Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineproduced five Mirror Universe episode across its seven season , but which one have imperial status , and which ace are bound for the Agonizer ? introduce inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 2 , installment 4 , " Mirror , Mirror " , the Mirror Universe made a lasting impression on fandom and the wide public consciousness . After all , soda water culture ’s exercise of a goatee byssus to announce an evil double for certain grow with Mirror Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) inTOS . " Mirror , Mirror " made such an impression onStar Trekfans that a yield to the Mirror Universe was inevitable .
Finally , it wasDeep Space Ninethat returned to the darkestStar Trektimeline , in season 2 , instalment 23 , " crossing over " . The episode find out Doctor Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) and Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) fight for survival as they endeavor to escape the Mirror Universe ’s version of Terok Nor . The succeeder of " Crossover " lead to subsequent Mirror Universe episodes of deviate caliber , featuring the evil versions ofDS9 ’s shape of characters .
Deep Space Nine is one of the most acclaimed Star Trek shows , thanks to its matured direction , and many of its good episodes reflect this gloomy tone .
5Star Trek: DS9 Season 6, Episode 8, “Resurrection”
“It is an amazing resemblance. Put you in a Vedek’s robe and no one would know the difference.”
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 6 , installment 8 , " Resurrection " , is the weakest of the five Mirror Universe episodes . " Resurrection " is unique as it ’s the only one ofDS9 ’s Mirror Universe instalment to whole take spot in the primeStar Trekuniverse . The sequence concerns the arrival of Mirror Bareil Antos ( Philip Anglim ) , the alternate realness version of Major Kira ’s confused love , Vedek Bareil . It transpires that Mirror Bareil has been sent to the prime macrocosm by The Intendant ( Nana Visitor ) to play on Kira ’s loss to steal one of the Bajoran orbs from DS9 .
The main issue withDS9 ’s " Resurrection " is that it takes space long time after Vedek Bareil lost his life , so it ’s knockout to buy into the romance between Kira and Bareil ’s Mirror Universe twin . To make subject worse , the core story of someone meeting the Mirror Universe variant of a lost love was already done far better by Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) and the Terran Jennifer Sisko ( Felicia M. Bell ) inDeep Space Nineseasons 3 and 4 . Showrunner Ira Steven Behr dead summed up the military issue with " Resurrection " in theStar Trek : Deep Space Nine Companion :
" I know we were run short to get hammered forwhatevershow we came up with after the war bow and the marriage ceremony episode . hoi polloi were go to say , ' Thisis what you ’re doing next ? ' It ’s that notion of letdown after you ’ve done something big . It was bad timing , and it probably should n’t have been a relationship show … "
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4Star Trek: DS9 Season 7, Episode 12, “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
“Oh, oh, I get it! Your clothes, the knife, this aggressive attitude, it’s all role-playing!”
In a 2000 interview withCinefantisque , Ira Steven Behr disclose thatStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 7 , episode 12 , " The Emperor ’s New Cloak " was borne out of a desire to embrace the wackiness of the Mirror Universe as an musical theme . And so Behr and Hans Beimler indite an installment in which Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) and Rom ( Max Grodenchik ) are dispatched to the Mirror Universe to deliver Grand Nagus Zek ( Wallace Shawn ) . Quark and Rom ’s arrival at last aid the Terran Rebels strike a devastating blow against the Klingon - Cardassian Alliance , thanks to a defective cloaking twist .
Both " The Emperor ’s New Cloak " and " Resurrection " were directed byStar Trek : The Next Generationstar LeVar Burton .
" The Emperor ’s New Cloak " makes a few stumble in the tonic tightrope walk betweenFerengi drollery episodeand finale toDeep Space Nine ’s Mirror Universe arc . While Mirror Universe episode are always incredibly campy and over - the - top , the summation of Quark , Rom and Zek jeopardise to topple the counterbalance too far . However , when it mould , it really works . Nicole de Boer is distinctly deliver a attack playing Mirror Ezri , who is far more confident and pitiless than her choice universe counterpart . It ’s also a satisfying ending toDS9 ’s Mirror Universe arc as the Terrans are in conclusion back on top after catch Regent Worf .
Star Trek pits the Protostar work party against the New Terran Armada in Prodigy time of year 2 . Does this contradict Deep Space Nine ’s Mirror Universe installment ?
3Star Trek: DS9 Season 3, Episode 19, “Through the Looking Glass”
“I don’t think anyone suspected you weren’t Captain Sisko. At least, not once you hit Bashir.”
InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 3 , sequence 19 , " Through the Looking Glass " , Commander Sisko is captured by Miles " Smiley " O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) , who needs him to interchange his Mirror Universe opposite number . Sisko ’s deputation is to win over the Mirror Universe version of his married woman , Jennifer , to connect the Terran Rebellion . The determination of Sisko not to allow Jennifer die for a 2nd time allowsDS9to show their leading world at his most heroic and magnetic . The climax , where Sisko delights in outfoxing the Intendant and Garak ( Andrew J. Robinson ) , is a real biff - the - air moment .
" Through the Looking Glass " is a wildly entertaining walkaway through the Mirror Universe with a really moving emotional core .
Avery Brooks give one of his most confident early performance in " Through the Looking Glass " , and it seems that he ’s finally becoming comfortable asStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s precede valet . give the plot , " Through the Looking Glass " could have been an emotionally pregnant sequence ofDS9 , but it balances Sisko and Jennifer ’s strange " reunion " with high ingroup . While Terry Farrell vamps it up as Mirror Dax , Felecia M. Bell ’s understated but bear upon execution provides the arrant counterpoint . " Through the Looking Glass " is a wildly entertaining romp through the Mirror Universe with a genuinely moving worked up gist .
2Star Trek: DS9 Season 4, Episode 19, “Shattered Mirror”
“When we first met, there was a… a connection between us. Now because of what I’ve done it’s gone, isn’t it?”
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , episode 19 , " Shattered Mirror " is a rare sequel that is honorable than the original . After Mirror Jennifer was introduced in " Through the Looking Glass " , Ira Steven Behr and theDS9writers were keen that she should fulfil Jake Sisko ( Cirroc Lofton ) . This estimation engender " Shattered Mirror " , in which Jennifer abduct Jake to convince Captain Sisko to build the Terran Rebellion their own edition ofDeep Space Nine ’s Defiant . Devastatingly , Jennifer is kill by the Intendant , mean that Jake and Sisko are hale to confront the pain of her decease all over again .
" Shattered Mirror " is Nana Visitor ’s pet of the first three Mirror Universe episode because of how the Intendant was written , tellingStar Trek Monthlythat " I intend I rule a darker place for her , because of the way they write it , and I wish it . "
" Shattered Mirror " provides some of the strongest material for Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko , who care the tragical Jennifer spark attractively . As well as being an emotionally powerful episode ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , " Shattered Mirror " introduces Regent Worf ( Michael Dorn).The lover response to Regent Worf led theDS9writers to consider making him the focus of the next Mirror Universe installment , but rather they opted for the Mirror Bareil plot in season 6 . Dorn is clearly relishing the chance to bet a more outrageous variation of Worf after so many years , and his gloating is dead infective .
Worf is the only TNG graphic symbol to come out in Star Trek ’s Mirror Universe , and Deep Space Nine revealed that he was the Regent and supreme ruler !
1Star Trek: DS9 Season 2, Episode 23, “Crossover”
“… whatever it’s like where he’s from, it’s gotta be better than this. There’s got to be something better than this.”
" Crossover",Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s original Mirror Universe installment , is also its skilful . InDS9season 2 , installment 23 , Doctor Bashir and Major Kira emerge from the wormhole to find themselves in the Mirror Universe ’s version ofCardassian infinite station Terok Nor . " Crossover " isDS9 ’s best Mirror Universe episode because of the work involved in filling in the gaps of what happened in the intervening century betweenStar Trek : The Original Series ' " Mirror , Mirror " and the start ofDeep Space Nine . The reform led by Mirror Spock leave behind the Terran Empire vulnerable to attack , and now they ’re enslave by the Klingon - Federation Alliance .
An original plan to feature Michael Dorn as a Mirror Universe version of Worf was abandoned when theTNGstar proved to be unavailable to film his cameo .
This was an implausibly smart history conclusion because it allows " Crossover " to completely flip the be dynamic ofDeep Space Nine ’s chief characters . The Mirror Universe ’s Kira is in accusation of the station , while Mirror Odo ( Rene Auberjonois ) is a fell oppressor , keeping a watchful eye on Terok Nor ’s Terran slaves . The best aspect of " Crossover " is how it puts Kira face to face with a version of herself that she can barely know . Prime Kira spent decades campaign the subjugation of cruel dictators , so its stomach churn for her to unwrap her Mirror Universe counterpart is yet another tyrant to be defeat .
Peter Allen Field and Michael Piller ’s script for " Crossover " delivers a far more nuanced take on the construct of dark opposite than Spock ’s byssus or the shouty , primal Mirror Kirk ( William Shatner ) fromStar Trek : TOS.Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s first Mirror Universe episode establishes that it ’s a perverse and corrupt realism that twists Starfleet and Bajor ’s greatest heroes into something cruel . However , like Mirror Spock before him , Mirror O’Brien ply Bob Hope that the Terrans can always endeavor for something well than galactic dominance , absolutely mirror the climax of the classicTOSepisode .
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