episode #10 - Mudd's Passion

Air Date: 11/10/73    written by Stephen Kandel

Here was the return (again) of Harry Mudd (voiced again by Roger C. Carmel), last seen on I, Mudd of the TOS. This time, he's selling some kind of love crystals and cons nurse Chapel into trying one. Spock ends up obsessed (in love) with nurse Chapel. The crystals also get swept into the air ducts and many of the crew are then affected, such as Scotty and M'Ress. Some of this resembles The Naked Time or This Side of Paradise at this point, with the crew behaving intoxicated or just laid back. Amusing, but this was memorable to me for the reveal of some gigantic creatures towards the end of the episode, on the planet to which Mudd kidnaps Chapel to.  BoG's Score: 7 out of 10