Mudd's Women

Nailed it.

All right, Mudd's Women.

So we're talking about this week, since it's the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, and we're tacking along with the release dates, which is a lot of fun.

So 60 years ago today, uh, the sixth episode of the original series aired, although it was the third produced.

It's Mudd's Women, and on October 13th, 196- 66, viewers saw an episode r- uh, with a teleplay by Stephen Kandel and a story by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Harvey Hart.

Memory Alpha describes it, "The Enterprise rescues con artist Harry Mudd and his quote-unquote 'beautiful' female cargo." What Memory Alpha doesn't tell us-

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"It's not an allegory for what's going on today." [laughs]

Come on.

Season one, episode six, Mudd's Women.

Stop with me.

The Enterprise interferes with Harry Mudd's new business, supplying wives to rich but lonely minors.

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It's Mudd's Women from the first episode of... or from the first season of the original series.

Uh, human trafficking.

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1932, 27th of September, was the birth date of one Roger Carmel, who you would remember as Harry Mudd.

From the original series, both Harry Mudd and Mudd's Women.

When you said who else, I almost said Leo Walsh.

Good boy, incorrect.

Roger Carwell played him in three different occurrences.

He originally showed up in the famous, I'd say, Mudd's Women series.

Also famous because it was yet another one of the episodes where Mr. Spock lets out a big smile.

And it was one of the other justifications for the more emotional Spock we get in Strange New Worlds.