133 - Unnatural Selection
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133 - Unnatural Selection |
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| In questo episodio... Note 47 Technobabble Blooper YATI Versione italiana Premi Citazioni Script |
| Episodi |
| The Deadly Years |
| Pianeti |
| Gagarin IV |
| Astronavi |
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USS Lantree USS Repulse Sakharov #1 |
| Navigazione |
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Darwin Genetic Research Station India |
| Giochi |
| Scacchi tridimensionali |
| Sezione medica |
| Influenza thelusiana |
| HyperAlliance |
| Unnatural Selection |
| SEQ | 33 | |
| SAT | 30.01.1989 | |
| I1 | 13.12.1994 | |
| COD | us | |
| DVD | 2 | |
| VHS | 17 (PG) | |
| STO | John Mason Mike Gray |
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| REG | Paul Lynch | |
| MUS | Dennis McCarthy | |
| GUS | Dr. Katherine Pulaski | Diana Muldaur |
| Dr. Sara Kingsley | Patricia Smith | |
| Miles O'Brien | Colm Meaney | |
| Cap. Taggert | J. Patrick McNamara | |
| Guardiamarina | Scott Trost | |
| IT | Selezione innaturale | |
| ES | Selección no natural | FR | Sélection contre nature |
| DE | Die jungen Greise (I vecchi giovani) | |
| BR | Seleção Artificial | |
| JP | DNA | |
| SCR | 10.11.1988 | |
Data Stellare 42494.8: L'Enterprise riceve una chiamata di soccorso dalla Lantree e subito dopo ne perde il contatto. La nave federale si trova a poca distanza, perciò Picard decide di investigare. Sulla Lantree vengono trovati morti 26 membri dell'equipaggio, apparentemente a causa di un naturale invecchiamento. In realtà la causa può essere ricercata nella stazione di ricerche genetiche Darwin del pianeta Gagarin IV da cui la nave proveniva.
Picard (alla dottoressa Pulaski): And, Doctor, God knows, I'm not one to discourage input,
but I would appreciate it if you let me finish my sentences once in a while. [T:17:30]
Data: All systems functioning within normal specifications, Doctor.
Pulaski: The manufacturer will be pleased to hear it. [T:24:44]
Pulaski: If I live through this, I'll have a much better understanding of geriatrics.
[T:38:21]
Pulaski: Scientists believe no experiment is a failure, that even a mistake advances the
evolution of understanding. [T:41:04]
Nel teaser, al posto della scena del colloquio nell'ufficio del capitano tra Deanna e Picard riguardo alla dottoressa Pulaski, prima che il capitano venga convocato in plancia per la ricezione della chiamata di soccorso della Lantree c'è la seguente scena nella quale viene introdotta Rina, una nuova guardiamarina dell'Enterprise:
INT. TEN-FORWARD
COMMANDER RIKER, GEORDI and several male crewmembers
from Engineering are seated around a table near the
bow ports. The center of attention is clearly the new
Specialist Trainee, RINA, an arrestingly beautiful
young woman.
RINA
... warp drive theory always came
easy for me, but I'm looking
forward to some hands on
experience.
RIKER
I'm sure we'll be able to
accommodate you.
Rina is well aware that Riker is flirting with her,
but she's not flattered. She concentrates on finishing
her drink.
Geordi, on the other hand, seems oblivious to the
tension.
GEORDI
I know what you mean. It's a
really electrifying experience
to be down there where the action
is. Whenever I push the drive
past warp six I still get a lump
in my throat.
Riker takes Rina's empty glass from her hand.
RIKER
(standing)
Can I get you another?
RINA
Tell me Commander. Is it the
custom on the Enterprise for the
First Officer to wait on
trainees?
RIKER
(smiling)
If they were all like you, I'm
certain it would be.
GEORDI
(to Rina)
What's it like these days at the
academy? Is Tsiolkovski still
teaching Propulsion Theory?
RINA
Are you kidding? They'll have
to tear down the building around
him. The first time I saw him...
MOVE WITH RIKER as he heads for the bar carrying two
empty glasses. He slides them across the bar to an
n.d. bartender.
RIKER
Same again.
In the b.g. we see DOCTOR KATHERINE PULASKI leave her
table and approach Riker.
PULASKI
Good to see you, Commander. When
you missed your test this morning
we all feared the worst.
RIKER
(turning)
My apologies, Doctor. A minor
crisis...
(beat)
in Engineering.
PULASKI
(not buying it)
You know, a Rheinman tissue
sample sounds a good deal worse
than it is. I can assure you
there's no discomfort involved.
RIKER
It's not that! It's just... my
duties are so diverse.
(beat)
Suppose we leave the appointment
open?
PULASKI
Spontaneity is the sand in the
clockworks of science.
RIKER
But it's just an unimportant
detail...
A raised eyebrow from Pulaski tells Riker this is a
dead-end.
PULASKI
If I didn't consider it important
I wouldn't insist. Don't force
me to relieve you of duty to make
my point.
RIKER
You can't be --
(beat)
I'll work something out. But
my schedule is tight for the next
three or four days...
PULASKI
(smiles)
So I see.
They both glance toward the table where Rina and Geordi
are still in conversation.
BEYOND THE PORTS the stars streak toward us at warp
speed.
Rina has a clear view.
RINA
Beautiful, isn't it?
GEORDI'S POV -- He "sees" the ship's navigational
shield as a gossamer scrim of shimmering color, and
beyond, countless waves of energy bursting from
exploding suns.
GEORDI
The most beautiful thing I know.
ON RINA as she turns to face him. She's not used to
hearing men talk like this.
Nello script una squadra di ricognizione formata da Riker, Worf, Data e altri due membri
dell'equipaggio si teletrasporta sulla Lantree
per verificare la situazione a bordo, mentre nell'episodio la ricognizione avviene collegandosi al
visore della plancia. I corpi dei membri dell'equipaggio della Lantree
vengono
teletrasportati a bordo dell'Enterprise e la dottoressa Pulaski ne
esegue l'autopsia.Nello script Worf, a bordo della Lantree, attiva il sistema di autodistruzione della nave prima che l'Enterprise si diriga su Gagarin IV, meta dell'ultimo scalo della Lantree. Il codice di riconoscimento e autorizzazione che usa è «Codename Firestorm. Access A-D-three-three-two-four-nine».
Nello script Riker, nonostante il via libera di Picard, tenta comunque di impedire alla dottoressa Pulaski di prendere lo shuttle per eseguire i test su David. La dottoressa Pulaski, prontamente, lo solleva dal suo incarico, dichiarandolo non idoneo:
He (Data) starts to board as Riker rushes into the shuttle bay.
RIKER
Doctor, what's going on?
PULASKI
We're performing the experiment
aboard the shuttlecraft.
RIKER
The captain approved this?
PULASKI
Yes. Now if you'll clear the
area, please; we haven't much
time.
RIKER
Doctor, I can't allow you to risk
yourself like this.
(to com panel)
Captain, this is Riker --
PULASKI
Commander Riker... that item in
your medical record is still
unresolved, if I'm not mistaken?
RIKER
What does that...
(dawning realization)
You can't be serious.
PULASKI
(to com panel)
Computer, this is Chief Medical
Officer Pulaski.
I'm relieving Commander William
Riker from active duty for
medical reasons effective
immediately.
(to Data)
Let's go.
Riker is stunned. Doctor Pulaski enters the
shuttlecraft. Data looks at Riker with a shrug. He
follows Pulaski in and the hatch closes behind them.
COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
(from com panel)
All personnel, clear the shuttle
bay.
Riker jumps to the com panel.
RIKER
(to com panel)
Computer -- override shuttle
operations! Halt departure!
Secure the shuttle!
COMPUTER VOICE (V.O.)
Riker, William T. Presently on
inactive duty status. No command
authorization.
(beat)
All personnel, clear the shuttle
bay.
Dismayed, Riker joins the other crewmembers moving quickly
to the air lock.
L'effetto del comando della Pulaski si rivelava in una scena dello
script, quando Riker cerca di accedere all'alloggio della dottoressa
per cercare frammenti del suo DNA:
INT. ENTERPRISE - CORRIDOR
Riker and Data race for Pulaski's quarters. The door
is locked. Riker speaks to the com panel.
RIKER
(to com panel)
This is an emergency! Unlock
Medical Officer Pulaski's
quarters!
COM PANEL (V.O.)
Riker, William T., relieved of
active duty on
two-three-four-six-nine-point-seven...
DATA
(embarrassed)
Allow me, sir.
Quando la dottoressa Pulaski viene
finalmente teletrasportata a bordo,
Riker si premura di andarle incontro per riottenere la qualifica di comando:
Everyone rushes to welcome the CMO back.
And Riker is ready -- anxious -- to bite the bullet.
RIKER
Doctor... I'm ready to take the
Rheinman test.
Pulaski looks at him quizzically. Has she forgotten?
PULASKI
Glad you reconsidered, Commander.
(to com panel)
This is Chief Medical Officer
Pulaski. Commander Riker is
restored to active duty effective
immediately.
(to Riker)
My schedule's a little tight.
(smiling)
What do you say we put it off
for a day or so?
Picard is at the doorway. Pulaski catches up with him,
and they exit together.
Di seguito le scene in cui compare nello script la
guardiamarina Rina e che, per il semplice motivo per cui il
personaggio è stato cancellato, non compaiono nell'episodio. In alcune
di queste scene Rina non ha battute, ma mostrano solo quanto
l'equipaggio era interessato a lei:
INT. ENGINEERING
KLAXONS continue as the crew moves to alert stations.
GEORDI
Engineering.
Geordi replaces an n.d. crewmember at the command console.
RIKER (V.O.)
(from com panel)
Give us maximum warp.
GEORDI
Maximum warp, sir.
(to crew)
Let's show 'em what we've got.
The crew springs to action. Rina is electrified.
GEORDI (CONT.)
(to Rina)
Go to the backpanels and give
me a direct reading of the
dilithium temperature spread.
INT. ENGINE ROOM
Rina enters...
And up on the catwalk, one of the crewmember is distracted
by her; he trips, and tumbles over the railing onto
the main deck.
The automatic ALARM SOUNDS. Rina and several others
rush to the man's aid. His leg is broken.
Geordi runs in.
GEORDI
What happened?
CREWMEMBER
My fault, sir. Missed the turn.
Geordi looks up at the catwalk, then down at the
crewmember. Then he looks at Rina.
GEORDI
(pained)
Ensign... maybe you better stay
in the control room.
Rina recoils as if she'd been slapped. But she says
nothing. Wounded, she gets to her feet and exits.
INT. ENGINEERING
Riker talks to Geordi. Rina is here as well.
RIKER
The only way we can wind up in
the same starfield is if you
bring us out of warp speed at
precisely the same instant as
the Lantree.
GEORDI
First I have to get control of
the her engines. Very tricky.
RIKER
That's why we gave you the job.
(friendly pat)
Let me know as soon as you're
set.
GEORDI
Will I be on the away team?
RIKER
(aware of Rina)
Too dangerous for a valuable man
like you.
(smiles)
Fortunately, first officers are
expendable.
He starts out, then turns to Rina.
RIKER (cont.)
Just in case we don't make it
back...
(kisses her hand)
It was a pleasure.
He exits.
Geordi turns to the crew.
GEORDI
I'll man the bridge station.
Our first problem is to gain
control of the Lantree's drives.
(to Rina)
Come on. You'll get a chance
to see what the bridge is like
on alert.
Her eyes widen.
INT. BRIDGE
The first team is on the bridge as Geordi enters,
followed by Rina.
GEORDI
Ready to give it a try, Captain.
Geordi sits at the console with Rina watching over his
shoulder.
GEORDI
First we have to download the
Starfleet access codes for the
Lantree...
(punches buttons)
Not even Picard is immune to Rina's beauty.
PICARD
(smiling)
Ensign?
Rina is flattered at being noticed by the captain, but
she's still trying to keep an eye on what Geordi is
doing.
RINA
Yes, sir.
PICARD
Perhaps you'd like to take a look
from down here.
(indicates the area
in front of the
viewscreen)
Frustrated again; but she has no choice.
RINA
Thank you, Captain.
INT. ENGINEERING
Geordi approaches the maintenance table where Rina is
working on an exotic piece of equipment about the size
of a basketball. Two enthralled ENGINEERING CREWMEMBERS
are watching her work.
GEORDI
Find it?
RINA
All set. It was the sensor
contact.
GEORDI
(overlapping)
-- sensor contact.
(smiling)
Just like you said it would be.
Let's get it back in the panel
and do a quick line test.
RINA
Yes, sir!
Rina lifts the unit off the table. The two crewmembers
rush to help her carry it -- and the delicate device
is knocked from Rina's hands. Geordi lunges and
manages to catch it inches from the deck. Slowly he
gets to his feet, trying to check his anger.
GEORDI
(to Rina)
Come with me.
The embarrassed crewmembers begin packing up the test
equipment as Rina follows Geordi into the corridor.
INT. ENGINEERING - EQUIPMENT BAY
Geordi and Rina are working together to re-install the
unit.
GEORDI
Running the Engineering Section
is no different than running the
drive system. I've got to keep
everything in balance. To get
maximum efficiency out of --
RINA
Don't bother, I've heard it all
before. It's not your problem,
anyway. It's me.
Geordi turns and studies her. He doesn't need to "see"
her face to read the disappointment in her voice. It
makes what he has to say next even harder.
GEORDI
That's right. You've got plenty
of aptitude, but you're
attitude's not makin' it.
RINA
What do you know about my
attitude? How'd you like it if
people always behaved as if
you're some kind of freak?!
Geordi finishes the installation. He closes the access
panel a little harder than he needs to.
GEORDI
(tapping his VISOR)
What do you think this is? My
ticket to success?
He starts past her, but she reaches out and grabs his
arm.
RINA
Wait.
(withdraws her hand)
I'm... sorry. Maybe I'm the one
who's blind.
GEORDI
What you are is maybe the most
talented engineer to come out
of the Acadamy since... well
since me. Doing this job's in
your blood. Now all we've got
to do is convince the rest of
'em.
(extends his hand)
Deal?
RINA
(shakes his hand)
Deal.
INT. ENGINEERING CONTROL ROOM
Geordi is studying a PADD. He's troubled. Rina senses
something is wrong.
RINA
What's the it?
GEORDI
(glances up)
Our error rate is up nearly forty
percent.
She looks at him squarely.
RINA
You mean: since I came aboard.
She's angry. She's about to reply, but she's
interrupted by Pulaski, who comes storming into the
control room.
PULASKI
I need your help. I've got very
little time. I've got to find
a way to test the children, to
make sure they're harmless. And
I need a fail-safe environment.
GEORDI
The problem is, there's no area
on the ship that can be sealed
off with absolute certainty.
PULASKI
What about the Sickbay?
(glances at Rina)
Doesn't the Sickbay have
isolated systems?
RINA
The Sickbay has independant
systems, but it's not possible
to totally cut it off from the
rest of the ship. The only
truely independent environment
would be the shuttlecraft, or
something like --
PULASKI
The shuttlecraft?
(to Geordi)
Why didn't you say so?
INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE
Picard and Riker are alone in the room, facing each
other across the table.
[ cut ]
The door opens and Troi enters, followed by Geordi and
Rina. They take their seats. Niether Picard nor Riker
comment on Rina's presence.
WESLEY (V.O.)
(from com panel)
Captain, Shuttle One is decending
to Gagarin Four.
PICARD
(to com panel)
Thank you, Mister Crusher.
(to the group)
The medical emergency at Darwin
Station is ongoing. We'll
continue to assist, but our
immediate concern is the
evacuation of our two officers.
Anyone?
TROI
Shouldn't Kate be involved in
this?
PICARD
Judging from what we saw on the
Lantree, Doctor Pulaski may not
be able to help herself.
TROI
(beat)
I suggest transporting them both
back to the ship. We should use
whatever time we have to seek
the best medical resources
available.
RIKER
The transporter won't protect
us. The children went through
the transporter and still
infected Doctor Pulaski.
Geordi raps the table.
GEORDI
The bio-filter can be adjusted.
We could alter the filter to
screen out whatever it is that's
causing...
PICARD
Precisely. We can't protect
ourselves against the unknown.
What we need is a filter that
isn't bio-dependent.
They ponder. Finally,
RINA
What about the "trace?"
Everyone turns to Rina, their faces reflecting degrees
of skepticism.
RIKER
The transporter trace?
RINA
The transporter keeps a computer
record of every transmission,
a footprint if you will. Usually
it's only stored for security
purposes, but if we used the
trace data to control the
reconstitution process...
PICARD
(to Geordi)
Is that possible?
GEORDI
I hate to admit it, but it never
occured to me. All I can tell
you is she hasn't been wrong yet.
PICARD
Very well. Thank you Ensign... ?
INT. ENGINEERING
Geordi, Rina and the crew are making preparations to
get underway.
Picard charges in with Data following.
GEORDI
Sir?
Picard moves past Geordi to Rina.
PICARD
Ensign, I need your opinion.
RINA
(taken aback)
Sir?
PICARD
You said the transporter could
be altered to filter out changes
in Doctor Pulaski.
RINA
If we'd had the trace...
PICARD
Well it turns out the changes
are in her DNA. If we used a
sample of the doctor's DNA --
say from a blood test -- that
was taken before --
RINA
Could we filter out her genetic
alterations? Absolutely!
PICARD
You're picking up some bad
habits, Ensign, but yes, you took
the words right out of my mouth.
(beat)
Can you make the modifications?
RINA
Of course!
PICARD
Make it so.
He exits with Data.
Rina is dumbstruck. She looks at Geordi.
GEORDI
(smiles)
Hop to it Ensign. You've got
work to do.
INT. CORRIDOR
Geordi and Rina are walking together.
GEORDI
Looks like you'll be going to
your next assignment with a
captain's commendation in your
record.
RINA
Thanks to you. And the way
you... see things.
(turns to him)
Tell me. When you look at me,
what do you see?
GEORDI
To me beauty is a constantly
changing thing. Sometimes people
have it and sometimes they don't.
It all depends on their energy.
(beat)
I see your energy and it's
beautiful. But it comes from
within.
RINA
You're the only poetic chief
engineer I've ever heard of.
GEORDI
And you're the most able trainee
I've ever met.
(kisses her hand)
To quote our first officer, "It's
been a pleasure."
He looks up, but she's still holding his hand.
RINA
Technically, I'm off duty.
GEORDI
(beat)
Technically, so am I.
They have arrived at the entrance to her room. They
look at each other for a moment.
RINA
Maybe you'd like to come in.
I've got a fabulous collection
of antique star drive drawings.
GEORDI
Sounds riveting.
The door opens. They enter.
As the door closes, we see her arms encircle him, and
they kiss.