Beverly: "Worf, I have an opening in my workshop."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "You've made tremendous progress."
Barclay: "I, uh, I, I guess."
Troi: "Don't you think so?"
Barclay: "Well, I just feel more comfortable, uh, playing somebody else. And
maybe all of this, is, is, is not any better than, eh, escaping in, into a
Holodeck fantasy."
Troi: "I disagree. This isn't fantasy, it's theatre. You used to withdraw onto
the Holodeck. You isolated yourself inside your own imagination avoiding
contact with real people. Look at yourself now. Look at all the other people
you're with. You're not just acting, you're *interacting*.
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "Give yourself some credit, Mister Barclay."
Barclay: "Maybe...you're right."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 44704.2. We have arrived at the Argus Array, a
remote subspace telescope at the very edge of Federation space. The unmanned
structure mysteriously stopped relaying its data nearly two months ago."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Commander..."
LaForge: "Yeah, Reg?"
Barclay: "Thanks for uh, assigning me to this mission."
LaForge: "Don't mention it. You're one of my top engineers, it's about time you
got in on some of the interesting stuff."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "This...this is why I'm in Starfleet."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental. An intense energy surge from the alien
probe has severely disabled the shuttle's onboard computer. The Away Team has
been transported directly to Sickbay, where Lieutenant Barclay remains under
observation."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "You shouldn't have to wait too long for the results."
Beverly: "What do you mean?"
Barclay: "Couldn't you use a global mode in your scanner? It would be a lot
faster."
Beverly: "That's not possible. We're talking about human cells here, not
isolinear circuits. I think you'd better stick to Engineering, Lieutenant."
Barclay: "A cell has an electromagnetic signature, just as a circuit element
does. Theoretically, it should work, with just a few adjustments. I could
set it up for you if you like."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "I'm willing to entertain suggestions."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Lieutenant Barclay to Captain Picard, you can fire photon torpedoes,
maximum yield, full spread."
Riker: "We're too close."
Barclay: "I'm certain the shields will hold."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "I don't know how he did it, but shield strength has been increased by
three-hundred percent! That should be enough, Captain."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Thank you, Mister Barclay."
Barclay: "You're welcome, Captain. Barclay out."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "I'm sorry if I overstepped my authority."
LaForge: "Don't mention it."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 44705.3. The Enterprise has destroyed the
alien probe, but now we are left with the difficult task of repairing the
Argus Telescope. Failure to do so would represent an incalculable scientific
loss."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Riker: "Mister Barclay, everyone is still trying to figure out exactly how you
did it."
Barclay: "Well, it just occurred to me that I could set up a frequency harmonic
between the deflector and the shield grid, using the warp-field generator as a
power-flow anti-attainguator, and that of course, naturally created an
amplification of the inherent energy output."
Riker: "Uh-huh, I see that."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Data: "A standard isolation procedure would be advisable."
LaForge: "I agree. We'll cut off each reactor from the damaged control system,
and repair them one-by-one."
Riker: "How long will that take?"
LaForge: "Two to three weeks, at least."
Picard: "All right, Mister LaForge."
Barclay: "I don't agree."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "We could repair all of the reactors, simultaneously, instead of 'one-
by-one'."
Picard: "'Simultaneously'? All eighteen?"
Barclay: "Yes."
LaForge: "But the Argus computer is inoperable"
Barclay: "Not entirely. The core memory is still intact. We could program a
completely new control system."
Data: "An interesting suggestion, Lieutenant. However, that approach would
require more time than our original plan. At least seven weeks."
Barclay: "I could have it ready for you in two days."
Riker: "What?!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Beverly: "That was a real improvement!"
Barclay: "Same time? Day after tomorrow?"
Beverly: "'Same time'."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "Reg? May I join you?"
Barclay: "Of course, please. Sit down, Counselor."
Troi: "Hard at work."
Barclay: "I'm getting prepared for tomorrow's meeting in Engineering. We're
planning our repair strategy."
Troi: "I really enjoyed the scene you just performed."
Barclay: "Hmm. You're a very forgiving audience."
Troi: "Not at all. I thought you were brilliant."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "You've changed."
Barclay: "Is that a professional opinion?"
Troi: "Yes, pure observation."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "I'm proud of you, Reg. I'm glad for you too."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "I'd better be going."
Barclay: "Must you?"
Troi: I think so."
Barclay: "Wouldn't you like to take a walk with me...to the Arboretum? The
Zamenes should be in bloom."
Troi: "Reg, as your former counselor, I don't think it would be appropriate."
Barclay: "I don't need a counselor. What I need is the company of a charming,
intelligent woman."
Troi: "Good night."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Einstein: "G, Sub-I, J, of T, as T approaches infinity. Hmm?"
Barclay: "G, of T, over G-Lot."
Einstein: "Thirty? So it is! So it is!"
Barclay: "But I still don't see how you're going to incorporate quantum
principle into general relativity, without guessing the cosmological constant
a lot more than you're doing here."
Einstein: "But if you increase the value, as you suggest, then you face the
possibility of twenty-six dimensions instead of ten."
Barclay: "I don't think I could deal with that."
Einstein: "I certainly could not. [Laughs]
Barclay: "If the semi-set curved into the subatomic, the infinities might cancel
each other out!"
Einstein: "Good Scott! They just might!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "What was that all about?"
Barclay: "I had some ideas late last night. I needed to consult with the
computer about some quantum-electrodynamic calculatons. A Holodeck-Einstein
program seemed like the best way. I guess I went a little overboard!"
LaForge: "'A little'? Most of the stuff on that blackboard was way out of my
league. And yours too."
Barclay: "Not really. I just hadn't thought along those lines before. It's all
really pretty evident now, and if you were to put your mind to it, I
suppose--"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "Reg, ever since our run-in with that probe something's different about
you."
Barclay: "What? Because I'm beginning to behave like the rest of the crew?
With confidence in what I'm doing?"
LaForge: "You just spent the entire night arguing grand unification theories
with Albert Einstein!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "Reg, something's wrong with you. And we can't ignore that."
Barclay: "Yes, but I've finally become the person I've always wanted to be. Do
we have to ask why?"
LaForge: "Yeah, I think we do."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Beverly: "I couldn't even *guess* at your I.Q. level now."
Barclay: "Probably somewhere between twelve-hundred and fourteen-fifty."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Beverly: "Lieutenant, you could very well be the most advanced human being who
has ever lived."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "What's he done? I mean, we're talking about locking a man up for
being too smart."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Has Mister Barclay done anything that could be considered...potentially
threatening?"
Troi: "Well, he did make a pass at me last night...a good one!"
LaForge: "I'd hardly consider that a threat."
Troi: "No, but it's certainly unusual behavior for Barclay."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Beverly: "There's something else, Captain. He taught violin technique at the
music school last night."
Riker: "I didn't know Barclay played the violin."
Beverly: "He *didn't*. Not until last night."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Until he does something more...menacing, I see no reason why we should
prevent him from continuing his work."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Riker: "You said he made a pass at you, but you failed to mention whether he was
successful or not."
Troi: [Just smiles]
Riker: [Looks at Beverly]
Beverly: [Just smiles]
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Computer, begin new program. Create as follows, workstation here.
Now, create a standard alpha-numeric console positioned for the left hand.
Now, an iconic-display console positioned for the right hand. Tie both
consoles into the Enterprise main computer core utilizing neural scan
interface."
Computer: "There is no such device on file."
Barclay: "No problem. Here's how you build it."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Computer, respond."
Barclay: "I *am* responding, sir. I'm sorry if I caused you any alarm. It was
necessary in order to secure the array."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Riker: "Barclay! Barclay? What's going on? Barclay!"
Barclay: "Yes, Commander, it's me."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "I'm sorry, Captain. I was only trying to help."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Our computer was too slow to compensate for the overload on the array,
so I created an interface that communicated my thoughts directly to the
central processing unit."
Riker: "Exactly what does that mean?"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Mister Barclay, remove yourself from the computer system. Leave the
Holodeck."
Barclay: "I'm afraid I can't do that, sir."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "My primary and cerebral functions are now operating almost entirely
from within the computer. They have expanded to such a degree that it would
be *impossible* to return to the confines of my human brain. Any attempt to
do so would mean my death."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "That's it. I've disconnected the audio and visual pickups. We can
talk without being monitored by the computer."
Worf: "By *Barclay*."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "It is almost impossible to tell where Barclay ends and the computer
begins."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Riker: "How do we get him out of there?"
LaForge: "We don't. Not without killing him."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "This is an intolerable situation. I have no wish to harm him, but I
cannot allow Mister Barclay to continue to act as the computer. I don't care
how smart he is."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Make it so."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "How're you doing?"
Barclay: "I wish I could convey to you what it's like for me now...what I've
become."
LaForge: "Yeah? Try."
Barclay: "I can conceive almost infinite possibilites and can fully explore each
of them in a nanosecond! I perceive the universe as a single equation and it
is so simple!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "I understand."
LaForge: "You 'understand'?"
Barclay: "Everything!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "Well, do you understand how this happened to you?"
Barclay: "I believe it is a gift, that I have been chosen to fulfill a great
promise."
LaForge: "Uh-huh."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Do you suppose this has changed the way people think about me?"
LaForge: "Well, to tell you the truth, Reg, we don't know what to think."
Barclay: "I have been concerned about that, but soon everyone will be able to
understand what I can do for humanity!"
LaForge: "What do you mean?"
Barclay: "We have always perceived that the maximum speed of the Enterprise was
a function of warp. But I know now, there are no limits. We will explore new
worlds that we could never before have reached in our own lifetime. *I* will
take us to them."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Mister Barclay, this is a direct order. Discontinue whatever it is
you're doing."
Barclay: "I really would rather not, sir."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Hello, Deanna."
Troi: "Reg..."
Barclay: "I'm sorry we can't take that walk at the Arboretum."
Troi: "So am I."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "Reg, you've frightened all of us. I'm sure that wasn't your intent."
Barclay: "Young children are sometimes frightened of the world. That doesn't
mean that their parents should let them stay in their cribs."
Troi: "Are we children to you now?"
Barclay: "I can see so much more now than you are capable of. You should trust
that."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Deanna, I've always wanted to earn your respect."
Troi: "You've got it...from all of us."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "We don't need any more convincing. Please, obey the captain's orders.
Stop whatever it is you're doing."
Barclay: "You must trust me."
Troi: "How can we trust an officer who doesn't follow orders?"
Barclay: "Trust me."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "The captain will do everything in his power to stop you."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "Commander..."
LaForge: "What?"
Barclay: "You're too late."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Worf: "Sir, we're going in."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Disconnect Mister Barclay from the computer."
Worf: "Aye, Captain."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "I want you to know, Lieutenant Worf, that I understand your duty in
this matter..."
Worf: "Phasers, maximum setting."
Barclay: "...and that I will in no way take your actions personally."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Data: "We are experiencing a quantum-level oscillation delay."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Cytherian: "...Electrochemical stimulus response, cranial plate, bipedal
locomotion, endoskeletal...contiguous external antigument! Hmm."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard, of the Federation Starship Enterprise."
Cytherian: "Hierarchical collective command structure!"
Picard: "Who are you?"
Cytherian: "Interrogative!"
Picard: "I am 'interrogative', yes!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "And I would appreciate an explantion."
Barclay: "I think I can help you with that, Captain."
Riker: "Mister Barclay! I thought it would be fatal if you left the Holodeck."
Barclay: "The Cytherians have reintegrated me, sir."
Cytherian: "'Cytherians', mmm-hmm."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "What do you want of us?"
Cytherian: "The same as you...as one."
Picard: "Mister Barclay..."
Barclay: "You're both on the same mission, Captain."
Picard: "'Mission'?"
Barclay: "Yes, sir. The Cytherians are exploring the galaxy, just as we are.
The only difference is that they never leave their home. They bring others
here. Their only wish, an exchange of knowledge. They want to know us!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 44721.9. After ten days in the company of the
Cytherians, the Enterprise has been safely returned to Federation space. We
bring back knowledge of their race that will take our scholars decades to
examine. Lieutenant Barclay is apparently no worse for his experience."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "So how much do you remember?"
Barclay: "I, I, I remember doing everything. I just don't remember how or why!"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "How do you feel now?"
Barclay: "Smaller."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "Just plain old Barclay, huh?"
Barclay: "It always seems to come back to that, doesn't it?"
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Troi: "You know, almost everyone has a moment in their lives when they exceed
their own limits, achieve what seems to be impossible."
LaForge: "The tricky part is what happens afterwards."
Troi: "You almost always feel a sense of loss. But it is possible to carry
something of that experience through the rest of your life in ways that you're
not even aware of now."
Barclay: "I, uh, I think I know what you're saying."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
LaForge: "Either way, Reg, you're an important part of this crew. In fact, I
could really use your help with that Level Three Diagnostic."
Barclay: "Sure."
Troi: "Excuse me, Commander, but um, I believe Mister Barclay and I have a date
scheduled, for a walk in the Arboretum?"
LaForge: "The diagnostic can wait. I'll see you later."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "You really, you really don't have to do that."
Troi: "I know."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2
Barclay: "May I? Checkmate in nine moves."
Troi: "I didn't know you played chess."
Barclay: "I don't."
-- "The Nth Degree", Stardate 44704.2