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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Hollow Pursuits"
#40273-169
Written by
Sally Caves
Directed by
Cliff Bole
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 1990 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 This script is not for publication or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
FEBRUARY 9, 1990
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" 2/15/90 - CAST
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Hollow Pursuits"
CAST
PICARD BARCLAY
RIKER
DATA
BEVERLY
TROI
GEORDI
WORF
WESLEY
GUINAN
O'BRIEN
DUFFY
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking
SUPERNUMERARIES
ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS
SECURITY GUARD
COSTA
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" 2/9/90 - SETS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Hollow Pursuits"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
MAIN BRIDGE
CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
MAIN ENGINEERING
CARGO BAY
TEN-FORWARD
TROI'S OFFICE
CORRIDOR
TURBOLIFT
TRANSPORTER
HOLODECK ENTRANCE
HOLODECK
MAIN BRIDGE
TEN-FORWARD
TROI'S OFFICE
GLADE
PICNIC SETTING
A HILL
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - 2/14/90 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Hollow Pursuits"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
CORRELLIUM kor-REL-lee-um
INVIDIUM in-VID-ee-um
JAKMANITE JACK-man-nite
LUCROVEXITRIN loo-kro-VEX-ah-tren
METALLURGY MEH-tahl-urj-ee
MIKULAKS MICK-ah-lacks
NAHMI NAH-me
NUCLEO-SYNTHESIS NEW-kleo SIN-thee-sis
SALTZGADUM SALTS-gad-um
SELGNINAEM selg-nen-NAY-um
ZHUKOV ZOO-kov
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"Hollow Pursuits"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. TEN FORWARD/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)
Lieutenant ENDICOTT REGINALD BARCLAY THE THIRD slouches
at the bar. Scattered around the room are HOLO-TROI,
who sits provocatively at a table in her off the
shoulder dress; HOLO-RIKER seated at the end of the bar
and mumbling into his drink, OTHERS. There should be
the suggestion of something bogus about the scene, like
a bad John Wayne movie, rife with cliches and
over-acting. Holo-Guinan walks over to Barclay...
with a bottle of whisky and a shot glass.
HOLO-GUINAN
I don't want any trouble,
Barlcay...
BARCLAY
Trouble? Why would there be
trouble?
HOLO-GUINAN
There's always trouble when you
come in here.
Barclay just grins. As he opens the bottle and pours
a shot... HOLO-GEORDI ENTERS, comes up behind Barclay.
HOLO-GEORDI
You're on duty, Lieutenant.
BARCLAY
Is that a fact?
HOLO-GEORDI
It is, and you'll observe it.
Get back to your post.
BARCLAY
Look, pal. Do me a favor. Take
yourself and your holier-than-thou
attitude and get out of my life.
During the above, Holo-Riker looks up from his position
at the bar, stands, moves over.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - TEASER 1A.
1 CONTINUED:
HOLO-RIKER
This is insubordination, Mister
Barclay.
BARCLAY
So punish me.
HOLO-RIKER
(keys insignia)
Security to Ten-Forward!
A SECURITY CREWMAN ENTERS and heads for Barclay. In
a blur of a movement, Barclay manages to flip him
neatly onto the floor. All stare at him, stunned.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - TEASER 2.
1 CONTINUED:
The Holo-Guard groans, Barclay smirks, takes a gulp of
synthehol and gestures with the glass at Holo-Riker.
BARCLAY
"Insubordination."
Holo-Riker seizes his arm and slops the drink; Barclay
turns quickly, gets a half-Nelson on Holo-Riker and
strains him painfully against the counter.
BARCLAY
Riker, you're nothing but a pretty
mannequin dressed up in a fancy
uniform. You're full of hot air,
and if Picard has a problem with
me, he can come and tell me
himself...
Barclay gives him one last hard push before releasing
him. Defeated, Holo-Riker slips wearily down and leans
against the bar. Barclay moves threateningly at
Holo-Geordi, who retreats, runs out of the room, scared
to death. Barclay saunters over to the table where
Holo-Troi is seated. He picks up her willing hand.
HOLO-TROI
I feel your confidence, your
arrogant resolve. It excites me.
COM VOICE OF THE REAL GEORDI --
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
Lieutenant Barclay, report to
Cargo Bay Five now.
BARCLAY
(to Troi)
This will have to wait, darling.
(to com)
Um... Be right there.
(to the room)
Freeze program. Exit.
All the human figures FREEZE. Barclay heads toward
the o.s. Holodeck doors.
BARCLAY
Save program.
Ten Forward vanishes... he EXITS.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - TEASER 3.
2 INT. CORRIDOR
Barclay steps into the corridor, a much altered man.
The hero of the hour has been replaced with a shy
individual with a perpetual frown born of stress and
unhappiness between his brows. He is hustling because
he's late. Troi comes briskly around a corner. She's
headed straight for him. He steps aside for her. Troi
nods in greeting, gives him a kindly but perfunctory
smile and moves on. We barely notice Barclay sigh as
he moves on.
3 INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)
O'BRIEN is operating the transporter console... several
canisters MATERIALIZE. A couple of ENGINEERING
TECHNICIANS (named DUFFY and COSTA) move the canisters
from the transporter pad to an antigrav unit. Geordi
is studying an open panel on the unit which is out of
service... Riker is listening to him gripe about
Barclay.
GEORDI
I just don't know what to do with
him. He's always late, never
gives his best effort, always
slides by... I can't deal with
it anymore. How does a guy like
him ever make it through the
Academy...
RIKER
(agrees)
I think it's time we talked to
the captain about Broccoli.
(off Geordi's look)
That's what Wesley calls him.
Keep it to yourself.
GEORDI
It fits.
3A ANGLE
as they see Barclay ENTER... moving to him... a
throw-away piece of business -- Duffy discovers a
canister with a trace of GASEOUS NITROGEN leaking from
it.
DUFFY
A broken seal, Commander.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - TEASER 3A.
3A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
You better destroy it. Those
samples will be tainted.
Duffy and the other supernumerary take the canister
away. Barclay tries to slither past Riker and Geordi.
What we notice most about him is that he is
uncomfortable around other people to the point of
agony... he rarely makes eye contact... when he
speaks, he hesitates, desperately afraid of saying the
wrong thing... which he occasionally does.
GEORDI
Is it a problem for you to report
to duty on time, Lieutenant?
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/19/90 - TEASER 4.
3A CONTINUED: (2)
BARCLAY
Problem? Nossir. I'm... I'm very
sorry, sir... it's just... I had
a very important communique...
it required my immediate response
and...
GEORDI
(tired of excuses)
I don't want to hear it... we're
having intermittent problems with
the anti-grav unit, see what you
can do...
Barclay acknowledges and as he moves to the unit...
RIKER
Mister Barclay, I'm tired of
seeing your name on report.
(a beat)
I don't know what you got away
with on your last posting, but
this is the Enterprise. We set
a different standard here.
Understood?
And for a beat, Barclay looks at Riker and it is quite
a different moment than the Holodeck.
BARCLAY
Understood... sir.
Riker exchanges a glance with Geordi then EXITS as
Barclay meekly goes to work...
FADE OUT.
END OF THE TEASER
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE 5.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
4 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
In orbit around a PLANET.
PICARD (V.O.)
Captain's log, Stardate 43807.4.
We are taking on a load of special
tissue samples donated by the
Mikulaks for shipment to Nahmi
Four. The samples could prove
vital to the containment of an
outbreak of Correllium Fever on
that world.
5 INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)
Barclay closes up the anti-grav panels, looks up at
Geordi...
BARCLAY
(shrugs)
Everything looks... it looks
normal to me...
He turns it on and the antigrav unit comes to life...
rises a few feet off the floor. Duffy starts to move
the unit toward the other end of the cargo bay. Almost
immediately, the antigrav field fails and there is a
CRASH as the pallet falls.
O'BRIEN
Dammit..
Barclay reacts, Geordi turns, looks at him
impatiently...
BARCLAY
I... I don't understand...
Barclay looks guilty, tongue-tied... rushes back to
the anti-grav unit to check it out again.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT ONE 6.
5A ANGLE
GEORDI
(to com)
La Forge to Engineering... I'll
need more people in Cargo Bay
Five... anyone you can spare.
Out.
He moves to the anti-grav unit, begins to lift a
canister... Geordi looks at Barclay who is still
trying to solve the mystery in the anti-grav unit
panel...
GEORDI
We could use a hand, Mister
Barclay...
Barclay looks up awkwardly at Geordi... moves quickly
to help... and as he takes hold of the canister,
facing Geordi...
BARCLAY
I'll... I'll disassemble it later,
Commander... it shouldn't do
that... well, of course, it
shouldn't do that... I mean...
well, it shouldn't do that.
Two beats as they carry the canister in silence across
the room... Barclay avoids Geordi's glare.
6 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
Picard behind his desk. Riker and Geordi. There is
a report on the computer screen on Picard's desk.
Picard indicates the screen.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT ONE 7.
6 CONTINUED:
PICARD
I'm not accustomed to seeing an
unsatisfactory rating for one of
my crew.
RIKER
I guess the issue is whether
Mister Barclay is Enterprise
material.
PICARD
(to Geordi)
I assume from your request for
his transfer that you don't think
he is, Commander...
Geordi takes a beat -- he's aware of the impact of this
answer...
GEORDI
I hate to say it... I always
thought I could work with
anyone... but I just can't stand
the guy. Broccoli makes me
nervous... he makes everyone
nervous...
PICARD
Broccoli?
RIKER
Young Mister Crusher started it.
I'm afraid it's caught on.
PICARD
Let's get it uncaught, shall we?
They acknowledge.
PICARD
By all indications, Barclay has
served honorably in Starfleet for
many years. His rating aboard
the Zhukov was satisfactory...
I recall Captain Gleason speaking
quite highly of him before his
transfer...
RIKER
In retrospect, I wonder if Captain
Gleason wasn't buttering our bread
a little...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE 8.
6 CONTINUED: (2)
RIKER (Cont'd)
He knew we were looking for a
diagnostic engineer.
Picard glances at him. A beat. Frowns.
RIKER
I've reviewed Barclay's
psychological profile. He's
always had seclusive tendencies...
it was noted at the Academy more
than once...
PICARD
And yet he chose this way of life;
he's made the same commitment to
Starfleet that we all have...
(beat)
It's easy to transfer our problem
to someone else. Too easy.
GEORDI
Captain, it's not like I haven't
tried...
PICARD
Try harder.
The captain studies La Forge... there is an issue of
command to be examined here...
PICARD
He's on your team. Manage him.
Pull him in. Find ways to help
him make a positive contribution.
Get to know the man. Make him
your best friend.
Geordi smiles with a bit of incredulity...
GEORDI
With all respect, sir... my best
friend? I can barely tolerate
being in the same room with the
man...
PICARD
I suggest you put your personal
discomfort with him aside,
Commander. Dismissed.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT ONE 9.
6 CONTINUED: (3)
Geordi exchanges a depressed glance at Riker and they
EXIT...
6A INT. CARGO BAY
Geordi ENTERS... the room is deserted now except for
Barclay who is off to one side looking over the
disassembled antigrav unit. It's open, the guts
exposed as he traces circuits with a sensor. Geordi
frowns to himself as he looks over to Barclay, whose
back is to him.
GEORDI
(muttering, to himself)
My best friend.
He sighs, knows what he has to do, crosses to...
6B ANGLE - BARCLAY
wrapped up in his mystery... Geordi moves up behind
him, and as he pats him on the back...
GEORDI
Hey, Reg...
And Barclay nearly jumps out of his shoes at the
unexpected physical contact... Geordi reacts, covers...
GEORDI
Uh, how's it going?
BARCLAY
Oh, it's... I still haven't traced
the problem, Commander...
GEORDI
(smile, "warm")
That's okay. No rush. Take your
time.
Barclay notes this new tone of voice from Geordi...
glances at him suspiciously... a beat. Doesn't trust
the moment... rushes to fill the gap...
BARCLAY
I've... I've been planning to run
diagnostics on the graviton
invertor circuits...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT ONE 10.
6B CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Smart plan... well, I'd say we're
in good hands here...
BARCLAY
(still suspicious)
I'll get a preliminary report to
you...
GEORDI
...whenever.
BARCLAY
(beat)
Before the end of the day.
GEORDI
Fine. And say, Reg, how about
sitting in on the mission briefing
with my senior officers in the
morning...
BARCLAY
The briefing? Me?
GEORDI
I'd just like your input...
BARCLAY
On what? I mean, should I prepare
something...
GEORDI
No... no... just be there. Eight
hundred hours.
BARCLAY
I'll be on time, sir.
GEORDI
Good.
And he's about to pat Barclay on the back once more,
thinks better of it... as he turns to leave, an
exasperated expression fills his face... and Barclay
sighs, glad this is over.
6C EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
At warp.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT ONE 11.
7 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING
Geordi ENTERS with WESLEY...
GEORDI
Morning. Start your brains, and
let's do it.
They all gather around the pool table for the morning
briefing. After a beat, Barclay rushes in late, out of
breath... Geordi nods to him.
GEORDI
(points to injectors
on schematic)
Okay, this trip to Nahmi Four is
pretty routine. We'll have plenty
of time to realign the magnetic
capacitors in both the matter and
anti-matter injectors.
(light hearted groans)
Duffy, Costa, that'll be your
assignment.
DUFFY
We probably ought to do the flow
regulator maintenance at the same
time, Commander.
GEORDI
Good idea.
(moving on)
Ensign Crusher is putting in some
hours with us this week as part
of his training duties... he'll
be assigned to assist you, Mister
Myers. Be sure and teach him the
difference between impulse and
warp drive.
(chuckles all around)
Lieutenant Barclay is working on
the mystery of the anti-grav
failure we had yesterday... your
preliminary report had a couple
of interesting theories, Reg...
Geordi waits a beat for Barclay to pick it up and run
with it. He doesn't. After an awkward beat...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/19/90 - ACT ONE 12.
7 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Why don't you summarize your
findings so far, Reg...
As Barclay begins to answer, we can see him growing
more and more uncomfortable under the gaze of his
fellow engineers.
BARCLAY
Yes.
(clears his throat)
It wasn't a maintenance problem...
everything checked out. I...
I'm going to check for... a surge
in... the transfer coils.
WESLEY
(certain)
A coil surge wouldn't have
resulted in a field dissipation.
Attention now focuses on Wesley. Barclay flushes
slightly as Wesley inadvertently steals his thunder.
BARCLAY
I... I... I realize that...
GEORDI
(trying to rescue the
the situation)
But we shouldn't ignore the
possibility, Wes...
WESLEY
You ought to take a look at the
flow capacitor. That could
have forced a chain collapse of
the antigrav field.
Everyone looks at Barclay again.
BARCLAY
I... was going to.
And it looks like Barclay is just jumping on Wesley's
idea... Geordi wants to bail out of this...
GEORDI
Good. Okay, then... let's go over
the realignment procedure...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/19/90 - ACT ONE 13.
7 CONTINUED: (2)
As Geordi starts to go on with the rest of the meeting,
we PUSH IN on Barclay's terribly uncomfortable
expression...
8 INT. TROI'S OFFICE (HOLODECK)
It appears that Barclay is in therapy with Troi. She
sits, listening intently... Barclay pacing the office
in front of her. When he speaks, it is forceful,
without hesitation.
BARCLAY
I just didn't know what to say.
HOLO-TROI
What do you wish you had said?
BARCLAY
I should have told him to mind
his own damned business... I knew
about the flow capacitor... I
didn't need to hear about it from
a seventeen year old kid.
HOLO-TROI
You're letting it get you much
too upset.
BARCLAY
You think so?
Holo-Troi gives him a very sympathetic look, gets up
and stands closer to him.
HOLO-TROI
Why are you so hard on yourself?
BARCLAY
You don't know... it's hard out
there.
HOLO-TROI
I understand, but let go of it.
You're here now.
BARCLAY
(beat)
You're right, of course.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE 14.
8 CONTINUED:
HOLO-TROI
(a small smile)
Of course.
She reaches out for him as if to comfort him, but
instead begins to caress his arms and shoulders while
her stance and expression take on a smoldering
sexuality.
HOLO-TROI
Let me help you relax.
BARCLAY
I'd like that.
HOLO-TROI
I knew you would.
And she leans into him, puts her arms around him and
kisses him passionately...
8A NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
BARCLAY
Mmm, nice... but I'm in the mood
for someplace a little more...
unusual...
(beat)
Computer. Run Barclay Program
Fifteen.
We stay on Barclay, but lose Holo-Troi, as the
surroundings change to --
9 EXT. GLADE (HOLODECK)
A glade with a few small hills, rock formations, some
trees, grass, a pond. As different as can be from the
world Barclay lives in... peaceful, green, remote...
a warm breeze flutters through the trees... Barclay
takes a deep, cleansing breath... turns to see ---
9A ANGLE - HOLO-TROI
dressed in flowing Grecian robes which reveal a good
deal of her anatomy, atop a part of a crumbling wall or
section of ruins, stunning... as the breeze lifts her
hair, her robes... and she reaches out to Barclay...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT ONE 15.
9A CONTINUED:
HOLO-TROI
I am the Goddess of Empathy. Cast
off your inhibitions and embrace
love, truth, joy...
And he runs up the hill to her as they dissolve in each
others' arms... we boom to a dramatic rising shot
against the wondrous landscape and...
10 INT. TEN-FORWARD
Data, Wesley, Geordi, Duffy seated at a table. All
except Data are drinking various beverages.
WESLEY
But I thought that's the point
of the briefing... to discuss
different approaches...
GEORDI
I'm not saying you did anything
wrong, Wes... it's just that
Barclay's... well, my new
project.
DUFFY
(shakes his head)
Yeah, Broccoli's a real project
all right...
GEORDI
(frowns, hates the job)
I just gotta draw him out more...
WESLEY
And I shut him down.
(with pity)
Poor Broccoli.
DATA
Pardon me, but why is Lieutenant
Barclay being referred to
clandestinely as a vegetable?
WESLEY
It's a joke, Data... you know,
a nickname.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT ONE 16.
10 CONTINUED:
DATA
Nicknames generally denote
fondness, a diminutive shared
between friends. This does not
sound friendly.
He's got them there. Wesley and Duffy look a little
uncomfortable.
GEORDI
Data's absolutely right. The
nickname stops here and now.
Captain's orders.
Suddenly, the glass in Duffy's hand begins leaking
badly... the drink spilling on the table...
DUFFY
What the hell... ?
He stands and puts the glass down... and the others
react, and Geordi throws a napkin on the table to catch
the liquid...
WESLEY
What happened to your glass?
And push in as Data picks it up... the glass has been
mangled in the shape of Duffy's hand. On reactions...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT TWO 17.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
11 EXT SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Moving at warp speed.
12 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING
Data and Geordi are examining the glass from Ten
Forward with a tricorder and one of the consoles on the
bulkhead. Barclay is in the b.g. working on some
console.
DATA
Nucleo-synthesis. The structure
of the glass has been altered at
the atomic level.
GEORDI
A problem with the replicator?
DATA
Unlikely. A problem with the
replicator would have affected
the contents as well as the glass.
But the liquid in the glass was
a perfect replication of a dark
ale of Earth origin which I
believe is what Lieutenant Duffy
ordered.
GEORDI
I can't detect any residual
radiation or unusual chemical
compounds that would have caused
this.
DATA
The most probable explanation is
that the glass came into contact
with an unshielded power source.
GEORDI
(slightly dismayed)
That means a complete diagnostic
check of the Enterprise power
systems. All four thousand of
them.
Beat as he turns toward Barclay...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT TWO 18.
12 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Have I got the man for this job...
(calling)
Hey, Reg...
Barclay looks up with a start... me again? Moving to
him --
GEORDI
Busy?
BARCLAY
Well, I was just... no, not
really... what?
GEORDI
(handing him the cup)
Got another mystery for you...
somehow the molecular structure
of this cup from Ten-Forward has
been altered...
As Barclay studies it, to Data...
GEORDI
Mister Barclay is the Sherlock
Holmes of the technical support
crew...
Data knows Geordi's assignment, wishes to be supportive
of Barclay.
DATA
A fascinating vocation, Mister
Barclay. I am a student of
Sherlock Holmes mysteries and I
would enjoy discussing some of
your cases at your leisure.
Barclay looks at them both curiously.
BARCLAY
My cases... ?
GEORDI
(to Barclay, indicating
glass)
Uh, Reg, we're gonna have to run
through the power systems, to see
if there's some kind of leak that
caused this.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO 19.
12 CONTINUED: (2)
BARCLAY
I had to... I was going to do it
anyway...
GEORDI
You were?
BARCLAY
To... to try and explain the
anti-grav unit failure... I still
can't... nothing about it makes
sense.
DATA
Then it is possible these two very
disparate incidents could be
related.
Data and Geordi exchange a glance...
13 OMITTED
14 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
At the science station, starting close on the mangled
glass... pulling back to find Riker listening to Geordi
who has deliberately brought Barclay along. Data is
there too. WORF is at his station. Picard is ENTERING
from the Ready Room in the background.
GEORDI
I wouldn't bother you with
something this minor, Commander...
but it may be a symptom of a more
serious problem...
RIKER
You think we'll need to put in
to a starbase?
GEORDI
We'll have a better idea after
Mister Barclay runs a check of
the power systems...
DATA
It was Lieutenant Barclay who
first suggested the link between
the two incidents, sir.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO 20.
14 CONTINUED:
BARCLAY
No, it wasn't. Not really.
Picard hears this... and wanting to throw his support
behind Barclay, comes over, examines the glass...
PICARD
Will your investigation affect
our available power during the
mission, Lieutenant?
BARCLAY
No... nossir... we'll have to shut
off some systems... they'll be
down a few at a time... it
shouldn't... I don't think so.
PICARD
Good. I look forward to your
report, Mister Broccoli.
A brief, poisonous silence.
PICARD
Barclay.
Barclay's face turns red...
BARCLAY
If you'll excuse me.
He moves quickly to the turbolift, EXITS. A beat.
Then Data offers...
DATA
Metathesis is one of the most
common of pronunciation errors,
sir... a reversal of vowel and
consonant, "bark" to "broc"...
A sharp look from Picard shuts him up. Picard sits
in command. Off Geordi's look...
14A INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
Guinan looks across the bar at Geordi.
GUINAN
Yes, I know him... comes in here,
stands at the bar, doesn't say
much... always orders a warm milk.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO 20A.
14A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Figures.
GUINAN
Warm milk helps you sleep, La
Forge. You should try it. What's
that got to do with Barclay?
GEORDI
(frowns)
I don't know. I'm just trying
to figure the man out, that's all.
You ever talk to him?
GUINAN
He's not much for talking.
GEORDI
Does he have any friends?
GUINAN
Not that I've seen.
GEORDI
(shakes his head)
What do you do with a guy like
that?
GUINAN
I give him his warm milk and let
him be.
GEORDI
Yeah, well, I'm not so lucky.
I can't let him be. He's my
problem.
GUINAN
(beat)
He's imaginative.
GEORDI
How do you know that?
GUINAN
I just do.
GEORDI
Well, then maybe he's in the wrong
line of work.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO 20B.
14A CONTINUED: (2)
GUINAN
You engineering types don't
appreciate imagination... ?
GEORDI
That's not it, Guinan... he just
doesn't fit in here...
GUINAN
Terkim.
GEORDI
What?
GUINAN
Reminds me of Terkim. My
mother's brother. A kind of
family misfit. Everybody told
me to stay away from him. Bad
influence.
GEORDI
Did you?
GUINAN
Are you kidding? He was the only
member of the family with a sense
of humor. But no one ever stayed
around him long enough to realize
it... except me. My mother says
I take after him. I probably do.
Because the idea of "fitting in"
repels me, too.
She looks challengingly at Geordi.
GEORDI
Maybe I didn't make myself
clear... Barclay, he's always
late... he's nervous... nobody
wants to be around him...
GUINAN
If I had the feeling that nobody
wanted to be around me, I'd
probably be late and nervous too.
Geordi frowns.
GEORDI
Guinan, that's not the point...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT TWO 21.
14A CONTINUED: (3)
GUINAN
Are you sure?
GEORDI
(beat, exasperated)
I'll take another one of these.
GUINAN
Get it yourself.
And she walks away. He reacts.
GEORDI
(sighs, keys insignia)
Computer, where is Lieutenant
Barclay?
15
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16
16A EXT. GLADE/HOLODECK
Close on the arch as it slides open to reveal Geordi
who ENTERS and reacts as he sees the glade...
GEORDI
Reg... ?
But as we move with him to reveal the setting, there
is no sign of Barclay... then as he moves in further
he sees --
16B ANGLE -- A PICNIC SETTING
as exquisite as a Gainsborough canvas... a swing
suspended from a tree branch on which the image of a
woman is swinging in flowing petticoats, a silent
garment draped on the grass and spread with
delicacies... a boy dressed as "Blue Boy" eating
messily with his hands... as Geordi moves closer, he
reacts as we reveal the woman and child to be
Holo-Beverly and Holo-Wesley...
GEORDI
Beverly?
Holo-Beverly looks up and smiles.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT TWO 22.
16B CONTINUED:
HOLO-BEVERLY
Good morning, Mi-lord.
(looks at Wesley)
Manners, my son. Manners. You
embarrass me before our guest.
Holo-Wesley ignores his mother, lifts a whole
blueberry pie with his hands and bites into, leaving
a blue stain around his mouth...
HOLO-BEVERLY
Master Barclay will spank you if
you don't behave.
HOLO-WESLEY
(sullen)
I don't care.
He takes another bite of pie. Geordi can't believe
his eyes...
GEORDI
(to himself)
Wesley... ?
And he suppresses a laugh...
HOLO-WESLEY
(to Geordi)
What do you want?
GEORDI
Ah, well, I guess I want... Master
Barclay.
HOLO-BEVERLY
The boys got into another little
scrap, I'm afraid. But boys will
be boys.
The sound of a sword fight turns Geordi's attention
to--
16C ANGLE - A HILL
Coming over the rise, backing toward him is Barclay (in
uniform) ... in classic swordsmanship stance, his sword
moving with lightning speed fighting off unseen
adversaries...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT TWO 23.
16C CONTINUED:
and then as he moves backwards and they follow, we see
whom he's fighting -- Holo-Picard, Holo-Data and
Holo-Geordi dressed as the three musketeers...
HOLO-GEORDI
You cannot withstand our assault
forever, Barclay.
HOLO-DATA
Say you will yield and it ends
here...
BARCLAY
(smiles, confident)
I will speak with my sword, sir...
A flourish of extraordinary moves and Barclay disarms
both Holo-Data and Holo-Geordi... booting them both
off the hill as...
16D THE REAL GEORDI
below reacts and...
16E THE FIGHT
between Holo-Picard Musketeer and Barclay continues
up the rocks... Holo-Picard backing up now, fighting
for his life, breathing heavily...
HOLO-PICARD
Where in God's name did you learn
to fight like this, man?
BARCLAY
Self-taught, my good capitaine.
Shall I give you a few lessons?
An acrobatic move and Holo-Picard's sword goes
flying... and as Holo-Picard stands there, the tip
of Barclay's sword at his chest, shivering in his
boots, he sees the real Geordi below, watching...
HOLO-PICARD
Who is that? One of your allies?
BARCLAY
Jean-Luc. Not that old trick.
I'm disappointed in you.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO 24.
16E CONTINUED:
Geordi coughs from o.s... Barclay reacts... follows
Holo-Picard's look and goes pale as he sees --
16F ANGLE - THE REAL GEORDI
looking up at him.
17 INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
Barclay and Geordi at a table.
BARCLAY
I'll... I'll make it easy for you,
Commander. I'll just request
reassignment...
GEORDI
Now, wait a minute...
BARCLAY
Look, we both know... the whole
ship knows... I can't cut it here.
GEORDI
Hey, Barclay... I've spent a few
hours in the Holodeck myself, you
know.
Barclay gives him a look... and this is the first real
compassion that Geordi has had for Barclay.
GEORDI
Far as I'm concerned... what you
do in the Holodeck is your own
business... as long as it doesn't
affect your work.
BARCLAY
(reacts)
You're... you're not going to tell
anyone about this?
Guinan arrives with a tray of warm milk for two. She
makes eye contact with Geordi.
GEORDI
(no)
I'm not sure everyone would
appreciate your... imagination...
like I do.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT TWO 25.
17 CONTINUED:
He glances at Guinan who leaves.
GEORDI
(curious)
It is kind of unusual...
recreating people you already
know...
The unspoken question is why?
BARCLAY
(sighs)
I was just kind of really...
well, it was just... I needed to
blow off some steam... because
one... one of the officers had
been on my back...
GEORDI
Let me guess...
BARCLAY
Okay, it was you. And I couldn't
tell you what I wanted to, to your
face... and it just sort of...
I guess it got out of control.
GEORDI
(warm, smiles)
I don't know... sounds like maybe
there's a side to this that's kind
of therapeutic... we ought to tell
Counselor Troi about it.
BARCLAY
It's... it's just more
comfortable... when I'm in there.
(looks down)
You don't know what a struggle
it is for me, Commander.
GEORDI
I'd like to help if I can.
BARCLAY
(shakes his head, you
can't)
Being afraid all the time that
I'll forget somebody's name. Or
not knowing what to do with my
hands...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT TWO 26.
17 CONTINUED: (2)
BARCLAY (Cont'd)
I mean, I'm the guy who writes
down things to remember to say
when there's a party. And when
I get there, I'll wind up alone
in a corner trying to look
comfortable examining a potted
plant.
(sighs)
Sometimes, I just don't want to
get out of bed in the morning.
GEORDI
Sometimes, neither do I.
BARCLAY
No, but you're good. You were
born to be in Starfleet. Me...
GEORDI
You're just shy, Barclay.
BARCLAY
(nods, painful)
"Just shy"... sounds like
nothing serious, doesn't it...
You can't know.
Geordi studies him, concerned.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
O'Brien to La Forge.
Keying his insignia --
GEORDI
Go ahead.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
I need you in Transporter Room
Three, Commander.
GEORDI
On my way, Chief.
Geordi looks at Barclay once more...
GEORDI
I really do want you to talk to
Counselor Troi, Reg.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT TWO 27.
17 CONTINUED: (3)
BARCLAY
(reacts)
Troi? No, no, I couldn't.
GEORDI
I mean it. As your friend and
as your commanding officer.
He EXITS... Barclay thinks about what this will be
like... and a dreaded shiver sweeps across his body.
18
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20
20A INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE (OPTICAL)
O'Brien is setting a transporter test object, a
cylinder three feet tall, six inches in diameter, on
a transporter pad...
O'BRIEN
I was synchronizing the phase
transition coils... I didn't do
anything I haven't done a hundred
times before...
Pull back to see Geordi watching. O'Brien moves to the
console...
O'BRIEN
The test object is made of pure
duranium.
Geordi touches it...
GEORDI
Seems normal enough...
O'BRIEN
Watch this...
As he powers up the transporter, the object
DEMATERIALIZES from one position, MATERIALIZES under
an adjacent transport pad, DEMATERIALIZES again,
MATERIALIZES on the next pad over only this time as
it does, it turns into a flash, burns brightly and
disappears. As Geordi reacts...
GEORDI
I'm glad I don't have anywhere
to go.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
21 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
at warp.
GEORDI (V.O.)
Chief engineer's log, Stardate
43808.2. A systems analysis of
Transporter Room Three has yielded
no suggestion of a cause for the
latest malfunction aboard the
Enterprise.
21A INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM THREE
Picard, Riker and Geordi are examining the residue of
the test object.
PICARD
Is this part of the same pattern?
GEORDI
We don't know, Captain. And we
don't know why only Transporter
Room Three is affected... None
of the other Transporter Rooms
are malfunctioning...
RIKER
Yet.
PICARD
(to Riker)
We have twenty-two hours before
we reach Nahmi Four. We'll need
the transporters operational by
then. I want a level one
diagnostic across the board.
(TECH)
RIKER
(acknowledges, to
Geordi)
Advise Mister Barclay to meet us
on the bridge immediately...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT THREE 29.
21A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
Ah, could we push that back, just
to fourteen hundred hours,
Commander... I've got him doing
something...
RIKER
(nods)
Fourteen hundred hours.
(as they exit)
Mister O'Brien, no maintenance
on the Transporters until further
notice.
O'BRIEN
Aye, sir.
21B
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22
23 INT. TROI'S OFFICE
Troi is sitting, very much the way she was (and dressed
the same way she was) in Barclay's fantasy. Barclay,
on the other hand, is entirely a different man from
his dreams... dreadfully uncomfortable sitting on the
far end of the couch from her. Troi studies him
sympathetically...
TROI
I can tell this is difficult for
you.
Barclay is just able to nod.
TROI
Is there anything I can do to make
you more comfortable?
BARCLAY
(quick)
No!
She smiles her best therapeutic smile at him.
TROI
Have you ever been with a
counselor before?
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 30.
23 CONTINUED:
BARCLAY
(swallowing)
Yes. No.
TROI
(smiles)
Which one?
BARCLAY
Yes. But she... it wasn't real...
really a counselor.
TROI
Most people find a counselor
intimidating at first. It's okay
if you feel that way toward me.
BARCLAY
Not... at all.
TROI
Good. Close your eyes... Lean
back.
BARCLAY
Why?
TROI
(standing)
I just want to help you relax.
BARCLAY
(reacts)
You do?
She walks by him... to a light panel... turns the
lights down...
TROI
Put your feet up... it's okay.
And close your eyes...
He puts his feet up... closes his eyes... tight...
BARCLAY
What are you going to do?
TROI
Just listen to the sound of my
voice...
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT THREE 31.
23 CONTINUED: (2)
TROI (Cont'd)
Take a slow deep breath through
your nose... and let it out
through your mouth just as
slowly... good... there, that's
better, isn't it...
BARCLAY
Oh, yes. Oh, yes, much better.
This has been... extremely
helpful...
(standing)
Well, thank-you for your time.
TROI
But...
Backing out...
BARCLAY
Really... very helpful... in
through the nose, out through the
mouth... I'll practice and let
you know... thank you again...
And he's out. Off Troi's puzzled reaction...
24
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25
25A INT. MAIN BRIDGE
A short time later. Geordi is working at one of the
aft stations along with Data. Wes at Conn,
supernumerary at Ops. Troi ENTERS from turbolift and
goes over to Geordi.
TROI
I had a very strange visit from
one of your officers today.
GEORDI
Barclay. Yes, I can imagine. Were you
able to do anything for him?
TROI
To be honest, I'm not exactly sure
what happened...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 32.
25A CONTINUED:
RIKER
(entering from Picard's
Ready Room)
Where is Mister Barclay... it's
past fourteen hundred hours...
Geordi shakes his head, doesn't know.
GEORDI
(touches combadge)
Lieutenant Barclay to the bridge.
(beat of silence)
Lieutenant Barclay report.
There is another awkward silence as Geordi begins to
suspect the worst. Riker's features harden.
RIKER
Computer. Locate Lieutenant
Barclay.
COMPUTER VOICE
Lieutenant Barclay is in Holodeck
Two.
Geordi face falls, glances at Troi... Riker is really
peeved.
GEORDI
I'll get him...
RIKER
No, I'll handle this. I've had
it with him.
He charges toward the turbolift...
GEORDI
Counselor, you better come
along...
They follow...
26 INT. CORRIDOR
Geordi, Riker, and Troi turn a corner, head for the
Holdeck.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 33.
26 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
I think you should know that
Barclay's been running some...
unique programs.
RIKER
I don't care what he's been
running. My patience just ran
out.
Riker operates the panel outside the Holodeck doors.
The doors slide aside.
27 EXT. GLADE (HOLODECK)
Continuous. Geordi, Riker, and Troi standing in
Glade.
27A POV RIKER - THE PICNIC SCENE
Holo-Picard, Holo-Data and Holo-Geordi as the three
musketeers sitting on the ground, eating...
Holo-Wesley as Blue Boy with another blueberry pie...
The Holo-characters look over at our real characters'
entrance.
27B RIKER, TROI AND GEORDI
react, Riker ready to blow...
27C OMITTED
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR 34.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
28 EXT. GLADE (HOLODECK)
Riker, Geordi, and Troi, as before, staring at the
Holo-characters.
GEORDI
Like I said Commander, Barclay's
been running some... unusual
programs.
Riker's furious...
RIKER
This is a violation of protocol.
Crewmembers should not be
simulated in the Holodeck...
GEORDI
Ah, Commander... I don't think
there's any regulation...
RIKER
Then there should be... computer,
discontinue program and erase...
TROI
(interrupting)
Computer, belay that order!
RIKER
Counselor...
TROI
If Barclay is having a difficult
time facing reality, to suddenly
destroy his only means of escape
would be brutal and could do
considerable damage.
28A ANGLE - ON THE PICNIC (OPTICAL)
Holo-Picard musketeer glances at his cohorts.
HOLO-PICARD
They are quite disagreeable,
aren't they... shall we have a
go at them?
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR 35.
28A CONTINUED:
HOLO-DATA
Delighted.
HOLO-GEORDI
We shall thrash them.
They stand, draw their swords... move to the real
people...
HOLO-PICARD
En garde.
RIKER
Stop it. Put that down.
HOLO-DATA
Your sword, sir...
RIKER
(impatient)
I don't have a sword.
HOLO-GEORDI
(puzzled)
How do expect to fight without
your sword?
RIKER
I don't expect to fight.
Holo-Picard exchanges a glance with his fellows, grins.
HOLO-PICARD
Do I detect a streak of yellow
along the good fellow's back?
The holograms laugh.
28B HOLO-WESLEY
laughs, eats his blueberry pie.
28C RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)
HOLO-PICARD
Perhaps we can supply a more
appropriate adversary for him.
(calling)
Number One...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/15/90 - ACT FOUR 36.
28C CONTINUED:
HOLO-WESLEY
(calling)
Number One...
Holo-Riker as the fourth Musketeer rushes in...
HOLO-RIKER
Am I late? Did I miss the fight?
He's a foot shorter than his real counterpart... and
the difference is not lost on Troi.
HOLO-RIKER
En garde...
(looks closely at Riker,
reacts)
Sir... you have a familiar
bearing... is it possible we have
crossed swords somewhere before?
RIKER
(furious)
Where is he? Where is Barclay?
HOLO-RIKER
Ah, a personal grudge. I warn
you... you would be wise to put
your affairs in final order before
you meet him in combat. You
challenge the greatest sword in
all the...
RIKER
... in all the Holodeck.
Troi suppresses a laugh.
RIKER
(to Troi)
You think this is funny?
TROI
You are very tall. It could be
very threatening to some people.
RIKER
Barclay'll find out what it means
to be threatened. Computer,
discontinue image of Riker.
The hologram of Riker disappears. The other musketeers
react. To Riker --
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FOUR 37.
28C CONTINUED: (2)
HOLO-PICARD
Sir, you have no sense of fair
play.
GEORDI
Just tell us where to find
Barclay.
The holograms shrug, they don't know... shake their
heads at Riker's foolishness... move back to their
picnic...
RIKER
(to Troi)
You're gonna make us search
through this to find him?
TROI
It could provide us with valuable
information about what's troubling
him.
On the move...
TROI
There's nothing wrong with a
healthy fantasy life, as long as
it doesn't take over.
RIKER
You call this healthy?
TROI
You're taking it so seriously.
This is not without its element
of humor...
29 ANGLE - HIGH ATOP A HILL - THE GODDESS OF EMPATHY
(OPTICAL)
as before, her robes flowing in the warm breeze, her
arms out... very revealing...
HOLO-TROI
I am the Goddess of Empathy! Cast
off your inhibitions and embrace
love, truth, joy...
GEORDI
Oh my God...
Troi snaps a look at Geordi... who looks away...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR 38.
29 CONTINUED:
HOLO-TROI
Discard your facades and reveal
your true being to me.
TROI
Computer, discontinue --
RIKER
(delighted)
Belay that order, computer!
(to Troi)
We want to get more insight into
what's troubling the poor man.
Remember?
(to Geordi)
Quite a healthy fantasy life,
wouldn't you agree?
Off Troi's burn...
30
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33
34 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
The ship is ROCKED and alarms start to go off on the
bridge. Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room... Worf is
at Tactical, Data at Ops, supernumberary at Conn.
PICARD
Report...
WORF
Sir, our velocity increased to
warp seven point two five.
DATA
Compensating, sir.
WORF
(reading console)
Confirmed. Velocity now warp
seven.
PICARD
Maintain that. What the hell
happened?
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR 39.
34 CONTINUED:
DATA
(still working)
The matter/anti-matter injectors
locked for a split second,
Captain. I am not certain why.
They seem to be working properly
now.
PICARD
(pressing insignia)
Picard to La Forge.
INTERCUT:
35 EXT. GLADE/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)
As before.
GEORDI
(to com)
Go ahead, Captain.
PICARD
Any explanation for the injector
problem?
GEORDI
I'm not in Engineering, sir. I'm
in Holodeck Two.
PICARD
Another malfunction?
GEORDI
Not exactly, sir. I'll return
to Engineering immediately.
PICARD
Yes, I would say you should,
Commander. Your Holodeck
activities can wait until later.
And Commander...
GEORDI
Yessir?
PICARD
It would be wise to consult
Lieutenant Barclay on this latest
incident.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR 40.
35 CONTINUED:
GEORDI
I'd like to, very much, sir. La
Forge out.
END INTERCUT:
GEORDI
(to the Goddess)
We need to find Barclay. Now.
She motions to the other side of the hill... as they
climb...
HOLO-TROI
Cast aside your masks and let me
slip into your minds...
TROI
Muzzle it.
The Goddess reacts, shocked. As they reach the top of
the hill, they discover, on a little plateau...
36 NEW ANGLE
Under a tree sits Holo-Beverly in a very pastoral
scene, skirts and petticoats billowing out. Troi,
Geordi, and Riker approach. Holo-Beverly looks up at
them coquettishly, and puts a finger to her lips.
Barclay is asleep in her lap, snoring away.
HOLO-BEVERLY
Shhhhh!
37 INT. CORRIDOR
Riker, Geordi, Troi, and Barclay ENTER from the
Holodeck. Riker's expression is furious. Troi looks
sympathetic, but resigned, while Barclay looks
incredibly embarrassed. He hangs his head slightly.
TROI
We have a lot to talk about.
Barclay nods silently, humiliated.
GEORDI
(to Riker)
Sir, Barclay and I better get
to Engineering.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FOUR 41.
37 CONTINUED:
RIKER
(acknowledges)
Dismissed.
Riker and Troi go one direction... Barclay and Geordi
move off the opposite way...
37A INT. CORRIDOR - MOVING
BARCLAY
I just couldn't keep my eyes
open... I'd worked twelve hours
on the power systems and then the
transporter went down and...
GEORDI
Reg... you had a chance to get
some help from the real Counselor
Troi... but instead you went back
in there...
BARCLAY
I know... I didn't want to... I
just couldn't help myself...
GEORDI
You're gonna be able to write the
book on holodiction.
(they exchange a look)
Look, I know how easy it is to
get caught up in it. I... fell
in love in there once.
BARCLAY
Really?
GEORDI
(nods)
But I knew when it was time to
turn it off and say goodbye...
Wasn't easy. But I did it.
BARCLAY
You know... the people I create
in there have started to become
more real to me... than anyone
out here.
(beat)
Except maybe for you, Commander.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR 42.
37A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
I need you out here, Reg... right
now, more than ever.
Barclay looks at Geordi, appreciates his continuing
faith.
38 INT. ENGINEERING (OPTICAL)
At a console... looking at an Okudagram on the
monitor... showing read-outs, graphic representation
of the injectors (TECH?)... pulling back to see Barclay
working the console... trying several commands... his
expression concerned. Geordi watches over his
shoulder.
GEORDI
The injectors aren't responding
to the diagnostic commands.
BARCLAY
(acknowledges)
I... think we should drop out of
warp.
GEORDI
(hits combadge)
La Forge to bridge.
INTERCUT:
39
thru OMITTED
40
41 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before. Riker and Troi ENTER.
PICARD
Go ahead, Commander.
GEORDI
Recommend we go to impulse power
sir.
PICARD
Take us out of warp.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FOUR 43.
41 CONTINUED:
DATA
Controls are not responding,
Captain.
Barclay works controls.
BARCLAY
It's the injectors.
GEORDI
Override.
BARCLAY
It's not a computer problem. The
mechanism is physically jammed.
(shakes head)
I can't clear it.
DATA
Speed increasing, Captain. Warp
seven point six... seven point
six five... seven point seven...
GEORDI
We can't shut it down, Captain.
The anti-matter flow is
increasing. She's accelerating
out of control.
Off reactions...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE 44.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
42 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
The ship is racing along.
42A INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Picard, Riker, Data, Worf. Supernumerary at Con.
WORF
Approaching warp nine sir...
PICARD
Red Alert.
The ship goes to Red Alert.
RIKER
Data, estimated time to
structural failure.
DATA
(working panels)
At this rate of acceleration,
fifteen minutes, forty seconds,
Commander...
RIKER
Geordi, did you copy?
INTERCUT:
42B INT. ENGINEERING
Geordi, Wesley, Barclay, Duffy and the other senior
officers are around the pool table... it is a parallel
scene to the first act mission briefing.
GEORDI
Aye, Commander...
RIKER
Recommendations.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE 44A.
42B CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(under great pressure)
I'll let you know as soon as we
have some. La Forge out.
(MORE)
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FIVE 45.
42B CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI (Cont'd)
(to his men)
Okay, this ship will start tearing
itself apart in fifteen minutes...
I want every idea on the table...
I don't care how outrageous...
DUFFY
What about attempting a magnetic
quench on the fusion pre-burners?
GEORDI
No, I tried that already... the
magnetic fields won't reset.
WESLEY
Could the fuel inlet servos be
caught in cycle?
GEORDI
(shakes his head)
If they were, the swirl dampers
would be frozen too... and they
aren't...
DUFFY
(looking to Barclay)
Nothing showed up in the
diagnostic sweep... at all?
All eyes turn to Barclay and he blanches slightly under
their scrutiny.
BARCLAY
The tests... uh, showed problems...
I mean no problems with the
flow... the flow of the...
Geordi doesn't want to step on Barclay, but this is a
crisis and time is slipping away.
GEORDI
There's nothing wrong with the
computer control protocols or the
power transfer systems. As far
as we can determine, the injectors
are just physically jammed...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FIVE 46.
42B CONTINUED: (3)
DUFFY
(trying to add it up)
Injectors freeze... antigrav unit
goes down... transporter
malfunctions...
WESLEY
And a twisted glass...
GEORDI
What's the connection?
The ship shudders for the first time... the men
react...
43 OMITTED
43A INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before. They're reacting to the first shudders too.
WORF
Exceeding warp nine point four.
PICARD
Begin evacuation of secondary
hull. Prepare for emergency
saucer separation.
WORF
(reading console)
Standing by to release docking
clamps.
RIKER
Re-route systems to primary hull
power sources.
DATA
Captain, the plasma flow to the
nacelles is uneven due to the
injector lock. An emergency
saucer separation could rupture
the warp field.
Another shudder. Reactions.
DATA
Twelve minutes to structural
failure.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE 46A.
44 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
faster and faster.
44A INT. ENGINEERING
As before... emphasizing Barclay thinking hard... gets
an idea, shakes his head, suppresses it... the ship is
vibrating and it continues to shake more noticeably.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE 47.
44A CONTINUED:
GEORDI
None of the systems involved
interact directly with each
other... I don't see anything in
common...
A beat of silence... and then Barclay does the most
difficult thing he's ever done in his life -- he takes
a chance, he speaks up, well almost, he clears his
throat... it's enough to get everyone's attention...
BARCLAY
What if... what if...
(beat)
what if one of us is the
connection?
DUFFY
Us? How?
BARCLAY
I don't know. But we're looking
for... a, a systemic explanation
and there isn't one. We work with
all the systems that are affected
... what if we're transmitting
something ourselves... by touching
it, or something...
WESLEY
The computer sensors would've
picked up anything dangerous.
Everyone reacts "yes, of course" and Barclay begins to
retreat back into silence... but then he speaks up
again, actually disputes Wesley's analysis.
BARCLAY
But... if it were something...
something that we couldn't scan...
(to Duffy and Costa)
You might've passed it to the
injectors when you were realigning
the magnetic capacitors.
GEORDI
It was your glass, Duffy... and
both of you were in the cargo bay
when the anti-grav failed...
DUFFY
So was O'Brien.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE 48.
44A CONTINUED: (2)
WESLEY
The transporter malfunction.
That's a connection too.
Alarm klaxons.
COMPUTER VOICE
Danger. Approaching safety
limits of engine containment
field.
GEORDI
Computer, list all physical
substances that wouldn't normally
be picked up by internal scans.
COMPUTER VOICE
There are fifteen thousand five
hundred twenty-five known
substances that cannot be
detected by standard scans.
GEORDI
(sarcastically)
Great. How many of those can
exist in an oxygen atmosphere?
COMPUTER VOICE
Five hundred thirty-two.
GEORDI
(irritated)
And could alter molecular
structure when it comes in
contact with...
(a beat)
... with glass.
COMPUTER VOICE
Five.
GEORDI
(touches pool table
button)
On screen at this station.
44B INSERT POOL TABLE MONITOR (OPTICAL)
The screen shows five names and a small graphic
representation of the molecular structure of each
chemical.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/15/90 - ACT FIVE 48A.
44C RETURN TO SCENE
Geordi, Wesley, Barclay and the others study the list
on the various screens.
BARCLAY
Jakmanite has a half life of about
fifteen seconds. There wouldn't
be enough time to spread it around
the ship.
Geordi touches the panel and the chemical name and
graphic for Jakmanite disappear.
GEORDI
Right.
WESLEY
Selgninaem and Lucrovexitrin are
extremely toxic.
GEORDI
(acknowledges, touches
panel again)
We'd all be dead by now. That
leaves Saltzgadum and Invidium.
Neither of which has been used
for decades.
WESLEY
Could either one be causing all
these malfunctions?
DUFFY
Most of the affected systems
weren't even invented when those
substances were in use. Who knows
what they could do to a
transporter or a magnetic
capacitor... ?
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/14/90 - ACT FIVE 48B.
44C CONTINUED:
GEORDI
(beat)
Wasn't Invidium used in...
medical containment fields?
WESLEY
Not for over a century.
BARCLAY
But the Mikulaks might still be
using it.
DUFFY
(nods)
And one of those canisters was
broken.
Geordi and Barclay on the move...
GEORDI
(hits combadge)
La Forge to bridge. We have a
working theory, Captain...
INTERCUT:
45 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before. Riker and Picard react to this new
information.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
There's a chance we picked up some
Invidium from a broken canister
in the cargo bay... and have been
spreading it around the ship...
INTERCUT:
45AA INT. CORRIDOR
Geordi and Barclay moving quickly to the cargo bay.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
Working theories are fine, Geordi.
But we need a working solution
in about five minutes...
GEORDI
Understood, Commander. We're on
our way to Cargo Bay Five for
confirmation.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE 48C.
45A EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Faster still.
46 INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)
Barclay and Geordi have one of the canisters sitting on
the deck and are wearing protective gloves.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE 49.
46 CONTINUED:
They pick up small tools and carefully open the
canister. Nitrogen escapes. Geordi scans the contents
with a tricorder.
GEORDI
Nothing from the tricorder...
Geordi uses a flashlight-like device that projects a
light... aims it into the canister (we don't need to
see inside)... Barclay reaches in with his glove and
as he pulls his glove out, Geordi shines the light on
it...
COMPUTER VOICE
Danger. Exceeding safety limits
of engine containment field. At
current acceleration, structural
failure will occur in three
minutes, thirty seconds.
... making adjustments in the flashlight three times
as he tries different tests... a substance is revealed
on the glove's fingers...
BARCLAY
There it is...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE 50.
46 CONTINUED: (2)
GEORDI
Duffy and O'Brien picked up the
broken canister and became
contaminated..
BARCLAY
If we can get it... the
invidium... down to minus two
hundred degrees Celsius, it'll
become inert.
Geordi hits combadge.
GEORDI
La Forge to bridge. Invidium is
confirmed.
INTERCUT:
46AA INT. MAIN BRIDGE
Riker and Picard listening to Geordi's report.
GEORDI'S COM VOICE
(continuing)
Recommend we flood the injector
pathway conduit with liquid
nitrogen. That should neutralize
it.
PICARD
The question is, will the
injectors come back on-line?
GEORDI
The injectors have sustained
considerable damage, sir. I
can't guarantee we'll be able to
regain control...
RIKER
We don't have much choice, do we?
GEORDI
Nossir.
PICARD
Make it so.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/15/90 - ACT FIVE 50A.
46A INT. ENGINEERING
Wesley and Duffy work the consoles.
DUFFY
(to Wesley)
Route primary coupling through
starboard transfer conduit.
WESLEY
Routing... ready for engine core
injection.
COMPUTER VOICE
At current acceleration,
structural failure will occur in
forty-five seconds.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE 51.
46B
thru OMITTED
47
48 INT. ENGINEERING
The engine core is flooded with liquid nitrogen. The
RACING LIGHTS in the core SLOW as GASEOUS NITROGEN
leaks from a few spots on the engine core.
49 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before.
DATA
(working console)
Injector conduit temperature
minus one hundred degrees
Celsius.
PICARD
Transfer injector control to
manual.
DATA
Ready... temperature now minus
one hundred ninety degrees...
minus two hundred degrees, sir.
RIKER
Injector status?
DATA
Matter injector... is on-line.
Anti-matter injector... still
locked.
COMPUTER VOICE
At current acceleration,
structural failure will occur in
thirty seconds.
PICARD
Cycle power through ventral
relay.
DATA
(works console)
Anti-matter injector... on-line.
Reducing flow capacity.
Commencing warp engine shut-down.
50 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
Dropping out of warp.
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/16/90 - ACT FIVE 51A.
50AA INT. MAIN BRIDGE
As before.
PICARD
Stand down from Red Alert.
Red alert ENDS.
RIKER
(to com)
Nice work, Geordi.
INTERCUT:
50A INT. CARGO DECK
GEORDI
Mister Barclay and I thank you,
sir.
RIKER'S COM VOICE
(beat)
Acknowledged.
GEORDI
The ship is seriously
contaminated with Invidium, sir.
Recommend we set course for
Starbase one-two-one for a
complete systems and
bio-decontamination.
END INTERCUT:
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Understood.
Geordi and Barclay exchange a look.
GEORDI
Glad you were with us out here
in the real world today, Mister
Barclay.
Barclay grins, shrugs and...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE 52.
51
thru OMITTED
53
53A INT. MAIN BRIDGE/HOLODECK (OPTICAL)
Holo-Picard, Holo-Data, Holo-Worf, Holo-Wesley,
Holo-Riker, Holo-Troi, Holo-Beverly all present and at
their stations. Barclay ENTERS from turbolift. He
walks to center of bridge and addresses everyone. He
seems a little changed now. There is a little more
confidence in his demeanor, a slight change in his
bearing.
BARCLAY
It has been most difficult to
reach this decision to leave
you... but after thinking it
over, discussing it at length with
Counselor Troi... I think it is
for the best... I just wanted to
thank you all for your support...
HOLO-GEORDI
You'll always be welcome here,
Barclay.
BARCLAY
I know. That's what makes it hard
to go.
HOLO-PICARD
It was a pleasure to serve with
you, Mister Barclay.
HOLO-TROI
Good luck, Reg.
BARCLAY
It's been fun.
(looks at them)
Computer, end program.
The bridge VANISHES and is replaced by the empty
Holodeck.
BARCLAY
(cont'd)
Erase all programs filed under
Reginald Barclay.
Barclay heads toward doors... pauses...
BARCLAY
Except... Program Nine...
STAR TREK: "Hollow Pursuits" - REV. 2/13/90 - ACT FIVE 53.
53A CONTINUED:
He smiles to himself... and EXITS.
CUT TO:
54 OMITTED
55 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
as it moves on to its next destination.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END
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