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<v Alex>When we came on the idea of</v>

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"Well, we need to create a new timeline,"

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that absolutely came out of, well,

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we know that Malcolm McDowell dropped a boulder

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on William Shatner, and that seems lame.

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And so if we're gonna
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<v Alex>start over, like, we don't want to know that</v>

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that's how it ends, right?

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So, we have to change everybody's fate

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and once we change everybody's fate,

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anything can happen.
<v Paul and Tawny>Yeah.</v>

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<v Alex>And you can't predict what's coming.</v>

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And that led us to the destruction of Vulcan.

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And then we were like, "if we do that deal,

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the only way that's going to work is

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if it's blessed by Leonard Nimoy, right?"

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<v Tawny>Mmhmm.</v>
<v Alex>It's the only way.</v>

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<v Paul>Mmhmm.</v>

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<v Alex>And we had this, you know, I will never forget.</v>

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Leonard became somebody that we loved very dearly.

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And he ended up, actually,

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on our show Fringe afterwards.
<v Paul>Mmhmm.</v>

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<v Alex>But he came into the office and there were</v>

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very little pleasantries, right?

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It was like,
<v Tawny>Mmmm.</v>

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<v Alex>"Hey, hi! It's so nice to meet you!"</v>

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And he kind of was like, "what do you got?"

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(Paul laughs)

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And we were like, okay, we have to pitch for our lives here.

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And so we sat down and we pitched everything

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and he was totally stone-faced.

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<v Alex>And we finished and we're like,</v>

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"Okay, so what do you think?"

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And he didn't say anything.

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And my first thought was, "we've totally screwed it up."

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<v Tawny>Right? (laughs)</v>
<v Paul>Absolutely.</v>

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<v Alex>He's... he's out, you know?</v>

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We just pitched him "Oh, we're gonna

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destroy your home planet."

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(Paul chuckles)
<v Alex>And then</v>

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he said, "You must understand,

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this is very emotional for me."

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And I heard this thing in his voice.

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And in that (snaps) moment, I was like,

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we got him.
<v Tawny>Yeah.</v>

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<v Paul>Wow.</v>

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<v Alex>And we got him 'cause I think he understood.</v>

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He came in, as he should have, incredibly skeptical.

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"Who are these guys?"

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"What are they doing with Star Trek?"

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Like, "are they going to screw it up?"

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"What are they asking of me?"

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"I wrote a book called 'I Am Not Spock.'"

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(Paul and Tawny laugh)
<v Alex>So, if I'm coming back</v>

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it better be for the greatest reason of all time.

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<v Tawny>Yeah.</v>

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<v Alex>And I think what he saw was that we were</v>

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genuine fans who just wanted to do right by it.

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And I think he saw his opportunity to help contribute to

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what has always been so amazing about Star Trek.

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Which is: the fans keep it alive again,

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and again, and again.

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