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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Identity Crisis"
#40274-192
Teleplay by
Brannon Braga
Directed
Rick Kolbe
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 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 This script is not for publication or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.
FINAL DRAFT
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Identity Crisis"
CAST
PICARD SUSANNA LEIJTEN
RIKER HICKMAN
DATA BREVELLE
BEVERLY
GEORDI Non-Speaking
WORF TWO ALIENS
MENDEZ
TRANSPORTER CHIEF HEDRICK
NURSE ALYSSA OGAWA
ENSIGN GRAHAM
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMERARIES
SECURITY GUARDS
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Identity Crisis"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE
OBSERVATION LOUNGE SHUTTLECRAFT
SICKBAY
BEVERLY'S OFFICE TARCHANNEN
TEN FORWARD OUTPOST
ENGINEERING CLEARING
GEORDI'S OFFICE
CORRIDORS
TRANSPORTER ROOM
HOLODECK
TURBOLIFT
HOLODECK
TARCHANNEN SURFACE
SHUTTLECRAFT
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Identity Crisis"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
CRECHE CRAY-sh
LEIJTEN LIE-ten
MICROPHAGE MICRO-foj
TARCHANNEN tar-CHAN-in
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Identity Crisis"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. TARCHANNEN - RECORDING DEVICE POV (OPTICAL)
A VISUAL OVERLAY, complete with ticking stardate, is
superimposed over a dark, desolate landscape of spindly
black plants and shadowy dunes... a world of perpetual
twilight.
BREVELLE (O.S.)
Tarchannen Three Investigation.
Stardate 40164.7. Ensign Anthony
Brevelle Recording. Lieutenant
Susanna Leijten in command.
Then the recording device pans to include a small,
futuristic structure... and LIEUTENANT SUSANNA LEIJTEN.
Late twenties, striking, dynamic. She faces the
camera.
SUSANNA
You up and running, Brevelle?
BREVELLE (O.S.)
Yes, Lieutenant.
GEORDI moves into view, holding a Tricorder. (Note:
Geordi is younger here, wearing a slightly different,
earlier version of his VISOR.)
GEORDI
(baffled)
I've checked buildings Four and
Five... they're like all the
others... no phaser hits, no sign
of a fight. Looks like the entire
outpost just... vanished...
HICKMAN (O.S.)
(from a distance)
Lieutenant Leijten...
The recording device pans back out into that gloomy
landscape to reveal two palm beacons in the distance.
One is held by ENSIGN PAUL HICKMAN, the other by ENSIGN
EMILITA MENDEZ.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - TEASER 2.
1 CONTINUED:
HICKMAN
(continuing)
You'd better come see this...
2 FOLLOW SUSANNA AND GEORDI (OPTICAL)
As they hurry toward Hickman and Mendez.
HICKMAN
No footprints... no vehicle
tracks. The wind probably erased
them... but look...
Then as Hickman lifts a dirty, torn Starfleet uniform
into view, a disembodied voice is heard...
SUSANNA (O.S.)
Freeze visual.
Everything and everyone FREEZES as we REVEAL...
3 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)
This has all taken place on the wall MONITOR. A
slightly older Susanna stands beside it, pointing to
their images as she speaks...
SUSANNA
That's Hickman on the right...
that's Mendez on the left...
and as already noted, the
recording was made by Ensign
Brevelle... five years ago...
As she turns to face PICARD, RIKER, and GEORDI...
PICARD
Commander Leijten, you said
Brevelle was ill last week for
several days before he...
deserted. What about Mendez?
SUSANNA
Mendez was last seen aboard the
Aries an hour before she
disappeared. According to
witnesses, she seemed completely
normal.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - TEASER 3.
3 CONTINUED:
RIKER
And Hickman?
Susanna shakes her head.
SUSANNA
He just passed a routine
physical... with flying colors.
GEORDI
(skeptical)
I know Paul Hickman. He's a
family man... two kids. I can't
believe he'd steal a shuttle and
desert...
Susanna sits down in the chair beside him.
SUSANNA
Believe it, Geordi. He was
spotted by a Federation supply
ship yesterday... on a course
toward Tarchannen Three.
Everyone ponders this for a moment. Then...
PICARD
The original Tarchannen
disapperances were never solved,
were they?
SUSANNA
No... we never learned what
happened or why. Forty-nine
people... gone...
Riker contemplates the monitor...
RIKER
And now, five years later, members
of the away team that investigated
the disappearances... have started
disappearing themselves.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - TEASER 4.
3 CONTINUED: (2)
SUSANNA
(acknowledges)
Geordi and I are the only two
left.
And off this ominous statement...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE 5.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
4 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
At warp speed.
PICARD (V.O)
Captain's log, Stardate 44664.5.
We have set a course to intercept
Lieutenant Hickman's stolen
shuttlecraft... and, hopefully,
to discover the whereabouts of
the other missing officers...
5 INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
Geordi and Susanna at a table, drinking drinks.
There's a subtext here... both have to wonder if
they're in some kind of danger... but they try to mask
it with casual humor and small talk...
SUSANNA
And then I almost married Paul
Bogrow...
GEORDI
Bogrow... which one was he?
SUSANNA
You remember... with the thin
moustache...
GEORDI
(remembering)
Not Bogrow...
SUSANNA
(laughs)
I know.
GEORDI
The one who used to drive you
crazy... you thought he was so
full of himself...
SUSANNA
(acknowledges)
Well, I decided I prejudged him
unfairly...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE 6.
5 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Uh huh...
SUSANNA
And then I decided I'd been right
in the first place.
GEORDI
(laughs, shakes his
head)
Bogrow...
SUSANNA
And what about you... how come
you never found the right girl?
GEORDI
I enjoy the bachelor's life too
much...
SUSANNA
That doesn't sound like my "little
brother" who always wanted advice
on women...
GEORDI
Well, you were obviously a great
advisor...
Susanna nods. Suddenly somber.
GEORDI
What do you think, Suz?
SUSANNA
I don't know. But I'm not ashamed
to tell you...
(beat)
I'm a little scared, you know?
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE 6A.
5 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
Yeah, I know.
A beat as Susanna tries to lift their spirits out of
the dip...
SUSANNA
Well, if anybody's gonna figure
this out, it'll be the Leitjen
and La Forge Show, right? We
always made a good team...
GEORDI
A helluva team...
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Commander La Forge, Commander
Leijten, report to the Bridge.
We have a fix on the missing
shuttle.
Geordi and Susanna exchange a look as...
GEORDI
(keying insignia)
On our way, Commander.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE 7.
6 OMITTED
7 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, WORF, DATA at their positions; ENSIGN
GRAHAM at the helm; SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.
GRAHAM
Entering the Tarchannen system,
sir.
PICARD
Slow to impulse power. Mister
Worf?
WORF
Long range sensors holding on the
shuttlecraft... bearing zero one
zero, mark two seven one.
PICARD
Hail the vessel.
WORF
Lieutenant Hickman is not
responding, sir.
PICARD
Put a repeating message on all
sub-space channels. Make it a
Priority One communique -- order
the Lieutenant to come about and
stand to.
As Geordi and Susanna ENTER from the turbolift...
WORF
Still no response, sir.
GRAHAM
The craft is now within visual
range.
PICARD
On screen.
8 ANGLE ON VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT)
A Federation shuttle speeding through space. Susanna
watches the view screen, takes a nervous breath.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE 7A.
8 CONTINUED:
This is it -- the investigation is at a critical
moment...
DATA
The shuttle's acceleration is
increasing... its trajectory is
moving directly into the
planet's atmosphere.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE 8.
9 EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
Approaching TARCHANNEN THREE, a grey orb visible in
the distance.
10 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker's on his feet. Geordi stands by Data at Ops.
DATA
He will reach an atmospheric
interface at an altitude of two
hundred and ten kilometers.
RIKER
At his current speed, he'll
self-destruct.
DATA
That is correct, Commander.
PICARD
How soon, Data?
DATA
(checking panels)
Fifty-three seconds.
PICARD
Options?
GRAHAM
He's out of transporter range.
GEORDI
And he's too far away for a
positive lock with the tractor
beam.
PICARD
(quickly, to Worf)
Open a channel.
WORF
Open.
PICARD
Lieutenant Hickman, listen
carefully. I am Captain Picard
of the Enterprise. You are in
danger. You must slow your rate
of approach.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE 9.
10 CONTINUED:
DATA
(reacting to console)
The shuttle is approaching the
outer thermosphere, Captain.
RIKER
He's panicking...
DATA
At current rate of acceleration,
the shuttlecraft will be destroyed
in twenty-eight seconds.
11 EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
The shuttlecraft continues on toward Tarchannen at
faster speed.
12 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Data responds to his console...
DATA
Sixteen seconds to impact.
PICARD
(to com)
Lieutenant Hickman, you must do
as I tell you. Reduce your
velocity and bring your craft to
a positive pitch of twenty
degrees... now.
DATA
The shuttle is entering the lower
ionosphere...
13 EXT. SPACE - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
It flies toward the planet and burns into the
atmosphere. A spectacular FLASH, some stray sparks...
then nothing.
14 INT. BRIDGE - CLOSE UPS - VARIOUS
Riker, Worf, Picard, Geordi, and finally Susanna...
shocked. Then...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT ONE 10.
14 CONTINUED:
WORF
Sir, sensors detect two more
Federation shuttlecraft on the
planet's surface... no life signs.
Reactions...
PICARD
Ready an away team, Number One.
RIKER
Geordi, Data, Worf...
Riker looks at Susanna, nods.
RIKER
(continuing)
And Commander Leijten.
Then as they all head for the turbolift...
15 EXT. TARCHANNEN OUTPOST - ESTABLISHING
After five years, sand dunes have begun to encroach
upon the abandoned facility.
16 EXT. TARCHANNEN SURFACE - NEARBY (OPTICAL)
A dark and gloomy landscape... trapped in a perpetual
twilight. Riker, Worf, Data, Geordi and Susanna
MATERIALIZE in a clearing near a SHUTTLECRAFT. They
flick on their palm beacons and move toward it, Susanna
in the lead.
RIKER
Commander Leijten, La Forge, check
the shuttle... Worf, Data, you've
got the perimeter.
17 SUSANNA
Checks the side of the shuttle for identification...
finds it.
SUSANNA
It's the shuttle pod Mendez stole
from the Aries...
Geordi pulls the shuttle's doors open and ENTERS it.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE 11.
18 INT. SHUTTLECRAFT
Geordi looks around the cramped interior, then
glances down... and picks up a Starfleet uniform...
torn to shreds.
19 EXT. TARCHANNEN SURFACE
Susanna inspects the ground in front of the shuttle,
sees something, shines her light on it and discovers...
20 FOOTPRINTS
Scattered in the dirt... footprints which are clearly
not human...
Susanna's expression turns blank, as if something
inside her has clicked on. She follows the prints out
into the darkness.
21 ON WORF
Close by, examining the ground with his beacon. He
looks up, suddenly wary. His eyes shift with a
warrior's alertness as he slowly shines his light out
into the darkness.
22 ON RIKER AND DATA
Data is scanning the area with his Tricorder.
DATA
No life signs, sir.
Worf approaches them, looking uncomfortable...
WORF
(low)
Sir... I am certain that we are
being watched.
Reactions. Riker sweeps his beacon through the
darkness. Data performs a quick scan with his
Tricorder. Nothing. They exchange a look -- this is
nothing short of creepy...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT ONE 12.
23 ANGLE - THE SHUTTLE DOORS
Geordi EXITS the shuttle to meet with the others. He
shows them the torn uniform.
GEORDI
Commander Riker...
A beat as they all react. Then...
GEORDI
Where's Commander Leijten?
They look about. No sign of her.
RIKER
(keys insignia)
Susanna, report.
Nothing. Riker exchanges a grim look with the others.
RIKER
Fan out. Let's find her.
They move off in different directions.
24 ANGLE - IN FRONT OF SHUTTLE
Geordi stops and looks around...
GEORDI
(calls out)
Susanna?
No response. He spots Susanna's footprints in the dirt
and follows them...
GEORDI
(keys communicator)
La Forge to Leijten...
Somewhere close in the darkness, a whisper --
SUSANNA (O.S.)
Over here...
Geordi whips around, startled, and discovers Susanna
nearby, her beacon turned off, standing stock still,
as if listening for something.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT ONE 13.
24 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Where have you been?
SUSANNA
Mendez... Brevelle... they're
alive. You saw the footprints?
GEORDI
Yes... but they're not human...
SUSANNA
(interrupting)
They're here. Stand still...
listen... and you can feel it...
they're here...
A beat. He scans with his Tricorder. Then...
GEORDI
I'm not picking up anything...
Susanna ignores him, walks forward into the darkness.
Geordi moves for her, gently takes her arm...
GEORDI
Where are you going?
She jerks away from him. Geordi is taken aback. For
an instant, Susanna looks equally surprised... then
she starts backing away from him...
GEORDI
Susanna... ?
Geordi reaches for her, nice and slow... and she turns
to run. Geordi grabs her, holding her tight as she
thrashes in his arms like a trapped animal.
GEORDI
(hits communicator)
La Forge to Enterprise, medical
emergency, two to Sickbay.
And off Susanna's wildly panicked face...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT TWO 14.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
25 INT. SICKBAY
Susanna lies in the diagnostic bed, Geordi and Beverly
standing on either side of her. She opens her eyes,
dazed for a moment, then quips...
SUSANNA
Do I look as bad as I feel?
GEORDI
You look fine... now.
As Beverly scans her with an instrument, Susanna sits
up, manages a weak smile.
SUSANNA
What happened?
BEVERLY
Your blood chemistry is way off.
And you had a histamine response,
to what I don't know.
(a beat)
I'll run a complete blood and
tissue analysis.
Picard ENTERS... overhears...
SUSANNA
I need to get back to the surface.
BEVERLY
Uh uh... until we find some
answers, I don't want you to leave
the Enterprise.
SUSANNA
But I have work...
BEVERLY
(interrupting)
Look, Commander, you may simply
have had an anxiety reaction down
there. But we've got to make
sure.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT TWO 15.
25 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(to Susanna's look)
Probably wouldn't hurt to take
it easy for a while...
SUSANNA
I'm not going to stay locked up
on this ship while the
investigation...
PICARD
Your devotion to duty is
admirable, Commander... but Doctor
Crusher is right. You will remain
on the Enterprise until we know
whether or not this is connected
to the disappearance of the
others.
SUSANNA
(protesting)
Captain...
PICARD
(firm)
We have completed our survey on
the surface. Analyzing that data
will keep all of us busy for some
time.
His tone is clear... and Susanna heeds it.
SUSANNA
Of course, sir. I understand.
GEORDI
(gently stepping in)
Data has a preliminary report...
if you feel up to it...
SUSANNA
Sure... what're we waiting for?
As Geordi and Susanna EXIT, Picard faces Beverly.
PICARD
Doctor... what about La Forge?
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT TWO 16.
25 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY
I gave him a complete bioscan.
Everything says he's in perfect
shape.
PICARD
But according to all reports...
so were Mendez and Hickman before
they disappeared.
Beverly nods, acknowledging their shared concern.
They've lost one Starfleet officer today... and they
don't want to lose any more.
26 INT. CORRIDOR
Geordi and Susanna walk along. She is clearly
agitated, talking a little too fast...
SUSANNA
Captain Picard's wrong. The way
to handle this is to get back down
there with a dozen away teams...
fan out from the shuttle... We
can cover a lot of ground in a
hurry... use proximity detectors
and infrared sensors...
GEORDI
(a warning)
Susanna...
And then she notices it, too. Her hand is shaking.
Trembling badly. Almost palsied. After a beat...
SUSANNA
Geordi... it's started...
whatever happened to the others...
it's happening to me, too...
He takes her hand in his. Holds it tight.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 17.
26 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Suz... I'm here...
(a beat, a smile)
I'm not going to let anything
happen to you.
Susanna manages a small grin in response. As they
ENTER the turbolift.
GEORDI
Main Bridge.
And as the doors close.
27 OMITTED
28 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
Data, Geordi, and Susanna are at an aft science
station, studying the greatly magnified image of a
single cell.
DATA
During microscopic examination
of the torn uniform, I discovered
these alien skin cells.
SUSANNA
Source?
DATA
Undetermined.
GEORDI
(shakes his head)
Without something else to
cross-reference, it would take
weeks to try and identify them...
DATA
Fortunately, there is more
evidence...
Data taps a control and the monitor displays a computer
graphic of a strange, alien footprint.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 18.
28 CONTINUED:
DATA
We have been able to determine
that the footprints we found by
the shuttle were not made by any
known Tarchannen life form.
SUSANNA
If we're pursuing a theory that
somehow unknown aliens are
involved... I should tell you we
didn't find tracks like that
during the original investigation.
DATA
The planet is subject to frequent
sandstorms. Footprints could have
been obliterated prior to your
arrival.
Geordi stares at the monitor... Data taps a control
and an image of the skin cell appears next to that of
the footprint.
DATA
Doctor Crusher and I will begin
to search the medical database...
and attempt to match these with
a known life form.
As Geordi and Susanna study the image...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 19.
28A
thru OMITTED
28B
29 INT. TURBOLIFT
Geordi and Susanna riding in it. Thinking. Then...
SUSANNA
Aliens or no aliens... why would
our people start returning after
five years to be... abducted?
As they talk, Geordi and Susanna click back into an old
mode... an enthusiastic team searching for answers.
GEORDI
Some kind of compulsion... like
a post hypnotic command... ?
SUSANNA
(acknowledging)
Something that happened while we
were down there the first time...
GEORDI
We can go back to the mission
record... construct a log of
everyone's movements...
SUSANNA
And look for a commonalty.
Something we all touched... maybe
a plant... the sand...
GEORDI
Or something we ingested... could
be in the air itself...
And as the turbolift doors open and they EXIT...
30 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In a synchronous orbit over Tarchannen.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 20.
31 INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - TO INCLUDE WALL MONITOR
(OPTICAL)
Data and Beverly study the data on a monitor. Then
he taps it and a series of images begin flashing by.
BEVERLY
(not hopeful)
The parameters are pretty broad,
Data... any match we make is going
to be inconclusive at best.
DATA
I am aware of that. However, I
see no other reasonable course
of investigation available to us.
(beat)
And we may not have much time.
This last statement hangs in the air. Then...
BEVERLY
You're worried about Geordi,
aren't you?
DATA
(reminding her)
I am an android. It is not
possible for me to feel anxiety.
Starfleet personnel have
vanished... others may be at risk.
We must do the best we can to find
out why.
A beat.
DATA
However...
He pauses, seeming to search for the correct words.
DATA
I am strongly motivated to solve
this mystery.
Off her reaction...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT TWO 21.
32 INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI'S OFFICE - ON WALL MONITOR
(OPTICAL)
Footage of Tarchannen from the Teaser... without audio.
The away team (including Susanna and Geordi) search
the area where the uniform was found.
GEORDI (O.S.)
Freeze visual.
Everything and everyone FREEZES as we reveal...
33 GEORDI (OPTICAL)
Watching the monitor. Susanna sits at a nearby
console, studying the image of a spindly Tarchannen
plant. It's been a long session... and Susanna's
clearly frayed at the edges. She frowns and nervously
rubs her hand.
SUSANNA
We're wasting our time.
GEORDI
(surprised)
You didn't feel that way before...
it was your idea to look for some
sort of commonality.
SUSANNA
Well... I was wrong.
Susanna stands, begins pacing. Restless.
SUSANNA
We're not going to find anything
this way. We should go back to
the planet... it's all down
there... everything we need to
know.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 22.
33 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
That's not an option... not until
the Captain says it is...
He turns back to the monitor...
GEORDI
Computer resume.
34 ON WALL MONITOR (OPTICAL) (INTERCUT)
Which begins playing the images from the opening of
the Teaser. As Geordi watches this...
35 SUSANNA (OPTICAL)
Crosses back to the console and stares at the image
of the plant... then abruptly switches the viewer off.
SUSANNA
I can't look at this anymore.
It hurts my eyes... I can't think.
My brain feels like it's wrapped
in a blanket.
GEORDI
Take a break. I'll work for a...
SUSANNA
I don't need a break... I...
(hushed)
... I need to get off this ship.
Geordi reacts... knowing what this could mean.
GEORDI
(gently)
I think... we should go see Doctor
Crusher...
SUSANNA
Forget Crusher... forget your
logs. Tarchannen's down there,
Geordi. It's waiting for us.
That's where we should go.
GEORDI
Susanna... you can't leave...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 23.
35 CONTINUED:
Susanna glares at him... whatever she's caught up in is
rapidly consuming her. Then she whips around and heads
toward the office door.
GEORDI
Susanna...
She ignores him, leaves the office. Geordi quickly
follows her out into Main Engineering. They draw the
attention of startled SUPERNUMARIES as...
GEORDI
SUSANNA!
She finally stops, faces him -- unable to speak -- her
body trembling uncontrollably... and then she
collapses.
Geordi rushes to her. The Supernumaries gather around
them as he takes her head in his hands...
And her hair brushes aside to reveal the dark BLOTCHES
peppered along the back of her neck. Susanna reaches
for him, clutches his shoulders, fighting back a sudden
jolt of pain. Geordi looks at her hand...
36 CLOSE ON SUSANNA'S HAND
Her two middle fingers are FUSED together...
37 ON GEORDI
As he reacts...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE 24.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
38 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In orbit around Tarchannen Three.
39 INT. SICKBAY
The room is dimly lit. Susanna's shadowy form lies
in an emergency medical bed. As NURSE OGAWA stands
by, Beverly passes an instrument over the patient...
BEVERLY
(tense)
Her blood pressure's still
falling...
(to the Nurse)
Apply the T-cell stimulator.
We've got to stabilize her immune
system.
Picard and Geordi ENTER the dark room. As Geordi
reacts to the low light level, Beverly explains...
BEVERLY
She's developed an extreme
sensitivity to light... we're
trying to make her more
comfortable.
Geordi nods, approaches the bed.
40 ANGLE - FAVORING SUSANNA
The changes are startling... her skin is mottled with
intricately woven black patches and veins... her hair,
oily and black. Geordi stares at Susanna... shocked.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 25.
40 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
My God...
Susanna regains a hazy consciousness and looks up at
Geordi with eyes which are no longer human.
SUSANNA
(softly)
Geordi...
He gently takes her hand. Beverly catches Picard's
eye and nods toward her office. As they EXIT...
GEORDI
Hold on, Susanna. Doctor Crusher
will help you. Just... hold on.
SUSANNA
It's inside me, Geordi... I can't
fight it... it's winning...
GEORDI
Don't give up... do you hear me,
Suz? You can't give up...
But she's lost consciousness again...
41 INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)
Picard and Beverly watch a wall monitor as a greatly
magnified image of a single cell appears on the screen.
BEVERLY
This is one of Susanna's altered
skin cells...
She presses a control and a second cell appears next
to the first.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE 26.
41 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
And this is one of the alien cells
Data found.
PICARD
Almost identical. How do you
explain it?
BEVERLY
Captain, I think the people who
disappeared from Tarchannen Three
weren't abducted... they were
transformed into another
species...
That's when they realize Geordi has quietly entered.
GEORDI
(even)
Can you stop it, Doctor?
BEVERLY
(not hopeful)
The T-cell stimulator will slow
the rate of change... but until I
find the cause...
She shakes her head. Then, after a pause...
PICARD
Doctor Crusher... is this a threat
to the Enterprise?
BEVERLY
No. I've tested the cell wall
integrity. It's viability is
extremely low. It's not possible
for Susanna to transmit it.
GEORDI
Then how did she get it?
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 27.
41 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY
That's a good question. And it
would be a great help if I knew.
(turning to Geordi)
The only thing I do know,
Geordi... is that it's very
possible you'll be next.
Geordi is stunned, tries to deny the possibility.
GEORDI
I had two full bioscans today.
You said I was fine.
BEVERLY
I gave Susanna a bioscan, too.
I didn't find anything wrong with
her, either.
A beat. Geordi moves from denial... to acceptance.
GEORDI
How long?
BEVERLY
I don't know what we're dealing
with. Brevelle was sick for days
before he left... Mendez was
normal an hour before she
disappeared. You may have
weeks... or just a few hours.
GEORDI
(after a thoughtful
beat)
Then there's no time to waste.
I've got to get back to work.
BEVERLY
Geordi... until I know exactly
what we're dealing with, you're
staying here. In Sickbay.
GEORDI
Doctor, you said it would help
if you knew the source of this...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 28.
41 CONTINUED: (3)
GEORDI (Cont'd)
If I could finish my analysis of
the mission records... I might
find an answer.
PICARD
(stepping in)
And what if you begin to change...
and feel compelled to return to
the planet like the others?
GEORDI
Program the computer to monitor
my movements... that way you can
be sure I don't leave the ship.
Geordi takes Picard's silence as a refusal... becomes
more impassioned in his argument.
GEORDI
What would you do, sir? Sit it
out in Sickbay... or try to learn
what it is that's got you... and
maybe stop it?
Picard thinks about this. Knowing exactly what he
would want to do if he were in Geordi's place. He
exchanges a look with Beverly... she understands.
PICARD
All right, Mister La Forge...
proceed with your investigation.
But report to Doctor Crusher for
another bioscan at the start of
day watch.
BEVERLY
In the meantime, if you have
symptoms of any kind -- I want
to know. Immediately.
Geordi smiles. Relieved and thankful.
GEORDI
Understood.
And as he rushes out of the room...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 29.
42 INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI'S OFFICE - ON WALL MONITOR
- (OPTICAL)
And a scene from the visual record we haven't seen
before: Illuminated by the stark camera lights,
Susanna, Geordi, and Mendez stand outside Building One,
watching as Hickman lifts an evidence case.
HICKMAN
(keying insignia)
One to transport.
As Hickman DEMATERIALIZES, Susanna turns to the others.
SUSANNA
I want to make another sweep of
the perimeter. Mendez, Brevelle,
start at Building Two. La Forge,
you and I will begin at Four.
They move out of the scene, casting dark shadows across
the building behind them as they all head off in
different directions... then the record ends and the
screen is abruptly filled with static.
GEORDI (O.S.)
Okay, computer...
43 ANGLE TO INCLUDE GEORDI
Alone in his office... head aching from hours of
fruitless effort, pushing himself hard. As he stares
at the wall monitor...
GEORDI
(continuing)
Analyze audio elements from time
index fourteen four seven to
fifteen five eight. List all
anomalies.
COMPUTER VOICE
No audio anomalies present.
GEORDI
Any subspace projections... z
particle emissions... or
interferometric frequencies?
COMPUTER VOICE
No subspace projections present.
No z particle emissions present.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 30.
43 CONTINUED:
COMPUTER VOICE (Cont'd)
No interferometric patterns
present.
Another dead end. Geordi sighs with frustration as
Data ENTERS.
DATA
Geordi... may I inquire how your
investigation is proceeding?
GEORDI
It's not.
DATA
Have you done an audio analysis...
Geordi impatiently interrupts Data in mid-sentence --
a strong indication of how tired and frustrated he is.
GEORDI
And a spectrographic analysis and
a screen for ionizing radiation...
and I even ran an enhancement for
micro-seismic disturbances. I've
tried it all.
A beat. Geordi shakes his head.
GEORDI
I'm sorry, Data.
DATA
There is no need for an apology.
Geordi just nods. Data observes him for a moment.
DATA
Perhaps if you indulged in a short
rest period, you could approach
this problem with what humans
commonly refer to as a fresh point
of view...
This is as close to human concern as Data can
express... and Geordi knows it. He manages a smile.
GEORDI
You're probably right, Data. But
I've got to finish scanning these
records... while I can.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT THREE 31.
43 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
Is there some way I can assist
you?
GEORDI
(shakes his head)
If I knew what I was looking
for...
(sighs)
I think it's just down to going
over it, Data... maybe find
something I forgot... I'll let
you know if I come up with
anything... anything at all.
Data acknowledges and as Geordi goes back to the wall
monitor, Data EXITS...
44 INT. SICKBAY
Beverly is met by Nurse Ogawa as she ENTERS.
OGAWA
Sorry to disturb you, Doctor...
BEVERLY
It's alright. What's happened?
OGAWA
I thought you should see this.
They approach the unconscious Susanna, who has changed
further. Her skin, slick with an oily coating, bears
an even more elaborate network of black swirls and
patterns.
Nurse Ogawa shines a penlight on Susanna's face...
45 ANGLE - FAVORING SUSANNA (OPTICAL)
As the beam glides across Susanna's cheek a quickly
fading phosphorous trail is left on the skin.
BEVERLY
(what the hell)
Her skin's simulating the light...
a radiant reaction...
(musing)
Some sort of mimetic ability?
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE 32.
45 CONTINUED:
OGAWA
That's not all. Her body
temperature is dropping.
Beverly waves a Tricorder over Susanna...
BEVERLY
(puzzled)
It's as if she's generating a
disruptive field... I can barely
get readings off her now... What
about her rate of transformation?
OGAWA
It's increasing.
BEVERLY
That's not possible. It should
have been inhibited by the
T-cell stimulator... unless...
(thinking hard)
If there's a foreign body inside
her that's producing these
changes... something like a
viral creche...
OGAWA
A very small one if our scans
haven't found it.
BEVERLY
(let's get to it)
I want a full genetic analysis.
We're going to examine any
abnormality we find... no matter
how insignificant it seems.
And as they go to work...
46 INT. ENGINEERING - GEORDI'S OFFICE - MONITOR (OPTICAL)
The visual record PLAYS... beginning with the entire
team at Building One again.
HICKMAN
One to transport.
GEORDI (O.S.)
Computer, delete the audio.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT TWO 33.
47 INCLUDE GEORDI (OPTICAL)
As he watches, the record continues silently. Hickman
DEMATERIALIZES. Susanna and the others move out of
the scene, their shadows following after them. Then
Geordi suddenly frowns...
GEORDI
Wait a minute... freeze visual.
The image freezes. We see the bare wall of the outpost
building... and a single shadow.
GEORDI
(after a beat, puzzled)
Whose shadow is that?
COMPUTER
Please restate question.
He taps a console... a grid appears over the image
on the monitor.
GEORDI
Computer... the shadow currently
displayed in section B-eleven...
what is its source?
COMPUTER
Unknown.
Geordi sighs, shakes his head.
GEORDI
It's gotta belong to somebody...
(to viewer)
Computer... return to time index
fourteen five eight...
The image flashes backwards... and starts again.
Geordi watches as the away team moves off in different
directions, leaving that single shadow prominently
displayed on the wall...
GEORDI
Okay... Brevelle's behind the
camera... Susanna and I head off
in that direction. Mendez moves
off that way...
(softly)
... so whose shadow is it?
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT THREE 34.
47 CONTINUED:
Geordi thinks about it... a tired man with a very hard
question in front of him. He drums his fingers on his
desk nervously... a subtly uncharacteristic gesture.
GEORDI
Computer... replay visual from
last time index. No audio.
Slow to fifty percent.
On the monitor, the away team moves in SLOW MOTION,
their shadows close together on the wall behind them.
As they walk off...
GEORDI
Freeze visual.
48 CLOSE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)
And that shadow remaining on the building wall.
GEORDI
Magnify four times... apply
spectral enhancement.
The visual MAGNIFIES, becoming fuzzy in a digital,
blocky false color manner... then resolves into a
sharp, normal color image... showing a close-up of the
mysterious, vaguely humanoid, shadow.
49 GEORDI (OPTICAL)
Stares hard at the screen... rubs his forehead.
Annoyed. Impatient. And then the idea hits him...
driving him on to an even greater effort... despite his
fatigue...
GEORDI
(urgent)
Computer, do you have sufficient
data to compile a Holographic
simulation of this Visual Record?
COMPUTER VOICE
A simulation would be limited to
areas scanned by the visual
recording device.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 35.
49 CONTINUED:
Geordi stands, paces excitedly, ever fiber of his being
convinced he is on the verge of a breakthrough.
GEORDI
Good. Fine. Scan the entire
record... then recreate it in
Holodeck Three.
Geordi EXITS, almost on the run.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/11/91 - ACT THREE 36.
50
thru OMITTED
54
55 INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK THREE
Geordi hurries up and hits the companel.
GEORDI
Computer, is the Tarchannen
simulation ready?
COMPUTER VOICE
Affirmative. Program complete.
Enter when ready.
Geordi moves for the doors. Then stops and holds out
his hand. It's trembling... badly. Like Susanna's.
Geordi frowns, reaches for his insignia... then
hesitates. He knows he should contact Beverly, but
he's driven to solve this mystery... to save Susanna.
After a beat, he presses a series of buttons on the
control panel. The doors slide open and Geordi ENTERS
the holodeck...
56 INT. HOLODECK
Geordi stands near the door, studying...
57 ANGLE - HOLODECK/TARCHANNEN OUTPOST
A re-creation of Building One... complete down to
Tarchannen's perpetual twilight. Holograms of Susanna,
Mendez, and Geordi, frozen in place... their shadows
clearly visible on the wall behind them...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR 37.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
58 INT. HOLODECK
As before. Geordi stares numbly at the facsimile of
a healthy, vibrant Susanna... then charges on...
GEORDI
Computer, scan Starfleet records
and create a simulation of
Brevelle... place him where he
stood while recording this...
59 ANGLE - FAVORING BREVELLE (OPTICAL)
A hologram of BREVELLE APPEARS between the real Geordi
and the holograms of the away team. Brevelle holds
a recording device with a bright light mounted on
it...
60 GEORDI
Steps up beside Brevelle... looks over at the holograms
of the away team standing by the wall... so intent on
his investigation that he is unaware of the increased
trembling of his hands... or the sweat beading on his
brow...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/15/91 - ACT FOUR 38.
60 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Good. Computer, based on their
speed and direction, can you
extrapolate each officer's
movements as they walk out of
the recording device's field of
view?
COMPUTER
Affirmative. With an increasing
probability of error, reaching
ninety-five percent after ten
seconds.
GEORDI
Understood. Run simulation.
61 THE SIMULATION
Comes to "life." Susanna turns to Mendez and Geordi...
HOLO-SUSANNA
I want to make another sweep of
the perimeter. Mendez, Brevelle,
start at Building Two. La Forge,
you and I will begin at Four.
They walk off in different directions...
62 THE "REAL" GEORDI
Observes intently as...
63 ANGLE ON OUTPOST WALL
Geordi, Mendez and Susanna's shadows move off the
wall... leaving that one strange shadow in place.
But as Geordi moves closer to examine it...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR 39.
64 THE HOLO-BREVELLE (OPTICAL)
Turns off his camera's light... and the shadow
abruptly DISAPPEARS.
Geordi shakes his head. Frustrated.
GEORDI
It's happening too fast.
(a beat)
Freeze program.
The holograms all freeze in place.
GEORDI
Computer, reverse simulation...
run it back to... time index
fourteen five eight.
65 OMITTED
65A BREVELLE (OPTICAL)
His camera light comes back on... and...
66 THE HOLOGRAMS OF SUSANNA, MENDEZ, AND GEORDI
(OPTICAL)
Walk in reverse back toward the building. Their
shadows reappear on the wall... moving backwards...
rejoining the mysterious shadow that was left behind.
67 THE "REAL" GEORDI (OPTICAL)
Reacts... interrupts...
GEORDI
Freeze.
The holograms all freeze in place. Geordi walks up
to the wall... stares at the jumble of shadows on it.
He nervously rubs his hand. Then...
GEORDI
Computer... remove Leijten...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR 39A.
67 CONTINUED:
Susanna and her shadow VANISH. The unexplained shadow
remains.
GEORDI
Remove La Forge...
Holo-Geordi and his shadow VANISH... the unexplained
shadow remains...
GEORDI
... and now remove Mendez...
Mendez and her shadow DISAPPEAR, leaving Brevelle, his
camera, its light and that one, unexplained shadow
behind.
Geordi moves closer... studying the shadow's
indistinct, vaguely human shape.
He steps still closer... right between the camera and
the wall... the shadow falls over him.
67A ANOTHER ANGLE
Geordi turns and faces Brevelle's camera... squinting
at its bright light... there is clearly nothing between
him and the light which could be casting the shadow.
He steps to one side and the shadow falls on the wall
again.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 40.
67A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Computer, using vector analysis,
identify the source of this
shadow.
COMPUTER VOICE
There is no object in the program
which could generate the shadow.
Geordi puts a hand to his head, feeling a wave of
dizziness. It subsides as quickly as it came.
GEORDI
There must be something else
here... something between the
camera lights and the wall.
Geordi paces back and forth. Thinking furiously.
GEORDI
Computer, given the distance from
the lights to the wall... can you
determine the most likely shape
and position of the object casting
this shadow?
COMPUTER VOICE
There is insufficient data to
reconstruct the requested object.
GEORDI
Okay... let's assume the height
of our friend here is about my
size... say one hundred seventy
centimeters... now can you
extrapolate its shape and
position?
COMPUTER VOICE
Affirmative.
GEORDI
Do it.
68 HOLODECK/SHADOW (OPTICAL)
A gray figure MATERIALIZES right in front of the
shadow... taking shape bit by bit until it becomes a
roughly defined humanoid CREATURE.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FOUR 41.
69 GEORDI (OPTICAL)
Reacts with astonishment as he approaches the humanoid
hologram and slowly circles it... there was
something there...
Then he is struck with a sudden, intense jab of
internal pain. Geordi drops to his knees... clutching
at the back of his neck.
70 HIS HAND
The middle fingers have fused together. As his hand
slides away, we see the first mottled blotches of the
transformation on his neck.
71 GEORDI
Stares at his hand... at the horror of it.
72 OMITTED
73 INT. SICKBAY (OPTICAL)
Susanna is still in bed, further transformed, and
barely conscious.
Beverly and Nurse Ogawa are at a wall monitor, studying
a diagram of Susanna's upper chest and throat. A small
light begins pulsing in the region of the thymus.
BEVERLY
(at last)
There... in the thymus...
Beverly taps on some panels... some data flashes on
the monitor.
BEVERLY
(studying the figures,
puzzled)
Some kind of parasite. It's using
Susanna's immune system to spread
genetic instructions...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 42.
73 CONTINUED:
OGAWA
How did it get there?
BEVERLY
She could have been infected
during the original mission. It's
small enough to have entered
through any of the mucous
membranes...
She taps the wall monitor again and a graphic display
of cells undergoing rapid transformation comes up.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
But it certainly isn't acting like
a typical parasite... it's not
feeding off her -- it's actually
transforming her DNA to match its
own...
Ogawa crosses to Susanna, scans her with an instrument.
OGAWA
There's not much of her original
DNA left.
BEVERLY
(acknowledges, urgent)
And we're going to need unaltered
genes... or we'll never get her
back. We've got to get that thing
out of her. Now.
And as they prepare for surgery...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 43.
73A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In orbit over Tarchannen Three.
74 OMITTED
75 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION
Data is working the panels... checking further
analysis... Picard is at command, Worf at Tactical,
and Riker stands near Graham at the helm. As Riker
crosses to Data...
RIKER
Any luck?
DATA
Negative, Commander. Nothing in
our survey suggests the source of
a parasitic infection...
He breaks off as...
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
Crusher to Bridge.
75A NEW ANGLE
PICARD
Go ahead, Doctor.
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
The surgery was successful...
INTERCUT:
76 INT. SICKBAY
Beverly "coming out" of surgery... the strain is
clearly showing.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
... but it will be a few hours
before we know how her
regenerative systems are
responding... In the meantime,
I'd better get Geordi in here.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 43A.
76 CONTINUED:
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Very good, Doctor. Keep us
advised.
BEVERLY
(keying insignia)
Crusher to La Forge...
No response.
BEVERLY
Computer, locate Commander La
Forge.
COMPUTER VOICE
Commander La Forge is not on board
the Enterprise.
A moment of stunned silence... then...
BEVERLY
Bridge, the Computer says Geordi
isn't on board... ? Is that
correct?
76A INT. BRIDGE
Reactions.
DATA
I show no transporter activity.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 44.
76A CONTINUED:
WORF
All shuttles are secure.
RIKER
Negative, Doctor. There is no
indication he left the ship.
PICARD
Computer, what was Commander La
Forge's last known location?
COMPUTER VOICE
Holodeck Three.
Riker and Picard exchange a quick look. Then as Riker
heads toward the turbolift...
RIKER
Worf...
As Riker and Worf EXIT...
76B INT. SICKBAY
BEVERLY
Captain, if Geordi has
transformed, he may be virtually
a chameleon -- the skin develops
mimetic capabilities... he could
still be onboard...
76C INT. MAIN BRIDGE
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
... but undetectable to our
sensors...
Off Picard's reaction...
77 INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE HOLODECK THREE
Riker and Worf rush up from one end of the corridor;
two N.D. SECURITY GUARDS from the other. Worf presses
a series of buttons on the control panel and the doors
slide open.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 45.
78 INT. HOLODECK (OPTICAL)
One Security Guard stays in the doorway as Riker, Worf,
and the other Guard ENTER. As they react to the
Tarchannen simulation...
WORF
(to guard)
Search the structure... I will
take the perimeter...
As Worf and the Guard move off, Riker approaches the
frozen, humanoid hologram. What the hell is this
thing... and what part does it play in this mystery?
WORF (O.S.)
Commander...
Riker turns toward...
79 WORF
Who holds up Geordi's abandoned VISOR and torn uniform.
Off Riker's reaction...
80 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM SIX
TRANSPORTER CHIEF HEDRICK is at his station, running
a routine maintenance program. The door opens and he
reacts to...
81 A HUMANOID BLUR - AT THE DOOR (OPTICAL)
Shaped like the hologram Geordi created; almost
invisible thanks to its incredible chameleon-like skin.
HEDRICK
(keying insignia)
Security...
But before he can call for help, the humanoid form
lunges at Hedrick in a RIPPLING BLUR... knocking the
surprised man off his feet.
82 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Data reacts to his console...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FOUR 46.
82 CONTINUED:
DATA
Captain... the security lockout
on Transporter Room Six has been
broken.
PICARD
Re-engage... now.
DATA
I cannot, sir... The transport
cycle has already begun.
83 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)
Hedrick sprawled on the floor; the humanoid blur on
the pad. As the DEMATERIALIZATION finishes, an energy
silhouette of the Alien/Geordi is briefly visible on
the pad. Then we...
84 OMITTED
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE 47.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
85
thru OMITTED
89
90 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Worf and Data at their positions; Riker, and Picard in
the command area.
WORF
I do not read any life signs on
the surface.
A moment of worried silence... then...
PICARD
Our sensor array is useless...
we have to find another way of
locating him.
Data processes this for a moment, then turns toward
Picard and Riker.
DATA
Captain, if we can get close
enough to Geordi... we can read
his absorption spectrum with an
ultraviolet light.
RIKER
Can you modify an emergency beacon
to operate on UV?
DATA
Yes, sir.
PICARD
Make it so. Number One, as soon
as Data is ready, I want you to
lead an away team.
90A OMITTED
90B INT. ENGINEERING
Worf and Riker ENTER to discover Data at a work
station, the various components of an emergency beacon
laid out before him.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE 47A.
90B CONTINUED:
RIKER
How long, Mister Data?
DATA
(continuing to work as
he talks)
I still must replace the emitter
module and reconnect the power
supply. It will take
approximately two minutes to
complete the modification.
Then Riker reacts to the Transporter Chief's voice
as...
HEDRICK'S COM VOICE
Hedrick to Commander Riker.
RIKER
(keying insignia)
Go ahead.
90C INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
Hedrick is back at his console... recovered from his
encounter with the transformed Geordi.
HEDRICK
I've been able to determine La
Forge's transport coordinates.
90D INT. ENGINEERING
HEDRICK'S COM VOICE
(continuing)
He beamed down next to the Aries
shuttle.
RIKER
Acknowledged.
Riker and Worf cross to the pool table. As Riker
punches up something on its monitor...
RIKER
He's on foot... couldn't have
gotten far by now. Let's assume
a radius of ten kilometers...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE 47B.
90D CONTINUED:
WORF
That is still a search area of
more than three hundred square
kilometers.
Riker hears this... knows what they're up against...
RIKER
We've got to narrow it down.
What's happening with the enhanced
sensor arrays?
Worf punches up something else on the pool table,
studies it... then shakes his head.
WORF
All scans are still negative.
Riker frowns with frustration.
RIKER
There has to be some way to track
him.
(new thought)
What about the high resolution
EM scans?
WORF
We are adjusting the sensors to
read Commander La Forge's
absorption spectrum... but it
will take several hours.
RIKER
(beat)
Geordi doesn't have several hours.
Data approaches... carrying the now assembled,
baton-like emergency beacon.
DATA
I have completed the
modifications, Commander.
On the move.
RIKER
(keying insignia)
Doctor Crusher... meet us in
Transporter Room Six.
Immediately.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/17/91 - ACT FIVE 48.
90E INT. SICKBAY (FORMERLY 90A)
Beverly is readying her medical kit for the Away
Team...
BEVERLY
(to Ogawa)
... And I'm going to need a
sedative for him... Get me ten
cc's of kayolane...
Ogawa acknowledges, leaves as...
SUSANNA (O.S.)
Doctor Crusher...
91 ANGLE
To reveal Susanna who has regained consciousness...
still part alien but her eyes once again clear and
human.
BEVERLY
You look a lot better than you
did an hour ago...
SUSANNA
(weak)
What did you do?
BEVERLY
We removed some kind of parasite
from your thymus...
SUSANNA
(interrupts)
No.
(off Bev's look)
It wasn't a parasite, Doctor.
(with new found inner
knowledge)
It's their method of
reproduction... to plant a DNA
strand in a living host... that
causes a metamorphosis.
(beat)
... Geordi?
Beverly barely has time to react... when Susanna's
alien instincts tell her. Sitting up, alarmed...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 49.
91 CONTINUED:
SUSANNA
He's gone...
BEVERLY
Yes...
SUSANNA
He's on the planet...
BEVERLY
Don't try to get up yet...
SUSANNA
We have to find him...
BEVERLY
An away team is about to start
a search.
SUSANNA
You'll never be able to find
him...
(beat)
I'm the only one who can.
Off Beverly's reaction...
92 EXT. TARCHANNEN THREE - THE OUTPOST
The dark, gloomy landscape... the deserted buildings.
93 BY THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
Riker, Beverly, Susanna, Worf, and Data MATERIALIZE
near the abandoned shuttle. Data holds a foot long,
baton-like emergency beacon. As they all turn on their
individual palm beacons... Susanna reacts to the light,
blinks, uncomfortable, turns away...
SUSANNA
No... you must turn them off...
the light frightens them...
Riker nods to the others, all turn off the beacons.
RIKER
(to Susanna; re: the
emergency beacon)
What about the ultraviolet?
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 50.
93 CONTINUED:
SUSANNA
That is beyond their visual
spectrum... they will not run from
it.
WORF
He could be several kilometers
away by now.
Susanna shakes her head.
SUSANNA
No... he's here... they're all
here...
Susanna moves into the underbrush. The others
follow...
93A FAVORING SUSANNA
As she slowly surveys the grey, spindly plants... the
deserted dunes.
SUSANNA
There.
Data raises the emergency beacon. Its filament GLOWS,
flooding the area with an intense BLUE RADIANCE.
94 OMITTED
95 WIDE (OPTICAL)
The bright light reveals TWO TARCHANNEN CREATURES.
Even in the fuzzy, fluorescent glow, their appearance
is more extreme than Geordi's was... more alien.
Susanna looks around, reacts as she sees...
96 THE ALIEN/GEORDI
Partially hidden in nearby underbrush; silhouetted by
the vivid blue light, barely recognizable. Reactions.
BEVERLY
Geordi...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FIVE 51.
THE TWO ALIENS (OPTICAL)
Suddenly rush off, shoving the underbrush aside as they
vanish into the darkness. Worf and Riker rush the
Alien/Geordi, but he darts past them.
SUSANNA
Geordi... stop...
98 DATA
Pursues Geordi, beacon held high, moving at top,
android speed as...
99 WORF AND RIKER
Move in pursuit... Beverly and Susanna following...
100
thru OMITTED
101
101A DATA - IN THE UNDERBRUSH
He runs into a secluded area... stops. Pans the
beacon... no Geordi. The others arrive.
SUSANNA
Wait here...
Susanna moves toward some rocks... looks past them...
seeing only indistinct shapes at first...
Then she steps closer... and discovers the three aliens
huddled in the shadows behind the rocks... vaguely
outlined by the beacon's blue light.
SUSANNA
(gently, quietly)
Geordi, my voice is familiar...
listen to it... you can feel that
we share this... you know I am
not a threat...
She slowly moves closer...
SUSANNA
The others... Mendez, Brevelle,
they no longer exist as humans...
but a part of you still does.
You are not one of them... not
yet. I can help you... if you'll
just trust me...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 52.
101B ANGLE - THE AWAY TEAM
Watches when...
101C RESUME - SUSANNA AND ALIEN/GEORDI
She reaches out a hand... The other two scramble away
but Geordi stays...
SUSANNA
I know what's going on inside
you... the war you're fighting
with yourself... the humanity
slipping away... the instinct to
run... It's overpowering, but
they know how to beat it now...
Geordi shakes his head, moves as if to follow the
other two aliens. Susanna stops him with...
SUSANNA
Look at me... I've come back...
Let me take you back, too.
Slowly, Geordi emerges... bathed in the blue light...
SUSANNA
Just take my hand... please...
She continues to hold out her hand... and finally he
reaches out and takes it with his hand. A long beat.
101D ANGLE - THE AWAY TEAM
BEVERLY
(taps insignia)
Crusher to Enterprise. Lock on
to Commander Leitjen's signal...
prepare to transport two directly
to Sickbay.
101E RESUME - GEORDI AND SUSANNA (OPTICAL)
SUSANNA
We're going home, Geordi.
And they DEMATERIALIZE...
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - REV. 1/14/91 - ACT FIVE 52A.
102
thru OMITTED
107
108 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Still in orbit over grey, murky Tarchannen Three.
108A INT. SICKBAY
Geordi, clearly on the road to recovery... though his
skin is still patterned with a few blotches.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 53.
108A ANGLE
Picard, Beverly and Susanna at his beside... Susanna
is completely back to normal.
PICARD
Is there no hope for the others?
Brevelle, Mendez...
SUSANNA
(shakes her head)
None.
Geordi moves and regains consciousness... he's without
his VISOR so he can't see...
GEORDI
(slight panic)
Susanna...
She takes his hand...
SUSANNA
I'm here, Geordi. So's Doctor
Crusher and Captain Picard.
Beverly puts on his VISOR... Geordi sighs, keeps his
head down on the pillow...
GEORDI
(weakly)
Lieutenant Commander La Forge
reporting for duty, Captain.
PICARD
Welcome back, Mister La Forge.
BEVERLY
(to Susanna)
This species... can we communicate
with them?
But Geordi answers...
GEORDI
No. They act on instinct alone.
(beat)
In another few minutes, I wouldn't
have responded to you at all,
Susanna.
STAR TREK: "Identity Crisis" - 1/11/91 - ACT FIVE 54.
108A CONTINUED:
PICARD
Then we shall leave them be. I'll
order warning beacons placed in
orbit and on the surface.
Hopefully, no one else will have
to go through what you did.
He exits. Beverly moves away with him, leaving Geordi
and Susanna alone.
GEORDI
Down there, I didn't know who you
were... and yet somehow I
believed you... trusted you...
SUSANNA
(grins)
Must've been all the good advice
I used to give you...
Geordi almost laughs... but a shudder rolls across his
body... he pulls her close to him and hugs her
tightly... he takes a deep unsteady breath and whispers
in her ear...
GEORDI
Thank you.
As she comforts him...
FADE OUT.
109 OMITTED
110 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In orbit around Tarchannen Three.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END
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