A small ship tries to avoid the Enterprise, and upon saving the crew, Kirk and company meet Mudd and his three strangely alluring women. Kirk holds a trial to see who his new passengers are, and it soon becomes obvious that Harry is a con man who has pills that make the women desirable to all men they meet.
This episode was a morality play, as most of the original ones were. It was about beauty only being skin deep, and doubly that attitude makes a person beautiful, more than natural looks. It was entertaining, and a new twist on an old tale. Of course Kirk lost the girl because his first and only love was the Enterprise. I liked the way no one in the crew was fooled, and they had to figure things out without help or giant leaps of logic. This episode was extremely well written. This was the first episode where Kirk showed his womenizing skills, winning over one of the girls. It was Harry Mudd's first appearance was in this episode, one of the most popular guest characters in the series. Farrell, like Leslie before him, was introduced as navigator, and would only appear in a handful of episodes before Chekov formally assumed the post in Season 2. Uhura was still in her gold uniform.
RECURRING CHARACTERS:
DeForrest Kelley as McCoy
James Doohan as Scotty
George Takei as Sulu
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
Jim Goodwin as Lt. John Farrell
NOTABLE GUEST STARS:
Roger C. Carmel as Harcourt Fenton Mudd
Gene Dynarski as Ben Childress
Karen Steele as Eve
Quote:
"Ooo, the sound of male ego. Travel halfway across the galaxy, and it's still the same." ~ Eve
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