The fourth and final Short Trek is centred on the recurring character of Harry Mudd. I still don't know why they thought he was worth bringing back from TOS, but he's fine, I guess. And this episode is also fine. It's a bit like Calypso in that there's really nothing new or unique about it but it was well-executed.
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| In case you can't tell, the bounty hunter doesn't like Mudd. |
We begin with Harry being handed over by one bounty hunter to another, having made a deal where the first is spared the hassle of having to transport him back to the Federation in exchange for a reduced cut of the profits. Most of the rest of the episode consists of Mudd's attempts to bargain his way out of being handed over, interspersed with flashbacks to other times he's been captured. We never see any of his attempts actually succeed.
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| He might have had better luck with this captor if he didn't keep insulting her height. |
None of it's as funny as I think it was supposed to be, but it's fine. Anyway, they eventually get to a Federation ship and beam on board only to discover that Mudd is actually a robot duplicate and there are a bunch of them already on board. The first bounty hunter has been selling them for some time now. Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum.
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| I guess Starfleet's just storing them in this room in case they come in handy later? |
The final "twist" if something so obvious can be called a twist, is that the apparently female bounty hunter with face-concealing helmet is actually Mudd himself, and we see him relaxing in a room full of robot duplicates of himself and preparing to scam his next victim. And that's that. It was fine.
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| I would've expected some kind of weird sexual angle to this but there isn't one. |
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