Beverly travels to Caldos
IV to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Felisa
Howard. At the service, Beverly sees a strange young man
toss a camellia — Felisa's favorite flower — into the
grave and give Beverly a knowing look. Beverly then
returns to Felisa's house, and is interrupted by Ned
Quint, who has been taking care of the place for five
years. Ned insists Beverly throw out a candle that has
been in her family for generations, claiming it has
brought the Howard women bad luck, but she refuses. Back
on the U.S.S. Enterprise, Geordi and Data learn that
there has been a power fluctuation in Caldos IV's
weather control system, while Beverly reads in her
grandmother's journals that Felisa had a young lover
named Ronin. That night, Beverly experiences strangely
pleasant sensations while sleeping, then is awakened by
a man's voice, but finds no one there.
The next day, Beverly visits Felisa's grave, where she
again encounters Ned. He tells her Felisa's house is
haunted and warns her not to light the candle — it will
bring the ghost he believes is responsible for Felisa's
death. He leaves, and Beverly notices her grandmother's
grave has suddenly been covered with camellias. A severe
storm then hits, and Beverly runs inside Felisa's house.
She is shocked to see that it has also been filled with
camellias.
While searching the
house, Beverly hears the man's voice from before. He
identifies himself as Ronin, a ghost that has loved the
women in Beverly's family for eight hundred years. Ronin
tells Beverly he loves her, then she feels the strangely
pleasant caresses again, but she somehow finds the
composure to ask him to stop. Meanwhile, the power
transfer that Data engaged with the planet's weather
control cannot be cut off, and is now affecting weather
on the Enterprise. Data and Geordi soon discover why —
Ned Quint is tearing at a power conduit on the planet's
surface, shouting that "he'll kill us all!" Suddenly, a
flash of green plasma energy leaps out of the conduit
and kills Quint.
Beverly scans Quint's
body and discovers that something other than the plasma
discharge killed him. She then returns to Felisa's house
to see Ronin, who tells Beverly that she can keep him in
corporeal form by lighting the candle — something the
women in her family have done throughout the centuries.
Beverly returns to the Enterprise and lights the candle.
Ronin appears, telling her that he can now become part
of her forever. Later, Beverly abruptly resigns her post
on the Enterprise to remain on Caldos IV and become a
healer, like Felisa.
Data informs Picard
that energy similar to that which killed Quint is coming
from the cemetery. Later, Ronin returns with Beverly to
Felisa's house, only to be interrupted by Picard, who
questions Ronin about his origins. Data then asks
Picard's permission to exhume Felisa's body. This sends
Ronin into a panic, and he blasts Picard with green
plasma energy. At the gravesite, Felisa's body comes to
life, enveloping Data and Geordi with another burst of
energy. Beverly arrives, recognizing this is Ronin, and
tells him to stop. She then realizes he is not a ghost,
but an anaphasic lifeform that has been using the women
in her family to stay alive. He asks her again to stay
with him, but she destroys the candle and then blasts
Ronin with her phaser, killing her "dream lover"
forever. |
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Production: 266
Season: 7 Episode: 14
Air Date: 01.31.1994
Stardate: 47423.9 |
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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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Michael Keenan as Maturin
Shay Duffin as Ned Quint
Duncan Regehr as Ronin |
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| Names on the tombstones
include "Vader" and "McFly". |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Sub Rosa"
(fka "Passions")
#40277-266
Story by
Jeri Taylor
Teleplay by
Brannon Braga
Based Upon Material by
Jeanna F. Gallo
Directed by
Jonathan Frakes
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
NOVEMBER 5, 1993
STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 10/18/93 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Sub Rosa"
CAST
PICARD FELISA
RIKER RONIN
DATA QUINT
BEVERLY MATURIN
TROI
WORF
GEORDI
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. COLONISTS
TRANSPORTER CHIEF
STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Sub Rosa"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
BRIDGE
BEVERLY'S QUARTERS CEMETERY
CORRIDOR
ENGINEERING
READY ROOM
TEN FORWARD
TRANSPORTER ROOM
TURBOLIFT
PLANET SURFACE
HOWARD HOME
WEATHER CONTROL STATION
STAR TREK: "Sub Rosa" - 11/05/93 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Sub Rosa"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ANAPHASIC an-uh-FAZE-ick
CALDOS CALL-dose
CUMULONIMBUS kyoom-you-low-NIM-bus
FELISA fell-EE-sah
GLAMIS GLOMS
JESSEL JESS-ul
KILMARNOCK KILL-mar-nock
MATURIN ma-TOUR-in
MOK'BARA moke-ba-RAH
RONIN ROW-nin
SELAR sell-AR
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