STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                         "The Visitor" 
                          #40510-476 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       David Livingston 

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        STAR TREK: DS9   "The Visitor" - 07/31/95 - CAS

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "The Visitor" 
                             CAST 

          SISKO                    JAKE
          KIRA                     ADULT JAKE
          ODO                      MATURE JAKE
          BASHIR                   OLD JAKE
          DAX                      KORENA
          QUARK                    MELANIE
          O'BRIEN                  
          WORF                     
          NOG                      
          COMPUTER VOICE           

          Non-Speaking             Non-Speaking
          N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     

 STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - 07/31/95 - SETS       

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "THE VISITOR" 
                             SETS 

        INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
        DEEP SPACE NINE                 DEEP SPACE NINE
          HABITAT RING CORRIDOR         
          INFIRMARY                     LIMBO
          JAKE'S QUARTERS               
          PROMENADE/UPPER LEVEL         RUNABOUT
          QUARK'S                       
          REPLIMAT                      DEFIANT
          SISKO'S QUARTERS              

        DEFIANT                       
          BRIDGE                        
          CORRIDOR                      
          ENGINEERING                   
          JAKE'S QUARTERS               

        JAKE'S HOUSE                  

        RUNABOUT                      

      STAR TREK: "The Visitor" - 07/31/95 - PRONUNCIATION 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "The Visitor" 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

          ANSLEM                   ANN-slem
          BETAR                    BAY-tar
          CORVALLEN                kor-VAL-un
          DARJEELING               dar-JEE-ling
          DENORIOS                 deh-NOR-ee-us
          I'DANIAN                 eye-DANE-ee-un
          KORENA                   kuh-REN-uh
          NECHAYEV                 neh-CHAY-ev
          TAKARIAN                 TUH-care-ee-un

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - TEASER       1.

                  STAR TREK:  DEEP SPACE NINE                   

                            "The Visitor"                              

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. JAKE SISKO'S HOUSE - NIGHT (DISTANT FUTURE)

	It is the early twenty-fifth century, some seventy 
	years later than the time our series ordinarily takes 
	place.

	The house is isolated, set off in swampy Louisiana 
	bayou country. It's a two-story modern design that 
	harks back to Southern architectural traditions; it has 
	a cluttered feel, stacks of BOOKS and papers -- the 
	home of a man who lives alone...

	There's a writing DESK against one wall, an antique 
	grandfather CLOCK with a pendulum that clicks quietly, 
	a pair of comfortable armchairs around a low table, a 
	fireplace with a mantle. On the walls are hung several 
	PAINTINGS: mostly impressionistic landscapes, some 
	depicting the surrounding bayous. RAIN beats softly 
	against the windows, and occasionally distant lightning 
	can be seen through them.

2    CLOSE ON JAKE SISKO

	now in his SEVENTIES, healthy and fit for a man his 
	age.

	He looks around the room, taking in his surroundings 
	with a pensive look. He approaches the mantle, begins 
	to study the objects propped there, his hands moving 
	somewhat unsteadily to touch each in turn. We 
	recognize some of them as Benjamin Sisko's personal 
	effects: the clock from his office, a YORUBA MASK; 
	a scuffed BASEBALL on a pedestal; a BLUEPRINT of an 
	ancient Bajoran spacecraft with solar sails and, next 
	to it, a framed PHOTO showing a seventeen-year-old Jake 
	and his father.

	A small smile plays on Old Jake's features as he takes 
	in these artifacts of his life... a smile that is at 
	once melancholy and yet somehow hopeful.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

	He turns away, moves to a nearby table, and picks up an 
	advanced looking HYPOSPRAY.

	Very deliberately, he reaches up and injects himself in 
	the neck.

	He sets the hypospray down, moves to take a seat in a 
	nearby armchair. But he's interrupted by a door CHIME.

	Surprised, he glances at the clock to check the time -- 
	it's around 9:00 PM. He walks toward the door and 
	looks through its window to see who's outside.

	It's a young human woman in her twenties, MELANIE. She 
	might best be described as "bookish"; she's carrying a 
	shoulder bag, and her clothes and hair are wet from the 
	rain. She's standing on the doorstep with an expectant 
	and somewhat nervous look on her face. Old Jake 
	studies her for a beat, then opens the door. When she 
	sees him, her eyes go wide, as if she's just laid eyes 
	on a celebrity of some sort.

					OLD JAKE 
			May I help you? You might as well 
			come in.

	She does her best to swallow back her nervousness.

					MELANIE 
			I'm sorry to bother you, it's just 
			that...
				(at a loss) 
			I... I've been...

	Jake notices a small scrape on her forehead.

					OLD JAKE
				(with concern) 
			You're hurt.

	She reaches up to touch her forehead.

					MELANIE 
			I must've scraped myself on a branch.

					OLD JAKE
				(gently chiding) 
			That's what happens when you go 
			tromping around the bayous in the 
			middle of the night.

	She nods and smiles; more than grateful, she seems 
	thrilled at being invited inside.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - TEASER       3.

2  CONTINUED:	(2)

	He stands aside, and she crosses into the room. Her 
	eyes take it in hungrily, as if she were a pilgrim who 
	finally made it to some sacred shrine. He closes the 
	door, crosses toward a chest of drawers.

					OLD JAKE 
			Go warm up by the fire. I have a 
			first aid kit around here 
			somewhere...
				(looking around) 
			Now where is it... ?

	As he looks for the first aid kit she sits in a chair 
	and continues to drink in the room around her.

					OLD JAKE 
			So... what are you doing out here, 
			anyway?

	She considers before answering.

					MELANIE
			I'm a writer...
				(correcting herself) 
			-- at least, I want to be.
				(decides to come out 
				with it) 
			And the truth is... I was looking 
			for you...

	Old Jake turns and looks at her with surprise.

					OLD JAKE 
			Oh?

					MELANIE 
			You are Jake Sisko... the writer?

	Jake's surprise at her question gives him away.

					MELANIE 
			I can't believe I'm really here. 
			Talking to you. You're my 
			favorite author... of all time.

	Jake looks up from the first aid kit and chuckles 
	softly to himself.

					OLD JAKE
				(wry) 
			You should read more...

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - TEASER       4.

2    CONTINUED:	(4)

					MELANIE
				(with emotion) 
			I mean it. Your books... they're 
			so insightful...

					OLD JAKE
				(simply) 
	I'm glad you like them.

	With the cellular regenerator in hand, Jake bends to 
	peer at her wound. He passes the regenerator over her 
	scrape, and when we next see her face, the scrape is 
	gone.

					OLD JAKE 
			There. Good as new.

					MELANIE 
			Thank you.

	Old Jake pulls a throw off a nearby chair, hands it to 
	the still-chilled Melanie. He then moves toward the 
	replicator to start to put together a tray of tea and 
	biscuts.

					OLD JAKE  
			I didn't realize people still read  
			my books.

					MELANIE  
			Of course they do. A friend  
			recommended Anslem to me and I  
			read it straight through, twice in  
			one night.

					OLD JAKE
				(bemused)
			Twice in one night... ?

					MELANIE  
			It made me want to read everything  
			you'd ever written, but when I  
			looked, all I could find were your  
			"Collected Stories." I couldn't  
			believe it.

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 TEASER        5.

2    CONTINUED:	(5)

					MELANIE (Cont'd)  
			I'd finally found someone whose  
			writing I really admired, and he'd  
			only published two books.

	Jake smiles wryly.

					OLD JAKE  
			Not much to show for a life's  
			work, is it? I'm going to get us  
			some tea.

					MELANIE  
			I savored those stories, read them  
			slowly, one each day. And when I  
			was finished, I wished I hadn't  
			read them at all.

	Jake looks at her quizzically. Melanie realizes how  
	that must have sounded and quickly explains herself.

					MELANIE  
			So that I could read them again...  
			like it was the first time.

	Jake smiles, nods that he understands. As he sits down 
	with the tray...

					OLD JAKE  
			There's only one "first time" for  
			everything, isn't there? 
				(considers)  
			And only one last time, too. You  
			think about that when you get to  
			be my age. That today might be  
			the last time you... sit in a  
			favorite chair... watch the rain  
			fall... enjoy a cup of tea.

	Melanie looks at him, then cautiously asks the question 
	that brought her here.

					MELANIE 
				(softly)  
			Can I ask you something... ?

	He nods that she go ahead...

					MELANIE  
			Why did you stop writing?

	He looks at her for a moment.

       DEEP-SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/15/95 - TEASER       6.

2    CONTINUED:	(6)

					OLD JAKE
				(shrugs)  
			I lost my favorite pen... just  
			couldn't seem to get any work done  
			without it.

	For a brief moment, Melanie actually takes him 
	seriously, then...

					MELANIE
 			You're joking.

	Jake smiles, and she looks down for a beat, a bit 
	embarrassed to have fallen for it.

					MELANIE
 			You weren't even forty when you  
			stopped writing... I've never  
			understood why you gave it up.

	Old Jake takes this in, lets out a long breath...

					OLD JAKE
			It's a long story...

					MELANIE
			I have time.
				(gently pleading)  
			Tell me. Please.

	Jake takes a breath, and for a moment we think he's 
	going to decline, but then a smile spreads on his face, 
	the smile of a man who's suddenly been struck by 
	something he finds ironic.

					OLD JAKE
			If you'd shown up yesterday, or 
			last week... I'd have said no and 
			sent you on your way. But here 
			you are, today of all days. 
			Somehow... it seems like the right 
			time for me to finally tell this 
			story...

	She breaks into a grin, leans in, all attention.

					OLD JAKE
			It begins many years ago... when 
			I was eighteen... and the worst 
			thing that could happen to a young 
			man happened to me... my father 
			died...

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - TEASER      6A.

2    CONTINUED:	(6)

	Off Melanie's reaction we...

3    
thru   OMITTED
4    

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT ONE       7.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

5    INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (CONTINUOUS) (DISTANT FUTURE)

	Old Jake is thoughtful for a beat as he remembers.

					OLD JAKE 
			We were very close, my father and 
			I. Partly because we'd lost my 
			mother five years earlier...

					MELANIE 
			I know.
				(off his look) 
			I read a biography about you.

	Jake nods and smiles ruefully.

					MELANIE
				(continuing) 
			It said you stopped writing so you 
			could conduct scientific 
			research... ?

					OLD JAKE
			It's not... quite that simple...

	He sighs, considers how best to explain.

					OLD JAKE 
			You see, right before my father 
			died, I was working on a short 
			story. I don't remember what it 
			was about... but I do know that I 
			was taking it very seriously. I 
			worked on it night and day for 
			weeks... but I couldn't seem to 
			make any headway, and it was 
			making me miserable.

									DISSOLVE TO:

6    INT.  DEEP SPACE NINE - JAKE'S BEDROOM (PRESENT)

	Jake continues in V.O. and we see his younger self 
	sitting on his bed working on an oversized PADD. The 
	scene is silent except for Old Jake's voice.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT ONE       8.

6    CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE'S (V.O.) 
				(continuing) 
			I suppose my father thought I 
			needed to take a break, because he 
			insisted I come to the Gamma 
			Quadrant with him to watch the 
			wormhole undergo what they call a 
			subspace inversion...

	In the middle of the V.O., SISKO pops his head in and 
	mouth's a "let's go" to Jake. Jake stands, and without 
	taking his eyes of the PADD, follows.

7    EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL) (PRESENT)

	Hanging in space near the open mouth of the Wormhole.

					OLD JAKE'S (V.O.) 
			Of course what he didn't realize 
			was that I could hide away on the 
			Defiant just as easily as I 
			could on the station...

8    INT. DEFIANT - JAKE'S QUARTERS (PRESENT)

	where he's sitting on the upper bunk working on his 
	PADD. The door CHIMES.

					JAKE 
			Yeah.

	The door OPENS and Sisko sticks his head in.

					SISKO
			Come on, Jake. This only happens 
			once every fifty years. You'll 
			never forgive yourself if you miss 
			it.

  					JAKE 
			I'll be right there.

					SISKO
			You said that ten minutes ago.

					JAKE 
			I just want to get this paragraph 
			right.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT ONE       9.

8    CONTINUED:

	Sisko realizes Jake is still at it and ENTERS the room 
	to talk to him.

					SISKO
				(with concern) 
			I thought you were going to put 
			that aside for a while.

					JAKE 
			I tried, but it's all I can think 
			about.

	Sisko folds his arms on the upper bunk where Jake's 
	lying.

					SISKO 
			I'm no writer, but if I were, it 
			seems to me that I'd want to poke 
			my head up once in a while and 
			take a look around... see what's 
			going on.
				(smiles) 
			It's life, Jake; you can miss it 
			if you don't open your eyes.

	Sisko smiles, and Jake nods almost imperceptibly.

					SISKO
				(continuing) 
			What do you say we go up to the 
			bridge, watch the wormhole do its 
			thing, then I'll read what you've 
			got and we can talk about it.
				(beat) 
			Deal?

					JAKE 
			Deal.

	He holds out his hand and Jake, smiling sheepishly, 
	takes it and lets Sisko pull him off the bed. Suddenly 
	the ship LURCHES violently. Red Alert lights come on 
	and the floor seems to tilt. Sisko smacks his 
	combadge.

					SISKO 
			Sisko to Bridge. What happened?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT ONE      10.

8A   INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	DAX is at the Conn, and over her shoulder we see the 
	viewscreen, which shows the open wormhole churning 
	violently.

	Another SHAKE --

					DAX 
			The wormhole's gravimetric field 
			is surging...

8B   INT. JAKE'S QUARTERS

					SISKO 
			Pull us back to a safe distance.

					DAX'S COM VOICE
				(urgent) 
			I'm on it, Benjamin. But we've 
			got another problem. Power output 
			from the warp core just jumped off 
			the scale.

					SISKO 
			Sisko to Engineering.
 				(no response) 
			Engineering, report.

	Again no response, Sisko starts toward the door... Jake 
	moves with him, anxious.

9
thru   OMITTED
10   

11   INT. DEFIANT - CORRIDOR (PRESENT)

	as Sisko appears in the doorway from Jake's quarters.

					SISKO
				(continuing) 
			Dax, I'm going to find out what's 
			happening down there.
				(to Jake) 
			Stay here.

	And with that, Sisko heads off down the SHAKING 
	corridor. Jake hesitates, as if trying to decide 
	whether to follow.


      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT ONE     10A.

11   CONTINUED:


					OLD JAKE (V.O.)
			Most of the time, I knew enough to 
			do what my father told me... but 
			that day, for some reason, I 
			didn't...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT ONE      11.

11   CONTINUED:	(2)

	And with that, Jake sets off down the corridor after 
	his father.

12   INT. DEFIANT - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL) (PRESENT)

	as Jake ENTERS to find a scene of chaos.

	TWO N.D. Engineers are out cold on the floor, Sisko is 
	kneeling to check on them.

	There are damaged panels, and smoke curls through air, 
	which is cut by the blaring sound of a warning KLAXON. 
	The warp core is FRITZING ominously.

					SISKO
				(to com) 
			Sisko to Sickbay, I need a medical 
			team down here right away.

					DAX'S COM VOICE 
			Dax to Sisko, the warp coils are 
			locked into a feedback loop... 
			You've got to realign them or the 
			core's going to blow...

					SISKO 
			I'm on it.

	Sisko starts to move off... and sees Jake in the 
	doorway. For a moment we think he's going to tell him 
	to leave, but instead:

					SISKO 
			Jake, get me an interphasic 
			compensator.

	Jake nods, moves toward a TOOLKIT that's knocked open 
	on the floor, various tools spilled out of it. Sisko 
	rushes toward a panel on the opposite wall, rips off 
	the cover, and starts working. Jake is soon at his 
	father's side, scrounging inside the toolkit for the 
	correct device.

					COMPUTER VOICE 
			Warning. Warp core breach in 
			fifty seconds.

					SISKO
				(to com) 
			Dax, you'd better stand by to 
			eject the core.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT ONE     11A.

12   CONTINUED:

					DAX'S COM VOICE 
			We can't. The ejection system is 
			off-line.

	Sisko reacts to this grim news.


      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT ONE      12.

12   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
				(to Jake, urgently) 
			Where's that compensator?

					JAKE
				(scrounging frantically) 
			It's not here... got it.

	Intermittently, blue tendrils of lightning CRACKLE 
	across the warp core, which HUMS even more nastily.

					COMPUTER VOICE 
			Warning. Warp core breach in 
			thirty seconds.

	Desperate, Jake looks up toward where the toolkit was 
	spilled open... his eye catches a glint of metal -- the 
	compensator, on the floor, partially hidden by a 
	console. He rushes toward it, snatches it up, then 
	rushes back to give the tool to Sisko.

	Sisko immediately sets to work with it on the open 
	panel.

					SISKO 
			I'm going to try shunting the 
			excess power out through the 
			deflector array.

	A beat, and then behind them, the warp core starts to 
	wind down.

					SISKO
				(working)
			Just a little more...

	And after a moment, the engine systems seem to slow to 
	their normal state...

					SISKO 
			There...

	Sisko allows himself a smile, then reaches to hand Jake 
	the compensator... but before either of them has 
	complete possession of it, the warp core unexpectedly 
	spits off a BOLT OF BLUE ENERGY that arcs across the 
	room and zaps Sisko squarely in the back.

	His body goes rigid, as if he's been speared, and a 
	brief CRACKLE of energy snakes from his body, across 
	the compensator, and into Jake's body. Jake is thrown 
	back by the discharge, as if by an electric shock, and 
	falls to the floor.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT ONE      13.

12   CONTINUED:	(3)

	As Jake watches in horror, portions of Sisko's body 
	start to FLICKER and PHASE OUT, until finally he 
	completely DEMATERIALIZES.

					JAKE 
			No!

	And the tool falls to a clatter on the deck...

13   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (DISTANT FUTURE) 

	Where the old Jake sits quietly, his eyes moist. 
	Melanie is clearly shaken by the events Jake described.

					OLD JAKE
			He was gone...

	Melanie looks down...

					MELANIE 
				(softly) 
			I'm not sure I could ever get over 
			losing someone like that, right in 
			front of my eyes...

					OLD JAKE 
			People do. Time passes, they 
			realize that the person they lost 
			is really gone... and they heal.

					MELANIE
			Is that what happened to you?

					OLD JAKE 
			No... I suppose not.

	Melanie gives him an uncertain look, as if unsure what 
	he means.

					OLD JAKE 
			There was a memorial service 
			aboard the station.

									DISSOLVE TO:

14   INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - PROMENADE (PRESENT)

	People stand solemnly on both levels of the Promenade. 
	In the center, on the lower level, a table has been 
	arranged with candles and a simple flower arrangement.

      DEEP-SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT ONE      14.

14   CONTINUED: 

	WORF is standing in front of the table, speaking to 
	the crowd, remembering Sisko. As Jake's V.O. continues, 
	the CAMERA PANS past the faces of Dax, O'BRIEN, KIRA, 
	ODO, BASHIR, QUARK and NOG, then comes to REST on 
	Jake's still features...

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			People came forward and talked 
			about my father, what they 
			remembered most about him... why 
			they would miss him...

	We see Kira turn and glance at Jake, as if checking to 
	see how he's holding up... she steps forward to speak.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			I didn't step forward... I 
			couldn't... I felt that no matter 
			what I said about him, I'd be 
			leaving so much more out... and 
			that didn't seem right...

15   INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS (PRESENT) 

	Jake lies on the couch, his head in Dax's lap, as she 
	gently strokes his hair... trying to coax him to sleep, 
	she stares off into the distance, thinking about the 
	man they both lost...

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
				(continuing) 
			Everyone went out of their way to 
			look after me, especially Dax. 
			She was my father's closest 
			friend, and I guess she felt 
			responsible for me. 
				(beat) 
			After a few months...

16   INT. QUARK'S (PRESENT)

	The dabo tables are in full swing, the bar is crowded.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
				(continuing) 
			... things started returning to 
			normal... for everyone else, that 
			is...

   DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT ONE 15-16.     

16   CONTINUED:

	Jake is sitting alone at the bar. MORN is just 
	crossing away from him, and Jake manages a smile for 
	him, as if in response to some words of encouragement.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.)
			I tried to put on a brave face... 
			I didn't want people worrying 
			about me more than they already 
			were...

	Nog approaches carrying an enormous tray of dishes and 
	glassware.

					NOG 
			I'm almost done. We have 
			Holosuite Three for half an hour.

	Jake tries to muster some enthusiasm, but it's not 
	easy.

					JAKE 
			Great...

	Suddenly Quark hurries over to Nog.

					QUARK
			Nog, get down to the storeroom and 
			bring up five kegs of Takarian mead.

					NOG 
			Yes, Uncle.

	Quark turns and starts tabulating a check on a PADD.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT ONE      17.

16   CONTINUED:	(2)

					NOG
				(to Jake) 
			Sorry, it looks like we're going 
			to lose our holosuite reservation.

	Quark looks up, having overheard this. He glances at 
	Jake, considers for a beat.

					QUARK
			You know, Nog, things seem to be 
			slowing down a bit.

	He glances around the bustling bar trying to convince 
	himself of this.

					QUARK
			I'll have someone else bring up 
			the kegs. You and Jake go have 
			some fun.

					NOG
				(looking around at the 
				hopping crowd) 
			Are you sure?

	Quark is a little embarrassed by his soft-heartedness 
	and goes on the offensive to cover.

					QUARK
			Go. Now. Before I change my 
			mind.

	Quark moves off... Nog turns to Jake, shrugs a smile...

17   INT. HABITAT RING CORRIDOR (PRESENT)

	A bit later, as Jake and Nog walk down it. Nog is 
	animated, as if he had a great time. Jake is more 
	subdued.

					NOG 
			Next time we go ion surfing, 
			remind me to keep clear of those 
			whip curls.

     DEEP - SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT ONE     18.

17   CONTINUED:

					JAKE 
			I don't know if I really want to
			try it again...

	Nog knows what his friend is going through, but he has 
	no idea what he can do to help...

					NOG 
			You know, Jake... I'm going to be 
			gone soon... we probably won't see 
			each other for a while.

					JAKE
			I know...

	Talking about these kinds of things doesn't come easy 
	for Nog, but he does his best.

					NOG
			So... what are your plans?

					JAKE 
			I was thinking about taking that 
			deferred admission and going to 
			Pennington in the fall...

					NOG
				(excited) 
			That'd be great. We'd both be on 
			Earth.

	But Jake's ambivalence soon punctures Nog's enthusiasm.

					JAKE 
			But maybe I'll just stick around 
			here... I haven't decided yet.

	Nog's face falters with disappointment... he feels 
	powerless to help his friend.

	They come to an intersection in the corridor...

					JAKE 
			It's late... I think I'll turn 
			in...

					NOG
			Okay...

	Off  Nog's features as he watches Jake move off down the 
	corridor...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT ONE      19.

18   INT. JAKE'S BEDROOM (PRESENT)

	where he's sleeping in his bed. After a beat, a 
	strange FLICKERING BLUE LIGHT plays on his features...

	Then off-screen, we hear the SOUND of a body slumping 
	onto the floor, a small exhalation of breath, almost a 
	groan...

	Jake stirs... half-sensing something but not alarmed, 
	he sits up in bed. A look of shock crosses his 
	features as he sees --

19   SISKO (OPTICAL) 

	Sitting slumped against the bulkhead, his shirt charred 
	in the chest.

					SISKO
				(weak, disoriented)
			Jake... ?

	Jake blinks, stares as if he can't quite believe his 
	eyes...

					JAKE
			Dad... ?

					SISKO
			What... what happened... ?

	But before Jake can reply, Sisko's body starts to 
	FLICKER and DISSOLVE like it did in the Defiant's 
	Engineering room...

 	Jake watches as the terrible moment repeats itself... 
	until Sisko completely DEMATERIALIZES once again...

	Off Jake's confused, pained expression we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT TWO      20.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

20   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (DISTANT FUTURE) 

	Old Jake sits quietly, his thoughts far away in the 
	past. Melanie watches him with great sympathy... 
	After a quiet beat...

					OLD JAKE 
			I told Dax about what'd 
			happened... how it felt so 
			real... not like a dream at all... 
				(a wry smile) 
			-- and she very kindly obliged me 
			and did a thorough scan of my 
			room. I felt vaguely 
			ridiculous... like a child 
			insisting his parents check under 
			his bed for monsters.

	Melanie smiles with recognition.

					OLD JAKE 
			She said it was probably just a 
			nightmare, and I did my best to 
			put the whole episode out of my mind.

	He glances at the clock, something he may do more than 
	once in the course of our story.

					OLD JAKE 
			I puttered around the station for 
			the next eight or nine months. 
			Nog was off at Starfleet... 

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT TWO      21.

20   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE (Cont'd) 
				(wry) 
			-- my stories stubbornly refused 
			to write themselves... so I 
			filled my time playing dom-jot...
			and trying not to think about how 
			alone I felt...
				(beat) 
			Dax and the others were worried 
			about me... but before long, they 
			had bigger things to worry about.

									DISSOLVE TO:

21   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) (PRESENT) 

	Unusual activity evident, with transports and runabouts 
	arriving and departing.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			Tensions with the Klingons were 
			continuing to rise...

22   INT. PROMENADE (PRESENT) 

	Jake is moving against the flow of a crowd of civilians 
	who are headed to the docking ring with their 
	belongings.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			My father was a kind of religious 
			figure to the Bajoran people, and 
			when he died, they took it as a 
			sign from the Prophets that the 
			Federation wouldn't be able to 
			protect them from the Klingons. 
			Eventually, Bajor entered into a 
			mutual defense pact with the 
			Cardassians, and the Klingons 
			didn't like that at all.

	He passes near Odo, who is busy trying to control the 
	flow of people.

					ODO
			There are plenty of seats on the 
			transport, and there's another one 
			leaving in just two hours. That's 
			it, move along... thank you.

	Jake continues past the flow of people until he reaches 
	the area in front of the Replimat and starts up the 
	spiral staircase that leads to the upper level.

DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT TWO     22.       


22   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			The station's civilian population 
			was leaving en masse... they knew 
			that if war broke out against the 
			Klingons, Deep Space Nine was 
			going to be on the front line.

23   INT. PROMENADE - UPPER LEVEL (PRESENT) 

	As Jake steps off the staircase. Kira and Worf are 
	standing at the railing looking down at the crowd. She 
	sees him heading away...

					KIRA
			Jake, where are you going... ?

					JAKE 
			I thought I'd watch the ships 
			leaving from one of the upper 
			pylons...

					WORF
			You should be on one of those 
			ships.

					JAKE 
			I don't have to go, do I?

					KIRA
			This is a voluntary resettlement, 
			not an evacuation.

					WORF
			But it would be prudent for you to 
			leave at this time.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			I suppose I wasn't feeling very 
			prudent that day... because I 
			ignored their advice...

	Jake turns to move off... Worf frowns, makes to follow 
	him... but Kira puts a hand to his arm and stays him 
	with a shake of her head...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/14/95 - ACT TWO      23.

23A  INT. UPPER PYLON (PRESENT)
	(FORMERLY SCENE 24)

	where Jake stands looking out at the stars. After a 
	moment Kira approaches.

					KIRA 
			Jake... ?

	He turns at the sound of her voice.

					KIRA 
			I want to talk to you about 
			something.

	She looks at him with concern and sympathy, continues 
	in a quiet voice.

					KIRA 
			I spoke with your grandfather...
			he told me he'd asked you to come 
			live with him.

	Jake looks away, not wanting to hear this.

					KIRA 
			Even if this sector weren't on the 
			brink of war, I'd still like to 
			see you leave the station.

	Jake's emotions flare, he's almost angry, as if the 
	feelings he's kept in check are finally coming to the
	fore.

					JAKE 
			I'm not going anywhere.

					KIRA
				(gently)
			Jake... if I wanted to, I could
			order you to go.

	Jake's voice fills with emotion... he's pleading from 
	the depths of his shattered heart.

					JAKE 
			Please don't make me leave. Not 
			yet. This is my home.

	He looks away, choked up for a beat.

					JAKE 
			When Dad and I came here, this 
			place was just an abandoned shell; 
			he turned it into something. 
				(glancing around)
			Everywhere I look... it's like I'm 
			seeing a part of him.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/14/95 - ACT TWO      24.

23A  CONTINUED:

	Kira nods, knowing exactly what he means, feeling it 
	too.

					JAKE
			If I leave...
				(voice cracking with emotion) 
			I won't have anything left of 
			him...

	Jake looks down, not wanting her to see the tears that 
	are welling up in his eyes... Kira reaches over, takes 
	his hand in hers...

					KIRA 
			All right, stay a while longer if 
			you want. But promise me that 
			when the time comes and I tell you 
			to go, you'll do it.

	He manages a nod, grateful... Off Kira's look of 
	sympathy...

24   OMITTED
 
25   INT. HABITAT RING CORRIDOR (PRESENT)

	as Jake makes his way down it. We see a strange BLUE 
	LIGHT flicker momentarily from around the next corner. 
	Jake moves to investigate, rounds the corner, and 
	reacts to an astonishing sight...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT TWO      25.

25   CONTINUED:

	it's Sisko, sitting on the floor, his back against the 
	wall, his shirt charred in the chest...

					JAKE
			Dad... ?

	Jake rushes to his side, reaches and touches his arm...

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			It wasn't until I actually touched 
			him that I knew... this wasn't a 
			dream...

	Sisko manages a small smile when he sees his son. As 
	Jake takes his father's hand in his, squeezes it tight, 
	we...

									CUT TO:

26   INT. INFIRMARY (OPTICAL) (PRESENT)

	Sisko is on the biobed, Dax and Jake to one side of 
	him. Bashir is scanning him with a tricorder, a look 
	of concern on his features. O'Brien is at a nearby 
	computer station. A nurse assists Bashir.

	As Old Jake's V.O. continues, we SEE BUT NOT HEAR Dax,
	Bashir and O'Brien (TECHING) and talking urgently. 
	Jake stands next to Sisko who, though weak and perhaps 
	a bit disoriented, can still see the concern on his 
	son's features. We might see Sisko try to reassure 
	Jake with a smile and a gentle tousle of his hair.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT TWO     25A.

26   CONTINUED:

		OLD JAKE (V.O.) 					BASHIR 
	But there was no time 			It looks like his temporal 
	for reunions -- something 		signature has been altered 
	was wrong. I didn't 			somehow...
	understand everything 
	they were saying, but 					DAX
	Dax and the others seemed 			(realizing)
	to think that the 			The energy discharge...
	accident had somehow 
	knocked my father's  					O'BRIEN
	"temporal signature" out 		It must've interacted with
	of phase...					the graviton pulse.

									DAX
							And altered his temporal
							signature.

									O'BRIEN
							Then he must've phase
							shifted into subspace...

									DAX
							Benjamin, what's the last thing 
							you remember... ?

									SISKO
							I was in Engineering... on the 
							Defiant... feels like a few 
							minutes ago...

	Dax and Bashir exchange a look...

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 ACT TWO       26.

26   CONTINUED:

					JAKE 
			Dad, it's been over a year since 
			the accident.

	Sisko reacts to this with surprise.

					SISKO
			A year... how can that be?

					O'BRIEN 
			We think that the warp core 
			discharge pulled you into 
			subspace. If we're right, that 
			would explain why you didn't 
			experience the passage of time...

					BASHIR
				(grim; off tricorder) 
			According to these readings, 
			unless we can find a way to re-
			align your temporal signature, 
			you'll be pulled back into 
			subspace within a few minutes.

	A moment as this sinks in...

					O'BRIEN 
			Maybe we can set up some sort of 
			containment field...

	Dax and Bashir move away to join him at the console. 
	Sisko looks over at Jake, sees the concern etched on 
	his features, and tries to reassure him.

					SISKO
			Hey...
				(smiles) 
			They'll have me fixed up in no 
			time...

	Jake manages a smile...

					SISKO 
			How are you doing?

	Jake's eyes well up... Sisko pulls him close, holds him 
	tight...

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 ACT TWO       27.

26   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO 
				(softly) 
			It's all right... everything's 
			going to be all right...

	Jake tries to choke back the emotion...

					JAKE
			I thought it was a dream...

					SISKO 
			What was?

					JAKE 
			When I saw you in my quarters... 
			I should've known you were still 
			alive... I should've felt it...

					SISKO
			It's not your fault, Jake. I'm 
			here now... that's what matters.

	Suddenly a console BEEPS... Bashir and the others turn 
	in time to see Sisko's body start to FLICKER...

					DAX
			We're losing him --

	Jake reacts with alarm, and Sisko, realizing what's 
	happening, takes his face in his hands to tell him one 
	last thing.

					SISKO 
			Look at me. I need to know that 
			you're going to be all right.

	Jake sees the look in his father's eyes, but he'd be 
	lying if he tried to reassure him. Bashir, who wants 
	access to Sisko, gently pulls Jake away...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT TWO      28.

26   CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR 
			Chief, I need that containment 
			field now...

	O'Brien works the console: a shimmering CONTAINMENT 
	FIELD FRITZES ON for a beat around Sisko's biobed.

					O'BRIEN 
			Field active...

	Jake looks on in horror as Sisko's body continues to 
	FLICKER and FADE. Sisko looks toward him, desperate to 
	see something in his son's features that might help him 
	live with what's happening...

					SISKO 
			Jake...

					BASHIR
			It's not working, Chief...

	Jake tries to step toward his father but Dax holds him 
	back...

					JAKE 
			Dad...

					O'BRIEN
			I'm going to try locking onto him 
			with the transporter...

	He works the controls and the field FRITZES off...

					JAKE 
			Don't leave me...

	But Sisko is powerless to stop what's happening to 
	him...  Jake manages to pull free from Dax, but by the 
	time he reaches the biobed Sisko has completely 
	DEMATERIALIZED...

	Off his anguished face as he looks down at the now 
	empty bed...

									DISSOLVE TO:

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT TWO      29.

27   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (DISTANT FUTURE)

	He looks troubled, but his writer's mind is weighing 
	the memory this time, not simply reacting as before. 
	It is Melanie who seems devastated by what she's 
	heard...

					OLD JAKE
			I didn't think anything could be
			worse than losing him that first 
			time on the Defiant... until I was 
			standing there staring down at 
			that empty bed... knowing that he 
			was alive, trapped somewhere that 
			existed outside time...

					MELANIE
			I... can't imagine what that
			must've been like for you...

	Jake nods, and after a beat he seems to be hit by some 
	sort of seizure... his body tenses, his lungs seem 
	unable to draw air...

					MELANIE 
			What's wrong...

	She moves to his side. Jake gasps, finally draws a 
	breath...

					MELANIE
			Can I get you something... ?

					OLD JAKE 
			No... nothing.

					MELANIE 
			Telling me all this is hard for
			you.  Maybe I should come back
			some other time?

					OLD JAKE 
			No... there won't be another time.

	She looks at him, unsure what he means by this. He 
	looks at her with what could almost be a smile.

					OLD JAKE 
			You see... I'm dying...

	Off her reaction we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT THREE     30.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (CONTINUOUS) (DISTANT FUTURE)

	Melanie looks at Jake, stricken. Old Jake sees the 
	distress in her eyes, tries to reassure her.

					OLD JAKE 
			I've upset you... you have to 
			understand, when a man my age says 
			he's dying, he's just admitting to 
			the inevitable...

	After a beat, she smiles with relief...

					OLD JAKE 
			Besides, we older people sometimes 
			like to remind everyone that they 
			should pay special attention to 
			us...

					MELANIE 
				(smiles) 
			If that's what you're up to you 
			shouldn't have bothered. You have 
			my attention already.

					OLD JAKE 
			You're a good listener... that's 
			important in a writer.

	She looks down sheepishly.

					MELANIE
			I'm not a writer yet.

					OLD JAKE 
			You make it sound like you're 
			waiting for something to happen 
			that'll turn you into one.

					MELANIE 
			I'm not waiting.
				(with assurance)
			I'm doing a lot of reading.

      DEEP-SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 ACT THREE      31.

28   CONTINUED:

					MELANIE (Cont'd) 
			You know, to see how it's done. 
			And I'm still trying to figure out 
			what it is I want to write about.

	Jake eyes her as if he he's heard this sort of thing 
	from other would-be writers.

					OLD JAKE 
			I see...

	But Melanie isn't terribly interested in talking about 
	herself.

					MELANIE 
			What happened? With your father, 
			I mean. Did you ever see him 
			again?

	Jake nods, acknowledging that he should get back to his 
	story.

					OLD JAKE 
			For the next few months Dax and 
			O'Brien worked to find a way to 
			locate him. They considered 
			trying to recreate the accident, 
			but that was impossible since the 
			wormhole wasn't going to undergo 
			another inversion for decades. 
			Eventually the situation with the 
			Klingons came to a head, and the 
			Federation decided to turn over 
			control of the station to the 
			Klingon Empire.

									DISSOLVE TO:

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT THREE     32.

29   OMITTED

30   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL) (PRESENT)

	as it pulls away from the station.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			There was nothing I could do. I 
			had to leave my home of five 
			years...

31   OMITTED

32   CLOSE ON JAKE (OPTICAL)

	REFLECTED in the glass of the runabout's rear window, 
	we see the station recede in the distance. Jake 
	watches, his features pensive.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			And give up whatever hope there 
			was of seeing my father again...

	Hold on Jake's still features for a long beat, then...

					MELANIE'S VOICE 
			I'm sorry...

									CUT TO:

33   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (DISTANT FUTURE)

	Old Jake and Melanie as before.

					MELANIE 
			Did the Klingons ever contact 
			Starfleet to say that your father 
			had reappeared?

					OLD JAKE 
			No...

	A quiet beat, then...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 ACT THREE      33.

33   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE 
			I was left with no choice but to 
			try to get on with my life.  I 
			went to Earth, drifted around for 
			a few years, and eventually ended 
			up studying writing at the 
			Pennington school. After I 
			graduated, I settled here in 
			Louisiana so I could be near my 
			grandfather. He had a restaurant 
			in the French Quarter, you know.

 					MELANIE 
				(smiles) 
			I've been there. It's still 
			called "Sisko's."  And on the wall 
			there's a copy of the letter your 
			publisher sent you when he 
			accepted your first novel.

 					OLD JAKE 
			Grandpa was always showing off his 
			"famous" grandson. He was every 
			bit as proud of me as my father 
			would've been.

 					MELANIE 
			You wrote "Anslem" in this house, 
			didn't you?

					OLD JAKE 
			At that desk over there. 
				(a beat)
			It came out to generally favorable 
			reviews... and little by little, 
			I began to think less and less 
			about the past. Eventually I met 
			a woman, fell in love, and 
			married... for a while, this house 
			was a happy one...

	Suddenly we hear the SOUND of a door opening and a 
	woman's VOICE calling from the other room.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT THREE     34.

33   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KORENA (O.S.)
			I'm back...

	Although Melanie doesn't react, the older Jake turns as 
	if at the sound of her voice...

									CUT TO:

34   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE - DAY (NEAR FUTURE)

	as KORENA steps into the doorway from the other room. 
	She's a beautiful Bajoran of about thirty-five, her 
	features reflecting both strength and kindness.

	Her hands and clothes are paint splattered, and she's 
	wiping her hands with a rag.

35   WIDEN TO REVEAL

	Jake, now about thirty-five, sitting in the armchair 
	from which the older Jake has been telling his story. 
	Nearby we see Nog, now also about thirty-five, 
	in a Starfleet uniform with commander's pips.

	The house is brighter, there are more paintings, knick-
	knacks, a general feeling of light and warmth -- a 
	house being lived in -- not evident in the previous 
	scenes. We might see a half-finished painting on an 
	easel, one that we might recognize from Old Jake's 
	house.

					ADULT NOG
				(a warm greeting)
			Korena...

	She smiles, starts toward him.

					KORENA 
			Nog, I didn't realize you were 
			here already... I was trying to
			finish a painting before the light 
			changed and I guess the time got 
			away from me.

	They hug...

					ADULT NOG
			It's good to see you...

					KORENA
			You too.
				(to Jake)
			Did you start the grill... ?

	Jake nods.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/15/95 - ACT THREE     35.

35   CONTINUED:

					ADULT NOG 
			What are we having?

					KORENA 
			Blackened redfish... fresh from 
			the bayou.

					ADULT NOG
				(with mock disdain) 
			Fish... when these woods are 
			crawling with perfectly good 
			slugs?

					KORENA
				(smiling) 
			I suppose you're going to ask me 
			to chew your food for you... ?

					ADULT NOG 
			I have to admit I've been more 
			popular with women since I stopped 
			asking them to do that.

					ADULT JAKE 
			I tried to tell you that twenty years 
			ago.

					ADULT NOG
				(smiles)
			I'm a slow learner...

	Korena starts for the other room...

					KORENA 
			I'm going to get some champagne.

	Jake looks at his old friend for a beat...

					ADULT JAKE
			I'm glad you're here, Nog...

					KORENA
				(calling back) 
			I see you've got another pip on 
			your collar. You keep this up 
			you'll make captain by the time 
			you're forty.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT THREE     36.

35   CONTINUED:	(2)

	They share a smile... then Jake broaches what he knows 
	might be a sensitive subject for all of them.

					ADULT JAKE 
			Last time we talked you mentioned 
			you might be heading to the 
			Bajoran Sector.

	Nog nods, almost reluctant to go into it.

					ADULT NOG 
			The Klingons agreed to let 
			Starfleet send an expedition 
			through the wormhole... they said 
			it was in the spirit of scientific 
			exchange, but I think they were 
			happy to have us test the waters 
			in the Gamma Quadrant after all 
			these years -- find out how the 
			Dominion would react to ships 
			coming through.

	But Jake has a more personal question he wants 
	answered.

					ADULT JAKE 
			Did you see the station?

  					ADULT NOG 
				(somber) 
			I'm sorry to say it's looking a 
			little run down these days.

	Korena returns and starts pouring the champagne.

					ADULT NOG 
				(brightening) 
			But you'll never guess who's still 
			there.

					ADULT JAKE 
			Not... your father?

					ADULT NOG 
			No, he and my Uncle left years 
			ago. Quark finally got that 
			little moon he was always talking 
			about, and my father, as usual, is 
			making sure it doesn't fall out of 
			orbit... But Morn is still 
			there... running the bar.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT THREE     37.

35   CONTINUED:	(3)

					ADULT JAKE
				(laughs)
			Talking his customers' ears off 
			and drinking himself out of 
			business, I'll bet.

					KORENA
				(re: the champagne) 
			Well... why don't we get to the 
			point of today's little 
			celebration...

					ADULT NOG
				(raises his champagne
				glass in a toast)
			To my dear friend Jake Sisko,
			winner of this year's Betar prize
			for his "Collected Stories." May
			the years continue to be good to
			you, may your muse...
				(with a nod to Korena) 
			-- continue to inspire you...

	Nog can't resist throwing in a Ferengi perspective.

					ADULT NOG 
			And may someone make a holo-
			program out of one of your stories 
			so you can start raking in the 
			latinum!

	They lean in to clink glasses and we --

									CUT TO:

36   OMITTED

37   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (DISTANT FUTURE)

	We find Old Jake wincing in pain, his breathing 
	labored. Melanie has come close to help him.

					MELANIE 
			Are you all right? Do you want me 
			to call a doctor?

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT THREE     38.

37   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE
				(firm) 
			No.

	A beat as he collects himself.

					OLD JAKE 
			I'll be fine...

					MELANIE 
			You should rest...

					OLD JAKE 
			No... you came a long way to find 
			out why I stopped writing, and you 
			deserve an answer...

					OLD JAKE 
			Later that night, after Nog had 
			left...

38   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT (NEAR FUTURE)

	Adult Jake at his desk, working on a stack of printed 
	pages with a pen.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
				(continuing) 
			I stayed up working. My new novel 
			was going well, and when it's 
			going well you don't want to 
			stop...

	Korena approaches Jake, throws her arms around him from 
	behind, gives him a kiss.

					KORENA 
			Coming to bed?

					ADULT JAKE 
			I'm not tired.

					KORENA 
				(smiles) 
			Neither am I.

	Jake catches on, smiles, and puts his pen down. He 
	turns off his desk lamp and they start toward the 
	stairs.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT THREE     39.

38   CONTINUED:

					ADULT JAKE 
			I want to ask you something... 
				(off her look) 
			How would you feel about designing 
			the cover of my new book?

	Korena stops in her tracks on the landing, joyfully 
	stunned.

					KORENA 
			Do you mean it?

	Jake is about to answer when a BLUE LIGHT FLICKERS on 
	the stairway wall for a beat, cast from the room they 
	just left. He reacts as if in disbelief, turns back 
	and hurries down the stairs.

					KORENA 
			What is it?

	As Jake re-enters the room he's stunned to find Sisko 
	slumped against the couch. He hasn't aged since the 
	last time we saw him.

	The two men stare at each other in shock for a long 
	moment... Jake trying to understand how his father 
	could be here, on Earth, after so many years, and Sisko 
	staring at his now adult son in disbelief.

					SISKO
			Jake... ?

	Off this moment we...

39   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT FOUR     40.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

40   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER (OPTICAL)
	(NEAR FUTURE)
	Sisko is now sitting on the couch; his wounds were
	healed during his last "visitation," but he seems bone
	weary, exhausted.  Adult Jake is at his side; he looks
	troubled, worried that just like in their previous
	encounter, Sisko will be gone in a matter of minutes.
	Korena approaches from the other side of the room.

					ADULT JAKE
			Did you get through?

					KORENA
				(nods)
			I talked to someone at Starfleet
			Science; they're going to get a
			team here as soon as they can.

	Adult Jake acknowledges with a nod and then turns to 
	Sisko to introduce Korena.

					ADULT JAKE 
			This is Korena... my wife.

	Sisko reacts, this brings home just how much of Jake's 
	life he's missed.

					SISKO 
			Your wife...

	Father and daughter-in-law regard each other for a 
	beat... then she smiles with great sincerity.

					KORENA 
			I never thought I'd have the 
			pleasure of meeting you.

					SISKO
			The pleasure's mine. 
				(a beat) 
			How long have you two been 
			married?

					ADULT JAKE 
			Seven years.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 ACT FOUR      41.

40   CONTINUED:

					SISKO 
			Do I...
				(smiles) 
			-- have any grandchildren?

					ADULT JAKE
				(smiles) 
			Not yet.

					KORENA 
			We were married in New Orleans, in 
			your father's restaurant.

	This brings a smile to Sisko's face.

					ADULT JAKE 
			He insisted. Just about everyone 
			came. Dax, Kira, O'Brien...

					SISKO
			That must've been something...

	A quiet moment hangs in the air, as heavy as all the 
	years Sisko's missed. Suddenly Jake makes as if to 
	stand.

					ADULT JAKE 
			I'm going to call Starfleet, see 
			what's taking so long.

					SISKO
				(stopping him) 
			Jake. They'll get here as 
			soon as they can. Talk to me. I've 
			missed so much. Let's not waste 
			what little time we have.

	Jake nods, but he can't think of where to begin... so 
	much has happened. Korena sees his distress and 
	reaches to get copies of Jake's two books off a nearby 
	table.

					KORENA 
			I have a feeling you might want to 
			see these... they're Jake's.

	Sisko takes them, smiles with pride. He's pleased, but 
	at the same time he's struck by the years represented 
	in the two volumes, years he missed.

					SISKO 
			You did it. I always knew you 
			would...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FOUR     42.

40   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Jake smiles for a moment, pleased to have made his 
	father proud, but the smile soon falters... Sisko sees 
	the tears well up in his son's eyes.

					SISKO
				(softly)
			Hey...

	Sisko holds his arms up, and Jake moves into them... 
	they hold each other tight...

	Sisko's eyes catch Korena's over Jake's shoulder... she 
	inclines her head toward the other room as if to say 
	"I'm going to slip out," and Sisko gives her a small 
	nod... she quietly steals from the room to give the two 
	men time to be alone...

	After a moment, Jake makes a tearful confession...

					ADULT JAKE 
			I'm sorry....

					SISKO
				(softly)
			What for... ?

					ADULT JAKE
				(an anguished admission)
			For giving up on you...

					SISKO 
			No one could've been expected to 
			hold out hope for this long.

					ADULT JAKE 
			I should've kept trying to find 
			you... instead I just went on with 
			my life...

					SISKO
			And I'm proud of what you've 
			accomplished.

					ADULT JAKE 
			None of it matters. Not when I 
			know you're still lost out there...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT FOUR     43.

40   CONTINUED:	(3)

	Sisko pulls Jake's face up so they can see each 
	other...

					SISKO 
			Of course it matters... you have 
			a career, a wife.
				(smiles) 
			And don't think that just because 
			I'm not around much I don't want 
			grandchildren.

	Jake breaks into a grin, that impossibly bright smile 
	that we've seen his father elicit from him so many 
	times.

	Suddenly Sisko's body begins to FLICKER... the smile
	drops instantly from Jake's face...

									CUT TO:

41   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE (DISTANT FUTURE)

	Old Jake and Melanie...

					OLD JAKE 
			Within a few seconds, he was gone 
			again...

	Melanie looks down, overcome with the emotion of the 
	moment...

					MELANIE 
			I... don't know what to say...

					OLD JAKE 
			You don't need to say anything. 
			Just listen, because there isn't 
			much time, and there's still so 
			much left for me to tell you. 
				(beat) 
			I consulted with Dax and we 
			realized that the accident must've 
			created some sort of subspace link 
			between my father and me.

DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 -  ACT FOUR	44-44B.

41   CONTINUED:

					MELANIE
				(putting it together) 
			That's why he always appeared 
			somewhere near you; even if you 
			were hundreds of light years from 
			where the accident happened.

					OLD JAKE
				(nods) 
			We also realized there was a 
			pattern to his appearances; they 
			were governed by fluctuations in 
			the wormhole's subspace field. 
			Dax's calculations showed that the 
			next time he appeared, I'd be an 
			old man.
				(a beat) 
			I decided to put aside my novel 
			and try to find a way to help him. 
			And so, at the age of thirty-
			seven, I went back to school and 
			started studying subspace 
			mechanics.

	Jake takes a breath, what he has to say next is 
	particularly difficult for him.

					OLD JAKE 
			At first Korena was very 
			patient... she supported what I 
			was trying to do. But I got so 
			caught up in my work I didn't 
			notice I was losing her. By the 
			time I became a graduate student, 
			we weren't living together 
			anymore. And by the time I 
			entered my doctoral program, 
			it was over between us.

	A long quiet beat as he contemplates this tragedy.

					OLD JAKE 
			But I pressed on with what I was 
			doing... And one day, years later, 
			it hit me.
				(beat) 
			I figured out a way to recreate 
			the accident.

      DEEP-SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FOUR     45.

41   CONTINUED:	(2)

					OLD JAKE (Cont'd) 
			It'd been almost fifty years, and 
			the wormhole would soon be 
			undergoing another inversion. 
			There was only one other thing I 
			needed.

41A 
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41F

42   EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)
	(NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE)

	As it moves at warp.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.)
			The Defiant... Nog was a Captain
			by then, and he managed to call in
			a few favors at Starfleet Command
			and got it pulled out of
			mothballs...

43   INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE)

	Nog, now in his fifties, is in the Captain's chair. 
	Dax, now in her mid-sixties, is at Ops. Bashir, also 
	in his mid-sixties, stands at a side console. All are 
	wearing the FUTURISTIC STARFLEET UNIFORMS from "All 
	Good Things." Mature Jake works a science station, 
	dressed in civilian clothes.

	There should be evidence that this is a ship that 
	hasn't been used in decades. The back table might have 
	been removed, and certain consoles might be missing, 
	revealing circuitry underneath. The ship's dedication 
	plaque is probably gone as well, an exhibit in a museum 
	somewhere.

	Supernumeraries man the necessary stations, but still 
	it's a skeleton crew.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR     46.

43   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			Worf threw his weight around with 
			the Klingon High Council, and they 
			gave us permission to enter the 
			Bajoran system.

					CAPTAIN NOG 
			Take us out of warp...

	Older Dax studies the controls for a beat...

					OLDER DAX 
				(sly)
			I think I remember how to do 
			that...

	Everyone smiles...

					OLDER BASHIR 
			I haven't worked a two-dimensional 
			control panel in a long time... 
			how did we manage... ?

					OLDER DAX 
				(wry) 
			We always seemed to muddle through 
			somehow...

					CAPTAIN NOG 
			Look...

	Nog is looking intently at the viewscreen, and everyone 
	turns to follow his gaze...

44   OMITTED

45   ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	There, in the starry blackness of space, hangs Deep
	Space Nine... Klingon ships loom ominously nearby.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR     47.

46   RESUME SCENE 

	It's a bittersweet moment as they all contemplate their 
	former home... After a long beat...

					OLDER BASHIR
			Maybe after we've got Captain
			Sisko back, we should all drop by
			Morn's for a drink...

	They all share a smile at the thought... except Jake, 
	who's focused only on the task at hand.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			I'd designed a subspace flux 
			isolator...

47   INT. DEFIANT - ENGINEERING (NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE)

	Where Older Dax, Older Bashir and Mature Jake are 
	making final adjustments on the apparatus. Dax is at 
	an Engineering console and has a MUG of coffee nearby.

 	The apparatus is linked to the warp drive and is 
	focused on a kind of pedestal that looks like a small
	transporter platform, with two transport pads that have 
	waist-high railing partly encircling them...

	The Interphasic Compensator we saw in Act One has been 
	incorporated into the apparatus, held between the two 
	pads in a vise-like device.

	Mature Jake works with great determination... this is 
	the culmination of years of work and he's bent on 
	making sure it succeeds...

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
			And we set it up in Engineering.

					MATURE JAKE
			Are you ready over there, Dax... ?

					OLDER DAX
				(sipping her coffee) 
			As ready as I'll ever be, 
			considering the replicators were 
			just about the only things still 
			working when we came aboard.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FOUR     48.

47   CONTINUED:

					OLDER BASHIR 
				(chiding) 
			It's a lucky thing too... These 
			days, Dax isn't much good to 
			anybody without a cup of coffee in 
			her hand.

	Dax, who has gone back to adjusting a piece of 
	equipment, shoots her old friend a look.

					OLDER DAX 
			It's the only thing that kept me 
			awake while you prattled on about 
			your latest paper, or your new 
			backhand, or your kid's science 
			projects...

	Older Bashir smiles good-naturedly, but Jake is all but 
	inured to their lighthearted banter. He's a man with 
	a mission. Captain Nog ENTERS and approaches Mature 
	Jake.

					CAPTAIN NOG
			We're picking up temporal 
			distortions in the subspace 
			field...

					MATURE JAKE 
				(nods) 
			The wormhole's beginning to
			invert...

					CAPTAIN NOG 
			According to our readings it's 
			going to kick out a gravimetric 
			wave like the one that almost 
			destroyed the Defiant last time...

					MATURE JAKE 
			Don't worry... I've modulated the 
			shields to channel the wave's 
			energy into this apparatus.

					OLDER DAX 
			Once subspace begins to fragment, 
			we'll try to locate the captain.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FOUR     49.

47   CONTINUED:	(2)

					OLDER BASHIR 
			Since the accident created a 
			subspace link between him and 
			Jake, we'll have a path of "bread 
			crumbs" to follow...

	Suddenly the ship SHAKES SLIGHTLY as it's hit by a 
	small gravimetric wave. It's begun...

					CAPTAIN NOG
			I'd better get back to the bridge.
				(beat)
			Good luck...

	As Nog moves off, Jake moves to stand on one of the 
	platforms... Dax and Bashir move to the apparatus...

48   EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)
	(NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE)

	Hanging in space near the churning mouth of the
	wormhole...

					OLD JAKE (V.O.)
			The wormhole wouldn't undergo
			another inversion for decades, so
			this was my only chance...

	Suddenly the wormhole gives off a WAVE that ripples out 
	from its mouth toward the Defiant... its shields 
	absorb the impact and we --

									CUT TO:

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR     50.

49   INT. DEFIANT - ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)
	(NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE)

	As the ship LURCHES once... the warp core brightens and
	intensifies... swirling currents of ENERGY begin to 
	take shape on the empty platform near him...

					OLDER DAX 
				(off console) 
			Subspace field fragmentation is 
			beginning...

					OLDER BASHIR 
			It's working...

	The energy builds; gradually wisps of substance begin 
	to coalesce on the platform next to Jake.

					OLDER DAX 
				(off console) 
			I think I've located the 
			captain's signature...

	A recognizably human form begins to take shape in the 
	subspace mist... Suddenly, subspace mist begins to form 
	around Jake as well...

					OLDER DAX 
			Something's happening... I'm 
			losing him...

					OLDER BASHIR 
				(off console) 
			We're losing them both... they're 
			being pulled into subspace...

	As Bashir and Dax watch, Jake and Sisko both DEMATERIALIZE...

									CUT TO:

50   EXT. LIMBO (OPTICAL)

	Jake finds himself standing in a vast whiteness that 
	disappears into infinity.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR     51.

50   CONTINUED: 

	Jake turns and sees Sisko standing a few yards away 
	(approximately the same distance as that between the 
	two transporter pads). The two men look at each other 
	for a stunned beat, Jake now older than his father, who 
	hasn't aged a day.

					SISKO
			Jake... how long has it been... ?

					MATURE JAKE 
			Fourteen years...

	Sisko takes this in...

					MATURE JAKE
				(looking around)
			What is this place... ?

					SISKO 
			I don't know...

					MATURE JAKE
			We could be inside some sort of
			subspace fragment...

	Jake immediately starts to think what he can do to 
	salvage the rescue attempt.

					MATURE JAKE
				(taps combadge)
			Sisko to Dax...
				(urgent) 
			Can you read me?

	No answer. Sisko stares at Jake, puzzled.

					MATURE JAKE
				(explaining) 
			I brought the Defiant back to the 
			wormhole... we're trying to rescue 
			you...
				(to com) 
			Dax, if you can hear me, try to 
			lock onto my signal...

	No response. Sisko steps closer to his son...

					SISKO 
			Look at you... you're older than 
			I am...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT FOUR     52.

50   CONTINUED:	(2)

					MATURE JAKE
				(frustrated) 
			Dammit. Why can't they lock on to 
			us?

	Sisko sees the desperation in his son's eyes... senses 
	that this is a man obsessed...

					SISKO 
			Jake, they're doing everything 
			they can. There's nothing we can 
			do from here.
				(a beat)
			It's been so long. I need to know 
			what I've missed.
				(smiles) 
			What about those grandchildren we 
			talked about?

	Jake's features falter...

					MATURE JAKE 
			Korena and I... we're not together 
			anymore. She left me...

	It pains Sisko to hear this...

					SISKO
			I'm sorry...

					MATURE JAKE
				(trying to explain) 
			I shouldn't have let her go... but 
			there was so much I had to do; 
			this has taken years of planning.

					SISKO
				(sadly) 
			What about... your writing?

	Jake shakes his head almost imperceptibly, and we see 
	that this too pains his father...

					MATURE JAKE
				(slapping angrily at his
				combadge)
			Dax. Try boosting the carrier
			amplitude... maybe you can...

	He trails off, feeling hopeless, defeated...

					SISKO
			Jake... what's happened to you... ?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR    52A.

50   CONTINUED:	(3)

	Jake looks at him... why can't his father understand?

					MATURE JAKE
				(desperate) 
			This is the last chance I'll ever 
			have to help you...

	Suddenly Jake's body begins to FLICKER AND FADE.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR     53.

50   CONTINUED:	(4)

					MATURE JAKE
			No...

	Sisko realizes it's almost over, steps toward him...

					SISKO 
			Listen to me... it's over... it's 
			not going to work...

					MATURE JAKE 
			It has to.

	Sisko steps toward him, realizing this may be the last 
	thing he has a chance to say...

					SISKO 
			Let go, Jake. If not for yourself 
			then for me. You still have time 
			to make a good life for yourself.

	Jake looks down, he's anguished, a man defeated...

					SISKO 
			Promise me you'll do that... 
			promise me.

	And with that, Jake FLICKERS OUT.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FOUR     54.

51   
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53   

54   INT. DEFIANT - ENGINEERING (NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE)

	Where Jake is now standing on the platform. Dax and 
	Bashir look on with palpable relief. Slowly, Jake 
	turns to look at the platform next to him... it's 
	empty.

	Off Jake's still features we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FIVE     55.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

55   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE - DAWN - (DISTANT FUTURE)

	Quiet except for the faint ticking of the grandfather 
	clock. Jake looks at it (and we might observe that 
	roughly six hours have passed since the beginning of 
	the show), then at Melanie's sympathetic, emotional 
	expression. She's fully engaged by this story, waiting 
	for him to resume.

					OLD JAKE 
			I want you to see something. Go 
			over to my desk...

	She glances over at it, confused by this interruption 
	in his story.

					OLD JAKE
			Go ahead...

  DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FIVE 56-56A     

55   CONTINUED:

	She stands, crosses over... and finds a stack of 
	ordinary printed pages, a few hundred of them, some of 
	them with handwritten corrections on them...

					OLD JAKE 
			It's a collection of new stories...

	Melanie's face blanches... she can't believe she's 
	looking down at an unpublished work by her favorite 
	author. Jake begins to stand and move toward her...

					OLD JAKE 
			I decided to honor my father's 
			request and try to rebuild my 
			life... writing these stories was 
			the best way I knew to do that.

	She picks it up almost reverentially...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT FIVE     57.

55   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE
			I want you to have a copy...

	She looks at him, scarcely believing her good 
	fortune...

					OLD JAKE
			Let me get you one.

	He starts to turn away.

					MELANIE
				(re: the papers)
			Can I have these, instead?

					OLD JAKE 
			If you want, but they have 
			handwritten notes all over them.

					MELANIE
				(as she puts it in her bag) 
			I know... I want to study them... 
			so I can see the changes you made...

	Jake eyes her with interest.

					OLD JAKE 
			Because you want to be a writer 
			someday.

	She nods, almost embarrassed.

					MELANIE 
			Can I ask why you haven't 
			published these?

 					OLD JAKE 
			I was still tinkering with the 
			last one just this morning. 
				(wry) 
			Besides, if you publish 
			posthumously no one can ask you 
			for rewrites.

	She reacts, something is starting to come together in 
	her mind.

					OLD JAKE 
			I was hoping to be able to finish 
			another two stories, but there 
			just wasn't enough time.

     DEEPF'SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/16/95 - ACT FIVE    57A.

55   CONTINUED:	(3)

					MELANIE 
			You keep saying that there's no 
			more time.

	Jake studies her face for a beat, decides she deserves 
	an explanation.

					OLD JAKE 
			You see, Melanie... after the 
			attempt to rescue my father  
			failed, I spent months trying to  
			figure out what went wrong.  
			Eventually, I came to understand  
			the nature of what was happening  
			to him. It was as if he was 
			frozen in time at the moment of 
			the accident, and the link between 
			us was like an elastic cord.  
			Every so often, it would become 
			taut enough to yank him forward to 
			my time. But only for a few 
			minutes.

	Melanie nods, trying to get her mind around the 
 	concept.

					OLD JAKE 
			I realized that if my motion 
			through time came to a stop, the 
			cord would go slack, and he'd be 
			lost in subspace forever. But if 
			I could cut the cord when the link 
			was at its strongest... when we 
			were together, he'd return to the 
			moment of the accident.

	Melanie regards him for a long beat, a realization 
	dawning in her mind.

					MELANIE 
			Your father's coming here, isn't 
			he? Soon.

					OLD JAKE
				(simply)
			Yes...

					MELANIE
				(tears welling up in her eyes) 
			You're going to cut the cord... 
			aren't you?

	A moment between them... and then Jake gently pushes 
	through it.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/10/95 - ACT FIVE    57B.

55   CONTINUED:	(4)

					OLD JAKE 
			I want you to promise me 
			something.

					MELANIE 
			Anything.

					OLD JAKE 
			While you're... "studying" my 
			stories... poke your head up 
			every once in a while and take a 
			look around... see what's going 
			on.
				(smiles)
			It's life, Melanie...

					MELANIE
				(softly) 
			And you can miss it if you don't 
			open your eyes...

	He nods, very much liking the fact that she remembered 
	the words his father said to him so long ago.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FIVE     58.

55   CONTINUED:	(4)

	She takes in his words for a beat, then looks up at 
	him, her eyes wet with emotion.

					MELANIE
			Thank you... for everything...

					OLD JAKE 
			It was a pleasure meeting you, 
			young lady.

	They move toward the door... A beat, then she leans to 
	give him a tender kiss on the cheek.

	A last look between them, then she steps out the door 
	and moves away... Jake watches her go for a moment, 
	then shuts the door behind her...

	He glances at the clock, then crosses to a shelf to get 
	a copy of his stories.

	He lowers himself into the chair... but instead of 
	reading, he sits quietly... waiting...

									DISSOLVE TO:

56   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE - MINUTES LATER (DISTANT FUTURE)

	Jake's eyes are closed and he's sleeping lightly. A 
	hand reaches into frame and gently shakes him awake.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FIVE     59.

56   CONTINUED:

					SISKO (O.S.)
			Jake...

57   WIDEN TO INCLUDE SISKO 

	Sitting on the ottoman in front of Jake's chair, 
	studying his son's features with tenderness and 
	sadness. His face says it all -- his son is an old man 
	now, and Sisko's missed years and years of his life.

	Sisko is holding Jake's stories in one hand.

  	Jake stirs, and when he sees his father he smiles 
	warmly...

					OLD JAKE
			I've been expecting you...

	Sisko looks at his son, struck by his calm demeanor. 
	After a beat...

					SISKO 
			I'm glad you're still in this 
			house... You seemed happy here...
				(re: the manuscript) 
			And this... I can't tell you how 
			good it makes me feel to see you 
			got back to writing...

	Jake smiles, pleased... Suddenly his body tenses up, he 
	has to gasp to regain his breath...

					SISKO
				(alarmed)
			Jake... what is it... ?

	As quickly as the spasm came, it passes...

					OLD JAKE
				(re: the manuscript)
			Look at the dedication...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/08/95 - ACT FIVE     60.

57   CONTINUED:

	Sisko lifts off the cover page, reads...

					SISKO 
			"To my Father, who's coming home... " 
				(beat) 
			Thank you... but... I don't 
			understand...

					OLD JAKE 
			It was me. It was me all along. 
			I've been dragging you through 
			time like an anchor... and now 
			it's time to cut you loose...

					SISKO
			What are you saying... ?

	Jake's eyes settle on the hypospray on the table... 
	Sisko picks it up, looks at the label on the empty 
	vial... and is stunned to realize that Jake poisoned 
	himself...

					OLD JAKE
				(almost serene) 
			It won't be long now...

	Sisko is stunned, he can barely get the words out --

					SISKO 
			Jake... no...

	Jake is hit by another spasm...

					OLD JAKE 
			When I die, you'll go back to 
			where this whole thing began... 
			you just have to remember to dodge 
			the energy discharge from the warp 
			core...

	Sisko shakes his head, it seems so pointless to him

					SISKO 
			You could still have so many years 
			left...

					OLD JAKE
				(with difficulty) 
			No... we have to be together 
			when I die...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT FIVE     61.

(57   CONTINUED:	(2)

	The full realization of what Jake's done dawns on 
	Sisko...

					SISKO
				(anguished) 
			Jake... you didn't have to do 
			this... not for me...

					OLD JAKE 
			For you... and for the boy that I 
			was... he needs you more than you 
			know... 

	Jake smiles, reaches to reassure his father...

					OLD JAKE 
			Don't you see? We're going to get 
			a second chance...

	He seizes up, and it chokes the breath out of him... 
	Sisko gathers his son's frail body in his arms... holds 
	him, helpless...

					SISKO
				(softly)
			Jake... my sweet boy...

	And a moment later... Jake dies... a faint smile on his 
	lips...

58   CLOSE ON SISKO (OPTICAL) (DISTANT FUTURE)

	as he looks down at Jake's still features... a moment, 
	then Sisko's face starts to FLICKER...

									CUT TO:

59   INT. DEFIANT - ENGINEERING (PRESENT)

	The moment of the accident...

60   CLOSE ON SISKO 

	as he realizes he's handing the interphasic compensator 
	back to Jake...

61   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Sisko springs into motion... diving to one side and 
	tackling Jake to the floor...

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - 07/31/95 - ACT FIVE        62.

61   CONTINUED:

	The ENERGY DISCHARGE spits out from the warp core and 
	strikes the wall with a spray of sparks... it would've 
	hit Sisko square in the back had he not moved...

	Sisko looks down at his young son's startled face, the 
	same boy that only moments ago he held dying in his 
	arms... his face is full of emotion as he realizes he's 
	got him back...

					SISKO
			You okay?

	Jake nods that he is. But he can't figure out how his 
	father managed to dodge the blast.

					JAKE
			How'd you know that was coming... ?

	Sisko can't quite check his emotion as he replies...

					SISKO
			I guess... we were just lucky this
			time...

	Jake looks at his father's face and sees the depth of 
	feeling in it...

					JAKE
			Dad, are you all right?

	He looks at Jake's young face, overwhelmed by the 
	emotion of the moment... then reaches and gathers him 
	in his arms... holds him tight...

					SISKO
				(whispered)
			I am now, Jake... I am now...

	Off  Sisko's features as he holds Jake, we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END