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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Time Squared"
#40272-139
Story by
Kurt Michael Bensmiller
Teleplay by
Maurice Hurley
Directed by
Joseph L. Scanlan
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 1989 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 This script is not for publication or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.
REVISED FINAL DRAFT
JANUARY 25, 1989
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Time Squared"
CAST
PICARD/P2
RIKER
DATA
PULASKI
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
O'BRIEN
Non-Speaking
CREWMEMBERS
Voice-Over
COMPUTER VOICE
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Time Squared"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
RIKER'S QUARTERS
MAIN BRIDGE SHUTTLECRAFT
GEORDI'S ENGINEERING
STATION
SHUTTLE BAY TWO
CORRIDOR
OUTSIDE SICKBAY
SICKBAY
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
TURBOLIFT
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
MAIN ENGINEERING
SHUTTLECRAFT
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Time Squared"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
moves along at warp speed.
2 INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL)
RIKER has cleared a space on his desk and set up a
little work station. He has a bowl and several
strange-looking eggs. Some smaller containers with
other ingredients and condiments for what appears to
be an omelet. He breaks the last egg into the bowl
and whips them with a jerry-rigged whisk. He is
obviously enjoying himself. The CHIME SOUNDS.
RIKER
Come in.
The door opens; it's DATA and GEORDI carrying what look
like a homemade Bunsen burner and a frying pan.
RIKER
(continuing)
Excellent. Exactly what I need.
Before the door closes, PULASKI appears, carrying
something.
RIKER
(continuing)
Well, Doctor, and bearing gifts?
PULASKI
Ale from Ennan Six... your omelets
deserve no less.
Again before the door can close, WORF appears and
follows them into the room.
3 THE TABLE
Riker sets up the "Bunsen-type burner," ignites it,
heats the pan and pours in the beaten eggs, while Data
watches.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER 2.
3 CONTINUED:
DATA
This is not an efficient method
for the preparation of sustenance.
RIKER
You're right, Data. The ship's
computer is much more efficient,
but it lacks the subtlety needed
for great cooking. It mixes the
ingredients to precise
measurements. There's no flair,
no individuality, and Data, as
we both know... inspiration and
flair are the difference between
artistry and mere competence.
PULASKI
For much of the history of
mankind, the breaking of bread
was a sign of friendship and
community. Something we have
gotten away from in the
twenty-fourth century.
(re: Riker and the
whisk)
You have a practiced hand,
Commander.
RIKER
I have my father to thank for
that.
PULASKI
Oh, your father liked to cook?
RIKER
No, he hated it. It was a chore
left to me.
WORF
It is my understanding that in
most human families, the woman
shares in the cooking.
RIKER
There were only the two of us.
I never knew my mother. She died
when I was very young.
4 PULASKI
as she pours the ale -
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER 3.
5 DATA
as he takes a sip.
GEORDI
Where did you get the eggs?
RIKER
During our last stop.
GEORDI
(with surprise)
At Starbase seventy-three?
RIKER
Yes.
6 SCENE
as Riker dishes up the food. And they all sit down
to eat, all eager to enjoy the meal. Geordi is the
first to taste it; it clearly does not suit his palate.
GEORDI
What kind of eggs did you say
these are?
As Riker takes a bite:
RIKER
'Owon.
From Geordi's expression it's apparent the eggs are
lacking. Riker and Pulaski both react to the uneatable
food.
RIKER
(continuing)
A cook's only as good as his
ingredients.
Then they look over at Worf, who is enjoying it
immensely.
WORF
Delicious.
Something to end the scene.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Commander Riker...
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER 4.
6 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Yes, Captain.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Would you join me on the bridge?
RIKER
On my way.
Without having to be told, Data and Worf leave with
him. Worf pausing to take one last forkful of omelet.
7 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker, Data and Worf ENTER and take their positions.
PICARD
We have picked up an automated
signal from a Federation
shuttlecraft.
Riker looks surprised and confused.
RIKER
A shuttle? Out here?! How is
that possible? We're the first
manned Federation vessel to enter
this area.
PICARD
Apparently not.
RIKER
So what's a shuttle doing out this
far? And where's the mother ship?
PICARD
I don't know.
WORF
Sensors indicate there is at least
one life-form on board the
shuttle. Humanoid.
PICARD
Perhaps someone to answer your
questions, Number One. Open
hailing frequencies.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - TEASER 5.
7 CONTINUED:
WORF
Captain, the shuttle is without
power. Communication is not
possible.
RIKER
Set course to intercept.
DATA
Estimate intercept in three
minutes.
8 OMITTED
9 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
veers off course to intercept with the shuttlecraft.
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 6.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
10 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
comes out of warp.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, stardate 42679.2.
While traversing an unexplored
section of the galaxy en route
to the Endicor system, a
Federation shuttlecraft has quite
suddenly appeared -- virtually out
of nowhere. There are no other
ships in the vicinity -- and no
indications whence it came nor
how it got out here.
11 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
The bridge is as before.
WORF
We are closing on shuttlecraft.
PICARD
On screen.
12 ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
as the image changes and the shuttle appears -- it is
out of control -- cartwheeling through space.
RIKER
Magnify.
The image changes again. The shuttle now appears in
close-up.
RIKER
(continuing)
Prepare to lock tractor beam.
13 OMITTED
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 7.
14 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
as before.
DATA
Target vehicle -- we will be within
tractor beam range in two zero
seconds.
RIKER
Set automatic locking device.
Alert Shuttle Bay Two.
15 INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)
as the Enterprise closes with the violently spinning
shuttlecraft.
16 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
as before...
DATA
Locking tractor beam.
17 INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)
as the tractor beam shoots out from the Enterprise and
grabs the shuttlecraft and stabilizes it.
18 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
as before...
DATA
The tractor beam has been locked.
PICARD
Number One.
Riker is out of his chair and heading for the
turbolift.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 8.
18 CONTINUED:
RIKER
Worf -- you're with me.
PICARD
Doctor Pulaski, you are needed
in Shuttle Bay Two.
PULASKI'S COM VOICE
I have been monitoring. I am
on my way.
19 INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)
The doors have been opened. The shuttle, held firmly
by the tractor beam, is being pulled toward the
Enterprise, as Riker and Worf ENTER.
20 ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as the shuttle moves closer. An n.d. crewmember, at a
control panel near the door, attaches a second tractor
beam, which automatically releases the first -- stronger
one -- and transfers control to the n.d. operator.
21 RIKER AND WORF
They move closer as the shuttlecraft is pulled on
board.
22 SHUTTLECRAFT (OPTICAL)
as it settles on the floor.
The doors are closing as the tractor beam disengages.
23 SCENE
As Riker and Worf move closer, Doctor Pulaski ENTERS
the Shuttle Bay with an assistant.
RIKER
Well, it's a Federation shuttle
all right.
WORF
Yet, there are no Federation
vessels or bases in this area.
Riker steps closer.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 9.
24 RIKER AND SHUTTLE
He reads the registration number. On the other side
of the craft, Pulaski and two n.d. crewmembers are
working to open the shuttle door.
RIKER
(reading)
NCC one-seven-zero-one-D -- USS
Enterprise, shuttle number
five.
He turns in shock and stares at Worf. Riker looks back
at the registration number to be sure he read it
correctly. Riker then looks to the other side of the
Shuttle Bay...
25 SCENE (OPTICAL)
... to another shuttlecraft, identical in design to the
one which was just brought on board, and carrying the
exact same number.
RIKER
(reading)
NCC one-seven-zero-one-D -- USS
Enterprise shuttle number
five.
WORF
How is this possible?
26 OTHER SIDE OF SHUTTLE
The crewmembers get the door open. Pulaski starts to
enter, then freezes. Pulaski calls out:
PULASKI
Commander! Come here!
27 RIKER AND WORF
The urgency in her voice sends Riker and Worf quickly
around to the other side of the shuttle where:
28 ANOTHER ANGLE
Pulaski steps back to allow Riker to look in.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 10.
29 RIKER
Instantly he understands the reason for Pulaski's
reaction.
30 SHUTTLECRAFT
Slumped over the controls is CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD.
Unconscious, but otherwise exactly the same as the man
we just left on the bridge!
RIKER
(he touches his
communicator)
Captain?
PICARD'S COM VOICE
What is it, Number One?
RIKER
Captain, are you on the bridge?
PICARD'S COM VOICE
(irritated)
Where else would I be?
RIKER
Right now, I think you had better
be in Shuttle Bay Two.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Why? What is it?
RIKER
This you had better see for
yourself and, Captain, bring
Commander Data.
31 ANOTHER ANGLE - SHUTTLE BAY TWO
Picard and Data ENTER. Pulaski is in the shuttle
checking P2's condition. The tension level in the
room is very high. Without being called, TROI
instinctively ENTERS the Shuttle Bay.
32 PICARD
as he moves closer he sees what has them all so
concerned.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 11.
33 INTERCUT
the others, all waiting to see how Picard is going to
react.
34 PICARD
moves closer, wanting to be certain his eyes are
telling him the truth. Riker moves up next to him.
For a beat they both watch Pulaski as she does her
medical checks.
35 SCENE
Data is nearby, waiting to enter the shuttle as soon as
Pulaski is clear.
RIKER
We have been in a lot of bizarre
situations, but nothing like this.
Picard's response comes out as a grunt. Seeing a
duplicate of himself, in a duplicate of an Enterprise
shuttlecraft, has put Picard and the others under
enormous strain, so much so that words come slowly. No
one knows what to say, and all are waiting for some
explanation about what's going on. This all plays off
Picard, who is the most involved. In a strange way the
crew avoids making eye contract with Picard.
PICARD
What's his condition?
36 SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
Pulaski completes her scan.
PULASKI
The life signs are confusing.
I get a strong heartbeat, but the
rhythm is off.
PICARD
Has he been injured?
PULASKI
No signs of trauma.
PICARD
Then why is he unconscious? What
happened to him?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 12.
36 CONTINUED:
PULASKI
I can't say.
As she scans P2's head she gently touches his face, as
if double checking her readings.
PULASKI
(continuing)
The readings from his brain waves
are very... strange.
Little alarm bells go off for Picard.
PICARD
Strange? In what way? Non-human?
Artificial?
PULASKI
No -- neither. They are just out
of phase.
PICARD
Can you revive him?
PULASKI
I won't attempt it until he's in
Sickbay.
(she holds the look for
a beat, then:)
Let's get him there.
Pulaski and her medical team remove P2.
37 PICARD AND TROI (OPTICAL)
Both are confounded.
PICARD
Counselor.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 13.
37 CONTINUED:
TROI
I have never felt anything quite
like this so it is difficult to
put into words.
(she pauses to gather
her thoughts)
That person is you. What I mean,
the person we are looking at is
as much Jean-Luc Picard as the
person I am standing next to;
beyond that there's very little
of which I am sure. I will have
to wait until he is conscious
before knowing more.
38 SCENE
PICARD
Data, we have to know what is on
the shuttle's logs.
DATA
Yes, sir.
Data enters the damaged shuttle.
39 INT./EXT. SHUTTLE
Data takes the command position and attempts to
activate the system.
DATA
Both primary and reserve power
has been drained from the shuttle.
I am going to have to connect
to the Enterprise in order to
activate the shuttle's systems.
RIKER
Lieutenant La Forge -- report to
Shuttle Bay Two.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
I'm on my way.
PICARD
Number One, I'll be in Sickbay.
Keep me informed.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 14.
39 CONTINUED:
RIKER
(indicating an unusual
burn on the skin of
the shuttle)
Did you see this, Captain?
Picard steps over to the shuttle and examines the burn.
PICARD
It looks like the kind of damage
caused by an antimatter explosion.
RIKER
Yes, the shuttle must have been
just out of range.
PICARD
(urgent)
Data, I need those logs.
(to Troi)
Counselor.
As Picard and Troi EXIT:
RIKER
We'll be on the bridge.
He and Worf EXIT as Geordi ARRIVES.
39A INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker and Worf ENTER and go to their stations.
RIKER
Resume course and speed.
(to Worf)
Scanners at maximum range.
WORF
Maximum range.
39B EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as the Enterprise stretches to warp speed.
40 INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)
Geordi comes around to the shuttle door. Data is
sitting at the controls.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 15.
40 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
You should have power now.
Data activates the shuttle's on-board computer.
There is a SUDDEN EXPLOSION. Filling the shuttle with
sparks.
41 DATA (OPTICAL)
neither affected nor distracted by the chaos around
him, calmly shuts down the unit.
GEORDI
What happened?
DATA
The polarity was not
compatible.
GEORDI
Not possible, the connection is
idiot proof.
DATA
The power requirements of the
shuttle do not match the
Enterprise. We are going to need
a variable phase inverter, to
align the power from the
Enterprise to the circuits of the
shuttle.
GEORDI
Data, what do you think is going
on? I don't just mean about the
shuttle, I mean about all of this?
DATA
I do not have enough information.
GEORDI
The captain here, the captain
there. This shuttle -- that
shuttle. Commander Riker is right -- this
is very strange.
42
thru OMITTED
43
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 16.
44 INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE SICKBAY
Picard and Troi are approaching Sickbay.
PICARD
This smells like a set-up.
TROI
A trap?
PICARD
(nods, yes)
If it is me, me from where? And
why in a shuttle? There is
nothing about this which is random
or happenstance. Look beneath
the boards, Counselor; I expect
something foul and familiar to
crawl out.
Picard holds her look for a beat, then turns and ENTERS
Sickbay.
45 INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)
They have placed P2 in the center of Sickbay. Pulaski
is doing her medical work-ups.
PULASKI
We have just started doing a
complete work-up. The vital signs
are distorted. Some of the
indicators are totally depressed,
others are fluctuating wildly.
I can't explain any of it. But
he is alive, and I don't think
he's in any immediate danger.
She activates a forcefield, which briefly appears as
a restraining device.
PULASKI
(continuing)
The restraints are for his own
protection.
PICARD
Have you been able to determine
why he is still unconscious?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 16A.
45 CONTINUED:
PULASKI
I have been able to rule out head
injury -- otherwise there is no
apparent cause.
PICARD
Wake him.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 17.
45 CONTINUED: (2)
She touches the hypospray to his neck. Suddenly all of
the indicators fall to zero. Pulaski quickly adjusts
her hypospray and gives P2 another injection. While
they watch, the indicators return to their previous
readings.
PICARD
(continuing)
What happened?
PULASKI
Apparently a normal stimulant had
the opposite effect. I'll have
to try something else.
She steps over to a counter to prepare a different
injection. Picard moves slightly closer to himself.
46 INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO
Geordi and Data are working together to synchronize the
power from the Enterprise with the circuits of the
shuttlecraft.
GEORDI
There... that should give you
something. Making this power
adjustment is very tricky. By
all rights, this connection should
overload all the shuttle's
circuits.
Data steps over to the shuttle control position.
DATA
Perhaps you had better step back
out of the way.
Geordi responds.
GEORDI
Remember you're not indestructible
yourself.
Data again attempts to activate the systems.
47 SHUTTLE
The lights on the control panel come on, then die out.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 17A.
47 CONTINUED:
DATA
Increase the power.
The lights come back.
DATA
(continuing)
Adjust the invert two percent
positive.
The lights dim.
GEORDI
That's the correct decision, but
it's having the opposite effect.
DATA
Yes.
GEORDI
There is nothing I can think of
which could cause such a radical
change in this circuit.
DATA
Adjust the invert two percent
negative.
The lights glow brighter and hold.
GEORDI
Got it. It shouldn't work, but
it does.
The lights glow brighter and hold. Geordi steps in
beside Data.
GEORDI
(continuing;
stunned)
Data, take a look at the stardate.
Data looks at the control panel.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT ONE 18.
47 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
(continuing)
Four-two-six-seven-nine-point-five.
(he touches his
communicator)
Captain.
48 INT. SICKBAY
They are still gathered around P2.
PICARD
Go ahead.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Captain, we have been able to
activate the shuttle; the on-board
clock indicates that the shuttle
is six hours ahead of us.
Picard moves a step closer to P2... up until this time
he has carefully kept his distance.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
(continuing)
Captain, did you read me? If the
shuttle is from six hours into
the future, so is the other
Captain Picard.
49 PICARD
He studies P2. Off his reaction:
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 19.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
50 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
at warp speed.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, supplemental. Part
of the mystery has been solved.
The reason there are two NCC
one-seven-zero-one-D-five
shuttlecrafts is because one of
them is from the future... six
hours to be exact. And, so
presumably is the facsimile of
me.
51 INT. SICKBAY
Picard is there with Pulaski and Troi.
PICARD
Try to wake him, again.
Pulaski gives Picard a little look, then adjusts her
hypospray and touches it to P2's neck.
52 P2
... he becomes conscious. His face is a mask of
terror, pain and fear. His head rolls back and he
tries to scream, but no sound comes. As he looks
around, his movements have a strange stuttering
quality.
53 PICARD
He reacts to seeing himself as he has never felt, nor
ever thought he would feel, out of control and
impotent.
54 PULASKI
She moves to comfort P2, but his flaying hands hold her
off. His movements come in a series of stutters. He's
here - in this Sickbay, on this ship, but if as though
he were in another dimension as well.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 20.
55 PICARD
Troi is close beside him. They watch as:
56 P2
He pushes in his herky-jerky way against an unseen wall
behind which he is imprisoned. His mouth is open --
but still there is no sound.
57 PICARD
The terror of seeing himself in such a condition. A
little sound comes from him... It's primal, in response
to what he sees and the anguish he feels from his
otherself's helpless condition.
58 SCENE
Pulaski responds to seeing a patient in this condition,
steps up to touch the hypospray to P2's neck.
PICARD
No!
The word explodes from him.
PULASKI
It's a only a sedative.
PICARD
I know what it is... don't sedate
him. Let him be!
(then, changing his
tone)
Please... allow him to remain
conscious.
59 P2
If P2 is aware of his surroundings, it would be
impossible to tell. But clearly he is in some kind of
horror chamber, from which he cannot escape.
PULASKI
I have never seen anything like
this.
Pulaski looks over at Picard. The color has been
drained from his face.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 21.
59 CONTINUED:
PULASKI
(continuing)
Captain, you had better sit down.
Picard waves her off.
PICARD
I'm fine, Doctor... Save your
ministrations for the patient.
I want a staff meeting in five
minutes. Doctor, I assume you
will want to remain here.
She acknowledges with a nod. Picard turns and heads
for the exit.
PULASKI
I will monitor the conference
from here.
PICARD
Keep me informed, Doctor -- of any
change no matter how small.
60 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)
Riker is there with Picard, Data, Geordi, Worf and
Troi. Pulaski is still in Sickbay with P2.
GEORDI
Captain, we have retrieved all
we are going to get from the
shuttle logs, including the last
visual records. Everything before
this is just a jumble.
61 ANOTHER ANGLE
Picard stands.
PICARD
Proceed.
62 DATA
He inputs the computer pad in front of him.
63 SCENE (OPTICAL)
An image appears on the viewscreen. It's slightly
distorted.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 22.
63 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
The distortion is because we had
to use a phase inverter to
retrieve the logs. It will
improve slightly.
The image changes, but the quality does not noticeably
improve.
64 PICARD
watches transfixed.
65 SCREEN (OPTICAL)
It's the shuttle's on-board camera. As the shuttle
doors open, we see that the Enterprise is surrounded by
a maelstrom of energy - a chaos of swirling, violent
colors.
The scene shifts, to a camera angle looking back at the
Shuttle Bay. Riker is standing there. His expression
is both pained and very concerned. He gives a little
motion with his hand. It's difficult to tell the
meaning of the motion.
66 RIKER
Here in the Observation Lounge, his face shows the same
concern.
67 THE SCREEN (OPTICAL)
as the shuttle slowly leaves -- then quickly accelerates
away until we see the Enterprise from the point of view
of the shuttlecraft. It is surrounded by a swirling
cacophony of energy and colors. It's like being on the
edge of a great whirlpool. There is a lot of buffeting -- both
the shuttle and the Enterprise are being thrown
about.
68 PICARD
He is very intent on the scene before him.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 23.
69 SCREEN (OPTICAL)
The turmoil around the Enterprise increases. Then,
without a sound... the Enterprise is literally torn
apart, by a great, yet unseen force. Right on the
screen -- before their eyes -- the ship is destroyed.
Then the screen goes blank.
70 REACTIONS FROM EVERYONE
Picard turns away from the screen.
DATA
According to the shuttle log, the
Enterprise was destroyed three
hours, nineteen minutes from now.
The room is silent for a beat, then:
GEORDI
Captain, we have a portion of your
last log entry.
PICARD
Proceed.
Data activates the control panel on the table in front
of him.
GEORDI
It's audio only.
There is a pause, then a strange phasing sound,
followed by the distorted but understandable voice of
Captain Picard. There is:
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's personal log,
supplemental.
(there is a long pause)
For the record... I have just
witnessed the total destruction
of the USS Enterprise with a loss
of all hands, save one. Me.
The entry ends with a very strange sound.
DATA
That last sound apparently
occurred when the shuttle was
thrown back in time.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 24.
71 REACTIONS
There is a long pause as those in the room try to
absorb and comprehend what they have just seen.
GEORDI
All attempts to obtain additional
information from the shuttle's
logs have failed.
Picard nods an acknowledgement.
RIKER
At least now we have something
to go on.
GEORDI
I can't understand how you could
end up in a shuttlecraft while
the Enterprise is being destroyed.
WORF
Nor I, the last thing you would
do is leave the bridge of the
Enterprise during an emergency.
PICARD
Yes, but let's proceed on the
premise that what we have just
seen is factual and that somehow,
in less than four hours, the
Enterprise will be destroyed and
somehow -- although this is
unfathomable -- I, and I alone
escaped. Discussion.
RIKER
Our destination is the Endicor
system. We are not due to arrive
for three days. The charts
indicate nothing of consequence,
certainly nothing which could
threaten the Enterprise, between
here and there.
WORF
Sensors indicated no other vessels
-- Federation or otherwise -- in
this area.
PICARD
Data?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 24A.
71 CONTINUED:
DATA
I have nothing to offer. There
is not enough information upon
which I can base a hypothesis.
GEORDI
Well, the shuttle apparently came
from somewhere up ahead. Rather
than continuing on this course,
perhaps we should stop here and
let whatever is out there come
and find us.
RIKER
I think it's already too late for
that.
GEORDI
Are you saying that stopping,
turning left, or right, or even
reversing course, is pointless?
RIKER
When we brought the shuttle and
the other Picard on board, we
committed ourselves to a sequence
of events which may be
unalterable.
PICARD
Yes, this isn't a rock in the road
which once seen can be avoided.
It's much more complex.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 25.
71 CONTINUED: (2)
WORF
There is the theory of the
moebius, a twist in the fabric of
space where time becomes a loop
from which there is no escape.
GEORDI
So, when we reach that moment --
whatever happened will happen
again... The Enterprise will be
destroyed, the "other Picard" sent
back to meet with us and do it
all over again.
(he shudders)
That sounds like someone's
definition of hell.
RIKER
I know this much -- we can't avoid
the future.
PICARD
Agreed. So let's continue on
course. Everyone return to your
duty stations. Somewhere out
there something will happen...
a decision will be made which
will cause me to become separated
from the Enterprise -- at the time
that decision will seem correct,
but it won't be. We have to
anticipate and not make the same
mistake once. Something is
waiting for us out there -- let's
determine what it is as quickly
as possible.
Off their reactions:
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 26.
72 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker, Worf ENTER and take their positions.
Riker sits in the Command Chair and stares at the Main
Viewer. Worf is intent upon his console. The tension
level on the bridge is very high.
73 INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO
Data is there with Geordi.
GEORDI
(he studies the shuttle)
Data -- I think the molecular
structure of the shuttle has
changed!
Data takes a tricorder and makes a scan.
DATA
Your assessment is accurate.
GEORDI
Why now?
DATA
Perhaps it always was unstable
and it was only by leaving and
coming back that you were able
to see the change.
74 INT. SICKBAY
Pulaski is doing further tests on P2, as Picard ENTERS
with Troi.
PICARD
Doctor?
PULASKI
I am beginning to realize just
how much of the body is held
together by its own internal
clock. You -- he was thrown out
of time, which caused the body
systems to change their rhythms.
Slowly, as we move closer to the
time he left, the internal body
clocks are realigning.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT TWO 27.
74 CONTINUED:
PICARD
You're saying, when our time
intersects with the time he left,
at that instant he will be
functioning normally. And there
will be two of us.
PULASKI
Right now, that would be my guess.
PICARD
I don't believe that is possible.
Pulaski pauses as the thought hits her.
Troi has moved over closer to P2. She is watching him
intently.
TROI
Captain, I am able to feel more
from him now. Much of his
emotions are still a jumble,
but...
She steps even closer. Her eyes shut as she
concentrates. P2 flinches in the same stuttering way.
His body jerks back. His face contorts.
His hands reach out and grab Troi. For a moment
nothing -- then she screams, in agony. P2... throws
back his head but no sound comes out. Pulaski rushes
to Troi. As she touches her, Troi collapses.
PICARD
What did you feel?
TROI
Only that he wants desperately
to leave this ship.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
75 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
It continues on course.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, supplemental. We
continue on course to Endicor.
We are now less than two hours
away from our rendezvous with
ourselves.
76 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Everyone is at his station except for Data.
RIKER
Worf.
WORF
All sensors are on maximum scan.
There is nothing unusual to
report.
The tension level on the bridge is very high.
RIKER
If the timetable is correct, we
should get an indication of
something very soon.
PULASKI'S COM VOICE
Bridge, this is Sickbay.
PICARD
Yes, Doctor.
PULASKI'S COM VOICE
Captain, my patient is more
coherent.
PICARD
I'll be right there.
Picard rises and goes to the turbolift.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 29.
76 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(continuing)
Number One, you have the bridge.
Off Riker's concerned reaction:
77
thru OMITTED
78
79 INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)
Picard ENTERS. (He pauses at the doorway and watches
Pulaski and P2).
PICARD
How is he?
PULASKI
His vital signs are more normal -- which
is to say, more like ours.
He is calmer.
Indeed as Picard approaches him, P2 becomes more
agitated.
PICARD
He is now aware of me.
PULASKI
In some fashion.
PICARD
(sotto, almost to
himself)
But, does he know where he is,
and who's here with him?
PULASKI
I doubt it.
PICARD
(then to P2)
What went wrong?
P2 turns away. Like a bizarre painting by Goya, a
face frozen in agony.
Picard moves a step closer.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 30.
79 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(continuing)
You know... don't you?
P2 turns back and faces Picard -- but his eyes still do
not make contact. It's impossible to tell whether he
hears Picard or not.
PICARD
(continuing)
What did you do? What happened?
Why did you leave the ship?
P2 -- just trying to orient himself as much as anything -- turns
his head.
PICARD
(continuing)
Don't turn away. Look at me.
Without being summoned, but somehow knowing that she is
needed, Troi appears in the doorway behind them and
slowly approaches as Picard continues to try and make
contact.
PICARD
(continuing)
Picard!
He speaks the name as if it belongs to another, and at
this moment it does.
PICARD
(continuing)
LOOK AT ME!
TROI
He doesn't understand you.
PICARD
He knows I'm here.
TROI
Yes, as part of a nightmare of
disjointed images, half-heard
voices. He is in another
dimension -- seeing us across a
great chasm -- and he's filled with
remorse at what he has witnessed,
and he's afraid.
PICARD
What is he afraid of?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 31.
79 CONTINUED: (2)
Troi doesn't have that specific answer.
PICARD
(continuing; back to
P2)
Damn you -- help me! Why did you
leave the ship?
Now, for the first time, P2 turns and looks Picard full
in the face. Through what must be a blur of shifting
and nightmarish images, P2 tries to focus.
80 P2
He leans forward. Like a sailor straining against the
fog, then with a grimace made up of frustration and
rage, he turns away. For the first time we hear a
sound from his lips. It's strange -- otherworldish.
81 SCENE
Picard takes a step forward. For a second it looks as
if Picard is going to grab P2 and shake him. But he
only glares at him.
TROI
It's no use, Captain. He can't
answer.
PULASKI
As we get closer to the time he
left, he may be able to.
Picard steps back, frustration etched on his face.
PICARD
(to Troi)
Are you still convinced he is me?
TROI
Yes -- but you're not.
PICARD
Not in the slightest. Except for
his features there is nothing
about him which I find familiar.
He turns to leave.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 31A.
81 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(continuing)
I want you to stay with him. He
will be able to communicate with
you before any of the rest of us.
Picard then turns and EXITS.
PULASKI
I don't know how long anyone can
take this kind of schizophrenia.
There has to be a breaking point.
TROI
He is handling it very well.
PULASKI
He has a lot of anger.
TROI
Yes. Because of what...
(indicating P2)
... he represents.
PULASKI
And what is that?
TROI
Doubt. Seeing him here and
knowing what happened to the
Enterprise could make him timid
or, worse, cause him to hesitate.
PULASKI
When he said -- that there is
nothing familiar about him...
(re P2)
... except his features. It
sounded like a form of denial.
TROI
It's his accurate feelings.
PULASKI
Part of my job is to anticipate
problems. I have a duty to the
captain, but first to the ship
and its crew.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 31B.
81 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
Doctor, the captain is fully
capable of command decisions.
Pulaski is pensive for a beat.
PULASKI
Yes... for now. But... this
situation has put enormous
pressure -- of a unique and very
personal nature -- on Captain
Picard. And we both know that
pressure is going to increase.
You said he already has doubt.
TROI
Yes, which is necessary and
healthy.
PULASKI
But could potentially paralyze.
If we begin to see signs that he
is acting in an irrational manner,
then I have the authority and the
duty to relieve him.
Troi nods.
TROI
I do not think that will be
necessary.
PULASKI
I hope you're right.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 32.
82 OMITTED
83 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as it continues along -- without so much as a hint of
trouble.
84
thru OMITTED
87
88 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
Picard is behind his desk -- Riker is sitting across
from him.
PICARD
What force or phenomenon could
cause a shuttle to be thrown back
in time?
RIKER
None that we have ever
encountered. In theory,
accelerating beyond warp ten.
PICARD
Using the gravitational pull of
a star to "slingshot" back in
time. Is that what happened here?
RIKER
The shuttle doesn't have warp
capability.
PICARD
No. Some external force was
needed.
RIKER
We have never encountered any
natural force that powerful. And
why only six hours? Why not a
day? A year?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 33.
88 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Are you suggesting there is a
conscious mind at work here?
RIKER
There is no evidence either way.
PICARD
The Traveler moved through time
with the power of his mind.
RIKER
I don't think that's the case
here.
PICARD
(frustrated)
No -- and Manheim's experiments
with gravity and time were
rudimentary, and uncontrollable.
RIKER
Captain, this is one instant
where you must suppress your
natural tendencies.
PICARD
Explain.
RIKER
(then more as a friend
than a subordinate,
or even a fellow
officer)
Your strength, Jean-Luc, is your
ability to evaluate the dynamics
of a situation, step in and make
the definitive, preemptive move.
You take charge. You're
frustrated now because, not only
can't you see the solution... you
can't even define the problem.
PICARD
Go on.
RIKER
This is not place or person we
are facing... at least not yet...
it's time.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 34.
88 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
Are you telling me to just sit
down -- shut up and wait.
Riker smiles.
RIKER
I wouldn't have used those exact
words... but, yes.
PICARD
I don't do that well.
RIKER
It's your Persian Flaw.
PICARD
(thoughtfully)
Yes -- perhaps it is.
Sudden the Enterprise shudders. Both men are on their
feet and heading for the door.
WORF'S COM VOICE
Captain to the bridge.
89 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Riker and Picard EXIT the captain's Ready Room. On
the Main Viewer they see the swirling energy which they
saw in the shuttle's view log.
PICARD
Report.
WORF
This energy vortex appeared out
of nowhere. There was no warning.
RIKER
Well, now at least the waiting
is over.
90 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
is at the top of a great whirlpool of energy.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT THREE 35.
91 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Off Picard's reaction -- almost relieved.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 36.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
92 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
at the top of the whirlpool.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, supplemental. The
waiting is over. We have
apparently intersected with...
something.
93 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker and Picard are back at Science One with Data.
DATA
It is similar to our tractor beam,
only much more powerful.
94 INTERCUT WITH MAIN ENGINEERING
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Bridge, this is Engineering.
RIKER
This is the bridge.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
The pull on the Enterprise is
steady. I am having to hold the
warp engines at thirty percent,
in order to maintain this
position.
PICARD
Transfer engine control to the
bridge.
GEORDI
Aye, sir.
Everyone is watching Picard -- waiting for an indication
of what he wants to do next.
TROI
There is a consciousness here,
Captain. Not thought -- it is more
like instinct.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 37.
94 CONTINUED:
PICARD
What do you make of it, Number
One?
RIKER
I would say we're being probed.
DATA
The beam is coming directly from
the center of the vortex. Sensors
show only massive amounts of
energy.
PICARD
What is it trying to learn?
TROI
I think it is trying to determine
if we are a life force.
PICARD
(to Riker)
We should stay and investigate.
RIKER
Agreed.
PICARD
But, was that the mistake?
Riker looks at him.
PICARD
(continuing)
... staying too long.
RIKER
Possibly.
PICARD
We should go now.
Riker is unsure of his response -- he has never seen
Picard so indecisive. While this is going on, Geordi
EXITS the turbolift and crosses to the bridge
Engineering Station.
RIKER
Well...
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 38.
94 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
It's the prudent move.
Picard pauses.
PICARD
(continuing)
I never thought I would hear
myself say something like that.
RIKER
Under the circumstances -- I think
you may be right.
PICARD
But you'd rather stay and find
out what it is? What is its
intent?
Riker's silent hesitation is read as affirmation.
95 INT. BRIDGE ENGINEERING STATION
Geordi steps up to the position.
GEORDI
Engineering, transfer to bridge.
The panels light up in sequence.
96
thru OMITTED
99
100 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard returns to his Command Chair.
PICARD
Lieutenant La Forge.
GEORDI
Yes, sir.
PICARD
See if you can get us out of here,
Mister La Forge. Maximum warp.
GEORDI
Aye, sir.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 39.
101 GEORDI
as he inputs.
GEORDI
I have set velocity to warp nine.
PICARD
Engage.
Geordi complies.
102 SCENE
There is a surge of power as the Enterprise attempts
to pull free. Then nothing.
GEORDI
The warp engines are at ninety-one
percent.
PICARD
Put it to the wall.
GEORDI
Aye, sir.
Geordi inputs. The ship shudders -- like a great
shackled animal fighting to break free.
SUDDENLY the Enterprise shakes -- those standing are
thrown to the deck. And AGAIN the ship shakes. The
computer automatically takes the ship to RED ALERT.
GEORDI
(continuing)
I can't hold it.
RIKER
Captain! The engines can't take
this strain.
PICARD
All stop.
103 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
But the Enterprise doesn't stop -- it instantly seems
to fall -- drawn along the beam of energy by an
irresistible force.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 40.
104 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
They have no control. Without having to be told,
Geordi instantly tries to stop the Enterprise. His
fingers fly over the controls.
105 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Warp engines re-engage. The Enterprise slows, then
stops.
106 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
It's a little calmer, but still very tense.
PICARD
Status.
WORF
All decks have reported... no
damage -- no injuries.
GEORDI
The pull on the Enterprise is
steady, but much stronger than
before. I am at warp seven just
to hold this position.
PICARD
Everything we do tightens its
grip. Let's see what we can
learn. Launch a Class One probe.
WORF
Aye, sir.
106A OMITTED
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 40A.
107
thru OMITTED
108
109 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The probe leaves the Enterprise.
110 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
As they watch the Main Viewer -- as it reaches the
vortex -- it explodes. Nothing is left.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 41.
111 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
A little tongue of energy speeds up toward the
Enterprise. Then splits, with half going to separate
parts of the ship.
112 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
They see it racing toward them. The energy goes
directly at Captain Picard and knocks him down.
113 INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)
A similar piece of energy leaps into the room, directly
at P2... only it does not slap him to the deck. As
Pulaski watches it whirls around P2, like a wreath,
then disappears.
114 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker helps Picard to his feet. There is fire in
Picard's eyes.
PICARD
That was personal.
GEORDI
Captain -- the power drain needed
to hold this position is enormous.
PICARD
How long can you maintain it?
GEORDI
A few minutes, then we are going
to have to shut down again.
PULASKI'S COM VOICE
Captain -- some kind of energy has
just surrounded my patient.
PICARD
Is he still alive?
PULASKI'S COM VOICE
Yes...
RIKER
Arm photons, Mister Worf, and lock
them on the center of the vortex.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 42.
114 CONTINUED:
WORF
Photon torpedoes locked on
target.
PICARD
Hold.
115 OMITTED
116 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Another sliver of energy slashes across the bridge and
slams Picard up against the bulkhead.
117 PICARD
... dazed he struggles to his feet.
RIKER
We're like a rag in a dog's mouth.
GEORDI
I am now at maximum warp.
The ship is hammered by another wave of energy.
TROI
It's you, Captain. It was the
entire ship, but now it has turned
its attention completely on you.
GEORDI
Captain, I can't hold it. If we
don't shut down, we are going to
explode.
PICARD
Counselor, what if I were to leave
the Enterprise? Would its
attention stay focused on me?
TROI
Yes. I think it would.
118 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
is being pulled into the vortex.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FOUR 43.
119 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
as before.
RIKER
You'd never survive.
PICARD
But, maybe in those few seconds -- the
Enterprise could break free.
In any case, that's what he...
the other Picard... must have
thought.
120
thru OMITTED
121
122 PICARD
He is on his feet and heading for the turbolift.
RIKER
Captain, where are you going?
PICARD
Prepare a shuttle, Number One.
RIKER
You're leaving the ship?!
PICARD
I have to make a stop in Sickbay.
We may be on a road which has no
turns.
Troi follows Picard to the turbolift.
Off Riker's reaction, we:
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 44.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
123 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
is slipping down into the energy whirlpool.
124 INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)
Picard ENTERS -- Pulaski is there with Troi and P2.
There is a moment of near recognition from P2, then he
avoids eye contact with Picard. P2 now appears to be
physically closer to normal. P2 is much closer to
being in sync.
PULASKI
He's very agitated.
P2's eyes dart around the room. Picard steps over in
front of P2 to make and hold eye contact. P2 looks
off.
125 ANOTHER ANGLE - P2
P2
I must get to the shuttle.
126 PICARD
watches himself.
PICARD
I know.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 45.
127 SCENE (OPTICAL)
PICARD
Do you know where you are?
P2
The Enterprise.
Picard is relieved -
PICARD
But you're only vaguely aware of
it. And me -- do you know who I
am?
P2 deflects the question. He's in a living nightmare.
He has no answer.
PICARD
(continuing)
No. You don't.
P2
I must go.
P2 tries to rise.
PICARD
Release him.
PULASKI
Do you know what you are doing?
PICARD
No -- release him!
Pulaski deactivates the forcefield, which again appears
briefly, and P2 is released.
PULASKI
(touching her
communicator)
Security to Sickbay.
PICARD
No. Security, this is the
captain -- disregard that order.
And clear all personnel -- repeat,
all personnel -- from Shuttle Bay
Two. I don't want any
distractions. You...
(meaning both Troi and
Pulaski)
... stay here.
P2 and Picard head for the door.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE A45A.
127A INT. CORRIDOR
Picard and P2 walk along.
PICARD
You have made the decision to
leave the ship?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 45A.
127A CONTINUED:
P2
I must.
PICARD
Why?
P2
The energy in the vortex wants
me.
PICARD
You're certain.
P2
Yes... it's an entity -- a
life-form which recognizes the
Enterprise as an entity with me
as the brain, and it wants me.
P2's level of anxiety is rising, as they turn...
127B INT. TURBOLIFT
... and enter the turbolift.
P2
Shuttle Bay Number Two.
PICARD
What's your other option?
P2
This is our only chance. If I
leave, it might be distracted long
enough for the Enterprise to
escape.
PICARD
You are wrong. Leaving won't save
your ship. Don't you remember?
It was destroyed -- you saw it
happen.
P2
If I don't leave the Enterprise,
the ship will be destroyed.
The turbolift comes to a stop and the doors open.
EXITS, with Picard right behind him.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 45B.
127BB INT. CORRIDOR
Picard and P2 continue heading toward Shuttle Bay Two.
PICARD
If that's true, then help me.
We want the same thing. We want
the Enterprise to be safe.
There has to be a piece of
information which I don't have.
What is it?
P2
It's me.
PICARD
You?
They are interrupted by Riker's COM VOICE.
RIKER
Captain.
PICARD
Yes.
RIKER
We are about to lose warp drive.
PICARD & P2
(in sync, they respond
to Riker)
Understood.
Only Picard reacts to this bizarre occurrence.
PICARD
(continuing)
When you say it's "you," do you
mean it's still you? And it's
not me -- just you. Has this
entity singled you out -- somehow
making a connection?
P2
You're confusing me. We're
almost out of time.
127C INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO
The doors open and the two Picards ENTER. P2 is
heading directly for the shuttle.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 46.
127C CONTINUED:
P2
I must get to the shuttle.
PICARD
Wait. You can -- I'll let you,
hell, man, I'll go with you, but
first tell me. What is -- what
was, your other choice?
P2
Stand aside.
PICARD
You don't know what I'm talking
about. You're frozen with a
single thought -- unable to change -- unable
to alter any part of your
previous actions.
P2
I must leave -- there's no other
way.
PICARD
There must be.
P2
Only one -- but it would never
work.
PICARD
What is it? What would never
work?
P2
Better to sacrifice myself than
destroy the Enterprise.
PICARD
Destroy the Enterprise -- how?
P2
I have to leave.
PICARD
Tell me -- what was your other
choice? We can't escape it -- we
can't fight it, we can't go
forward.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 46A.
127C CONTINUED: (2)
P2
No -- no... We can't go forward,
it would destroy the Enterprise.
PICARD
(realizing)
Was that it... Was that the other
choice?
P2
I must leave.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 47.
127C CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
No.
P2 is about to climb into the shuttle. Picard pulls
his phaser.
PICARD
(continuing)
I can't allow it. Before we have
any chance of moving forward, the
cycle must end.
Then, without further comment, he fires the phaser.
128 OMITTED
129 P2
falls back.
130 OMITTED
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 48.
130A INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO
PICARD
(touching his
communicator)
Doctor Pulaski -- report to Shuttle
Bay Two.
Picard heads for the door.
131 INT. TURBOLIFT
Picard steps on.
PICARD
Bridge.
The doors close.
132 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard steps off the turbolift.
PICARD
Number One, we have been wasting
our energy trying to escape. It
only weakens us.
(he moves to his Command
Chair)
Helm, set a course for the center
of the vortex. Lieutenant La
Forge, on my command -- I want all
the power you can muster.
GEORDI
Yes, sir.
RIKER
We are going into it?
PICARD
Yes.
DATA
Course set.
PICARD
Everyone hold your position -- no
matter what. ENGAGE!
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 49.
133 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as the Enterprise turns and streaks toward the center
of the vortex.
133A INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO
Pulaski, followed by TRANSPORTER CHIEF O'BRIEN, ENTERS
and reacts to the body.
134 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
They all tense for whatever is coming.
135 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
rushes down. The funnel narrows. The swirling energy
closes in on the ship.
136 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as the Enterprise rips into the center of the
whirlpool. There is a SOUND -- almost like a SCREAM.
137 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Everyone braces.
138 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
bursts through the core of pure energy, which triggers
an implosion.
139 OMITTED
139A INT. SHUTTLE BAY TWO (OPTICAL)
At this instant O'Brien watches as the body of P2 and
the shuttle disappear.
140 EXT. SPACE - THE WHIRLPOOL (OPTICAL)
collapses in upon itself. For a beat the Enterprise is
alone in a great emptiness.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 49A.
141 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
The reactions of everyone. Picard gets to his feet and
looks around.
PICARD
What's our position?
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 50.
141 CONTINUED:
DATA
We are back on course to Endicor.
RIKER
Stand down from Red Alert.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
Bridge, this is Shuttle Bay Two.
The other Picard and the shuttle
are gone.
PICARD
Explain.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
They just... vanished.
WORF
All decks have reported in. No
damage -- no casualties.
RIKER
I want a complete check -- all
systems.
WORF
Yes, sir.
PICARD
You have the bridge, Number One.
Picard rises and heads for the Observation Lounge.
Riker watches him leave.
142 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)
Picard stares thoughtfully out at the stars streaking
by. After a beat, the door opens and Riker ENTERS.
For a long moment nothing is said.
PICARD
Lots of questions, Number One...
Riker nods in agreement.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 51.
142 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(continuing)
... and damn few answers.
There is a pause.
RIKER
Everything about it seemed a tick
off.
PICARD
He certainly did not act like me,
at least not the way I think I
act.
RIKER
Maybe none of it was real... we
could have just been part of a
shared illusion.
PICARD
Or maybe "he" was thrown back in
time so that we would be able to
take another road... make another
choice?
RIKER
That suggests a moral force,
giving us the opportunity... or
specifically giving you the
opportunity to right a wrong.
Picard is pensive for a moment.
PICARD
It's said... if you travel far
enough you will eventually meet
yourself.
Picard turns and stares off at the stars.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 51A.
142 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
(continuing)
I will tell you this... it's a
very unnerving experience, one
I hope never to repeat.
Off Picard with:
142A INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS
Riker has his cooking equipment in place. He has
already placed all of the ingredients in a cooking
utensil on the hot plate. The CHIME SOUNDS.
RIKER
Come.
Worf ENTERS with Pulaski and Geordi.
RIKER
(continuing)
I know you were all disappointed
with my last culinary effort.
WORF
Not all.
RIKER
Thank you, Worf. Anyway,
considering the stress of the last
few days, I thought we could use
a little diversion and at the same
time I could make amends for the
'Owon omelet.
PULASKI
So what are you preparing?
RIKER
The specialty of the house,
Alaskan stew.
GEORDI
Not with ingredients you picked
up at Starbase seventy-three?
RIKER
No -- I had the computer fabricate
everything. The potatoes, the
onions, the flour, and the meat.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 51B.
142A CONTINUED:
WORF
Meat? What kind of meat?
RIKER
Ahh... Well, to be authentic I
needed moose. But, I couldn't
find the specific molecular
pattern for moose, so I had to
improvise. The computer came
close...
Riker fills their plates.
RIKER
(continuing)
... actually, it's somewhere
between venison -- musk ox -- and
Kobe beef.
WORF
I thought that humans had long ago
given up the practice of raising
animals for food.
RIKER
There were a couple of winters
when it was either starve or hunt.
WORF
How fortunate.
Pulaski looks down at her plate.
PULASKI
I'll give you this -- your stew
smells a lot better than the eggs.
They taste it. Reactions around.
PULASKI
(continuing)
This is quite good.
GEORDI
Agreed.
Worf's expression is one of revulsion.
RIKER
No good, Worf.
STAR TREK: "Time Squared" - REV. 2/7/89 - ACT FIVE 51C.
142A CONTINUED: (2)
WORF
I appreciate the effort, I would
have preferred another omelet.
RIKER
Sorry. I used the last of 'Owon
eggs.
GEORDI
Thank goodness.
Off their reactions:
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END
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