Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Hollow Pursuits (1990)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Quotes 

• [Barclay has assured there would be no power shortage on the ship during an investigation of the power systems] 

  Capt. Picard : Good. I look forward to your report, Mr. Broccoli.

  [long, frozen pause] 

  Capt. Picard : ...Barclay.

• Holo-Picard : Sir! You have no sense of fair play!

• Holo-Data : Your sword, sir.

  Commander William T. Riker : I don't have a sword.

  Holo-La Forge : How do you expect to fight without your sword, sir?

  Commander William T. Riker : I don't expect to fight.

  Holo-Picard : Ha! Do I detect a streak of yellow along the good fellow's back?

  [the three "musketeers" roar with laughter] 

• Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Broccoli makes me nervous, Captain. He makes everybody nervous.

  Capt. Picard : "Broccoli"?

  Commander William T. Riker : Young Mr. Crusher started that, I guess it's caught on.

  Capt. Picard : Let's just get that *un*-caught, shall we?

• Capt. Picard : I'm not accustomed to seeing an unsatisfactory rating for one of my crew.

  Commander William T. Riker : I guess the issue is whether Mr. Barclay is Enterprise material.

  Capt. Picard : I assume from your request for his transfer that you think he's not, Commander.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I hate to say it, but I always thought I could work with anybody. But I just don't understand this guy. Broccoli makes me nervous, Captain. He makes everybody nervous.

  Capt. Picard : Broccoli?

  Commander William T. Riker : Young Mr. Crusher started that. I guess it's caught on.

  Capt. Picard : Let's just get that un-caught, shall we? There's every indication he's served competently in Starfleet for years. His ratings aboard the Zhukov were satisfactory. In fact, I recall Captain Gleason speaking quite highly of him before his transfer.

  Commander William T. Riker : In retrospect, I wonder if Captain Gleason wasn't buttering our bread a little. He knew we were looking for a diagnostic engineer. I've examined Barclay's psychological profile; he's a history of seclusive tendencies. It was noted at the Academy more than once.

  Capt. Picard : And yet, he chose this way of life. He has made the same commitment to Starfleet that we all have. It's easy to transfer a problem to someone else... too easy.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Captain, it's not like I haven't tried.

  Capt. Picard : Try harder, Geordi. He's a member of your team. Try to find some way to help him to make a positive contribution; get to know the man better! Make him your best friend.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : With all respect, sir - my best friend? I can barely tolerate being in the same room with the man.

  Capt. Picard : Then I suggest you put your personal discomfort on one side, Commander. Dismissed.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Yes, sir.