I, Mudd
- Episode aired Nov 3, 1967
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.3/10
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Harry Mudd returns with a plot to take over the Enterprise by stranding the crew on a planet populated by androids under his command.Harry Mudd returns with a plot to take over the Enterprise by stranding the crew on a planet populated by androids under his command.Harry Mudd returns with a plot to take over the Enterprise by stranding the crew on a planet populated by androids under his command.
Bobby Bass
- Android
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Android
- (uncredited)
Marlys Burdette
- Female Android
- (uncredited)
Roger Holloway
- Lt. Lemli
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Stephen Kandel
- David Gerrold(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaA third-season appearance of Harry Mudd was planned but axed due to the producers' desire to move away from comedy episodes. However, Roger C. Carmel would reprise the role of Mudd as a cartoon voice in Mudd's Passion (1973). Mudd was considered for a return during the Star Trek movies in the 1980s, but Carmel's failing health nixed that.
- GoofsThe color shirt of the android who takes over the ship is blue. He keeps skipping medical appointments and Bones is concerned. However, the blue shirt is Science and Medical, which means that if anyone is transferred to the ship, both Spock and Bones would have received paperwork on the individual. They both should have known who the person was and what their purpose was on the ship. Yet, in the opening scene, Spock doesn't know him at all and Bones can't get him to keep a medical appointment.
- Quotes
Captain Kirk: Well, opinions?
Chekov: I think we're in a lot of trouble.
Captain Kirk: That's a great help, Mr. Chekov. Bones?
McCoy: I think Chekov's right, we are in a lot of trouble.
Captain Kirk: Spock, and if you say we're in a lot of trouble...
Spock: We are.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song. Highlights include a more detailed look at Norman's "innards."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition (1991)
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This place is even better than Leningrad
A crew member of the Enterprise forcibly takes the starship to a planet where they meet a previous antagonist.
This is an enjoyable episode if you adopt a light-hearted mindset, but if you take your Trek seriously it will probably be a long 50 minutes.
The plot is a light-hearted retread previous stories like 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' with a reasonably decent level of humour. I fully appreciate that comedy is in the eye of the beholder so if the jokes do not work for you then neither will the episode. I personally found Kirk's banter with Harry Mudd fairly enjoyable and the succession of nagging wife jokes to be somewhat amusing. I thought Spock's dryness complimented Mudd's shenanigans quite well. I also enjoyed seeing U'Hura doing more that her usual Communications Officer role.
The conclusion is probably the silliest resolution to a Star Trek episode that I have seen, but saying that it's been a while since I watched series 3. I hope there was a lot of improvisation going on by the actors that would give it a bit more credit, but without knowing I cannot properly comment. If you really let go of all seriousness here you might find it fun.
All performances are solid, particularly Roger C Carmel, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.
This is an enjoyable episode if you adopt a light-hearted mindset, but if you take your Trek seriously it will probably be a long 50 minutes.
The plot is a light-hearted retread previous stories like 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' with a reasonably decent level of humour. I fully appreciate that comedy is in the eye of the beholder so if the jokes do not work for you then neither will the episode. I personally found Kirk's banter with Harry Mudd fairly enjoyable and the succession of nagging wife jokes to be somewhat amusing. I thought Spock's dryness complimented Mudd's shenanigans quite well. I also enjoyed seeing U'Hura doing more that her usual Communications Officer role.
The conclusion is probably the silliest resolution to a Star Trek episode that I have seen, but saying that it's been a while since I watched series 3. I hope there was a lot of improvisation going on by the actors that would give it a bit more credit, but without knowing I cannot properly comment. If you really let go of all seriousness here you might find it fun.
All performances are solid, particularly Roger C Carmel, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.
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- Aug 22, 2021
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