TAS Episode - Mudd's Passion

Title :

Mudd's Passion

Series :

The Animated Series

Rating :

Overall Ep :

First Aired :

10 Nov 1973

Stardate :

4978.5

Director :

Hal Sutherland

Year :

2268

Writers :

Stephen Kandel

Season Ep :

1 x 10

Main Cast :

James Doohan as Montgomery Scott
DeForest Kelley as Leonard H. McCoy
Nichelle Nichols as Nyota Uhura
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
William Shatner as James T. Kirk
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu

Guest Cast :

Majel Barrett as Lora
Roger C. Carmel as Harcourt Fenton Mudd
James Doohan as Human miner
James Doohan as Male Ursinoid miner
Nichelle Nichols as Female Ursinoid miner

Factoid :

My year for this episode is estimated from the Stardate. It falls between 'The Paradise Syndrome' and 'The Enterprise Incident'.

This episode is a nominee for the DITL "Worst of Trek" award.

Plotline

Kirk arrests Harry Mudd for selling "love crystals" to miners on the planet Motherlode. Mudd escapes, kidnapping Chapel and stealing a shuttle. Meanwhile his crystals cause havoc on the ship. Can Kirk track Harry down and reverse the effects of the potion?

Analysis

Again we rehash TOS, this time by bringing Harry Mudd back. I don't mind Mudd's re-appearence as he was already a recurring character. The story has no real content as such; it mostly serves as an excuse to have the Enterprise crew behave out of character again, something done several times in TOS.

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Last updated : 4 Aug 2004