STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                         "Things Past" 
                          #40510-506 
                              
                          Written by 
                        Michael Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                         LeVar Burton 

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                       September 19, 1996

      STAR TREK: DS9 - "Things Past" - 09/19/96 - CAST

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "Things Past" 
                             CAST 

          SISKO                    GARAK
          KIRA                     GUL DUKAT
          BASHIR                   THRAX
          DAX                      OKALA
          QUARK                    BELAR
          ODO                      SOLDIER
          WORF                     PRISONERS
          COMPUTER VOICE           

          Non-Speaking             Non-Speaking
          N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     N.D. CARDASSIANS
          N.D FERENGI              N.D BAJORANS

       STAR TREK: DS9 - "Things Past" - 09/19/96 - SETS 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "Things Past" 
                             SETS 

        INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
        DEEP SPACE NINE                 DEEP SPACE NINE
          SURGERY                       
          OPS                           RUNABOUT
          SECURITY OFFICE               

        TEROK NOR                     
          CORRIDOR                      
          CORRIDOR/AIRLOCK              
          DUKAT'S OFFICE                
          HOLDING CELL                  
          PROMENADE/SECOND LEVEL        
          PROMENADE GHETTO              
          QUARK'S                       
          SECURITY OFFICE               

        RUNABOUT                      

   DEEP SPACE NINE -"Things Past" - 09/19/96 - PRONUNCIATION 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "Things Past" 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

          BENTEN VEK               BEN-tin VECK
          BRIN TUSK                BRIN TUSK
          HORIS                    WHORE-us
          ISHAN CHAYE              eh-SHAWN CHAY
          JILLUR GUETA             JILL-ur GWE-ta
          KANAR                    kuh-NAR
          KARA POLOS               KA-ruh PO-lus
          LIVARA                   leh-VAR-uh
          LOBO                     LOW-bo
          MARAT KOBAR              mah-RAT KO-bar
          MUSILLA                  Moo-sill-ah
          PELIN                    PEH-lin
          RAKANTHA                 rah-KAN-tha
          ROMARA                   RO-mar-uh
          TALAVIAN                 tuh-LAY-vee-an
          TIMOR LANDI              tih-MORE LAN-dee
          MALABA                   mah-LA-bah
          MARAJI                   mah-RAH-gee
          SEPTIAL                  SEP-tee-al

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - TEASER       1.

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE                    
                            "Things Past"                              
                            TEASER                              

FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - A RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	is moving away from Bajor and out into space.

2    INT. RUNABOUT

	SISKO and DAX in the piloting seats, GARAK is getting 
	something to drink out of a replicator, and ODO is 
	sitting at a side console, lost in thought. Garak is 
	grumbling.

					GARAK
			If I had known what I was walking 
			into, I never would've gone.

					DAX
			It was your idea to attend the 
			conference in the first place, 
			Garak.

					GARAK
			I thought the Bajorans would be 
			grateful to hear someone provide 
			them with an opposing 
			philosophical view.

					DAX
			"Opposing view?" Garak, you were 
			trying to defend the military 
			occupation of their world. How 
			grateful did you think they would 
			be?

					GARAK
			My understanding was that this 
			conference was supposed to be an 
			examination of the occupation from 
			a dispassionate historical 
			perspective.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					GARAK (Cont'd)
			But instead, everyone went out of 
			their way to dismiss virtually 
			everything I had to say.

					SISKO
			I thought the Bajorans bent over 
			backwards to be polite to you, 
			Garak.

					GARAK
			Giving me a name tag that said, 
			"Elim Garak -- Former Cardassian 
			Oppressor" was hardly polite.

					DAX
			What did you want it to say? 
			"Former Spy?"

					GARAK
			What I would've liked was less 
			posturing and more debate. It's 
			clear to me now that the Bajorans
			aren't really interested in 
			discovering historical truth 
			so much as they are in promoting the 
			myths and legends of the "glorious 
			Resistance."

					DAX
			Odo wasn't a member of the 
			Resistance and he attracted a fair 
			amount of attention.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED:	(2)

	Odo stirs uncomfortably at this as Garak zeros in on him.

					GARAK
				(to Odo)
			Yes, it seems you have quite a fan 
			club on Bajor. I half expected 
			you to be signing autographs at 
			the end.


					DAX
			Don't let him get to you, Odo. 
			You should be proud of what you 
			did during the Occupation.

					ODO
			I have nothing to be proud of. I 
			tried to... bring order to a 
			chaotic situation, that's all.

					SISKO
			Give yourself some credit, 
			Constable. Keeping order in the 
			middle of the Occupation would be 
			a tough job for anyone. But you 
			not only did it -- you did it by 
			earning the trust of both sides.


					DAX
			What was it the Moderator said? 
				(remembering)
			"You may have worked for the 
			Cardassians, but your only master 
			was Justice."

					SISKO
			And a legend is born.

					GARAK
			I may be ill.

	Dax and Sisko exchange an amused glance, but Odo seems 
	distinctly unamused by any of this.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - TEASER       4.

2    CONTINUED:	(3)

	We can see that something is troubling him just beneath
	the surface

									CUT TO:

3    EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Establishing the station as ships move in and out.

4    INT. OPS

	WORF is in command and walking around Ops, checking 
	monitors when a Bajoran officer named OKALA sees 
	something on his console.

					OKALA
				(to Worf)
			Sir -- Captain Sisko's runabout is 
			approaching the station.

					WORF
			Very well. Clear them for docking 
			on Landing Pad One.

					OKALA
			Aye, sir.

	Okala goes to work, then frowns at something on the 
	monitor.

					OKALA
			Commander, something's wrong. 
			They're not responding, and 
			sensors show unusual EM signatures 
			along their hull.

	Worf quickly moves to the console.

					OKALA
				(off monitor)
			The runabout's on auto-pilot...

					WORF
			Lifesigns?

	Okala works.

					OKALA
			Four... very weak.


       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - TEASER       5.

4    CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(urgent)
			Disengage the auto-pilot and bring 
			the ship to within transporter 
			range.
				(hits combadge)

			Doctor Bashir to Transporter Room 
			Five. Medical Emergency.

									CUT TO:

5    EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	as it hangs in space.

6    INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	Worf, BASHIR, and an N.D. Security Guard MATERIALIZE.
	Worf and the Guard have their phasers out, ready for 
	anything. Bashir has a Medkit and rushes over to 
	Sisko, who is slumped unconscious in his seat. Dax, 
	Garak and Odo are also unconscious. Worf makes a 
	motion and the Guard EXITS to check out the aft part of 
	the runabout as Bashir begins scanning Sisko.

					WORF
 				(to N.D. Security Guard)
			Check the aft compartment.

	The Guard EXITS.

					BASHIR
			He's alive... but there's an 
			excess of neural energy in his 
			cerebral cortex...


					WORF
			What does that mean?

					BASHIR
			I'm not sure...

					WORF
			Can you revive them?

					BASHIR
			I'm not sure of that, either...

	As Bashir begins to scan, we PUSH IN on Sisko's face 
	and then...

									CUT TO:

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - TEASER       6.

7    MATCHING SHOT- SISKO'S FACE

	As he slowly opens his eyes and looks around... then 
	Reacts in surprise as we reveal he's sitting on the 
	deck, slumped against a wall on...

8    INT. TEROK NOR - PROMENADE GHETTO

	As seen in "Necessary Evil." Sisko is sitting in the 
	middle of Terok Nor with the Cardassian Occupation in 
	full swing. Bajoran workers scurry back and forth, 
	Cardassian soldiers keep watch on everyone... the mood is 
	dark and grim. Odo, Garak and Dax are slumped 
	unconscious against the bulkhead just a few feet away 
	from Sisko and they're all wearing Bajoran miners' 
	outfits. Off this surprising image...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

13:[2,#b]
      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE       7.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

9    INT. TEROK NOR - PROMENADE GHETTO

	Continuous from the Teaser. Sisko is trying to get his 
	bearings, struggling to get to his feet, when a Bajoran 
	named BELAR grabs him by the arm and yanks him to his 
	feet.

					BELAR
				(roughly)
			Show some dignity.

	Sisko pulls away from the man instinctively, but has 
	trouble with his balance and has to grab the bulkhead 
	for support. Belar, a heavy-set thuggish man who seems 
	to have a great deal of barely restrained rage, moves 
	over and kicks Garak awake and begins rousting the 
	other two.

					BELAR
				(to Garak)
			Look at you -- no wonder the
			Cardassians think we're animals.
				(to Odo)
			Get up! Get up!

	Garak's instincts fairly propel him off the floor and 
	is the first on his feet. Dax comes to and begins 
	painfully getting to her feet, but Odo has real trouble 
	shaking off the cobwebs and has to remain on all fours 
	for a moment as he struggles to regain coherence.

	Sisko tries to focus on Belar as his mind clears.

					SISKO
			Who... who are you?

	Belar glances up at the upper level and sees a 
	Cardassian Soldier watching them.

					BELAR
				(low, to Sisko)
			If you're going to spend the night
			taking chemicals, stay off the
			Promenade. We don't need another
			cleansing today.

	Belar moves on without another glance at them.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE       8.

10   ODO

	is looking around the Promenade with a shocked and 
	horrified expression.

					ODO
				(a whisper)
			It can't be...

11   NEW ANGLE

	As Sisko looks up at the Cardassian Soldier on the 
	upper level. The Soldier is watching them closely and 
	Sisko knows that's not good.

					DAX
			What happened... ?

					SISKO
			Not here.

	Garak's seen the Soldier also.

					GARAK
			I couldn't agree more.


	Sisko and Garak each grab one of Odo's arms, lift him 
	to his feet, and then the four of them move out and 
	head down the Promenade. The Soldier watches them go, 
	never taking his eyes off of them until they finally 
	disappear around the bend.

									CUT TO:

12   INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - SURGERY

	Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak are lying on biobeds while 
	Bashir scans them and N.D. Nurses attach small devices 
	to their heads. Bashir is focused, trying to puzzle 
	out the strange readings he's seeing.

					BASHIR
			There's a high level of neural 
			activity... which suggests their 
			conscious minds are active... but 
			there's no response to any 
			external stimuli.

	Worf ENTERS.

					BASHIR
				(to Worf)
			What's the word on the runabout?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE       9.

12   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			We've found preliminary 
			indications that the ship 
			encountered a class two plasma 
			storm which irradiated the vessel.

	Bashir moves to a console.

					BASHIR
			Computer, are current neural 
			readings for subjects Sisko, Odo, 
			Dax and Garak consistent with the 
			effects of encountering a class 
			two plasma storm?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			There are no recorded causal 
			relationships between plasma 
			storms and specified neural 
			readings.

 					BASHIR
			None? Computer, how many medical 
			records are there on space plasma 
			phenomena?

	The computer screen begins scrolling with information.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Five thousand, twenty-one.

	Worf and Bashir exchange a look.

					BASHIR
			So we're dealing with a fairly 
			common phenomenon, having an
			uncommon effect on our people.

					WORF
			The runabout is still being 
			analyzed. They may have more 
			information soon.

 					BASHIR
			Good. In the meantime... I have 
			some reading to do.

	Bashir sits down at the computer monitor and begins 
	reading the massive amount of files.

									CUT TO:

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE      10.

13   INT. TEROK NOR - PROMENADE GHETTO

	Sisko, Dax, Garak and Odo come to a stop near an 
	abandoned kiosk which is run-down, and looks as though 
	it's been looted recently. They lean against the 
	service counter for a moment and huddle for a moment to 
	gauge the situation.

					SISKO
			This is Terok Nor... D.S. Nine 
			during the occupation.

					DAX
			Time travel?

 					GARAK
			It's more than that. Our clothes 
			have changed.

					ODO
				(desperate)
			Could we be in a holosuite?


					SISKO
				(to the air)
			Computer, end program.

	Nothing happens.

					SISKO
			Let's assume that's a no for the 
			moment.

	Dax glances around for a moment at the Bajoran 
	passersby who don't seem to notice them. She realizes 
	something.


					DAX
			Benjamin... we're not attracting 
			any attention.

					SISKO
				(onto what she's saying)
			And we should be.

	Sisko turns and looks.

					SISKO
				(continuing)
			Humans, Trills and changelings 
			didn't just stroll through Terok 
			Nor unnoticed.

	They all watch the crowd as it mills past them. Garak 
	notices something.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE -       

13   CONTINUED:

					GARAK
			I should be getting some attention 
			too... we're in the Bajoran 
			sector... Cardassians weren't 
			exactly welcome here.

	He suddenly steps out in front of an N.D. Bajoran man 
	walking along.

					GARAK.
				(arrogant)
			Out of my way.

	The man simply shoves Garak aside and moves on. Garak 
	turns to the others, his mind racing.

					GARAK
			A Bajoran would never touch a 
			Cardassian during the Occupation. 
			At least, not publicly.

					SISKO
			I don't think they see you as a 
			Cardassian. And I'm beginning to
			think they don't see any of us 
			as who we really are.

 					GARAK
			The clothes we're wearing are 
			Bajoran... and they're treating 
			us like Bajorans...

					SISKO
			Maybe they see us as Bajorans. 
			Any theories, old man?

					DAX
				(reaching)
			Some kind of... cross-dimensional 
			transfer? Our conscious minds 
			might've been moved through time 
			and space into the bodies of four 
			Bajorans on Terok Nor.

					GARAK
			But then why do we still see each 
			other as we really are instead of 
			as Bajorans?

					DAX
			I just ran out of speculation.

	During all of the above, Odo is looking around and lost 
	in a private nightmare that only he knows about.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE     11A.

13   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			The last thing I remember was... 
			sitting in the runabout...

					DAX
			There was a plasma anomaly on the 
			sensors... and then I heard this 
			sound...


					GARAK
			No, not a sound -- more like a 
			strong vibration...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE     11A.

13   CONTINUED:	(3)

					SISKO
			I remember. Odo?

					ODO
				(quickly)
			I don't recall.
				(beat)

			But whatever's happened, we have 
			to leave this place. Get off the 
			station.

 					GARAK
			Then I suggest we go directly to 
			the authorities and explain our 
			situation.

					ODO
				(dismissive)
			Garak...

					GARAK
			I have knowledge of certain... 
			security codes that should be 
			sufficient to prove that I am in 
			fact a Cardassian even if their 
			eyes say otherwise. I can always 
			say that I'm an undercover 
			operative posing as a Bajoran and --

 					ODO
			Captain, the authorities on Terok 
			Nor will not be looking for 
			reasons to help us. They'll be 
			looking for a reason to 
			interrogate us, and believe me, 
			you do not want to be interrogated 
			by the Cardassians.

					SISKO
			I tend to agree with the 
			constable. If they should 
			discover that we're actually from 
			the future --

	Suddenly Dax sees something o.s. up above them. She 
	looks away quickly.

					DAX
				(quiet)
			Dukat's on the second level.

	A murmur goes up from the crowd on the Promenade as 
	people notice the station commander above them. Sisko 
	looks up at the second level.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE     12A.

14   SISKO'S POV

	GUL DUKAT walks along the balcony, talking to a 
	Cardassian named THRAX. He's an austere-looking man 
	and he wears a uniform that seems neither fully 
	civilian nor military, but some mixture of both.

15   RESUME SCENE

	Sisko casually starts moving away from this area.

					SISKO
			Let's move on.

	The others wait for a second, and then one by one start 
	following Sisko. Before he moves, Odo glances up at 
	the second level...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE      13.

16   ODO'S POV

	Dukat and Thrax have paused on the balcony, and they're
	staring right at Odo.

17   ODO

	Reacts in surprise, averts his gaze. Sisko and the 
	others are now walking casually down the Promenade and 
	only Odo is left by the kiosk. Trying to hold his 
	breathing steady and appear natural, he begins to 
	follow them... but with every step, he thinks he can 
	feel those eyes boring into his back... finally he 
	can't resist any longer and he glances back over his 
	shoulder to see....

18   ODO'S POV

	Dukat and Thrax are talking again, and give no 
	indication that there's anything down on the Promenade 
	that they're interested in.

19   ODO

	walks into a Bajoran. He pulls up short and stares at 
	the man with a shocked expression. The man is tall and 
	thin, wearing a filthy mining outfit and later we'll 
	learn his name is Timor Landi. At the moment, he 
	simply looks at Odo with a dull, pathetic expression. 
	There's a large PHASER BURN in the middle of his chest. 
	His face is mottled and pale, his clothes decrepit. In 
	short, he looks like a corpse.

					SISKO'S VOICE
				(low)
			Odo.

	Odo turns, sees Sisko and the others have gathered near 
	an alcove. Odo turns back to Timor... but he's gone. 
	After a confused beat, Odo rejoins his friends.


					SISKO
				(re: Thrax)
			Who was that?

 					ODO
			I... don't know.

					GARAK
			You should. He was your 
			predecessor.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE      14.

19   CONTINUED:


					ODO
			My predecessor... ?
				(realizing)
			Oh. Yes. The man talking to 
			Dukat. His name is Thrax. He was 
			in charge of security on the 
			Promenade before me.

					DAX
			Then that means we've gone back at 
			least nine years.

	Odo nods absently, his mind still haunted by the 
	encounter with Timor. Two Cardassian SOLDIERS with 
	phaser rifles suddenly appear at their side without 
	warning.

					SOLDIER
				(to Dax)
			You. Come with us.

	Sisko immediately steps between the soldiers and Dax.

					SISKO
			What's she done?

					SOLDIER
			Nothing.
				(with a smirk)
			Yet. Come on.

	He takes Dax by the arm, but now Garak joins Sisko.

					GARAK
			Perhaps there's been some 
			misunderstanding. If I may be so 
			bold -- you may find something 
			which will bring you infinitely 
			more profit than the arrest of a 
			Bajoran woman.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE      15.

19   CONTINUED:	(2)

	The two Soldiers exchange a look and hesitate for a 
	moment.

					SOLDIER
			Latinum?

					GARAK
			Two strips.

					SOLDIER
			Where is it?

					GARAK
			Our friend is still in custody.

	The Soldier seems to consider this for a moment... then 
	looks up toward the second level and stiffens.

20   ON DUKAT

	who's up on the second level, watching them from a 
	distance.

21   THE SOLDIER

	realizes he's on the spot and reacts by HITTING Garak 
	in the face and dropping him. Sisko steps forward, but 
	the second Soldier puts a hand on the butt of his 
	weapon and Sisko pulls up short.

					DAX
				(to Sisko)
			I'll be all right.


					SOLDIER
				(to Garak)
			Tempting offer. Maybe next time.
				(re: Dax)
			This one's been selected.

	As the two Soldiers haul Dax away, Sisko and Odo can 
	only glare at them in helpless fury. Garak stands up, 
	blood streaming from his nose.

									CUT TO:

22   INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - SURGERY

	where Worf is standing over the unconscious form of 
	Garak.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT ONE      16.

22   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Doctor Bashir!

	Bashir gets up from the computer console and rushes 
	over to see that there is blood streaming from Garak's 
	nose.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      17.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - SURGERY (OPTICAL)

	A few moments later. A nurse is just finishing using 
	a device on Garak's nose and the flow of blood has 
	stopped. Bashir is studying a graphic display of 
	several moving brainwaves on a monitor marked "Garak" 
	while Worf looks on. A jagged "spike" appears in one 
	line on the display.

					BASHIR
			There.

	He hits a control and the image freezes, the spike in 
	the waveline clearly visible.

					BASHIR
			Garak's septial capillaries burst 
			at this point. And the pattern of 
			his delta waves shows unusual 
			activity at the same moment.


	Bashir thinks about this for a long moment.

					BASHIR
			The bleeding might be the result 
			of some kind of psychosomatic 
			response.

					WORF
			You mean he... thought that he was 
			injured?

 					BASHIR
			Under certain conditions, people 
			have been known to alter their 
			blood pressure, lower their body 
			temperature, even manifest tumors 
			as a result of psychological 
			stimuli.

					WORF
			Could these... stimuli cause more 
			serious injuries?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      18.

23   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			I don't think he could 
			spontaneously break a bone, but he 
			could certainly stop his heart or
			burst a key blood vessel in his 
			brain.

					WORF
			But what is causing all this?

					BASHIR
			At the risk of repeating myself... 
			I just don't know.

									CUT TO:

24   INT. TEROK NOR - PROMENADE GHETTO

	Sisko, Garak, and Odo are next to the metal fence 
	separating the Bajoran section of the Promenade from 
	the Cardassian section. A Cardassian Soldier guards 
	the gate and only Bajorans showing proper 
	identification are allowed through. Garak is holding 
	a bloody rag to his nose, but is otherwise unhurt. 
	(NOTE: his nose should swell and discolor from now 
	on.) Sisko glares through the fence.

					SISKO
			He said she was "selected." What 
			the hell does that mean?

					ODO
			A random interrogation, forced 
			labor relocation -- it could be 
			anything.

					SISKO

				(sharp)
			That's not good enough. I want to 
			know where they've taken her.


					GARAK
			Before we can help Commander Dax, 
			we need to find out who we are in 
			this... reality.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      19.

24   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			If we could get to a computer 
			terminal, we could ask for a 
			simple ID scan.

 					ODO
			Computer access was extremely 
			limited on Terok Nor.

 					GARAK
			What about a Cardassian comp-link?

	They turn as he pulls a small Cardassian control device 
	out of a pocket.

					GARAK
			I took the liberty of borrowing
			this from the gentlemen who 
			thought my nose needed adjustment.

 					ODO
			I see I'll have to add the word 
			pickpocket to your resume.

					GARAK
			It's just a hobby.

	Garak looks around for a moment, and then leads them 
	away from the fence to a slightly more private area. 
	once he's satisfied they aren't being observed, he 
	begins working the device.

					ODO
				(watching him work)
			Interesting that a simple tailor 
			just happens to have a high-level 
			security code.

					GARAK
			Isn't it? If my nose didn't hurt 
			so much, I'd entertain you with a 
			fascinating story of how I came to 
			possess it.

	Garak stops and then points the device at Sisko. He 
	waits a beat and then smiles at something on the device.

					GARAK
			Well Captain, it seems you're 
			actually a Bajoran electronics 
			engineer...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      20.

25   INSERT - EXTREME CLOSE UP ON DEVICE (OPTICAL)

	on the Cardassian monitor screen we can now see an ID 
	picture of a Bajoran in his late thirties with 
	Cardassian information scrolling next to it.

					GARAK'S VOICE
				(continuing)
			... you're thirty-eight years 
			old... you have no criminal 
			record... your family resides in 
			Rakantha province...

26   RESUME SCENE

					GARAK
				(continuing)
			... and your name is Ishan Chaye.

	At the mention of this name, Odo's eyes widen slightly.
	Garak works the device again and points it at himself.

					GARAK
			Oh, lucky me. I'm an artist.

27   INSERT - EXTREME CLOSE UP ON DEVICE (OPTICAL)

	Now there's a picture of another Bajoran man in his 
	late fifties.

					GARAK'S VOICE
			I'm fifty-five... been arrested 
			three times for disturbing the 
			peace -- I must be incorrigible -- 
			I also come from Rakantha...

28   RESUME SCENE

					GARAK
			... and my name is Jillur Gueta.

	Odo can't believe what he's hearing -- this is 
	literally a nightmare coming true for him.

					SISKO
				(to Garak)
			And the Constable?

					GARAK
				(working device)
			Let's see... Ah. His profession 
			is --

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      21.

28   CONTINUED:

	But Odo answers without ever seeing the comp-link. He 
	recites the information from memory, his eyes far away.

					ODO
			I'm a bookkeeper. Forty-six years 
			old. I have a wife and two sons 
			in Rakantha Province. And my name
			is Timor Landi.

	Sisko and Garak look at him in surprise.

					GARAK
			That's right.

					SISKO
			How'd you know that?

	Odo looks away, not wanting to answer. He struggles 
	with this for a long moment.

					SISKO
			Odo?

	Just then a familiar voice breaks in.

					QUARK'S VOICE
			Congratulations, gentlemen.

	They turn to see...

29   QUARK

	standing on the other side of the fence and watching 
	them with a sardonic expression. The Cardassian Guard 
	has opened the gate and is also watching them now. 
	Garak smoothly puts the comp-link back in his pocket.

					QUARK
				(continuing)
			You get to work today. And you'll 
			be laboring in the finest 
			establishment on the station. My 
			establishment. Twelve hours work, 
			two five minute breaks, one slip 
			of latinum each, let's go.

	They exchange looks for a moment, but Quark isn't a 
	patient man.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      22.

29   CONTINUED:

					QUARK
				(irritable)
			Didn't you hear me? I'm offering 
			you work. What're you waiting 
			for?

	A few heads turn on the Promenade and the Cardassian 
	Guard begins to eye them a little suspiciously. Sisko 
	looks around, makes a decision.

					SISKO
				(to Quark)
			Nothing. Just... show us the way.

					QUARK
				(condescending)
			Well, why don't you start by 
			stepping through the gate that the 
			nice man has opened for you.

	Sisko restrains the impulse to fire back at the Ferengi 
	and he calmly leads the others through the gate and to 
	the opposite side of the fence.

					QUARK
			Very good. You three must be warp 
			engineers. Now we're going to 
			walk down the Promenade to the 
			bar. Would you like me to hold 
			your hands or can you manage?

					SISKO
			We'll manage.

					QUARK
			I'm so glad.

	Quark turns and heads off. Sisko and the others follow 
	him into the Cardassian sector.

					ODO
				(sotto)
			How much damage would it do to the 
			timeline if Quark were to suffer 
			a mysterious... accident?

					SISKO
			I'm not sure. But maybe we should 
			conduct a little experiment and 
			find out...

	As they head off...

									CUT TO:

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      23.

30   INT. TEROK NOR - DUKAT'S OFFICE

	A redress of Sisko's office as it appeared during the 
	Occupation. Dukat is sitting on the couch, looking 
	over several PADDS when Dax and the Cardassian Soldier 
	seen earlier ENTER. Dax tries to keep her eyes down 
	and play the part of a Bajoran woman thrust into the 
	office of the most powerful man on the station.

					DUKAT
			Name?

	This puts her at something of a loss for a beat.

					DAX
			Leeta.

					DUKAT
			Look at me when I speak to you,
			Leeta.

	Dax looks up at him and Dukat examines her more closely 
	for a beat. Then he silently indicates that she should 
	spin around. Dax decides to go along and pirouettes willingly.

					DUKAT
			She'll do.

	He dismisses the Soldier with a gesture, who then 
	EXITS. Dukat simply stares at Dax for a moment, his 
	eyes boring into her.

					DUKAT
			Kanar.

	For a moment, Dax isn't sure what he meant... then 
	decides it was a request. She goes to a sideboard, 
	pours him a glass of Kanar and begins to bring it to 
	him.

					DUKAT
			For two.

	Dax stops, looks up at him and is slightly chilled to 
	see a smile forming on his face. She turns back to the 
	sideboard, and begins pouring a second glass. Dax 
	takes a deep breath, rolls her eyes and then decides to 
	play the part to the hilt. She puts on her best "I'm 
	really frightened to be here," look and heads for the 
	couch with the two glasses of Kanar.

					DUKAT
				(taking his glass)
			Have you ever had Kanar?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      24.

30   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			No.

					DUKAT
			Then this is an occasion.

	Dukat notes that her hand is trembling slightly.

					DUKAT
			Why, you're trembling. Despite 
			what you may have heard, I'm a 
			fair man, Leeta. Rest assured, 
			you have nothing to fear from me. 
			I didn't bring you here to be abused.

					DAX
				(timid)
			Then... why am I here?

	He gets up and moves across the room to stare out the 
	window.

					DUKAT
			It may surprise you to hear 
			this... but my position is a 
			lonely one. I'm isolated from the 
			people who live under my 
			protection. I require someone to 
			talk with. In short... a friend.

	Dax rolls her eyes at Dukat's transparent posturing. 
	But she takes a deep breath, and throws herself into 
	the part she's chosen to play.

					DAX
			You want me? To be your friend?

					DUKAT
			Ironic isn't it? That I should 
			choose a simple Bajoran girl to 
			share my inner thoughts with. But 
			as you get to know me Leeta, I 
			think you'll find that I'm a... 
			complicated man.

					DAX
			You're... different than I 
			imagined.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      25.

30   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DUKAT
				(lifting his glass)
			To the beginning of your 
			education.

	She hesitates for a moment, then lifts her glass and 
	joins him in the toast. Dukat drinks the Kanar, 
	savoring the taste. Dax drinks hers as well, and we 
	can see from the look in her eyes that she intends on
	teaching him a few things as well.

									CUT TO:

31   INT. TEROK NOR - QUARK'S

	It's closing time and the customers are gone. Two 
	Ferengi waiters are arguing over tips with the dabo 
	girls. Quark is counting his receipts for the day at 
	a table. Sisko, Odo and Garak are the janitorial 
	crew. They're cleaning up spilled food and drinks, 
	bussing tables, washing glasses, etc. Sisko is pouring 
	some kind of cleaning fluid onto a rag as he works on 
	polishing the bar. Garak manages to move his work over 
	toward Sisko so they can talk while no one's paying 
	them much attention. They keep their voices low and 
	try to appear to still be working.

					GARAK
			I had no idea we were such messy 
			conquerors. I remember the 
			occupation as being a little more 
			tidy than this.

					SISKO
			Everything's tidy when someone 
			else is doing the cleaning.

 					GARAK
			The Bajorans were more suited to 
			this sort of thing than we were. 
			Servile work is in their nature.

					SISKO
			I'll be sure to mention that to 
			Major Kira when we get back.

					GARAK
			There are exceptions to every 
			rule.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      26.

32   ODO

	is carrying a tray of glassware and dishes over to the 
	bar, when he looks up and sees...

33   THREE BAJORANS

	moving in SLOW-MOTION. One of them is Timor Landi 
	again, and the other two we should recognize as the 
	real Ishan Chaye and Jillur Gueta. All three of them 
	are walking down the Promenade and together they turn 
	and look through the window into Quark's, their eyes 
	trained on Odo. They all look like corpses with 
	prominent phaser burns on their chests, and it's a very 
	unsettling sight.

34   ODO

	Almost drops the tray, but manages to recover and heads 
	over to the end of the bar. Sisko moves to help him 
	unload it. Garak manages to move his own cleaning work 
	down to the end as well. Odo looks out the window 
	again, but the three Bajorans are gone.

					SISKO
				(to Odo)
			You all right?

					ODO
				(re: dirty dishes)
			The smell's making me sick.

	Sisko glances over at Quark for a second to make sure 
	they're not being watched.

					SISKO
				(to Odo)
			How did you know your name would 
			be Timor Landi in this... whatever 
			this is.

	Odo hesitates for a moment, realizes he has to come up 
	with an explanation.

					ODO
			I recognized the other two names 
			from the security files kept 
			during the Occupation. Timor,
			Ishan and Jillur were the names 
			of three Bajorans who were accused 
			of attempting to assassinate Gul 
			Dukat on the Promenade.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT TWO      27.

34   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
				(so what?)
			Half the Resistance tried to kill 
			Dukat.

					ODO
			These three were innocent. 
			However, no one knew that at the 
			time and Dukat wanted to make an 
			example of them. So they were led 
			out onto the Promenade... and 
			publicly executed.

	That stops Garak and Sisko in their tracks.

					GARAK
			If we're them...

					SISKO
			If we're them... we better find a 
			way out of here... before Dukat 
			makes an example out of us.

	Off Sisko's grim expression...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     28.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

35   INT. TEROK NOR - QUARK'S

	A few moments later. Sisko, Odo and Garak are still 
	gathered at one end of the bar when the doors OPEN and 
	Thrax ENTERS. Quark looks up and reacts with a long 
	sigh -- he's not looking forward to another visit from 
	the security chief. Thrax barely takes note of Sisko 
	and the others, concentrating on Quark.

					THRAX
			Quark. I understand you had a 
			visit from a Talavian freighter 
			captain this morning. A Captain 
			Livara, I believe.

					QUARK
			I had lots of visitors this 
			morning. It was a busy day.

					THRAX
			I'm surprised you're being so 
			indiscreet. Captain Livara is a 
			known smuggler.

					QUARK
			You don't say? Such a nice,
			friendly man, too. I guess you 
			can never tell what some people 
			are really like.

					THRAX
			Rumor has it that the Obsidian 
			order's had him under surveillance 
			for several months.

	That changes things a little. Some of the bravado goes 
	out of Quark's attitude.

					QUARK
			The Obsidian Order.

					THRAX
			Mm-hm. Rumor also has it that 
			they're planning on bringing in 
			all of Livara's co-conspirators 
			for... "questioning."

					QUARK
			Well, you know how rumors are...

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     29.

35   CONTINUED:

					THRAX
			Yes. They're usually true. So 
			when the Order asks me for a list 
			of Livara's known associates on 
			the station...

					QUARK
			He was here ten minutes, he wanted 
			to unload a shipment of maraji 
			crystals, but I wasn't interested.

	Thrax snorts with derision.

					QUARK
			I can't move maraji crystals. The 
			Cardassians don't like them and 
			the Bajorans can't afford them, so
			I sent him on his way, all right?

					THRAX
			And that's all?

					QUARK
			That's all.

					THRAX
			I hope so. Because if I find out 
			that you're dealing in illegal 
			crystals, I'll hand you over to 
			the Order myself.

	With that, Thrax heads out the door.

					QUARK
				(calling after him)
			Always a pleasure.

36   ON THE BAR

	Where Sisko, Garak and Odo are still working. Sisko 
	and Garak took particular note of the Thrax/Quark 
	interchange. Garak pulls out the comp-link and 
	carefully works it without drawing attention to 
	himself.


					SISKO
				(to Odo, re: Thrax)
			I see you weren't the first man to 
			keep Quark on his toes around 
			here.


     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     30.

36   CONTINUED:

					ODO
				(uncomfortable)
			Yes.

					GARAK
			Something's wrong. Thrax was 
			talking about a Captain Livara...

					SISKO
			That name mean something to you?

					GARAK
			Livara wasn't just another 
			smuggler... he was a Romulan spy 
			and he didn't begin working in 
			this sector until seven years ago.
			But seven years ago, Thrax wasn't 
			on Terok Nor --
				(to Odo)
			-- you were. An odd 
			contradiction.
				(re: comlink)
			So I checked the date. This is 
			seven years ago. Thrax shouldn't 
			be here. You should be the 
			Security Chief.

					ODO
			None of this makes sense, Garak. 
			Now I suggest we concentrate on 
			finding a way out of here. 
			That's our priority.

					SISKO
			I tend to agree.

					GARAK
			You'll get no argument from me -- 
			the question is, how?

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     31.

36   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			We need to contact the Bajoran 
			Resistance. They might be able to 
			get us off the station, maybe even
			to the Federation. Kira once told 
			me about a prearranged signal the 
			Resistance used on Terok Nor to 
			set up a meeting.

	Sisko glances over at Quark, who's still engrossed in 
	his receipts.

					SISKO
				(continuing)
			Once we're finished here we'll 
			head back to the Bajoran sector 
			and I'll make the signal.

	Odo and Garak nod agreement and Sisko goes back to 
	work. Odo picks up the tray and begins to head back to 
	bus another table. Garak looks down at another plate 
	of spilled food on the floor and resigns himself to the
	distasteful work. As he bends down and begins 
	cleaning...

									CUT TO:

37   INT. TEROK NOR - PROMENADE GHETTO

	A short time later, Sisko, Odo and Garak pass through 
	the gate under the watchful eye of the Cardassian Guard 
	and enter the Bajoran sector again. They move through 
	the teeming crowd of Bajorans and Sisko leads them to 
	a ordinary kiosk with a few wares for sale and a 
	Bajoran merchant haggling with a customer.

	Sisko appears to look over the goods on the back shelf 
	for a moment as Garak and Odo look on. Sisko picks up 
	a Bajoran VASE from the top shelf and seems to examine 
	it closely... he turns it over in his hands a few 
	times... then puts it back on the upper shelf upside
	down, and walks away.

	Sisko leads Odo and Garak away through the crowd until 
	they end up near the "Soup Kitchen" area. They each 
	pay for bowls of soup from the counter (using the slips 
	of latinum they presumably got from Quark) and sit 
	down.

					GARAK
			The Bajorans never did have a 
			sense of style. Turn the vase 
			upside down, and the Resistance 
			appears.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     32.

37   CONTINUED:

					ODO
			It's simple and effective.

					SISKO
			And they used it for years, right 
			under the noses of the 
			Cardassians.

	Garak sees someone coming down the Promenade toward them.

					GARAK
			Not under my nose, Captain... 
			under his.

	Odo and Sisko turn to see...

38   DUKAT

	ENTERING the Bajoran sector through the gate. After a
	beat, Dax follows him through the gate.39   RESUME SISKO'S TABLE

	The Bajorans in the b.g. have noticed Dukat's 
	appearance as well, and they watch him with fear and 
	loathing.

					SISKO
				(quiet)
			At least Dax is all right...

					GARAK
				(re: Dukat)
			Look at him. The Commander of 
			Terok Nor. Just another 
			swaggering, self-important Gul 
			with too much vanity and not 
			enough ability.


	Sisko glances up at the second level.

					SISKO
			Maybe. But he's no fool.


40   ON THE SECOND LEVEL

	Two armed Cardassian Guards discreetly prowl the upper 
	level, their eyes watching the crowd and Dukat.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE       

41   ON DUKAT & DAX

	As Dukat walks through the Bajoran sector with Dax. 
	Dukat is playing the benevolent ruler walking among his 
	subjects, unconcerned that there's no affection in 
	their eyes.

					DUKAT
				(to Dax)
			... on the contrary, I find these 
			visits stimulating. Each time I 
			come, I find another example of 
			Bajorans making progress.

					DAX
			Progress.

					DUKAT
			For example, not that long ago 
			you'd find them burning malaba 
			drums on this level just to keep 
			warm. Six months ago, I extended 
			environmental controls into the 
			Bajoran sector. And look -- no 
			fires, no poor unfortunates 
			shivering under blankets.

	Dukat beams with pride, but Dax looks around at the 
	unhappy, destitute crowd and sees little to be proud of.

					DAX
				(to herself)
			Just a little malnutrition and 
			lack of medical care.

					DUKAT
			Hmmm?

					DAX
			I didn't say anything.

	Dukat heads over to a kiosk of goods. The Bajorans 
	part in front of him.

42   ON ODO

	As he glances around the Promenade for a beat, then 
	lifts his spoon to take a mouthful of soup -- but his 
	hand is covered with blood. He looks down in shock -- 
	both his hands are dripping with blood! He drops 
	the spoon with a start.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     34.43   NEW ANGLE

	Sisko and Garak turn at the sound of the spoon clanging 
	on the metal to see Odo sitting there with a confused 
	look on his face. The blood on his hands is gone.

					SISKO
			You all right?

					ODO
				(recovering)
			Yes. Just... slipped out of my 
			hand.

	At this moment, Belar, the Bajoran who woke Sisko on 
	the Promenade, takes a seat at their table. He has a 
	bowl of soup and begins eating; he keeps his voice low 
	and his eyes on the soup as he talks.

					BELAR
				(quiet)
			You wanted a meeting...

	Sisko and the others exchange glances -- Belar is with 
	the Resistance.

					BELAR
				(annoyed)
			Don't look at me, eat your soup.

	They busy themselves with their bowls. Odo looks at 
	his hands with some misgivings, unsure if the gore will 
	reappear.

					SISKO
				(quiet)
			I didn't think you'd come while 
			Dukat was here.

					BELAR
			Everyone's watching our gentle 
			dictator stroll the Promenade with 
			his new girlfriend. Now, I hate 
			soup and I have no intention of 
			eating this entire bowl, so 
			whatever you want, let's hear it.

					SISKO
			We need to get off the station.

						BELAR
			Why?

 					GARAK
			Does it matter?

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     35.

43   CONTINUED:

					BELAR
			Yes, as a matter of fact, it does. 
			We're not a commuter service. If 
			you're running from a dispute over 
			chemicals or women or smuggling, 
			you're on your own. If you've 
			killed one of the spoon heads -- 
			well, that's something different.

					GARAK
			"Spoon head?"

						SISKO
				(shut up)
			Garak...

	Garak shuts up as Belar glances up at him oddly.

					SISKO
				(to Belar)
			We're not who we seem to be.

 					BELAR
			I hope not, because you seem to be
			wasting my time.

					SISKO
			Let's just say we're involved with 
			the Federation.

					BELAR
				(dry)
			Let me guess. You're Starfleet 
			agents. operating under cover, 
			posing as indigent Bajorans who--

	Suddenly there's a FLASH of LIGHT and an EXPLOSION from 
	O.S.

44   NEW ANGLE

	Alarms are going off all over the station. Cardassian 
	Guards are rushing toward the gate to the Bajoran 
	sector. The crowd of Bajorans on the Promenade runs 
	and scrambles to get as far away from here as possible.
	The explosion has blown away part of a bulkhead, smoke 
	is eddying around and debris is scattered along the 
	Promenade.

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT THREE     36.

44   CONTINUED:

	As the crowd parts, we can see Dukat and Dax lying on 
	the deck, their clothes torn and blood visible from 
	shrapnel wounds.

45   SISKO'S TABLE

	Sisko jumps up instinctively at the sight of Dax.

					SISKO
			Dax!

	He rushes to help.

					ODO
			Captain -- no!

	But Sisko doesn't listen, forcing Odo to chase after 
	him. Belar makes a calm and discreet EXIT without 
	calling any attention to himself. Garak gets up from 
	the table and heads off as well, trying to put some 
	distance between him and this disaster.


	Sisko arrives at Dax's body, and is relieved to see 
	she's alive, but wounded and barely conscious. Dax 
	manages to look up at Sisko just as Odo grabs him.

					ODO
				(almost panic)
			We can't stay -- they'll take care 
			of her. But we have to--

	But it's too late -- a squad of five Cardassians rush
	in and slam Odo and Sisko both to the ground.

46   GARAK

	doesn't get very far down the Promenade when two 
	Cardassians grab him and shove him against the wall.

47   SISKO AND ODO

	Are face down on the ground as the Cardassians point 
	weapons at their heads, and it's clear that they are in 
	deep trouble.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     37.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

48   INT. TEROK NOR - HOLDING CELL

	Odo, Sisko and Garak are in one of the holding cells. 
	The other cells are overflowing with Bajoran Prisoners 
	and there's a continuous babble of talk in the b.g. 
	Garak looks out at the other prisoners with a 
	disdainful eye, while Sisko is systematically checking 
	over the cell walls on the off chance that he'll find 
	a weakness. Odo is in a funk, staring down at the 
	floor, lost in his own despair.

					GARAK
			You'd think they'd put us in our own 
			cell block, instead of with 
			the common criminals. After all, 
			we're accused of attempting to 
			assassinate the station commander. 
			That deserves some respect.

					SISKO
			Maybe they'll salute when they 
			execute us.

	Thrax ENTERS the holding area, carrying a PADD and 
	accompanied by two Cardassian Guards. The Bajoran 
	prisoners immediately begin SHOUTING at him and trying 
	to get his attention.

					PRISONERS
				(overlapping)
			Please, listen to me!... I'm 
			innocent... can I get something 
			to eat... if I can get to an 
			advocate, I can explain... I 
			didn't steal anything... won't you 
			hear my story?... listen to me, 
			please... I wasn't there, I can 
			prove it... we need water... 
			listen to me... please, please... 
			etc.

					THRAX
				(over the din)
			Settle down! Quiet, quiet please!

	They quiet down and Thrax looks over his PADD.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     38.

48   CONTINUED:

					THRAX
			Kara Polus, Brin Tusk and Marat 
			Kobar. Your sentence is five 
			years, hard labor. Trial to 
			confirm the sentence will take 
			place at seventeen hundred hours.
				(works PADD)
			Benten Vek -- your fine has been 
			paid and you'll be free to go 
			within the hour.
				(works PADD)
			Lobo, Horis, Romara, Pelin and 
			Gramm, you're being transferred to 
			Cardassian authorities on Bajor 
			for interrogation.

	Thrax indicates one of the cells to the Guards and nods 
	for them to take care of it.

49   NEW ANGLE

	As Thrax heads over to the cell with Sisko, Odo and 
	Garak. In the b.g. the Guards begin marching five 
	Bajoran prisoners out of the cell and then EXITING out 
	the door. Thrax maintains an air of calm, control, but 
	he's a busy man, with enormous responsibilities and has 
	little time to devote to any one case, even in an 
	assassination attempt like the one confronting him now.
	He looks over the PADD for a moment. In the cell, Odo 
	avoids looking directly at Thrax, but we can tell he's 
	listening to every word.

					THRAX
				(off PADD)
			Timor, Ishan and Jillur. You 
			came aboard the station two days 
			ago from Rakantha Province... 
			yesterday you visited the chemist 
			shop, and then fell asleep on the 
			Promenade... last night you were 
			hired as a cleanup crew by the 
			Ferengi... after being paid, you 
			went back to the Sajoran sector 
			and attempted to murder Gul Dukat 
			with a chambered plasma grenade.

					SISKO
			We were sitting at a table eating 
			when the grenade went off. There 
			were witnesses.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     39.

49   CONTINUED:

					THRAX
			None of which have come forward.

	Odo rouses himself, finally injects himself into the 
	conversation. In the b.g. the Bajoran prisoners are 
	starting to YELL for Thrax's attention again, which is 
	distracting throughout the rest of the scene.

					ODO
			Why should the witnesses risk 
			their lives for three strangers? 
			They're out there, but you have to 
			look for them.

					THRAX
				(off PADD)
			Epidermal scans revealed the 
			presence of tri-nitrogen chloride 
			on your hands and clothing. TNC 
			is one of the components used in 
			plasma grenades.

 					ODO
			TNC is also a cleaning solution, 
			which is what we were using in 
			Quark's.

					THRAX
			Or you used the opportunity of 
			working at Quarks to obtain the 
			TNC in the first place.
				(off PADD)
			You all have ties to the Bajoran 
			Underground.
				(to Garak)
			You have three cousins who are 
			known Resistance members.
				(to Sisko)
			Five of your friends are suspected 
			sympathizers...

 					ODO
			After fifty years of Occupation,
			is there anyone left on Bajor 
			who doesn't have some tie to the
			Resistance?

	Thrax pauses at that, seems to consider it. The 
	yelling gets louder.

					THRAX
			Quiet!

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     40.


49   CONTINUED:	(2)

	The yelling subsides, but only for a moment, then it 
	increases in volume.

					THRAX
				(works PADD)
			That may be true. However, you 
			were seen rushing toward Dukat 
			after the explosion. Everyone 
			else was running away.

					SISKO
			I wanted to help my friend. She 
			was injured in the blast.

					THRAX
			The report of the Cardassian 
			guards states that you were found 
			over the body of Gul Dukat, trying 
			to strangle him.

					GARAK
			That's a lie.

					ODO
				(oddly pointed)
			Interrogate the troops yourself, 
			don't just take their report at 
			face value.

					THRAX
			I don't interrogate members of the 
			Cardassian military.

					ODO
				(desperate)
			Then run a ballistic analysis of 
			the explosion. If you examine the 
			fragmentation dispersal pattern, 
			you'll find that we could not have
			thrown the grenade from our 
			position at the table. It had to 
			have come from --

	The yelling is almost deafening at this point.

					THRAX
			Quiet! Quiet down!

	But this time, they won't stop. They keep shouting for 
	help and for their special needs over and over again. 
	It's a scene of pandemonium in the holding area and 
	Thrax is clearly tired and overworked.

					THRAX
			There's sufficient evidence for a 
			conviction.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     41.

49   CONTINUED:	(3)

					ODO
			It's all circumstantial -- look 
			beneath the surface, conduct a 
			real investigation!

					THRAX
				(by rote)
			The investigation is over. Your 
			case is going to a special 
			tribunal this afternoon. You will
			be informed of the sentence just 
			before it meets.

	Thrax turns and heads for the door, trying to ignore 
	the screaming and shouting of the other prisoners.

					ODO
			No! Wait! I need to talk to you! 
			Let me talk to you alone for just 
			a moment! Please, listen to me!

	But Odo's voice is just one more desperate shout in a 
	cacophony, and Thrax ignores it as he EXITS.

									CUT TO:

50   INT. TEROK NOR - DUKAT'S OFFICE

	Dukat is lying on the couch being tended to by an N.D. 
	Female Cardassian with a medical device. She's healing 
	a cut on his temple, but Dukat isn't in the mood for 
	any more treatment.

					DUKAT
			Enough.

	He impatiently waves her away and the woman EXITS. As 
	she does, we see Dax sitting behind the desk, eating a 
	hearty meal and helping herself to a sizable glass of 
	kanar. She's been treated as well, but there are still
	few scratches and bruises on her face. Dukat grunts
	little as he sits up, but then swallows the pain in 
	front of Dax and forces himself to an upright position.

					DAX
			How do you feel?

					DUKAT
			Better than last time.

					DAX
			Last time?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     42.

50   CONTINUED:

					DUKAT
			This is the fourth assassination 
			attempt I've survived.

	He manages to stand with some difficulty.

					DAX
			Maybe you should find another job.

	He looks at her sharply, but Dax gives him her most 
	winsome smile and Dukat begins to think he's getting 
	somewhere with this woman. He smiles back at her and 
	almost chuckles.

					DUKAT
			Maybe I should.

	She meets his gaze and holds it just long enough to let 
	him know that she's interested and then returns to the 
	food and drink. Dukat moves closer.

					DUKAT
			It's good to see you have your 
			appetite back.

					DAX
			I don't get to eat like this very 
			often.

					DUKAT
				(frustrated)
			I've wanted to increase rations in 
			the Bajoran sector for sometime, 
			but the Resistance makes it almost 
			impossible to show any sort of... 
			kindness to your people.

					DAX
				(innocent)
			You really want to help my people, 
			don't you?

					DUKAT
			Of course. The Bajorans are... 
			well, they're like my children, I 
			suppose. And like any father, I 
			want only the best for them.

					DAX
			You still feel like that now... 
			after some of your children tried 
			to kill you?

	Dukat turns and looks out the window, milking this for 
	all it's worth.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     43.

50   CONTINUED:	(2)

	While his back is turned, Dax silently gets up and 
	moves behind him.					DUKAT
			Bad manners are the fault of the 
			parent, not the child. My 
			weakness is that I'm... too 
			generous... too forgiving... my 
			heart is too big.

	Dax strikes viciously and quickly, hitting him in the 
	back of the head in a single well-placed blow that puts
	Dukat on the deck, unconscious, before he has time to
	react.

					DAX
			So's your ego.

	She moves to the computer monitor and begins quickly 
	working the controls...

									CUT TO:

51   INT. TEROK NOR - HOLDING CELL

	Odo has resumed his staring at the floor, his mood even 
	darker than before. Garak is pacing, practicing his 
	spiel, but Sisko is leaning against the wall, watching 
	Odo and thinking.

					GARAK
			"Yes, I know that I don't look 
			Cardassian. You see I've been
			surgically altered to appear 
			Bajoran."
				(beat, as a new thought 
				hits him)
			But what if genetic scans show no 
			Cardassian DNA in my cellular 
			structure?
				(rolling with it)
			In that case, I'll suggest --

					SISKO
				(to Odo)
			Tell me about Thrax.

	Odo and Garak both look up at Sisko with a little 
	surprise when he casually breaks in with this. What's 
	he getting at?


					ODO
			What do you want to know?

     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past". - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     44.

51   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			Something about his background. 
			He seems unusual. Doesn't have 
			that... casual brutality I've 
			come to expect from Cardassian 
			security officers. What makes 
			Thrax different?

 					ODO
			I wouldn't know. He was gone by 
			the time I came aboard the 
			station.

					SISKO
			That brings up a good point -- why 
			is he here now? Garak said you 
			were the security chief at this 
			time.

					ODO
				(defensive)
			You're implying that I should know 
			the answers, that I'm holding back 
			information.

					SISKO
			I'm saying that maybe you know 
			more than you think you do. You
			lived here, on Terok Nor -- you're
			supposed to be out there right now 
			instead of Thrax. Think, Odo. 
			There might be some connection 
			between you and what's happening 
			here.

					ODO
			I don't know!


	Just then, the cell is filled a high-pitched squealing 
	SOUND of metal under pressure. They immediately move 
	away from one of the walls just before it BLOWS IN with 
	a small explosion. A man-sized hole has been created 
	in the wall and Dax looks inside through the eddying 
	SMOKE.

					DAX
			Miss me?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     45.

51   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Sisko smiles and quickly heads for the hole, Garak
	right behind him. Odo looks at the escape route with
	surprise. For the first time, he sees a way out of
	this nightmare.

					ODO
				(to himself)
			It doesn't have to happen again...

	Then Odo heads for the hole.

									CUT TO:

52   INT. TEROK NOR - CORRIDOR

	Dax quickly leads the others down the Corridor with a 
	Cardassian phaser in her hand.

					DAX
				(low, urgent)
			Dukat's personal shuttle is at 
			Docking Bay Three.

	She pauses at an intersection and cautiously looks 
	around the corner.

					SISKO
			What about the station defense 
			systems?

	Dax sees that the coast is clear and they head out 
	again.

					DAX
			I've got their computer tied up 
			in knots. I don't think they'll be 
			able to --

53   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Thrax and two Cardassian Soldiers step out of a 
	doorway, directly in front of them.

					THRAX
			You can't escape.

	Events happen quickly:

	-- Without hesitating, Dax FIRES the phaser, taking out 
	one of the Guards.

	-- The second Guard FIRES at Dax, WOUNDING her and she 
	goes down.

	-- Odo attacks the second Guard hand-to-hand.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     46.

53   CONTINUED:

	-- Sisko and Thrax are engaged in a fight of their own.

	-- Garak picks up Dax's phaser and SHOOTS the second 
	guard.

	-- Sisko is getting the upper hand in the fight with 
	Thrax, but then Thrax suddenly MORPHS out of Sisko's 
	grip and moves away from him.

	Everyone stops dead in their tracks as the Thrax GOO 
	slithers into a vent and disappears.

					GARAK
			A changeling... ?

	Sisko breaks the moment by helping Dax to her feet. 
	She holds her wounded arm painfully.

					SISKO
			We'll figure that out later.

	He leads them down the Corridor as fast as possible.

54   INT. TEROK NOR - CORRIDOR/AIRLOCK

	They come around the corner and can see the airlock up ahead.

					DAX
				(in pain)
			That's it.

	They rush to the airlock and OPEN the door, looking 
	around for any signs of pursuit. But as soon as Sisko 
	steps inside the airlock, he suddenly finds himself 
	in...

55   INT. TEROK NOR - HOLDING CELL

	The same holding cell seen earlier, but with no sign of 
	the explosion. Sisko, Dax, Odo, and Garak are all 
	here, looking around with dazed expressions as the 
	Cardassian Soldier (who originally "selected" Dax) 
	ENTERS carrying a PADD. The other holding cells are 
	empty.

					SOLDIER
			We just got the word -- your
			execution's been scheduled for
			nineteen hundred.
				(beat)
			That's two hours from now.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FOUR     47.

55   CONTINUED:

	He turns and walks away, leaving our people to face
	their fate.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     48.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

56   INT. TEROK NOR - HOLDING CELL

	A few moments later. Dax is cradling her wounded arm 
	as she sits on the floor. Odo is pacing like a caged 
	animal while Sisko and Garak watch him closely. 
	Neither of them knows what's going on here, but they 
	both suspect that it has something to do with Odo.

					ODO
			We've got to find another way out 
			of here.

					DAX
			We tried that. Escape doesn't 
			seem to be the answer.


					SISKO
			How could Thrax be a changeling? 
			In this time period, the Founders 
			didn't know about the wormhole.

					ODO
			I don't know.

					GARAK
			Setting aside the newest 
			Shape-shifter in town for the 
			moment, how did we end up back in 
			this cell?

					ODO
			I don't know.

					DAX
			Care to take a guess?

					ODO
			What makes you think I have the 
			answers?

					SISKO
			You've been acting strangely ever
			since we first woke up on the 
			Promenade. Continually 
			distracted, depressed and 
			agitated.

					GARAK
			You knew the names of the people 
			we're supposed to be.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     49.

56   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			You knew the details of their case 
			like you were there.

					GARAK
			But you couldn't have been there 
			because it happened before you 
			came aboard the station.

					SISKO
			Everything seems to lead back to 
			you and I want to know why.

					THRAX'S VOICE
			You said you wanted to see me?

57   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Revealing Thrax standing just outside the cell. Odo is 
	actually relieved to see Thrax so he doesn't have to 
	stay here and be interrogated any longer.

						ODO
			Yes. It's urgent.

	Thrax TURNS OFF the forcefield, letting Odo out, then 
	turns it BACK ON as they EXIT the room.

									CUT TO:

58   INT. TEROK NOR - SECURITY OFFICE

	A few minutes later. Thrax sitting at the desk, Odo 
	before him.

					THRAX
			I'm listening, but I don't have a 
			lot of time.

 					ODO
			You're about to make a very 
			serious mistake.

					THRAX
			Because you're innocent, of 
			course. All of you.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     50.

S8   CONTINUED:

					ODO
			That's right, and I can prove it. 
			Compare this attack with recent 
			bombings on Bajor, you'll find a 
			similarity to four incidents in
			Musilla Province -- none of which 
			we could have done.

					THRAX
				(firm)
			That proves nothing. And under 
			Cardassian law, the accused must 
			prove their innocence. Since the 
			evidence in this case is 
			sufficient to warrant a 
			conviction, the investigation is 
			over.

	Odo sits down across from Thrax, the two men lock eyes.

					ODO
			Your job is to find the truth, not 
			obtain convictions.

					THRAX
			You want the truth? All right. 
			The truth is that none of you 
			would be accused, none of you 
			would even be here if the Bajorans 
			weren't fighting the Cardassians. 
			It's futile. The Occupation has 
			lasted for fifty years and it will 
			probably last another fifty...

					ODO
			I wouldn't be too sure about that.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     51.

58   CONTINUED:	(2)

					THRAX
			... so why not accept it? If the 
			Bajoran people accepted their 
			place in history, none of this 
			would've happened.

 					ODO
			We're talking about the attempt on 
			Gul Dukat's life, not the socio-
			political ramifications of the 
			Resistance.

					THRAX
			It's all part of the same problem. 
			When your people resort to 
			terrorism and violence, they're 
			fighting against order... against 
			stability... against the rule of law, 
			and that must stop.

	Odo sits back, studies Thrax for a moment... finds 
	something disquieting in his arguments.

					ODO
			There's more to life than... the 
			rule of law.

					THRAX
			It's been my observation that only 
			the guilty make that kind of 
			statement.

	Odo gets up, very agitated, finally decides he has no 
	choice...

					ODO
			I didn't want to tell you this... 
			I don't know what the consequences
			will be... but we're not 
			terrorists. We're not even 
			Bajorans. There's been a temporal 
			displacement of some kind. We're 
			from the future... we don't belong 
			in this time.

	Thrax has taken this in without batting at eye. Now he 
	leans closer to Odo and studies him calmly.

					THRAX
				(simply)
			I know.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     52.

58   CONTINUED:	(3)

					ODO
			You... know? Then what are you 
			going to do about it?

					THRAX
			What I'm supposed to do; nothing 
			more, nothing less. The question 
			is, what will you do... Odo?

	Odo staggers back as if hit... he finally backs up 
	against the wall and at that moment we...

									CUT TO:

59   INT. TEROK NOR - PROMENADE - SECOND LEVEL

	Suddenly Odo is standing on the second level. He looks 
	around, and sees:

60   OMITTED

61   CARDASSIAN SOLDIERS

	are on the second level watching everything.

62   OUR PEOPLE

	Sisko, Dax and Garak are lined up on one of the 
	crossover "bridges," their backs against the railing, 
	and their hands bound.

63   ANGLE - CLOSE ON ODO

	His face reflecting his fear of what's about to 
	happen...

					THRAX'S VOICE
			It's too late for them now. It's 
			out of my hands.

	Odo jerks around to see Thrax standing next to him, 
	coolly surveying Sisko and the others.

					ODO
			Why aren't I with them?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     53.

63   CONTINUED:

					THRAX
				(chiding)
			There were only three terrorists, 
			Odo. You know that.

	Odo turns again to see...

64   ODO'S POV - DUKAT

	stands by the balcony near the prisoners.

					DUKAT
			This the price of taking up arms
			against those who would protect
			you... who have only your best
			interests at heart...

	Dukat looks toward the guards, from whose ranks the 
	Cardassian Soldier once again steps forward with 
	military precision.

65   RESUME ODO

	He turns to Thrax, desperate to somehow end this.

					ODO
			They haven't done anything! they 
			don't belong here!

					THRAX
			It's already happened, Odo.


					ODO
			But this isn't what happened, it 
			wasn't these people...

66   ODO'S POV - SISKO

	The Soldier has stepped abreast of Sisko; now he draws 
	a disruptor pistol from a holster... Sisko exchanges a 
	look with Dax -- there's nothing either of them can do.

67   ODO

	Finally has to take action. He shoves Thrax out of the 
	way and bolts for the Cardassian Soldier.

  DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE 54-56.     

67   CONTINUED:


	He knocks the pistol out of his hand and whirls, ready 
	to take on the rest of them.

					ODO
			No! I won't let this happen! Not 
			again!
				(to Thrax)
			You can't execute them, you don't 
			even belong here! I do.

68   NEW ANGLE

	Suddenly, things have changed. Thrax is gone, Dukat is 
	gone, and the Cardassian Soldiers are gone. Only Odo,
	Sisko, Dax and Garak remain on the Crossover Bridge, 
	and they're all wearing their normal clothing. 
	Everyone reacts to the change, but before they can 
	adjust, there's suddenly the SOUND of a disruptor being 
	fired.

69   ANGLE - ANOTHER CROSSOVER BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Down the Promenade from our heroes, another scene is 
	taking place. We can see Dukat, the Cardassian 
	Soldiers and Odo -- who's now wearing Thrax's uniform. 
	The Soldier has just shot Timor Landi in the chest and 
	the man's body is slumped on the ground. The Soldier, 
	calmly and without hesitation, SHOOTS Ishan Chaye and 
	then Jillur Gueta.

	The other Odo seems detached, cold, a man watching a 
	distasteful execution for which he feels no 
	responsibility. When it's over, Dukat and the 
	Cardassians walk away... and then FADE AWAY. The other 
	Odo looks down at the bodies for a moment, then walks 
	off and FADES AWAY, leaving only the dead Bajorans on 
	the bridge.

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81   RESUME SISKO & OTHERS (OPTICAL)

	On our Crossover Bridge, Sisko and the others have 
	watched this mute scene play itself out with 
	puzzlement. Odo has watched with defeat.

					SISKO
			Constable?

					ODO
			That's exactly how it happened 
			seven years ago.

					SISKO
			It was you... all along?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     57.


81   CONTINUED:

					ODO
				(a difficult admission)
			Yes. I was chief of security on 
			the Promenade. I was the one who 
			charged those men with a crime 
			they didn't commit... and I was 
			the one who turned them over to 
			Dukat.

	He turns and looks at the distant bodies of the 
	Bajorans.

					ODO
				(continuing)
			Three days after the executions, 
			there was another bombing on the 
			Promenade identical to the one 
			that almost killed Dukat. Timor,
			Ishan and Jillur were innocent.
				(beat)
			All the evidence was there... the 
			inconsistencies in the reports of
			the soldiers who arrested them... 
			a pattern of other bombings... the 
			ballistics... it was all there 
			from the beginning... but I was 
			too busy... too concerned about
			maintaining order... and the rule 
			of law.

	He turns back to our people.

					ODO
				(continuing)
			I thought of myself as the 
			outsider, the Shape-shifter who 
			cared only about justice. It 
			never occurred to me that I could 
			fail.
				(beat)
			But I did. And I've never wanted 
			anyone to know the truth... that 
			seven years ago, I allowed three 
			innocent men to die.

	A long silent beat as Odo faces his friends and the 
	truth. Finally, Sisko, Garak and Dax fade from view. 
	We stay on Odo a beat longer, as he closes his eyes...

					BASHIR (O.S.)
			Constable?

             82   INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - SURGERY - ON ODO              

	as he opens his eyes... He's on the bio-bed, blinking in 
	the light. He tries to sit up, but Bashir puts a hand 
	on his chest.


      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     58.

82   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Easy, Odo. Whatever it is you've 
			been through, it's taken a toll. 
			Rest.

	Bashir moves off to tend to Garak, who along with the 
	others is beginning to sit up on their beds. Worf is
	helping Dax up; Sisko is blinking in the bright lights.

	For the moment, Odo is left alone.

									CUT TO:

83   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing the station.

84   INT. SECURITY OFFICE

	Bashir is handing Odo a PADD.

					BASHIR
			As near as I can figure out, the 
			four of you were locked into some 
			version of the Great Link.

					ODO
			The Link? But how's that 
			possible? I'm... a solid now.

					BASHIR
			It would seem you're not as solid 
			as you think. When I ran a 
			neurochemical scan of your brain, 
			I found residual traces of 
			morphogenic enzymes, which I've 
			only detected before in changelings.

					ODO
				(off PADD)
			The plasma storm that hit the 
			runabout activated the enzymes and 
			initiated a telepathic response.

					BASHIR
			Your mind reached out to find 
			other changelings to form the 
			Link, but it could only find Dax, 
			Sisko and Garak.

	Odo nods thoughtfully.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     59.

84   CONTINUED:

					ODO
			And just before the accident, I 
			was thinking about the executions. 
				(beat)
			Somehow being in the Link must 
			have forced me to relive it... to 
			admit the truth of what I'd done.

					BASHIR
			It would make a fascinating paper. 
				(off his look)
			But I don't intend to write one.

	Just then, the doors OPEN and KIRA ENTERS. She glances 
	at Bashir, but she's clearly here to see Odo. Odo 
	stands up behind the desk and Bashir picks up on the 
	instant tension in the room.

					BASHIR
			If you have any questions... you 
			know where to find me.

	Bashir EXITS, leaving Odo to face Kira alone. More 
	than just the desk is separating them now. There's a 
	touch of anger in Kira, but mostly disappointment and 
	pain, and a need to understand.

					KIRA
			When I finished reading your 
			report... I didn't know what to 
			think. So I said to myself, 
			"That's okay Nerys, you're just 
			stunned. You need to let this 
			sink in a little." 
				(beat)
			But it's been two days, Odo, and 
			I still don't know what to think.

					ODO
			I'm guilty. What more is there to 
			say?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Things Past" - REV. 10/04/96 - ACT FIVE     60.

84   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KIRA
			Maybe nothing. Maybe a lot. I 
			believed in you. A lot of people 
			did. You were... special. The 
			one man who stood apart from 
			everyone else; the one man who 
			stood for justice. Now what?

 					ODO
			Now I'm... just another imperfect 
			solid.

	A quiet moment as they both struggle with their 
	feelings.

					KIRA
			Okay. The Prophets know I'm not 
			perfect. And I guess the truth is 
			that anyone who lived through the 
			occupation had to get a little 
			dirty. But I need to know that no 
			other innocent people died on your 
			watch, Odo... That this was the 
			only time.

	And this is perhaps the most difficult admission of 
	all.

					ODO
			I'm not sure. I hope so.

	Odo sits down at his desk. Kira looks at him for a 
	moment, then she sits down too. As they absorb the 
	terrible truth of that statement...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END