                  \"Bloodlines\"                                #40277-274                                                                   Written by                                Nick Sagan                                                                   Directed by                                Les Landau                THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED     FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING     WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.          Copyright 1994 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                                 FEBRUARY 9, 1994     "]