History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap

At first, the holographic Brahms merely continues to recite the relevant logs in a monotone manner. This leads Geordi to have the computer search for her personality profile from the available records to create a personality for the avatar, to make her easier to interact with. The two begin arguing over their approaches to the problem, but gradually work things out and start to make progress, as Geordi finds himself growing attracted to "Leah." Geordi reports to Picard that he's getting close to a solution.

* AlwaysWithYou: The holographic Leah tells Geordi at the end "I'm with you every day, Geordi. Every time you look at this engine, you're looking at me. Every time you touch it, it's me."

--> "I am Galek Sar, Captain of the Promellian cruiser ''Cleponji''. I wish anyone who finds this record to know my crew has behaved courageously. I want it recorded for all time that I, alone, am responsible for the fate that befell us. I have failed as a captain, and as the man responsible for all the souls aboard my ship."
* FirstNameBasis: The holographic simulation greets Geordi as a friend, and he immediately starts referring to her as "Leah."

* SeriesContinuityError: Although Worf claims that he never "played with toys" when Picard asks if anyone has ever made model ships in bottles, we did in fact see Worf trying to put together a model ship back in season two's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E21PeakPerformance Peak Performance]]." While the model was not specifically a [[InsistentTerminology ship in a bottle]], his blanket disparagement of the whole concept still clashes with the earlier scene. Maybe it's the "in a bottle" part that he doesn't understand.

* TakeAThirdOption: The ''Enterprise'''s options seemed to be do nothing and perish, or do as much as possible and perish anyway, until Geordi finds another solution. In this case, it's actually taking a ''fourth'' option: the third option, the one presented by the computer, seemed too risky, along with lacking the "human element."
* TitleDrop: Courtesy of Picard, realizing that the ''Enterprise'' is caught in "a thousand-year-old booby trap."

** The holographic violinist in Geordi's holoprogram plays Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 5"-- as in, hinting at the fact that Geordi's second LoveInterest of the episode would share the same last name.

[[caption-width-right:350:Geordi works the problem with his new holographic girlfriend]]

** Although no connection is ever made in dialogue, the ApocalypticLog of the Promellian captain taking responsibility for his crew's fate foreshadows Picard's taking the helm from Wesley in order to fly the ship clear himself -- so that, if anything should go wrong, it would be on the Captain at fault rather than the teenager.

* ExactTimeToFailure: As usual when it comes to radiation, the computer tells everyone how long it will be until exposure becomes lethal-- because of course radiation affects everyone the same way, and you'll be just fine if you shut it down JustInTime. Riker just has the countdown outright disabled as they're flying out of the asteroid field, as it's just become a nuisance by then.

** Although no connection is ever made in dialogue, the ApocalypticLog of the Promellian captain taking responsibility for his crew's fate could foreshadow Picard's taking the helm from Wesley in order to fly the ship clear himself-- so that, if anything should go wrong, it would be on the Captain rather than the teenager.
* HolodeckMalfunction: A notable subversion, one of the few holodeck-centered episodes where nothing goes mechanically wrong. The holodeck does take its own initiative in developing a Leah Brahms character to interact with, and Geordi does struggle to not get attached.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Variant, in that it's the main character and a single guest character. Strictly speaking, why is it that Geordi can ''only'' consult with the holographic recreation of Leah Brahms? Doesn't he have the whole engineering staff to depend on, none of whom are ever seen interacting on this problem? We even see Geordi brainstorming with other engineering crew later in the season.

* SeriesContinuityError: Although Worf claims that he never "played with toys" when Picard asks if anyone has ever made model ships in bottles, we did in fact see Worf trying to put together a model ship back in season two's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E21PeakPerformance Peak Performance]]." While the model was not specifically a [[InsistentTerminology ship in a bottle]], his blanket disparagement of the whole concept still clashes with the earlier scene.

* StealthPun: In an episode called "Booby Trap," Geordi must resist the urge to fall in love with a woman whom he cannot romance.