Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Ship in a Bottle (1993)

Stephanie Beacham: Countess Barthalomew

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• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I have come here to prevail on your intelligence and your insight.

  Countess Barthalomew : But not apparently my humility?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Credit where credit is due, madam. I can see you are a woman not only of breeding but of wit and sagacity.

  Countess Barthalomew : And you, sir, are a man of charm - and guile. You remind me of Viscount Oglethorpe. He was a man who could bewitch any woman who breathed.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : And do you suspect that that is my intent?

  Countess Barthalomew : I cannot be certain of your intent, but I am certain that you're the kind of man who usually gets what he wants.

• Countess Barthalomew : [after Moriarty and the Countess think they've left the Holodeck and the Enterprise]  James.

  Moriarty : Yes, my love.

  Countess Barthalomew : Can we go back to Earth... someday?

  Moriarty : Of course, my dear... Of course.

• Countess Barthalomew : Have you ever been to Africa, Mr., um...?

  Barclay : Uh, B-Barclay, Lieutenant Reginald Barclay. No. No, I haven't.

  Countess Barthalomew : *I* have! When I was seventeen, I went on safari with my uncle. My mother took to her bed in terror I'd be bitten by a tsetse fly, but I had a marvelous time! I got to wear trousers - the whole time! Oh, it was hard to go back to a corset, I can tell you.

  Barclay : Yes, I'm sure it was.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What does a woman like you see in a man like Moriarty?

  Countess Barthalomew : He's an exciting man, Captain. He's brilliant. Incisive. He's ruthless. He has... an almost irresistible appeal.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : He's also an arch-criminal.

  Countess Barthalomew : Only because he was written like that.

• Countess Barthalomew : I'm so looking forward to this new experience. My, traveling the stars.

  Barclay : You know about that? You - you - you know where we are? Countess, forgive me, but you just don't sound like a holodeck character.

  Moriarty : That's because she isn't.

  Countess Barthalomew : James!

  [Moriarty and the Countess kiss passionately] 

  Moriarty : If you loved a woman like this, Leftenant, would you be content to let her remain a simulation?

  Barclay : You - you gave her consciousness?

  Moriarty : Yes, just as it was given to me.

• Barclay : Well, we're going to try to transport this chair off the holodeck first. We didn't want to try it on the countess until we were sure it would work.

  Countess Barthalomew : How thoughtful. Isn't he thoughtful, James?