











                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                       "Hollow Pursuits" 
                          #40273-169 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Sally Caves 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                        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
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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
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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                             



