Worf returns victorious
from the Bat'leth competition and walks straight into
his surprise birthday party. He begins to feel dizzy and
disoriented, and is confused when his cake seems to
change from chocolate to yellow and an absent Picard
seems to appear out of nowhere. Worf is later summoned
to Engineering, where Data and Geordi show him how the
Argus Array has been reprogrammed to spy on the
Federation. Worf spots a Cardassian ship in the Array's
imaging logs and prepares to scan the area, but suddenly
feels dizzy again, and recovers to see Data and Geordi
working on the opposite side of the room. Spooked, he
goes to Sickbay to visit Beverly, and she states he is
probably reacting to the concussion that cost him the
Bat'leth tournament. Shocked, Worf tells her he received
no concussion and hurries to his quarters to retrieve
his trophy to prove he won the contest. When he gets
there, he finds a trophy that reads "Ninth Place."
Beverly tries to ease Worf's worries by assuring him
that his memory will return if he slowly settles back
into his routine. He gets back to work, and is on the
Bridge when he is alerted to an approaching Cardassian
ship. Picard speaks with the Captain, Gul Nador, and
explains that the Enterprise is in the area to repair
the Array. Worf tells Picard that Nador's ship is the
same one they saw in the Array's imaging logs, but
Picard and the crew are confused — they never suspected
the Cardassians of tampering with the Array. Frustrated,
Worf fills Troi in on the bizarre turn of events when
Geordi arrives and says that the Array's problem was a
simple malfunction. Worf starts to protest, but feels
dizzy again and notices a painting on his wall has moved
and changed appearance. He experiences a wave of
dizziness in which Troi's clothing changes, then another
that leaves him on the Bridge with the ship at Red Alert
and a Cardassian warship on the viewscreen.
Picard orders Worf to
raise the shields, but he is too confused to do so
before the warship fires. Riker takes over and
retaliates, and while the Enterprise escapes, the
Cardassians destroy the Array. A disappointed Picard
confronts Worf about his failure, and when Worf mentions
memory loss, no one knows what he is talking about.
Afraid he is losing his mind, he returns to his
quarters, and is surprised when Troi arrives and tells
him that she is his wife! Telling her he has no
recollection of their marriage, he explains what he has
been going through and is gratified that at least Troi
seems willing to try to help him. Later, in Engineering,
Worf explains his experiences to Data, who points out
that Geordi was present every time things went awry.
They eagerly hurry to talk to Geordi, and are shocked to
learn he is dead.
Still looking for
clues, Data hooks Geordi's VISOR up to the diagnostic
array, and Worf has another dizzy spell. He wakes up to
find himself in a commander's uniform, and Data tells
Worf that he has detected a quantum flux in his RNA.
They report to Riker, who is now Captain, to explain
this problem. Data says Worf's RNA indicates that he
does not belong in their universe. Data and Wesley
Crusher, who is now a part of the crew, discover that a
quantum fissure in the space-time continuum is causing
this. Hoping to find where Worf belongs, the crew scans
the fissure with a subspace differential pulse. While
they search, the Enterprise is attacked by a Bajoran
ship, and the fissure begins to destabilize. Realities
begin to merge into one another, and hundreds of
Enterprises appear.
Data realizes the only
way to stop this phenomenon is to find Worf's Enterprise
and send him back through the fissure to seal it. They
manage to locate the right ship, and Worf boards his
original shuttlecraft, re-modulated to seal the fissure.
Worf soon arrives aboard his Enterprise, happy to
finally be home. |
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Production: 263
Season: 7 Episode: 11
Air Date: 11.29.1993
Stardate: 47391.2 |
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Patrick Stewart as
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
Brent Spiner as Data
LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn as Worf
Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi |
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Wil Wheaton as Wesley
Crusher
Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa |
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| Memorable Quotes:
[From an alternate universe]
Commander William T. Riker: No. We won't go back. You
don't know what it's like in our universe. The
Federation's gone, the Borg are everywhere. We're one of
the last ships left. Please, you've got to help us.
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Counselor Troi: I know Klingons like to be alone on
their birthdays. You probably want to meditate or hit
yourself with a pain stick or something.
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Parallels"
#40277-263
Written by
Brannon Braga
Directed by
Robert Wiemer
THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
Copyright 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.
FINAL DRAFT
OCTOBER 7, 1993
STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Parallels"
CAST
PICARD WESLEY
RIKER NURSE OGAWA
DATA GUL NADOR
BEVERLY N.D. COM VOICE
TROI
WORF
GEORDI
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. CARDASSIAN
STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/07/93 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Parallels"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
BRIDGE
CORRIDOR SHUTTLECRAFT
WORF'S QUARTERS
ENGINEERING CARDASSIAN SHIP
TEN FORWARD
READY ROOM TWO ENTERPRISES
OBSERVATION LOUNGE
SHUTTLEBAY
SICKBAY
SHUTTLECRAFT
STAR TREK: "Parallels" - 10/08/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Parallels"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
FORCAS FOUR-cuss
HarOs hair-OSE
Soh-chIm saw-CHEEM
IADARA ee-ah-DAR-ah
GALOR guh-LORE
VERTAZINE VER-tah-zine
CURIE KYOOR-ee
T'gha tee-GAH
SHANNARA shaw-NAR-ah
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR KLINGON BIRTHDAY SONG:
Sung to the tune of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow"
"Cha Worf Toh'gah-nah lo Pre-tOk"
chaw worf toe-GAW-nah low pree-TALK
(REPEAT)
"Tu Mak Dagh Cha doh Borak" *
too mock daw chaw dough bore-AWK
* "Dagh" is articulated with a very coarse, strong rasp --
just like the ch sound in the name of the German composer
Bach or in the Yiddish toast l'chaim.
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