Star Trek The Next Generation
S3E6
· Booby Trap

Quiet Handoff: Resuming the Holodeck

After the ship's life-or-death gambit, Geordi slips away to Holodeck Three and quietly instructs the computer to resume his private program. The terse computer acknowledgment — an impersonal invitation to 'enter when ready' — functions as a ritualized handoff: a technological re-entry into an emotional space. This small, intimate beat preserves the Leah Brahms simulation as a personal memorial and registers Geordi's tentative, private growth following the crew's crisis, giving the storyline a reflective coda.

Plot Beats

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Geordi arrives at the Holodeck, preparing to resume his program.

anticipation to determination ['Holodeck Three corridor']

Geordi commands the computer to resume his program on Holodeck Three.

determination to readiness

The computer acknowledges, signaling Geordi to enter.

readiness to focus

Who Was There

Characters present in this moment

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Geordi La Forge
Chief Engineer
 primary

Quiet, slightly worn but composed — seeking solitude and comfort; a calm exterior that suggests tiredness and private vulnerability.

Geordi arrives at the holodeck door, speaks the command to resume the private program, and physically initiates the transition from public corridor to private simulation with quiet determination and reserve.

Goals in this moment
  • • Reenter a safe, private simulation to process events and regain composure.
  • • Resume a holographic program that serves as emotional continuity and a controlled space for reflection.
Active beliefs
  • • Private, controlled environments help him process stress more effectively than public spaces.
  • • The holodeck program remains a reliable, unchanged anchor he can return to after traumatic or high-pressure events.
Character traits
introspective technically precise reserved ritualistic
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USS Enterprise
primary

Neutral and detached — performing institutional function without affect, though the terseness can be read as quietly accommodating.

The shipboard computer responds with procedural efficiency, acknowledging Geordi's command with a brief, formulaic invitation that enables access while remaining emotionally neutral and formally correct.

Goals in this moment
  • • Confirm and enact the user's command to resume the specified holodeck program.
  • • Maintain shipboard safety protocols while facilitating privacy and access to the simulation.
Active beliefs
  • • Obedience to crew commands is the primary function of the system.
  • • Concise acknowledgment minimizes interference and preserves the user's privacy and autonomy.
Character traits
impersonal obedient concise reliably procedural
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Objects Involved

Significant items in this scene

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Holodeck Program: Prototype Schematic with Holographic Leah Brahms (dilithium lattice / holoprojection)

The Holodeck Three program — a preserved prototype schematic with a holographic Leah Brahms projection — is called back into active simulation. Here it functions narratively as both a technical project and an emotional stand-in, resumed not for testing but for personal refuge and the continuity of a memorialized presence.

Before: Paused/inactive within holodeck storage; the program exists in …
After: Resumed/activated for Geordi's private use inside Holodeck Three; …
Before: Paused/inactive within holodeck storage; the program exists in ship memory awaiting user reactivation.
After: Resumed/activated for Geordi's private use inside Holodeck Three; running as an accessible simulation instance.

Location Details

Places and their significance in this event

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Holodeck Three — Recreated Space Station Laboratory

Holodeck Three functions as the private enclave toward which Geordi moves; even from the corridor its presence is felt as an accessible, controlled space. The holodeck is both practical workspace and intimate refuge, its doors marking a boundary between communal duty and solitary processing.

Atmosphere Quiet, contained, and gently expectant — a room designed for immersion and emotional privacy rather …
Function Sanctuary for private reflection and technical simulation; a bridge between professional problem‑solving and personal emotional …
Symbolism Represents emotional isolation and safe containment of grief/longing; a technological womb where Geordi preserves continuity …
Padded walls and hidden emitters that erase physical boundaries Soft LCARS lighting and a faint hum of ship systems Scented suggestion of warm circuitry (implied) Sense of controlled, engineered space set apart from the corridor

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Key Dialogue

"GEORDI: "Computer, resume Holodeck Three program.""
"COMPUTER: "Enter when ready.""