Star Trek: The Next Generation: Where Silence Has Lease (Original screenplay for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1988 television series) - 1988

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1988. Final Draft script for Season 2, Episode 2 of the 1987-1994 classic television series, which originally aired in syndication on November 28, 1988. Printed on blue leaves. Bound in preceding the script are three pages for "Cast," "Sets," and a "Pronunciation Guide." 20 years after the classic NBC 1966-1968 television series, Gene Roddenberry was tasked with creating "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for Paramount Pictures. Set a century after the events in the original series, and starring a new cast of characters, "The Next Generation" succeeded in becoming an equally beloved series in the franchise, and created four spin-off films from the series, "Star Trek Generation" (1994), "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996), "Star Trek: Insurrection" (1998), and "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002). The Enterprise becomes enveloped and trapped by a black-hole like phenomenon they are investigating when a hostile Romulan war ship appears. Yellow illustrated wrappers, noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper, dated September 26, 1988. Title page present, dated September 26, 1988, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriter Jack B. Sowards and director Winrich Kolbe. 64 leaves, with last page of text numbered 60. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.