Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s07e05 Episode Script

Miles! Fancy a drink? l can't.
Keiko's waiting on me for dinner.
Book a holosuite for next Thursday.
|They're going to Bajor.
- Hi, Julian.
|- Hi.
You going to Vic's? - Yes.
|- Mind if l join you? Uhactually, we were looking forward|to spending an evening alone.
Great.
Have a great time.
l understand.
Cheeky virus.
|You've gone and mutated on me.
Well, you can run, but you can't hide.
Lights.
- Nog to Dr Bashir.
|- Go ahead.
You're needed in the lnfirmary, Sir.
lt's three in the morning.
|lsn't Dr Girani on duty? Not anymore.
|Admiral Patrick threw her out.
Admiral who? - He wants to see you immediately, Sir.
|- On my way.
What's going on? - Admiral Patrick just arrived.
|- What happened to Dr Girani? The admiral said she|asked too many stupid questions.
- Dr Bashir reporting as ordered.
|- Finally.
- Patrick!|- That's Admiral Patrick.
- Mind your manners.
|- What are you doing here? - That's a stupid question.
|- Where did you get the uniforms? That's a stupid question, too.
Please excuse the doctor.
|He just woke up.
- They're not Starfleet officers.
|- They're not? - We're mutants.
|- Genetically engineered.
Can't you tell? - Does anybody know you're missing?|- That's - Will you stop saying that!|- Why are you so upset? You wanted Sarina brought here.
|Well, here she is! l was considering bringing her here|for treatment.
When l was ready.
But l still have to modify|my surgical equipment.
We'll help.
When we're through|with Sarina, she'll be just like us.
You could get into so much trouble|for impersonating officers.
- Jack, you didn't tell us that.
|- We didn't get caught.
- Didn't anybody question you?|- Yes.
But Patrick would say That's a stupid - You'd be surprised how well it works.
|- l'll say.
- What are they going to do to us?|- lt's all right.
l'll find a way to straighten this out.
|Somehow.
Hello, Sarina.
Remember me? - Of course.
She's not an idiot.
|- She's just a bit cataleptic.
- Can you really make her better?|- l'm going to do everything l can.
l promise.
lf you want Starfleet not to press|charges, give me a damn good reason.
They wanted to bring Sarina|so l could help her.
They meant well.
That's the excuse you used when they|tried to pass secrets to the Dominion.
- They were trying to save lives|- Doctor! l appreciate|that you feel a connection to them.
But they have displayed a consistent|disregard for society's rules.
They're not allowed to live in society.
We are not here to debate|Federation policy.
We are here to discuss|what to do about these people.
Of course.
With your permission, l'd like|to proceed with Sarina's treatment.
l take it the lnstitute|has given their approval? A copy|of the medical protocols l submitted.
Dr Loews, Sarina's legal guardian,|has given her consent.
This procedure's|never been done before? There's no guarantee that it'll work,|but it could change everything for her.
She may not have the same|behavioural disorders as the others.
She's trapped inside her own mind.
|This could free her.
There are a few technical issues but|l'm confident that l can iron them out.
You've put in a lot of time on this,|haven't you? l owe it to her.
l could have ended up|the same as Sarina, but l was lucky.
My DNA re-sequencing|didn't have side effects.
All right.
l'll take care of Starfleet,|you take care of Sarina.
- Thank you, Sir.
|- The others will go back to the lnstitute.
l was hoping you'd allow them|to stay on.
- Why?|- Sarina's spent 15 years with them.
lf she comes out of her isolation, it will be helpful to have|familiar faces around.
We'll arrange for quarters|to be set up in a cargo bay.
l appreciate it.
Just make sure they stay there.
|l don't want them causing trouble again.
- l'll see that it doesn't happen again.
|- Good.
One thing more.
|Get them out of those uniforms.
- There.
Don't you look pretty?|- Why are we doing this? - Keep going.
|- Here? A little to the left.
- That's not where it was last time.
|- So what? - He's right.
|- Fine.
- How's that?|- Much better.
- Here he is!|- What did the Captain say? All systems go.
- l told you this was a good idea.
|- l remember.
- When do we operate?|- We? - You'll need some help.
|- You're a surgeon now? - How hard can it be?|- Thanks for the offer, but - You want to take all the credit.
|- lt's about what's best for Sarina.
Fine.
l'm busy anyway.
New project.
Good.
What are you working on? Wouldn't you like to know? l'll leave you to it.
Do me a favour|and change out of those uniforms.
Sarina.
l'd like to take you|to the lnfirmary to run a few tests.
ls that all right? - She's afraid it's going to hurt.
|- lt won't hurt.
l promise.
You're in good hands.
|Very good hands.
Don't get your hopes up, Julian.
|lt's over between us.
l have a new man in my life.
|That gorgeous little Ferengi.
- Nog?|- Jealous? That's so sweet.
Hurry back.
Sarina's cerebral cortex was enhanced to accelerate the rate at which|she can process information.
But her visual and auditory systems can't channel the stimuli|into the cortex fast enough.
They're out of sync|so she can't focus on what's going on.
Can you get her processes|up to speed? l need to stimulate the growth|of new synapses in her thalamus.
So l have to manipulate|neural proteins at a subatomic level.
That's a problem.
This is the most advanced probe made.
|lt's not that accurate.
That's why l asked you down here.
l wish l could help,|but at resolutions that small, quantum fluctuations are uncontrollable.
- l can't make this any more accurate.
|- You haven't even tried it! l'm sorry.
lt can't be done.
l'm sorry.
Sorry isn't good enough, Miles! This is Sarina's only chance|to live a normal life.
l can't break the laws of physics.
|Nobody can.
Your friend was right.
|You can't break the laws of physics.
But you can bend them! We recalibrated the imaging diodes.
You could clip the wings of an angel|dancing on the head of a pin.
lf you wanted to.
Anything? Sarina? How am l supposed to know|you understand me if you don't give me some sign? Anything.
lt doesn't matter how small.
lt's been five days, and she's|as unresponsive as she was before.
l know you're disappointed|but you did everything you could.
lt wasn't enough.
l'm sorry.
|Obviously you want to punish yourself.
Do you want help?|l'm good at punishing myself.
lf l were you, l'd be kicking myself|for making promises l couldn't keep.
For getting people's hopes up.
For thinking that l could succeed|where dozens of doctors had failed.
- Should l keep going?|- No, that just about covers it.
Thanks.
Glad l could help.
What is it? l'm not sure.
Excuse me.
Sarina? - What are you looking at?|- Everything.
You heard me.
l thought something and you heard it.
Sarina, you spoke.
Sarina, come and sit down.
|l need to run a few tests.
- What is it?|- Listen.
- lt's nice.
|- You're right.
l hadn't noticed before.
That's a little odd.
Her norepinephrine|levels are slightly elevated.
- What's causing it?|- l'm not sure.
lt's probably due to|limbic overcompensation.
The levels should drop when|the new thalamic connections stabilise.
You're rightl think.
l was listening when you were telling|the nurses about the procedure.
l kept thinking|that l wanted to thank you for what you were trying to do for me.
|And now l finally can.
Thank you.
- Did you move this?|- Maybe l did.
Maybe l didn't.
Leave him alone.
Patrick, it's where it's supposed to be.
Oh! Hello, everyone.
Did you hear what she said?|Did you hear that? l don't think l've heard|a more beautiful sound in my life! - This was my idea!|- We missed you! - You look so different!|- Did the surgery hurt? There's so much|l want to say to all of you.
- Why are you talking like that?|- Quiet! ''There's so much|l want to say to all of you.
'' - Jack!|- He's right.
l can hear the way l sound.
lt's temporary.
lt just takes practice.
Practice! Good idea.
|Listen to this, Sarina.
- Are you tone deaf?|- You're the one who's tone deaf.
Much better.
Let's improvise.
Lauren.
Molto allegro.
Within a few minutes,|Sarina's voice just took off.
Such improvement|usually takes weeks.
That is amazing.
Julian She was exhausted.
l needed|to monitor her neural activity.
l can't get over the transformation.
Yesterday, she was silent.
|Today, she's singing and laughing.
- You should've seen her.
|- How could l? l've been sitting here all night.
- ls it Thursday?|- Why else would l sit here all night? - l'm sorry.
l forgot.
|- lt's all right.
Morn caught me up on how|his 17 brothers and sisters are doing.
l'd better head off.
|l've got an early start.
Sorry about the mix-up, Miles.
lt's all right.
l'm happy for her.
l'm happy for both of you.
Sarina, what are you doing here?|How did you get in? lt wasn't hard.
|Your access code only has six digits.
- ls something wrong?|- l couldn't sleep.
My nurse could have|given you something.
- l don't want to sleep.
|- Why not? What if l wake up the way l was?|What if l lt's not going to happen.
Your life's going to be different now.
Your future is full of possibilities.
You're going to be doing things|that you haven't even dreamed of.
There's really no reason to be afraid.
Sarina? - Good morning.
|- Morning.
You didn't account|for the L-Two codon.
- What?|- That's why the virus mutated.
You need to target|the RNA transcriptor.
Hungry? The L-Two codon.
Of course.
|Why didn't l think of that? Sarina, you're amazing.
|l've been working on this for months.
You would've seen it sooner or later.
l don't know about that.
Thank you.
l'm glad l could do something for you.
|You've done so much for me.
- lnfirmary to Dr Bashir.
|- Go ahead.
You're needed in surgery, Sir.
l'm on my way.
l'll be tied up for a few hours.
|What would you like to do? l can ask Ezri|to show you around the station.
l think l'll go see Jack and the others.
l'll have someone take you|to the cargo bay.
When l'm out of surgery, l'll join you.
Wait.
You need your breakfast.
Thank you.
The universe is going to stop expanding|and collapse in on itself.
- We must do something.
|- How much time do we have? Sixty trillion years,|seventy at the most.
lsn't Nog handsome? What are you doing?|We are running out of time! Sarina, thank God! Nobody else|around here ever listens to me.
- What's wrong?|- There's too much matter.
The universe is too heavy|for its own good.
You need to lighten the load.
We have to find|a way to decrease the mass.
- Of the entire universe?|- That's the point.
- ls that possible?|- That's what we're trying to figure out.
What if we manipulated subspace? - Change the cosmological constant.
|- That would do the trick.
You can't change|the cosmological constant.
You know something?|We're trying to save existence, and all you can do is criticise.
- l'm sorry.
|- Thank you.
Now, where were we? - Manipulating subspace.
|- Right.
Doctor! - Glad you're here.
|- ls she all right? Sarina, are you all right? She's fine.
We have to talk to Starfleet.
|We need subspace field generators.
- Can we talk about it later?|- There isn't going to be a later.
Sarina? - Hi.
|- ls something wrong? No.
They're used to me being quiet.
|lt's easier this way.
Umsome of my friends want|to get together later at Quark's.
l was wondering|if you'd like to come along.
- Me?|- Do you want to? When should we be ready? We're not invited, Jack.
Just her.
- Figures.
|- That's not fair.
lt's all right.
Come on, Sarina.
|Let's get you dressed.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Come on out.
Am l good or am l good? Look at all the people.
There they are.
- l don't remember her being so|- Beautiful.
Everyone, Sarina.
|Sarina, everyone.
- Odo.
|- Nerys.
- l'm Miles.
|- l remember you.
- You're Julian's best friend.
|- Well, we get on all right.
For the most part.
- Why are you pretending it's not true?|- They're men.
Men have trouble|expressing their feelings.
- You don't.
|- Odo never talks about his feelings.
He took your hand.
|He's showing you his feelings.
Thank you.
Julian, show everybody how much|you love me and order the next round.
Hey, Briok.
l liked your friends.
All of them.
lf l had to find someone to replace Atlas|and hold up the world, it'd be Miles.
He'd do it with a smile, too.
And Kira.
She never doubts herself.
Odo finds that fascinating|because he doubts everything but her.
What about Ezri? She'll realise she's more than the sum|of her parts and really be something.
You saw all that|after a few hours with them? l'll have to put on my poker face.
You've already given yourself away.
ls that right?|And how would you describe me? Compassionate.
Brilliant.
Lonely.
- Well, two out of three isn't bad.
|- Which two? That would be telling.
l'm glad you liked my friends.
|l know they liked you.
l felt comfortable around them.
No one was going to throw a tantrum|or break into tears.
They only do that at staff meetings.
Jack's always talking about|how we're better than ''normal'' people.
He says that's why they keep us|locked up.
But he's wrong.
ln the real world|he'd get himself into too much trouble.
- So would Lauren and Patrick.
|- That's why they belong in the lnstitute.
Dr Loews wants me|to get them back there.
- l'm not going with them, am l?|- You don't belong there.
Not anymore.
- Do they know?|- Not yet.
They've always been|like a family to me.
l know how much you care about them.
As difficult as they can be sometimes,|l'm going to miss them.
We had our own little world.
|Just the four of us.
What's a genetically enhanced girl|supposed to do when she wakes up? Point to one of those|little specks of light, pack her bag,|and go make a life for herself? Why does she have to|go anywhere at all? Sarina isn't going back to the lnstitute.
|She's staying here.
Oh, really? Huh.
How nice for you.
She'll have her own quarters.
- We'll never see her again.
|- You have no right to do this! lt's the best thing for Sarina.
You can't take her away from us! Stop thinking about yourself|and think about her.
She doesn't belong with you.
Why? Because we're not normal?|Because we're crazy? Make us normal, too.
|Then we could all stay together.
Tell him.
There's nothing you can do|for us.
We're too far gone.
Who wants to be normal anyway?|We're better than they are.
You don't see them trying to save|the universe from collapsing.
Let's get back to work.
- They took it rather hard.
|- l should go talk to them.
ln the morning.
Give them a little time|to get used to the idea.
l've got just the thing to cheer you up.
Dabo! - She's unbelievable!|- Tell him how you do it.
Go on! Binomial equations|and probability factors.
- You track the dependent variables.
|- lt's not that interesting.
Dabo! Well, hasn't this been fun! Why not take a seat and top off the|evening with a bottle of spring wine? - Should we?|- He doesn't want to lose more money.
Did l mention|that the wine was on the house? - Let's sit down.
|- But she's winning.
l've played enough.
This way.
Excuse me.
Ezri, over here.
Dabo! Sarina? This way.
Julian, would you mind if we left? l thought you were having a good time.
l was.
But there was so much|commotion.
Maybe l'm just tired.
Tomorrow night we'll have|a nice quiet dinner in my quarters.
l have a week's leave coming up.
|We could go to Risa, spend a little time alone.
- All right.
|- l'll let you get some rest then.
She's wonderful, Miles.
|l've never met anybody like her.
She's brilliant.
Sweet.
|Everything's new to her.
Being with her is so refreshing.
She|delights in what she's experiencing.
l appreciate things l take for granted.
- Like hot coffee?|- Like coffee.
Music.
The way the stars shine.
- What is wrong with this thing?|- Are you listening? Yes.
Coffee.
Music.
Stars.
- Don't you have anything to say?|- As a matter of fact, l do.
l haven't seen you like this|for a long time and l'm happy for you.
But it's happening too fast.
We're genetically engineered.
|We do everything fast.
Julian, she's your patient.
l've asked Dr Girani|to take over her care.
l don't think you understand|what this means to me.
l've always had to hide the fact|that my DNA was resequenced.
l heard people say|the genetically engineered were misfits.
l fantasised about meeting someone|like me, who could live normally.
But it never happened.
Until Sarina.
Don't you see? She's the woman|l've been waiting for all my life.
Good luck.
Computer, music.
|Somethingromantic.
Computer, locate Sarina Douglas.
Sarina Douglas is in her quarters|on the Habitat Ring, corridor H6, section 27, Epsilon.
Sarina, it's me.
Computer, override door locks.
Authorisation Bashir|Delta-5-7-Alpha.
l've been waiting for you.
Sarina? ls something wrong? Sarina.
The thalamic pathways|are still functioning, but there's no neural activity in them.
- Do you have any idea what's wrong?|- None.
She's slipping away|and there's nothing l can do but wait.
You can go in now.
Sarina? Don't be afraid.
|Everything's going to be all right.
l'm not going to give up on you.
Ever.
l don't know what's wrong.
|l need your help.
Why should we help you? Look at her! Do you want her|to spend the rest of her life like this? l can't find a way to reach her.
Maybe there isn't one.
|All l'm asking is that you try.
The three of you know her|better than anyone else.
Please.
l don't want to lose her.
Leave her here with us for a while.
|We'll see what we can do.
Thank you.
- Are you sure?|- l'm sure.
- We have to tell him.
|- Why? This way we can stay together.
Let's go.
- This way.
|- That way.
- l think we passed it.
|- Can l help you? That's a stupid question.
Come in.
- We have to talk to you.
|- About Sarina? Tell him.
She can still talk,|it's just that she's afraid to.
- What's she afraid of?|- We don't know.
We think it has|something to do with you.
l'm going to go talk to her.
Stay here.
Sarina.
Talk to me.
Please.
l know you can.
What's wrong? ls it me? lf it is, don't be afraid.
l'll do whatever it takes to make it right.
l love you.
l want us to be together.
Tell medo you love me? l don't know.
l don't even understand what love is.
l don't understand anything.
What am l supposed to do or to feel? Tell me.
l want to make you happy.
|l owe you everything.
You don't owe me|You don't owe me anything.
l'm sorry.
l wish l could be|the woman you want me to be.
Morning.
- ls she gone?|- Her shuttle leaves in a few minutes.
- And the others?|- They've left for the lnstitute.
l hear you've arranged a position for|Sarina at the Corgal Research Centre.
She's going to work under one of|the scientists there, live with his family.
You OK? How could l have been so blind? What was l thinking|moving things along so fast? She needed time.
l didn't give it to her.
l came this close|to driving her back inside herself.
l'm supposed to be a doctor,|put my patients' needs above my own.
You didn't want to be lonely anymore.
|Nobody does.
l have to go to work.
Do you want to come over for dinner|tonight? Keiko's making tempura.
No, thanks.
So here you are, on your way to|one of those little specks of light.
That's what a genetically enhanced girl|does when she wakes up.
Makes a life for herself.
l'm going to miss you.
l'm going to miss you.
- You won't forget me?|- Forget you? Never.
Final boarding call.
Well, l'd better go.