Quotes
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Dr. McCoy : [referring to large darkened pane on wall] Harry, what's this?
Harry Mudd : [pressing button by pane to reveal Stella android] Ah. That, gentlemen, is a shrine to the memory of my beloved Stella.
Capt. Kirk : Who?
Harry Mudd : Stella, my wife.
Dr. McCoy : Dead?
Harry Mudd : Oh, no, no, no, merely deserted. You see, gentlemen, behind every great man there is a woman, urging him on. And so it was with my Stella. She urged me on into outer space. Not that she meant to.
[with increasing irritation]
Harry Mudd : But with her continual, eternal, confounded nagging--well, I think of her constantly, and every time I do, I go further out into space.
Dr. McCoy : That's very interesting. You leave your wife and then bring her along.
Harry Mudd : I had the androids construct a perfect replica of Stella, so that I could gaze upon her, and rejoice in her absence. Gentlemen, attend. Stella, dear...
Stella Mudd : [switching on, angrily] Mm, Harcourt? Harcourt Fenton Mudd, what have you been up to? Nothing good, I'm sure. Well let me tell you, you lazy, good-for-nothing...
Harry Mudd : Shut up!
Stella Mudd : [switching off] Nothing... thing... thing.
Harry Mudd : Marvelous, isn't it? I finally have the last word with her...
[to Kirk]
Harry Mudd : and with you.
