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70				 I, MUDD
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WRITER: Stephen Kandel

GUESTS: Roger C. Carmel (Harry Mudd)
	Richard Tatro (Norman?)
	Mike Howden
	Michael Zaslow
	Kay Elliott
	Rhae Andrece
	Alice Andrece
	Tom LeGarde
	Ted LeGarde
	Maureen Thornton
	Colleen Thornton
	Tamara Wilson
	Starr Wilson

AIRED:  November 3, 1967

HACK-MAN rating: .778
Usenet rating:   .668

QUOTES:
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 - "Spock,  you're going to love it here  -  they all talk  just like you."
   --Mudd
 - "I think of her  constantly,  and every time  I do I go  further  out in
   space." --Mudd (about his wife Stella)
 - "Why should  I leave?"  --Android chick   "Because  we don't  like  you,
   shush, shush, shush." --Kirk
 - "A whole plethora of series." --Spock
 - "I  fail  to see  why  I should  induce  my mother to purchase falsified
   patents." --Spock
 - "Logic is a  [little] tweeting bird  [chirping in a meadow];  logic is a
   wreath of  [pretty] flowers that smell bad.   Are you sure your circuits
   are  registering correctly?   Your ears are  [turning]  green."  --Spock
   (lying, although he can't lie.)


				 I, MUDD

PLOT:
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The Enterprise  is  forced to  a planet  populated by  207,809 androids and
ruled by their old nemesis, Harcourt Fenton Mudd (III?).   Norman (the main
android) had  been a  member of  the Enterprise  crew for  three days, then
diverted the  ship  to  Mudd's uncharted  planet (4  solar days  at warp 7,
arrived at SD 4513.3).  They didn't realize he was an android, though McCoy
or someone thought he was a bit too stiff.

Andromeda residents built the androids, but then their sun  novaed, and the
few remaining beings died off eventually.  Mudd's  stolen ship  had to land
on this planet, where the androids want to serve  him and  learn about him.
He had them create an android replica of his wife Stella.   Mudd and Norman
have Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu,  and Uhura  beam down,  and eventually beams
the entire  crew  down  (after  beaming  up  androids  to  take  over their
positions).  A  human brain  can be  put in  android body  and live 500,000
years (the immortality and eternal beauty intrigue Uhura initially).

FACTS:
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 - Kirk and company talk more androids to death with illogic.
 - Mudd rules  a class K  (can support  life with  pressure domes  and life
   support system) planet.
 - If all the crew are on the planet and all androids are disabled,  how do
   they get back  to the ship?   They mentioned in  "This Side of Paradise"
   that they cannot get back up to the Enterprise unless one person remains
   behind.  No automatic - that sounds like a great idea for a starship!!
 - Spock lies, though he is incapable of lying.

OPINIONS:
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This was a pretty good episode.   The casting,  dialog, and  acting for the
characters of Stella and Harcourt were excellent!

*Real* computers have circuit breakers. :-)