William Shatner in 'Sh*t the DC Sniper Says'

William Shatner may have gone on a lot of strange tangents during this week's TCA press tour, but there was definitely one blockbuster he was sitting on until today: The erstwhile Captain Kirk has been busy chatting on the phone with Lee Boyd Malvo, the infamous "DC sniper" who left ten people dead in 2002.

In fact, Shatner has broken the heretofore unknown news that Malvo had three to four co-conspirators. How did all this happen? Take it away, NYT:

"It was the most electrifying 20 minutes I've ever spent on the phone," Mr. Shatner said in an interview Thursday.

The interview was conducted for "Aftermath," Mr. Shatner's new series on the Biography Channel. The series, which Mr. Shatner said he conceived and sold to the channel, is about the human leftovers of the 24/7 news cycle.

"We leap from one event to the next, expecting that instant gratification," he said. "I'm revising the events two, three, five, seven years later and seeing what happened to the people involved. What was the effect of that event on their life?"

Seven episodes of "Aftermath" are planned. Other interviewees include Bernard Goetz, Jessica Lynch and Mary Kay Letourneau.

Unexpected, and interesting. (I just hope I can honor the worthy gravity of the series without singing "Price-LINE Ne-GO-tiator!" at the most inappropriate times).

How Did William Shatner Interview a D.C. Sniper? He Asked. [NYT]