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Star Trek is a cultural icon,
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and it's part of the lexicon now.
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As a psychotherapist, I have
Star Trek stuff in my office,

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and I use Star Trek metaphors
that everyone understands,
even if they're not a fan.

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For example, when I talk about
people having a defensive reaction,

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I talk about the shields going up,
and everyone knows what that means,

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even if they're not a fan.
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The front part of my office-- that is,
the part that the patients see--

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is a pretty straightforward
surgical office.

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My own private consulting room
is just filled with Star Trek stuff.

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I'm Denis Bourguignon.
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This is my son Doug,
my wife Shelley,

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and my daughter Kayla.
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Crosby: We're here
in Orlando, Florida,

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at the dental offices
of Dr. Denis Bourguignon.

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- Denis: Good morning.
- Good morning. How are you?

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- Pleasure to see you.
Welcome to Star Base Dental.
- Good to see you.

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Denis, Voice-Over: We originally decided
that we wanted to go with Star Trek

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because we find that Star Trek, the
episodes are always geared with a moral.

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They're good-doers, and we wanted
to portray dentistry or dentists

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as good-doers.
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Crosby:
So, um, this is reception.

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Denis: Yes. This is reception.
This is where the patients check in.

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This is our holodeck
over here on the left.

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This is where I do
most of my work.

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This is where you get fillings,
crowns, dentures, things like that.

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We were just in a sci-fi store
one day, Shelley and l,

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and we kind of looked at
each other, and we said, "Hey."

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[Together]
You thinking what I'm thinking?

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And we said,
"Let's try it."

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[Transporter Sound Effect]
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Two weeks later, we just
closed down the office over the weekend,

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and we bought up
everything we could find,

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and, boom!
We did a Star Base Dental.

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As you can see, our transporter
is up in the ceiling over here.

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It transports you away from here
while we're working on you.

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These are some
nice pieces over here.

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These are my cement handprints
of some of the stars.

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You're about
James Doohan's size.

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Crosby: No, wait.
There's a finger missing!

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A gardening accident.
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I never knew that.
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This is the first theme office
I worked in.

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I really like it.
It's neat.

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It's fun to come to work.

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