The Leeta Chronicles – Part 1: The Introduction
By Daryl Curtis
Greetings! What follows is our introduction to “Leeta” on Deep Space
Nine. The character was introduced in episode #22 titled “Explorers,”
during the third season of Deep Space
Nine. In “Explorers” Sisko recovers
records of a Bajoran sailship
which somehow traveled to Cardassia in ancient times.
He enlists Jake's help in his quest to construct a working replica of the sailship from old Bajoran
blueprints and recreates the journey.
I thought it would be fun to incorporate video captures from the particular scene with the script for that episode.
I’ve only included the scenes with Chase in it. In this episode, Chase was only in the teaser. I hope you enjoy it.
Credits: The
script and video captures were taken from the website, http://trekcore.com/
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Explorers"
#40513-468
Story by
Hilary Bader
Teleplay by
Rene Echevarria
Directed by
Cliff Bole
Copyright 1995 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
FINAL DRAFT
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STAR TREK:
DS9 - "Explorers"
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Explorers"
CAST
SISKO LEETA
KIRA
ODO GUL DUKAT
BASHIR
DAX
O'BRIEN
QUARK
COMPUTER
VOICE
JAKE
MORN
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ANDORIAN an-DOOR-ee-un
DENORIAS deh-NOHR-ee-us
ERIB AIR-ib
FANALIAN FUH-nail-ee-un
IKO EE-ko
JARED JAIR-ed
LEETA LEE-tah
LENSE lenz
TACHYONS TACK-ee-onz
CYGNIAN
SIG-nee-un
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FADE IN:
1 INT. QUARK'S
where BASHIR
is sitting at the bar reading a novel on a PADD and sipping COFFEE. After a moment, an attractive Bajoran dabo girl, LEETA,
approaches.
LEETA
Excuse
me...
Bashir looks up, smiles at his visitor.
LEETA
You're
Doctor Bashir, aren't you?
BASHIR
That's
right.
LEETA
I'm
Leeta. I've
been meaning to
come
by the Infirmary to see you.
She puts a
hand to her mouth and manages to eke out two dainty
little
coughs. Bashir
is left with the distinct impression
that she's
just trumping up an excuse to talk with him, and
he's more than
happy to play along.
BASHIR
Oh,
dear... how long have you had
this
cough?
LEETA
A
few days now...
He stands...
reaches to put a hand on her bare back.
BASHIR
May
I?
She nods it's
all right...
BASHIR
Cough
for me...
She performs
two more of her cute little coughs...
BASHIR
Hmm...
Leeta looks at him as if gravely concerned.
LEETA
Is
it serious, Doctor?
BASHIR
No...
but it's a good thing you came
to
me when you did...
Bashir sits her down and signals for the waiter. As the
FERENGI makes
his way over...
BASHIR
We
need to start your treatment right
away.
(to
waiter)
Can
I have a Fanalian toddy, very
hot.
The Ferengi nods and starts to move away, but Bashir stops
him.
BASHIR
Make
that two...
(off
Leeta's look)
I've
been feeling a bit of a cough
coming
on myself...
They both know
full well this isn't true, but the rules of
this
particular flirtation dictate that they play along...
LEETA
I'm
sorry to hear that, Doctor.
BASHIR
Please...
call me --
DAX
(O.S.)
Julian.
Bashir turns to see DAX standing at his side with a smile
on
her face. Bashir gives her a
cursory greeting.
BASHIR
Hi...
When he fails to introduce her, Dax
introduces herself.
DAX
(to
Leeta) I'm Jadzia...
LEETA
(friendly)
Leeta...
Bashir can see Dax is about to join them, he suddenly starts
to work his
PADD.
BASHIR
(to
Dax)
Before
I forget, here's the
immunological data you asked for...
Before she can
ask what he's talking about, he hands her the
PADD. Puzzled, Dax looks
down at the screen.
where the
words GO AWAY are clearly written.
as Dax realizes he wants her to leave.
DAX
(wry)
How
sweet of you to put this together
for
me so quickly...
DAX
(Cont'd)
(beat)
I
think I'll go look it over right
now...
She nods a
goodbye to Leeta and starts to leave, then seems
to remember
something, turns back to Bashir. Though
pretending to
be relaying some casual information, there's a
mischievous quality
to her as she does so.
DAX
Oh,
by the way... I just heard the
here
for a few days...
Bashir seems almost stricken to hear this.
BASHIR
The
But before he
can recover enough to ask her to clarify, Dax
EXITS to the
Promenade. Bashir
considers for a beat, then:
BASHIR
(to
Leeta)
Excuse
me for just one second.
And with that,
he leaves a baffled looking Leeta behind and
follows Dax out into the Promenade.