Kirk is up against machines again. Shocking, eh? This go-around has Kirk and his Enterprise crew forced upon an "android world" thanks to old nemesis, Harry Mudd (Roger Carmel, rolling his R's, donning a Napoleon-like suit, spinning his mustache, and concocting yet another scheme). Mudd has managed to wind up on the android world while escaping another alliance he stole patents from (always a thief, that Harry). He has been served by the androids and is ready to abandon the planet for freedom elsewhere. How would he manage that? Oh, he brings the Enterprise crew to the planet and hitches a ride on the ship with androids manning the controls! Well, Kirk won't stand for that, but how will he stop the androids and Mudd's plan? Mudd always causes mischief and is up to no good. Mudd thinks the androids will have humans to serve and he'll be off the planet far away, not a care in the world. He doesn't count on the androids having a plan of their own: Mudd represents human flaw at its worst, with the androids realizing that they are needed to serve the human race, controlling them as well. Good ole Mudd just knows how to make matters even worse.
Kirk outsmarting machines is a series regularity, and this time he gets all the regulars (Spock, Chekov, Uhura, Bones, and Scotty) to assist him in using illogic to bewilder and perplex them. Performance where they act outlandishly and use phraseology confusing to them is orchestrated. It is all amusing, eliciting chuckles. Nothing to take seriously here, as this is all about giggles with the conflict never much in terms of suspense. Carmel flashes his pirate grin and gleefully tells Kirk about how he will take the Enterprise and leave them behind. The introduction of an android version of his wife, and how she will be used against him at the end is a special hoot. The whole episode depends upon the androids' mission and the humans using chicanery to short circuit them so they can escape the world, halting the takeover of the Enterprise. The androids connected to a central system gives Kirk a possible idea and advantage, which initiates his mission.
Kirk outsmarting machines is a series regularity, and this time he gets all the regulars (Spock, Chekov, Uhura, Bones, and Scotty) to assist him in using illogic to bewilder and perplex them. Performance where they act outlandishly and use phraseology confusing to them is orchestrated. It is all amusing, eliciting chuckles. Nothing to take seriously here, as this is all about giggles with the conflict never much in terms of suspense. Carmel flashes his pirate grin and gleefully tells Kirk about how he will take the Enterprise and leave them behind. The introduction of an android version of his wife, and how she will be used against him at the end is a special hoot. The whole episode depends upon the androids' mission and the humans using chicanery to short circuit them so they can escape the world, halting the takeover of the Enterprise. The androids connected to a central system gives Kirk a possible idea and advantage, which initiates his mission.