Tomorrow and the Stars (episode)

Tomorrow and the Stars is the 3rd episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1.
==Synopsis==
A transporter malfunction trapped Fleet Captain James T. Kirk near Pearl Harbor in December 1941. 
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
Enterprise limps back to Earth as she's got scorch marks along her outer hull.
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over]: Captain's Log Stardate 7015.1, After a surprised Klingon attack the Enterprise has returned to Earth for a few repairs and to drop off our wounded, with us is Fleet Captain James T. Kirk who was evaluating my command abilities of his old vessel
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Transparent viewer shows Earth and the ships coming and going from the Federation Dockyards, as Lieutenant Smith turns to report.
LTJG. SMITH: The dockyard has cleared us for docking.
Captain Branson walks over to his command chair.
CAPT. BRANSON: Good its about time helm bring us in for docking.
The relief helm officer works at the helm console.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
The Enterprise approaches the dockyard's port side as she comes in for docking as mag clamps are on the port side of the saucer section and a mooring attached to the port airlock.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
LTJG. MITCHELL: And we are docked shutting down all engines.
Captain Branson gets up from the Captain's chair.
CAPT. BRANSON: Good work everyone I'll be in the transporter room Z you'll handle the shore leave and personnel transfers?
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Aye, sir.
John pats her shoulder and he enters the lift.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM
Commander Williams and Lieutenant T'Lar are working on the transporter pad and console as Captain Branson enters.
CAPT. BRANSON: Ladies?
Commander Williams looks at him.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: We were able to repair most of the damage we sustained to the transporter systems, and we both believe that it's working right.
CAPT. BRANSON: Margin of error?
LTJG. T'LAR: 2.9% margin of error sir.
CAPT. BRANSON: We can't wait to test it Kara may die along with Kirk he's starting to feel the effects of the radiation.
Lieutenant Carlson, Fleet Captain Kirk, as well as Nurse Chapel and some wounded get onto the pad.
CHIEF MACKENZIE: Coordinates for Starfleet Medical are plugged in sir.
John looks at Jim.
CAPT. BRANSON: Get well soon both of you.
FLT CAPT. KIRK: W-we will John and thanks for the lift.
CAPT. BRANSON: Don't mention it Jim you may energize Chief.
Chief Mackenzie inputs commands into the transporter console and activates the transporter and they dematerialized.
CUT TO:
INT-STARFLEET MEDICAL MAIN HALL
The medical team and Lieutenant Carlson materialized as medical officers help Lieutenant Carlson.
DR. MCCOY: Where's Admiral Kirk?
Christine looks around but doesn't see him.
EXT-KELLY RESIDENT, BACKYARD
Kirk is on the ground wakes up and sees the sun and sits up and sees where he's at, he gets out his communicator.
VICE ADM. KIRK [to com]: Kirk to Enterprise, Enterprise respond John do you read me?
Then he sees Elsa Kelly, wife of an officer in the United States Navy he quickly hides his communicator.
ELSA: Who are you?
FLT CAPT. KIRK: Don't be spooked I am Fleet Captain James T. Kirk were are we?
ELSA: We're in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kirk is shocked.
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT, STARTING CREDITS]
===Act 1===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
'[EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES]
Enterprise is docked at the Federation Dockyard.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM
Lieutenant Commander Williams and Lieutenant Commander Clarkson who's on loan by Captain Towe as the Harrison is also docked at the Federation Dockyards are examining one of the transporter panels on the pad, the doors opened and Captain Branson enters.
CAPT. BRANSON: Report?
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: I ran two diagnostics and can't find what caused it.
CAPT. BRANSON: We've got to find out what happened to the Fleet Captain.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: We'll do our best.
He leaves as both Commanders Williams and Clarkson continue their work.
CUT TO:
'EXT-EARTH SURFACE, HONOULU HAWAII, DAY
An establishing shot of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific battlegroup docked there.
INT-KELLY HOUSE, LIVING ROOM
Kirk wakes up on the couch and he looks around the house seeing the wedding photo of Richard and Elsa Kelly, as he looks around he sees Elsa standing there.
ELSA: Oh, you're awake.
JAMES: It's alright I am not going to harm you.
ELSA: I believe you cause you're an American and if you were a Japanese spy I would be dead by now and you would be on your way to the base.
JAMES: My name is James T. Kirk and I really need to get back where I was at.
James almost faints and starts fading like he's being beamed up to a Starship and it stops as Elsa helps him on the couch.
ELSA: You are in no shape to leave yet James you passed out when you just showed up like magic in my backyard.
JAMES: So, I am at Pearl Harbor?
ELSA [nods]: Yes James you are at Pearl Harbor.
James is surprised by that.
JAMES: W-What year is it?
Elsa has a look of surprise on her face.
ELSA: December 6th 1941.
James turns to her in surprise.
[END OF ACT 1, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, HONOULU, HAWAII, NIGHT
Same shot.
INT-KELLY HOUSE, LIVING ROOM
James sits on the couch trying to figure out how he got there as Elsa walks over to him, and sits next to him as he looks over at her.
JIM: Elsa are you alright?
ELSA [smiles]: Yeah, I-I mean being married to a military officer isn't how I pictured myself living but I am happy what about you Jim?
JIM [smiles]: I found someone but it didn't work out our careers took different paths, and I only saw her once when I was at port in Los Angeles.
Elsa puts her hand on Jim's but she hears the sound of her husband's car.
ELSA: You've got to hide my husband is here.
James goes to hide as the doors opened and 1st Lieutenant Richard Kelly enters and the two kissed, unknown to Richard Kirk quietly walks out the door and heads to their car and gets in the backseat and hides.
RICHARD: You ready?
ELSA: Yeah.
They get into the car and drive off to the officer's dance.
INT-PEARL HARBOR, DANCE HALL
The husband's and wives of the officers that were posted at the base were dancing and having a good time, as Richard sees Admiral Samuel Grant.
RICHARD: Hey I am going to speak with the Admiral about something you go get some fresh air and I'll come find you later.
ELSA [smiles]: Alright.
They go in opposite directions.
1ST LT. KELLY: Admiral Grant sir I would like to speak with you about the war and what the President is planning to do about it.
ADM. GRANT [sighs]: According to most news reports the President is maintaining his neutral stance.
1ST LT. KELLY: He has to understand that we must take a offensive stance if the Japanese decide to attack the US we'd be making a big mistake we have to be at high alert have planes conducting patrol flights.
CUT TO:
EXT-OUTSIDE PEARL HARBOR BASE, BEACH, NIGHT
Elsa and Kirk went for a walk on the beach.
JIM: This place is beautiful reminds me of being at the beaches back home in Iowa.
ELSA: Do you miss being home?
JIM [nods]: Yeah but I speak with my mother she misses me wishing I picked a better career.
ELSA: And your father?
JIM: He died just as soon as I got my promotion to Captain and command of my vessel.
CUT TO:
INT-KELLY HOUSE, LIVING ROOM
After they return to the house Kirk gets out his communicator and flips it open.
FLT CAPT. KIRK [to com]: Kirk to Enterprise, come in Enterprise John please respond.
[static comes over the communicator.]
FLT CAPT. KIRK [to com]: Enterprise if you're out there and I hope that you are I am in need of emergency beam out.
Unknown to Kirk Elsa is standing behind he turns to see her.
[END OF ACT 2, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
INT-KELLY HOUSE, LIVING ROOM
Both Kirk and Elsa are looking at each other as Kirk closes his communicator as she walks up to him.
ELSA: Oh, sorry did you say Enterprise?
FLT CAPT. KIRK [nods]: Yes I did I am from the future 2270 to be exact.
Elsa is a bit taken a back by this.
JIM: T-This is going to take time to explain.
CUT TO:
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
2270
The Enterprise is docked at the Federation Dockyard.
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over]: Captain's Log Stardate 7058.1, We're still trying search for Captain Kirk and figure out what happened and hopefully bring him back
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Captain Branson walks onto the bridge from the turbo-lift and walks over to T'Lar's station where Commander Ivanova and Lieutenant T'Lar is at.
CAPT. BRANSON: You said you may of found where Captain Kirk was beamed to?
LTJG. T'LAR: I have been going over Earth's historical database to trace where Fleet Captain Kirk was beamed to and I may of found where he was taken.
She works on the console and the screen shows the image of the U.S.S. Arizona exploding and smoke.
CAPT. BRANSON: He's in 1941?
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: He was transported a day before the assault.
LTJG. T'LAR: It still amazes my people how much humans have changed since those days.
CAPT. BRANSON: Yeah that day was when we stayed out of the war due to President Roosevelt not wanting to get involved in another war.
Then Lieutenant Smith reports.
LTJG. SMITH: Captain you're needed in the transporter room.
CAPT. BRANSON: Why?
LTJG. SMITH: A Doctor Aronov is beaming aboard.
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: What does he want?
CAPT. BRANSON: I'm not sure.
They leave the bridge.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM
The doors opened as Chief Mackenzie is at the console.
CAPT. BRANSON: Mack beam him aboard.
CHIEF MACKENZIE [nods]: Aye, sir.
Doctor Aronov and Fleet Admiral Ozawa materialized on the pad.
CAPT. BRANSON [smiles]: Fleet Admiral Ozawa this is a surprise.
FLT ADM. OZAWA: Wanted to get the full situation report have you been able to figure out what happened?
CAPT. BRANSON: We believe that he was transported 325 years into the past the second world war to be exact.
FLT ADM. OZAWA: This is Doctor Aronov he was rescued by the crew of the U.S.S. Republic.
They shook hands.
CAPT. BRANSON: Doctor welcome aboard this is my first officer Lieutenant Commander Zhasa Ivanova.
They shook hands.
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Doctor.
DR. ARONOV: I may have something that you can use to retrieve Captain Kirk.
CUT TO:
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, HONOULU, HAWAII, DAY
Same shot.
INT-KELLY HOUSE, LIVING ROOM
Elsa sits next to James.
ELSA: So, you're a Starfleet Officer sent back from the 23rd century and you were sent here to do what?
JIM: I was sent here by accident my friend's ship the U.S.S. Enterprise was attacked by Klingons and suffered damage, I was heading to our medical outpost when I appeared in you backyard.
ELSA: So you were speaking to the Enterprise.
JIM [smiles]: Yeah the name goes down in history.
Then his communicator beeps and he picks it up and flips it open.
CAPT. BRANSON [com voice]: Enterprise...Kirk...do you...Enterprise calling Fleet....do...read
FLT CAPT. KIRK [to com]: John, I can barely read you adjust your transceiver lock and try again.
CAPT. BRANSON [com voice]: I can hear you. Is that better?
FLT CAPT. KIRK [smiles, to com]: A little bit but I'll take it what happened where's Enterprise?
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Captain Branson stands at the communications station.
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: We're still in 2270 we have Doctor Aronov aboard he's reconfiguring the transporter to beam you back but it will take time.
FLT CAPT. KIRK [com voice]: John, I am in Pearl Harbor
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: We know Jim we reviewed the historical text.
FLT ADM. OZAWA [to com]: Jim this is Fleet Admiral Ozawa how are you holding up?
FLT CAPT. KIRK [com voice]: Better then I had hoped I met someone who took care of me when I got here
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Don't worry we'll find away to get you back here.
INT-KELLY HOUSE, LIVING ROOM
FLT CAPT. KIRK [to com]: Do what you can John let know when you're ready Kirk out.
He closed his communicator.
ELSA: So, you'll be going home soon.
They realized that they loved each other as they embraced each other.
[END OF ACT 3, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, HONOULU, HAWAII, DAY
1941
Same shot of the Pacific battlegroup docked at the different ports, Jim is wearing a Naval dress uniform of a Fleet Captain to blend in and not get caught.
ADM. KIMMEL: Fleet Captain Jones aren't you suppose to be heading back to Washington in a few days?
Kirk turns to face him.
FLT CAPT. "JONES": Yes I was just wanting to take one last look at this place I am thinking about reassignment here its beautiful.
ADM. KIMMEL: Ah, that's how I felt when I first saw this place before I got the rank of Admiral and posted here as the CO hope we meet again.
They shook hands.
FLT CAPT. "JONES": Same here Admiral.
They go in opposite directions.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM
Both Commander Williams and Lieutenant T'Lar are at the transporter console as Captain Branson and Commander Ivanova wearing regular clothes walk in and step onto the pad.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: We were able to recreate the malfunction that sent Fleet Captain Kirk to 1941.
CAPT. BRANSON: Good, T'Lar how long do we have till the Japanese attacks Pearl?
LTCMDR. T'LAR: 1:23:00 Captain but it is logical that the Japanese Grand Admiral Yamamoto will rush the time table.
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: So we don't have a lot of time then.
CAPT. BRANSON: Nope we don't energize.
Commander Williams works at the transporter console and activates the transporter.
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, HONOULU, HAWAII, DAY
Captain Branson and Commander Ivanova materialized within two kilometers of Kirk. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA [re: Tricorder]: Got his bio-signs this way.
They move out.
INT-PEARL HARBOR, INTERROGATION ROOM
Kirk is sitting in front of the table as Lieutenant Kelly is facing him.
1ST LT. KELLY: What was your plan here to get close to my wife and kill her then what tell your people where our ships are at well I got news for you Jap our carriers aren't here they're far from here doing what I am not going to tell you because you will inform your government.
JIM: Mister Kelly I am no spy for the Japanese I am just like you an American soldier born to serve.
1ST LT. KELLY: I ship out in a few days and when I get back I am going to show you how much your people have hurt our allies.
Lieutenant Kelly leaves as Jim just sits there then he hears a thud and Elsa enters and has the keys and uncuffs him.
ELSA: Come on.
They leave the room and Elsa and Kirk fled in her car. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA [re: Tricorder]: The two bio-signs are on the move from the building it seems they're heading to the beach.
CAPT. BRANSON: And we're running out of time come on.
They head to the beach to get to Kirk.
At the beach in her car both Kirk and Elsa sit.
JIM: Your husband might have a bit of a headache when he wakes up.
ELSA: Yeah but he'll get over it.
They then go for a kiss but then they overheard the sounds of war planes approaching, they get out of the car and sees the squadrons of Japanese war planes.
ELSA: I have to warn my husband and his crew.
JIM: You know that I can't come with you I would be messing up the timeline.
They kiss and she leaves to go warn her husband as both Branson and Ivanova shows up and John gets out his communicator.
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Enterprise three to beam up.
The Starfleet officers beamed back to the Enterprise. 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM
The Starfleet officers materialized on the pad. 
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Welcome back.
CAPT. BRANSON: Thanks Steph.
DR. CARLSON: Let's get you checked out.
FLT CAPT. KIRK [nods]: Alright.
They both leave the transporter room.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
Enterprise is docked at the Federation Dockyards.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY
Fleet Captain Kirk sits on the bio-bed as Captain Branson walks into the room holding a PADD.
JOHN: Steven told me you'll make a full recovery.
JIM: Yeah I am responding well to the treatment and I heard that Lieutenant Carlson will make a full recovery as well.
JOHN: Yeah, I had T'Lar go through the historical database regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor.
He hands him a PADD as he reviews it.
JIM [sighs]: Elsa survived.
JOHN [nods]: Yes she did it appears that she didn't get to the base in time before the Arizona was attacked and sunk.
JIM: Her husband?
JOHN: He survived as well they weren't near key military targets that were attacked.
James puts the PADD down.
JIM: I messed up didn't I?
JOHN: You didn't know she was there when you tried to contact us.
JIM: I told her where I was from.
JOHN: You had no choice Jim you thought that you were going to be trapped there for the rest of your life, you made the choice of not getting involved in the defense.
JIM: Maybe.
John pats his shoulder and leaves as Jim looks at the PADD.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
Enterprise is docked at the Federation Dockyard.
[END OF ACT FOUR, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS]
==Cast==
===Starring===
*Jarvis Davidson as Captain John Branson
*Felecia Linkous as Lieutenant Commander Zhasa Ivanova
===Also Starring===
*Kevin Regan as Lieutenant Junior Grade Jack Mason
*Ferne Myers as Lieutenant Stephanie Williams
*Blake Waymire as Lieutenant Junior Grade Tyson Mitchell
*Sadie Brickhouse as Lieutenant Junior Grade Julia Smith
*Jacob Elliot as Doctor Steven Carlson
*Delena "Dee" Lusk as Lieutenant Kara Carlson
*Becky Elliot as Lieutenant Junior Grade T'Lar
===Guest Stars===
*TBA as Nurse Christine Chapel
*TBA as Security Officer Joshua Holiday
*TBA as Transporter Chief Kayla Mackenzie
*TBA as Doctor Donald Aronov
===Special Guest Stars===
*TBA as Fleet Captain James T. Kirk
*TBA as Fleet Admiral Alice Ozawa
*TBA as 2nd Lieutenant Elsa Kelly
*TBA as Admiral Husband Kimmel
*TBA as Lieutenant Commander Richard Kelly
*TBA as Admiral Samuel Grant
*TBA as Naval Security Officer #1
*TBA as Naval Security Officer #2
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*Inspired by the unproduced script of the undeveloped series Star Trek: Phase II.