Series: | DS9 |
Season: | 2 |
Original Airdate: | 1994-05-15 |
Production Number: | 443 |
Year: | 2370 |
Stardate: | Unknown |
Story by: | Peter Allan Fields |
Teleplay by: | Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller |
Directed by: | David Livingston |
An accident inside the wormhole sends Kira and Bashir into the "Mirror Universe," where Bajorans rule over their human slaves.
Summary
- Medical log, Stardate 47879.2. Major Kira and I have completed installation of the hospital facility at New Bajor- the first Bajoran colony in the Gamma Quadrant -- and are on our way home.
As Kira and Julian Bashir make their way back to the station, they finally find a common link between them, they both enjoy the music of Tor, a Bajoran musician. Bashir has made a point of the listening to Bajoran music since he was assigned to Deep Space Nine. As their runabout drops out of warp, a problem occurs- the warp field has not collapsed properly. The ship enters the wormhole and is engulfed in a white flash. As they exit the Bajoran wormhole in its Alpha Quadrant terminus, they are shocked to see that the station is not there, it is in orbit of Bajor. Suddenly, the ships sensors detect another ship moving towards them, it is Klingon. Two Klingon officers beam onboard and are shocked to see Kira. Later, on Terok Nor, the two Klingons confer with a Cardassian, it is Garak. Bashir and Kira board the station where they get a shock, as another Kira Nerys introduces herself...
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Act Five
Background Information
- This episode was originally to be titled "Detour".
- Worf was to appear in this episode, but Michael Dorn was unavailable as he was filming the last episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. His lines were given to Andrew Robinson. The original script can be found here.
- This episode continues the story of the mirror universe first seen in the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror and later in the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "In a Mirror, Darkly" and "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II". DS9 returns to the mirror universe in "Through the Looking Glass", "Shattered Mirror" and "The Emperor's New Cloak".
- It is revealed that Spock's meeting with James T. Kirk changed his attitude towards the Terran Empire. He became its leader and instituted major reforms, turning the Empire into a more peaceful and less aggressive power. This lead to the Empire being unprepared to fight the united Klingon-Cardassian Alliance.
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Guest Stars
References
Benjamin Sisko (mirror), Elim Garak (mirror), Kira Nerys (mirror), Miles O'Brien (mirror), Odo (mirror), Quark (mirror), Lursa (mirror); B'Etor (mirror); House of Duras (mirror)
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