Writer:      Stephen Kandel ( story by Gene Roddenberry)

Director:    Harvey Hart

Principals:  Kirk        Eve McHuron
       
             Spock       Magda Kovas

             McCoy       Ruth Bonaventure

             Scott       Ben Childress

             Sulu        Lieutenant John Farrell

             Uhura       Gossett

             Harry Mudd  Benton

Kirk beams aboard the crew of a vessel destroyed by asteroids but at a price.  All but one of the Enterprise's Dilithium crystals have burned out. the commander of the destroyed transport is Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel), Scoundrel and space pirate.  His Cargo:  three hypnotically beautiful women who immediately disrupt the normal workings of the ship.  Kirk heads for Rigel 12, a Dilithim mining colony.  But Mudd secretly contacts the miners and Kirk discovers they will only trade the dilithium for Mudd's Women. 


Airdate:  October 13, 1966