Post by magicmuggle01 on Oct 13, 2018 11:28:01 GMT
Harry Mudd is back, this time swindling miners with a love potion.
Summary
"Captain's log, stardate 4978.5. We are approaching the Arcadian star system on a mission to locate an old friend."
Upon the USS Enterprise's arrival at the planet Motherlode, Captain Kirk asks Spock what the odds are of Harry Mudd's presence on the planet. Spock tells the captain that the odds of him being on the surface are approximately eighty-one percent, plus or minus .53. "Why can't you just say "Mudd's probably there?"," Dr. McCoy asks. "I just did, doctor," Spock replies. Lieutenant Arex reports that the Enterprise has entered parking orbit of the planet. Kirk beams down to Motherlode with Spock, and after locating Mudd, Kirk tells him that he's wanted for fraud, illegal drug manufacturing and swindling. For proof Mudd demonstrates the potion on a woman who Spock discovers to actually be a reptilian illusion created by a Rigelian hypnoid. Angered by this, the miners begin to attack Mudd, but he is once again rescued by the Enterprise crew, apprehended and incarcerated.
Aboard the ship, Spock requests a medical report from Nurse Chapel. Mudd, imprisioned in the brig, sees that she is enamored of him but he is "a trifle lacking in the warmer emotions." He then proceeds to convince Chapel to try the potion on Spock. When Chapel thinks that the potion doesn't actually work, she becomes bitter and seeks out Mudd. Without warning, the potion begins to take an effect on Spock. He wasn't immune to it, it just took a little longer for a Vulcan, and as he hands over his report with her summary appended he says, "Ahh. Nurse Chapel's sweet summary. Dear, lovely, Christine." During a fight between Mudd and Chapel, love crystals are broken near an air vent in the Enterprise's shuttlebay and permeate throughout the ship. It begins to affect the entire crew. Mudd captures Chapel and escapes to a rocky planet in a stolen shuttlecraft. The love-stricken Spock becomes so enamored with his beloved Nurse Chapel that he will do anything to rescue her. Spock wants to lead a landing party and he tells Kirk, "Captain, I insist upon going. Christine, I can't stand the thought of any danger to her. The woman I love." Kirk exclaims, "Love, Spock?" Spock replies, "Yes, captain. I want to protect her. Hold her in my arms." Spock seems to be utterly unstoppable.
"Captain's log, supplemental. Harry Mudd has escaped from the Enterprise taking Head Nurse Chapel with him, apparently as a hostage. Meanwhile, Mr. Spock is acting very strange."
"My dear friend, Spock."
Spock says, "Come on, hurry. If he's harmed one hair on her pretty head..." Kirk accompanies Spock but they are attacked on the planet by rock beasts. Spock asks Chapel, "Darling. Are you all right?" Chapel questions, "Darling? How wonderful." Unable to transport to the vessel because of the potion's affect on the crew, Kirk asks Spock, "Can't you take your hands off her?" Spock replies, "That's my affair. Jim. No, captain. We're both reacting to the drug. The love potion."
On the ship in sickbay, McCoy is flirting with a crew woman and says, "Did I ever tell you about the time I saved Captain Kirk's life? Or Spock's? And my dear friend Scotty? And that pretty little Lieutenant Uhura. I've saved just about everybody on this here ship. If the Enterprise had a heart, I'd save her too. Oh, let's talk about your heart, my dear."
When Kirk thinks he can distract the beasts Spock tells him, "That is an outstandingly stupid idea! Ah, I'm sorry. The drug. I simply doubt that we can appeal to their better nature, if they have one." Kirk, though, uses the crystals to make the beasts become docile and loving. Eventually the potion wears off and the crew beams everyone back to the ship, but then the potions after effects cause hatred and animosity among the crew.
Mudd is placed back in the brig, where he confesses to other con jobs. When Spock then asks Chapel if he can help her to record Harry Mudd's confession, she adamantly repulses him. Spock comments, "A few moments of love paid for with several hours of hatred. Your potion is scarcely a bargain, Harry." Spock then assures Mudd he will get rehabilitation therapy for his crimes. Mudd laughingly answers, "I just hate to leave you all, all my loved ones."
Memorable quotes Edit
"The probability of his presence on Motherlode is eight-one percent, plus or minus .53."
"Why can't you just say, 'Mudd's probably there?'"
"I just did, Doctor."
- Spock and McCoy
"They'll find you soon enough my little poppet. You'll be safe and I'll be long gone."
"Gone where? The planet's a desert."
"There's always a market for an ingenious man."
- Harry Mudd and Nurse Chapel
"Captain, Doctor... I... uh, wish to report a number of strange... emotions."
"What?"
"What?"
- Spock, McCoy, and Kirk
"You're funny and very attractive for a Human."
- Lieutenant M'Ress, to Scotty
"By the way, anybody keeping a trace on the captain and Mr. Spock?"
"Sure, Arex."
- Arex and M'Ress, on the bridge and affected by Mudd's love crystals
"Thanks, Jim, it's good to have a friend like you."
"Strange, that's how I feel about you, too. My dear friend Spock."
- Spock and Kirk
"Jim. No, captain. We're both reacting to the drug. The love potion."
(Surprised) "It worked?"
- Spock and Mudd
"I've saved just about everybody on this here ship. If the Enterprise had a heart, I'd save her, too. Now, let's talk about your heart, my dear."
- Bones, to a lovely young Lieutenant
"That is an outstandingly stupid idea!"
- Spock - Listenfile info
"I've got a hangover to shame all previous hangovers, but I didn't touch a drop of scotch."
"Not so loud, you fool."
"Yeah! Well, all of a sudden, I don't like you much, either!"
- Scotty and M'Ress
"May I help you record his confession, nurse?"
"YOU? You'd be the last person I choose."
"A few moments in love, paid for with several hours of hatred. Your potion is scarcely a bargain, Harry."
- Spock and Chapel
Summary
"Captain's log, stardate 4978.5. We are approaching the Arcadian star system on a mission to locate an old friend."
Upon the USS Enterprise's arrival at the planet Motherlode, Captain Kirk asks Spock what the odds are of Harry Mudd's presence on the planet. Spock tells the captain that the odds of him being on the surface are approximately eighty-one percent, plus or minus .53. "Why can't you just say "Mudd's probably there?"," Dr. McCoy asks. "I just did, doctor," Spock replies. Lieutenant Arex reports that the Enterprise has entered parking orbit of the planet. Kirk beams down to Motherlode with Spock, and after locating Mudd, Kirk tells him that he's wanted for fraud, illegal drug manufacturing and swindling. For proof Mudd demonstrates the potion on a woman who Spock discovers to actually be a reptilian illusion created by a Rigelian hypnoid. Angered by this, the miners begin to attack Mudd, but he is once again rescued by the Enterprise crew, apprehended and incarcerated.
Aboard the ship, Spock requests a medical report from Nurse Chapel. Mudd, imprisioned in the brig, sees that she is enamored of him but he is "a trifle lacking in the warmer emotions." He then proceeds to convince Chapel to try the potion on Spock. When Chapel thinks that the potion doesn't actually work, she becomes bitter and seeks out Mudd. Without warning, the potion begins to take an effect on Spock. He wasn't immune to it, it just took a little longer for a Vulcan, and as he hands over his report with her summary appended he says, "Ahh. Nurse Chapel's sweet summary. Dear, lovely, Christine." During a fight between Mudd and Chapel, love crystals are broken near an air vent in the Enterprise's shuttlebay and permeate throughout the ship. It begins to affect the entire crew. Mudd captures Chapel and escapes to a rocky planet in a stolen shuttlecraft. The love-stricken Spock becomes so enamored with his beloved Nurse Chapel that he will do anything to rescue her. Spock wants to lead a landing party and he tells Kirk, "Captain, I insist upon going. Christine, I can't stand the thought of any danger to her. The woman I love." Kirk exclaims, "Love, Spock?" Spock replies, "Yes, captain. I want to protect her. Hold her in my arms." Spock seems to be utterly unstoppable.
"Captain's log, supplemental. Harry Mudd has escaped from the Enterprise taking Head Nurse Chapel with him, apparently as a hostage. Meanwhile, Mr. Spock is acting very strange."
"My dear friend, Spock."
Spock says, "Come on, hurry. If he's harmed one hair on her pretty head..." Kirk accompanies Spock but they are attacked on the planet by rock beasts. Spock asks Chapel, "Darling. Are you all right?" Chapel questions, "Darling? How wonderful." Unable to transport to the vessel because of the potion's affect on the crew, Kirk asks Spock, "Can't you take your hands off her?" Spock replies, "That's my affair. Jim. No, captain. We're both reacting to the drug. The love potion."
On the ship in sickbay, McCoy is flirting with a crew woman and says, "Did I ever tell you about the time I saved Captain Kirk's life? Or Spock's? And my dear friend Scotty? And that pretty little Lieutenant Uhura. I've saved just about everybody on this here ship. If the Enterprise had a heart, I'd save her too. Oh, let's talk about your heart, my dear."
When Kirk thinks he can distract the beasts Spock tells him, "That is an outstandingly stupid idea! Ah, I'm sorry. The drug. I simply doubt that we can appeal to their better nature, if they have one." Kirk, though, uses the crystals to make the beasts become docile and loving. Eventually the potion wears off and the crew beams everyone back to the ship, but then the potions after effects cause hatred and animosity among the crew.
Mudd is placed back in the brig, where he confesses to other con jobs. When Spock then asks Chapel if he can help her to record Harry Mudd's confession, she adamantly repulses him. Spock comments, "A few moments of love paid for with several hours of hatred. Your potion is scarcely a bargain, Harry." Spock then assures Mudd he will get rehabilitation therapy for his crimes. Mudd laughingly answers, "I just hate to leave you all, all my loved ones."
Memorable quotes Edit
"The probability of his presence on Motherlode is eight-one percent, plus or minus .53."
"Why can't you just say, 'Mudd's probably there?'"
"I just did, Doctor."
- Spock and McCoy
"They'll find you soon enough my little poppet. You'll be safe and I'll be long gone."
"Gone where? The planet's a desert."
"There's always a market for an ingenious man."
- Harry Mudd and Nurse Chapel
"Captain, Doctor... I... uh, wish to report a number of strange... emotions."
"What?"
"What?"
- Spock, McCoy, and Kirk
"You're funny and very attractive for a Human."
- Lieutenant M'Ress, to Scotty
"By the way, anybody keeping a trace on the captain and Mr. Spock?"
"Sure, Arex."
- Arex and M'Ress, on the bridge and affected by Mudd's love crystals
"Thanks, Jim, it's good to have a friend like you."
"Strange, that's how I feel about you, too. My dear friend Spock."
- Spock and Kirk
"Jim. No, captain. We're both reacting to the drug. The love potion."
(Surprised) "It worked?"
- Spock and Mudd
"I've saved just about everybody on this here ship. If the Enterprise had a heart, I'd save her, too. Now, let's talk about your heart, my dear."
- Bones, to a lovely young Lieutenant
"That is an outstandingly stupid idea!"
- Spock - Listenfile info
"I've got a hangover to shame all previous hangovers, but I didn't touch a drop of scotch."
"Not so loud, you fool."
"Yeah! Well, all of a sudden, I don't like you much, either!"
- Scotty and M'Ress
"May I help you record his confession, nurse?"
"YOU? You'd be the last person I choose."
"A few moments in love, paid for with several hours of hatred. Your potion is scarcely a bargain, Harry."
- Spock and Chapel
