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The popular and sexy "Mudd's Women" introduces the character of interstellar huckster and fugitive Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel, later to return in another classic episode, "I, Mudd"). The
Enterprise beams aboard Harry and three beautiful and scantily clad women whom the con man is carrying as cargo. The transport damages the starship, forcing Captain Kirk (William Shatner) to take a detour to a mining world for a supply of dilithium crystals. Harry uses the women as bait to get the miners to help him flee from the authorities--but a revelation about his liberal use of an attraction-enhancement drug adds a twist to things. This clever and novel installment in the series grafted the unlikely element of a petty, colorful crook onto a science fiction show, an obvious forerunner of
Deep Space Nine's inclusion of Quark among its own major characters.
--Tom Keogh
From the Back Cover
Kirk pays a price when he beams aboard a scoundrl, Harry Mudd, and his cargo... three beautiful women looking for husbands!
TREK TRIVIA
Gene Dynarski (Ben Childress) became the first guest star to cross over from one Trek series to another. He appeared in two episodes of the original series ("Mudd's Women" and "The Mark of Gideon") and later in The Next Generation's "11001001" episode. Roger C. Carmel (Harry Mudd) returned in "I, Mudd" and in the animated series "Mudd's Passion".
Watch for the editing blooper that shows McCoy in the sick bay at the same time he's in the transporter room!