STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Family" #40274-178 Written by Ronald D. Moore Directed by Les Landau THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Copyright 1990 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 This script is not for publication or reproduction.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 AUGUST 2, 1990 STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - CAST STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Family" CAST PICARD ROBERT PICARD RIKER MARIE PICARD RENE PICARD BEVERLY LOUIS TROI GEORDI JACK CRUSHER WORF SERGEY ROZHENKO WESLEY HELENA ROZHENKO GUINAN FEMALE COM VOICE O'BRIEN COMPUTER VOICE Non-Speaking 2 STARFLEET TECHNICIANS 1 N.D. CREWMEMBER SUPERNUMERARIES STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - SETS STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Family" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR SPACEDOCK TRANSPORTER ROOM TEN-FORWARD LABARRE (MATTE) HOLODECK BEVERLY'S OFFICE PICARD HOME BEVERLY'S QUARTERS VINYARD PICARD'S QUARTERS CEMETARY RIKER'S QUARTERS WORF'S QUARTERS PICARD HOME STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Family" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE LABARRE la-bahr (no accent on either syllable) RENE re-NAY ROBERT row-BEAR ROZHENKO rah-ZHEN-koh SERGEY sir-GAY STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - TEASER 1. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Family" TEASER FADE IN: 1 EXT. SPACE - SPACEDOCK IN ORBIT (OPTICAL) The Spacedock in orbit around Earth. As Picard records his log, there is a subtle hint of finality in his voice and tone... a feeling that he's wrapping things up here. PICARD (V.O.) Captain's Log: Stardate 44009.3 2 EXT. SPACEDOCK - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) Revealing the Enterprise being worked on at the dock. PICARD (V.O.) (continuing) The Enterprise remains docked at McKinley Station, undergoing a major overhaul and refit. I am confident that the ship... and crew... will soon be ready to return to service. CUT TO: 3 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL) RIKER is looking over a lot of reports and padds on the desk. The door CHIMES. RIKER Come in. The door OPENS and WORF ENTERS. WORF Phaser upgrades are complete, Commander... RIKER Already? STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - TEASER 2. 3 CONTINUED: WORF (acknowledges) We have begun power supply calibration. RIKER You're just too damned efficient, Lieutenant... WORF Thank-you, sir. RIKER At this rate, the refit will be done a week early and you and I might even be forced to get in some R&R before we leave Earth... Worf doesn't crack a smile... Riker gives it up.. RIKER Proceed with the testing, Mister Worf... (hands him a padd) Here's the final schedule for shore leave and personnel transfers. By the way, I'm looking forward to meeting your parents. WORF Sir? RIKER They're on the visitors' list... Worf looks over the padd, finds their names... it's a surprise and not a pleasant one. RIKER (continuing) You didn't know? WORF No, sir. (beat as he struggles with answer) It is... inappropriate for a Klingon to receive his family while on duty. As humans, my parents do not understand. STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - TEASER 3. 3 CONTINUED: (2) Riker looks at him, frowns, c'mon loosen up... RIKER Well, I'm not sure I would either, Worf... since this isn't a Klingon ship. If you don't want to see your parents, that's your business... but we don't get to Earth all that often. Worf frowns. Trying to help -- RIKER I'm sure we can arrange for you to have more off-duty time while they're here. WORF (too quickly) No... sir. That will not be necessary. RIKER (a beat) Dismissed. Worf turns to leave... Riker has a second thought... on a more personal level -- RIKER Worf, if you're worried they might learn about what happened on the Klingon planet... WORF Not at all, sir. I have already informed them in correspondence of my discommendation. I do not believe any human can truly understand my dishonor. Worf EXITS without waiting for a reaction. A beat as Riker thinks about it... and CUT TO: 4 INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS PICARD, in civilian clothes, is putting a few belongings into a small rucksack. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - TEASER 4. 4 CONTINUED: The bandages have been removed from his face and he looks fully recovered from his Borg experience. TROI is with him. PICARD (responding) France. Labarre, my home village... TROI Really... PICARD First time in almost twenty years... TROI (beat) Interesting. Picard recognizes a therapeutic reaction when he hears it... PICARD (Don't... ) Counselor... TROI I just find it interesting... that Captain Jean-Luc Picard... the man who couldn't be pried out of his seat for a vacation for three years... PICARD It's Earth... it's home... do I need another reason? TROI I don't know. What do you think? PICARD Counselor, your help has been invaluable during my recovery. I'm better... the injuries have healed... TROI Those you can see in a mirror. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - TEASER 5. 4 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD (insisting) The nightmares have ended. All I need is a little time to myself. TROI I agree. In fact, I'm delighted you're going. But perhaps the choice of where you're going could stand some scrutiny. PICARD If you wish to believe my going home is a direct result of being held captive by the Borg, be my guest... TROI Is that what you believe? PICARD I hate it when you do that. TROI (with great compassion) Captain, you do need time. You cannot achieve complete recovery so quickly. Don't expect so much of yourself. It is perfectly normal, after what you've been through, to spend a great deal of time trying to find... yourself again. PICARD (softly, finishing the thought) And what better place to find oneself than on the streets of one's home village. TROI (nods, smiles) Interesting. (beat) Have a good trip. STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - TEASER 6. 4 CONTINUED: (3) She EXITS. Picard picks up his rucksack and moves for the door. He pauses on the threshold and takes a long look around the cabin... could this be a last look? Picard EXITS. FADE OUT. END OF TEASER STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT ONE 7. ACT ONE FADE IN: 5 EXT. SPACE DOCK (OPTICAL) The Enterprise still docked. CUT TO: 6 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) O'BRIEN is working on the console as Worf ENTERS. WORF They still have not signalled? O'BRIEN Nossir. WORF (growls) My mother is never on time. It is so... human... of her. O'BRIEN (grins) Well, you know women. And there's a moment as Worf stares at him a beat... and this throwaway comment hangs in the air between the odd couple of O'Brien and Worf who may each know women but unlikely in the same way. WORF I am not looking forward to this... I wish they would come so it would begin and end sooner. O'BRIEN I know what you mean, Lieutenant. WORF Unlikely. O'BRIEN Last time my old man came on board I found him chasing Nurse Stanton around a biobed in Sickbay... STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT ONE 8. 6 CONTINUED: WORF I am not concerned about my father chasing nurses. O'BRIEN Yeah, but it's always something with parents, isn't it, sir... FEMALE COM VOICE Enterprise, this is Earth Station Bobruisk. Two to transport aboard. O'Brien glances at Worf... WORF What are you waiting for? O'BRIEN Acknowledged, Bobruisk. Energizing. SERGEY & HELENA ROZHENKO MATERIALIZE on the platform. They are of Russian descent, and carry themselves with pride and dignity. Sergey is compact, barrel-chested... a retired Starfleet Chief growing old gracefully. His wife is short of stature and yet there is an underlying strength to her which belies her slight appearance. 7 ANGLE - WORF sees them... and in this moment of reunion, there is nothing short of love in his face. Even he cannot suppress it... and there is even, god forbid, a smile that grows on his face. WORF Hello, mother... father. They come off the platform and smile at the sight of Worf. HELENA Worf!... Helena beams and unabashedly hugs him and reaches up to kiss his cheek... Worf stiffens, glances at O'Brien out of the corner of his eye... reluctantly leans down to accept the kiss... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT ONE 9. 7 CONTINUED: SERGEY You look good, son. They shake hands. SERGEY Put on a little weight, didn't you? WORF No. SERGEY Sure you have. Looks good on you. Still working out with those Holodeck monsters I bet... WORF Let me take you to... Sergey is already moving to O'Brien... friendly, outgoing -- SERGEY Always good to meet another chief petty officer. (sticks out hand) Sergey Rozhenko, formerly of the U.S.S. Intrepid. O'BRIEN Miles Edward O'Brien. Good to meet you, sir. SERGEY Don't call me "sir", I used to work for a living. They both laugh at the old joke. Worf is getting increasingly uncomfortable. HELENA He's joking. The proudest day of his life was when Worf earned his commission. SERGEY Chief, can you imagine an old enlisted man like me raising a boy to be an officer? He laughs with O'Brien... Worf wants out. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE 10. 7 CONTINUED: (2) WORF I'll show you to your quarters. HELENA Come on, Sergey... there's plenty of time to chat with the "boys"... (to Worf) Your father's so been looking forward to this... She intimately takes Worf's arm in hers... he stiffens. Exiting... SERGEY I want to see everything... the whole ship... I've got all the specs and diagrams of the Galaxy- class starships at home... WORF We are in the midst of repair. I will not be able to give you a complete tour. SERGEY I'm sure if you asked the Captain... HELENA You agreed not to embarrass him, Sergey. Besides, we came to see Worf. Not the ship. SERGEY Fine. Fine. Okay. He leads the way out the door. The last thing we hear... HELENA (trying to be tactful) Your hair's a little longer, isn't it, Worf? CUT TO: STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE 11. 8 OMITTED 9 EXT. PATH NEAR HOUSE - DAY Picard walking up a dirt path, carrying the rucksack seen earlier as he passes by a vineyard. He is looking around, drinking in the sights, sounds, and smells of his home. He reacts as he hears movement in the adjoining field... he stops, looks... the sound stops too... he starts up again and the movement follows him. He cocks an eyebrow moves to the field... PICARD All right... whoever's there... I can hear you... The face of a seven year old boy (RENE) reveals itself from his hiding place. It is a face of pure innocence and freckles. A 24th century Opie. PICARD Good lord, a highwayman. RENE A what? PICARD A highwayman is a robber who attacks travelers, but to my knowledge, none have been reported in this vicinity for centuries. RENE I'm not a robber. PICARD I am much relieved, sir. Walking together... RENE I know who you are. PICARD Then, you have the advantage. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT ONE 12. 9 CONTINUED: RENE You're my nephew, Jean-Luc. From the starship Enterprise. PICARD Then you must be my uncle Rene. RENE (laughs) I'm not your uncle. It's the other way around. PICARD Too bad. I rather enjoyed the idea. RENE Why have you been away so long? PICARD Well, Starfleet keeps me very busy... RENE Father says you don't like it here. PICARD I'm sure you misunderstood... RENE No I didn't. He said so. PICARD Ah well, Robert and I... we... (beat) Perhaps it's time to change all that. RENE You don't seem so... so arrow... arrow... you know... PICARD Arrogant... RENE Yeah... arrogant... you don't seem that way to me. What does it mean anyway -- "arrogant son-of-a... " STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT ONE 12A. 9 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD (overlapping) Let's talk about it later, shall we? STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE 13. 10 EXT. PICARD HOME - DAY The house sits adjacent to a small vineyard. The house itself is made of stone and wood, and there is a noticeable lack of 24th-century design or devices in the building and its surroundings. There is an aged historical plaque on the side of the house. The setting is rural, and looks much like a farmhouse in the French countryside would have looked in the 19th century. Rene runs down the path, ahead of Picard... RENE He's here! He's here! After a few seconds, MARIE PICARD comes out of the house. She is in her mid-forties, and is wearing a simple dress. Marie is very happy to see Picard and she quickly goes out to him. MARIE Jean-Luc! PICARD Marie... She gives him a warm hug and kiss and then looks him over. MARIE It's so good to finally meet you. How are you feeling? PICARD (nods) Just fine. That exchange comes with the slightest tension. MARIE Well, Robert and I are delighted you've come to stay with us. PICARD I was just thinking that I really might be imposing... I could easily stay in the village... MARIE I won't hear of it. It's your home. It will always be your home. Picard can't help glancing around at the house and grounds. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT ONE 14. 10 CONTINUED: MARIE Do things look that different? PICARD No. In fact, the amazing thing is how little it has changed. Everything is exactly as I remember it... the hills, the house, every rock and stone looks untouched by the passage of time. MARIE Robert's worked hard to keep it that way. It's very important to him. PICARD As it was to our father. RENE Someday I'm going to be a starship captain! PICARD (grins) Even you, Uncle... you look so much like Robert when he was your age... (and this is more to himself) ... I half expect to see myself as a boy run out the door to play... MARIE Robert can't wait to see you... PICARD (dry) Yes. Rene already told me. Marie reacts, glances at the boy worried what he might have said, but Picard makes it okay with an understanding grin... PICARD Where is he? STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT ONE 15. 11 EXT. VINEYARD ROBERT is between two rows of grapevines, on his hands and knees. He is about six to eight years older than Picard, and manages to appear dignified even as he scrabbles about in the dirt working on the vines with his hands. We can see that he devotes the same careful attention to detail in his work as his brother does on the bridge of his ship. Picard walks down the row and stops in front of him. Robert looks up and sees Picard, but remains on his knees. There is no animosity on his face, but no welcome either, just recognition. ROBERT So, you've arrived all right. (beat) Welcome home, Captain. Picard tries very hard to be warm and brotherly and anything but arrogant. PICARD Hello, Robert. ROBERT Did you shuttle out from the village? PICARD No... I decided to walk. (long beat) I met Marie and Rene. ROBERT Good... good. They've run out of things to say very quickly. Picard tries his best to take a forward step. PICARD It's... good to see you. But it comes out as just another pleasantry. ROBERT (inclines head toward house) Make yourself at home. You know where everything is... we eat at eight. I'll be in in a minute. I've got to save this poor, sick vine. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT ONE 16. 11 CONTINUED: Picard nods as Robert returns to work and after a beat, Picard heads back to the house. 12 NEW ANGLE (MATTE SHOT) In the f.g. are fields of vineyards, punctuated by small farmhouses that reflect the architecture and design of the 19th century rather than that of the 24th century. On the horizon is the actual village of Labarre, a city whose roots stretch back for over a millennium. There is a feeling of old and new living side by side... the village itself is quite modern. On Picard and Robert as the distance between them grows... FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 17. ACT TWO FADE IN: 13 INT. BEVERLY'S QUARTERS BEVERLY is getting a couple of drinks from the food replicator. Troi is sitting on the couch. BEVERLY Will you have a chance to get down to the surface? TROI Maybe. Will and I have been talking about going back to Angel Falls... BEVERLY Oh, Venezuela's beautiful... Beverly is about to sit down when the door CHIMES. BEVERLY Come in. A N.D. CREWMAN ENTERS carrying a large, old box. BEVERLY (continuing) Oh great! I'll take that. She takes the box and the crewman EXITS. Beverly puts the box on the table and Troi comes over. TROI Something from home? BEVERLY (nods and opens the box) I left it here in storage a long time ago. After Jack died. (takes out an old book) Odds and ends mostly... Troi picks up the book and reads the title with puzzlement. TROI "How to Advance Your Career through Marriage"? STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 18. 13 CONTINUED: BEVERLY (smiling at memory) It's a joke. He sent me that while I was still in medical school. It was his way of proposing. They share a small laugh. Beverly continues to dig through the box, taking out various small momentos and items. She takes out an old-style computer disk, reads the label, reacts... and sits down. TROI What is it? BEVERLY It's for Wesley... from Jack. (beat) I'd forgotten about it... maybe I was trying to forget about it. TROI Why? BEVERLY Jack recorded a holographic message to Wesley just after he was born... it was a gift for when he grew up. Jack was going to make more of them... (beat) He never got the chance. TROI Are you afraid of what it might say? BEVERLY No... I just don't know if it will do more harm than good. He's managed to finally deal with his father's death, but... Troi's attitude is gentle, soothing... she's slipped easily from her role as friend into that of Counselor. TROI Wesley has a lot of questions about his father. Things that you can't answer for him. (MORE) STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT TWO 19. 13 CONTINUED: (2) TROI (Cont'd) Perhaps seeing this will help him to understand the kind of man that Jack Crusher really was. PUSH IN on disk as Beverly thinks this over... CUT TO: 14 INT. ENGINEERING Several panels are open, some boxes sitting around... this is a ship undergoing a major refit and it's a bit of a mess right now. Worf stands uncomfortably as his father tells a story to an enthralled Geordi... SERGEY ... So we walk into the school... and we don't know what to expect. Is Worf hurt? Is he in some kind of trouble? The door opens and we see our little seven-year- old... sitting in a chair... and glaring across the room at five teenage boys. (beat) All of them with bloody noses. Geordi laughs. HELENA The principal looked up and said, "Tell me he's an only child." WORF The older boys were... disrespectful. SERGEY And that was only the beginning... when he was ten... WORF We've taken enough of the Commander's time... GEORDI No... no... no, we're way ahead of schedule... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 20. 14 CONTINUED: SERGEY I just wanted to tell him the story about... HELENA Enough stories, Sergey... SERGEY Okay. Okay. Enough stories... Well, then how about giving me a look at the new engine core ... I used to be a warp field specialist on the old Excelsior class. GEORDI I'd be delighted... HELENA You two go ahead... (to Worf) Your father will be here for hours, why don't you show me the arboretum? WORF Commander La Forge, call me when you... when my father wishes to leave. SERGEY I can find my own way... Turbolift Four is just over there, right? (to Geordi moving away) I have all the specs and designs at home... Worf and his mother EXIT... 15 ANGLE - SERGEY AND GEORDI Sergey has noticed that Worf & Helena have left. GEORDI The theta-matrix compositer makes the recrystallization process ten times more efficient than on the Excelsior-class ships. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 21. 15 CONTINUED: SERGEY Amazing. (beat) Commander, if you have a couple of minutes there's something else I'd like to ask you. GEORDI Sure, Chief. SERGEY It's about... my son. CUT TO: 16 EXT. PICARD HOME/VINEYARD - NIGHT (OPTICAL) Lights are on inside the house. 17 INT. PICARD DINING ROOM - NIGHT The interior of the home should reflect the same preference for an earlier time and way of life as does the exterior. A single computer terminal is in evidence, along with one or two other hi-tech devices, but they should accent the fact that the house is a warm French country home from the early 19th century and just happens to exist in the 24th century. The small dining area is adjacent to the living room and there are doors to suggest other rooms. The dinner table has been set for a meal of onion soup, baguette, and wine. Picard, Robert, Marie, and Rene are just sitting down. The tone is deceptively cordial. MARIE And your friend Louis wants you to contact him as soon as you're settled... Picard smiles at the name and the memories it brings... PICARD Is he still trying to raise the ocean floor? MARIE Oh yes, he's very excited about it... he's been made a supervisor now... as his wife is constantly reminding anyone who'll listen... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 22. 17 CONTINUED: ROBERT I don't see why Earth needs another subcontinent. PICARD Oh, it's really quite exciting actually... when you understand the potential of exploring a new world on our own planet... ROBERT (low key) Well, I guess I just don't understand that potential. And Marie jumps in to move beyond the early tension... MARIE The Mayor wants to have a parade... PICARD A parade... ? MARIE And give you the keys to the city... PICARD No... no... ROBERT A little arm-twisting... a little coaxing, that's what he wants, Marie. PICARD (a little sharp) No. I don't. I just want... to rest and spend some time with my family. MARIE I've already warned the Mayor not to make any plans until we talked. PICARD Thank-you. Robert pours the wine. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/15/90 - ACT TWO 23. 17 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD (sampling the wine) Is this the forty-six? ROBERT Forty-seven. (trying to joke) Drinking all that artificial -- what do they call it? Synthehol? -- It's spoiled you. You used to have a very discriminating palate. But the remark slightly nettles Picard nevertheless. He tries not to sound defensive, but it still comes out that way. PICARD Not at all. I believe synthehol heightens one's appreciation for the genuine article. They eat. ROBERT Delicious, Marie. PICARD Leave it to Robert to find the best chef in France and marry her... ROBERT Cooking is becoming a lost art... thanks to your technology... MARIE Robert and I have had more than a few discussions about getting a replicator in the house... PICARD I can remember the same "discussions" between mother and father... ROBERT He understood the threat of losing what is precious to us. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 24. 17 CONTINUED: (3) PICARD I don't see that you have to lose anything... just by adding a convenience... ROBERT You wouldn't. I say life has become too convenient. MARIE And this sounds like a very old argument. ROBERT It is. MARIE (tongue-in-cheek) Fortunately, Jean-Luc, being the "greatest chef" in France, I enjoy traditional cooking... so I don't mind losing the replicator argument... especially since I used it to get a sonic shower. PICARD I was astonished to see it here... ROBERT I don't use it. Never will. Rene's been bursting to say something... and in a routine non-sequitur for a child -- RENE I wrote a report on starships for school. And Robert is aware of this... and isn't at all happy about it... MARIE And he won a ribbon for it, isn't that right, Rene... RENE The teacher said it was one of the best he'd ever heard. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT TWO 25. 17 CONTINUED: (4) PICARD Good for you, uncle. You know what? I wrote a report about starships when I was about your age... RENE Did you win a ribbon too? PICARD I don't recall... And now with the first true hostility in his eyes -- ROBERT Your modesty is unconvincing, Captain. Of course you won the ribbon. You always did... And Picard and Robert lock eyes as the boy continues... RENE Do you still have it? (off Picard's look) Your report. PICARD No, I don't think so. RENE I still have mine. MARIE Why don't you go get it, Rene... and read it to your uncle? Rene is out of his chair in a flash and EXITS. Robert looks hard at Picard and in a soft, dark voice -- ROBERT It is hard enough to protect him from all that's out there without your encouragement. MARIE Robert... PICARD I am not encouraging anything... but if you weren't so narrow-minded, if you allowed him to see the real world... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT TWO 26. 17 CONTINUED: (6) ROBERT (bitter cold) Raise your own sons as you would wish. Rene returns, running with a padd in his hand and getting into his chair as the two brothers look coldly at each other across the table... RENE (reading) "Starships... by Rene Picard. There are many kinds of starships that fly through space... but the biggest of them all is the Galaxy class-starship... It has over a thousand people on board... " FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT THREE 27. ACT THREE FADE IN: 18 EXT. LABARRE - DAY (MATTE SHOT) The town as seen before. 19 EXT. VINEYARD - DAY Picard and LOUIS are walking along the vineyard. Louis is a large, gregarious man about Picard's age and should be very outgoing with a zest for life. Looking over the fields -- LOUIS One man's idea of paradise. PICARD Two men. Robert's. And my father's. LOUIS Never did I know anyone less interested in grapes than you, Jean-Luc. PICARD No, I was interested, Louis. And I was proud that my family helped to preserve the traditions. But I did not feel bound by those traditions... (beat) ... as they seemed to be. LOUIS You always reach for the future. Your brother for the past. PICARD There should be room for both in this life. A thoughtful beat as they walk on... PICARD And you, old rascal, you've made quite a shift toward the future yourself... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT THREE 28. 19 CONTINUED: LOUIS Well, hydroponics turned out to be so dull... PICARD (laughs) You should have listened to me from the beginning. LOUIS If I had listened to you I never would have gone on that cycling trip with the Bloom sisters... PICARD And broken your leg! LOUIS And got married. Twice. They laugh. PICARD I hear you've been promoted to supervisor of the Atlantis project... LOUIS (modestly) I'm one of two hundred supervisors... although my wife would have you believe I run the entire project. PICARD It's certainly exciting work. I've kept up with it in the journals... LOUIS Really? PICARD There's only one thing I don't understand... (off Louis' reaction) It's just that you were such a desperately poor swimmer... thinking of you working on the ocean floor... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT THREE 29. 19 CONTINUED: (2) LOUIS (grins) I guess we all find a way to confront our greatest fears. PICARD Seriously, how do you plan to accelerate the buildup on the underside of the mantle without increasing stress on the tectonic plates? LOUIS You really have kept up, haven't you? The truth is... we don't know yet... PICARD The Enterprise used harmonic resonators to relieve tectonic pressures on Drema Four... it's obviously not exactly the same problem but... LOUIS (interrupting) You know, it's a shame... (off Picard's look) The government's been looking for some one to take over the project... a real leader who can come in and get it moving... They're looking for you, Jean-Luc. (Picard reacts) But I know you'd never leave Starfleet. PICARD No, I'd never leave Starfleet. And he said it, but the words come out hollow, without conviction. And no one is more surprised than Picard. The revelation is extremely disconcerting and Louis is sharp enough to catch the subtle shading in Picard's voice. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE 30. 19 CONTINUED: (3) LOUIS That's what I thought. (thinks for a second) Hey, if nothing else, why don't I send over some of the internal studies of the tectonic problem... since you're interested... We could use any thoughts you might have... PICARD (beat) All right. Louis smiles as he realizes that the subject is still alive... and anything is possible. They continue walking in the vineyard. CUT TO: 20 INT. TEN FORWARD Fewer people around than normal, a feeling of being somewhere after normal hours. Worf, Sergey and Helena are sitting down at a table. SERGEY It's a great crew, Worf... and they think the world of you... HELENA They really do... WORF Mother, Father... I wish you would be a little more... reserved... while you're aboard. HELENA Oh, I know we go too far sometimes... SERGEY We're just excited to be here. RIKER'S COM VOICE Riker to Lieutenant Worf. WORF Go ahead. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE 30A. 20 CONTINUED: RIKER'S COM VOICE I need to talk to you about the phaser test results... WORF (rising) On my way, Commander. (to his parents) Have Guinan call me if you need anything... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE 31. 20 CONTINUED: (2) He EXITS. Helena glances at Sergey -- what do you think? Sergey shrugs, worried, but doesn't know. (It's the shorthand communication of people who have been married a long time.) SERGEY Maybe we should just leave it alone. HELENA I can't leave it alone. I'm his mother. They look out at the stars. GUINAN (O.C.) Sooner or later, everyone comes in here, stands by the windows... stares out into space for a long time. 21 ANGLE to reveal Guinan. They look over and smile, hello. GUINAN (continuing) They all look for that one star, the one they call home... doesn't matter how far away it is... everyone still looks. (beat) You're Worf's parents? SERGEY (standing) Sergey... Helena Rozhenko She motions for him to sit... joins them... GUINAN Guinan. I've been wanting to ask you something. HELENA (go ahead) Please... STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT THREE 32. 21 CONTINUED: GUINAN (off their looks) How come you never gave him prune juice? HELENA I beg your pardon? GUINAN Worf... he never had prune juice until he came in here... now he can't get enough of it... HELENA (surprised) Worf? SERGEY He didn't want any human foods growing up... everything had to be Klingon... HELENA I learned to cook rokeg blood pie... SERGEY We never quite learned how to eat it though. HELENA It was a difficult adolescence. GUINAN You ought to write a book. SERGEY We didn't do anything special. GUINAN You don't think so? Look at him now... I think that's pretty special... HELENA We knew it wouldn't be easy for him... without other Klingons to look to for guidance... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT THREE 33. 21 CONTINUED: (2) SERGEY We let him discover and explore his heritage for himself... let him find his own path... GUINAN A lot of parents could learn a few things from the two of you... Helena and Sergey exchange a loving glance. HELENA I'm afraid Worf thinks we don't understand him... SERGEY Because we're human, you know, not Klingon. GUINAN Maybe a part of him believes that. But there's another part of him I've seen... the part that drinks prune juice... and comes here to the window... when he looks out for home, he doesn't look toward the Klingon Empire. He's looking toward you. Off their reactions... 22 INT. PICARD LIVING ROOM - DAY Picard is sitting at the table, lost in thought. The lights are low. The table monitor is on with some Okudagrams that Louis sent over about the underwater project. He is staring through rather than at it. Marie ENTERS carrying some jars and glasses. MARIE Jean-Luc? STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT THREE 34. 22 CONTINUED: Picard glances up. MARIE Are you all right? PICARD Actually... I seem to have made a disturbing discovery... She looks at him with concern... PICARD Louis mentioned the Atlantis project needed a director... and I actually found myself thinking about it. Her face brightens considerably... MARIE But that would be wonderful, Jean-Luc... PICARD Do you think so? MARIE Having you back home... of course... PICARD Marie, I spent my youth doing everything I could to get away from home... MARIE You've been as narrow-minded as your brother... and it's time both of you began to appreciate each other's worlds... PICARD I can't argue with that. MARIE Given a little time, you might even get to like one another. Picard grins at her. STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT THREE 35. 22 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD Well, I already like his choice of wives. I haven't thanked you for your correspondence, it made me feel like part of the family. MARIE You're not like part of the family. You are part of the family, Jean-Luc Picard. He looks at her with appreciation. Robert ENTERS, drying his hands with a cloth, just as there is a knock at the door. Robert moves to open it... Louis ENTERS. LOUIS Robert... ROBERT Hello, Louis. MARIE Come in, Louis... I'll get you some wine... (subtle encouragement) The two of you can talk business... ROBERT Business? PICARD Well, there's really nothing to talk about... LOUIS I'm interested to know what you thought about our plans. PICARD I've just really had a chance to glance at them... I have a few ideas but... Robert observes with curiosity... LOUIS Wonderful. We should discuss them with the board of governors... I've set up a meeting... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT THREE 36. 22 CONTINUED: (3) PICARD A meeting... ? LOUIS Just a preliminary conversation... tomorrow morning... Picard begins a slow build... to contain his anger... PICARD Preliminary to what? Louis takes a breath... okay, I'm going for it -- LOUIS They want you. I mentioned your interest in the project, that's all. That's all I had to say. They jumped at the prospect... PICARD I never said there was a prospect... LOUIS At least, listen to them, Jean-Luc. Picard goes inside himself and turns away, shakes his head, trying to contain whatever is trying to get out... inside him is the anger and pain... feeling pulled between two worlds again... defeated... he never turns back to Louis as he says in his softest voice. PICARD Fine. Good. I'll listen to them. Marie - who misses the full import of this - smiles, glances at Robert who is not smiling at all. He studies his younger brother. LOUIS You won't regret it, Jean-Luc. I promise you. I'll see you in the morning... Hold on Picard... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT THREE 37. 23 EXT. PICARD HOME - DAY PULL BACK as Picard stands alone on the empty grounds... a lost man. On his expression... 24 thru OMITTED 25 FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FOUR 38. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 26 INT. BEVERLY'S OFFICE WESLEY and Beverly sitting together. Beverly is keyed- up and trying not to let her feelings show too strongly. Beverly holds the disk in her hand, gripping it tightly. She is positive, trying to be cheerful, but there is an undertone of worry in her voice. Wesley is excited. WESLEY What kind of message? BEVERLY I don't know exactly. Your father made it a few weeks after you were born. WESLEY Why? BEVERLY (hesitates) He thought it was important to say certain things... to make sure that he didn't forget to tell you later. Wesley stares at the disk in Beverly's hand, eager to take it, but afraid to at the same time. He looks back at Beverly. WESLEY Do you know what it says? BEVERLY No. (smiles and gives him disk) He wanted you to have this when you turned eighteen... and I want you to have it too. Wesley looks at the disk in his hand for a few seconds, then stands up and gives his mother a brief hug before he EXITS. Hold on Beverly as she smiles... CUT TO: STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FOUR 39. 27 INT. WORF'S QUARTERS Worf's sash is sitting on a chair. He is looking in a mirror and examining the length of his hair. The door CHIMES. WORF Enter. Sergey and Helena ENTER... SERGEY Are we disturbing you? WORF No. I thought you were going to your quarters to sleep. HELENA We just came by to tuck you in. And Worf understands that they're not being literal... it's a way of saying "we care." Worf studies his parents, and drops his eyes as he feels more emotion than he'd care to admit. WORF When I heard you were on the visitors' list, I was... not sure I wanted you to come. (he looks up) I am glad you are here. HELENA We had to come. SERGEY Our boy was in trouble. Worf reacts... surprised... SERGEY (continuing) After we read your letter... about your discommendation from the Klingons... He shrugs -- "of course, we had to come." STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FOUR 40. 27 CONTINUED: HELENA We don't exactly understand it all... SERGEY We don't have to. We know what kind of man you are... HELENA Whatever you did, we know it was for a good reason. WORF My reasons can never be told. SERGEY Your crewmates... your friends... they tell us you're... upset, Worf. WORF I must bear my dishonor alone. SERGEY That's not true. HELENA I'm sorry if this is too human of us... but whenever you are suffering, you must remember... we are with you. SERGEY And that we're proud of you, and love you. HELENA You're our son. Worf reaches out with his huge arms and embraces both of them... and as they hold each other, as tight a family unit as the world has ever known... CUT TO: 28 INT. PICARD LIVING ROOM - DAY Picard is sitting at the table, drinking wine... he is as distressed as we've ever seen him... indeed, if this has been a trip to "find himself" as Troi suggested, then "he" seems only farther away than when the trip started... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT FOUR 40A. 29 ANGLE - ROBERT standing at the door, silhouetted by the light of fading day outside... studying his brother. He moves closer... as Picard pours himself some more wine from the half-empty bottle... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/6/90 - ACT FOUR 41. 29 CONTINUED: ROBERT Careful... you're not used to drinking the real thing. Picard glances at him. Robert sits down... pours himself some... ROBERT Your... synthenol... never leaves you out of control, isn't that so... PICARD That is so. ROBERT (re: the wine in his glass) This will. He drinks. So does Picard. ROBERT Now there's something I'd like to see. PICARD What's that? ROBERT Jean-Luc Picard out of control. Picard looks away, not wanting to spar. ROBERT I venture you've probably never been drunk in your entire life. PICARD I have nothing but pity for those who abuse any substance. ROBERT As do I. And yet see how you fill your glass Picard puts down his glass. Stands and moves away from the table and the wine... he is already a little unsteady... Robert follows him... ROBERT Mind if I make an observation? STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FOUR 42. 29 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD Yes. ROBERT I'll make it anyway. You've changed. (off Picard's look) What the devil happened to you up there? PICARD Is that "brotherly" concern? ROBERT No. I'm just curious what makes a man change so much... what did they do to you anyway? PICARD You know what happened. ROBERT Not everything... I gather you were hurt... humiliated... I always said you could use a little humiliation or was it humility, well, either one... PICARD I don't want to do this with you... He EXITS through the back. Robert follows. 30 EXT. PICARD HOUSE - DAY - CONTINUOUS Robert trails Picard... Picard tries to control himself throughout the scene... Robert continues to dig at him... ROBERT Why walk away? That was never your style... PICARD I'm tired of fighting with you, Robert... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FOUR 43. 30 CONTINUED: ROBERT Pity. Tired... PICARD That's right. ROBERT Tired of the Enterprise too. Picard doesn't respond. ROBERT Captain Picard, icon of Starfleet, falls to Earth, ready to jump in the water with Louis. This is not the brother I remember... Robert waits for a retort, gets none, pushes on... ROBERT It seemed the ideal situation for you -- local boy makes good, returns home after twenty years for a hero's welcome. PICARD I am not a hero... ROBERT Certainly you are... you wouldn't settle for anything less... admit it, never could, and you never did. PICARD That isn't true. ROBERT Of course it is. Turn down a parade in your honor? You? PICARD I've never sought recognition... ROBERT Never? And what of the school president, the valedictorian, the athletic hero... arms raised in victory... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FOUR 44. 30 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD Were you so jealous? ROBERT Dammit, I had a right to be. PICARD (scorn) A right... ROBERT I was always your brother... watching you get the cheers... watching you break every one of father's rules and getting away with it... PICARD Why didn't you break a few rules? ROBERT I was the older one, the responsible one. I had to look after you... PICARD You were a bully... ROBERT It was such a pleasure to bully you... PICARD Try it again. ROBERT Did you come back because you need me to look after you again... ? That's about all Picard can take... the rage he's been carrying... everything he's felt about the Borg... about missions gone awry... about lost crewmen... everything he's ever bottled up explodes in the face of his brother's verbal assault. He grabs his brother by the lapels... and swings at Robert, connecting on his jaw... Robert goes flying backwards, crashing into the brush. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/20/90 - ACT FOUR 45. 30A EXT. VINEYARD - DAY - CONTINUOUS Robert pulls himself out of the brush and grabs Picard and Picard grabs him and an awkward dance between two middle-aged men acting like children ensues... and slowly we may come to realize there's a slightly humorous edge to this. Robert pulls him to the wet ground and they roll over and over in the mud and as they make one final roll, they realize they're laughing... and the laughter consumes them as they lie side-by-side on the ground, as dirty as little kids, looking up at the sky. PICARD You were asking for it, you know. ROBERT Yes, but you needed it. You have been terribly hard on yourself. Still with residual laughter, betraying the seriousness of the revelations... PICARD You don't know, Robert. You don't know. They took everything I was. They used me to kill and destroy. And I could not stop them. I should have been able to stop them. And he still laughs as tears roll down his cheeks... PICARD I tried... I tried... so hard... but I just wasn't strong enough. Not good enough. I should have been able to stop them. I should have been able to... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FOUR 46. 30A CONTINUED: His fist strikes the ground. A long beat. ROBERT So, Jean-Luc Picard is human after all. A beat. Picard sighs, knows it's true... it doesn't seem to help. ROBERT (continuing) This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time. And you have to learn to live with that. You have a simple choice now -- living with it below the sea with Louis or above the clouds on your Enterprise. Picard looks at his brother with new warmth... as they crawl up to their feet, helping each other... PICARD You know, I think you were right. (off Robert's look) Maybe I did come back so you'd look after me. Robert smiles, puts his arm around his brother's shoulder and as they walk back toward the house... ROBERT I still don't like you. And as they walk away... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FIVE 47. ACT FIVE FADE IN: 31 INT. PICARD HOME - DAY Marie enters the front door... reacts at what she sees -- MARIE What in the world... ? 32 ANGLE to see Picard and Robert still covered with mud, eating cheese and fruit at the table... they look up like children caught with their hands in the cookie jar... MARIE What happened here? And they follow her glance, as do we, to see a trail of mud tracked into the house... ROBERT Ah... PICARD It's entirely my fault, Marie... ROBERT Yes, you see, he fell... and then I fell... PICARD We both fell together... Marie comes over and examines the bruise on Robert's chin. MARIE Have you two been fighting? ROBERT Fighting? Oh, you mean this. There's a perfectly good explanation for this... MARIE Shame on you both. What would your father say if he saw you like this? STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE 48. 32 CONTINUED: PICARD He'd probably send us to bed without our supper. They laugh together. Marie smiles, shakes her head. MARIE Well, perhaps it was good to get it out of your system. PICARD Perhaps it was, Marie. Perhaps it was. (beat) I'll contact Louis and cancel the meeting with the Board of Governors. It's time for me to be going... MARIE Already, Jean-Luc? PICARD The ship will be ready to leave orbit soon... and I belong on board. (beat, then to Robert) If I ever doubt that again... I know where to come. Robert smiles slightly and the brothers exchange a look. MARIE You can't leave yet. PICARD I'm sorry. I must. MARIE You're not leaving until you clean up this mess... both of you... As they rise quickly... ROBERT What mess? (off her expression) Yes, ma'am... CUT TO: STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FIVE 49. 33 INT. CORRIDOR Near the Holodeck doors. Wes steps back, stands in front of the doors. His expression is excited, expectant... but there is a trace of apprehension here too. He hesitates long enough for us to realize that this is a big moment in his life. He clears his throat, then in an artificially calm and steady voice... WESLEY Computer, load program, Crusher One. COMPUTER Program loaded. The doors OPEN and Wes walks inside. 34 INT. HOLODECK Dark except for a brightly lit circle in the center of the room. Sitting on a chair in a limited set inside this circle of light is the frozen image of Jack Crusher. Not the towering figure of legend that Wesley (and we) expect to meet... Jack is of medium build, about Wesley's height, finely boned, and perhaps most shocking is that fact that Jack is about 24 years of age. He wears an older Starfleet uniform with lieutenant's insignia. His expression and attitude are cheerful, confident... a man with his entire future ahead of him. 35 ANGLE - CLOSER Wesley studies him... this is not what he expected. Jack doesn't look much older than he does. The man who was his father is more like a peer than a parent. Wesley expected to be awed by what he remembered only as a very big man who played with him as a child. As Jack speaks, Wesley tries not only to pay attention to what is being said, but also to try and get a feeling for who he was and what kind of man he might have been. WESLEY (softly) Run program. The figure comes to life. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FIVE 50. 35 CONTINUED: JACK Hello, Wesley. As I make this recording, you're just ten weeks old. (beat) I want you to know who I am today. You see, this Jack Crusher won't exist by the time you're grown up... I'll be older, more experienced... hopefully a little wiser. But this person will be gone and I wanted you to know who I am now, who your father was when you came into this world. (thoughtful) I see you lying there in your crib... and I realize that I don't know the first thing about being a father. So let me just apologize for all the mistakes I'm about to make as you grow up. (disturbed by the thought) I hope you don't grow up... resenting the fact that I was gone so much. That comes with this uniform. Right now, I'm waiting for an assignment on the U.S.S. Stargazer. I don't know if I can explain why Starfleet is so important to me... maybe you'll understand when you get this... later on. (re: uniform) Maybe you'll even want to try one of these on. (thinks, gives up, laughs a little) You'll probably be a doctor like your mother. (beat) We named you after Richard Wesley Crusher, my grandfather, who gave me my first flying lesson as a boy. You come from a fine family... of scholars, explorers, artists... your great-great grandfather was a painter whose work once hung in the Prado... (MORE) STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/8/90 - ACT FIVE 50A. 35 CONTINUED: (2) JACK (Cont'd) We've had a skeleton or two in our closet... someday, I'll tell you about the Crusher who was a horse thief on Nimbus Three... but we also had our share of family heroes... a Crusher fought for the Confederacy at Bull Run. One died at Station Salem One. It's a proud heritage, Wesley... one for you to pass on to your children. (MORE) STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE 51. 35 CONTINUED: (3) JACK (Cont'd) (smiles) You're only a baby... but it's remarkable... I see in your face all the people I've loved in my lifetime... your mother... my father and mother... our family. I see me in you, too. I can feel that you're my son. I don't know how to describe it... There's this connection, this bond... I will always be a part of you, Wes... (beat) Well, I hope this made some sense to you... I'm not sure it does to me. Maybe I'll do better next time. I love you, Wesley. He smiles, finished. 36 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL) Wesley hesitates... then moves toward his father, but just as reaches out... Jack FADES AWAY. Wesley stands alone in the darkness. WESLEY (a hoarse whisper) Good-bye, Dad. CUT TO: 37 EXT. LABARRE - DAY (MATTE SHOT) The town as seen before. 38 EXT. PICARD HOUSE - DAY Picard, Robert, Marie, Rene standing outside. Picard is now in uniform, carrying the rucksack. Robert has a small package. Marie gives Picard a hug. MARIE Be careful, Jean-Luc. Come back to us again. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE 51A. 38 CONTINUED: Picard smiles at her and then holds out his hand for Rene to shake. The boy stands tall, proud to be treated like an adult. STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/13/90 - ACT FIVE 52. 38 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD Take care, Uncle. RENE Someday, I'll be leaving for my ship too. Picard glances at Robert, knows that this isn't his brother's first choice. PICARD (gently) There's plenty of time for that... keep your mind open... you may decide to do something else as you get older. (tinge of irony) Try not to be so... narrow-minded. Robert hands over the package to Picard. ROBERT Here, Jean-Luc. A little of the fifty-one. (beat) Do not drink it all at once. And try not to drink it alone. Picard puts it in his sack. They shake hands... and then Picard pulls him into a hug... they can bear the intimacy for only a moment. Picard glances one more time... and then walks back down the path he came. 39 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) 40 INT. CORRIDOR Worf, Sergey, and Helena walking to transporter room. Worf is less stiff with them, more of a family feeling here at last. HELENA Is there anything you want us to send you from home? WORF No... He glances around quickly to make sure no one is listening. STAR TREK: "Family" - 8/2/90 - ACT FIVE 53. 40 CONTINUED: WORF (continuing) Perhaps some of your rokeg blood pie... HELENA (eyes twinkle) It's been a while, but I think I still remember how. They are near the transporter room, the doors OPEN and Picard ENTERS, still carrying his rucksack. WORF (surprised) Captain... welcome back. PICARD Thank you, Lieutenant. Picard looks at Worf's parents. Worf stands up straight... talks with a pride that was missing when he introduced them earlier. WORF Captain, these are my parents. Sergey and Helena Rozhenko. Picard smiles and shakes their hands. PICARD Delighted. SERGEY Quite a ship you have here, Captain. PICARD You got the full tour, I trust... SERGEY Well, actually, there are still a few areas because of the repairs... HELENA Sergey, it's time to go... STAR TREK: "Family" - REV. 8/9/90 - ACT FIVE 54. 40 CONTINUED: (2) SERGEY Yes. Yes. Okay. (to Picard, as she coaxes him away) I have all the specs and diagrams at home... Picard watches them for a minute and then shakes his head slightly and heads down the corridor. CUT TO: 40A INT. PICARD HOUSE - NIGHT Marie and Robert look out the window. MARIE He's still out there... dreaming about starships and adventures. She moves to go outside, but Robert gently stops her. MARIE It's getting late. ROBERT Yes... but let him dream. Marie is a little surprised, but she smiles at this change in Robert. They kiss and move away from the window. 41 EXT. VINEYARD - NIGHT (OPTICAL) Rene is lying on his back in the vineyard, looking up at the night sky. 42 thru OMITTED 43 44 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL) including the night sky as a shooting star streaks across the heavens... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END