Tomalak and Riker in “Unfinished Business”

The future we constructed for you should have been convincing.

Riker

It wasn't. There was a computer time lag, for one thing.

Unavoidable. Our scanners have a limited response time, so whenever you strayed from our... expectations... But surely that was not enough to--

Riker

To smash your house of cards? No. It was the visual record of my wife, Minuet. Bad move.

But we chose someone from your past who is still alive. A woman you were extremely attracted to.

Riker

Your mistake, Tomalak. Minuet was nothing more than a computer generated fantasy I once experienced on another holodeck.

Impossible. In your mind that woman exists, physically. Your feelings toward her remain quite passionate.

Riker

She was part of a very special program.

So much effort, so little accomplished.