|
Synopsis:
The U.S.S. Enterprise pursues
an unknown ship into an asteroid belt to save its crew before it's
destroyed. The four people aboard are beamed on to the U.S.S.
Enterprise; former nemesis, Harry Mudd and three beautiful, sultry
women: Ruth Bonaventure, Eve McHuron and Magda Kovacs. Mudd was
transporting the three women to Ophiuchus VI to marry settlers
there.
The Enterprise computers
reveal that Mudd has been charged with a number of infractions of
the law. In pursuit of Mudd's ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise has
burned out its lithium crystals, which power the starship's
engines, and Kirk orders them to proceed as quickly as possible to
the nearest lithium mining planet. That planet is Rigel XII, which
is inhabited by only three lithium miners.
Mudd manages to contact Ben
Childress, the head miner, and make a deal with him. Mudd promises
to deliver the three beautiful women to the lonely miners in
exchange for lithium crystals and their help in escaping Kirk.
Upon reaching the planet,
Eve tries to escape, having fallen for Kirk and not wanting to
marry one of the miners, but Ben Childress brings her back. They
discover that the women are using an extremely illegal Venus drug
to make them beautiful and without which they become quite plain.
By the time the fraud is discovered, Magda and Ruth are already
married to the miners, to the satisfaction of all parties
involved. Eve, who realizes that Kirk is married to his career and
to his starship, settles for marrying Ben. Kirk gets the lithium
crystals he needs for the U.S.S. Enterprise and Harry Mudd, on
whom he has filed criminal charges. |
|
Cast & Creative Staff:
Cast:
William Shatner
as James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
DeForest Kelley as Leonard H. McCoy
James Doohan as Montgomery Scott
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu
Guest Cast:
Susan Denberg
as Magda Kovacs
Gene Dynarski as Ben Childress
Karen Steele as Eve McHuron
Maggie Thrett as Ruth Bonaventure
Creative Staff:
Director:
Harvey Hart
Teleplay By: Stephen Kandel
Story By: Gene Roddenberry
|
-Next
Episode
