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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"All Good Things... "
#40277-747
Written by
Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga
Directed by
Rick KolbeTHE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
Copyright 1994 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.
FINAL DRAFT
MARCH 10, 1994
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/14/94 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"All Good Things... "
CAST
PICARD TASHA
RIKER O'BRIEN
DATA Q
BEVERLY OGAWA
TROI NAKAMURA
WORF JESSEL
GEORDI CHILTON
TOMALAK
COMPUTER VOICE ANDRONA
GAINES
ENSIGN
COM VOICE
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. HUMANS
CROWDMEMBERS WORKMAN
OGAWA'S N.D. HUSBAND
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"All Good Things... "
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE (PRESENT) USS ENTERPRISE
BRIDGE
CORRIDOR VINEYARD (FUTURE)
TROI'S QUARTERS CAMBRIDGE (FUTURE)
SICKBAY MEDICAL SHIP (FUTURE)
BEVERLY'S OFFICE TWO KLINGONS CRUISERS/
OBSERVATION LOUNGE (FUTURE)
READY ROOM
ENGINEERING PRIMORDIAL EARTH
RIKER'S QUARTERS
USS ENTERPRISE (PAST)
BRIDGE
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
ENGINEERING
USS ENTERPRISE (FUTURE)
BRIDGE
TEN FORWARD
CORRIDOR
GUEST QUARTERS
MEDICAL SHIP (FUTURE)
BEVERLY'S READY ROOM
BRIDGE
TURBOLIFT
SHUTTLECRAFT (PAST)
SHUTTLEBAY (PAST)
DATA'S LIBRARY (FUTURE)
COURTROOM
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/14/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"All Good Things... "
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ACETYLCHOLINE uh-seetl-KO-leen
CATARIA kuh-TAR-ee-uh
DEVRON DEV-ron
H'ATORIA ha-TORE-ee-uh
IRUMODIC ear-uh-MAHD-ik
LUCASIAN loo-KAY-zhun
PERIDAXON pair-uh-DAX-on
MEMP'HA MEM-pah
RIGEL RYE-jell
TERRELLIAN ter-ELL-ee-'n
TERIX TAIR-ix
TOMOGRAPHIC toe-moe-GRAF-ik
TRIPAMINE TRIP-uh-meen
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"All Good Things"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. CORRIDOR - PRESENT
WORF and TROI ENTER from the Holodeck doors. They are
dressed in casual clothing -- it's late, and the mood
is light and intimate. Troi is smiling, and even Worf
is happy -- it's clear they had a great time, wherever
they were.
TROI
That was an incredible program.
WORF
I am glad you approve. I have
always found the Black Sea at
night to be a most... stimulating
experience.
Troi rolls her eyes at him as they begin to walk down
the corridor.
TROI
Worf, we were strolling barefoot
along the beach while balalaika
music played in the air... ocean
breeze washing over us... stars in
the sky... a full moon rising...
and the most you can say is
"stimulating"?
WORF
(groping)
It was... very stimulating.
Troi smiles as they turn a corner...
CUT TO:
2 ANOTHER CORRIDOR - PRESENT
Worf and Troi walking towards her quarters.
TROI
The truth is, I don't spend nearly
enough time on the Holodeck.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
TROI (Cont'd)
I should take my own advice and
use it to relax.
(beat)
Next time, I'll choose the
program. If you like the Black
Sea, you're going to love Lake
Cataria on Betazed.
Worf frowns a little. They stop outside Troi's
quarters. An awkward moment.
WORF
Deanna... perhaps before there is
a "next time" we should discuss...
Commander Riker.
TROI
(playful)
Why, is he coming along?
WORF
(awkward)
No... but I do not wish to... I
mean, it would be unfortunate if
he... if you and I are going to
continue... I do not want to hurt
his feelings...
TROI
Worf... I think it's all right to
concentrate on our feelings...
yours... and mine.
She smiles affectionately at him, and Worf returns the
smile. We can see that there is a genuine attraction
between the two of them.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (2)
There is a beat as they look into each other's eyes...
the sexual tension rises a notch... will they or won't
they? Finally, Worf takes the plunge -- leans over to
kiss her... she lifts her lips to his, but just before
they can kiss, the nearby Turbolift doors OPEN and
PICARD bursts out, wearing only his bathrobe --
PICARD
Counselor!
Worf and Troi look at him, startled. Picard rushes to
them. He's wild-eyed, clearly something is wrong.
PICARD
(urgent)
What's today's date? The date?
WORF
Stardate 47988.
Picard thinks about this for a moment -- trying to sort
through something in his mind.
PICARD
(to himself)
47988...
TROI
Captain, what's wrong?
Picard looks at her.
PICARD
I'm not sure... I don't know
how... or why, but...
(beat)
I'm moving back and forth through
time.
OFF their reactions...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 4.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)
INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - PRESENT
A short time later. Troi is handing Picard a cup of
tea. Picard is pacing, trying to make sense of what's
happening to him. Mid-conversation.
PICARD
It was as though I had physically
left the ship and gone to another
time and place... I was in the
past...
TROI
Can you describe where you were...
what it looked like?
PICARD
It's all slipping away so fast...
like waking up from a nightmare...
Picard concentrates.
PICARD
(continuing)
It was years ago... before I took
command of the Enterprise. I was
talking with someone... I don't
remember who...
(beat, remembering)
But then -- everything changed.
I wasn't in the past any longer...
I was an old man, in the future...
I was doing something outside...
what was it?
He holds out a hand, rubs his fingers together as
though remembering doing something with his hands...
but what?
PICARD
I'm sorry. It's gone. I can't
remember...
TROI
It's all right. Have you
considered the possibility that
this was just a dream?
203:[8,#b]
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 5.
3 CONTINUED:
PICARD
It was more than a dream... the
smells and the sounds... the way
things felt to the touch... it was
all so real...
Troi considers.
TROI
How long did you stay in each of
these time periods? Did it seem
like minutes... hours?
PICARD
I'm not sure.
(struggling to recall)
At first... there was a moment of
confusion, of disorientation. I
wasn't sure where I was. But that
passed... and then I felt
perfectly natural... as though I
belonged in that time. But I
can't remember how long I stayed
there.
(frustrated)
I know this doesn't make much
sense... it's a feeling more than
a distinct memory.
He looks down at his tea cup -- it's empty. Troi
notices and picks up the tea pot to pour him another
cup.
TROI
Maybe we can identify specific
symbols. Can you remember
anything you saw, an object, a
building perhaps --
As Troi talks, Picard extends his arm with his teacup,
offering it to her. As he extends his arm, the SCENE
SUDDENLY CHANGES TO:
3A ANGLE - CLOSE ON A VINE
4 EXT. VINEYARD - FUTURE - DAY
We are now twenty-five years in the future. Picard is
an OLD MAN, wearing civilian clothes and a hat to
protect himself from the sun. He has a beard and
longer hair. (But he should not look as old as he did
at the end of "The Inner Light".) He is kneeling in a
row of grape vines at his home in France (as seen in
"Family").
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 6.
4 CONTINUED:
He is reaching out for a vine with the same hand and in
the same manner that we just saw him hold out his cup
in Troi's quarters. As his hand closes around the
vine, he hesitates. He seems disoriented, confused for
a moment, just as he described to Troi. He looks
around the vineyard in puzzlement. But the moment
passes, and he accepts this time as the present.
He concentrates on examining the vine in his hand. He
takes a pruning shear and snips off a few stray
branches. There are gardening tools nearby. He works
quietly for a moment... then we hear a voice shout
across the vineyard.
GEORDI'S VOICE
(calls out)
Captain Picard to the Bridge!
Picard reacts, a little surprised. He looks toward the
sound of the voice, shielding his eyes from the sun...
5 NEW ANGLE
revealing GEORDI walking toward Picard. He is wearing
civilian clothes and he has also aged twenty-five
years. His VISOR is gone and has been replaced by
ARTIFICIAL EYES, which have a distinctive electronic
look to them. Geordi is smiling broadly.
GEORDI
(with humor)
Sir, I think we have a problem
with the warp core, or the phase
inducers, or some other damn
thing.
Picard stands up with some difficulty. He's old, and
his voice and attitude should suggest advanced age and
an eccentric, sometimes cantankerous demeanor.
PICARD
Geordi...
The two men approach each other and shake hands --
these are two old friends who haven't seen each other
in a very long time.
GEORDI
Hello, Captain... or should I make
that Ambassador?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 7.
5 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(snorts)
Hasn't been Ambassador for a while
either.
GEORDI
How about Mister Picard?
PICARD
How about... Jean-Luc?
GEORDI
(smiles)
I don't know if I can get used to
that.
They look at each other for a moment, taking in the
sight.
PICARD
Good Lord, Geordi. How long has
it been?
GEORDI
Oh... about nine years.
PICARD
No, no... I mean, since you last
called me Captain? When was the
last time we were all together...
on the Enterprise?
GEORDI
Close to twenty-five years.
PICARD
Twenty-five years...
(looks him over)
Time's been good to you.
Geordi playfully pats his stomach.
GEORDI
It's been a little too good to me
in some places.
He glances around.
GEORDI
(continuing)
Can I give you a hand?
PICARD
Oh... I'm just tying some vines.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 8.
5 CONTINUED: (2)
Geordi kneels down and examines a vine.
GEORDI
Looks like you've got leaf miners.
Might want to use a bacillus
spray.
(off his look)
My wife is quite a gardener. I've
picked up a little bit of it.
Geordi takes a tie and begins carefully tying the
vines. Picard bends down with a little difficulty...
and the two of them start to work on the vines.
PICARD
How is Leah?
GEORDI
Busy as ever. She's just been
made director of the Daystrom
Institute.
PICARD
And the little ones... Bret and
Alandra? And...
GEORDI
And Sidney. Not so little any
more. Bret's applying to
Starfleet Academy next year.
Picard shakes his head at the rapid passage of time.
PICARD
So what brings you here?
GEORDI
Oh... I just thought I'd drop by.
I'd been thinking about the old
days on the Enterprise... and I
was in the neighborhood...
Picard gives him a sharp look. The Picard of the
future is a bit disgruntled, a cranky old man.
PICARD
Don't give me that. You don't
make the trip from Rigel Three to
Earth just to... drop by.
Geordi knows he can't fool this man. The mood becomes
a little more somber.
GEORDI
No.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT ONE 9.
5 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
So. You've heard.
GEORDI
Well... Leah has a few friends at
Starfleet medical... and word gets
around.
Picard snorts and turns his attention to the vines.
Grumpily --
PICARD
I'm not an invalid, you know.
Irumodic Syndrome can take years
to run its course.
GEORDI
I know. But when I heard I
just... wanted to come by all the
same.
Picard looks at him for a moment, and then some of the
crusty exterior falls away... and we can tell that
despite his protestations to the contrary, Picard is
warmed by the moment. Picard finally breaks the
moment.
PICARD
(softer)
Well... as long as you're here,
you can help me carry in some of
these tools.
Picard awkwardly and painfully gets to his feet.
PICARD
(continuing)
My cooking may not be up to Leah's
standards, but I can still make a
decent cup of tea.
Picard and Geordi both grab an armful of equipment and
they start walking.
PICARD
(continuing)
By the way, I read your last
novel. Not bad. I thought the
protagonist was written a bit
flamboyantly, but that's just my --
Picard's eyes trail off as he sees something
offcamera...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 10.
6 PICARD'S POV
Standing in the vineyards are THREE scraggly-looking
HUMANS. They point at Picard, shouting and jeering.
7 RESUME PICARD
He reacts to this strange sight in the vineyard.
8 NEW ANGLE - INCLUDING GEORDI
Geordi follows Picard's look, but sees nothing. Picard
is mystified -- what's going on? We MOVE IN on Picard.
GEORDI
Captain, are you all right?
Captain?
TASHA'S VOICE
Captain?
Picard turns at the sound of Tasha's voice, and as he
does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
9 INT. SHUTTLECRAFT - PAST
Picard is sitting in the co-pilot's seat, wearing his
OLD-STYLE UNIFORM as seen in the first season. TASHA
YAR is sitting next to him. She looks exactly as she
did in the series pilot.
TASHA'S VOICE
Are you all right, sir?
He looks disoriented and confused again. He is still
not fully aware of what's happening to him. Then the
moment passes.
TASHA
Sir... ?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 11.
9 CONTINUED:
PICARD
I'm sorry, Lieutenant. My mind
seems to have wandered for a
moment...
(beat)
What were you saying?
Tasha has that no-nonsense, military prickliness.
These are two people who have just met a short time
ago.
TASHA
I was asking if you'd ever been
aboard a Galaxy Class starship
before, sir.
Picard tries to focus his mind on the here and now,
putting aside his strange feeling of disorientation for
a moment.
PICARD
No. I'm, of course, very familiar
with the blueprints and
specifications... but this will
be my first time aboard.
TASHA
Well then, sir, if I may be so
bold -- you're in for a treat.
The Enterprise is quite a ship.
PICARD
I'm sure she is.
Picard gives her that strange stare again. For some
reason, something about her troubles him slightly.
TASHA
Have I done something wrong, sir?
PICARD
No. You just seem very...
familiar.
She nods, uncertain exactly what he's talking about.
The console BEEPS. Tasha hits a control and we hear a
com voice --
COM VOICE
Enterprise to Shuttlecraft
Galileo. You are cleared for
arrival in Shuttlebay Two.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 12.
9 CONTINUED: (2)
TASHA
Acknowledged, Enterprise.
Tasha works the controls a moment, then looks out the
window.
TASHA
(continuing)
There she is...
Picard looks out the window...
10 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Through the windows of the shuttle we can see the
ENTERPRISE sitting in its dock above Earth.
11 CLOSE ON PICARD'S FACE
As soon as Picard sees the ship, his feeling of
disorientation is forgotten, and he can't help but
smile at the beautiful sight. PULL BACK TO REVEAL WE
ARE NOW IN:
12 INT. TROI'S QUARTERS - PRESENT
Picard still smiling, staring, holding a cup of tea
half-way to his mouth. (NOTE: We will no longer be
using the convention of Picard returning to the exact
moment he left.) Troi looks at him oddly.
TROI
Captain?
Picard glances around, momentarily disoriented.
PICARD
Tasha... I was just with Tasha, in
the shuttle...
Picard slumps back into a chair. He puts his hands to
his head, clearly distraught. Troi can see that
there's something very wrong with the Captain. She
hits a panel.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT ONE 13.
12 CONTINUED:
TROI
Troi to Doctor Crusher.
Something's wrong with the
Captain. We're on our way to
Sickbay.
As Troi moves to the Captain with concern on her
face...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO 14.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
13 INT. SICKBAY - PRESENT
Later. Picard is sitting on a bio-bed, still wearing
his bathrobe. BEVERLY is finishing a scan.
Troi is standing with Picard as Beverly approaches with
the results of a scan.
BEVERLY
I've finished the neurographic
scan. I don't see anything that
might cause hallucinations or a
psychogenic reaction.
TROI
Is there any indication of
temporal displacement?
BEVERLY
No. Usually a temporal shift
would leave some kind of trypamine
residue in the cerebral cortex.
But the scan didn't find any.
(lightly)
Personally, I think you just enjoy
waking everyone up in the middle
of the night.
Picard smiles a little -- grateful for Beverly's effort
to lighten the mood.
PICARD
Actually, I just like running
around the ship in my bare feet.
Beverly smiles at him. OGAWA walks over, holding a
PADD. She is visibly pregnant -- around six months.
OGAWA
The bio-spectral test results,
Doctor.
Beverly looks over the PADD.
BEVERLY
(to Picard)
Your blood gas analysis is
consistent with someone who's been
breathing the ship's air for
weeks.
(MORE)

STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 15.
13 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY (Cont'd)
If you'd been somewhere else,
there would be some indication of
a change in your oxygen isotope
ratios.
(to Ogawa)
Thanks, Alissa.
Ogawa smiles and withdraws. Beverly turns to Troi.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
Deanna... would you excuse us?
TROI
Of course.
Troi moves away and EXITS Sickbay. Beverly turns back
to Picard. She is solemn, troubled.
BEVERLY
Jean-Luc... I scanned for any
evidence of Irumodic Syndrome, as
you suggested. There wasn't any.
But I did detect a small
structural defect in your parietal
lobe.
PICARD
A defect... that you've never
noticed before?
BEVERLY
It's the kind of thing that would
only show up on a level four
neurographic scan.
(beat)
It could leave you susceptible to
several neurological disorders...
including Irumodic Syndrome.
Picard absorbs this news.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
Now, it's possible you could have
that defect for the rest of your
life without developing a
problem...
(beat)
... but even if you do... many
people lead perfectly normal lives
for a long time after the onset of
Irumodic Syndrome.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/15/94 - ACT TWO 15A.
13 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
(smiles wryly)
Then why do you look like you've
just signed my death sentence?
He's trying to lighten the moment, and she realizes
he's picked up on her underlying feelings.
BEVERLY
Sorry.
(beat)
I guess... this has caught me off
guard.
He takes a breath, squares himself -- he's not going to
waste concern over something he can't control.
PICARD
Well, let's not worry about it.
(beat)
Something tells me you're going to
have to put up with me for a very
long time.
BEVERLY
(trying to be light)
It won't be easy, but I'll manage.
They smile at each other in a friendly, intimate way.
RIKER ENTERS.
PICARD
(to Riker)
Did Worf find anything?
RIKER
No, sir. His security scans came
up negative.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO 16.
13 CONTINUED: (4)
RIKER (Cont'd)
They're checking the sensor
logs... but there's still no
indication that you left the ship.
Picard gets up off the bed, thinks for a moment. He
seems more sure of himself than he did earlier -- the
memories are still vague but he's sure that something
happened.
PICARD
It wasn't a dream... something did
happen.
Worf's COM VOICE interrupts --
WORF'S COM VOICE
Worf to Captain.
PICARD
(to com)
Go ahead, Lieutenant.
WORF
Sir -- there is an incoming
transmission from Admiral
Nakamura. It is a priority one
message.
Reactions.
PICARD
Beverly?
Beverly nods.
PICARD
(continuing, to com)
Mister Worf, route it through to
Doctor Crusher's office.
Picard moves toward the office...
14 INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - PRESENT - CONTINUOUS
(OPTICAL)
Picard ENTERS, sits down at the desk and activates the
desktop monitor. After a beat, ADMIRAL NAKAMURA
appears on the screen.
NAKAMURA
Captain.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO 17.
14 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Admiral.
NAKAMURA
I'm initiating a fleetwide Yellow
Alert. Starfleet intelligence has
picked up some disturbing reports
from the Romulan Empire. It
appears that at least thirty
Warbirds have been pulled from
other assignments and are heading
for the Neutral Zone.
PICARD
Is there any indication why they
would make such a blatantly
aggressive move?
Nakamura looks disturbed.
NAKAMURA
Our operatives on Romulus have
indicated that there appears to be
something happening in the Neutral
Zone -- specifically, in the
Devron System. Our own long range
scans have picked up some kind of
spatial anomaly in the area, but
we can't tell what it is.
PICARD
What are our orders?
NAKAMURA
This is a delicate situation. I'm
deploying fifteen starships along
our side of the Neutral Zone. I
want you to go there as well --
see if you can find out what's
going on in the Devron System.
PICARD
Am I authorized to enter the Zone?
NAKAMURA
Not yet. Wait and see what the
Romulans do. You can conduct long-range
scans, send probes if
necessary... but don't cross the
border unless they do.
PICARD
Understood.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 18.
14 CONTINUED: (2)
Picard turns off the monitor and stands. As he does,
the SCENE CHANGES TO:
15 EXT. VINEYARD - FUTURE - DAY
In the same motion, the older Picard rises to his feet --
and in doing so, stumbles and nearly falls. Geordi
grabs him by the arm, tries to help him up.
GEORDI
Captain... what's wrong?
Picard gets to his feet, looks around in confusion.
Geordi is very concerned.
PICARD
This isn't my time. I belong
somewhere else...
GEORDI
What?
Picard stares at him, realizing he may not be making
sense.
PICARD
I mean... I... I wasn't here a
moment ago...
GEORDI
What do you mean? You've been
right here with me...
Picard gropes for an answer, tries to concentrate...
but his mental faculties in this time period have
deteriorated. He's much less cogent than the Picard
we're used to -- it's hard for him to describe the
experience.
PICARD
No, no... I was somewhere else...
a long time ago...
(beat)
I was talking to someone...
Beverly... Beverly was there...
Geordi's beginning to worry that the old man is
starting to lose it.
GEORDI
It's okay, Captain... everything's
going to be all right.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TWO 18A.
15 CONTINUED:
Picard pulls away from Geordi's grasp.
PICARD
(emphatic)
I'm not senile. It did happen.
I was here, with you... and then
I was in another place...
(beat)
It was... it was back on the
Enterprise!
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO 19.
15 CONTINUED:
PICARD (Cont'd)
(suddenly unsure)
At least, I think it was... it
seemed like Sickbay... but maybe
it was a hospital... or...
Picard trails off, frustrated. Geordi looks at him.
GEORDI
Captain, I think we should go back
to the house... call a doctor...
PICARD
(louder)
No. I know what you're thinking.
It's the Irumodic Syndrome -- it's
beginning to -- to affect the old
man's mind. Well, it's not that.
And I wasn't daydreaming, either.
GEORDI
All right... all right... what do
you want do about it?
Picard thinks frantically for a beat, his mind trying
to fasten onto a course of action. Finally, he seizes
on something.
PICARD
I want to see Data.
GEORDI
Data... Why?
PICARD
I think he can help...
GEORDI
Help -- how?
PICARD
(angry)
I don't know! I don't know, but
I want to see him!
Geordi takes a moment, not sure how to handle this
situation, but finally agrees.
GEORDI
Okay... we'll go see Data. Is he
still at Cambridge?
PICARD
Yes... yes... I think he's...
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15 CONTINUED: (2)
Picard trails off as he sees something offcamera...
16 NEW ANGLE
revealing SIX scraggly HUMANS standing nearby around
Picard and Geordi. They are jeering and pointing at
Picard, as seen earlier. Picard looks at them in
shock.
PICARD
(urgent, to Geordi)
Do you see them?
16A GEORDI'S POV
No one is there.
16B PICARD AND GEORDI
GEORDI
See... who?
PICARD
They're everywhere... laughing at
me... why are they laughing?
Geordi doesn't know what to do -- it looks like Picard
has gone completely crazy.
GEORDI
Come on, Captain... let's go see
Data.
17 ON PICARD
who looks at Geordi, then looks back out at the
vineyard. When he looks out, the humans are gone.
PICARD
Yes... Data... yes...
As they walk off...
CUT TO:
EXT. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - FUTURE - DAY (MATTE)
The old school looks much as it always has over the
centuries, with a few 24th century touches.
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19 INT. DATA'S LIBRARY - FUTURE - DAY
A spacious and very comfortable room. The walls are
lined with books. There is a FIRE roaring in the
hearth. And there are about ten CATS wandering about
or sleeping. (The mood and feel should remind us of
the Sherlock Homes Drawing Room set.)
Picard and Geordi are seated on a couch. DATA is
standing nearby. He has not aged over the years, but
there is a prominent streak of gray on one side of his
head -- it looks unnatural, as if someone has taken a
paint brush to his head. He is wearing the 24th
century version of a smoking jacket. Data's struggle
to become more human has progressed in the future. And
although we will never spell out exactly how far he's
come, we will see that he seems far more at ease with
himself and others. He uses contractions, has a
relatively sophisticated understanding of humanity, and
seems to genuinely enjoy life.
PICARD
I know how it sounds... but it
happened. It was real. I was
back on the Enterprise.
Data and Geordi exchange a look.
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19 CONTINUED:
Before they can comment, JESSEL, Data's English
housekeeper, ENTERS with a tea service. She's a dour
woman in her fifties with a heavy British accent.
JESSEL
(to Picard)
How do you like your tea?
PICARD
Tea? Earl Grey. Hot.
JESSEL
Of course it's hot. What do ya
want in it?
PICARD
Nothing...
Picard shifts to another topic unexpectedly -- another
sign that his mind tends to wander occasionally. This
will continue to happen throughout the script.
PICARD
This is quite a place you have
here, Data. I see they treat
Professors pretty well at
Cambridge...
Picard laughs a little too loudly.
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19 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
Holding the Lucasian Chair does
have its perquisites. This house
originally belonged to Sir Isaac
Newton when he held the position.
It has become the traditional
residence.
Jessel brings tea to Data and Geordi.
JESSEL
(to Geordi, re: Data)
If you're really his friend,
you'll get him to take that grey
out of his hair. He looks like a
bloody skunk.
Jessel moves back to the service, shoos a few cats off
the furniture. Data gives Geordi a look.
DATA
(re: Jessel)
She can be trying at times.
(beat, smiles)
But she does make me laugh.
GEORDI
(smiles)
What is it with your hair, anyway?
DATA
I have found that a touch of gray
adds an air of... distinction.
PICARD
Is this Earl Grey? I'd swear it
was breakfast tea.
Data moves back to Picard.
DATA
Captain, when was the last time
you saw a physician about your
Irumodic Syndrome?
PICARD
A week ago. I was prescribed
peridaxon.
(MORE)
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19 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD (Cont'd)
(quickly)
And yes, I know it's not a cure...
nothing can stop the deterioration
of my... my synaptic pathways...
(beat)
You think I'm senile... that this
is all some... delusion.
GEORDI
No one said anything like that.
Data holds Picard's gaze steadily, not shying away from
giving him the unvarnished truth.
DATA
In all honesty, Captain, it's a
thought that has occurred to me.
(beat)
However, there is nothing to
disprove what you are saying,
either. So it's possible
something is happening to you.
Picard looks hopeful. Data starts pacing, a human
gesture that Data has obviously acquired.
DATA
(continuing)
The first thing we should do is
give you a complete series of
neurographic scans. We can use
the equipment at the bio-metrics
lab here on campus.
(to Jessel)
Jessel, ask Professor Rippert to
take over my lecture for tomorrow
and possibly for the rest of the
week.
Picard is enthused.
PICARD
That's the Data I remember! I
knew I could count on you!
In his excitement, Picard spills some of his hot tea
onto his lap. He yells out and JUMPS to his feet, and
as he does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
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20 INT. SHUTTLEBAY - PAST
Picard is JUMPING out of the shuttlecraft, which is now
sitting in the middle of the bay. Picard hesitates for
a moment, disoriented at first. A large group of
CREWMEMBERS are lined up in several ranks next to the
shuttle standing at ease. Visible at the front of the
group are Troi, O'BRIEN and Worf -- all are wearing the
uniforms and "look" of "Encounter at Farpoint". Tasha
steps out behind Picard and calls out in a loud voice:
TASHA
(to all)
Commanding officer...
Enterprise... arriving.
At this command, an Ensign smartly brings an old-fashioned
Bosun's whistle to his lips and BLOWS it. At
the sound of the whistle, everyone in the bay snaps to
attention. Picard stares at the scene for a moment,
silently orienting himself to where and when he is. He
takes a beat, then moves to a nearby podium, sets the
PADD on it and looks up at the crowd. There's a
distracted look on his face -- he's moving forward with
the ceremony, but at the same time his mind is trying
to assimilate all that's happened to him so far.
PICARD
(to all)
To Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
Stardate 41148...
Picard glances up from the PADD...
21 PICARD'S POV
We can now see three of the scraggly HUMANS standing on
the catwalk. They are laughing at Picard.
22 RESUME PICARD
He reacts in surprise...
23 PICARD'S POV
The figures are gone.
24 PICARD
Picard hesitates, jarred by the strange apparition...
then recovers and continues reading from the PADD...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO 26.
24 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(reading)
... You are hereby requested and
required to take command...
Picard glances up again...
25 PICARD'S POV
There are now six scraggly humans standing on the
catwalk, laughing and jeering.
26 PICARD
looks away from the crowd, tries to concentrate on what
he's doing. There's an awkward silence. Tasha gives
him a slightly puzzled look -- what's wrong with him?
Picard clears his throat and then continues...
PICARD
... to take command of the USS
Enterprise as of this date.
Signed Rear Admiral Norah Satie,
Starfleet Command.
He turns off the PADD, steps out from behind the podium
and looks at his crew. They stare back at him
silently, waiting for his first words for them -- the
first words from the Captain of the Enterprise.
PICARD'S POV - THE CATWALK
There are now ten of the humans standing there -- all
shouting at Picard with menacing looks.
28 PICARD
reacts.
29 PICARD'S POV
The humans are gone.
30 PICARD
takes a beat, then makes a decision --
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TWO 27.
30 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(yells)
Red Alert! All hands to Battle
Stations!
There is a shocked and silent moment from the crowd.
This is the last thing they expected. Tasha gives him
a startled look, but recovers quickly -- she barks at
the crowd.
TASHA
You heard him -- move!
The ship goes to RED ALERT. People rush out the
shuttlebay doors to their duty stations. OFF the mad
scramble to action...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
31 OMITTED
32 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PAST
Picard is staring out the windows as the crew of the
past is filing in -- Tasha, Worf, Troi. The room
appears as it did in the FIRST SEASON, complete with
gold ship models on the wall. Camera should FAVOR
Tasha, to orient us that we're in the past.
PICARD (V.O.)
Personal Log: Stardate 41153.7.
Recorded under security lockout
Omega three-two-seven. I have
decided not to inform this crew of
my experiences. If it's true that
I've travelled to the past, I
cannot risk giving them
foreknowledge of what's to come.
Picard sits as the others do. They eye him warily --
these people don't know Picard and are not comfortable
around him or each other.
PICARD
Report.
TASHA
We've completed a full subspace
scan of the ship and surrounding
space. We detected no unusual
readings or anomalies.
WORF
With all due respect, sir... it
would help if we knew what we were
looking for.
PICARD
Noted.
(to Troi)
Counselor, do you sense anything
unusual aboard the Enterprise...
an alien presence that doesn't
belong here... perhaps operating
on a level of intelligence far
superior to our own?
Troi pauses, thinks.
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32 CONTINUED:
TROI
No, sir. I'm only aware of the
crew... and the families aboard
the ship.
Picard nods, takes a few steps around the table. They
watch him carefully.
PICARD
Mister Worf, I want you to
initiate a Level Two Security
Alert on all decks until further
notice.
Worf looks surprised, and gives an awkward glance to
Tasha. Tasha takes a step forward. She keeps her
voice level, but it's clear that Picard's order has
rankled her for some reason.
TASHA
Sir, with all due respect... I'm
the Security Chief on this ship.
Unless you're planning to make a
change...
Picard is taken aback... reorients himself, then
presses on.
PICARD
No... no, of course not. Security
Alert Two, Lieutenant.
TASHA
Aye, sir.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
Captain Picard to the Bridge,
Please.
PICARD
(to com)
On my way, Chief.
Everyone EXITS to...
33 INT. BRIDGE - PAST - CONTINUOUS
Picard, Worf, Tasha and Troi ENTER. Chief O'Brien is
standing down in the command area. He hands a PADD to
Picard. There are N.D. crewmembers milling about on
the Bridge, working at opened panels... moving portable
equipment around, etc. The ship is a mess -- clearly,
not ready for space travel yet.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 30.
33 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
Sir, Starfleet has just issued an
alert. It appears that a number
of vessels are moving toward the
Neutral Zone between Romulan and
Federation space.
TASHA
What kind of vessels?
O'BRIEN
Freighters, transports... all
civilian. None of them Federation
ships.
Picard reads the PADD, and as he does, his frown
deepens -- what he reads rings a bell.
PICARD
(off PADD)
It says a large spatial anomaly
has appeared in the Neutral
Zone...
(beat)
In the Devron System.
Worf reacts strongly -- this is a younger, more
outwardly aggressive Worf than the one we're used to
seeing in the seventh season.
WORF
Perhaps it is a Romulan trick --
to lure ships into the Neutral
Zone as an excuse for a military
strike.
O'BRIEN
(to Tasha, Worf)
Starfleet's cancelling our mission
to Farpoint Station and ordering
us to the Neutral Zone as soon as
we can leave spacedock.
Picard considers -- his mind is racing, trying to
figure out what to do next. He finally makes a
decision.
PICARD
No... no, we'll proceed to
Farpoint.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 30A.
33 CONTINUED: (2)
Shocked reactions.
TASHA
Sir?
PICARD
You heard me.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 31.
33 CONTINUED: (3)
WORF
But Captain -- the security of the
Federation may be at stake!
Picard calmly looks at him.
PICARD
Man your station, Mister Worf.
Worf returns to the aft science station, bristling.
TROI
Captain, perhaps if we understood
your thinking, if you could
explain --
PICARD
I don't intend to explain
anything...
(to all)
... to anyone. We will proceed to
Farpoint Station, as originally
planned.
A quiet, tense moment on the Bridge... no one moves.
PICARD
(continuing, to O'Brien)
Now, if I'm not mistaken, Chief,
we're having some problems with
the warp plasma inducers.
O'BRIEN
(surprised)
That's right, sir.
PICARD
I think I know a way to get them
back on-line. You're with me.
(to Tasha)
We'll be in Main Engineering.
Picard and O'Brien EXIT. Once they leave, people go
reluctantly back to work. Worf moves closer to Tasha.
WORF
(quiet, to Tasha)
I do not understand. The Romulans
may be planning an attack, and he
does not seem to care.
(beat)
Are you certain this is the same
man who commanded the Stargazer?
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33 CONTINUED: (4)
TASHA
As far as I know.
WORF
What are you going to do?
TASHA
I'm going to do what I'm told....
prepare to go to Farpoint.
Worf looks frustrated by her response. As Tasha walks
across the Bridge, she moves past a WORKMAN, who is
carrying a plaque toward the bulkhead next to the
emergency Turbolift. He stops, lifts the ship's
DEDICATION PLAQUE and begins to hang it on its familiar
place on the wall...
CUT TO:
34 INT. ENGINEERING - PAST
Picard is in Geordi's office, sitting at a console,
O'Brien standing next to him watching as the Captain
rapidly works the console. Several N.D.s are working
at various opened consoles and panels -- they're
getting the ship ready to go.
O'Brien is somewhat uncomfortable in the presence of
the new Captain. Picard finishes working and hands
O'Brien a PADD.
PICARD
Mister O'Brien, use these
specifications to bypass the
secondary plasma inducer.
O'Brien takes the PADD, concern showing on his face.
O'BRIEN
You have to realize, sir... this
isn't exactly my area of
expertise. The Chief Engineer
should be making these
modifications.
PICARD
But the Chief Engineer isn't on
board yet.
(beat)
Mister O'Brien... trust me. I
know you can do this.
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34 CONTINUED:
He smiles at O'Brien, whom he knows well and fondly.
PICARD
All those years you spent as a
child... building model starship
engines... were well worth it.
O'BRIEN
(surprised)
How'd you know that, sir?
PICARD
From... your Starfleet records.
O'Brien is amazed that this Captain spent time
scrutinizing the records so thoroughly... but it makes
him feel more comfortable with this aristocratic man.
O'BRIEN
Yes, sir. I'll get right to the
modifications.
O'Brien takes the PADD and heads across the room.
Picard continues to work in Geordi's office. Stay on
Picard as O'Brien moves offcamera and begins giving
orders to an offscreen Ensign.
O'BRIEN'S VOICE
Fletcher -- tell Munoz and Lee to
get up here right away. We have
to realign the entire power grid.
We're all going to be burning the
midnight oil on this one.
DATA'S VOICE
That would be inadvisable.
At the sound of Data's voice, Picard turns and looks --
and we now reveal Data, who has just entered the room.
Through the following conversation, Picard watches with
a smile as he sees O'Brien encounter Data for the first
time.
Data looks and acts as he did in the pilot. This is a
less sophisticated, more naive Data than the one we're
used to -- he's the Data we knew seven years ago: more
innocent and less comfortable with everyday human
interactions.
O'BRIEN
Excuse me?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 33A.
34 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
If you attempt to ignite a
petroleum product on this ship at
zero-hundred hours -- it will
activate the fire suppression
system, which will seal off this
entire compartment.
O'Brien looks at him blankly.
O'BRIEN
Sir... that was just an
expression.
Data reacts.
DATA
An expression of what?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 34.
34 CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
(groping)
A figure of speech... I was trying
to tell him that... we were going
to be working late...
DATA
Ah. Then "to burn the midnight
oil" implies late work?
O'BRIEN
That's right.
DATA
I am curious. What is the
etymology of that idiom? How did
it come to be used in contemporary
language?
O'Brien isn't sure to what to make of this man.
O'BRIEN
I... don't know, sir...
Picard finally comes to O'Brien's rescue.
PICARD
Commander Data, welcome aboard --
it's good to see you.
Data turns and sees Picard for the first time. They
shake hands. Picard smiles at him warmly, genuinely
glad to see him and have someone he can completely rely
on. Data isn't sure why this man he has just met is
smiling so warmly at him.
DATA
It is... good to see you, too,
sir.
PICARD
I could use your help with the
infusor array.
DATA
Certainly.
They move to a wall panel near the warp core and open
it. Picard points to a conduit.
PICARD
As you can see, we're having
difficulty with the plasma
conduits...
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34 CONTINUED: (4)
Data eyes the panel.
DATA
(re: panel)
This will require a completely new
field induction subprocessor.
(beat)
It appears that we will be
required to... ignite the midnight
petroleum, sir.
Picard glances at him, smiles slightly. Suddenly, we
hear Beverly's voice --
BEVERLY'S VOICE
Jean-Luc... what's going on?
Picard turns, and as he does the SCENE CHANGES TO:
35 INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE - PRESENT
Picard standing in his bathrobe near the desk. Beverly
and Riker are standing in the doorway, looking at him,
puzzled. Picard is momentarily disoriented -- tries to
orient himself to the here and now.
PICARD
It happened again.
Beverly reacts.
BEVERLY
A time shift?
PICARD
Yes...
Beverly immediately grabs a tricorder and scans
Picard's head.
RIKER
What happened?
PICARD
It's still a little vague, but I
can remember more this time. I
think the more I shift between
time periods, the more memory I
retain...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT THREE 36.
35 CONTINUED:
PICARD (Cont'd)
(thinks)
First, I was in what appeared to
be the future... years from now.
Then I was in the past again...
right before our first mission...
Beverly reacts to the tricorder readings.
RIKER
(to Beverly)
What is it?
BEVERLY
(off tricorder)
I just scanned his temporal lobe
and compared it to the scan I
performed just a few minutes ago.
There's a thirteen percent
increase of acetylcholine in his
hippocampus.
(to Picard)
Within a matter of minutes, you
accumulated over two days worth of
memories.
They all react... there's now real confirmation of what
Picard's been saying. OFF Picard's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 37.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
36 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PRESENT
Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Troi, Geordi, Beverly. Midconversation.
PICARD
(to Troi)
Counselor, do you remember the
first day I came aboard the
Enterprise?
TROI
Yes.
PICARD
What happened after the welcoming
ceremony?
TROI
There was a reception in Ten
Forward... I introduced you to
Worf and the other senior
officers...
PICARD
Do you have any memory of me
calling for a Red Alert in
spacedock? Do you remember
Starfleet diverting us from
Farpoint to the Neutral Zone to
investigate a spatial anomaly?
TROI
No...
They consider this.
DATA
It would appear that there is a
discontinuity between the time
periods you have described.
Events in one time period would
seem to have no effect on the
other two.
They try to make sense of this.
RIKER
And yet in both the past and the
present -- there's a report of the
same anomaly in the Devron System.
It's hard to believe that's a
coincidence.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 38.
36 CONTINUED:
PICARD
For all I know, there may be one
in the future, too.
GEORDI
Maybe the anomaly is some kind
of... temporal disruption.
BEVERLY
(to Picard)
But how is all this related to
your time shifting?
PICARD
These are good questions. And I
suspect I might find some answers
when I return to the past... but
for now we're facing a potentially
dangerous threat from the
Romulans.
(beat)
All departments should submit
combat readiness reports by oh
eight hundred hours tomorrow.
Dismissed.
Everyone rises to go and heads for the door. Riker
catches Troi's attention.
RIKER
(to Troi)
Looks like it's going to be a late
night... want to get some dinner
first?
Troi hesitates, glances at Worf. There's an awkward
moment. Riker looks a little puzzled, not sure what's
going on.
TROI
Actually, I...
(re: Worf)
I mean... we have plans.
And in that moment, Riker suddenly realizes that Troi
and Worf's relationship has progressed further than he
ever realized. He's caught off-guard here, but tries
to respond casually and naturally.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 39.
36 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
Oh... I see. Well then... see you
tomorrow morning.
WORF
Goodnight, sir.
RIKER
Worf...
Worf and Troi EXIT to the corridor. Riker looks after
them once they've gone. Clearly, the scene has
disturbed him -- he's not sure how he feels about this.
Finally, he turns and EXITS to the Bridge...
37 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT - CONTINUOUS
Riker ENTERS. Beverly is standing near the aft
console, watching Picard as he gives Data orders. The
ship is at Yellow Alert.
PICARD
(to Data)
... and I want continuous subspace
sweeps. We might detect a
temporal disturbance.
DATA
Aye sir.
Riker and Picard move toward the Command area.
PICARD
Wil... this time shifting... when
it happens, I experience a moment
of disorientation. If this should
happen during a crisis, I want you
to be ready to take command
immediately.
Riker is still distracted by what just happened with
Worf and Troi. He doesn't respond right away.
PICARD
Number One?
RIKER
Sorry, Captain. Be prepared to
take command. Aye sir.
Picard looks at him, notes his distraction.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 40.
37 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Speaking of disorientation... are
you all right?
Riker tries to shrug it off.
RIKER
Just a little distracted. I'm
fine.
Picard doesn't quite believe this, but decides not to
pursue the matter.
PICARD
You have the Bridge. I'll be in
my Ready Room.
Riker moves to sit down as Picard heads for the Ready
Room.
38 ANGLE ON BEVERLY
She watches Picard exit, a look of concern on her face.
OFF her expression...
CUT TO:
39 INT. READY ROOM - PRESENT
Picard sitting at his desk. The door CHIMES.
PICARD
Come.
Beverly ENTERS, walks directly to the replicator.
BEVERLY
(to replicator)
Milk, warm -- dash of nutmeg.
We HEAR the replicator work. Beverly takes a way a
glass of milk and hands it to Picard.
PICARD
What's this?
BEVERLY
A prescription. A glass of warm
milk and eight hours uninterrupted
sleep.
PICARD
Beverly...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 41.
39 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Doctor's orders. You're
exhausted. I don't know if you've
slept in the past or the future...
but I know you haven't slept in
the present.
(lightly)
Get some rest, or I'll have you
relieved and sedated.
PICARD
(lightly)
Yes, sir.
They exchange a smile. Beverly puts her hand on his in
a friendly gesture, but then leaves it there a beat
longer then necessary, and gives it a little squeeze.
She looks concerned. He looks up at her with a little
bit of surprise.
PICARD
(continuing)
What's wrong?
Beverly thinks, and for a moment, it seems as if she
might say something... but she decides against it...
she turns and heads for the door. Picard stands up.
PICARD
(continuing)
Beverly.
She stops, takes a moment, then finally turns around
and looks at him.
BEVERLY
As a physician, it's often my job
to give people unpleasant news...
to tell them that they need
surgery or that they can't have
children...
(beat)
Or that they might be facing a
difficult illness...
She breaks off, looks away from him. Picard moves to
her, touched by her concern.
PICARD
You said yourself it's only a
possibility.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 42.
39 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY
But you've been to the future...
you know it's going to happen.
Picard takes a beat, then looks up at her again.
PICARD
I prefer to think of the future as
something that is not written in
stone. A lot of things can happen
in twenty-five years.
She looks at him for a moment, smiles... then leans
over and kisses him on the lips. They pull apart after
a beat. She looks into his eyes.
BEVERLY
(quiet)
A lot of things can happen.
Beverly turns and EXITS. Picard watches her go, a
thoughtful look on his face... then he picks up the
glass of milk and takes a sip... moves to the couch and
stretches out. He's exhausted. He closes his eyes...
his breathing deepens... he begins to drift off...
GEORDI'S VOICE
Sir? Wake up... sir?
The SCENE CHANGES TO:
40 INT. DATA'S LIBRARY - FUTURE - LATE AFTERNOON
Geordi is gently waking Picard, who is sleeping on
Data's sofa. Picard blinks open his eyes.
PICARD
Yes... yes, what is it? Have we
reached the Neutral Zone?
GEORDI
The Neutral Zone?
Picard looks around, realizing what time period he's
in...
PICARD
Sorry... I was... in the past
again...
(beat)
What's going on?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 43.
40 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Data's arranged for us to run some
tests on you in the bio-metrics
lab. We're ready to go if you
are.
PICARD
No... no, we don't have time for
that. We have to get to the
Neutral Zone.
GEORDI
Why?
PICARD
In the other two time periods...
Starfleet reported a... uh... some
kind of... spatial anomaly in
the... in the...
(beat)
... in the Devron System! The
Devron System in the Neutral Zone!
Geordi sighs -- the old man's ravings are starting to
get a little out of hand.
GEORDI
Sir...
PICARD
(thinking)
If the anomaly was in the past...
it might be here, too. We have to
go find out...
GEORDI
Just because you've seen it in two
other time frames, doesn't mean
it's going to be here.
PICARD
But if it is -- that means
something! Damnit, Geordi -- I
know what we have to do!
Geordi puts aside his own frustration.
GEORDI
Okay... but first of all, there is
no Neutral Zone, remember?
Picard thinks.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 44.
40 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
(struggling)
Right... right. Klingons... in
this time period, the Klingons
have taken over the Romulan
Empire...
GEORDI
And the relations between us and
the Klingons aren't real cozy
right now.
Picard struggles to his feet, irritated.
PICARD
I know that. I haven't completely
lost my mind, you know.
Picard pulls up short at his own tone, tries to take
the edge out of his voice.
PICARD
(continuing)
Sorry, Geordi... it's hard for me
to concentrate... and remember
things... I don't mean to take
out that frustration on you...
GEORDI
It's okay...
(beat)
Well, if we're going to the Devron
System, we're going to need a
ship.
PICARD
I think it's time to call in some
old favors...
(beat)
Contact Admiral Riker at Starbase
Two-four-seven.
CUT TO:
41 EXT. CAMBRIDGE - FUTURE - LATE AFTERNOON (MATTE)
As seen earlier.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 45.
42 INT. DATA'S LIBRARY - FUTURE - LATE AFTERNOON
(OPTICAL)
A short time later. Where the hearth and fire were
seen earlier there is now a large VIEWSCREEN and a
computer console. Picard is talking to Admiral Riker
on the viewer.
Riker is twenty-five years older, his hair almost
completely gray. His attitude is now that of a
seasoned and experienced Starfleet Admiral... but
there's something more. He's more brittle, less easygoing
than the Riker we used to know... something's
changed in him.
He regards Picard fondly but with a hint of tolerance.
The power relationships have changed here -- while
Riker respects Picard he is no longer beholden to him.
Mid-conversation. Data and Geordi are standing nearby.
RIKER
Jean-Luc, you know I'd like to
help... but frankly, what you're
asking for is impossible. The
Klingons have closed their borders
to all Federation starships.
PICARD
Wil... if this... spatial anomaly
really is in the Devron System...
RIKER
I saw a report from Starfleet
Intelligence on that sector this
morning. There's no activity...
there's nothing unusual happening
in the Devron System.
PICARD
I don't believe that! Maybe their
long-range scanners are flawed...
we have to go there, see for
ourselves!
Riker is reluctant to turn him down flat... he looks
for a way to ease out of it.
RIKER
Data, what do you make of all
this?
Data considers. He no longer makes decisions based
purely on logic, but compassionately takes feelings
into account, too.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 45A.
42 CONTINUED:
DATA
I am not certain. I cannot
disprove what the Captain is
saying.
(beat)
And he is convinced he is
travelling back and forth through
time.
Riker eyes him. Clearly Data is siding with the
Captain. Riker feels he has to do something.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 46.
42 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
Right.
(beat)
Look, I've got the Yorktown out
near the border... I'll have them
run some long range scans of the
Devron System... if they find
anything, I'll let you know.
PICARD
That's not good enough.
RIKER
(firm)
It's going to have to be. I'm
sorry. That's all I can do.
Riker out.
The transmission ENDS. Picard steps back from the
Viewscreen, frustrated and angry. Data turns to the
computer console.
DATA
(to computer)
Computer -- restore holographic
image.
The Viewscreen and computer console VANISH and are
REPLACED by the fireplace and roaring fire.
PICARD
(angry)
Damn him anyway... after all we've
been through together... he's been
sitting behind that desk too long.
GEORDI
Well... I guess all we can do is
wait to see if the Yorktown finds
anything.
DATA
There is another option.
Picard looks hopeful, but Geordi is exasperated -- he
was hoping that Riker had put an end to all this.
DATA
(continuing)
We could arrange passage aboard a
medical ship.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 47.
42 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
Medical ship?
DATA
Yes. There was an outbreak of
Terrellian Plague on Romulus. The
Klingons have been allowing
Federation medical ships to cross
the border.
PICARD
(excited)
Yes... yes...
Geordi is a little chagrinned, but opts not to fight
about it.
GEORDI
(resigned)
So now all we need is a medical
ship.
PICARD
I think I can arrange that.
(to Data)
Find the USS Pasteur. I have some
pull with the Captain.
(beat, then concerned)
At least, I used to...
CUT TO:
43 EXT. SPACE - MEDICAL SHIP - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
A small and sleek VESSEL with the 24th century
equivalent of "Red Cross" markings. The ship is
orbiting Earth.
44 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE
The Bridge of a futuristic medical ship. Picard,
Geordi and Data (who's now dressed in travel clothes)
ENTER from a Turbolift. ENSIGN CHILTON is at the Conn.
Someone is sitting in the Captain's chair and is turned
away from them. The chair swivels to face them and we
REVEAL --
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 48.
44 CONTINUED:
Captain Beverly Picard. She smiles and rises.
BEVERLY
Well... this is a page out of the
past. I never thought I'd see any
one of you on a starship again.
(shaking hands)
Data, Geordi...
There is an awkward beat as Beverly and Picard look at
each other -- there is a tension in the air. At the
exact same moment, Beverly moves to hug him, but Picard
holds out his hand to shake hers. Then they both see
what the other is doing, and they switch -- Beverly
starts to shake his hand and Picard moves to hug her.
They both finally drop their hands and smile at each
other, embarrassed and amused at their own awkwardness.
PICARD
Let's just... choose one.
They move toward each other and gently hug for a
moment. There is a tenderness between them... then
they separate and there's the awkwardness again.
PICARD
Well. Did you get my message?
BEVERLY
Yes. Jean-Luc... going into
Klingon territory -- it's insane.
(shakes her head)
But I never could say no to you.
PICARD
Ah. So that's why you married me.
She smiles at him. These are two people who still
retain a fondness for each other in spite of not having
been able to make marriage work.
BEVERLY
Now... the first order of business
is to get clearance to cross the
Klingon border.
GEORDI
What about Worf? Isn't he still
on the Klingon High Council?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 48A.
44 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
I'm not sure. Information on the
Klingon political structure is
hard to come by these days.
However, at last report Worf was
governor of H'atoria, a small
Klingon colony near the border.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 49-49A
44 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
Worf... yes, that's it... that's
the answer. Worf. He'll help us.
Let's make it so.
As Beverly considers this --
CHILTON
Captain Picard?
PICARD
(overlapping)
Yes?
BEVERLY
(overlapping)
Yes?
They give each other a look. Chilton addresses
Beverly.
CHILTON
(beat)
Captain, McKinley Station is
signalling. They want to know
when we'll be docking.
BEVERLY
Tell McKinley that we've been
called away on a priority mission.
We won't be docking.
CHILTON
Aye, sir.
Picard smiles at Beverly.
PICARD
Kept the name, eh?
BEVERLY
(smiling)
I've prepared quarters for you on
Deck Five if you'd like some rest.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT FOUR 50.
44 CONTINUED: (4)
PICARD
I'm fine. I don't need any rest.
BEVERLY
(to Chilton)
Nell, please escort the Ambassador
to his quarters--
PICARD
I can find my way around a
starship!
Picard addresses the group, building a head of steam.
PICARD
You're all treating me like an
invalid, but I assure you I've got
a few years left. I don't need to
be led around and I don't want to
be patronized.
BEVERLY
You're right. I'm sorry.
Disarmed, he starts for the Turbolift.
PICARD
I'll go have a rest.
The doors close behind him. Once he's gone, Beverly
turns to Geordi and Data with a slightly sad
expression.
BEVERLY
How long since he's had a
neurological scan?
GEORDI
I'm not sure, but don't waste your
time suggesting it. He says he's
not taking "any more damn tests."
BEVERLY
Do you believe he's moving through
time?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 50A.
44 CONTINUED: (5)
Geordi looks down -- it's clear he doesn't believe the
Captain.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
I don't know if I do, either...
but -- he's Jean-Luc Picard. And
if he wants to go on one more
mission, that's what we're going
to do.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FOUR 51-51A
44 CONTINUED: (6)
Beverly moves to the Captain's chair.
BEVERLY
(to Chilton)
Ensign Chilton, set course for
H'atoria.
CUT TO:
44A OMITTED
45 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - TURBOLIFT - FUTURE
Picard standing in the moving Lift.
PICARD
We'll find the anomaly... I know
we will...
The Lift stops. The doors open and Picard steps out.
And as he does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
46 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard walking out of a Turbolift onto the Bridge. He
hesitates only for a moment, quickly orienting himself.
He moves to the Command Area. Tasha, Worf, O'Brien,
Data and Troi at their stations.
PICARD
Report.
O'BRIEN
We're nearing the coordinates you
gave me, sir.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 52.
46 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(to Data)
Is there anything unusual in the
vicinity?
DATA
How would you define unusual, sir?
Every region of space has unique
properties that cannot be found
anywhere else.
Picard thinks, remembers what happened originally.
PICARD
There should be a... "barrier" of
some sort nearby. A large plasma
field... highly disruptive.
Tasha works.
TASHA
Nothing, sir.
Frustrated, Picard looks down at O'Brien's console
again.
PICARD
It's the right time... right
place... he should be here...
O'BRIEN
Who, sir?
Picard straightens up and looks around the Bridge.
PICARD
(calls out)
Q! We're here! This has gone on
long enough! What sort of game
are you playing?
There is no answer. The Bridge crew exchange looks
among themselves -- they're definitely starting to
wonder about this guy.
PICARD
(continuing, to Troi)
Counselor, do you sense an alien
presence?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/10/94 - ACT FOUR 53.
46 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI
No, sir.
46A
thru OMITTED
46B
47 ANGLE - WORF AND TASHA
WORF
(sotto, to Tasha)
What is a... "Q"?
TASHA
(sotto)
It's a letter of the alphabet, as
far as I know.
48 PICARD
is getting more and more frustrated.
PICARD
(quiet)
This is not the way it's supposed
to happen...
(to all)
Maintain position here. I'll be
in my Ready Room.
Picard EXITS to the Ready Room...
49 INT. READY ROOM - PAST - CONTINUOUS
As Picard steps through the doors, the SCENE CHANGES
TO:
50 INT. COURTROOM (OPTICAL)
Picard is suddenly in front of the screaming crowd, as
seen in "Farpoint". The crowd is looking down the
hallway that leads into the courtroom. Out of the
darkness, riding on his FLOATING CHAIR -- Q appears,
dressed in his judge's robes. The crowd ROARS in
approval at the sight of him. Q holds up a hand and
they fall silent. He looks toward Picard.
Q
Mon Capitan... I thought you'd
never get here.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT FIVE 54.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
51 INT. COURTROOM
Picard facing Q, as before.
PICARD
Q... I thought so. What's going
on?
Q
It's Judge Q to you. And isn't it
obvious what's going on?
Picard looks around at the courtroom, the unruly crowd.
PICARD
The last time I stood in this
courtroom was seven years ago...
Q
(mocking)
"Seven years ago... " How little
you mortals understand time. Must
you be so linear, Jean-Luc?
PICARD
(doggedly)
You accused me of being the
representative of a barbarous
species...
Q
I believe my exact words were "a
dangerous, savage, child-race."
PICARD
But we demonstrated that mankind
has become peaceful and
benevolent. You agreed, and let
us go on our way.
(looking around)
Why do I find myself back in this
courtroom?
Q
You'd like me to connect the dots
for you. Lead you from A... to
B... to C... so your puny mind
can comprehend.
Q shakes his head wearily, vexed by man's limitations.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT FIVE 55.
51 CONTINUED:
Q
How boring. They would be so much
more entertained if you tried to
figure this out...
Q thinks for a moment.
Q
(continuing)
I'll answer any ten questions that
call for a "yes" or a "no."
(beat)
Well?
Picard takes a breath, looks around the courtroom
again. This is the only way he can get information.
PICARD
Are you putting mankind on trial
again?
Q
No.
PICARD
Is there any connection at all
between the trial seven years
ago... and whatever's going on
now?
Q
Hmmmmm... I would have to say...
yes.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT FIVE 56.
51 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
The spatial anomaly in the Neutral
Zone -- is it related to what's
happening?
Q
Oh, most definitely yes.
PICARD
Is it part of a Romulan plot? A
ploy to start a war?
Q
No... and no. Five down.
PICARD
That's only four --
Q
(ticking on his fingers)
"Is it a Romulan plot?" "Is it a
ploy to start a war?" Those are
separate questions.
PICARD
Did you create the anomaly?
Q
(laughs merrily)
No, no, no. You're going to be so
surprised when you realize where
it came from -- if you ever figure
it out.
PICARD
(trying another tack)
Are you responsible for my
shifting through time?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT FIVE 56A.
51 CONTINUED: (2)
Q
I'll answer that if you promise
you won't tell anyone.
(whispering)
Yes.
PICARD
Why?
Q
Oh, I'm sorry. That's not a "yes
or no" question. You forfeit the
rest of your questions.
He regards Picard with scorn.
Q
(continuing)
I expected as much. You're such
a limited creature... a perfect
example of why we've made our
decision.
Picard gives him a questioning look.
Q
The trial never ended, Captain.
We never reached a verdict. But,
now we have: you're guilty.
PICARD
Guilty of what?
Q
Of being inferior.
Q looks at Picard with unconcealed contempt.
Q
Seven years ago I said we'd be
watching you. And we have been.
Hoping your ape-like race would
demonstrate some growth... give
some indication that your minds
have room for expansion.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/29/94 - ACT FIVE 56B.
51 CONTINUED: (3)
Q's tone now is serious, threatening.
Q
And what have we seen instead?
You spending time worrying about
Commander Riker's career...
listening to Counselor Troi's
pedantic psychobabble...
indulging Data in his witless
exploration of humanity...
PICARD
We have journeyed to countless new
worlds... made contact with new
species... expanded man's
understanding of the universe...
Q
In your own paltry, limited way.
You have no idea how far you still
have to go.
PICARD
We are what we are, Q -- and we're
doing the best we can. It's not
for you to set the standard by
which we're judged.
Q
Oh, but it is. And we have. Time
may be eternal -- but our patience
is not.
PICARD
(tight)
Having rendered a verdict... have
you decided upon a sentence?
Q
Indeed. It's time to put an end
to your trek through the stars...
to make room for other, more
worthy species.
PICARD
We're to be denied travel through
space?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT FIVE 56C.
51 CONTINUED: (4)
PICARD
Q... even you could not be capable
of such an act --
Q
I? There you go again, blaming me
for everything. Well, this time
I'm not your enemy. I am not the
one who causes the annihilation of
mankind.
(beat)
You are.
PICARD
Me...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/21/94 - ACT FIVE 57.
51 CONTINUED: (5)
Q
That's right. You're doing it
right now... you've already done
it... and you will do it yet
again.
PICARD
What sort of meaningless doubletalk
is that?
Q sighs.
Q
He doesn't understand. I have
only myself to blame, I suppose.
I believed in you... I thought you
had potential... but apparently I
was wrong.
(beat)
May whatever God you believe in
have mercy on your soul. This
court stands adjourned.
Q raises a hand and there is the crash of a GONG. The
SCENE CHANGES TO::
52 INT. READY ROOM - PRESENT
Picard sits up on the couch suddenly, the SOUND of the
gong slowly fading away. He realizes what's happened.
He heads for the door of the Ready Room and EXITS to
the Bridge.
52A INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
Picard steps onto the Bridge and addresses Riker.
PICARD
(to com)
Commander, assemble the Senior
Staff and go to Red Alert.
(beat)
We have a bigger problem than we
thought.
OFF his face...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 58.
ACT SIX
FADE IN:
53 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
at warp.
54 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Beverly, Troi. Midconversation.
GEORDI
I don't believe him. This has to
be another one of Q's games. He's
probably listening to us right
now, getting a big laugh out of
watching us jump through his
hoops.
PICARD
I think that this time, we have no
choice but to take him at his
word... which means that in some
fashion, I will cause the
destruction of humanity.
BEVERLY
But didn't Q say you already had
caused it?
TROI
And that you were causing it
now...
DATA
Given the fact that there is an
apparent discontinuity between the
three time periods the Captain is
visiting, Q's statement may be
accurate, if confusing.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 59.
54 CONTINUED:
A beat. Picard looks frustrated.
PICARD
So what should I do -- just lock
myself in a room in all three time
periods?
RIKER
No. Maybe not acting is what
causes the destruction of mankind.
What if you were needed on the
Bridge at a key moment, and
weren't there?
TROI
We can't start second-guessing
ourselves. I think we have to
proceed normally... deal with each
situation as it occurs...
PICARD
Agreed.
(beat)
I've been thinking about my
conversation with Q. He admitted
that he was responsible for my
shifting through time...
The others listen carefully, wondering where the
Captain is going with this.
PICARD
(continuing)
It occurred to me... that perhaps
Q is giving me a chance to save
mankind somehow.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SIX 60.
54 CONTINUED: (2)
Astonished looks all around.
RIKER
What makes you say that?
PICARD
Q has always shown a certain...
fascination with humanity... and
specifically with me. I think he
has more than a casual interest in
what happens to me.
DATA
That is true. Q's interest in you
is very similar to that of a
master and a beloved pet.
Picard shoots him a dirty look.
DATA
(continuing)
That was only an analogy, Captain.
PICARD
If I weren't traveling through
time... I would never have
realized that the anomaly in the
Neutral Zone appeared there in the
past as well.
(beat)
Assuming that's an important piece
of a larger puzzle, my ability to
shift through time may be the key
to understanding what's going on.
COM VOICE
Bridge to Captain Picard.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 61.
54 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
Go ahead.
COM VOICE
We're approaching the Neutral
Zone, Captain.
Looks all around.
PICARD
On our way.
Everyone heads for the door...
55 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT - CONTINUOUS
Picard, Riker, Data and Worf ENTER and move to their
positions. Beverly, Geordi and Troi EXIT to the
Turbolift. The ship is still at Red Alert.
PICARD
All stop. Initiate a long range
scan.
DATA
(working)
There are four Warbirds holding
position on the Romulan side of
the Neutral Zone, Captain.
WORF
The Federation Starships Concord
and Bozeman are holding position
on our side.
RIKER
Face-off. The question is, who's
going to move first?
PICARD
We are. Mister Worf, hail the
Romulan flagship.
Worf works.
WORF
The Warbird Terix is responding.
PICARD
On screen.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 62.
56 ANGLE ON MEDICAL SHIP VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
The image of an aged Worf appears on the viewer.
WORF
Captain Picard.
CUT TO REVEAL THAT WE ARE --
57 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
The older Picard is standing next to the Captain's
chair. Beverly and Chilton are at their stations.
Data and Geordi look on. Picard blinks for a moment,
steadies himself against Beverly's chair as he adjusts
to the abrupt time shift.
BEVERLY
(to Worf)
Hello, Worf. It's been a long
time.
WORF
Doctor... it is good to see you
again.
BEVERLY
Did you have a chance to read our
request?
WORF
Yes. But you must realize... I am
no longer a member of the High
Council.
BEVERLY
You are the Governor of the
H'atoria Colony.
WORF
(with contempt)
It is merely a ceremonial position
given me when the house of Mogh
was forced from power.
PICARD
Worf, surely you still have some
influence. We must get into the
Neutral Zone.
Worf hesitates.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SIX 63.
57 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Can't you at least grant us
permission to cross the border?
WORF
I must refuse. It is for your own
safety -- the Neutral Zone is
extremely volatile.
(beat)
If Admiral Riker had given you a
starship with a cloak, you would
have been safe. I cannot believe
he refused to help you.
PICARD
I don't care what kind of ship
we're in -- the important thing is
to get to the Devron System --
WORF
I am sorry, but my first duty is
to the Empire. I must adhere to
regulations.
PICARD
Maybe I'm just an old man who
doesn't understand... but the Worf
I knew cared more about things
like loyalty and honor than he did
rules and regulations.
(beat)
But then, that was a long time
ago. Maybe you're not the Worf I
knew.
Worf suddenly explodes in a fit of rage. He throws
everything off his desk with a powerful sweep of his
arm.
WORF
(a curse)
Dor-sHo GHA!
His eyes flash and he points an accusatory finger
toward Picard.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SIX 63A.
57 CONTINUED: (2)
WORF
(continuing)
You have always used your
knowledge of Klingon honor and
tradition to get what you want
from me.
PICARD
(right back at him)
That's because it always works.
Your problem, Worf, is that you
really do have a sense of honor...
you really do care about things
like loyalty and trust. Don't
blame me because I know you too
well.
Worf glares at him... then --
WORF
Very well. You may cross the
border. But only if I come with
you. I am familiar with the
Neutral Zone.
Picard smiles at him.
PICARD
Terms accepted.
The transmission ENDS.
BEVERLY
(to Chilton)
Inform Transporter Room Two to
beam the Governor aboard.
Beverly turns to Picard with a serious look on her
face.
BEVERLY
I just want to make one thing
clear, Jean-Luc. If we run into
any serious opposition, I'm taking
us back to Federation territory.
We aren't well armed and we
wouldn't last long in a fight.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 64.
57 CONTINUED: (3)
CHILTON
Governor Worf is aboard, Captain.
BEVERLY
All right. Ensign, set course for
the Devron System. Warp thirteen.
She raises her hand to give the order to engage, then
pauses for a moment... looks to Picard and smiles.
BEVERLY
Once more, for old time's sake?
Picard smiles, knowing exactly what she means. He
raises his hand in the old familiar way, and then the
SCENE CHANGES TO:
58 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard sitting in the Captain's chair, hand raised.
PICARD
Engage.
O'Brien turns around in his chair, a little confused.
O'BRIEN
Engage to where, sir?
Picard glances around, quickly orients himself.
PICARD
Set course for the Devron System,
and engage at warp nine.
TASHA
The Devron System is inside the
Neutral Zone, sir.
PICARD
I'm aware of that, Lieutenant.
Carry out my orders, Chief.
O'BRIEN
Aye, sir.
Tasha, Worf and Troi exchange concerned looks.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 65.
58 CONTINUED:
TROI
(quiet, to Picard)
Captain... may I have a word with
you in private?
PICARD
Of course.
(to Tasha)
Lieutenant, contact Farpoint
Station. I want to talk to
Commander Riker.
TASHA
Aye, sir.
They stand and head for the Ready Room...
59 INT. READY ROOM - PAST - CONTINUOUS
Picard and Troi ENTER.
TROI
Captain, I just want to voice my
concerns about the way the crew is
responding to your... unexpected
orders.
PICARD
They don't trust me... they think
I'm behaving erratically.
TROI
Some do... others are confused...
it takes some time for a new crew
to get to know their Captain, and
for him to know them.
PICARD
I understand that. But I know
what this crew is capable of, even
if they don't.
TROI
I'm happy to hear you say that.
It may do them good to hear it, as
well...
(beat)
It would also help if they knew
what was going on.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 66.
59 CONTINUED:
Picard takes a moment.
PICARD
I know it's difficult operating in
the dark, Counselor. But for now,
I think it's the only choice.
Troi looks a little unconvinced.
TROI
Perhaps if you could at least
indicate why --
TASHA'S COM VOICE
Yar to Captain Picard. I have
Commander Riker for you, sir.
PICARD
Put him through in here.
Troi reacts to Riker's name -- and we see that this is
a Troi who has not resolved her feelings about Riker.
Picard sits down at the desk and activates the desktop
monitor.
60 ANGLE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL) (STOCK)
The image of YOUNG WIL RIKER appears.
61 ANGLE ON PICARD
In the b.g., we can see that Troi reacts to the sight
of Riker on the monitor.
PICARD
Commander. I just wanted to let
you know we'll be delayed in
picking you up at Farpoint
Station.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
I see. May I ask how long?
PICARD
I'm not sure. I'll keep you
updated. Please inform Doctor
Crusher and Lieutenant La Forge of
our delay.
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62 ANGLE ON MONITOR (OPTICAL) (STOCK)
YOUNG RIKER
Understood.
The transmission ends.
62A OMITTED
63 RESUME
Picard turns to Troi.
PICARD
Is there anything else, Counselor?
Troi doesn't answer right away -- something is clearly
troubling her.
TROI
Actually... there is, sir. I've
been debating whether or not to
mention it... but perhaps...
(becomes more resolute)
It's about Commander Riker.
Picard, of course, knows all about their
relationship... he even knows how it will run its
course in the future. But he plays it out as if this
is the first he's heard of it.
PICARD
What about him?
TROI
Well... I think you should know
that we... have had a prior
relationship.
PICARD
I see. Do you anticipate this
interfering with your duties?
TROI
No, sir. It was several years
ago. And it's well behind us
both. But I thought you should
know...
Picard takes a beat.
PICARD
I appreciate your telling me...
but I'm sure the two of you will
find a way to... deal with the
situation.
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63 CONTINUED:
Picard says this with confidence... but Troi isn't so
sure. Picard moves to the replicator.
PICARD
(continuing)
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
COMPUTER VOICE
That beverage has not been
programmed into the replication
system.
Picard reacts. He turns to Troi with a smile, as if to
make a remark... and as he does, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
64 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
Picard standing in front of the Viewscreen. TOMALAK,
the Romulan Commander, is on the viewer.
TOMOLAK
So Captain... how long shall we
stare at each other across the
Neutral Zone?
PICARD
There is another alternative,
Tomolak. We're both here for the
same reason. We could each send
one ship into the Neutral Zone to
investigate the anomaly in the
Devron System.
Tomolak considers this.
TOMOLAK
Has Starfleet Command approved
this arrangement?
PICARD
No.
TOMOLAK
(smiles)
I like it already.
(beat)
Agreed. One ship from each
side... but I warn you -- if
another Federation starship tries
to enter the Zone...
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64 CONTINUED:
PICARD
You needn't make threats. I think
we're all aware of the
consequences.
TOMOLAK
Very well. I'll see you in the
Devron system.
The transmission ENDS.
PICARD
(to Conn Officer)
Set course for the Devron system.
Warp five. Engage.
CUT TO:
65 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The ship at warp.
66 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
A short time later.
DATA
Sensors are picking up a large
subspace anomaly directly ahead.
PICARD
All stop. On screen.
The Viewscreen now shows the SPATIAL ANOMALY -- a large
mass of color and light. There is an ethereal quality
to the Anomaly... it's beautiful and frightening all
at once. They all react to the sight.
PICARD
(to Data)
Full scan, Mister Data.
DATA
Aye, sir.
Data begins to work his console.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 70.
67 ANGLE ON OPS CONSOLE
As Data's HANDS work the console. MOVE TO REVEAL WE'RE
IN:
68 INT. BRIDGE - PAST (OPTICAL)
Data is working his console, O'Brien is at Conn.
DATA
We are approaching the Devron
system, Captain. Sensors are
picking up a large subspace
anomaly directly ahead.
Include Picard in the command area. Tasha, Troi and
Worf at their stations. Picard adjusts to the time
shift.
PICARD
All stop. Put it onscreen.
The Viewscreen now shows the distinctive SPATIAL
ANOMALY as seen before. But this time, it's much
BIGGER on the screen. Picard reacts to this.
PICARD
(continuing, to himself)
It's bigger in the past...
TROI
Sir?
PICARD
Nothing. Full scan, Mister Data.
DATA
Aye, sir.
Picard stands and moves to the Viewscreen, peering at
the Anomaly.
69 OMITTED
70 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE
Another angle. Picard glances around, orienting
himself. Beverly in Command, Chilton at Conn, Data and
Geordi are working at an aft console. Worf is looking
on.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SIX 71.
70 CONTINUED:
PICARD
On screen! On screen! Let's see
it!
The others react as though he's saying something very
strange.
70A ANGLE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
Nothing but the starfield.
70B INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE
DATA
As you can see, sir -- there's
nothing there.
Beverly and the others exchange a look... they expected
this all along. OFF Picard's frustrated and perplexed
expression...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT SIX
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN 72.
ACT SEVEN
FADE IN:
71 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE
A few minutes later. Beverly looking over Data's
shoulder at the aft science station. Picard nearby.
Chilton at Con. Worf is working at nearby console.
Geordi looking on.
DATA
Still nothing, Captain. I've
conducted a full sensor sweep out
to one light year from the
Pasteur. No temporal anomalies,
no particle fluctuations...
nothing.
PICARD
Have you scanned the entire
subspace bandwidth?
GEORDI
Yes. The subspace barrier is a
little thin in this region of
space, but that's not unusual.
PICARD
I don't understand. I've already
seen it in the other two -- the
other two time periods. Why isn't
it here?
Worf suddenly looks up from his console with concern.
WORF
(to Beverly)
Captain. I have been monitoring
Klingon communication channels...
several warships have been
dispatched to this sector to
search for a... renegade
Federation vessel.
Reactions. Picard looks at Beverly.
PICARD
You're not thinking about leaving?
BEVERLY
Jean-Luc, there's nothing here...
PICARD
There should be -- there has to
be!
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN 73.
71 CONTINUED:
PICARD (Cont'd)
(to Data)
Data, there must be some other way
to scan for temporal
disturbances... something that's
not covered in a normal sensor
sweep.
DATA
There are several methods of
detecting temporal disturbances,
but we're limited by the equipment
on the Pasteur. This ship is
designed primarily for medical
emergencies.
BEVERLY
Jean-Luc, we've done all we can...
we should head back to Federation
territory.
DATA
(still thinking)
However, it may be possible to
modify the main deflector to emit
an inverse tachyon pulse, which
could scan beyond the subspace
barrier.
PICARD
Very good! Make it so!
BEVERLY
Wait a minute... Data, how long
would this take?
DATA
To make the modifications and
search the entire Devron System
will take approximately fourteen
hours.
Beverly thinks for a moment.
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71 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY
All right. Data, begin modifying
the tachyon pulse. Ensign
Chilton, lay in a course back to
the Federation. If we haven't
found anything in six hours, we're
heading back at maximum warp.
CHILTON
Aye, sir.
PICARD
Six hours may not be enough. We
have to stay here until we find it --
no matter how long it takes!
BEVERLY
(to Chilton)
Carry out my orders.
(to Picard)
May I see you for a moment?
Beverly heads for her Ready Room. Picard follows...
72 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - READY ROOM - FUTURE
CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)
Beverly and Picard ENTER.
PICARD
Beverly, I can't believe you're
not willing to stay here until --
Beverly turns to him, her eyes flashing with anger.
BEVERLY
Don't you ever question my orders
on the Bridge of my ship again!
Picard is taken aback for a moment, but blusters a
response.
PICARD
I'm just trying to... there are
larger concerns here... don't you
understand that --
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72 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
I understand that you would never
have tolerated that kind of
behavior back on the Enterprise --
and I won't here. I don't care if
you're my ex-Captain or my ex-husband.
Picard looks flustered and angry for a beat... but
finally has to back down and concede the point.
PICARD
You're right... I was out of
line... it won't happen again...
(beat)
But, you have to understand... the
stakes here are enormous. Q has
said all of humanity will be
destroyed...
BEVERLY
I know. And that's why I'm
willing to stay here a while
longer and keep looking.
(beat)
But I also want you to consider
the possibility that none of what
you're saying is real.
PICARD
What... ?
BEVERLY
Jean-Luc, I care for you too much
not to tell you the truth. You
have advanced Irumodic Syndrome.
I have to consider the possibility
that all of this is in your mind.
(beat)
I'll stay here six hours... and
then we're heading home.
She moves to him, softens her tone.
BEVERLY
And I want you to remember, if it
were anyone but you... we wouldn't
be here at all.
Beverly turns and EXITS. Picard thinks for a moment...
realizes that he's pushed his friends about as far as
he can. After a beat, Q APPEARS.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT SEVEN 76.
72 CONTINUED: (2)
He's a parody of an OLD MAN -- bags under the eyes,
scraggly gray hair, baggy ill-fitting clothes. He's
leaning on a cane and holding a hearing trumpet to one
ear.
Q
(aged voice)
Eh? What was that she said,
sonny? I couldn't quite hear
her...
Picard turns and reacts to the sight in irritation.
PICARD
Q... what's going on here?
Where's the anomaly?
Q
("mishearing")
Where's your mommy? I don't
know...
PICARD
Stop this foolishness and answer
me!
Q
There is an answer, Jean-Luc. But
I can't hand it to you. Although
you do have help...
Picard realizes Q may be telling him something
important.
PICARD
What help?
Q
You aren't alone, you know... what
you were... and what you will
become... are always with you.
PICARD
My time shifting... the answer
does lie there...
(beat)
Just tell me one thing... this
anomaly we're looking for... is
that what destroys humanity?
Q
You're forgetting, Jean-Luc. You
destroy humanity.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN 77.
72 CONTINUED: (3)
PICARD
By doing what? When? How are you --
Suddenly, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
73 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
Picard standing near the Ops station, leaning on the
same cane we just saw in Q's hand. Riker and Worf at
stations. Picard glances at the cane and tosses it
aside.
PICARD
(to Data)
Report, Mister Data.
DATA
(off console)
The anomaly is two hundred million
kilometers in diameter. It is a
highly focused temporal energy
source which is emitting
approximately the same energy
output as ten G-type stars.
PICARD
What is the source of that energy?
DATA
I am uncertain. Sensors have been
unable to penetrate the anomaly.
Picard thinks, remembers something from the future time
period.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN 78.
73 CONTINUED:
PICARD
What if we modified the main
deflector to emit an... inverse
tachyon pulse. That might scan
beyond the subspace barrier...
give us an idea what the interior
of this thing looks like.
Data thinks for a moment, a little surprised.
DATA
That is a most intriguing idea,
Captain. I do not believe a
tachyon beam was ever put to such
use. I had no idea you were so
versed in the intricacies of
temporal theory.
PICARD
I have some friends who are quite
well versed in the matter. Make
it so.
DATA
Aye, sir.
Data stands.
DATA
I believe we can make the
necessary modifications in Main
Engineering.
Picard nods. As Data heads for the door...
CUT TO:
74 INT. ENGINEERING - PRESENT
Later. Data and Geordi working at consoles.
GEORDI
We can get more power if we reroute
the primary EPS taps to the
deflector array...
DATA
Agreed.
Data works.
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74 CONTINUED:
DATA
Initiating tachyon pulse...
75 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
A thin, oscillating BEAM emits from the deflector dish
and begins SCANNING the anomaly.
76 INT. ENGINEERING - PRESENT
As before. Data and Geordi watch the monitors.
GEORDI
Okay... the pulse is holding
steady... we're starting to
receive data from the scan...
DATA
It will take the computer some
time to give us a complete picture
of the anomaly's interior. I
suggest we --
Geordi reacts to a sudden stab of pain in his VISOR.
GEORDI
(in pain)
Whoa...
DATA
What is wrong?
GEORDI
I'm not sure... oh... it's like
somebody put an ice pick through
my temples...
(beat)
My VISOR's picking up all kinds of
electromagnetic distortions.
Geordi staggers a little.
DATA
(to com)
Data to Sickbay. Medical
emergency in Main Engineering.
CUT TO:
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN 80.
77 INT. SICKBAY - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
A while later. Geordi sitting on a bio-bed with his
VISOR off.
Beverly and Picard are looking at Geordi's eyes.
They're not as they usually appear; the iris shows
faintly. Data is working on a monitor in the b.g.
BEVERLY
Look at his eyes... you can see
the difference yourself.
PICARD
(peering)
Yes... I can see the iris...
Beverly picks up a scanning DEVICE and scans his eyes.
BEVERLY
(off scanner)
This is amazing. The DNA in his
optic nerves is being
regenerated...
She lowers the device and looks at Picard.
BEVERLY
It's as if he were growing new
eyes.
GEORDI
I guess that's why I started to
feel pain... my optical cortex was
falling out of alignment with my
VISOR.
PICARD
How is this possible?
BEVERLY
It shouldn't be possible at all.
There's no medical explanation for
the spontaneous regeneration of an
organ.
Ogawa, still pregnant, approaches holding a PADD.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN 80A.
77 CONTINUED:
OGAWA
Doctor... we've just gotten
reports from two crewmembers who
say they have injuries... which
are healing themselves.
Picard reacts to this bizarre news. Data looks up from
his monitor.
DATA
I believe I may have a partial
explanation, Captain.
They move to where he is working. The monitor shows a
complex Okudagram of the ANOMALY with various pieces of
sensor information.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN 81.
77 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
(continuing)
I have completed my analysis of
the anomaly. It appears to be a
multi-phasic temporal convergence
in the space-time continuum.
BEVERLY
In English please.
DATA
It is, in essence, an eruption
of... anti-time.
PICARD
Anti-time?
DATA
A relatively new concept in
temporal mechanics. The
relationship of anti-time to
normal time is analogous to the
relationship of anti-matter to
normal matter.
PICARD
(catching on)
So if time and anti-time were to
collide...
DATA
They would annihilate each
other... creating a rupture in
space. I believe this is what has
happened in the Devron System.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/15/94 - ACT SEVEN 82.
77 CONTINUED: (3)
DATA
(continuing)
The rupture may be sending out
waves of temporal energy which are
disrupting the normal flow of
time.
BEVERLY
Then it's possible the DNA
molecules in Geordi's optic nerves
aren't regenerating themselves...
They might be reverting to their
original state.
PICARD
You mean his eyes are getting...
younger?
DATA
For all intents and purposes, yes.
Picard considers this for a moment.
PICARD
So the temporal anomaly has
certain... rejuvenating effects.
It certainly doesn't sound like
the destruction of humanity.
(beat)
Data, what could have caused this
collision between time and anti-time?
78 ANGLE ON DATA
Who is sitting in his chair at Ops, looking confused.
DATA
Anti-time, sir?
MOVE TO REVEAL WE'RE IN:
79 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard is standing on the Bridge, talking to Data.
Picard quickly moves to Data's console and begins
entering information rapidly. Tasha, Worf, O'Brien and
Troi at their stations.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN 82A.
79 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(to Data)
I believe that if we modify the
deflector to send out an inverse
tachyon pulse, you'll find that
the anomaly is a rupture between
time and anti-time.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN 83.
79 CONTINUED: (2)
Data watches Picard work the console for a moment.
DATA
That is a fascinating
hypothesis... how did you
formulate --
PICARD
It would take too long to explain.
Begin the modifications and send
out the pulse. Once you've done
that, start working on a theory as
to what could have caused this
rupture.
DATA
Aye, sir.
Data begins working. Picard thinks for a moment.
PICARD
Mister O'Brien... how big is the
anomaly?
O'BRIEN
(works)
Approximately four hundred million
kilometers in diameter, sir.
PICARD
I still don't understand why it's
larger here...
O'Brien gives him a puzzled look -- he doesn't know
what the hell Picard is talking about, but decides not
to pursue it. Worf suddenly reacts to something on the
aft console.
WORF
Captain... there are five
Terrellian transport ships holding
position in the Devron system.
TASHA
We're being hailed by the lead
ship.
PICARD
On screen.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT SEVEN 84.
80 INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
Which now shows a Terrellian pilot named ANDRONA.
ANDRONA
Enterprise, you are a welcome
sight. We've been receiving
threats from the Romulan Empire
ever since we entered the Neutral
Zone. I'm glad to see you're here
to protect us.
PICARD
Why have you come here?
Androna's expression brightens a little.
ANDRONA
We heard about the Light... from
a merchant ship who told us about
the power it has to heal
illness... to rejuvenate the
elderly... and we had to come
here.
The others on the Bridge look a little confused...
they've never heard about any of this.
PICARD
We can't really be certain that
the... Light... has this power.
And there may be dangers, side
effects we're not aware of...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN 85.
80 CONTINUED:
ANDRONA
I have five ships full of sick and
dying people, Captain. If there's
even a chance it's true, I can't
turn back now.
PICARD
It would be safer for all
concerned if you left the Neutral
Zone... and let us investigate the
phenomenon more fully.
ANDRONA
No. I've come too far.
Picard is frustrated, but has no authority to order
them away.
PICARD
I warn you that if the Romulans
should decide to intervene, I may
not be able to protect you.
ANDRONA
I understand. We'll take that
risk.
(beat, then smiles)
Good luck, Captain.
The Transmission ENDS. Picard thinks for a moment,
then heads for the Ready Room.
PICARD
(to Tasha)
You have the Bridge, Lieutenant.
I'll be in my Ready Room.
TASHA
Aye, sir.
Picard EXITS briskly to the Ready Room.
81 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - READY ROOM - FUTURE
Picard is moving briskly toward the door. The ship
suddenly SHAKES and Picard is nearly knocked off his
feet. The ship goes to RED ALERT and Picard heads for
the Bridge.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT SEVEN 85A.
82 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE - CONTINUOUS
Beverly in command, Chilton at Conn. Worf, Data, and
Geordi working aft consoles. Picard ENTERS from the
Ready Room.
PICARD
What's going on?
BEVERLY
We're under attack.
The ship is ROCKED again.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT SEVEN 86.
82 CONTINUED:
CHILTON
(off console)
Shield strength down to fifty-two
percent. Minor damage to the port
nacelle.
WORF
Two Klingon attack cruisers have
decloaked to port and starboard.
They all react to this grim news.
83 EXT. SPACE - MEDICAL SHIP & KLINGONS - FUTURE
(OPTICAL)
The Pasteur is surrounded by TWO KLINGON ATTACK
CRUISERS.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT SEVEN
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT EIGHT 87.
ACT EIGHT
FADE IN:
84 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE
As before, ship at Red Alert. The ship is ROCKED
again.
BEVERLY
(to Chilton)
Warp speed -- get us out of here!
Chilton works.
CHILTON
Warp power is off-line, sir.
Another JOLT.
BEVERLY
(to Chilton)
Heading one-four-eight, mark two-one-five.
Full impulse.
85 EXT. SPACE - MEDICAL SHIP - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
The Pasteur is trying to get away from the two Klingon
attack cruisers, which continue to fire on the medical
ship.
86 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE
The ship is ROCKED more violently.
CHILTON
(off console)
Impulse power is fluctuating...
shields down to thirty percent.
PICARD
(to Worf)
Weapons status?
WORF
These phasers are no match for
their shields.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT 88-88A
86 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Geordi, we need warp power -- now.
Geordi works a console.
GEORDI
Sorry, Captain, they're just too
much for us. I can't keep the
phase inducers on-line --
Another JOLT.
CHILTON
(off console)
Shields down to nine percent. One
more hit and they'll collapse.
BEVERLY
Open a channel.
(beat)
This is Captain Beverly Picard.
We're a medical ship on a mission
of mercy! Break off your --
The ship is ROCKED again. A grim moment.
BEVERLY
(continuing)
Worf, signal our surrender.
Worf works a console for a moment.
WORF
(to com)
Tos Vah'cha Worf, do'lo jegh!
(This is Governor Worf, we
surrender!)
The ship is ROCKED violently. Chilton's console
EXPLODES, throwing her BACKWARD to the ground. Picard
rushes to her, but it's too late -- she's dead. Picard
reacts.
WORF
(off his console)
Our shields have collapsed. We're
defenseless.
Beverly and Picard exchange a look. Beverly sits back
in her seat, steels herself. They all wait for what
seems to be certain death.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT 89.
86 CONTINUED: (3)
DATA
(off console)
Captain, there's another ship de-cloaking
-- bearing two-one-five
mark three-one-oh...
(beat)
It's the Enterprise!
87 EXT. SPACE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
Suddenly, the ENTERPRISE-D DE-CLOAKS -- the ship is
travelling vertically. FOLLOW it as it swoops up
towards the medical ship and the two Klingon attack
cruisers.
87A INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
DATA
They're hailing us.
The group looks up at the Viewscreen to see Riker.
RIKER
I had a feeling you weren't going
to listen to me. Stand by while
I try to get the Klingons'
attention...
87B EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND KLINGON SHIPS - FUTURE
(OPTICAL)
The Enterprise FIRES on the attack cruisers with a
furious volley of PHASERS and TORPEDOES. One of the
Klingon ships EXPLODES.
88 INT. MEDICAL SHIP - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
As before. The shaking has STOPPED.
WORF
The Enterprise is drawing their
fire.
BEVERLY
Damage report.
GEORDI
Our warp core's badly damaged...
there's a breach in progress.
Picard reacts to this with a look of sudden dread.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT EIGHT 89A.
88 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Warp core breach... that may be
it. We have to stop it!
Picard moves to look at Geordi's console.
DATA
The Klingon ship is disengaging.
(beat)
Admiral Riker is hailing us.
They look at the Viewscreen.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT 90.
88 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
Our sensors indicate your ship has
a warp core breach in progress.
Prepare for emergency beam-out.
Suddenly, the entire Bridge crew DEMATERIALIZES.
CUT TO:
89 INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
Riker in command, Gaines at Tactical. The Enterprise
has seen a few technological updates over the years.
The Captain's chair is now slightly higher than it used
to be, and there are other changes in evidence.
Picard, Beverly, Worf, Data, Geordi and other N.D.s
from the Pasteur MATERIALIZE on Bridge.
GAINES
(to Riker, off console)
All the Pasteur crew is safely
aboard, Admiral.
RIKER
Raise shields. Where are the
Klingons?
GAINES
They're still moving off, sir --
half a light year away.
RIKER
They'll be back...
Riker turns to the others, a look of irritation on his
face.
RIKER
(to Picard)
As I said -- I figured you weren't
going to take no for answer.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT EIGHT 91.
89 CONTINUED:
RIKER (Cont'd)
(then to Worf)
But I thought you would have more
sense. I can't believe you let a
defenseless ship cross into
hostile territory without an
escort.
Worf won't take this from Riker. Angrily --
WORF
If you had not turned down the
Captain when he came to you for
help, none of this would have
happened. Unlike you, I still
have a sense of loyalty and
honor...
Picard steps in before this can escalate any further.
PICARD
We don't have time for this. The
Pasteur's core is going to breach.
RIKER
(to Conn Officer)
Move us away. Full impulse.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/25/94 - ACT EIGHT 92.
89A EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE & PASTEUR - FUTURE
(OPTICAL)
The Enterprise backs away from the Pasteur. After a
beat, the medical ship EXPLODES.
89B INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - FUTURE
Everyone reacts.
RIKER
All right. Let's get out of here.
PICARD
No... we can't... we have to save
humanity...
RIKER
(to Gaines)
Engage cloak.
GAINES
(off console)
Our cloak isn't functioning. We
took a direct hit to the starboard
plasma coil. Engineering reports
seven hours until we can cloak
again.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT 93.
89B CONTINUED:
RIKER
We'll have to do this the old-fashioned
way. Lay in a course
back to the Federation. Warp
thirteen.
Picard reacts strongly to this. As he argues with
Riker, we see Beverly move to a COMPARTMENT in the b.g.
and take out a medical kit... prepare a hypospray...
PICARD
(to Riker)
Wil, don't leave! We have to stay
here -- find the cause of the
temporal anomaly...
RIKER
Captain, we can't stay...
Picard is frantic to convince Riker to stay -- but his
mental condition is getting worse and his desperation
sounds almost like hysteria.
PICARD
We have to! Everything depends on
this! We can't leave now --
please listen to me!
Beverly moves up behind him and applies the hypospray.
And as Picard collapses into Riker's arms, the SCENE
CHANGES TO:
90 INT. CORRIDOR - PRESENT
Picard nearly bumps into a crewman as he turns a
corner. He hesitates for a moment, then continues
walking towards Sickbay...
91 INT. SICKBAY - PRESENT
Picard ENTERS. Beverly is tending to Ogawa, who is
lying on a bio-bed. Ogawa is wearing a patient's gown
and no longer appears to be pregnant. She looks
distraught -- she's been crying. Ogawa's N.D. HUSBAND
is standing by her, holding her hand, trying to comfort
her. Geordi is in the b.g., lying on another bio-bed.

STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT EIGHT 94.
91 CONTINUED:
BEVERLY
Jean-Luc.
(to Ogawa)
I'll be right back, Alissa.
Ogawa nods as Beverly takes Picard aside and speaks to
him quietly.
BEVERLY
(sotto)
Alissa lost the baby.
Picard reacts.
BEVERLY
I think it's the same thing that
happened to Geordi. Somehow, the
temporal energy from the anomaly
caused the fetal tissue to revert
to an earlier stage of
development. It was as if the
unborn child began to... grow
younger... until finally the DNA
itself began to break down.
Picard looks over at Ogawa.
PICARD
How is she?
BEVERLY
Physically, she's fine. For now.
But if this temporal reversion
continues, I don't think any of us
are going to be fine for much
longer.
PICARD
So this is affecting the entire
crew...
BEVERLY
(nods)
Our cellular structures appear to
be coalescing... reverting to
earlier structures.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT EIGHT 95.
91 CONTINUED: (2)
BEVERLY (Cont'd)
In some cases, this has caused old
injuries to be healed... but
that's only a temporary effect.
Eventually, this could kill us
all.
OFF Picard's reaction...
CUT TO:
92 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
The ship holding position near the ANOMALY. We can
still see the ENERGY BEAM scanning the anomaly.
93 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE - PRESENT
Picard, Data, Riker, and Troi at the table. This is
the end of a staff meeting.
PICARD
We also have to find out how
widespread this effect is.
(to Troi)
Send an inquiry to Starbase Twenty-three
-- they're the nearest
outpost -- have them begin
checking their personnel for any
signs of temporal reversion.
TROI
Aye, sir.
PICARD
Mister Data, how long until we've
completed the tachyon scan?
DATA
Approximately one hour, forty-five
minutes.
PICARD
Good. Once it's completed, I want
you to find a way to dissipate the
anomaly without making things
worse. Give me a risk analysis on
whatever solution you come up
with.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/16/94 - ACT EIGHT 96.
93 CONTINUED:
DATA
Aye, sir.
PICARD
Dismissed.
Everyone except Picard EXITS. Picard moves to the
table and picks up a PADD from the many scattered on
the table. He walks to the window, taking a few steps
as he reads the PADD. From offcamera, we hear Q's
voice --
Q'S VOICE
That's a pretty big decision, Jean-Luc...
Picard turns to see that Q is standing in the room. He
is dressed in his Starfleet uniform.
Q
Tinkering with an anomaly you know
nothing about... trying to
collapse it... isn't that risky?
PICARD
Why? Will that cause the
destruction of mankind?
Q
(pondering)
Maybe...
(beat)
On the other hand, maybe leaving
it alone would be the wrong thing
to do...
He approaches Picard, intense, intimidating.
Q
It's a big decision, all right...
Perhaps it would help to get a
different perspective...
Abruptly, the scene CHANGES to:
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT EIGHT 97.
94 EXT. PRIMORDIAL EARTH - DISTANT PAST (OPTICAL)
Picard and Q are standing on a craggy ledge overlooking
a vast expanse of LAVA, VOLCANIC GASES and CHURNING
SEAS. Picard reacts, looks around for a moment.
(NOTE: Picard still in present-day uniform; Q in his
Starfleet uniform).
Q
Welcome home.
PICARD
Home?
Q
Don't you recognize your old
stomping grounds? This is Earth --
France. About... oh... three and
a half billion years ago. Give or
take an eon or two.
(sniffs the air)
Smells awful, doesn't it... all
that sulfur and volcanic ash... I
really must speak to the maid.
PICARD
Is there a point to all this?
Q smiles and points to the sky.
Q
Look --
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/29/94 - ACT EIGHT 98.
94 CONTINUED:
Picard looks up --
95 NEW ANGLE - THE SKY (OPTICAL)
Instead of a starfield, the sky is FILLED with the
SPATIAL ANOMALY seen throughout the show. But here it
is HUGE -- filling the entire sky from horizon to
horizon.
96 RESUME
Picard reacts.
PICARD
The anomaly is here, at Earth... ?
Q
At this point in history, the
anomaly has filled this entire
quadrant of your galaxy.
Picard considers this, thinking aloud.
PICARD
The further back in time... the
larger the anomaly.
Q
(suddenly sees
something)
oh, oh -- come here, there's
something I want to show you!
Q kneels down and Picard comes over to see what he's
looking at. Q is peering down into a small muddy POND.
The water is murky, but there should be no suggestion
of algae, fungus, or anything living.
Q
(re: pond)
See this? This is you.
Picard looks annoyed, thinks Q is toying with him.
Q
(continuing)
I'm serious. Right here, life is
about to form on this planet for
the very first time. A group of
amino acids is about to combine
and form the first protein.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/21/94 - ACT EIGHT 99-101
96 CONTINUED:
Q (Cont'd)
The building blocks of what you
call "life".
Despite himself, Picard is a little intrigued. He
can't help but peer closer into the pond.
Q
(continuing)
Strange, isn't it, Jean-Luc?
Everything you know... your entire
civilization... it all begins
right here in this little pond of
goo. It's appropriate somehow,
isn't it?
(beat)
Too bad you didn't bring a
microscope -- this is quite
fascinating.
They look into the water.
Q
(continuing)
Here they go... the amino acids
are moving closer... closer...
closer...
(reacts)
Ohhhh! Nothing happened!
(to Picard)
You see what you've done?
Picard thinks for a moment, then looks up at the sky.
PICARD
You mean I caused the anomaly...
and the anomaly... in some way...
disrupted the beginning of life on
Earth.
Q's eyes bore into Picard.
Q
Congratulations.
The SCENE CHANGES TO:
97 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard in command. Off his reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT EIGHT
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT NINE 102-104
ACT NINE
FADE IN:
98 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard, Tasha, Worf, Data and O'Brien at their
stations. Troi ENTERS, looking very concerned.
TROI
Captain, I've just spoken to
Doctor Selar... she said that
twenty-three children on board
have contracted some kind of
illness. Their tissues appear to
be... reverting to an earlier
stage of development.
(beat)
She thinks it has something to do
with the anomaly.
Picard turns to Tasha.
PICARD
Inform Starfleet Command that we
believe the anomaly has toxic
effects. Tell them I'm ordering
the Terrellian ships back to
Federation territory, but that
we're staying here.
TASHA
We are?
PICARD
Yes. We have to find a way to
collapse this anomaly.
(to Troi)
Counselor, prepare to evacuate all
civilians and non-essential
personnel to the Terrellians
ships.
TROI
Aye, sir.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE 105.
98 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Data, O'Brien, you're with me.
Picard, O'Brien, and Data head for a Turbolift.
CUT TO:
99 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PAST (OPTICAL)
The ship near the LARGE ANOMALY. The tachyon pulse is
scanning the anomaly.
100 INT. ENGINEERING - PAST
Picard, O'Brien and Data working at the pool table.
PICARD
Let's concentrate on how this
anomaly was initially formed.
Speculation?
DATA
Temporal ruptures in the spacetime
continuum are rarely a naturally
occurring phenomenon. It is
therefore most likely that this
anomaly was caused by an outside
catalyst.
O'BRIEN
Like a warp core explosion...
PICARD
I think I can rule out a warp core
explosion.
DATA
Our tachyon pulse has been unable
to penetrate the anomaly
completely. If we had information
about the center of the
phenomenon, we might have a basis
for speculation.
PICARD
Can you find a way to scan the
interior?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT NINE 106.
100 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
I've tried everything I know of...
there's just too much
interference. There's nothing on
board that'll do the job.
PICARD
Do you know what could?
Data thinks.
DATA
In theory, a tomographic imaging
scanner capable of multiphasic
resolution would be able to
penetrate this much interference.
(beat)
The Daystrom Institute has been
working on such a device, but it
is still only theoretical.
Picard looks down at a screen on the pool table...
101A ANGLE ON OKUDAGRAM - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
A graphic showing various sensor information. CUT TO
REVEAL WE'RE IN:
101B INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
Picard is looking at a graphic at one of the aft
stations. Data is sitting nearby.
PICARD
Data... do we have a tomographic
imaging scanner on board?
DATA
Yes, sir.
PICARD
Can you use it to scan the
interior of the anomaly?
DATA
Possibly.
Data works for a moment.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT NINE 107.
101B CONTINUED:
DATA
(continuing, off
console)
There is a great deal of
interference... but I am getting
some readings.
(beat)
This is very unusual...
PICARD
What is it?
DATA
It appears that our tachyon pulse
is converging with two other
tachyon pulses at the center of
the anomaly. The other two pulses
have the exact same amplitude
modulation as our own pulse. It
is as if all three originated from
the Enterprise.
Picard suddenly has a revelation.
PICARD
Three pulses... from three time
periods... all converging at one
point in space.
DATA
Captain, what are you suggesting?
Before Picard can answer, THE SCENE CHANGES TO:
102
thru OMITTED
103
104 INT. GUEST QUARTERS - FUTURE
Old Picard suddenly sits up in bed. He's wearing
nightclothes. He looks around the room for a moment,
orienting himself. He gets out of bed, taps a control
on a nearby table.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE 107A.
104 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Computer, where's Admiral Riker?
COMPUTER VOICE
Admiral Riker is in Ten Forward.
Picard heads for the door, a determined and driven look
on his face.
104A INT. CORRIDOR - FUTURE - CONTINUOUS
Picard steps out into the Corridor in his nightclothes.
He takes a step down the Corridor... then stops, looks
back the other way... is he heading in the right
direction? He turns around and goes the other way down
the Corridor.
CUT TO:
105 INT. TEN FORWARD - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
Riker, Beverly, Geordi and Data are at a table. Worf
is sitting alone at a separate table on the other side
of the room. Mid-conversation.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT NINE 108.
105 CONTINUED:
Geordi looks around the room.
GEORDI
The ship has held up pretty well
over the years.
RIKER
They were going to decommission
her about five years ago... but
one nice thing about being an
Admiral is getting to choose your
own ship.
Beverly glances over at Worf.
BEVERLY
(to Riker)
Wil... how long is this thing
between you and Worf going to go
on?
RIKER
It's been going on for twenty
years now... doesn't look like
it's going to end any time soon.
DATA
I suspect the last thing Counselor
Troi would have wanted is for the
two of you to be alienated.
BEVERLY
I agree. It's time to put this
behind you.
RIKER
I tried -- at Deanna's funeral.
He wouldn't talk to me.
GEORDI
Might have been tough for him
then... he took her death pretty
hard.
RIKER
Yeah, well... he wasn't the only
one.
BEVERLY
I know. But in his mind... you
were the reason he and Deanna
never got together.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT NINE 108A.
105 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
I didn't do anything to stand in
his way --
BEVERLY
(beat)
Didn't you, Wil?
Riker looks at her, regretful.
RIKER
Did I?
She doesn't answer. He looks down, acknowledging.
Okay, maybe he did.
RIKER
(continuing)
I just... never could admit it was
over. I kept thinking one day
we'd get together again... and
then... she was gone.
(beat)
You think you've got all the time
in the world, until...
Riker stares down at his drink. Deanna's death is
still with him, too.
RIKER
Yeah.
But he doesn't trust himself to say more.
CUT TO:
106 INT. CORRIDOR - FUTURE
Picard is walking through the ship with a slightly
confused expression. He pauses at an intersection...
isn't sure which way to go... he's drawing curious
looks from passing crewmembers... Picard finally
chooses a direction and goes down the Corridor. He
stops outside a set of doors and then OPENS them. We
can see the Transporter Room inside. Picard stops...
turns and looks panicked and despairing... he's lost on
his own ship.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE 109.
106 CONTINUED:
Follow Picard as he tries to find his way... but it's
no use... he's completely lost. Finally he stops a
passing ENSIGN.
PICARD
Ensign. How... do I get to Ten
Forward?
ENSIGN
Two decks up, sir. Section zero
zero five.
PICARD
Thank you.
Deeply embarrassed, Picard heads for a Turbolift.
CUT TO:
107 INT. TEN FORWARD - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
Riker, Beverly, Data, and Geordi at their table as
before. Beverly suddenly reacts to something
offcamera.
BEVERLY
Oh, my god.
She stands and we MOVE TO REVEAL that Picard has just
ENTERED the room in his nightclothes. He moves
directly to Riker's table.
PICARD
Wil! I know what's happening...
I know what causes the anomaly...
we have to go back!
Riker reacts in surprise.
RIKER
Jean-Luc... the only place you're
going back to is bed.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE 110.
107 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Damnit Wil, I know what's
happening. We're causing the
anomaly... with a... with the
tachyon pulse... it happened in
all three time periods. We do it
in all three time periods!
BEVERLY
Jean-Luc, you better come with me.
Beverly tries to take his arm, but Picard jerks away
from her.
PICARD
Leave me alone! I'm not crazy.
The tachyon pulses... they -- they
were used in the same spot -- in
all three time periods... don't
you see? When the tachyon pulse
used the -- I mean, when the
Pasteur used the tachyon pulse, we
set the -- you know -- we...
started everything... we set it
in motion.
Words fail Picard... his mental faculties preventing
him from giving them a clear picture.
PICARD
It's like... the chicken and the
egg! You think it started back
then... but it didn't... it
started here in the future...
that's why it gets larger in the
past...
DATA
I think I understand what the
Captain is saying. If I'm not
mistaken, he is describing a
paradox.
PICARD
Yes! Yes, exactly!
Data takes a beat, thinking of the possibilities.
DATA
Intriguing... it is possible we
could've created the very anomaly
we have been looking for.
Data begins to pace... he's the very image of a
professor at work.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT NINE 111.
107 CONTINUED: (2)
DATA
Let us assume for the moment, that
the Captain has indeed been
travelling through time. Let us
also assume he has initiated an
inverse tachyon pulse at the same
coordinates in space in all three
time periods.
(beat)
In that case, it is possible that
the convergence of three tachyon
pulses could've ruptured the
subspace barrier and caused an
anti-time reaction.
Geordi is beginning to catch on.
GEORDI
I see where you're going. And
because anti-time operates in the
opposite way normal time does, the
effects would run backwards
through the spacetime continuum.
PICARD
Yes! That's why the anomaly was
larger in the past. It was
growing as it travelled backward
through time.
A beat as they absorb this.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT NINE 112.
107 CONTINUED: (3)
RIKER
All right... let's say for the
moment, you're right. What do we
do about it?
PICARD
Go back. Go back to the Devron
System.
DATA
He may be right. If we return to
the Devron System now, we might
see the initial formation of the
anomaly.
Everyone looks at Riker... waiting to see what he'll
do. After a long beat, Riker hits his combadge.
RIKER
Riker to Bridge. Set course for
the Devron System. Maximum warp.
GAINES' COM VOICE
Aye, sir.
Riker stands. Everyone except Worf heads for the
doors. Riker stops and looks back.
RIKER
Worf... we could use a hand.
Worf takes a beat... considers... then decides to help
out, but it's not clear if there has been a
reconciliation. They EXIT.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT NINE
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 113.
ACT TEN
FADE IN:
108 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
coming out of warp.
109 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
Riker, Picard, Beverly, Data, Worf, Geordi, Gaines.
Gaines at tactical, N.D.s man the other stations. Data
and Geordi at aft stations. Picard is back in his
travel clothes.
GAINES
Entering the Devron System, sir.
RIKER
All stop.
DATA
(off console)
Sensors are picking up a small
temporal anomaly off the port bow.
Reactions.
RIKER
On screen.
The VIEWSCREEN now shows a very small version of the
ANOMALY seen throughout the show. Picard looks vastly
relieved.
PICARD
I was right...
GEORDI
(off console)
It's an anti-time eruption. It
seems to have formed in the last
six hours.
PICARD
We've got to stop it here... so it
won't be able to travel back
through time...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 114.
109 CONTINUED:
RIKER
All right, Data -- we need a
solution and we need it fast.
DATA
(off console)
The anomaly is being sustained by
the continuing tachyon pulses from
the other two time periods. I
suggest they be shut down.
PICARD
(serious)
The next time I'm there, that's
the first thing I'll do.
RIKER
Isn't there more we can do here...
seal the rupture somehow?
DATA
(still working)
I am investigating the options.
As Picard MOVES toward Data, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
110 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
Picard MOVING toward Geordi and Data at the aft
consoles, as in Act Nine. (Note: Picard is at
different locations in all three time periods, allowing
for straight-cut transitions during the fast pace of
Act Ten.)
PICARD
(quickly)
Data, disengage the tachyon pulse.
DATA
Sir?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 115.
110 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Just do it. The convergence of
tachyon pulses from the three time
periods is what causes the
anomaly.
DATA
Aye, sir.
Data works.
111 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
The ship holding position at the anomaly. We see the
tachyon beam TURN OFF.
112 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
As before.
PICARD
Report. Is there any change in
the anomaly?
113 ANGLE ON DATA - PAST
sitting at Ops.
DATA
No, sir.
MOVE TO REVEAL:
114 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard in command. Data, Tasha, Worf, Troi, O'Brien at
their stations.
PICARD
Disengage the tachyon pulse.
The others exchange a look.
O'BRIEN
We haven't finished the scan, sir.
PICARD
I know that. But it's imperative
that you disengage it immediately.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 115A.
114 CONTINUED:
DATA
(works)
Aye, sir. Disengaging.
Picard stares at the Viewscreen (not seen).
PICARD
Why isn't the anomaly affected?
O'BRIEN
(puzzled)
Why would it be, sir?
THE SCENE CHANGES TO:
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 116.
115 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE
Picard sitting in the command chair. Everyone else as
seen before.
PICARD
(to all)
I've shut off the tachyon pulses
in the other time periods -- but
the anomaly didn't change.
This draws a few curious looks from the others -- but
everyone now accepts that Picard is indeed travelling
through time.
DATA
(off console)
It remains unaffected here as
well.
BEVERLY
What do we do?
GEORDI
The only way to stop this thing is
to repair the rupture at the focal
point where time and anti-time are
converging.
RIKER
How do we do that?
DATA
It would require taking the ship
into the anomaly itself. Once
inside, we may be able to use our
engines to create a static warp
shell.
GEORDI
(onto the idea)
Yeah, yeah... and the shell would
act like an artificial subspace
barrier -- separating time and
anti-time...
DATA
Collapsing the anomaly and
restoring the normal flow of time.
(turns to Picard)
But this would have to be done in
the other two time periods, as
well.
Picard considers.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT TEN 117.
115 CONTINUED:
PICARD
That could be a problem... the
anomaly's so much larger in the
other time periods...
THE SCENE CHANGES TO:
116 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
Picard finishing his sentence --
PICARD
(continuing)
... It could be dangerous to take
the ship in.
Everyone looks at him.
O'BRIEN
Take the ship in where, sir?
Picard takes a beat, then makes a decision.
PICARD
Into the anomaly, Chief. Lay in
a course to the exact center.
Transfer all available power to
the shields.
Shocked reactions around the Bridge.
TASHA
Sir... can you give us some
explanation?
PICARD
No. I cannot.
TASHA
Captain, so far we've obeyed every
order -- no matter how far-fetched
it might have seemed. But if
we're to risk the safety of the
ship and crew... I think we have
to ask you for an explanation.
Picard looks around at the crew, which is staring
intently at him, waiting to see how he'll handle this.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/14/94 - ACT TEN 118.
116 CONTINUED:
PICARD
(continuing)
I know all of you have doubts
about me... about each other...
about the ship. All I can say is
that even though we've only been
together for a short time... I
know that you are the finest crew
in the fleet... and I would trust
each of you with my life.
(beat)
I'm asking you to make a leap of
faith -- and trust me.
A quiet beat on the Bridge... then suddenly everyone
starts working. The team has come together at last.
TASHA
Shields up, maximum strength.
WORF
Boosting field integrity on the
warp nacelles. We may encounter
shearing forces once we enter the
anomaly.
DATA
I am preparing to initiate a
static warp shell.
O'BRIEN
Course laid in, sir.
TROI
(off armchair console)
All decks report ready, Captain.
Picard looks at his crew -- he's proud of them and it
shows.
PICARD
Chief... take us in.
The SCENE CHANGES TO:
117 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
Picard at aft console command -- everything as before.
Data turns to him from the aft console.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 119.
117 CONTINUED:
DATA
Captain, I have an idea. If we
take the ship to the center of the
anomaly and create a static warp
shell...
PICARD
(overlapping)
... a static warp shell, it could
repair the barrier and collapse
the anomaly.
DATA
(surprised)
Yes, sir.
PICARD
Mister Data, you're a clever man --
in any time period.
Picard moves down to the command area with Data and
Geordi.
PICARD
(continuing)
Lay in a course to the center of
the anomaly. Prepare to initiate
a static warp shell.
As Picard moves, the SCENE CHANGES TO:
118 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE
As before.
PICARD
The other two Enterprises...
they're on their way.
RIKER
Very well.
(to con)
Ensign... take us in.
119 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
The ship begins moving towards the anomaly... closer...
closer...
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 120.
120 INT. BRIDGE - PAST (OPTICAL)
As before. Tense. The crew is watching the ANOMALY on
the Viewscreen -- it's getting closer.
O'BRIEN
We're entering the anomaly, sir.
PICARD
All hands brace for impact!
The ship ROCKS violently. The lights FLICKER.
TASHA
The temporal energy's interfering
with main power. Switching to...
Another JOLT carries us to:
121 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
The ship is ROCKING. The anomaly has almost FILLED the
Viewscreen. Lights flickering on and off here, as
well. People hanging on.
GEORDI
... auxiliary power. I'm having
trouble keeping the impulse
engines on-line! I've got power
fluctuations all across the board!
PICARD
Maintain course and speed!
(to Data)
Mister Data, how long until we
reach the center?
DATA
Another thirty seconds at least,
Captain.
The SCENE CHANGES TO:
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 121.
122 OMITTED
123 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE
The ship is SHAKING.
GAINES
We've entered the anomaly.
The SCENE CHANGES TO:
124 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
As before -- the ship SHAKING.
DATA
We have reached the center, sir.
PICARD
Initiate warp shell!
Data works. SCENE CHANGES:
125 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT
As before -- the ship SHAKING.
DATA
(working)
Initiating static warp shell --
now.
SCENE CHANGES:
126 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE
As before -- ship SHAKING.
RIKER
Is it having any effect?
SCENE CHANGES:
127 INT. BRIDGE - PAST
As before -- shaking.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 121A.
127 CONTINUED:
DATA
(off console)
Something is happening... A new
subspace barrier appears to be
forming --
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT TEN 122.
127 CONTINUED: (2)
TASHA
(urgent)
Captain! Sensors are picking
up... two other ships...
Everyone looks at the Viewscreen --
128 VIEWSCREEN - PAST (OPTICAL)
which is filled with the roiling anomaly. But faintly
through the energy, we can see the GHOSTLY IMAGES of
TWO ENTERPRISES. The ships are drifting in the anomaly
very close to each other -- in fact, they appear to be
moving through each other. It's a startling sight.
129 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
The crew watching the exact same image on their
Viewscreen -- two Enterprises.
130 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
This crew watching the same image on their Viewscreen,
It's an awesome moment.
131 INT. BRIDGE - PAST (OPTICAL)
As before.
DATA
Captain, It appears to be working.
The anomaly is beginning to
collapse. I think that --
TASHA
(suddenly)
Sir -- the temporal energy is
rupturing our warp containment
system!
WORF
We must eject the core!
PICARD
No. We have to maintain the
static warp shell for as long as
possible!
The ship SHAKES harder.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 123.
131 CONTINUED:
TASHA
We're losing containment! I can't
stop it, it's going to --
Suddenly, the bridge is ENGULFED IS A BLAST OF FLAMES
AND DEBRIS --
132 INT. BRIDGE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
On the Viewscreen, one of the ghostly Enterprises
EXPLODES -- destroyed. Reactions.
PICARD
(quickly, to Geordi)
Transfer emergency power to the
anti-matter containment system!
The ship starts SHAKING more violently than ever.
GEORDI
(working frantically)
I'm trying, sir... but there's a
lot of interference...
DATA
(off console)
The warp shell is definitely
having an effect, sir. The
anomaly is collapsing --
GEORDI
The containment system's going --
I can't hold it --
PICARD
Maintain position! Mister La
Forge --
Scene CHANGES TO:
133 INT. BRIDGE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
As before -- shaking out of control. On the
Viewscreen, we see the second Enterprise EXPLODE.
Reactions to the sight.
DATA
Both of the other ships have been
destroyed.
At this moment, Q APPEARS standing next to Picard.
He's wearing a GRIM REAPER's outfit, complete with
scythe and hourglass.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - 03/10/94 - ACT TEN 123A.
133 CONTINUED:
Q
(to Picard)
Two down... one to go.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT TEN 124.
133 CONTINUED: (2)
PICARD
(to Data)
Data, report!
DATA
The anomaly is nearly collapsed...
GEORDI
We're losing containment...
The ship ROCKING, ROLLING!
Q
(calm)
Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'll miss you.
You did have so much potential.
But I guess... all good things
must come to an end.
GEORDI
Containment field at critical!
I'm losing it --
134 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - FUTURE (OPTICAL)
The anomaly COLLAPSES INWARD on top of the Enterprise --
the SCREEN WHITES OUT --
CUT TO:
135 INT. COURTROOM (OPTICAL)
Silence. Picard standing alone in a now empty
courtroom. He's dressed normally, present-day age.
Picard is a little disoriented by the sudden silence.
After a moment, Q's floating chair drops down into
frame. Q is dressed in his Judge's robes again. He
studies Picard.
Q
The Continuum didn't think you had
it in you, Jean-Luc... but I knew
you could.
Picard looks at him.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT TEN 125.
135 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Are you saying it worked? We
collapsed the anomaly?
Q
Is that all this meant to you?
Just another spatial anomaly...
just another day at the office?
PICARD
Q, did it work?
Q
You're here, aren't you? You're
talking to me, aren't you?
PICARD
What about my crew?
Q
(mocking)
"The anomaly... my crew... my
ship." I suppose you're worried
about your fish too. Well, if it
puts your mind at ease, you've
saved humanity once again.
Picard regards Q briefly.
PICARD
Thank you.
Q
For what?
PICARD
You had a hand in helping me get
out of this.
Q
I was the one who got you into it,
Jean-Luc. That was the directive
from the Continuum.
(beat)
The part about the helping hand...
was my idea.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/28/94 - ACT TEN 126.
135 CONTINUED: (2)
Picard looks around the courtroom.
PICARD
I sincerely hope this is the last
time I'll find myself here.
Q shakes his head.
Q
You just don't get it, do you,
Jean-Luc?
(leans in to him)
The trial never ends.
He smiles patronizingly.
Q
(continuing)
We wanted to see if you had the
ability to expand your mind and
your horizons... and for one brief
moment, you did.
PICARD
When I realized the paradox...
Q
Exactly. For that one fraction of
a second, you were open to options
you'd never considered. That's
the exploration that awaits you...
not mapping stars and studying
nebulae... but charting the
unknowable possibilities of
existence.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT TEN 126A.
135 CONTINUED: (3)
The Chair begins to MOVE AWAY from Picard.
PICARD
What are you trying to tell me, Q?
Q touches his hat in a half-salute. His chair is
almost fully withdrawn.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/22/94 - ACT TEN 127.
135 CONTINUED: (4)
Q
You'll find out.
(beat)
In any case, I'll be watching...
and if you're lucky, I'll drop by
to say hello from time to time.
(beat)
See you out there.
And he's gone. The SCENE CHANGES TO:
136 INT. CORRIDOR - PRESENT
Picard stepping out of the Turbolift, dressed in his
bathrobe. Troi and Worf are standing there, looking at
him in surprise. We are back at the exact same moment
we saw in the Teaser. Picard stares at them, then
looks down at himself, sees his bathrobe...
TROI
Captain, are you all right?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT TEN 128.
136 CONTINUED:
PICARD
Worf... what's the date?
WORF
Stardate 47988.
Picard smiles... overwhelmed with relief... he laughs.
Troi and Worf exchange a puzzled look.
TROI
Is something wrong, sir?
PICARD
No, no... in fact, I think I'll go
back to bed. I could use some
sleep.
Picard steps back in the Lift. Troi and Worf exchange
a look...
CUT TO:
137 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
at impulse.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's Log, supplemental.
Starfleet Command reports no
unusual activity along the Neutral
Zone, and there is no sign of a
temporal anomaly. It would appear
that I am the only member of the
crew to retain any knowledge of
the events I experienced.
138 INT. RIKER'S QUARTERS - PRESENT
Riker, Data, Beverly, Troi and Geordi sitting at the
table, playing POKER. Troi is raking in her winnings
with a big smile. Beverly pushes back her chair and
gets up.
BEVERLY
That's it for me.
TROI
There's always next time.
Beverly smiles moves to an empty chair off to one side
of the table.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/17/94 - ACT TEN 129.
138 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
That's four hands in a row. How
does he do it?
RIKER
I cheat.
Data's head snaps up in shock.
RIKER
(continuing)
I'm kidding.
Data collects the cards and begins shuffling at normal
speed. Beverly looks thoughtful.
BEVERLY
I've been thinking... about all
the things the Captain told us
about the future. The way we
changed and drifted apart... why
would he tell us what's to come?
GEORDI
It sure goes against everything
we've heard about not polluting
the time line...
DATA
I believe, however, that this
situation is unique.
They all look at him.
DATA
(continuing)
Since the temporal anomaly did not
occur, there have already been
changes in the way this time line
is unfolding. The future we
experience will undoubtedly be
different from the one the Captain
encountered.
RIKER
Maybe that's why he told us.
Knowing what that future could
bring... gives us a chance to
change things now.
He gives Worf a meaningful look.
RIKER
(continuing)
So that some things never happen.
Worf nods in understanding.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TEN 129A.
138 CONTINUED: (2)
The door CHIMES.
RIKER
Come in.
Troi ENTERS.
TROI
Am I too late?
RIKER
Not at all. Have a seat.
Troi sits, and Riker begins giving her chips.
TROI
What's the game?
DATA
Five card draw, deuces wild.
The door CHIMES.
RIKER
Come.
The doors open and Picard ENTERS. Everyone reacts in
surprise, sits up at attention.
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... " - REV. 3/11/94 - ACT TEN 130-130A
138 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER
(continuing)
Captain. Is there a problem?
PICARD
No. I just thought I might...
join you this evening. If there's
room...
Surprised but pleased looks go around the table.
RIKER
Of course.
Picard takes a seat at the table. Data gives him the
deck of cards.
DATA
Would you care to deal?
STAR TREK: "All Good Things... "- REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TEN 131.
138 CONTINUED: (4)
PICARD
Oh... thank you.
Picard starts to shuffle the cards.
PICARD
(continuing)
I should have done this a long
time ago. I was quite a card
player in my youth, you know.
TROI
You were always welcome.
Picard nods. His experience has left him with a new
appreciation of his feelings for these people... his
crew... his family...
PICARD
So. Five card stud, nothing wild.
The sky's the limit.
As Picard continues dealing, we PULL BACK for one final
look at this family of characters...
CUT TO:
139 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE - PRESENT (OPTICAL)
The great ship moving off into the distance...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TEN
END OF EPISODE
END OF SEASON
END OF SHOW
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