UPN 9: "Author, Author," Voyager Finale

UPN 9 News in New York City aired this segment April 11, 2001. Some spoilers for "Author, Author."

Transcript:

Pat Collins: Tonight in L.A. the Voyager cast is partying for the last time. It is bittersweet event, this cast party. There are a few scenes left to shoot but production on the seven-year series officially wrapped on Monday. The final episode is under wraps but we have pried some information from the C.I.A.-like stars and we have a preview of next week's episode.

[scene from "Author, Author"]
"Seven": It hurts when I do this.
"Doc": Then don't do it. [slaps "Seven" on the shoulder]
"Seven": Ow!
"Doc": Don't be a baby.
Pat Collins: This moment dramatizes a scene from a new novel. The characters resemble the Doc's colleagues with a major difference. The book's characters are nasty, crude, unfaithful and violent. The real crew is outraged.

[scene from "Author, Author"]
Paris: You want everyone back home to think of you as a brilliant author.
Doc: I'm not doing this for my ego and if you could see past yours, maybe you'd see that.

Pat Collins: In the same episode, airing next Wednesday, a lottery determines who will make the first phone call to Earth.

[scene from "Author, Author"]
Doc: Apparently the line forms here.
Neelix: Congratulations.
Kim: How about a trade? Come on, I need to call my mother.
Doc: I wish I could help, but I have a very important call to make.

Pat Collins: The mood on this set is more raucous than usual. The tight-knit cast is tight-lipped about the contents that have final episode. This, we did learn.

Robert Duncan McNeill: I really do like the final episode. It's very bittersweet, you know. It's not all kind of cheering and happiness and success and everything. There's a real bittersweet quality to it. And I think it's going to be great. I think the fans are going to love it.

Tim Russ: Something happens to Tuvok. I can't exactly say what it is, but it's something that we haven't seen before and it's something that's very, very unusual and very different for what you might consider a finale.

Garrett Wang: Usually what happens Before every episode, everyone gets a copy of the script. That means all the crew guys, everyone gets to see what's going on. This time, the actors have the script and that's it.

Pat Collins: The set soon will be history. Get those souvenirs now.
Robert Beltran: Maybe my very comfortable chair on the bridge. They're ripping down the sets and we're old news. We're like the old shoes that nobody wants to wear anymore and they're getting a new cast. I think we'll see series 5, so yeah, it's time to go.

Pat Collins: For you, it will be a cheery good-bye, or terrible?
Kate Mulgrew: I can't even talk to you now. There's an immediacy to that emotion. I've been here seven years with these guys. That's being in the trenches. I know everything about them. It's going to be tougher than hell to say good-bye to these guys.

Pat Collins: The network has announced its plans for a Voyager retrospective have been cancelled. The show would have aired on May 22, the night before the final two-hour episode.

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	[scene from "Author, Author"] "Seven": It hurts when I do this. "Doc": Then don't do it. [slaps "Seven" on the shoulder] "Seven": Ow! "Doc": Don't be a baby. Pat Collins: This moment dramatizes a scene from a new novel. The characters resemble the Doc's colleagues with a major difference. The book's characters are nasty, crude, unfaithful and violent. The real crew is outraged.
	[scene from "Author, Author"] Paris: You want everyone back home to think of you as a brilliant author. Doc: I'm not doing this for my ego and if you could see past yours, maybe you'd see that.
	Pat Collins: In the same episode, airing next Wednesday, a lottery determines who will make the first phone call to Earth.
	[scene from "Author, Author"] Doc: Apparently the line forms here. Neelix: Congratulations. Kim: How about a trade? Come on, I need to call my mother. Doc: I wish I could help, but I have a very important call to make.
	Pat Collins: The mood on this set is more raucous than usual. The tight-knit cast is tight-lipped about the contents that have final episode. This, we did learn.
	Robert Duncan McNeill: I really do like the final episode. It's very bittersweet, you know. It's not all kind of cheering and happiness and success and everything. There's a real bittersweet quality to it. And I think it's going to be great. I think the fans are going to love it.
	Tim Russ: Something happens to Tuvok. I can't exactly say what it is, but it's something that we haven't seen before and it's something that's very, very unusual and very different for what you might consider a finale.
	Garrett Wang: Usually what happens Before every episode, everyone gets a copy of the script. That means all the crew guys, everyone gets to see what's going on. This time, the actors have the script and that's it.
	Pat Collins: The set soon will be history. Get those souvenirs now. Robert Beltran: Maybe my very comfortable chair on the bridge. They're ripping down the sets and we're old news. We're like the old shoes that nobody wants to wear anymore and they're getting a new cast. I think we'll see series 5, so yeah, it's time to go.
	Pat Collins: For you, it will be a cheery good-bye, or terrible? Kate Mulgrew: I can't even talk to you now. There's an immediacy to that emotion. I've been here seven years with these guys. That's being in the trenches. I know everything about them. It's going to be tougher than hell to say good-bye to these guys.