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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
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 1993 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 This script is not for publication or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
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
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