Farewell to Star Trek: The Experience

That it is.

Oh, yes.

- Thank you, baby. - A little happy face.

- Tom, did you sign this? - No.

Come on over here.

- Just let me know. - Just your first name.

- We're on a first-name basis. - Oh, yes, we are.

- We should be, after all this time. - That's right.

- We share KY. - That's true.

Is he on the phone?

Of course.

You know, when he wears that Bluetooth,

I can't tell if he's talking to me sometimes.

Yeah, I can't... I don't know. I mean, I can if I'm not there to...

- Wait. I brought some tissues. - You brought tissues.

This is from a redheaded Klingon, I guess.

- Okay. - Okay, I'm in.

I've got... Okay, I'm going.

I just want to take this and leave that shirt.

This is going to be an interesting day

because we've got so many fans that know us now, both ways.

And it's kind of like we've grown up with a lot of people,

and it's really amazing.

I think that I'm going to be so busy during the day

that I'm not going to have a conscious awareness

that this is the end, at least I hope,

because I don't want anything to affect what I'm doing out there.

This is the last show for a lot of these people.

So nothing... I can't let anything get in the way.

The jury's still out on if it's canon or not,

but the gold chain and the bar has been with my character

for seven years.

Used to be signed by Jeffrey Combs, but it's long since faded.

I start with the back and work my way to the front

'cause it takes the back... Then it's dry and I don't have to worry about it.

But over the course of the day, I have to keep checking it

because people like to touch me.

I'll come back and there's like a big pink spot back there.

- Get out. - Oh, shut up. Yes, they do.

Hey, you dropped some there.

It's the last day. What are you gonna do, fire me?

Go for it.

There goes my severance.

Shoulder injury, so she's gotta put this over my shoulder for me.

These are the worst boots in the world. They're very painful,

and they're like 4-inch platforms. I know they're platforms.

Everybody comes up and says, "Yeah, he's wearing platforms,"

but it's still very intimidating to hover over somebody in a pair of these,

and so... It's theatrical. I mean, come on, it's all fake.

Ten years, you guys have been coming up to me saying,

"He's wearing platforms."

Dude, I'm wearing a mask, I'm wearing a costume,

I'm wearing makeup. You know?

And these are very painful, though, and I do this for you. Pain in my craft.

And I have to wrap my ankles so these things don't kill me every day.

- It's fake? Are you kidding me? - It's fake.

- It's fake? Oh, my God. - It's totally fake.

I'm so depressed now.

I'm getting naked, so go away.

Go away.

Go.

The box. They call me Princess around here.

- I honestly haven't seen a... - And you just got an earful why.

- Thank you, Crystal. - You're welcome.

Have a good day, hon.

Since I'm halfway between Rog'l and Richard,

I guess now I'm Rig'l.

I'm just gonna go out and enjoy myself.

Once I'm in this gear,

I am no longer Tom

and everybody here knows it,

because even when I'm backstage, if I'm still wearing the head, beware,

"cause the General has a temper.

It's you again,

with a two-dimensional moving replicator.

And he's moving. Excellent.

I shall return momentarily.

Well, once Commander Tahryn comes out,

she's not sentimental about this place, so she's gonna help me a lot.

And I don't know if you know this, but later on in the day

I'm going to morph into my Vulcan character.

I'm so grateful for those characters 'cause, like I said, Tahryn...

Everybody's crying out there, she's like,

"You humans are so sentimental. Get over it."

And T'pril will use that suppressed emotion,

so I'll be suppressing a lot of emotion today.

I had to change my mindset, I have to say, about a few months ago

when we heard the rumours that it might possibly end.

So I had to just sit down and turn my head back around to,

"Okay, what's next?"

I was used to "What was next?” for twenty years,

and when I didn't have a dancing gig,

I went and did something normal like every other actor does,

you know, go get a regular job, go back to the gig,

go get a regular, go back to the gig.

So I had to get my head wrapped back around that.

This one came as unemployment was about to run out 10 years ago, so...

And here I've been for ten years.

They're gonna be real emotional today. They've been laying it on pretty thick.

It's been building. It totally has.

And every time April cries back here, it just chokes us all up,

and she's always the first. Stop it.

Klingons are not supposed to have tear ducts.

- I can't do this today, so... - Yeah. No, no, no.

All right.

Okay, this is good.

- There's no schedule any more. - There's no sign in/sign out sheet today.

I love that. We used to have to sign in and sign out.

Like when you were out on the floor, blah blah blah,

you put your time in, time out. There isn't one today. Yay.

Welcome to the final performance of Star Trek The Experience.

The day that, I think, a lot of us didn't want to come, but it's here.

It's here, and I want you to take great pride in everything that you do today

and know that your fans are lined up to see you.

- They are. - They're expecting

exactly what you've given them for the last ten years.

Have a fun day. It's been a hell of a ride,

and we do not want this to end, but all good things...

All good things... Have a great day.

I'm looking forward to the ceremony tonight, guys,

and seeing you coming down the aisle, decommissioning in its proper way.

Have a wonderful day. Lots of energy. I love you.

- Love you. - Thank you very much.

We love you, too.

Let's bring it in. Let's bring it in. Let's bring it in.

Yeah. Have a great day, guys. Let's do it. Let's do it.

Rock and roll.

All right, guys, places.

Final day of The Experience has begun today

with a very sad pre-shift.

We've stood in our circle that we have for the last ten years

in preparation for the day,

and the day has begun, obviously, with our regular operating hours.

We are going to end the shows to the public at 8:00 tonight.

We will have our VIP final crew board for the final time at 8:30

on Borg Invasion and Klingon Encounter at 9:00.

- Have a good show, you guys. - Thank you. You, too.

Well, to give you an idea, the longest-running show in Vegas

is the Folies Bergere.

They have done since, I believe, 1957, about 65,000 shows.

Lot of shows, lot of years.

We've been here 10 years. We've done over 175,000 shows.

We are the longest-running show in Star Trek franchise history.

The employees have really, really borne up

under a good deal of stress over the last couple of months,

with humour, with generosity,

and I guess just the spirit of this place

has kept the employees going,

and, in turn, the spirit of the people who've come to say goodbye

during this last couple of months

has helped the employees' attitudes and their emotions considerably.

Many humans.

Well, today is unlike anything I've ever gone through or witnessed here.

There's just such an outpouring of love and affection

from the group that's gathered here, from the visitors, from the guests

and from our regulars.

These are people who have come here specifically to say goodbye

to this facility, people who love this facility,

who've come here and supported us over the years,

and it's just overwhelming,

the affection that we're feeling from everybody that's here today.

So, what do you need to know, female? You have question of some sort?

I'm sorry to see you guys leave.

There're a lot of that going around.

Welcome. Enjoy yourself while you are here.

Proper handshake is like this.

Good. Excellent.

This is Quan. This is Quan, our favourite Ferengi.

- What? - And Quan is responsible

for all of the revenue here.

He's in control of the funds and makes sure that it's kept safe.

- Right, Quan? - Well, I watch the money.

I stand near the money. I look at the money.