Stardate: 4513.3
Synopsis: A crewman mysteriously and suddenly takes control of the Enterprise then commands Kirk and company to the surface of a planet, four days warp away. Harry Mudd, swindler from Season 1, is controlling the crewman, who's actually an android, as well as the whole population of androids on the planet whose aim is to "serve" humans in order to control them, and consequently, the entire galaxy. They soon revolt against Mudd himself, but being androids, they are easily outwitted by displays of illogical human behavior, and thus their brains blow up.
Review: Of all episodes in the series so far, why was Harry Mudd, of all things, deemed worthy of a sequel? What a sorry run of episodes we're currently in the middle of. The ship is taken over - again. The crew members can have everything they desire simply by asking for it - again. Attractive fembots can't handle irrational behavior so their heads fry up - again. There's not an original idea to be found.
Even Kirk finds Mudd to be comical, which precludes even the remote possibility of any real drama developing. The android master plan for taking over the galaxy is to serve humans, thereby leading to dependency? C'mon. Super-campy scenes of Starfleet officers dancing an imaginary waltz amongst other embarrassing things. Ugh. Painful to watch. Mudd's ultimate punishment being marooned with android copies of his wife? Par for the course in terms of the rampant mysoginism to be found everywhere here. Even the plot's turning point of the realization that "obviously this many androids cannot operate independently; there must be a central relay command center" (discovered to be the single Norman model) reads as a farcical relic from pre-Internet days.
I can keep going, but why bother?
I just wonder to what extent this pre-occupation with painting logic in a negative light is actually a jab against Vulcans. Throw it down Council members!
Review: 1 star
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