"This is me cargo"
--Mudd (referring to the three women)
"The fact that my internal organization differs from yours pleases me to
no end."
--Spock (after McCoy makes some crack about his heart being around
his left hip)
PLOT
Jack-of-all-illegal-trades Harry Mudd is transported aboard the Enterprise
along with his cargo, three irresistibly beautiful women. Mudd uses beauty
pills "Venus drug" to make women beautiful, then sells them to wealthy
single miners. Kirk uses up the dilithium crystals chasing Mudd into an
asteroid field and goes to Rigel 12 to get new ones, where he replaces
Mudd's pills with gelatin (thus proving to the women that it wasn't really
the drug that made them beautiful; beauty comes from within (barf)).
FACTS
Mr Ferrill is this week's dork.
Spock thinks dilithium crystals are "beautiful".
Dilithium crystals are referred to as "lithium" crystals in this
episode.
Harcourt Fenton Mudd's master's license revoked on stardate 1116.4.
Stardate 1329.9 (?) to 29.1 to 29.2 to 30.1
Kirk falls for Eve McHuron.
OPINIONS
An average episode overall. Not bad for an early episode. The Mudd
character is always a joy to watch.
