I , Mudd ( episode ) Harry Mudd , now ruler of a planet of androids , captures the " Enterprise " and attempts to imprison Kirk for revenge . Summary . Teaser . Spock and Dr . McCoy are walking through the corridor s of the , where they encounter Crewman Norman , who joined the " Enterprise " crew only 72 hours before . McCoy mentions that Norman is odd and unemotional ; for some reason , Spock hasn ' t noticed . Norman makes his way into auxiliary control , where he knocks out Jordan , the crewman on duty and activates the override . On the bridge , Lieutenant Sulu reports a course change whereupon Captain Kirk sends security to auxiliary control , but to no avail . Sulu tries to override the course change , but fails . Norman then breaks into the emergency manual monitor and engineering section , knocks out much of the engineering crew , and jams the controls . A dazed Scott hails the bridge and informs Kirk that the intruder is in engineering . Later , Norman emerges from the turbolift onto the bridge and announces he is in control – any attempt to alter course will destroy the ship . He then says " we " don ' t intend harm to humanoid life , but rather require the ship , and opens up a panel in his abdominal region , revealing himself to be an android . Act One . Norman announces that he ' s locked the controls and that they will arrive at their destination in four solar days . He then promptly shuts down in front of the bridge ' s turbolift . Four days later , the " Enterprise " enters orbit around an uncharted planet . Norman wakes up and announces that Kirk , Spock , McCoy , Uhura , and Chekov must beam down , or he will destroy the engines , stranding the " Enterprise " in orbit forever . The planet is Class K , which means that it can be adapted for life with the help of a large amount of machinery . They are ushered into the presence of Harry Mudd , sitting on a throne and drinking from a goblet , who declares that here he is Emperor : Mudd the First . He declares that Kirk and crew must stay for the rest of their lives on the planet , now also named Mudd . Act Two . Harry Mudd is surrounded by androids , who for the most part are a slew of beauties – 500 in the Alice class alone . He implies that these androids can provide for him anything he wants . Mudd goes on to explain his presence on the planet and tells them that he had been sent to prison by Kirk and company after his last encounter with the " Enterprise " crew and the affair on the Rigel mining planet . After his escape , he had been employing himself by illegally reselling patents . He was caught selling a Vulcan fuel synthesizer to the Denebian s and , upon being informed of Mudd ' s deception , sentenced to death on Deneb V ; fortunately for him he was able to steal a ship and get away despite being shot at . After drifting aimlessly for a while , he found himself on his planet . The problem is , of course , that he has gotten bored , and the androids won ' t let him go . Kirk and his crewmates are there because he told the androids to go and get a starship , so the crew could stay and he could leave . Mudd then demonstrates to Kirk and McCoy an of his shrewish wife Stella ; he amuses himself by telling her to shut up whenever he likes , thereby finally getting the last word with his wife . The androids bring them to a recreation area , where they reveal that they were made by the Makers , a humanoid race from the Andromeda Galaxy . Their home planet ' s sun went and only a few exploratory outpost s survived . After the androids leave the room , Spock surmises that the number of androids and their interactions are such that they cannot operate independently , and logically , there should be a central control system which guides the entire android population . Spock finds what appears to be a central control room . Norman is there , but will not tell Spock much about the controls ; he is " not programmed to respond in this area " . Kirk and Uhura are being shown the Barbara series of robots by Mudd and Alice . Uhura asks how long they last ; the answer comes back – 500 , 000 yrs . Plus , they can put a Human brain in the android – effective immortality . Uhura seems to respond well to this idea . Back in the recreation room , Scott is forcefully brought down to Mudd by the androids and joins the rest of the crew . Scott is the last of the " Enterprise " s personnel to be brought down and androids are now completely running the ship . Act Three . Because the androids can provide whatever the crew wants , Kirk is worried his crew will be tempted . Chekov , for example , is being serviced by two Alice androids , and seems to be enjoying it a great deal , noting that " " this place is even better than Leningrad . " " Scott , on the other hand , is quite interested in their engineering facilities . Kirk and his crewmates are planning to escape – Uhura and Chekov seem to be enjoying it there , but Kirk snaps them out of it . An Alice comes in and promises anything to make them happy , and Kirk says he can ' t be happy without their ship . Alice doesn ' t respond to this very well ; she asks Norman ( who is not present ) to coordinate , and promptly leaves . Mudd is saying goodbye to the androids when Kirk comes in to have a chat with him . To no one ' s surprise but Mudd ' s , the androids won ' t let him leave . The androids then reveal their plan : to " serve " Humans until they will become completely dependent upon the androids . " " Their aggressive and acquisitive instincts will be under our control . We shall . . . take care of them . " " Act Four . Spock figures out that Norman coordinates the androids , for two reasons : first , there is only one Norman , but many of the others , and second , when Alice was confused earlier , she asked Norman to coordinate . They decide to target Norman with insane logic in an attempt to overload the central control . They decide to provide an escape attempt , because the androids will be expecting one . They knock Mudd out – over his vehement protests – and then tell the androids he will die without a trip to the " Enterprise " for treatment . Uhura then pretends to betray the crew for immortality . At this point , the crew puts their real plan into action . They engage in a surreal pantomime for two of the Alice androids in order to confuse them . The androids cannot rationalize the conflicting and illogical inputs and suspend operation . Elsewhere , Spock tries to nerve pinch another Alice , but it has no effect . He then causes two other Alice androids to freeze up by telling one he loves her , but the other he hates her . The androids can ' t deal with this , as they are identical in every way – it is illogical to love one and not the other . When this seems to work , they decide to take down Norman . After a series of over the top speeches , android imitations and pantomimed deaths and explosions , a recitation of the Liar ' s Paradox ( " " Everything I say is a lie . I am lying . " " Am I a liar or not ? ) finally incapacitates Norman and , with him , the remainder of the androids . Mudd is left on the planet for an indeterminate amount of time under a type of " parole " as an example to the androids of a Human failure . He is quite happy with his sentence – the androids can provide him with as much of whatever he wants as he likes – until he learns that he has to share the planet with at least three and possibly up to " 500 " copies of his wife , Stella . Furthermore , he has " no " control over them and they are programmed to harangue and annoy him as much as possible . Kirk and the crew of the " Enterprise " bid Mudd farewell and continue on their mission . Memorable quotes . " " He ' s probably terrified of your beads and rattles . " " " " Spock , you ' re going to love it here . They all talk just the way you do . " " " " Harry Mudd , you ' re a liar and an outlaw and in deep trouble ! " " " " Do you know what the penalty for fraud is on Deneb Five ? " " " " The guilty party has his choice . Death by electrocution , death by gas , death by phaser , death by hanging . . . " " " " The key word in your entire peroration , Mr . Spock , was . . . death . Barbarians ! " " " " She urged me on into outer space . Not that she meant to , but with her continual , eternal , confounded " nagging " . . . Well , I think of her constantly . And every time I do , I go further out into space . " " " " Harcourt Fenton Mudd , where have you been ? What have you been up to ? Have you been drinking again , you miserable sot ! You good - for - nothing – ! " " " " SHUT UP ! ! " " " " This place is even better than Leningrad ! " " " " It ' s a beautiful lady , and we love her . " " " " You may be a wonderful science officer , but believe me , you couldn ' t sell fake patents to your mother ! " " " " I fail to understand why I should care to induce my mother to purchase falsified patents . " " " " Next , we take the Alices on a trip through Wonderland . " " " " Logic is a little tweeting bird , chirping in a meadow . Logic is wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad . Are you sure your circuits are registering correctly ? Your ears are green ! " " " " You offer us only well - being . " " " " Food and drink and happiness mean nothing to us . We must be about our job . " " " " Suffering , in torment and pain . Laboring without end . " " " " Dying and crying and lamenting over our burdens . " " ( with McCoy ) " " Only this way can we be happy . " " " " What is a man but that lofty spirit , that sense of enterprise , that devotion to something that cannot be sensed , cannot be realized but only dreamed ! The highest reality . " " " " I am not programed to respond in that area . " " " " ' Kirk . . . YOU CAN ' T DO THIS . . . IT ' S INHUMAN . " " " " Now you ' ll find yourself back among us illogical Humans again . " " " " Which I find eminently satisfactory , Doctor , for nowhere am I so desperately needed as among a shipload of illogical Humans . " " Background information . Remastered information . " I , Mudd " was the sixth episode of the remastered version of " The Original Series " to air , premiering in syndication on the weekend of . Aside from the standard CGI replacement footage of the " Enterprise " , this episode most notably featured new effects shots of the planet Mudd ( now a planet with a ring system ) , as well as a revision to the footage of Norman revealing his android circuitry . Links and references . 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