Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

The Nth Degree (1991)

Dwight Schultz: Barclay

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• Barclay : Computer, begin new program. Create as follows: workstation chair. Now, create a standard alphanumeric 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.

  Enterprise Computer : There is no such device on file.

  Barclay : No problem. Here's how you build it.

• Commander William T. Riker : [after Barclay has managed to raise the shield strength by 300%]  Mr. Barclay! Everyone's still trying to figure out exactly how you did it.

  Barclay : Well, it... 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-attenuator, and that, of course, naturally created an amplification of the inherent energy output.

  Commander William T. Riker : [clueless]  U-huh, I see that...

• Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : 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?

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : You just spent the entire night arguing grand unification theories with Albert Einstein!

• Barclay : 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!

• [last lines] 

  [Barclay analyzes a chess game and makes the next move] 

  Barclay : Checkmate in nine moves.

  [he rejoins Troi for a walk] 

  Counselor Deanna Troi : I didn't know you played chess.

  Barclay : I don't.

• [Barclay is back to his old self] 

  Counselor Deanna Troi : So how much do you remember?

  Barclay : I - I remember doing everything. I just don't remember how or why.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : How do you feel now?

  Barclay : Smaller.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Just plain old Barclay, huh?

  Barclay : Always seems to come back to that, doesn't it?

• Barclay : Wouldn't you like to take a walk with me through the arboretum? The zalnias should be in bloom.

  Counselor Deanna 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.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : [indulgent]  Good night, Mr. Barclay.

• Barclay : I've finally become the person I've always wanted to be. Do we have to ask why?

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Yeah, I think we do.

• Barclay : I perceive the universe as a single equation, and it is so simple!

• Barclay : The moon, yes, that'll be my home, my... Paradise. I shall find there all the souls that I love: Socrates, Galileo... And when I arrive, they will question my worthiness. "What the devil is *he* doing there among us?" Philosopher, scientist, poet, musician, duellist! Here lies Hercule Savinien De Cyrano de Bergerac!

  [to Beverly, as Roxane] 

  Barclay : I would not have you weep any less for that charming, good and handsome Christian. I only ask this: that as the great cold surrounds my bones, you allow a double meaning for your mourning veil. And when you let fall your tears for him, some few will be... for me.

  Doctor Beverly Crusher : [blinking away tears]  ... That was a real improvement.

• Doctor Beverly Crusher : [analyzing Barclay's brainpower]  I couldn't even guess at your IQ level now.

  Barclay : Probably somewhere between 1200 and 1450.

  Doctor Beverly Crusher : But that isn't all. The corpus callosum, the connecting bridge between both sides of the brain? It is so active now that the hemispheres are essentially behaving as one.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : So it's not just raw intelligence we're talking about here?

  Doctor Beverly Crusher : No. Creativity, resourcefulness, inspiration, imagination, they've all been enhanced. Lieutenant - you could very well be the most advanced human being who has ever lived.

• Counselor Deanna 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.

• Barclay : Trust me!