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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Night Terrors"
#40274-191
Teleplay by
Pamela Douglas and Jeri Taylor
Story by
Shari Goodhartz
Directed by
Les Landau
THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
Copyright 1990 & 1991 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 This script is not for publication or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
DECEMBER 17, 1990
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - 1/4/91 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Night Terrors"
CAST
PICARD CAPTAIN ZAHEVA
RIKER COUNSELOR ANDRUS HAGAN
DATA
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
Non-Speaking
GUINAN VARIOUS DEAD BODIES
O'BRIEN ALIEN (in Troi's dream)
KEIKO
ENSIGN PETER LIN
ENSIGN PEEPLES
ENSIGN RAGER
CHIEF GILLESPIE
SIGHING VOICE
Non-Speaking
SECURITY GUARDS
N.D. MEDICAL PRESONNEL
SUPERNUMERARIES
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - 12/17/90 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Night Terrors"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM USS BRATTAIN
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
TURBOLIFT
SICKBAY
TEN-FORWARD
ENGINEERING
CARGO AREA/MORGUE
TROI'S QUARTERS
WORF'S QUARTERS
RIKER'S QUARTERS
GUINAN'S QUARTERS
O'BRIENS' QUARTERS
CORRIDORS
DOOR TO TROI'S OFFICE
TROI'S MURKY NIGHTMARE VOID
USS BRATTAIN
BRIDGE
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - 1/4/91 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Night Terrors"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ANICIUM an-EE-see-m
BELA bay-luh
BRATTAIN bruh-TAYN
BUSSARD buh-SARD
CALENDENIUM kal-en-DEN-ee-um
CARDILIA kar-DILL-ya
ENTORHINAL en-toe-RYE-nl
ISOZYME ICE-oh-zime
KALADIAN kuh-LAY-dee-un
LATICIFER lah-TIH-si-fer
MELTHUSIAN mel-THOO-zee-n
ONTOGENY on-TAH-jn-ee
POLYMORPHIC pohl-ih-MOR-fik
TYKEN TIE-ken
YURIUM YOUR-ee-m
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Night Terrors"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
moving through space. The binary star system is
visible.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 44631.2.
We are proceeding through the
uncharted rim of a binary star
system, where we may have located
the U.S.S. Brattain. The missing
science vessel failed to arrive
at its destination and has not
been heard from since a distress
call twenty-nine days ago.
2 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
PICARD, RIKER, DATA, WORF, TROI at their stations;
ENSIGN RAGER at Conn. On the viewscreen at a
distance, a space craft floats adrift.
PICARD
Magnify.
The craft springs into the foreground.
RIKER
It's the Brattain, all right.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
DATA
The ship is intact, sir, with no
indications of structural damage.
RIKER
Engines?
DATA
All propulsion systems are shut
down. The ship is drifting.
PICARD
Life form readings?
DATA
(beat)
Inconclusive, sir.
Troi is uneasy, leans forward, as though to catch some
feeling...
PICARD
Counselor?
TROI
There is life on board... but...
PICARD
What is it?
TROI
I don't know... something...
She shakes her head slightly, as though to rid it of
something getting in the way.
PICARD
Number One, assemble your team.
RIKER
(keys insignia)
Doctor Crusher, report to
Transporter Room Three.
(to them)
Data, Worf...
Troi rises.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
Commander... I need to go, also...
Riker looks at her... need to go? Then he nods at her,
and he, Data, and Worf head for the turbolift. Troi
stares out at the drifting space craft for a second,
troubled, as though hearing some unuttered thought.
Then she turns and follows the others toward the
turbolift.
3 PICARD
notes her strange demeanor.
4 INT. BRATTAIN - BRIDGE - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL))
The small Bridge is, on first sight, empty. BEVERLY,
Riker, Worf, Data, and Troi MATERIALIZE at the rear
of the Bridge. They look around the quiet room,
getting their bearings. Data heads for a computer
station, keys information.
DATA
There is no indication of
malfunction in any of the main
systems.
Riker moves toward the Command Chairs. The Captain's
seat has a high back which, as he turns it, reveals
--
5 CAPTAIN ZAHEVA
The woman is dead, eyes frozen open in a horrified
stare. Camera PANS down to reveal a long tool
plunged straight into her heart.
6 ON THE GROUP
as Riker, Troi, and Data react to this grim discovery.
WORF (V.O.)
Here's another one.
They turn to see that --
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - TEASER 4.
7 WORF
has found a second body, underneath a computer console,
huddled tight to the wall as if in terror. Worf tugs
the corpse out and it tumbles onto the deck, face and
chest charred black.
WORF
This was done by a phaser... at
a setting of six or seven...
RIKER
There are more over here...
Now the team realizes that the seemingly empty Bridge
is a tomb, with bodies having taken refuge under
consoles, seats, etc.
BEVERLY
The entire Bridge crew...
RIKER
Whoever did this... may still be
on board.
TROI
There's someone alive... but he
didn't kill these people...
She moves toward the turbolift, as though drawn by an
unseen thread.
TROI
Here...
She nears it and the turbolift door opens.
8 A MAN
HAGAN sits cross-legged on the floor of the turbolift,
staring straight ahead. Beverly moves toward him,
scans him. Riker and Worf, taking no chances, keep
their phasers on him.
BEVERLY
He's alive...
TROI
I think he is Betazoid...
She knees down close to him, trying to make contact.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - TEASER 5.
8 CONTINUED:
TROI
It's all right. We're going to
help you.
The man offers one soft, shuddering intake of air...
but no more.
9 TROI
holds his shoulders, looking into his eyes.
TROI
What happened here? Who did this
to you?
But there is no answer. The man stares past them, lost
in a catatonic void.
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT ONE 6.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
10 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY - SOME TIME LATER
Picard watches with Beverly as a SUPERNUMERARY wheels
away a form in a body bag.
BEVERLY
We're almost finished with the
autopsies, Captain.
PICARD
How long will it take you to
compile the data?
BEVERLY
It's complicated -- the dead were
found everywhere... some locked
in their rooms -- barricaded, with
weapons piled around them... some
in corridors where they'd
obviously had hand-to-hand
combat... I'll have to sort
through and analyze the details.
Picard glances toward a bio-bed, where Troi sits with
the Betazoid man.
BEVERLY
We've identified him as Andrus
Hagan, from Betazed, science
advisor. He's in a profound
catatonic state.
Picard walks toward Troi.
TROI
I'm not getting much, Captain...
a few words, disconnected phrases.
I can feel his terror... but I
can't seem to reach him.
PICARD
Don't give up on him, Counselor.
We're examining the Brattain for
clues -- but this man is the only
one left who knows what happened
there.
Picard turns and EXITS, and Troi turns back to Hagan.
She is trying to engage his mind telepathically.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT ONE 7.
10 CONTINUED:
TROI (V.O.)
I'm here. I'm right here.
There's nothing to be afraid of
anymore.
HAGAN (V.O.)
... out there... voices...
TROI (V.O.)
You hear voices? What do they
say?
HAGAN (V.O.)
... both things... no... no...
TROI (V.O.)
Keep talking to me... I'll try
to understand...
11 OMITTED
12 EXT. SPACE - BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)
The small ship hangs in space.
13 INT. BRATTAIN - BRIDGE
Data and Riker at the computers. GEORDI ENTERS from
the turbolift.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT ONE 8.
13 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
All engines check out perfectly,
Commander. Once we get them
started up, the Brattain can get
back to Starbase under her own
power.
RIKER
Let's give it a try.
Geordi takes his place at a science station near Data.
GEORDI
Pre-heating injectors... Data,
fuel flow?
DATA
Matter valves are open and
operating. Magnetic containment
on the anti-matter pods is
constant.
GEORDI
Okay, open injectors.
DATA
Injectors open.
They wait. There's nothing.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT ONE 9.
13 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
There is no engine activity at
all.
RIKER
What's wrong, Geordi?
GEORDI
Nothing's wrong. I don't
understand it.
Off his puzzlement...
14 INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM
Picard working at his desk. The door CHIMES.
PICARD
Come.
Beverly ENTERS carrying a Padd.
BEVERLY
I've been studying the autopsy
reports... the conclusion is
appalling.
Picard gives her a look -- strong words from this
dispassionate scientist.
BEVERLY
There was no outside source...
no alien presence... The crew of
the Brattain, all thirty-four of
them -- appear to have killed each
other.
Picard is taken aback by this conclusion.
PICARD
What could have caused such an
event? Drugs? A virus?
Poison...
BEVERLY
Toxicological tests showed no
unusual substances in their
systems. And they were in good
health.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT ONE 10.
14 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY (Cont'd)
(beat)
But for whatever reason, they seem
to have turned against each other,
using phasers, knives -- and bare
hands.
Beverly programs information into the Captain's
computer.
BEVERLY
I'd like you to see this, Captain.
It's from the logs of the
Brattain. Captain Zaheva's mental
condition deteriorated steadily
after they became stranded... she
began talking of plots and
mutinies...
She activates the computer.
BEVERLY
This is the last entry... made
after they had been adrift for
over three weeks.
They turn toward the monitor.
15 ANGLE - MONITOR - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)
Captain Zaheva, sitting in the same chair where she
was found, is a wreck... eyes red-rimmed, voice hoarse,
endlessly brushing the side of her head in a compulsive
gesture.
CAPTAIN ZAHEVA
First Officer Brink and his men
were behind it... they got to the
engines... don't work anymore...
had to eliminate Brink... the
ship is out of... out of... we're
running out... too dangerous...
out of Brink... and his men...
Her eyes flick upward, there is a brief moment of
terror, and then the screen goes blank. Mystery upon
mystery. Picard stares at Beverly, perplexed, mind
churning to understand what happened on the stricken
science vessel.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT ONE 11.
16 INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR OUTSIDE SICKBAY
Troi is leaving Sickbay, speaks to a SUPERNUMERARY.
(PRODUCTION NOTE: This is the beginning of the dream
sequence, but should seem perfectly normal.)
TROI
Be sure to call me if there's any
change in his condition. I'll
be in my office.
She turns and proceeds down the corridor. She passes
a turbolift; the door opens and several CREW MEMBERS
spill out, going their way. She smiles, greeting them,
and passes through the bustling activity. DOLLY with
her as she proceeds down the corridor to --
17 TROI'S OFFICE DOOR
As it opens, she ENTERS.
18 INT. NIGHTMARE ROOM (OPTICAL)
Suddenly Troi steps into a bizarre surreality. She
spins to find the door she entered. It is gone. She
turns back to see she is in...
19 A MURKY VOID (OPTICAL)
A strange, empty cavity where everything is fuzzy,
smoky, gaseous. Vague shapes seem to loom in the
distance but have no substance. At a great distance,
there are two pinpoints of light... the mists swirl
in front of them, obscuring them. A RUSTLING SOUND,
maybe wind, maybe a cry, seems to come from within the
shadowy depths. It is an ominous, menacing sound,
suggesting a demon lurking in the mists. Troi finds
herself floating... drifting helplessly in the clouds.
It is frightening to be so out of control.
TROI
Where are you?
She reaches out both arms in front of her, fearful,
like a sightless person feeling her way through
unfamiliar territory. The rustling SOUND becomes a
low, throaty voice... sighing, raspy, foreboding.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT ONE 12.
20 ANOTHER ANGLE ON TROI (OPTICAL)
as she is drawn toward the sinister sound, unable to
resist. She drifts further into the vaporous
landscape, seeking the source. But she cannot control
her direction.
TROI
I'm coming. Where are you?
Struggling forward, Troi tries to free herself. The
throaty sound becomes louder... takes shape...
SIGHING VOICE
Eyes... in the dark... one moon...
circles...
Troi is swimming in space, frantically trying to move
forward as the voice becomes louder...
SIGHING VOICE
See the eyes... in the dark...
one moon...
TROI
Where are you?!
21 INT. ENTERPRISE - TROI'S QUARTERS
Troi, in her bed, sits up with a start. She is moist
with perspiration, breathing hard in terror from the
bizarre nightmare.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT TWO 13.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
22 EXT. SPACE - BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)
hanging motionless in space.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 44635.8:
Four days have passed, but we have
made little progress in solving
the mystery of the Brattain. I
have decided we will return to
Starbase Two-twenty...
23 INT. BRATTAIN - BRIDGE
Geordi and ENSIGN PEEPLES at a work station.
PICARD (V.O.)
... and to that end, Commander La
Forge is rigging the Brattain for
towing.
GEORDI
(rising)
I'm going to try re-calibrating
the field generators. I still
don't see why we can't get the
engines going... it just doesn't
make any sense.
24 CLOSE ON PEEPLES
as he concentrates on his task, tapping out
instructions. As he does, we begin to hear a SOUND...
a hollow, deadened CLUNG... as though something were
hitting a pipe somewhere far below.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT TWO 14.
24 CONTINUED:
It hits once, twice... only now does Peeples seem to
hear it. He lifts his head, straining to hear better.
The sound increases in volume, and he stands in alarm.
PEEPLES
Someone's still here...
The sound gets louder still, a chilling, insistent cry.
Peeples looks panicked.
PEEPLES
They're alive!
25 ANGLE - GEORDI AND PEEPLES
As soon as Geordi is included in the shot, the SOUND
disappears. Geordi is staring at the Ensign.
GEORDI
Ensign... what is it?
26 ON PEEPLES
Now, the sound is loud and clear.
PEEPLES
Can't you hear it? There's
someone left alive on the ship!
27 ANGLE - GEORDI AND PEEPLES
Geordi's stare catches Peeples' attention, and then
he realizes he's not hearing anything.
PEEPLES
I heard... I mean, I thought I
heard something.
GEORDI
The ship was searched thoroughly.
There's no one left aboard.
Geordi's look of concern embarrasses the young Ensign.
PEEPLES
Sorry, sir. My mistake.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO 15.
27 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(gently)
Thirty-four people were found dead
on this ship. That could make
anyone uneasy.
PEEPLES
Thank you, sir.
And he bends again to his task.
28 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Troi sits by the bio-bed where Hagan lies.
TROI (V.O.)
I'm here... can you hear me?
Hagan stirs vaguely.
TROI (V.O.)
Tell me about the voices you
hear...
HAGAN (V.O.)
Bright... one pole... two
poles...
TROI (V.O.)
I don't understand... tell me more
about the poles...
But he just stares out at nothing.
29 INT. ENTERPRISE - O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
O'Brien paces in the front room, disquieted. Presently
the door opens and Keiko comes bustling in, happy to
see him.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO 16.
29 CONTINUED:
KEIKO
Boy, what a day this was... I'm
doing an isozyme study on some
populations of Cardilia... but
they're turning out to have some
really weird polymorphisms.
What a headache!
She is breathless, full of her day, chattering.
O'Brien eyes her, speaks with ominous quietness.
O'BRIEN
Is that why you were late?
KEIKO
Oh, no, I had a conference with
Doctor Balthus... she wants to
do a study on the laticifer
ontogeny of the Kaladian Thorn
Flower... but I don't have the
time to oversee another project...
O'BRIEN
Was Tom Corbin there?
She stops, stares at him, for the first time aware of
his strange mood.
KEIKO
What?
O'BRIEN
Tom Corbin. From the science lab.
(beat)
Remember him?
KEIKO
Of course I remember him, but --
O'BRIEN
You use any excuse to pay him a
visit...
KEIKO
(nonplussed)
Miles... what are you saying--?
O'BRIEN
I think you know exactly what I'm
saying.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/7/91 - ACT TWO 17.
29 CONTINUED: (2)
She regards him a minute, then smiles, walks toward
him. This is unlike Miles to be so grumpy, but that's
okay... she can tweak him out of it.
KEIKO
If I didn't know better... I'd
say you're jealous.
She puts her arms around him, starts to kiss him, but
he takes her wrists and holds her away. She is amazed.
O'BRIEN
(quietly)
You take me for a fool?
And with that he turns and EXITS. She stares after
him, astonished.
30 INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD - LATER
O'Brien ENTERS, spots his friend CHIEF GILLESPIE
sitting at the bar. Gillespie is older than O'Brien,
weathered and salty. O'Brien walks over and joins him.
GUINAN is behind the bar.
GILLESPIE
Hello, Chief... have some coffee?
O'BRIEN
I've been drinking too much
coffee... maybe some hot tea,
Guinan?
GUINAN
Coming up.
She moves away and Gillespie looks at O'Brien, grins.
GILLESPIE
Kind of a surprise to see you
in here at this hour.
O'BRIEN
How's that?
GILLESPIE
You're not out of the honeymoon
yet... usually newlyweds can't
keep their hands off each other...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT TWO 18.
30 CONTINUED:
O'Brien gives a shrug. Guinan brings his tea.
O'BRIEN
She has work to do. She heads
up the plant biology lab, you
know.
GILLESPIE
Any strange things going on down
there?
O'Brien gives him a quick look -- what strange things?
O'BRIEN
Like what?
Gillespie leans in to him.
GILLESPIE
I've been hearing things...
Kenicki, in Engineering... told
me he saw a man in an old
Starfleet uniform... riding the
lift near the engine core... but
when the lift got to the top...
there was no one on it...
O'Brien shakes his head scornfully.
O'BRIEN
Ghost stories...
GILLESPIE
There's more... lots more.
Strange things are happening on
this ship, O'Brien...
O'Brien gulps his tea, rises.
O'BRIEN
I'm surprised at you, Gillespie...
a Starfleet officer...
(leans in to him)
I have more to worry about than
shades and spirits...
And he leaves.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT TWO 19.
31 OMITTED
32 INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM
Picard is at his desk, working. The door CHIMES.
PICARD
Come.
He glances up, but the doors don't open. He's involved
in his monitor, doesn't give it a thought. Then the
CHIME again.
PICARD
(a bit more forcefully)
Come.
He looks at the door. It is shut. He rises, and the
CHIME sounds again. He goes to the door, it opens;
there's no one there. He shakes his head in annoyance,
goes back to his desk, sits. The CHIME sounds. He
ignores it. It SOUNDS again; he is getting irritated
but doesn't respond. Finally, there is a KNOCK at the
door. He looks up, surprised.
PICARD
Come...
The door opens and Beverly and Troi are there. They
ENTER.
BEVERLY
Captain, do you have a moment?
TROI
We're concerned... whatever
happened on the Brattain -- may be
starting here.
Picard immediately takes notice.
PICARD
Explain...
TROI
Beverly and I have both gotten
unusual reports... people behaving
strangely... others hearing
sounds that aren't there...
Picard gives her a sharp look at this.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO 19A.
32 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Are we talking about
hallucinations?
BEVERLY
In some cases. In others -- just
erratic behavior.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO 20.
32 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
We can't track down any common
element that might be responsible.
PICARD
But everything started when we
found the Brattain...
BEVERLY
Yes. Captain -- we have to get
the Enterprise away from here...
before it gets worse...
Picard glances at her... it's a bit of a panicky
response for this usually stoic scientist.
PICARD
We are preparing to take the
Brattain in tow. We'll be on our
way within the hour.
33 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - LATER
Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Ensign Rager at Conn.
PICARD
Ensign, maneuver us into position
within tractor beam range.
RAGER
Aye, sir...
Ensign Rager starts to tap instructions, then
hesitates. Data glances over. She stares at her
console. Picard rises, approaches to see what's
wrong.
DATA
Is there a problem, Ensign?
RAGER
I... can't seem to remember how
to enter the coordinates, sir...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT TWO 21.
33 CONTINUED:
Data punches instructions on his console.
DATA
Ready now, Captain.
He glances back at Picard, who gestures toward another
Ensign, PETER LIN, on the Bridge.
PICARD
Ensign Rager, report to Sickbay.
Rager, shamed, glances around at Picard.
RAGER
Yes, sir...
Rager stands and heads for the turbolift. Ensign Lin
takes her place.
PICARD
Ensign Lin, put us into position
to engage the tractor beam.
LIN
Aye, sir.
34 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)
as the Enterprise moves toward the stranded ship --
still at quite a distance.
35 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
PICARD
Mister Worf, ready tractor beam.
DATA
Ensign... we are losing
maneuverability. Did you throttle
down by mistake?
LIN
No, sir.
DATA
Captain... thrusters are losing
power.
Puzzled, Picard steps forward.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT TWO 22.
35 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Impulse engines... ahead minimum
power.
LIN
Impulse engines are not
responding, sir.
RIKER
Riker to Engineering... what's
going on down there?
36 INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING - INTERCUTTING
GEORDI
I don't know, sir... nothing's
responding...
PICARD
Ensign, go to warp engines --
factor one. Engage.
A beat. They wait.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT TWO 23.
36 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Captain, we don't have warp drive
either!
PICARD
Data, do we have any propulsion
system that is functional?
DATA
No, sir. Apparently we do not.
LIN
We're adrift...
RIKER
Just like the Brattain.
There is a moment as they absorb this news.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT THREE 24.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
37 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)
still floating in space.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 44639.9.
We have now been adrift for a
total of ten days. We have sent
sub-space distress calls, but
because of our distant location,
we cannot expect a response for
at least another two weeks.
38 INT. ENTERPRISE - OBSERVATION LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS
At the table sit Picard, Riker, Troi, Beverly, and
Geordi. Data stands at the monitor. The staff is
looking a little ragged... mildly disheveled, slightly
on edge. Riker drums his fingers on the table. Picard
tugs at his collar in an unconscious, compulsive
gesture. Troi looks more exhausted than ever. Data,
of course, is unchanged.
DATA
After analyzing the sensor logs
from the Brattain and the
Enterprise, as well as the data
from our last series of probes,
I have concluded that...
He activates the monitor, which shows an OKUDAGRAM. It
(very) roughly resembles two funnels, tipped on their
sides, with narrow lips together.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT THREE 25.
38 CONTINUED:
Small figures indicating the Brattain and the
Enterprise are placed in the left-hand funnel, the
Brattain nearer the mouth.
DATA
(continuing)
... we have become trapped in a
massive rupture in space...
undetectable by normal means...
into which energy is absorbed.
PICARD
You mean... a Tyken's Rift...
BEVERLY
A what?
DATA
A rare anomaly named for Bela
Tyken, the Melthusian Captain who
first encountered it.
GEORDI
A Tyken's Rift -- of course...
that would explain why we don't
have engine power.
DATA
(acknowledges)
The ship's energy is being drained
into the fissure before we can
utilize it.
At this point, Worf walks in, uncharacteristically
late. He makes his way to his seat as Picard gives him
a searching look.
WORF
(tight-lipped)
I was detained.
Nothing else.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT THREE 26.
38 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
When Tyken was trapped in a Rift,
his analysis determined that a
massive energy release might
overload and dislocate the
anomaly. Fortunately, his cargo
included anicium and yurium, which
he used to detonate a massive
explosion. He then escaped
through the ruptured center of
the Rift.
GEORDI
(acknowledges)
But we aren't carrying anything
that could produce that kind of
explosion. Even our photon
torpedoes wouldn't be enough.
RIKER
Can't we replicate the elements
Tyken used?
DATA
We no longer have the power to
reproduce complex elements with
our replicators. We must find
a way to generate a violent energy
release without relying on
conventional means.
BEVERLY
Data... in Tyken's experience...
did the crew exhibit behavioral
changes?
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT THREE 26A.
38 CONTINUED: (3)
DATA
No. There were no reports of
unusual conduct among the crew.
TROI
What about nightmares?
DATA
There was no record of sleep
distubances of any kind,
Counselor.
Beverly takes note of this... ponders it...
BEVERLY
Then -- what is it? What's
happening to us?
The grey faces around her stare. But there are no
answers.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/9/91 - ACT THREE 27-28.
39 OMITTED
40 INT. ENTERPRISE - TURBOLIFT
Picard and Riker ENTER. Picard tugs at his collar.
RIKER
So far, the only one who doesn't
seem affected by all this is
Data...
(beat)
Bridge.
There is a brief beat as Picard struggles to
concentrate, focus his thoughts.
PICARD
Number One... how... are you?
RIKER
Sir?
PICARD
Any hallucinations? Nightmares?
Riker also has to work to keep his ideas coherent.
RIKER
No... but I'd be a liar if I said
I felt like myself... I bite my
tongue to keep from snapping at
people... and a couple of times,
when I've gone into my quarters...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE 29.
40 CONTINUED:
RIKER (Cont'd)
(beat; this is hard for
him)
... I've felt as though... there's
someone in there... waiting for
me...
Picard nods, sympathetic.
PICARD
It's affecting all of us. I've
-- had similar feelings...
He strains to maintain control and not give in to
whatever it is that grips them.
PICARD
With everyone around us
succumbing... it's even more
important that at least one of
us stay in control of his
faculties. I want you to turn
in... take a nap. I'll be on the
Bridge and you can relieve me in
four hours.
Riker hates being sent off like a tired child, but
acknowledges the Captain's wisdom.
RIKER
All right, sir. Deck Eight.
They proceed in silence, Picard tugging again at his
collar, and then the turbolift stops and the doors
open. Riker nods briefly at Picard and EXITS. The
doors close again. Picard closes his eyes briefly and
leans against the side of the turbolift... as though
he's dizzy but didn't want to show it in front of
Riker... then he glances upward. He sees --
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT THREE 30.
41
thru OMITTED
42
43 THE TURBOLIFT CEILING -- HIS POV
descending toward him.
44 PICARD
stares upward in shock.
45 INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS
Riker ENTERS, then stops and listens warily, as though
hearing something. He scans the room. Then he shakes
it off, proceeds toward the bedroom.
46 INT. ENTERPRISE - TURBOLIFT
Picard stares upward in horror, backing to a wall,
holding up a hand as though to ward off the ceiling.
47 TURBOLIFT CEILING - HIS POV
continues its downward plunge.
48 PICARD
sinks to his knees.
49 INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS - BEDROOM
Riker ENTERS, studies the room, moves through it
cautiously. He turns and looks back at the door he
just entered.
50 INT. ENTERPRISE - TURBOLIFT
Picard looks upward, shielding his head as --
51 THE CEILING
rushes down at him, threatening to crush him...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE 31.
52 PICARD
PICARD
No! No!
53 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
The turbolift door opens. Worf, at his station, looks
over to see --
54 PICARD
huddled on the floor in terror, hands protectively over
his head.
PICARD
No... stop... no...
55 ANGLE ON WORF
as he moves toward the Captain, staring in amazement.
WORF
Sir... ?
Picard gradually looks around, sees the others staring
at him. He pulls himself up, glances up at the ceiling
of the turbolift -- safely in its place. He rises and
EXITS, struggling to maintain his dignity.
PICARD
As you were.
Worf watches as the Captain proceeds to his chair.
Worf registers nothing. Then, Picard hesitates,
addresses Data.
PICARD
Mister Data... in my Ready Room,
please...
56 INT. ENTERPRISE - RIKER'S QUARTERS - BEDROOM
Dressed in a sleep robe, he goes to his bed, takes the
cover and starts to flip it back. Then he whirls
suddenly, looking behind him.
57 THE ROOM - HIS POV
Quiet, still -- empty.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT THREE 32-32A.
58 BACK TO RIKER
as he slides into bed under the cover. Then he reacts
in surprise. He reaches down, flips off the cover and
sees --
59 THE BED
is a writhing nest of snakes, dozens of them, squirming
and churning, covering the bed, slithering off onto
the floor.
60 RIKER
yells in alarm, leaps out of bed. He looks down again.
61 THE BED - HIS POV
is empty of snakes.
62 RIKER
Heart pounding, he stands there for a moment, catching
his breath.
63 INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM
Picard with Data. The Captain has been profoundly
shaken by his experience in the turbolift.
DATA
Sir, Commander La Forge and I have
come up with a potential solution
to our predicament. Perhaps the
modifications we used to increase
firepower against the Borg might
be effective here.
PICARD
Channeling power into the main
deflector dish...
DATA
I believe within six hours we
can generate a concentrated burst
of energy which might disrupt the
Tyken's Rift.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT THREE 33.
63 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Very well. Proceed.
Data starts toward the door, but Picard stops him.
PICARD
Mister Data...
DATA
(turning back)
Sir?
Picard speaks with difficulty.
PICARD
Apparently... I am not immune...
to the strange forces at work on
this ship...
DATA
Yes, sir.
This is painful for Picard, to whom control is so
important.
PICARD
It's a frightening prospect...
to lose control of your mind...
(beat)
When I was young, I saw my
grandfather deteriorate... from
a powerful, robust figure... to
a -- a frail wisp of a man, who
couldn't even remember how to make
his way home...
He draws a breath, shakes off this dire memory.
PICARD
It is my responsibility...
somehow... to see that this ship
is guided to safety. I will have
to rely on you, from now on...
(beat)
We may need to count on you for
our very survival.
DATA
Yes, sir. I will do my best.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE 33A.
64 INT. ENTERPRISE - CARGO AREA/MORGUE
Beverly speaks to a SUPERNUMERARY. They are in a hold
which contains the covered bodies of the Brattain crew.
BEVERLY
I want to do more cross-sections
on the brain tissue of some of
these bodies. Set up the positron
emission sensors in Sickbay...
I'll decide which ones I want to
study.
The assistant nods and EXITS. Beverly approaches a
corpse, lifts the attached autopsy report, reads it.
A sudden sound... a thunk behind her... makes her look
around.
65 THE MORGUE
has an eerie look... bodies in translucent bags, held
in stasis by (invisible) force fields, casting shadows
on the floor and walls... but nothing is apparent which
caused the noise.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT THREE 34.
66 BEVERLY
returns to her study. She moves to another corpse,
reads the report. Then, a rustling noise... she looks
up and sees --
67 A BODY
sitting up, as if staring at her.
68 BEVERLY
gasps, then turns to see that the body next to her has
sat up, also. She backs up, turns -- sees another
upright... turns again... sees several of them...
spins... and now...
69 THE BODIES
have all sat upright, as though staring at her...
70 BEVERLY
closes her eyes. This is a hallucination. Nothing
more. She speaks firmly, but calmly.
BEVERLY
Go away.
She opens her eyes.
71 THE ROOM
is as it was, bodies shrouded on their pads.
72 BEVERLY
fights for control... quiets her pounding heart.
73 INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM
Beverly is with Picard and Data.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE 35.
73 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Captain, let me ask you this:
since we located the Brattain...
can you remember any of your
dreams?
Picard stares at her, perplexed. It's hard enough to
concentrate... but what does this have to do with
anything?
PICARD
I hardly ever remember dreams...
BEVERLY
A lot of people don't... but
think... have you had a dream in
the last ten days?
PICARD
(struggles with it)
I... don't recall...
BEVERLY
I'm betting you haven't. What's
more, neither has anyone else on
board this ship -- except Troi.
I began to realize it when she
talked about her nightmares.
Picard stares at her, trying to stay with her.
Beverly, too, is ragged, faltering.
BEVERLY
I've done additional brain tissue
tests on some of the bodies from
the... the...
DATA
The Brattain...
BEVERLY
... and scans on a random
cross-section of our crew. They
all show the same result... a
unique chemical imbalance.
PICARD
Caused by -- ?
BEVERLY
Dream deprivation.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT THREE 35A.
73 CONTINUED: (2)
Picard looks at her quizzically.
BEVERLY
Every night... we... we enter
into... sleep...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT THREE 36.
73 CONTINUED: (3)
Beverly is losing it, not able to concentrate on what
she was saying. Data fills the gap.
DATA
I believe the Doctor means to say
that humans enter what is known
as REM sleep... rapid eye
movement. It is the level of
brain-wave activity at which you
dream.
BEVERLY
We need dreams to survive... if
we don't get REM sleep, we don't
dream, and we begin to lose our
-- cognitive abilities... it
becomes hard to concentrate...
we forget... how to do the most
ordinary task.
Picard is listening intently. It's becoming clear.
BEVERLY
Then... we become irritable...
paranoid... some people
experience hallucinations...
PICARD
You're describing the situation
on this ship... But Counselor
Troi has reported nightmares...
BEVERLY
Maybe it's because she's Betazoid.
I don't know... but there's
something more going on here than
being stuck in a Tyken's Rift...
and I don't know how or why it's
happening...
She draws a breath, fixes him with a steady look.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT THREE 37.
73 CONTINUED: (3)
BEVERLY
But I do know this. There is an
inevitable conclusion to this
pattern. If I can't find a way
to reverse it -- we are all going
to go insane.
Picard's look reflects the enormity of the statement.
His gaze swings to Data: he, of course, would survive.
Data is imperturbed by the implications.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FOUR 38.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
74 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Troi sits by the bio-bed where Hagan lies. Her head
rests against the wall and her eyes are fluttering
closed. CAMERA DRIFTS in toward her as:
75 SERIES OF CUTS - INTERCUTTING (OPTICAL)
from Troi's first nightmare... the void... the hazy,
murky cavity... the lights, the sighing sound, Troi
floating, calling...
TROI
Where are you... ?
76 NOW IN THE NIGHTMARE (OPTICAL)
Troi drifts toward the lights, discerning something
in the distance... an indistinct shape...
SIGHING VOICE
Eyes... in the dark... one moon
circles...
77 BACK IN SICKBAY
Troi's eyes blink open and she sits up, looking around
fuzzily, realizes she was dreaming. She turns to
Hagan.
TROI (V.O.)
I'm still here... I haven't gone
anywhere...
Hagan stirs vaguely.
TROI (V.O.)
Do you remember anything more?
HAGAN (V.O.)
...double... double...
TROI (V.O.)
What does that mean? Is something
doubled?
But Hagan is silent. Troi rises and walks over to
Beverly.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FOUR 38A.
77A ANGLE - ANOTHER PART OF SICKBAY
Beverly is with a patient on a bio-bed, to whom is
attached neurotransmitter monitors. Beverly is pale
and shaky, trying hard to hold it all together, but
discouraged.
BEVERLY
Deanna... Nothing's working...
I've tried somatic drugs, I've
tried inducing theta waves in the
entorhinal cortex... no matter
what I do, no one can reach REM
sleep. No one can dream... except
you...
Troi, exhausted, absorbs this.
TROI
(ironic)
Except me... And all I have is
nightmares... I can barely sleep
at all anymore.
She shakes her head... her gaze is drawn back toward
Hagan...
TROI
In the end... I'll be like him.
Just like him.
She turns away in despair, not wanting to see her own
destiny.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FOUR 39.
78 INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN-FORWARD
A few desultory souls... the mood is nervous, somber --
not a happy place. Guinan circulates; you sense she's
keeping tensions under control. Gillespie is there,
and not in good shape... irritable, impulsive. He's
trying to garner support.
GILLESPIE
I think... it's some kind of
experiment... Captain Picard
wants to see how we'll take it,
stuck here like rats...
GUINAN
You couldn't be more wrong...
GILLESPIE
It's like we're laboratory
animals... I don't want to sit
and wait for death to sneak up
behind me...
GUINAN
What's that supposed to mean?
Gillespie glances around, leans in.
GILLESPIE
You heard about them on the
Brattain... shut in their
rooms... dying alone... that's
not for me. I'd rather go out
fighting...
79 GUINAN
Guinan shakes her head in disdain and moves off.
80 INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING
Data ENTERS to find Geordi. Geordi is not in good
shape... shaky and ragged. It's costing him effort
to hang in there. Peeples is working in the
background.
GEORDI
Okay... all power has been
channelled to the... the...

STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/8/91 - ACT FOUR 40.
80 CONTINUED:
He looks at Data, losing his thought.
GEORDI
I can't remember what it's called.
DATA
The main deflector dish...
GEORDI
Yes... so, now what do we do?
Data gives him a look; he's gone over and over this and
Geordi isn't retaining it.
DATA
We must coordinate our effort with
the Bridge.
Geordi stares blankly; Data keys his com badge.
DATA
Data to Bridge...
81 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING
Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi, and Lin. Again, everyone
reflects their diminished circumstances.
PICARD
Yes...
DATA'S COM VOICE
We are ready to discharge the main
deflector, Captain.
PICARD
All right...
He looks around the Bridge at his crew -- haggard,
edgy, desperate. He can barely remember what he has to
do.
DATA'S COM VOICE
Mister Worf -- activate the
deflector.
82 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The main deflector dish begins to glow.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT FOUR 41.
83 INT. ENTERPRISE - ENGINEERING
Geordi and Data are intent upon their monitors, and do
not see Peeples approaching Geordi from behind.
GEORDI
Deflector power coils
charging...
Suddenly Peeples leaps toward Geordi. Data has seen
the movement and springs quickly to his feet, parrying
the blow and seizing Peeples' arm. Geordi is
nonplussed.
GEORDI
Peeples...
DATA
(touches com)
Security to Engineering.
PEEPLES
You've been changing the reactant
mix... that's why we're stuck
here...
WORF'S COM VOICE
Deflector powerbanks approaching
maximum. Discharge in fifteen
seconds.
Two SECURITY GUARDS ENTER.
DATA
Confine Ensign Peeples to
Sickbay.
The guards take Peeples out, still ranting.
PEEPLES
I'll tell everyone what you're
doing, Commander...
The guards haul him out and Geordi turns to Data,
dazed.
GEORDI
Data... this detonation better
work... we aren't gonna last much
longer...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FOUR 42.
84 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
WORF
Discharge in three seconds...
two... one...
85 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
A thin, reedy beam flicks out from the deflector...
and then sputters and snuffs out like a defective
firecracker.
86 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE/ENGINEERING
RIKER
Nothing... it just fizzled out...
DATA
The energy output was absorbed
into the Rift.
87 ANGLE ON WORF
as he stands, tight-lipped, in reaction to this
failure.
PICARD
Data... can we try again?
88 ON THE GROUP
DATA
No, sir. If we draw more power,
we risk losing life-support
systems.
Picard does not respond. He is unable to think beyond
this point and come up with options for the next step.
89 ON WORF
as, unseen by most, he turns and walks off the Bridge.
90 TROI
sees him go, however, and looks puzzled.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT FOUR 43.
91
thru OMITTED
93
94 INT. ENTERPRISE - WORF'S QUARTERS
The door opens and Worf ENTERS and prowls, as though
searching for something. He goes to the wall which
contains the bat'telh sword... lifts it from its frame,
studies it... then returns it to its place.
95 ANOTHER ANGLE
as he approaches a table, reaches for a long,
decorative box. He opens it.
96 ON THE BOX
as it opens, revealing a ghastly-looking Klingon
dagger, with ribbed wedges along the blade... so that
pulling it out would do more damage than pushing it in.
97 WORF
picks up the dagger, turns it over and over in his
hands. He clasps his hands on the handle.
WORF
lujpu' jiH'e, Alexandrijn.
Troi bursts into the apartment, surprising Worf, who is
standing with both hands on the dagger, ready to plunge
it into his chest.
TROI
Worf, no!
He sees her, turns away.
WORF
You will not stop me...
But she keeps coming, touching her badge as she does.
TROI
Security to Lieutenant Worf's
quarters, immediately...
WORF
No one will stop me...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/17/90 - ACT FOUR 44.
97 CONTINUED:
TROI
Why, Worf? What is it?
Worf hesitates... half turns to her...
WORF
I am no longer a warrior... I am
no longer strong... I feel...
He stops, unable to go on. Troi moves toward him,
nurturing, gentle.
TROI
What is it you feel?
Worf stares at her, agonizing. The admission is almost
too overwhelming for him.
WORF
I feel... fear.
TROI
Worf... to admit that you are
afraid... gives you strength.
Worf looks at her, allows her to grip his hand.
WORF
Something is waiting for us...
I am not strong enough to fight
it...
TROI
No, Worf. It is just an illusion.
It is not real.
(beat)
Please... put down the knife.
He hesitates, stares at her, wrestles with his proud
warrior's sensibility. But Troi's compassion has
inspired trust. He holds for a beat... then lowers
the knife... puts it on a table. Then, the SECURITY
GUARDS hurry in.
TROI
It's all right. Everything is
fine. Thank you.
Puzzled and uncertain, they retreat. Worf never takes
his eyes off Troi. She holds out her hand to him.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT FOUR 44A.
97 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
Let me take you to Sickbay.
He takes her hand. She leads him out the door.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE 45.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
98 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND BRATTAIN (OPTICAL)
DATA (V.O.)
Acting Captain's log, stardate
44642.1. I have assumed command
of the Enterprise at the request
of Captain Picard. Our situation
is deteriorating; many of the crew
are unable to function and our
life support systems are beginning
to falter.
99 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Troi with Hagan.
TROI (V.O.)
Once before... you said
"double"... what did you mean?
What is double?
HAGAN (V.O.)
...mates... too bright... a --
twin... cannot leave the twin...
one moon circling...
TROI (V.O.)
... what do you mean... you can't
leave?
Hagan tenses slightly, as though hearing something...
HAGAN (V.O.)
No, no... please... can't...
TROI (V.O.)
You want to leave? Why can't you?
HAGAN (V.O.)
Can't go... help... one moon
circling... eyes... that's it...
eyes... in the dark... can't
leave...
Troi stares at him, stunned.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE 45A.
99 CONTINUED:
TROI
(aloud)
Eyes in the dark... that's what
the voice said in my dream.
She leans closer to him.
TROI
Is that where you heard it? In
a dream? Over and over... ?
Hagan does not acknowledge directly... but tears roll
from his eyes down his cheeks... Deanna rises, hurries
to a wan and bedraggled Beverly.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE 46.
100 ANGLE - BEVERLY AND TROI (CONTINUOUS)
TROI
Beverly... I know what it is...
I know what's happening...
BEVERLY
What... ?
TROI
My nightmare... it's not a dream.
It's not a dream at all... it's
a message.
101 INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM (OPTICAL)
Data, Troi, Beverly, and Picard. The others are
noticeable by their absence. The group that is there,
except for Data, is in bad shape. They are unkempt,
hair in disarray and eyes red-rimmed. They are on the
edge of an emotional abyss, all struggling mightily to
keep from toppling over. Beverly is unable to sit
still, and keeps jumping up to pace. Picard is
straining to remain cogent, but keeps his hands tightly
clasped, as though to hold onto sanity. Troi is
possessed of an urgency that threatens to overwhelm
her.
TROI
REM sleep occurs at a different
frequency for Betazoids than other
humanoids... I believe these
beings are using that frequency
to communicate telepathically...
DATA
It is conceivable that this
telepathic communication is
creating an interference that
prevents REM sleep in other
species -- that would be an
explanation for why the rest
of the crew is not dreaming.
PICARD
Counselor... what are these --
beings -- trying to tell us?
TROI
They're calling for help. I think
they're trapped just like we are.
"Eyes in the dark"... could mean
this twin star system...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE 47.
101 CONTINUED:
DATA
Your hypothesis is certainly
plausible.
Data goes to the monitor and snaps on the same OKUDAGRAM
he used in describing the Tyken's Rift.
DATA
It may well be that there is
another ship... on the other side
of the fissure... where we
cannot detect it.
BEVERLY
Is there any way... to block their
signals?
DATA
We have no technology to block
telepathic transmissions, Doctor.
TROI
Maybe... communication through
dreams can work both ways... I
could try to get them to stop...
DATA
Perhaps we can accomplish more
than that. If we could coordinate
our efforts with these beings...
we might work together to free
ourselves.
TROI
It is conceivable... in working
with patients who have
debilitating nightmares, I have
often used a therapetuic treament
known as "directed dreaming"...
The others look at her, trying to hang on to what she's
saying. It's all they can do to comprehend it.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/2/91 - ACT FIVE 48.
101 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
Dreamers can learn to take control
of their dreams... retain a
conscious memory... even while
they're in REM sleep. I should
be able to remember a short
message.
PICARD
If it's... possible... what would
you say... ?
That's not so easy to answer. Troi looks to Data, who
muses thoughtfully and we...
CUT TO:
101A INT. BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION - MONITOR (OPTICAL)
Widen to reveal Troi sitting with Data as he taps more
instructions into the console. A SERIES OF GRAPHICS
scrolls on the monitor -- atomic diagrams of
elements accompany the text. Troi stares at them,
intrigued.
DATA
What we must discover is a means
by which, working together with
the aliens, we can produce an
explosion more intense than either
of us could achieve alone.
TROI
What is it you're looking for?
DATA
These are the elements we have
available. Some of them could
be used in the creation of an
explosive reaction. If we can
communicate this inventory to
the other ship, perhaps they will
be able to --
TROI
No, Data... that's too complex.
This has to be a simple, clear
message...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 48A.
101A CONTINUED:
DATA
I am uncertain if a simple
transmission will be adequate...
But Troi isn't listening -- she's noticed something.
TROI
Stop... go back...
Data hits a control.
130:[1,#b],133:[1,#b]
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 49.
101B INSERT - MONITOR (OPTICAL)
as it scrolls backwards. The material is text,
accompanied by atomic diagrams.
TROI (O.C.)
Further back... there. Stop.
The monitor stops on a readout describing a hydrogen
atom; next to it is the diagram -- one electron
circling one proton.
101C RESUME TWO SHOT
TROI
"One... moon... circles... "
DATA
(curious)
Yes, Counselor, one electron
circles one proton... this is a
hydrogen atom.
TROI
"One moon circles"... that's what
they have been telling me... over
and over...
DATA
Perhaps the aliens are thinking
as we are... to collaborate in
producing an explosion. If
hydrogen is combined with certain
elements... calendenium, for
example, it is extremely volatile.
(beat)
But... would the message mean they
have hydrogen... or want
hydrogen?
TROI
If it is a distress call, they'd
be asking for what they need...
not what they already have.
DATA
Then a proper course of action
would be for us to release
hydrogen into the Rift and hope
that they have a substance which
could detonate it.
TROI
How do I tell them what to do?
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 50.
101C CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
If you are correct, Counselor,
I believe they have already told
us what to do... and are waiting
for us to do it. When we are
ready the only message you should
try to convey is, "Now!"
102 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Troi with Beverly. Beverly is shaky, keeps brushing
at her hair, but gamely hanging on to her
concentration.
BEVERLY
I can help keep you in REM sleep
for a while with this cortical
scanner... it will maintain
electrical activity in your brain
at the proper frequencies...
Troi lies back on the bed and Beverly begins attaching
electrodes.
INTERCUT:
103 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard at command, struggling to stay focused. Data is
at Ops. No one else is on the Bridge.
DATA
Counselor. You will have to
communicate with the other ship
within two minutes of entering
REM sleep.
TROI
(reacts)
Two minutes, is that all, Data?
DATA
Unfortunately, yes. We have only
enough power to emit a hydrogen
stream for that period of time.
They must understand that they
have to detonate it immediately.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 50A.
103 CONTINUED:
DATA (Cont'd)
(to Picard)
Sir, we are ready to implement
the plan.
PICARD
Proceed.
DATA
We will need to draw power from
the life support systems in order
to discharge the collectors.
(a beat, Picard doesn't
respond, so Data
activates a companel)
This is Acting Captain Data. All
personnel will report to
designated shelter areas
immediately...
104 INT. ENTERPRISE - TEN FORWARD - CONTINUOUS
as the group hears Data's announcement. O'Brien and
Gillespie are among them.
DATA'S COM VOICE
... life support systems will
continue only in emergency shelter
areas...
This announcement turns the crowd's dark mood nasty.
The crowd is standing, milling about.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE 51.
104 CONTINUED:
GILLESPIE
Hear that? ... get us jammed into
shelter areas... we sit and wait
to die... nobody'll ever find
us...
GUINAN
(trying to calm them)
You can all relax... Ten Forward
is a designated shelter area.
GILLESPIE
Do we want to die here... like
helpless children?
There are rumbles of response.
105 ANGLE - GUINAN
She quietly touches a com panel.
GUINAN
Security to Ten-Forward... right
away.
106 ON THE GROUP
GILLESPIE
We don't even know what we're
dying for...
O'BRIEN
Gillespie, sit down... you're not
helping matters any...
GILLESPIE
What's wrong with... standing up
for ourselves?
A cheer goes up. Gillespie turns, brushes past
O'Brien's effort to stop him, and leads a sizeable
group toward the portal... as TWO SECURITY GUARDS come
in... but they're not in much better shape...
107 ANGLE - GUARDS AND GROUP
There is a brief scuffle. The guards are disarmed.
Gillespie and his group push to the front.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/19/90 - ACT FIVE 52.
108 GILLESPIE AND CROWD
GILLESPIE
I say... Captain owes us some
answers... let's go...
They surge again toward the door, but this time, they
see --
109 GUINAN (OPTICAL)
standing in front of the door... holding a massive
weapon in her hands -- the 24th Century equivalent of
a shot gun.
GUINAN
Hold it.
The group slows but keeps coming.
GILLESPIE
What's that... ?
GUINAN
It's a little souvenir I picked
up on Magus Three...
GILLESPIE
Stand aside, Guinan... I'm not
feeling so good and I don't have
much patience...
He steps forward and Guinan raises the weapon, fires
over their heads... a huge FLARE blossoms out,
suggesting massive firepower.
GUINAN
That's setting number one.
(beat, while they absorb
this)
Now...
(adjusts the setting)
... anybody want to see number two?
The group is at a dead halt, staring at her.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 53.
109 CONTINUED:
GUINAN
I'm not feeling so good myself...
in fact, I'm real irritable...
so I hope nobody's got the idea
they're going through this door.
Because they'll have to go through
me first.
Gillespie and the others glare at her. But they don't
move.
110 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Beverly with Troi, who is asleep on the bio-bed,
electrodes attached. A NURSE attends.
BEVERLY
PGO signals steady... visual
cortex is showing increased
activity... rapid eye movements
commencing...
Troi's breathing is deep and steady. Beverly stares a
beat at the read-out... seems to lose focus, then
remembers what she's to do... touches her insignia.
BEVERLY
Crusher to Bridge... she's in REM
sleep...
111 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - INTERCUTTING
DATA
Thank you, Doctor.
(to Picard)
Activating the Bussard collectors.
112 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The collectors on the engine nacelles begin to emit
a thin stream of red gas.
113 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Camera DRIFTS into Troi's face as she sleeps.
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 54.
114 INT. NIGHTMARE VOID (OPTICAL)
Troi is floating in the mists... the twin lights glow
through the fog... the sighing voice calls from
beyond... Troi drifts deeper into the foggy
emptiness...
TROI
Where are you?
SIGHING VOICE
Eyes... in the dark...
Troi turns and looks back, as though searching for a
way out. She is uncertain, fearful....
115 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The streams of hydrogen are reaching further into
space.
116 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
DATA
We have ninety seconds remaining.
117 IN THE NIGHTMARE (OPTICAL)
Troi turns back toward the lights, floats on through
the swirling vapors... the blurred and indistinct
shapes seem a long way off.
TROI
Where are you... ?
118 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Beverly tries to concentrate on the brain scanner
monitor.
DATA'S COM VOICE
How is she, Doctor?
BEVERLY
(touches com)
Still in REM sleep...
DATA'S COM VOICE
And how are you?
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 55.
118 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
...I'm... fine...
119 INT. NIGHTMARE ROOM (OPTICAL)
Troi drifts on, pushing at the clouds as though they
had substance.
TROI
Where are you? I have to
find you... I have to tell
you...
The sighing voice grows louder, eerier. Troi looks
frightened... the voice swirls louder, like wind
before a thunderstorm.
120 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The streams of hydrogen now reach deep into space.
121 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
DATA
Forty-five seconds remaining.
122 IN THE NIGHTMARE
The voice is louder now, deafening... a wind has
swirled the fog into grotesque shapes and patterns...
it's hard going... Troi falls to the ground...
TROI
Please... I must find you... tell
you...
Then, suddenly, she looks up, startled by something in
front of her.
123 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
DATA
Thirty seconds...
124 IN THE NIGHTMARE (OPTICAL)
Troi looks up to see --
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 56.
125 A SHAPE - HER POV (OPTICAL)
A dark figure, no more than a shadow, moving toward her
from the gloom.
126 TROI (OPTICAL)
stares at him, startled.
127 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
DATA
Ten seconds.
128 OMITTED
129 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
From the collectors, the last of the hydrogen stretches
into space... a long, long way...
130 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
as Data and Picard watch... the beam knifes through the
darkness... disappears in the distance... they wait...
wait... The lights dim further...
PICARD
Nothing... no explosion...
DATA
The Counselor was unsuccessful.
A beat... and then they see --
131 EXT. SPACE - HUGE EXPLOSIONS (OPTICAL)
A brilliant pyrotechnical display... an explosion,
which illuminates the funnel-shaped %7F%7Frift" in which
they have been trapped.
132 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
as Picard and Data see the explosion, roiling and
raging. There is a hum as power is restored and lights
snap on. Picard rises... instinctively knowing what to
do...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 1/4/91 - ACT FIVE 57.
132 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Activate impulse engines...
DATA
Engines activated, sir...
Data presses several panels on his Ops pad.
133 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
grabs power, accelerates, skims through the last sparks
of the diminishing explosion... directly into the
center of the rift...
And passing it, going the opposite direction... a
shapeless mass... a sparkling energy field... the
other ship.
134 INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY
Troi smiles... then her eyes flutter open as she comes
awake.
135 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
The Enterprise clears the event and emerges into the
quiet starfield once more.
DATA
We have cleared the rift, sir.
Warp engines are coming back on
line.
PICARD
Set a course...
STAR TREK: "Night Terrors" - REV. 12/20/90 - ACT FIVE 58.
135 CONTINUED:
DATA
Setting a course for Starbase
Two-twenty. Sir, as my final
duty as Acting Captain, I order
you to bed. I shall do the same
for all personnel.
PICARD
Very well, Mister Data...
He rises, pauses.
PICARD
And... thank you.
DATA
Yes, sir. Pleasant dreams.
Picard EXITS the Bridge, and Data, alone, implacably
pilots the ship toward safe harbor.
136 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as the ship streaks away.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END
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