His writing credits span several media, including television for episodes of star trek. Deep space 9 so, ive seen both ds9 and sg1 and enjoy both shows. Things are complicated when kira falls in love with him. Why during all the mirror universe episodes it just felt like the primary characters of ds9 was just killing each other off just for drama.
Unlike other star trek series, deep space nine embraces longform storytelling, with arcs and plots that thread through a number of episodes at a time. In 2017, syfy ranked this the third best mirror universe episode of star trek, with sisko being captured by people from the mirror universe. Bell returns to play jennifer, and the plot is focused on the sisko family, including jake. Deep space nine first visited the mirror universe in the episode crossover.
Sisko must help a band of rebels fight a klingoncardassian alliance in the mirror universe. The mirror universes ezri arrives on deep space nine and offers an exchange. Jeffrey hunter chose to withdraw from the role of pike when creator gene. Crossover season 2, through the looking glass season 3. This episode introduced mirror jennifer, who returns later in the series in the episode shattered mirror as well as mirror universe versions of various series regulars. The pilot was rejected by nbc as being too cerebral among other complaints. Star treks mirror universe is one ofhell, themost famous parallel universes in science fiction history.
The original series episode mirror mirror s2, ep4 deep space nine episode crossover s2, ep23. Deep space nine s counterpart, terok nor, is a seat of power for the alliance in the. Shattered mirror is the 92nd episode of the television series star trek. Although the next generation occasionally paid homage to fanfavorite episodes from the original series the naked now, for example, was a sequel to the naked time, in which an infection among the crew causes them to behave hilariously outofcharacter the show never attempted its own version of the mirror universe. Derek magyar returned for his third appearance as kelby after previously appearing in affliction and bound. When the mirror universe counterpart of siskos deceased wife lures jake to the other side, sisko must follow and help the terran resistance against the alliance forces. The mirror universe is the informal name for a parallel universe, so named because many people and places are opposites of their counterparts in our universe, with evil replacing good and vice versa. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe.
The deep space nine series is one of my favourites of the star trek franchise. Enterprise, discovery, the original series, the next generation, deep space nine and voyager its slightly more straightforward. Idw publishing released its march 2020 solicitations earlier this week. Deep space nine, the 19th episode of the fourth season. When ezri dax had to deal with the last mirror universe episode, the primary characters were almost killed off with only kira being the. My brother and i often go back and forth on why we prefer one over the other and what we believe each shows strengths and weaknesses to be. The mirror universe has been visited in one episode of star trek.
But as starfleets pressure for results grows, he has to turn. Deep space nine revealed a modern balance between science and religion. Through seasons 1 and 2, the a listers of the star trek writingproduction team were assigned to the next generation while ds9 was left with the generic sorts of plots that allowed exploration of character. The mirror universes bareil attempts to steal the bajoran orb of prophecy and change. Discoverys mirror universe arc fits canon explained duration. This was the first ever star trek story to portray the mirror universe in the 24th century.
When kira and bashir returned to the station after a mission, they came face to face with kiras double a ruthless bajoran leader who understood the concept of the mirror. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, michael dorn, terry farrell. The mirror universe was first established in the episode mirror, mirror. Star trek to introduce mirror universe khan in 2020. The star trek adventures roleplaying game delves into the gamma quadrant.
Dark mirror memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. In this star trek spinoff, commander sisko leads the multispecies crew of deep space nine, a federation space station with a complex mission. Everything we know about the timeline of star treks. Quark and rom accompany the mirror ezri back to her universe where they are captured and. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world evolve, as well as more. Ds9 continued to explore the mirror universe in several episodes, and some years later, the series enterprise also explored the mirror universe in the, in a mirror, darkly. Mirror universe star trek expanded universe fandom. The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet and united federation of planets. Many other noncanon mirror universe outings disregard dark mirror in favor of the canon interpretation.
Top episodes from season 2 include the alternateuniverse crossover, which pays homage to the original series. Star trek will continue to explore the mirror universe in 2020. Deep space nine did a deep dive into the mirror universe with five separate episodes across five different seasons. It serves as a base for the exploration of the gamma quadrant via the bajoran wormhole and is a hub of trade and travel for the sectors denizens. Conway says of the mirror universe, its dark and sexy, and theres no subtlety over there. Apr 22, 1996 watch full episodes on cbs all access.
In 2016, newsweek ranked mirror, mirror as one of the best episodes of the original series. The discovery of an infant changeling gives odo a chance to correct what he sees as the mistakes in his upbringing. Commander sisko, dax, kira, quark, odo, and chief obrien are back for more galactic space station adventure. Sisko and crew members odo, obrien and dax welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve many unexpected problems. Top 10 star trek deep space nine episodes duration. The mirror universe is a parallel world to the standard star trek universe, where instead of the federation there was the terran empire. Many details presented here are contradictory to the canon version of the 24th century mirror universe that was later shown in ds9 episodes. Published in 2017, it takes place at roughly the same time as the ds9 episodes, exploring that point in the star trek chronology with the mirror universe counterparts of picard and his crew. Season 1 like all of the new star trek series, deep space nine required a warmup period. I do love the two guys sent from the temporal police to sort the anomaly out.
Season 5 has some wonderful episodes including the hybrid original seriesdeep space nine commemorative episode titled trials and tribbleations. Episodes pilots 19641965 star trek s pilot episode, the cage, was completed between november 1964 and january 1965, and starred jeffrey hunter as captain christopher pike, majel barrett as number one, and leonard nimoy as spock. The solicitations include two new star trek comic books. Many star trek fans have long been hopeful that cbs may yet announce the remastering of deep space nine for high definition and thus bluray. Star trek timeline on tv how the various series all fit. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. Deep space nines counterpart, terok nor, is a seat of power for the alliance in the. In fact, it almost has a timeline of its own as rich as the prime reality of trek. Since then the klingoncardassian alliance has enslaved the terrans. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. Heres a list of all the star trek episodes in which the mirror universe comes into play. It is one of several episodes that sees deep space nine crew members visit their counterparts in the mirror universe. Clip taken from the star trek deep space nine episode shattered mirror. Deep space nine, film, short fiction, and comic books.
Deep space nine the history of the mirror universe during the 22nd to the 24th century has been shaped largely due to influence from the. For the franchises 30th anniversary in 1996, tv guide ranked mirror, mirror no. David mack is the awardwinning and new york times bestselling author of more than thirty novels of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the star trek destiny and cold equations trilogies. But if we look at the tv adventures only star trek.
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