know.
He's got all these lines to memorise,
and, you know, like a TiVo,
-it gets loaded up and that's it.
-Yeah.
His memory bank is absolutely...
-You and I did a mind meld.
-We did.
-It's a famous moment in Star Trek.
-That's right.
-We did a mind meld.
-That's right.
-Who could forget the mind meld?
-Who?
-But I want to ask, Bill...
-How can you forget a mind meld?
Are you gonna ask him now
why he didn't do the show?
Because in the movie,
they killed him in the movie.
-I know.
-Badly.
But this is Star Trek. You never die.
Never mind Star Trek.
They get a dinosaur bone,
and they're able to get a DNA
160 million years later.
Where is that?
-You can always come back.
-You can always come back.
You can always come back.
This came back.
Leonard was dead.
-He came back.
-Leonard was dead.
But I came back very fast. I was still
in good shape. I came back very fast.
You came back very fast
with a director's assignment.
He got his directing assignment.
"I died, and now
I'm directing the next one."
How good was that?
-That's a good deal.
-Yeah, really.
So they never approached you?
There was never some way
of trying to make...
Patrick, I'm gonna say something,
admit something to you.
You're my buddy. I love you.
We've been together many times
over the years.
We're really friends.
I've never told you this.
I've never watched your show.
I never saw a full episode
of The Next Generation.
Close up, Patrick.
-That takes huge balls to admit, I think.
-Huge balls. Captain's balls.
But that's what this is all about, isn't it?
Balls.
You know who Whoopi Goldberg is?
She's this wonderful, warm lady
that every time she touches me,
electricity shoots.
I'm gonna ask you over one night.
-Over where?
-I'd show him...
-My place.
-Which episode are you thinking?
-Which one do you think?
-Certainly none that he's in.
-That's a good point.
-There's 178.
-Did you do 178 shows?
-Yeah.
That's 100 more than me.
You could have seen
one of the bloody shows.
You could have watched one.
We did 178 hours.
That's 100 more shows than...
I know, but I don't watch TV.
And then there was so many...
You don't watch Boston Legal?
Have you seen
the guy on Boston Legal?
I've never watched Boston Legal.
T.J. Hooker?
-I directed several, so the torture...
-You saw the director's cut only?
Well, no, the torture
was watching rushes.
No, but the truth is,
there was some reluctance.
Way buried deep,
I must have had some reluctance.
-But it's coming out now?
-It's coming out now.
Very healthy, I think.
-Not healthy?
-I think it's very healthy.
-We both do.
-For it to come out or not to watch?
-It's hurting us, but it's good for you.
-No, it's wonderful that it's coming out.
-To be able to vomit?
-Yeah. Come on, Bill!
-On with it.
-Okay! I never watched it, because I...
-Say it, Bill.
-I can't.
-You can.
-Look, you're safe.
You're safe with us.
Because I'm a newsaholic.
I watch the news.
-I love sports. I love movies...
-You were almost there.
-You were almost there.
-Never watched hour-long television.
-I don't buy it. I don't buy it.
-Did you ever watch this?
-Did you watch any of their...
-Bill, I love you. You're my buddy.
We're very close to each other,
and you're lying.
-What are friends for?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you.
-Did you watch?
The truth is this, that...
And I've said this before...
-He's not gonna answer that question.
-He's never seen the show, either.
And I'm not trying to curry favour,
but the fact is
when there was an announcement
there was going to be
a next generation
with a whole new cast, I thought,
"How's that gonna work? Without us?
Are you kidding?"
We were talking together.
-I can understand that.
-I can understand that, too.
-Of course.
-And I'm glad you got it out in the open.
And I said many times in public,
"They've carved out their own territory,
"and they've done