"Spock, you're going to love it here - they all talk just like you."
--Mudd
"I think of her constantly, and every time I do I go further out in
space."
--Mudd (about his wife Stella)
"Why should I leave?"
--Android chick
"Because we don't like you, shush, shush, shush."
--Kirk
"A whole plethora of series."
--Spock
"I fail to see why I should induce my mother to purchase falsified
patents."
--Spock
"Logic is a [little] tweeting bird [chirping in a meadow]; logic is a
wreath of [pretty] flowers that smell bad. Are you sure your circuits
are registering correctly? Your ears are [turning] green."
--Spock (lying, although he can't lie.)
PLOT
The Enterprise is forced to a planet populated by 207,809 androids and
ruled by their old nemesis, Harcourt Fenton Mudd (III?). Norman (the main
android) had been a member of the Enterprise crew for three days, then
diverted the ship to Mudd's uncharted planet (4 solar days at warp 7,
arrived at SD 4513.3). They didn't realize he was an android, though McCoy
or someone thought he was a bit too stiff.
Andromeda residents built the androids, but then their sun novaed, and the
few remaining beings died off eventually. Mudd's stolen ship had to land
on this planet, where the androids want to serve him and learn about him.
He had them create an android replica of his wife Stella. Mudd and Norman
have Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, and Uhura beam down, and eventually beams
the entire crew down (after beaming up androids to take over their
positions). A human brain can be put in android body and live 500,000
years (the immortality and eternal beauty intrigue Uhura initially).
FACTS
Kirk and company talk more androids to death with illogic.
Mudd rules a class K (can support life with pressure domes and life
support system) planet.
If all the crew are on the planet and all androids are disabled, how do
they get back to the ship? They mentioned in "This Side of Paradise"
that they cannot get back up to the Enterprise unless one person remains
behind. No automatic - that sounds like a great idea for a starship!!
Spock lies, though he is incapable of lying.
OPINIONS
This was a pretty good episode. The casting, dialog, and acting for the
characters of Stella and Harcourt were excellent!
Real computers have circuit breakers. :-)
