I want to make the case that deep space nine is worth your time in 2016, and give you my list of the essential episodes to watch. Mora pol discover a lifeform similar to odo on a gamma quadrant planet. This parallel universe coexisted with the prime universe in the same space, but on another dimensional plane. Several people were considered among them frank sinatra jr. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, alexander siddig, terry farrell. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki.
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. That leads to a good newsbad news situation for our mirror universe episodes because while ds9 allows for more longterm. The klingon spy darvin shows up in the present and takes the crew back in time to try to change the events that took place on the k7 deep space station. Shattered mirror is the 92nd episode of the television series star trek. Unfortunately, as the finale of the tv show star trek. Once on the other side, sisko turns the tables on smiley, who explains whats been happening since kira and bashir visited in the first mirror episode crossover. In the mirror universe, the alternate bashir is a freedom fighter in the terran rebellion.
Worf moves to deep space 9 in season 4, joining the crew of a space station in the midst of an interplanetary conflict. Sep 18, 2017 but mirror universe episodes have always been a hit with fans, popping up in the original series, deep space nine and enterprise. One of the episodes focusing on nog, its only a paper moon was ranked as the 14th best of star trek. Startrek deep space nine rom reacts to the alternate.
The beloved tos episode the trouble with tribbles is revisited in this deep space nine episode involving time travel. The mirror universe was a parallel universe widely recorded as first being visited. As depicted in the series finale what you leave behind, bashir remains aboard deep space nine, and begins a romantic relationship with ezri dax. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. A brief history of star treks mirror universe nerdist. In 2016, the character of nog was ranked as the 51st most important character of starfleet within the star trek science fiction universe by wired magazine. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, barbara luna. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set the pilot episode, emissary, the episode the.
Top episodes from season 2 include the alternateuniverse crossover, which pays homage to the original series. Scientists are really searching for a mirror universe like. Kira and bashir have an adventure in the mirror universe of star trek, which brought to the show deep space nine a plot device first introduced in the original series episode mirror, mirror, 1 which aired on october 6, 1967. Quark and rom risk their lives by crossing into an evil alternate universe to rescue the captive leader of quarks homeworld. In this star trek spinoff, commander sisko leads the multispecies crew of deep space nine, a federation space station with a complex mission. Crossover season 2, through the looking glass season 3. Deep space nine, the best star trek, wrapped up with a pretty epic twoparter that had all the drama and pathos the space opera called for.
Deep space nine dared to go where no star trek had. The mirror universe reappeared on tv in 1994 in the deep space nine ds9 season two episode crossover. Starfleet intelligence, by the year 2267, referred to this reality as terran empire parallel. The mixed deep space nine crew of federation and bajoran officers winds up the seventh and final season of the show with suspenseful episodes that try to pull together all the plot threads or at least the biggest ones. A guide to star treks mirror universe episodes geek and sundry.
Deep space nine, the 20th episode of the fourth season. Star trek discoverys mirror universe a beginners guide digital spy. The end of the war is not the same as the end of the show. The last mirror universe episode of deep space nine finds quark and. Universe was later revisited in the deep space nine secondseason episode. Jan 03, 2016 i want to make the case that deep space nine is worth your time in 2016, and give you my list of the essential episodes to watch. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. Startrek deep space nine rom reacts to the alternate universe. A look through star treks mirror universe boing boing. Deep space nine sought out an actor to portray a new recurring character, vic fontaine. The next generation, but if you asked which trek show was ultimately the best one, for me, its star trek. In deep space, gaia brings together the best minds in their fields to shed new light on an extremely controversial subject which can no longer remain hidden or denied. The alternate is the 32nd episode of the american science fiction television series star trek. In the early episodes of the series after cardassias withdrawal from bajor, the recently ranked major kira, now age 26, becomes an influential figure in bajors reconstruction and the politics of.
Quark armin shimerman and rom accompany ezris double back to an alternate universe in order to free zek, who is being held by forces seeking a cloaking device. The mirror universe is a parallel universe in which the plots of several star trek television episodes take place. Mar 30, 2020 deep space nine is officially the longest series on the one perfect binge bracket. It ran for a full seven seasons, making a total of 176 episodes. Top episodes from season 2 include the alternate universe crossover, which pays homage to the original series. If deep space nine smoothed the mirror universe into a swashbuckling field. But mirror universe episodes have always been a hit with fans, popping up in the original series, deep space nine and enterprise. Kira and bashir find themselves in an alternate universe.
The sage, talented, 20th centurystyle holographic lounge singer was introduced offering advice about life, love and the ladies to odo rene auberjonois in the sixthseason episode his way. It is up to you to evaluate the evidence and decide where you stand on the question of humanitys presence in. Sisko and crew members odo, obrien and dax welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve many unexpected problems. For me, technically, that gateway show is star trek. The concept first appeared in the original series in an episode.
Jan 08, 2018 another defiant, in the mirror universe, like 100 years after stuff happening on discovery in a deep space nine episode called shattered mirror that aired in 1996. The mirror universe has been visited in one episode of star trek. In the vicinity of the liberated planet of bajor, the federation space station deep space nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy. It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Deep space nine did a deep dive into the mirror universe with five separate episodes across five different seasons. However, the mirror universe concept finally came back for real in deep space nines second season episode crossover, and that series made visits to the mirror universe every subsequent. An accident, which occurs while traveling through the wormhole, leaves kira and bashir stranded in an alternate universe where humans are slaves. The mirror universe was later revisited in the deep space nine secondseason episode crossover, and turned into a story arc that spanned into the final season, with five mirror universe episodes over the course of five seasons. Jan 30, 2017 in deep space nine s second mirror universe episode, its commander sisko who gets to cross over thanks to that worlds miles smiley obrien paying a visit and forcing him to go. Apr 23, 2015 from startrek ds9 s07e12 the emperors new cloak. It is the first deep space nine mirror universe episode. Deep space nine dared to go where no star trek had gone.
Kira is assigned as the senior bajoran militia officer aboard deep space nine, acting as the stations executive officer under the starfleet commander benjamin sisko, who commands the facility. Star trek ds9 mirror universe defiant attack youtube. Far beyond the stars was great partly, to be honest. Most ds9 episodes were shot in 7 days, but it was estimated that with auberjonois playing both parts it would take at least 14 to complete the shoot. The mirror universe was a parallel universe widely recorded as first being visited by james t. Feb 04, 2011 the crew of what you leave behind toyed with the idea of having the final scene feature benny russell outside a television sound stage with a script titled star trek. By the time deep space nine got to its final mirror universe episode. The series responded with a very solid second season that began to. But in order to understand what deep space nine is all about, you. Another defiant, in the mirror universe, like 100 years after stuff happening on discovery in a deep space nine episode called shattered mirror that aired in 1996.
Deep space nine episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The 11 best star trek inuniverse crossover episodes. Deep space nine is officially the longest series on the one perfect binge bracket. Commander sisko, dax, kira, quark, odo, and chief obrien are back for more galactic space station adventure. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999.
The alternateuniverse version of kiras dead love beams aboard and takes her hostage, then reveals that hes running from his. Kirk and several officers from the uss enterprise in 2267, though in reality already encountered by the uss discovery around a decade earlier. 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. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. It is one of several episodes that sees deep space nine crew members visit their counterparts in the mirror universe. Its the show that introduced them to the star trek universe, the one that wormed its way inside their brain and took hold until they were thoroughly and truly hooked. The mirror universe is a parallel universe where the patterns of events move in similar manners to that of the primary universe, but the intentions and characterizations are different, often showing evil characteristics in place of good, and vice versa. Jan 09, 2018 deep space nine did a deep dive into the mirror universe with five separate episodes across five different seasons.
Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. Discovery might be getting a mirror universe episode. The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet and united federation of planets. For star trek fans, the existence of a mirror universe would surely be a surprising notion, as the parallel dimension has played a role on the franchise since the iconic star trek. Bashir find themselves in an alternate universe populated by exact doubles of the. It is unknown whether he was ever given the genetic enhancements his counterpart was. Feb 24, 2015 unfortunately, as the finale of the tv show star trek. Deep space nine, suggesting that deep space nine and possibly all of star trek was a dream. Deep space nine companion when telling odo the story about his father, sisko seems to imply without actually saying it that his father had passed away after becoming ill.
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