I’m sure that even in 1990, they knew that making it explicit that Barclay was having sex with representations of the crew would have been a step to far, but in the cold open of “Hollow Pursuits”, after he beats up Geordi and Riker, Barclay is interrupted just as he’s about to kiss Troi, and it’s pretty clear where the simulation is going to go from there.
I’m sure that even in 1990, they knew that making it explicit that Barclay was having sex with representations of the crew would have been a step to far, but in the cold open of “Hollow Pursuits”, after he beats up Geordi and Riker, Barclay is interrupted just as he’s about to kiss Troi, and it’s pretty clear where the simulation is going to go from there.