TOS - I Mudd

I Mudd is one of the more underappreciated episodes of Star Trek, it has to be the most hilarious episodes of Star Trek ever made. There is a lot of over acting in these episodes, but instead of detracting form the story, it enhances it. Banter between Kirk and Harry Mudd is as funny as it is, due to the fact that both actors were overacting their parts. In the mist of all the comedy going on in this episode, an interesting perspective on human nature is given, that “our logic is to be illogical.” Although this at first seems to be nonsensical, it actually proves an interesting point about humanity, that much of human behavior is very illogical but, is accepted with out question by the human race. Kirk this aspect of humanity to successfully overload the androids brains with paradoxes. Because of the torrential flood of human illogic, effective sarcasm, and unmitigated irony, used as a satire on human nature. This episode emerged as what is probly the best ‘comedy episode’ of ‘trek’ in the history of the franchise.