STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                       "Our Man Bashir" 
                          #40510-482 
                              
                          Written by 
             Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       David Livingston 

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                        October 26, 1995

      STAR TREK: DS9 - "Our Man Bashir" - 10/12/95 - CAST 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                       "Our Man Bashir" 
                             CAST 

          SISKO                    CAPRICE
          KIRA                     LUVSITT
          ODO                      
          BASHIR                   
          DAX                      
          QUARK                    
          O'BRIEN                  
          WORF                     
          GARAK                    
          ROM                      
          EDDINGTON                
          COMPUTER VOICE           

          Non-Speaking             Non-Speaking
          N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     

   STAR TREK: DS9 - "Our Man Bashir" - REV. 10/13/95 - SETS 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                       "Our Man Bashir" 
                             SETS 

        INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
        DEEP SPACE NINE                 DEEP SPACE NINE
          PROMENADE                     
          QUARK'S                       RUNABOUT
          HOLOSUITE CORRIDOR            
          OPS                           

        DEFIANT                       
          TRANSPORTER ROOM              

        RUNABOUT                      

        CAVES/TUNNEL                  
        BASHIR'S APARTMENT            
        SITTING ROOM/CONTROL ROOM     

        PARIS NIGHTCLUB               

  STAR TREK: DS9 - "Our Man Bashir" - REV. 10/19/95 - PRONUNCIATION 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                       "Our Man Bashir" 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

          ANASTASIA KOMANANOV      anne-ah-STAY-zha
                                   kum-mon-nah-NOV
          DUCHAMPS                 DOO-sham
          KOWLOON                  COW-loon
          LUVSITT                  LOVES-it
          VLADIVOSTOK              vlad-ih-VAHS-tock
          YTTERBIUM                i-TER-be-um
          HIPPOCRATES              he-PAGH-cra-teez

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - TEASER          

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE                    
                           "Our Man Bashir"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. PARIS NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

	We're looking at a LARGE BLUE WINDOW. The SHAPE of a
	man's body can be seen through the window -- he's
	flying through the air in slow-motion directly toward
	us. He finally SMASHES through the glass and lands
	heavily on the floor. Another man steps into view in
	the frame of the broken window: it's BASHIR, dressed in
	a smart-looking period tuxedo. He pauses to brush off
	some dirt and debris from his tuxedo, then steps into
	the room. MOVE to reveal the scene:

	A mid-1960's era Parisian nightclub complete with a
	bar, tables, and dance floor. By the overturned
	tables, broken glass and bodies lying on the floor, we
	realize that a large fight has just ended with Bashir
	throwing someone through the window. (We will later
	learn that the unfortunate man is named FALCON -- a
	large, bald man with an eyepatch and distinctive
	clothing.)

	Bashir moves to the bar where a gorgeous woman named
	CAPRICE has been watching with concern. She's wearing a
	dress slit way too high on the side and a neckline that
	plunges way too low. Amid the debris there's a silver
	ice bucket with a bottle of champagne. Caprice reaches
	over and picks up the bottle...

2    ON FALCON

	Who opens his eye. He pulls a KNIFE out of his
	clothes... he glances up at Bashir and Caprice -- their
	backs are to him... Falcon begins slowly heading toward
	Bashir...

3    BASHIR

	Bashir takes the bottle, hands Caprice a champagne
	glass, gives her a cool, confident look... begins to
	unwrap the foil on the champagne -- but then he
	suddenly notices something on the bottle.

Ouick cuts:

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - TEASER        2.

4    CLOSE ON BOTTLE (OPTICAL)

	Reflected on the bottle is the image of Falcon
	coming up behind them with the knife!

5    BASHIR

	Calmly taking off the wire mesh on the bottle,
	seemingly oblivious to Falcon...

6    FALCON

	raises the knife...

7    BASHIR

	calmly points the bottle at Falcon and POPS the CORK.
	The cork hits Falcon right between the eyes and he
	drops like a rock, unconscious. Bashir eyes him coolly,
	then blows away imaginary smoke from the top of the
	bottle and looks at the label.

					BASHIR
			Lot of kick for a forty-five Dom.

	He begins pouring them both champagne.

					CAPRICE
			Thank you, Mister... Mister... ?

	Bashir gives her his most debonair look.

					BASHIR
			BASHIR.  Julian Bashir.

	He leans in and she falls into his arms. They kiss...
	and just then we HEAR the sound of someone CLAPPING
	from O.S. Bashir turns and reacts to...

8    GARAK

	who is sitting at a table in the far corner of the
	room, applauding Bashir. Garak is wearing his own
	period tuxedo and seems very amused.

					CAPRICE
			Who's that?

					BASHIR
				(annoyed)
			An uninvited guest.

	Bashir leaves her at the bar and moves over to Garak.
	Bashir considers him for a moment.

         DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 TEASER         3.

8    CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Nice tux.

					GARAK
			Thank you.

					BASHIR
			Now get out.

					GARAK
			But Doctor, I've only just
			arrived.

					BASHIR
			Garak, breaking into a holosuite
			during someone's program is not
			only rude, it's illegal. I should
			call Odo and have you arrested.

					GARAK
			What an extreme reaction that
			would be. You must be quite
			embarrassed by this program.

					BASHIR
			I'm not embarrassed. I'm annoyed
			that you've intruded on my
			privacy.

					GARAK
			Privacy, Doctor? I'd say it goes
			far deeper than that.
				(off his look)
			Ever since you received this new
			program, you've been spending
			virtually all of your free time
			in the holosuite. But you haven't
			told anyone what the program is.

					BASHIR
			Am I supposed to?

					GARAK
			No. But you're a -- forgive me --
			a talkative man and it's unusual
			for you to have secrets.

					BASHIR
			I must've picked up the habit from
			you.
				(indicating he should leave)
			Now, if you'll excuse me...

	Garak stands up, but isn't quite ready to give up.

         DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 TEASER         4.

8    CONTINUED:	(2)

					GARAK
			Is this fantasy of yours really
			that revealing of your inner
			psyche?

					BASHIR
			What?

					GARAK
			Is that why you're so protective?
			Afraid that I might learn some
			humiliating secret about the real
			Julian Bashir?

					BASHIR
			This is just a fantasy, Garak.
			I'm not hiding anything.

					GARAK
			If you have nothing to hide, then
			why not let me stay.

	Bashir struggles for a quick beat, finally decides that
	the easiest thing is just to stop arguing about it.

					BASHIR
			All right. But I've only got
			another two hours before I go on
			duty and I want to enjoy myself.
			So keep quiet and don't rain on my
			parade.

					GARAK
			Your parade?

					BASHIR
			Nevermind.

					GARAK
			Don't worry, Doctor. I can be
			quite discreet. You'll barely
			know I'm here.

					BASHIR
			Good.

					GARAK
			But if I may make one observation.

					BASHIR
			Garak...

					GARAK
			I just wanted to point out that
			your lovely companion is leaving.

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - TEASER        5.

8    CONTINUED:	(3)

	Bashir turns just in time to see Caprice walking out
	the door. He reacts with resignation.

					GARAK
				(continuing)
			Odd. She seemed so interested in
			your advances only a moment ago.
			I wonder what scared her off?

	Bashir gives him a pointed look.

					GARAK
				(continuing)
			Oh, no. I do apologize. You must
			be incensed. In fact, if I were
			in your shoes, I would... grab a
			bottle of champagne and shoot me.

					BASHIR
			I can see I'm going to regret this
			already...

					GARAK
			Come on, Doctor we're going to
			have a wonderful time... after
			all, what could possibly go wrong?

	As the two of them EXIT the club...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT ONE        6.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE:  Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

9    INT. BASHIR'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

	A luxurious penthouse apartment in Hong Kong, 1964. The
	decor is mid-60's cool and it has been appointed with
	all the amenities: well-stocked bar, leather couches
	and chairs, TV set, stereo, 60's artwork, etc. Bashir
	and Garak ENTER.

					GARAK
			You live here?

					BASHIR
			That's right.

					GARAK
				(with distaste)
			Decorate it yourself?

					BASHIR
			The decor is appropriate for the
			period.
				(off his look)
			Nineteen sixty-four.

	Garak goes to a window, looks outside.

					GARAK
			How did you pronounce the name of
			this city?

					BASHIR
			Kowloon... it's part of Hong Kong.

					GARAK
			And the nightclub was in Paris,
			which, if I remember correctly, is
			on the other side of the --

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT ONE        7.

9    CONTINUED: 

	Garak stops as the door OPENS and MONA LUVSITT ENTERS.
	Luvsitt is a drop-dead gorgeous woman in her early
	twenties wearing a smartly tailored outfit and an 
	ultrashort miniskirt. She's carrying a long metal 
	carrying case and has a key to the apartment. Luvsitt 
	ssmiles at Bashir.

					LUVSITT
			Mister Bashir, I didn't expect you
			home so soon.

					BASHIR
			I decided to leave Paris a little
			early. Allow me to introduce my
			friend, Mister Garak. Garak, this
			is Mona Luvsitt, my personal
			valet.

					LUVSITT
				(to Garak)
			I'm pleased to make your
			acquaintance.
				(to Bashir)
			Would you like to change into
			something more comfortable?

					BASHIR
			That would be perfect. See if you
			can find something for Mister
			Garak as well.

	Luvsitt looks over Garak for a moment.

					LUVSITT
			I'll see what I can do.
				(re: case)
			Shall I put this away?

					BASHIR
			Please.

	Luvsitt moves to small alcove in the wall with some
	decorative artwork in it. She presses a hidden button
	on the artwork and then the artwork SLIDES ASIDE
	revealing a small ARSENAL inside. Various weapons of
	every description can be seen hanging inside the wall.
	Garak is astonished. Bashir moves to the bar.

					BASHIR
				(to Garak)
			Care for a drink?

					GARAK
			Not just yet.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT ONE        8.

9    CONTINUED:	(2)

	Luvsitt OPENS the metal case and takes out a LARGE
	SNIPER RIFLE, which she hangs up in the arsenal.

					GARAK
			Is she your valet or your personal
			assassin?

	Bashir begins mixing himself a drink at the bar.

					BASHIR
			Valet. And Mona's very capable.
			Speaks seven languages, has
			degrees in chemistry, physics, and
			biology, can fly anything from
			jets to helicopters... and she
			makes an excellent martini.

	Garak takes a seat, makes himself at home.  Luvsitt
	EXITS into another room.

					GARAK
			I take it that your character is
			some kind of... rich dilettante,
			with a fascination for women and
			weapons.

					BASHIR
			Actually, my character is far more
			disreputable.
				(beat)
				I'm a spy.

	Garak looks around the room, at the still-open arsenal,
	and at Bashir, with some shock.

					GARAK
			A spy? And you live here?

					BASHIR
			Yes. I work for one of the nation-
			states of this era -- Great
			Britain -- which is battling
			various other nations in what was
			called the Cold War. This
			apartment, my clothes, weapons,
			even my valet were all provided to
			me by the government.

        DEEPSPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT ONE        9.

9    CONTINUED:	(3)

					GARAK
			I think I joined the wrong
			intelligence service...

	Off Bashir's pleased look...

	CUT TO:

10   EXT. SPACE - A RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	At impulse power.

11   INT. RUNABOUT

	SISKO and O'BRIEN are piloting the runabout, while
	WORF, KIRA, and DAX are in the rear of the cockpit.

					SISKO
				(hits control)
			Orinoco to Deep Space Nine. This
			is Captain Sisko requesting
			landing clearance.

									INTERCUT:

12   INT. OPS

	Where COMMANDER EDDINGTON is in charge. Various N.D.s
	are in the b.g.

					EDDINGTON
			Welcome back, Captain. You're
			cleared to set down on landing pad
			three. How was the conference?

					SISKO
			Informative... but I have a ship
			full of tired officers here. I
			think we'll all be happy to be
			back in our own beds tonight.

					EDDINGTON
			I can imagine. There's some
			message traffic from Starfleet
			Command for you to look at, but
			nothing --

	O'Brien suddenly reacts to something on the console.

					O'BRIEN
			Captain... there's some kind of
			power surge in the warp core.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT ONE       10.

12   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
				(off console)
			Looks like a fluctuation in the
			plasma coils. We'd better take
			the warp core off-line.

					O'BRIEN
			I can't. There's something wrong
			with the command control systems.
			I'm completely locked out.

	Dax, Worf, and Kira rush to consoles and try to help
	out.

					WORF
				(urgent)
			The magnetic interlocks are
			failing... a warp core breach is
			imminent.

					SISKO
			Eject the warp core.

					KIRA
			The ejection system isn't
			responding.

					O'BRIEN
			Correction -- the ejection is
			missing. We've been sabotaged.

					WORF
			Ten seconds to warp core breach!

	In Ops, Eddington has moved to a console, and is
	working frantically.

					EDDINGTON
			Orinoco, cut your impulse engines
			and drop your deflectors. We're
			going to try to beam you out of
			there.

					SISKO
			Acknowledged. Cut main power.

	Everyone works frantically.

13   EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As the ship comes to a stop.

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT ONE         

14   INT. OPS

	As before. Eddington working.

					EDDINGTON
			I've locked on! Energizing!

15   INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
	Everyone in the runabout begins to DEMATERIALIZE.

16   INT. OPS (OPTICAL)

	The figures of Sisko, Kira, O'Brien, Worf, and Dax are
	just starting to MATERIALIZE on the transporter pad...

17   EXT. SPACE - THE RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)
	as it EXPLODES.

18   INT. OPS (OPTICAL)

	as a surge of ENERGY comes back through the Transporter
	beam and the Transporter stage itself EXPLODES.
	Everyone in Ops ducks at the blast. Eddington recovers
	first -- reacts in shock at the smoking empty
	transporter stage. What happened to them? Off his
	face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       12.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   INT. OPS

Continuous from Act One. Eddington is working
frantically as ODO ENTERS. Time is critical here and
the dialog is fast and urgent.

					ODO
			What happened?

					EDDINGTON
			Captain Sisko's runabout exploded
			while I was trying to beam them
			away. Some of the energy
			traveled back along the
			transporter beam and blew out the
			primary energizing coils.

					ODO
			Do we still have their patterns?

					EDDINGTON
				(off console)
			Yes! They're in the buffer. But,
			the patterns will start to degrade
			if we don't use them immediately.
				(thinks furiously)
			We'll have to store the patterns
			somewhere.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       13.

19   CONTINUED:

					ODO
			This is more complicated than just
			a normal Transporter pattern.
			We'll have to preserve the neural
			signatures of everyone on that
			runabout. Do you know how much
			memory it would take to save one
			person's neural signature, much
			less five?

	Eddington looks over the information on the monitor.

					EDDINGTON
				(desperate)
			I don't think we have any choice.
			Computer -- I need to store all
			data currently in the transporter
			pattern buffer. Where can I save
			it?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Deep Space Nine has insufficient
			computer memory to save that
			quantity of data.

	An ALARM goes off on the transporter console. Odo
	moves to it.

					ODO
				(off monitor)
			The pattern buffer is beginning to
			lose coherence... the patterns will
			start to degrade any second now.

					EDDINGTON
				(gets an idea)
			Computer, what if we wiped all
			computer memory in every system on
			the station and then stored the
			patterns?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			The results of such an action
			cannot be predicted.

					ODO
			The buffer is depolarizing -- !

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       14.

19   CONTINUED:	(2)

					EDDINGTON
			Computer, this is a command
			priority override. Wipe all
			computer memory necessary in order
			to save the patterns from the
			buffer. Authorization Eddington
			zero six five alpha enable!

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Executing command override.

	Every monitor in Ops suddenly begins to show a SERIES
	OF NUMBERS which flash past the screen at an incredible
	speed -- this is the digital representation of the
	transporter patterns. At the same moment, the LIGHTS
	GO OUT.

					ODO
			Tricorder.

20   INT. PROMENADE

	Where the lights are OUT and the monitors show nothing
	but the transporter patterns.

21   INT. QUARKS

	Which is now DARK -- illuminated only by the monitors
	which also show the transporter patterns.

22   INT. OPS

	As before. Odo and Eddington are trying to make sense
	of what's happening on the computer monitors.

					ODO
				(off console)
			The buffer's lost coherence... the
			patterns are gone. Did the
			computer save them in time?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       15.

22   CONTINUED:

					EDDINGTON
			I think so... but I'm not sure
			where... 

									CUT TO:

23   INT. BASHIR'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 

	Garak and Bashir have each changed out of their tuxedos
	into something more casual: the turtleneck and jacket
	look (which should look particularly interesting on
	Garak). Luvsitt is helping Garak into his jacket as he
	looks himself over in the mirror.

					GARAK
			Thank you my, dear. This will do
			nicely... although I'm not too
			sure about the collar.

					BASHIR
			It's perfect.

	Luvsitt moves away and picks up their tuxedoes, which
	are now on hangars.

					LUVSITT
			I'll have these cleaned right
			away.

	She EXITS.

					GARAK
			Isn't this a somewhat...
			ostentatious life for a spy?

					BASHIR
			It's all part of my cover. I'm
			posing as a wealthy jet-setter, so
			I have to act like one.

					GARAK
			"Jet-setter?"

					BASHIR
			People of this era used to travel
			in --

	Suddenly there's a THUMP from behind the wall behind
	the bar. Bashir reacts instantly, holds up a hand for
	silence and pulls an automatic PISTOL out of his
	shoulder holster. He motions Garak to stand back as he
	approaches the bar... then pushes a BUTTON on the
	remote control.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       16.

23   CONTINUED:

	The entire BAR ROTATES AROUND, and a BED SWINGS into
	the room..

24   KIRA 

	is lying in the bed. She's wearing a slinky nightgown,
	and she stretches languidly, seductively. When she
	speaks, she has a Russian accent.

					KIRA
			Julian... I must have fallen
			asleep.

	Bashir looks annoyed while Garak is merely surprised.

					BASHIR
				(to Garak)
			Very funny. Who else did you
			invite along today?

					GARAK
			This wasn't my idea.
				(to Kira)
			Major?

					KIRA
			Colonel, actually... Colonel
			Anastasia Komananov. KGB.

	She gets off the bed, goes to Bashir.

					KIRA
				(to Bashir)
			I never thought I'd see you alive
			again... after you fell out
			of that dirigible over Iceland.

					BASHIR
			I had a parachute, and there was
			a submarine there waiting for
			me...
				quickly)
			Wait a minute -- how do you know
			about that? Have you been
			downloading my holosuite programs?

	Kira moves to him, a look of sympathy on her face. She
	runs a hand through his hair.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       17.

24   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			Oh... Julian... you are not
			feeling well.
				(with meaning)
			Why don't we lie down?

	As she paws him, she begins to give him little kisses
	on his face. Bashir pulls back instinctively.

					GARAK
			Major Kira's certainly throwing
			herself into the role, Doctor.

					BASHIR
			Nerys, please!

	He pushes her away.

					KIRA
				(jealous)
			Who is this Major Nerys Kira?

	Bashir looks puzzled for a moment.

					BASHIR
			No... Kira Nerys.

					GARAK
			Perhaps this isn't Major Kira
			after all.

					BASHIR
			I'm beginning to think you're
			right. Computer -- restore the
			image of Colonel Komananov to its
			original parameters.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. The character
			parameters of Colonel Komananov
			are correct.

					GARAK
			I'd say someone has been tampering
			with your program, Doctor.

	Kira puts her arms around Bashir.

					KIRA
			Julian, we don't have time for
			games. We have much to talk
			about.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       18.

24   CONTINUED:	(2)

					Bashir
			Excuse me. Computer -- freeze
			program.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. Computer
			control has been disrupted due to
			a stationwide emergency.

					GARAK
			Emergency...

					BASHIR
			Bashir to Ops. What's going on?

									INTERCUT:

25   INT. OPS

	Eddington and Odo and a team of Starfleet Engineers are
	examining the monitors and consoles with tricorders and
	other gear. It's still dark -- power's down except for
	the flickering monitors.

					ODO
			We have our hands full right now,
			Doctor. Stand by.

					EDDINGTON
			Wait, Odo. Doctor... where are
			you? And do you have access to a
			working computer console?

					BASHIR
			We're in Holosuite Three, and the
			program's running... but the
			computer won't comply with my
			commands.

					EDDINGTON
				(surprised)
			The program is still running?

					KIRA
			I demand to know who you are
			talking to!

	Odo reacts.

					ODO
			That sounded like Kira...

        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 ACT TWO        19.

25   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Well, not exactly. Someone has
			replaced one of the characters
			with the image of Major Kira.

	Odo and Eddington exchange a look.

					BASHIR
			What's going on?

					EDDINGTON
				(working)
			Stay where you are, Doctor. Keep
			the program running for now.
			We'll get right back to you.

	Eddington and Odo work frantically.

					KIRA
			Julian, talk to me. Tell me what
			is happening.

					BASHIR
			I'm not sure myself...

	Eddington reacts to his console.

					EDDINGTON
			Ops to Bashir. Doctor... whatever
			you do, don't end that program.

					BASHIR
			Why not?

					EDDINGTON
			There's been a transporter
			accident... we believe the
			holosuite memory core is holding
			the transporter patterns of five
			crewmembers. If you stop the
			program, their patterns might be
			lost.

					BASHIR
How could that happen?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       20.

25   CONTINUED:	(2)

					EDDINGTON
			It's a long story. But at this
			moment, the patterns of Captain
			Sisko... Kira... Worf... Dax...
			and O'Brien exist only in the
			holosuite database.

					ODO
			Don't leave the holosuite. If you
			do, it might disrupt the holo-
			imaging array. And right now, we
			can't take any chances. You'll
			have to stay in there and keep the
			program running for now.

					BASHIR
			Understood.

					ODO
			We'll get back to you, Doctor.

	END INTERCUT.

26   INT. BASHIR'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

	As before. Bashir sits on the edge of the bed in
	concern as Kira drapes herself over him and massages
	his shoulders.

					KIRA
			Julian, you're so tense...

					BASHIR
			It's been one of those days...

					KIRA
			I wish I could... relax you.

	But she abruptly changes attitudes, suddenly all
	business. She slaps Bashir on the back.

					KIRA
			But -- I am here on business.

	She reaches under the pillow of the bed and pulls out
	a file. As she begins telling Bashir about their
	mission, he listens halfheartedly -- his mind no
	longer on the game. She puts a sheet of paper with
	"intelligence" information on his lap. He glances at
	it.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       21.

26   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			In the past twenty-four hours, a
			series of earthquakes have struck
			cities from Vladivostok to New
			York. Our seismologists have
			analyzed them and come to the
			conclusion that the earthquakes
			were artificial.

					GARAK
			So? It's not that difficult. One
			only has to --

					BASHIR
			Garak.

					KIRA
				(to Bashir)
			Your friend seems to know
			something.

					BASHIR
			Believe me, he doesn't know
			anything.

					KIRA
			If you say so. Because of the
			global nature of this crisis, my
			government and yours have decided
			to cooperate. We'll be working...
			very closely.

					BASHIR
			I'm sure we will.

					KIRA
			Our assignment is to find out who
			is behind these earthquakes and
			what they want.

					GARAK
			A pretty vague assignment.

					KIRA
			We do have one clue: one of the
			leading seismologists in the
			world, Professor Honey Bare, has
			vanished. We believe she's been
			kidnapped.

	Kira drops a black and white photograph onto Bashir's
	lap. He glances at it -- then reacts in shock.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       22.

26A  ANGLE ON PHOTO 

	It's a picture of Dax. She's wearing horn-rimmed
	glasses, a lab coat, has her hair up in a prim bun, but
	it's clearly her, right down to the spots. The bottom
	of the photo is labeled: Professor Honey Bare.

26B  RESUME

	As Kira looks a little piqued at Bashir's reaction.

					KIRA
			I didn't think she was your type.

					BASHIR
			You said she's been kidnapped.

					KIRA
			We think so. She disappeared only
			a few hours before the first quake
			struck New York City.

					GARAK
			Doctor, we're in the middle of an
			emergency. Is this really the
			time to be playing games?

	He trails off as Bashir shows him the picture.

					GARAK
			Interesting.

					BASHIR
				(to Garak)
			If Honey Bare is killed, the
			computer will erase her character
			from the program. But since the
			program thinks that Dax is Honey
			Bare...

					GARAK
			The computer would actually be
			erasing Commander Dax's pattern.

					BASHIR
				(to Kira)
			Kira -- er, Ana. Do you have any
			idea where to start looking for
			Professor Bare?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT TWO       23.

26B  CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			She was last seen --

	The outside door to the room suddenly OPENS, revealing
	a blank-faced Luvsitt standing in the doorway. She's
	still holding the two tuxedoes. Bashir glances over at
	her.

					BASHIR
			I'll be right with you, Mona.

	But then Mona falls face-forward into the room, a KNIFE
	sticking out of her back. She's dead. Before Bashir
	and the others can react, O'Brien steps into the open
	doorway. TWO HENCHMAN flank him, both aiming guns at
	Bashir. O'Brien is now playing the role of FALCON --
	a hired assassin. He has the same distinctive clothing
	and is wearing the eyepatch.

					GARAK
			Chief...

					BASHIR
			No... he's Falcon.

					O'BRIEN
			Good to see you again, Mister
			Bashir. Now... I think we have
			some unfinished business.

	He smiles and we see a menacing glint in his eye as he
	raises a gun and points it at Bashir.

27   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      24.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

28   INT. BASHIR'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

	Continuous from Act Two. O'Brien as "Falcon" moves to
	Bashir. The two henchmen keep their guns trained on
	Garak and Kira.

					O'BRIEN
			Surprised to see me, Mister Bashir?

					BASHIR
			You could say that.

					O'BRIEN
			You should've used something a
			little more lethal than a
			champagne cork. Something like
			this...

	He raises the gun so it's only a few inches away from
	Bashir's face.

					KIRA
			Wait! Wait, please! Let us have
			one last kiss...

	O'Brien looks at her.

					O'BRIEN
			Why not? I've always been a
			romantic at heart.

	He steps aside. Kira comes to Bashir, throws her arms
	around him... pulls him tight... then whispers in his
	ear...

					KIRA
				(sotto)
			Earring.

	Bashir frowns, not sure exactly what she means. Kira
	kisses him on the mouth, and it's at that moment that
	Bashir suddenly realizes what she meant. Bashir brings
	his hand up to her face as if to caress it. O'Brien is
	getting impatient.

					O'BRIEN
			All right, Bashir that's enough...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      25.

28   CONTINUED: 

	Bashir's hand grabs one of Kira's EARRINGS and yanks it
	off, throwing it at the henchmen. The earring EXPLODES
	when it hits the ground, like a small grenade. It
	knocks the henchmen and O'Brien back against the wall.
	And in that moment, Bashir, Garak and Kira POUNCE on
	the three men and dispatch them in a quick hand-to-hand
	FIGHT. Kira KNOCKS OUT O'Brien with a KICK to the
	head. He lands heavily on the floor, just as Bashir
	and Garak dispatch the other two. The bad guys never
	knew what hit them. They're all unconscious on the
	floor.

					GARAK
				(to Kira)
			Interesting jewelry.

					BASHIR
			I gave those to Anastasia for
			Christmas last year.
				(reacts to Garak's face)
			You're bleeding.

	Garak touches his face, and discovers that he is indeed
	bleeding.

					GARAK
			The holosuite safeties must be
			off.

	As Bashir and Garak let that thought sink in, Kira
	picks up one of the guns on the floor and moves to
	O'Brien.

					KIRA
			It's time to clip this bird's
			wings...

	She points the gun at O'Brien's head, but Bashir rushes
	over and takes the gun from her.

					BASHIR
			No!

					KIRA
			Julian... what are you doing?

					BASHIR
			We can't kill him.

					KIRA
			What are you talking about?
			Falcon has been trying to kill you
			for nine years.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      26.

28   CONTINUED:	(2)

					GARAK
			I wouldn't dismiss her idea so
			quickly, Doctor.

	Bashir turns to him in stunned surprise.

					BASHIR
			Garak, that's Miles.

	Garak is considering the blood on his fingers with a
professional eye. His demeanor is deadly serious.

					GARAK
			No. As you pointed out, he's
			Falcon -- a hired assassin who's
			going to do everything he can to
			kill you. And without the
			holosuite safeties in place,
			he may do just that.

	Kira looks puzzled as the conversation touches on
	topics she knows nothing about.

					BASHIR
			What do you want me to do? Kill
			him?

					GARAK
			I want you to stop treating this
			like a game where everything's
			going to turn out all right in the
			end. Real spies have to make hard
			choices. You want to save Dax?
			Fine. But you may not have the
			luxury of saving everyone.

					KIRA
			Who's Dax?

					GARAK
			Eventually you may have to let
			someone die.

					BASHIR
			I'll deal with that situation if
			and when it happens.
				(beat)
			In the meantime, we have to find
			Dax.

					KIRA
				(insistent)
			Who is Dax?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE     26A.

28   CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR
			Ana, I promise to explain
			everything later. Now, you said
			Professor Bare was kidnapped... do
			you have any suspects?

					KIRA
				(nods)
			We believe that Doctor Noah may be 						behind the abduction.
				(beat)
			Over the past two years, he has
			kidnapped an elite group of sixty
			artisans and scientists from
			around the world.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      27.

28   CONTINUED:	(4)

					KIRA (Cont'd)
			No one knows why... or where he's
			taken them... but our sources tell
			us that each of the missing people
			was invited to meet Doctor Noah at
			a club in Paris shortly before
			they disappeared.

					BASHIR
			The Club Ingenue?

					KIRA
			Da.

					BASHIR
			I had a feeling.

	Bashir moves to the dead body of Luvsitt and picks up
	the two tuxedoes.

					BASHIR
				(to Luvsitt)
			Sorry, my dear.
				(to Garak)
			I hope you remember how to tie
			that bow-tie. We're going to Paris.

	They both move off as...

					KIRA
				(exasperated)
			Who is Dax?

									CUT TO:

29   INT. HOLOSUITE CORRIDOR 

	Eddington and ROM are pulling a huge WALL PANEL off the
	bulkhead, while Odo and QUARK look on.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      28.

29   CONTINUED:

	Eddington and Rom pull off the wall panel, exposing the
	inner-workings of the holosuite. Eddington is shocked
	by what he sees -- instead of the neat and orderly
	Cardassian circuitry, this is a jumble of jury-rigged
	technology, using everything from state of the art
	equipment to copper wires and even cutlery which has
	been bent and shoved into place.

					ROM
			I've... had to make a few
			modifications to this holosuite
			over the years.

					EDDINGTON
			A few? It's like a junkyard in
			here...

					ROM
			My brother won't let me buy new
			components... so I've had to
			scavenge for what I need.

					QUARK
			I'm barely breaking even on the
			holosuites as it is. If I had to
			buy new equipment every time there
			was a glitch --

					EDDINGTON
			Where's the core memory interface?

					ROM
			Oh... it's right behind the
			spatula.

					EDDINGTON
			The spatula?

					ROM
				(defensive)
			It's made of a copper-ytterbium
			composite -- the perfect plasma
			conductor.

	Rom reaches into the circuits, tinkers around then
	yanks out a bundle of wires. Eddington reacts with
	alarm, but Rom doesn't seem concerned. Rom flips up a
	cover plate, exposing a small computer access panel.
	Eddington reaches in, begins working the panel and
	checking the readings against a tricorder. Eddington
	reacts to his tricorder readings.

					EDDINGTON
			I've found them. All five of
			their physical patterns are in
			here... and they're stable.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      29.

29   CONTINUED:	(2)

					ODO
			Why here?

					EDDINGTON
			The holosuite is specifically
			designed to store highly complex
			energy patterns.
				(off tricorder)
			The computer is processing their
			physical patterns as if they were
			holosuite characters.

	A beat as they take this in. Eddington keeps scanning.

					EDDINGTON
			The trouble is, I'm not reading
			any neural energy...

					ROM
			Neural energy has to be stored at
			the quantum level... the holosuite
			can't handle that.

					ODO
			So if their physical bodies are
			stored here... where are their
			brain patterns?

	Quark realizes, looks around.

					QUARK
			Everywhere else.

	They look at him.

					QUARK
			Their brain patterns are so huge
			they're taking up every bit of
			computer memory on the station.
				(beat)
			Replicator memory... weapons...
			life support...

					ODO
			He may be right. So what do we do
			about it? How do we get them
			back?

	As they think...

									CUT TO:

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      30.

30   INT. PARIS NIGHTCLUB- NIGHT

	The same nightclub as seen in the Teaser, but now it's
	hopping. The go-go cages are filled with scantily clad
	dancers. One side of the room has a couple of green-
	baize gambling tables for card games. The clientele is
	international jet-set -- all in black tie and other
	elegant evening wear. People smoking, drinking, etc.
	Mid-sixties go-go music fills the room.

	Bashir, Garak and Kira ENTER the club. The men are
	wearing their tuxedos, Kira now in a dress. Kira is
	holding onto Bashir's arm, his "wife" for the evening.
	They move to the bar, trying to blend in with the
	crowd. Bashir waves the maitre d' over.

					BASHIR
				(to maitre d')
			I'd like to see Doctor Noah. I
			have an invitation.

	The maitre d' raises his eyes in surprise, nods and
	moves off.

	We FOLLOW the maitre d' as he walks across the room,
	and whispers in the ear of someone sitting in a high-
	backed chair, facing a CARD TABLE. We can't see who
	he's talking to. There's a beat, then the maitre d'
	waves them over. As Bashir and the others walk in
	front of the table, they look up in surprise...

31   WORF

	is sitting in the high-backed chair, wearing his own
	dashing tuxedo, smoking a cigar. He eyes them cooly.

					WORF
				(to Bashir)
			May I see your invitation?

					BASHIR
			Doctor Noah?

					WORF
			My name is Duchamps. I am the
			Doctor's associate.

					BASHIR
				(re: chair)
			May I?

	Worf studies him for a moment, takes another puff on
	his cigar, then shrugs.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      31.

31   CONTINUED: 

	Bashir sits down, while Garak and Kira stand behind
	him. The table has been set up for a game of baccarat.
	Worf has a sizable stack of French CASH in front of
	him. An N.D. Croupier sits nearby.

					BASHIR
			My name is... Merriweather.
			Patrick Merriweather. This is my
			wife Anastasia... and my friend
			Mister Garak.

					WORF
				(nods)
			Charmed.
				(to Bashir)
			Your invitation, Mister
			Merriweather?

					BASHIR
			I don't have one.

					WORF
			The Doctor doesn't like...
			unexpected guests.

					KIRA
			I believe Doctor Noah would be
			very interested in meeting my
			husband. He's one of the leading
			geologists in the world.

					WORF
			Why would that interest Doctor
			Noah?

					GARAK
			We understand he has a special
			interest in the sciences... he's
			invited some of the world's top
			scientists to this club. Isn't
			that true?

	Worf doesn't respond, keeps puffing on his cigar.

					BASHIR
			I must say I felt a little
			insulted by being left out of such
			an illustrious group.

					WORF
			How unfortunate.
				(beat)
			of course, a meeting can still be
			arranged...

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      32.

31   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
			oh... ?

					WORF
			For a price.
				(beat)
			Five million francs.

	Worf smiles, but Bashir still looks confident.

					BASHIR
			No problem.

	Bashir pulls a wallet out of his jacket, looks inside.
	There's a single fifty pound note. He hands the note
	to the nearby Croupier, who gives him the appropriate
	French currency in return. Bashir places the money on
	the table. Worf eyes the money... then looks to his
	own huge pile of cash.

					WORF
			I don't understand. Where's the
			rest of your money?

					BASHIR
				(points to Worf's money)
			Right there. Shall we begin?

	Worf regards him for a moment, smiles at the challenge.
	Worf begins dealing cards from the shoe. The game is
	on...

									CUT TO:

32   INT. OPS

	Eddington, Quark and Rom are gathered around the dark
	Ops table with PADDS and tricorders. Odo ENTERS with
	a PADD.

					ODO
				(re: PADD)
			A Cardassian separatist group
			calling themselves "The True Way,"
			has claimed responsibility for
			sabotaging the runabout.

					EDDINGTON
			Ever heard of them before?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      33.

32   CONTINUED:

					ODO
				(nods)
			They're opposed to the peace
			treaty, blame the Federation for
			Cardassia's economic and political
			troubles, et cetera, et cetera.
			Until now, they've never taken any
			terrorist action to support their
			beliefs.
				(beat)
			What have you found here?

					EDDINGTON
				(re: tricorder)
			From what we can tell, Quark was
			right... the computer has stored
			the neural energy patterns of
			everyone on the runabout
			throughout the entire station.

					QUARK
			Don't everyone thank me at once.

					ROM
			What we need to do is re-integrate
			their neural patterns with their
			physical patterns from the
			holosuite... and rematerialize
			them.

					EDDINGTON
			I say we use the Defiant. Its
			power systems and computer are
			independent of the station... and
			it has its own transporter.

					ROM
			Sounds good. Except...

					EDDINGTON
			Except what?

					ROM
			Well... my equipment isn't
			designed to interface with
			Starfleet systems. I may have to
			make some... modifications.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      34.

32   CONTINUED: 	(2)

	Off Eddington's look as he wonders what that will
	mean...

									CUT TO:

33   INT. PARIS NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

	The game of baccarat has progressed, and Bashir's been
	winning. He has a sizable stack of money in front of
	him now, and Worf's pile is much smaller. They're in
	the middle of a tense round and there's a lot of money
	at stake on the table right now.

	Bashir looks at his hole cards... looks at the cards
	Worf (the dealer) is showing... thinks for a moment.

					BASHIR
			Card.

	Worf deals him a card from the shoe. Bashir takes the
	card... looks at it... then turns it over. He's won.
	Worf sits back in his chair in frustration as the
	Croupier moves the cash to Bashir. Bashir then pushes
	the cash into the middle of the table.

					BASHIR
				(re: cash)
			Five million francs.

					WORF
			You are quite a baccarat player,
			Mister Merriweather.

					BASHIR
			Baccarat and geology are my life.

	Worf reaches into his jacket and pulls out a CIGAR
	CASE.

34   CLOSE ON CIGAR CASE

	As Worf OPENS the case and selects a CIGAR with a red
	band around it -- all the others have gold bands.

35   RESUME

	Worf clips the tip of the cigar but does not light it
	yet.

					BASHIR
			Now then... when do we leave?

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      35.

35   CONTINUED:

	Worf eyes him evenly.

					WORF
			Right now.

	Worf puts the cigar to his mouth, but instead of
	lighting it, he BLOWS on the cigar, and a PLUME of FINE
	POWDER is EXPELLED out the other end of the cigar right
	into the faces of Garak, Kira and Bashir. They cough
	for a moment, then they all fall unconscious.

									FADE TO BLACK.

	FADE IN:

36   INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY

	Bashir, Garak and Kira are slumped over on a couch in
	the middle of a luxurious, wood-paneled sitting room.
	Large picture windows show views of distant mountains,
	a fire is crackling in the fireplace, huge pieces of
	artwork cover the walls. After a moment, the three of
	them begin to wake up.

					KIRA
				(in Russian)
			Shto chort sloo-chee-luhs? (What
			the hell happened?)

	Garak looks around the room, frowns.

					GARAK
			Another decorator's nightmare.
			This era has a distinct lack of
			taste.

	Bashir gets to his feet, still groggy.

					BASHIR
			Where are we?

					SISKO'S VOICE
			Welcome to Paradise, Mister
			Merriweather.

	They turn to see --

37   SISKO

	standing at a set of heavy wooden doors. He's wearing
	a variation on the Nehru jacket, and smiles at them.

      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT THREE      36.

37   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			I believe you've been looking for
			me. My name... is Hippocrates
			Noah.

	OFF his smiling face...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      37.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

38   INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY

	As before. Bashir, Garak and Kira facing Sisko. An
	N.D. Waiter stands in the b.g.

					SISKO
			I must apologize for the
			unorthodox travel arrangements.
			But you see, I value my privacy.

					BASHIR
			I completely understand.

	Sisko moves to a sideboard where there are snifters,
	brandy and cigars. The waiter pours him a snifter of
	brandy.

					SISKO
			May I offer you brandy... cigars?

	Garak and Bashir shake their head no, but Kira steps
	forward.

					KIRA
			Cigar.

					SISKO
			An unusual request for a woman.

					KIRA
				(seductive)
			I'm an unusual woman.

	Sisko considers her and then smiles and offers her a
	cigar from the humidor. He clips the end and lights it
	for her during the following dialog:

					SISKO
				(to Bashir)
			I understand your field is
			geology, Mister Merriweather.

					BASHIR
			That's right.

					SISKO
			Then I'm sure you'll appreciate
			the stones in my most recent
			acquisition.

	Sisko gestures to an elaborate sculpture sitting in the
	room, which has various GEMSTONES in it. Sisko eyes
	him, waiting for an answer -- this is almost a
	challenge.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      38.

38   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Yes. A most striking collection
			of rubies, tormaline, sapphires,
			topaz. From the high chromium
			content in the rubies, I'd say
			they're from the hydrothermal
			deposits of the Tibetan plateau.

	Bashir glances out the windows.

					BASHIR
				(continuing)
			Which isn't surprising,
			considering we're on the... south-
			eastern slope of Mount Everest.
			At about... twenty-two thousand
			feet I should say.

					SISKO
			Twenty-five actually.

					BASHIR
			You must not get many tourists.

					SISKO
			My guests and I place a premium on
			our privacy. We don't want any...
			unwelcomed guests -- such as men
			sent by governments who disagree
			with my political philosophy.

					KIRA
			And what is your philosophy? Are
			you some kind of anarchist?

					SISKO
			Anarchist? Quite the opposite.
			I believe in an orderly world. A
			far cry from the chaos we find
			ourselves in today.

	He pauses and looks out the window... lost for a moment
	in his private vision of the world.

						SISKO
				(continuing)
			We're building a new future here.
			A new beginning for mankind. A
			new chapter in human history will
			open... right here on my island.

					BASHIR
			Island?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      39.

38   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			Forgive me. Sometimes I get ahead
			of myself. Allow me to explain.

39   NEW ANGLE 

	As Sisko hits a hidden button on the sideboard. The
	sitting room suddenly TRANSFORMS into Doctor Noah's
	CONTROL CENTER. The sideboard TURNS AROUND, revealing
	a complex CONTROL PANEL, and the entire the wall SLIDES
	ASIDE revealing a HUGE MAP OF THE WORLD. And there,
	standing in front of the wall, working on her
	clipboard, is Dax. She's wearing her lab coat, hair in
	a bun, glasses, as seen in the photograph. Garak, Kira
	and Bashir all trade glances -- there she is. Dax is
	very conservative, scientific.

					DAX
				(to Sisko)
			We're almost ready. I'm making
			some last-minute adjustments to a
			South American Site.

	Sisko moves to Dax, takes her hand.

					SISKO
			I have every confidence in you, my dear.

	Dax looks down, clearly embarrassed and flattered by
	Sisko's attention.

					KIRA
				(sotto to Bashir)
			She's working with him...

	Dax looks up at that moment and Bashir catches her eye -- 
	for a fleeting instant we can see that she has more
	than a casual interest in "Mr. Merriweather," then she
	looks away. But Bashir saw that look, and throughout
	the scene, he takes whatever opportunity presents
	itself to make eye contact with her again -- and when
	he does, we see that she is trying to hide her
	attraction to him.

	Sisko turns back to the group in the sitting room.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR     39A.

39   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			You see, Mister Merriweather, I
			intend not only to create a new
			future... I intend to create a new
			world.

	He walks to the world map, which has about dozens of
	small glowing lights strewn across the globe.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      40.

39   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			At each one of these points, I
			have hidden a new form of laser...
			one that can penetrate the Earth's
			rust... down into the mantle
			itself.

					BASHIR
			The global earthquakes...

					SISKO
			Those were only tests. Soon I
			will activate all the lasers
			together, and when I do they will
			produce worldwide earthquakes the
			likes of which have never been
			felt before.

					GARAK
			Killing everyone on the planet.

					SISKO
			More than that... there comes a
			time when a house has been so
			damaged by termites that you must
			not only kill the termites... but
			demolish the house... and build
			again.
				(beat)
			The quakes are only a minor side
			effect. The real goal is for the
			lasers to produce massive fissures
			in the Earth's crust... releasing
			millions of tons of molten lava.
				(beat)
			So, Mister Merriweather, you're
			the geologist. What happens next?

					BASHIR
			Once that much lava is released...
			the tectonic plates will begin
			to... settle.

					SISKO
			And the surface of the planet will
			shrink... just like letting air
			out of a balloon.

					KIRA
			But if the surface of the Earth
			shrinks... the oceans...

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      41.

39   CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR
			Will cover the Earth.
				(beat)
			Diabolical.

					SISKO
			Visionary. I'm going to let
			mankind begin anew... here... on
			this island paradise... the only
			place that will remain above water
			on my brave new world.
				(beat)
			That's why I've gathered the
			finest minds... the very best that
			mankind has to offer. We'll
			repopulate... and start a new
			human race.
				(beat)
			A pity you won't be able to join
			us.

					BASHIR
			Are you revoking my invitation?

					SISKO
			I intend to do more than that...
			Mister Bashir.

	Bashir reacts. Sisko knows who he is.

					SISKO
			You see, I've not only brought the
			greatest minds to my mountain
			retreat... I've also hired the
			greatest protection money can buy.
				(beat)
			I believe you already know my
			newest employee.

	O'Brien ENTERS the room. As Garak and Bashir
	exchange a worried look...

									CUT TO:

40   INT. PROMENADE

	A large amount of bizarre-looking CABLES now lead from
	inside Quark's, down the Promenade and disappear into
	a corridor. N.D. Ferengi waiters are unspooling yet
	another cable down the darkened Promenade. Eddington
	is watching them with some dismay.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      42.

41   INT. DEFIANT - TRANSPORTER ROOM 

	The base of the transporter is open, and Rom is
	attaching the strange-looking cables into the
	transporter mechanism. The tiny room is filled with
	Rom's odd pieces of technology, and the room is rapidly
	taking on the appearance of a junkyard. Eddington
	ENTERS just as Rom opens another panel on the
	transporter and begins shoving in his own homemade
	devices.

					EDDINGTON
			Is all this really necessary?

					ROM
			It's the best I can do.

					EDDINGTON
			How long until we're ready to try
			retrieving their patterns?

					ROM
			I'd say another hour.

					EDDINGTON
				(under his breath)
			O'Brien's going to kill me when he
			gets back.

									CUT TO:

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FOUR      43.

42   INT. CAVE

	O'Brien is handcuffing Garak and Bashir to a support
	beam on a huge LASER that is pointing directly down at
	the ground.

	The laser itself should have a distinctly 1960's feel
	to it -- oversized, large pulsing cylinders, tubes,
	spheres, etc. From where Bashir and Garak are being
	handcuffed, it's clear that they can't get to the guts
	of the laser itself. Sisko is standing near the
	control switch.

					SISKO
			This is one of a seventy-four
			lasers that I've deployed. When
			I throw this switch, it will begin
			a five minute countdown that even
			I won't be able to stop. And once
			this laser fires... this cave will
			be filled with molten lava.

					BASHIR
			Where's Colonel Komananov?

					SISKO
			She's a spirited individual.
			Young... healthy... we'll be
			needing women like her to help
			propagate the second human race.

	He flips a switch on the laser, and it LIGHTS UP and
	HUMS with power. A TIMER begins ticking down: 5:00...
	4:59... 4:58...

					SISKO
			Try to stay cool, Mister Bashir.

	Sisko and O'Brien EXIT, leaving Garak and Bashir to
	meet their fate...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      44.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

43   INT. CAVES

	As before. Bashir and Garak handcuffed to the laser,
	which is pulsing menacingly. The timer has reached
	3:45... 3:44...

					GARAK
			Doctor, I don't know if I've made
			this explicit to you or not... but
			I really don't want to die chained
			to a twentieth century laser.
				(beat)
			I think it's time to end the
			program.

					BASHIR
			We can't do that. We'd wipe out
			the patterns of Sisko and the
			others.

					GARAK
			Well, then may I suggest calling
			for Commander Eddington and having
			him send someone in here to remove
			these handcuffs?

					BASHIR
			No. You heard what Odo said. We
			don't know what'll happen if we
			interrupt the holo-imaging array
			by calling for the doors. The
			entire program might collapse and
			kill them all.

					GARAK
				(voice rising)
			The only thing I know for sure,
			Doctor, is that when molten lava
			comes pouring into this cave, you
			and I are going to be very
			uncomfortable.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      45.

43   CONTINUED:

	There's suddenly the SOUND of footsteps somewhere in
	the cave. From where Bashir is standing he can see
	down the adjoining tunnel, but Garak cannot.

					GARAK
			Who is it?

					BASHIR
			Our ticket out of here.

	Dax ENTERS, carrying her clipboard. She glances at
	Bashir primly, then moves to the laser, glancing at her
	clipboard and making some final adjustments to the
	machine. Bashir eyes her, tries to get back into
	character.

					BASHIR
				(to Dax)
			What a waste.

	Dax glances up at him.

					BASHIR
			That no one can see what a
			beautiful woman you are.

					GARAK
				(sotto)
			This is your plan?

					BASHIR
			Shut up.
				(to Dax)
			Noah only wants you for your
			mind... he can't appreciate the
			woman within the scientist.

	Dax reacts to the remark, tries to concentrate on what
	she's doing.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      46.

43   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
			Honey... would you grant me one
			last request? Take off those
			glasses.

	Dax hesitates, thinks about it for a second, then
	slowly takes off her horn-rimmed glasses. Garak rolls
	his eyes, can't believe this is working.

					DAX
			Like this?

					BASHIR
			Yes. And you know, your hair
			would look so much better if it
			were free.

	Dax tentatively reaches a hand to her hair... pulls out
	the hairpin... and her hair falls to her shoulders.
	She gives Bashir a smoldering look.

					GARAK
			I must say... this is more than I
			ever wanted to know about your
			fantasy life, Doctor.

	Bashir ignores him, focusing on Dax as she rearranges
	her hair.

					BASHIR
			There... there. That's the last
			thing I want to remember before I
			die.

	Dax is genuinely touched.

					DAX
			Thank you.

	She turns, starts to walk out of the cave. Bashir
	watches, tense, waiting. Then Dax pauses... puts her
	hand in a lab coat pocket... then makes a sudden
	decision. She turns, quickly turns to Bashir and gives
	him a passionate kiss on the mouth.

					GARAK
			I'd give the two of you some
			privacy if I could.

	Dax breaks the kiss, looks into Bashir's eyes for a
	long, lingering moment... then quickly EXITS.

					GARAK
			Great plan. Now can we call
			Eddington?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      47.

43   CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR
			That won't be necessary. Honey's
			given me all we need...

	Bashir holds up one of his handcuffed hands and shows
	Garak that he's holding a key.

					GARAK
			Kiss the girl, get the key. They
			never taught me that in the
			Obsidian order.

	Bashir quickly starts to unlock his handcuffs. The
	timer on the laser reaches 5... 4... 3... They react,
	move faster. Bashir frees his hands from the handcuffs
	and unlocks Garak.

					BASHIR
			Come on!

44   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)	44.

	As the two men race from the room, the laser begins
	FIRING straight down into the ground, BORING a HOLE
	deep into the earth. The cave starts SHAKING, rocks
	falling from the ceiling.

									CUT TO:

45   INT. CAVE TUNNEL 

	Bashir and Garak running around the corner. They throw
	themselves up against the wall as an EARTHQUAKE
	strikes, jolting the cave, debris falling from the
	ceiling... then the earthquake stops.

	They're safe for the moment. Garak leans against the
	cave wall, breathing heavily and very much out of
	patience. Bashir sits down on the ground, touches the
	side of his shoe heel...

46   CLOSE ON SHOE

	A tiny panel POPS OPEN on the side of the heel,
	revealing a hidden compartment. Bashir pulls out the
	CHAMBER/ACTION for a semi-automatic pistol.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      48.

47   RESUME

	As they talk, Bashir continues to assemble his weapon.
	He pulls. a fountain pen out of his pocket, removes the
	cap -- it's the barrel. His suspenders are equipped
	with ammo clips. Over the above:

					BASHIR
			We've got to get back to the
			control room.

					GARAK
				(angry)
			What?

					BASHIR
			If this program ends like the
			others, either Komananov or Honey
			Bare will be killed by Doctor
			Noah. The other one's supposed to
			end up with me. But in this case,
			we have to make sure they both
			survive.

	Bashir finishes assembling his handgun -- it's a
	strange-looking weapon.

					GARAK
				(re: gun)
			You expect to take on Noah and his
			men with that?

					BASHIR
			Look, it's my fantasy. Just trust
			me.

					GARAK
			No. This has gone far enough.
			It's time to cut our losses.

					BASHIR
			We can't do that... Kira or Dax
			might be--

					GARAK
			Yes, they might be killed, and
			that is unfortunate. But there
			comes a point when the odds are
			against you and the only
			reasonable course of action... is
			to quit.

					BASHIR
			Quit? Is that what they taught
			you in the Obsidian Order? To
			give up when things get tough?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      49.

47   CONTINUED:

					GARAK
			As a matter of fact, they did.
			That's why I've stayed alive and
			so many of my colleagues are dead.
			Because I know when to walk away.
			And that time is now, Doctor. You
			would know that if you were a real
			intelligence agent.

					BASHIR
			That's what this is all about,
			isn't it? The fact that my
			fantasy happens to step on what
			you consider your private domain.
			What's the matter, Garak? Have I
			bruised your ego by playacting at
			something you take so very
			seriously?

					GARAK
			That's something else you haven't
			learned, Doctor. A real
			intelligence agent has no ego, no
			conscience, no remorse. Only his
			sense of professionalism. And
			mine is telling me it's time to
			go.
				(calls out)
			Computer...

	Bashir points the gun directly at Garak.

					BASHIR
			Don't.

					GARAK
			Or what? You'll kill me?

					BASHIR
			If you call for the exit, you
			might kill Sisko and the others.
			I can't risk that.

	Garak considers him for a moment.

					GARAK
			I'm afraid I don't believe you'll
			pull that trigger.

					BASHIR
			I wouldn't be too sure about that.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      50.

47   CONTINUED:	(2)

					GARAK
			It's time to face reality, Doctor.
			You're a man who dreams about
			being a hero... because deep down,
			you know that you're not.

	He holds Bashir's eyes for a moment. Bashir seems to
	hesitate.

					GARAK
			I'm no hero either, but I know how
			to make choices... and I'm
			choosing to save myself.
				(to com)
			Computer, show me the--

	BLAM! Bashir FIRES the gun and Garak falls to the
	ground. Bashir then rushes over to check on Garak.

48   GARAK 

	sits up, puts a hand to his neck, which has been grazed
	by a bullet and is bleeding. Bashir checks on the
	wound.

					Bashir
			You're fine... just a flesh wound.

	Garak looks at him in shock.

					GARAK
			That was awfully close, Doctor.
			What if you'd killed me?

					BASHIR
			What makes you think I wasn't
			trying?

	Garak looks at him in surprise... isn't entirely sure
	whether to believe him or not.

					GARAK
			Doctor... I believe there's hope
			for you yet.

					BASHIR
			I'm so relieved. Now, we have to
			get to the control room. Are you
			coming or not?

	Garak gets up.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      51.

48   CONTINUED:

					GARAK
			Who am I to question Julian
			Bashir, secret agent?
				(beat)
			Lead the way.

	They move off down the passageway...

									CUT TO:

49   INT. SITTING ROOM/CONTROL ROOM - DAY

	Garak and Bashir kick open the huge double doors.
	Bashir has the room covered. Sisko is standing near
	the control table, holding Dax's face in his hands as
	if held just been admiring her new look (hair down, no
	glasses). O'Brien is near them both. Kira is sitting
	in a chair, her wrists handcuffed together.

					BASHIR
			Everyone stay right where you are.
			Drop your weapons.

	O'Brien pulls his gun out of his shoulder holster,
	drops it to the floor. Sisko does the same and Garak
	quickly picks up one of the guns. Kira and Dax react
	with relief.

					DAX AND KIRA
				(overlapping)
			Julian!

	They look at each other. Sisko glares at Dax.

					SISKO
				(to Dax)
			This is your doing. You let them
			go.

					DAX
			I'm sorry, Doctor.

	She moves to Bashir. Kira gets up. While Garak keeps
	his gun trained on the room, Bashir moves to Kira and
	uses the handcuff key to unlock her restraints.

					KIRA
			You are just in time. He was
			about to activate the final
			sequence of lasers.
				(to Bashir)
			Kill him, Julian.

					BASHIR
			No. Not this time, Ana.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      52.

49   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			Then I will.

	She goes for the last gun on the floor. Bashir knows
	what she's about to do and he can't let it happen.

					BASHIR
			Ana, no!

	He rushes to stop her, momentarily blocking Garak's
	line of fire.

	In that instant, Sisko seizes the opportunity to reach
	down and quickly hits a button under the table.
	He then puts his hands back up in the air.

	Bashir and Kira struggle for the gun... and Bashir
	manages to pull it away from her. Garak keeps an eye
	on the other two men.

					KIRA
			What are you doing?

					WORF'S VOICE
			Making a mistake.

50   NEW ANGLE 

	Showing that Worf -- who was summoned when Sisko pushed
	the button -- is now standing behind Garak, pointing a
	gun at his head. Garak drops his gun to the floor, as
	does Bashir. Sisko smiles.

					SISKO
			Thank you, Mister Duchamps.

	Eddington's COM VOICE cuts in:

					EDDINGTON'S COM VOICE
			Eddington to Bashir. We're going
			to try rematerializing their
			patterns in about two minutes.

					BASHIR
				(to com)
			Understood.

					SISKO
			What is it you understand, Mister
			Bashir?... that you should've
			killed me when you had the chance?
			I agree. But then again, I
			suppose that wouldn't have been
			very heroic.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      53.

50   CONTINUED:

	Sisko picks up his own gun and points it at Bashir.

					SISKO
			I, on the other hand, have no
			pretensions about being a hero.

	He's about to shoot Bashir, who immediately begins
	trying to stall for time.

					BASHIR
			Wait!
				(beat)
			Maybe I'm tired of being a hero.
			Maybe I've thought over what you
			said and decided that you're
			absolutely right.

					SISKO
			About what?

					BASHIR
			Everything. The decadence of the
			world, the need for order... the
			more I think about it, the more I
			realize that your way may be the
			only way.

	Sisko pauses for a moment, frowns.

					SISKO
			You expect me to believe that?
			You're Julian Bashir -- a man
			whose entire life has been
			dedicated to fighting against --

					BASHIR
			Yes, but all that's about to end
			now isn't it? You're going to
			destroy this world and start a new
			one. So what's the use of me
			continuing to protect a doomed
			planet? Does that make any sense to you?

	Sisko's puzzlement increases... he's not quite ready
	for this line of reasoning.

					SISKO
			No...

					BASHIR
			I'm an intelligence agent, Doctor.
			And if there's one thing I've
			learned, it's that there comes a
			point when the odds are against
			you and the only reasonable course
			of action... is to quit.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      54.

50   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Garak gives him a sidelong glance, but Bashir ignores
	him, presenting Sisko with a perfectly reasonable
	expression.

					BASHIR
			How do you think I've managed to
			stay alive so long when all my
			compatriots are dead? It's
			because I know when to walk away.

	As Sisko considers this unexpected turn of events.

51   INT. DEFIANT - TRANSPORTER ROOM

	Rom working the tangle of circuitry, Eddington looking
	on.

					ROM
				(to com)
			Rom to Ops. I'm ready. You can
			start transferring the neural
			energy to the Defiant.

52   INT. OPS

	Odo is standing by the transporter console.

					ODO
				(to com)
			Acknowledged.
				(works)
			I'm beginning the data transfer...

53   INT. SITTING ROOM/CONTROL ROOM - DAY

	As before. Sisko studies Bashir for a moment.

					SISKO
			You make an interesting argument,
			Mister Bashir. But I'm afraid
			that I've been looking forward to
			killing you for a long time.

					BASHIR
			You need to move beyond that.
			Start thinking about your new
			world order. You're going to need
			someone like me.
				(re: Worf & O'Brien)
			God knows I can't do any worse
			than these two.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      55.

53   CONTINUED:

	By now, Bashir has casually moved to the control panel
	and it standing within easy reach of it. Sisko
	suddenly thinks he knows what Bashir is doing.

					SISKO
			If you're moving over there so you
			can destroy my control console,
			you're wasting your time.

					BASHIR
			Oh, I don't intend to destroy your
			console.
				(beat)
			I intend to use it.

	Bashir quickly reaches out and presses a large red
	button on the control console. As soon as he does, all
	of the lights begin FLASHING on the giant map of the
	world.

					DAX
				(shocked)
			Julian... you just activated the
			final laser sequence.

					KIRA
			You've destroyed the Earth.

	Everyone is stunned, watching the map.

54   INT. OPS

	The monitors are flickering with data as Odo works.
	The data then DISAPPEARS.

					ODO
				(to com)
			Data transfer complete. I'm re-
			establishing computer control over
			the station.

	The LIGHTS COME ON.

55   INT. DEFIANT - TRANSPORTER ROOM

	As before. Rom working frantically.

					EDDINGTON
			What's wrong?

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      56.

55   CONTINUED:

					ROM
			Just a minor problem... I think
			I see the solution.

	He YANKS out some Starfleet optical cabling... replaces
	it with his own... and the transporter starts HUMMING
	with power.

56   INT. SITTING ROOM/CONTROL ROOM - DAY (OPTICAL) 

	On the giant map, the Earth has been almost completely
	flooded... there are only a few points of land left in
	South America, Alaska, and the Himalayas. As we watch,
	these final few land masses are swallowed by the ocean
	and only Doctor Noah's island in the Himalayas is left.
	Sisko looks very puzzled. (The character of Noah has
	never gotten this far in the program before.)

					O'BRIEN
			You've done it, Doctor.

					SISKO
			Yes. Although somehow, I didn't
			expect to win.
				(beat, then to Bashir)
			I guess the only thing left to do
			now is... kill you.

	He points the gun at Bashir one final time, and we get
	the feeling he means it this time. Suddenly Sisko,
	O'Brien, Worf, Dax and Kira all DEMATERIALIZE.

57   INT. DEFIANT - TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Sisko, O'Brien, Worf, Dax and Kira MATERIALIZE on the
	pad. They are all back in their normal Starfleet
	uniforms. They react to their surroundings. Sisko
	looks at Eddington.

					SISKO
			What happened, Commander?

	O'Brien looks at the mess Rom has created.

					O'BRIEN
			What the hell did you do to my ship?

					EDDINGTON
			It's going to take some
			explaining.
				(to com)
			Eddington to Bashir.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE     56A.

58   INT. SITTING ROOM/CONTROL ROOM - DAY

	As before.

					EDDINGTON'S COM VOICE
			We've got them, Doctor. You can
			leave the holosuite now.

       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Our Man Bashir" - 10/26/95 - ACT FIVE      57.

58   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Thank you.

	Bashir stands up as Garak looks at the large map of the
	now flooded planet.

					GARAK
			Interesting. You saved the day by
			destroying the world.

	Bashir looks up at the map for a moment.

					BASHIR
			I bet they didn't teach you that
			in the Obsidian Order.

					GARAK
			No. But it seems there's a great
			deal they didn't teach me. Like
			the value of a good game of
			chance... or how indulging in
			fantasy can keep one's mind...
			creative.

	Bashir smiles at him for a moment.

					BASHIR
			See you at lunch tomorrow?

					GARAK
			Of course.
				(beat)
			But why don't we have lunch at
			your place -- in Hong Kong. That
			is, if this wasn't your last
			mission.

					BASHIR
			I think it's safe to say that
			Julian Bashir, secret agent...
			will return.

	They smile at each other for a moment and the two men
	EXIT.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END