Taking place within a context set by the original Star Trek television series episode "Mirror, Mirror," "Crossover" is a very good Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode and a nice follow-up to its predecessor. In "Mirror, Mirror," a transporter accident takes Kirk, Bones, Scotty, and Uhura into a mirror universe where humans are savage and violent, ruling a vast empire with an iron fist. Kirk gets to the mirror version of Spock and, with his help, the four escape back to their own timeline. In the DS9 episode "Crossover," Kira and Bashir land in this mirror universe 100 after Kirk did when their shuttle craft does not come out of warp properly before entering the worm hole. Here, they learn that Kirk got to the mirror Spock and a series of Spock-initiated reforms of peace ended the Terran Empire - however, an alliance between the Cardassians, Klingons, and Bajorans conquered what used to be the Terran Empire and enslaved the human race. Kira and Bashir come back to a completely different Deep Space 9.
"Crossover" is a nice sequel to my favorite original Star Trek series episode and is a good stand-alone episode in its own right. Each cast member milks their against-type character turns - with Avery Brooks giving the most strikingly different portrayal of his character and Colm Meaney continues to show why he is the best actor in DS9 and one of the best actors in the entire 5-show Trek series with a very charming turn as an oppressed O'Brien and a particularly moving final speech. The episode wraps up a little too fast and there is an awkward moment between Bashir and Kira that fails in what was no doubt an attempt at humor, but "Crossover" is a very good episode overall.moreless
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Stardate: 47879.2 ''''An accident, which occurs while traveling through the wormhole, leaves Kira and Bashir stranded in an alternate universe where humans are slaves.
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Armin Shimerman
Quark
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Terry Farrell
Lt./Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Season 1-6)
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Rene Auberjonois
Constable Odo
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ADD TRIVIA- The Intendant, Smiley and the mirror Garak are the only mirror universe characters to appear in all of the mirror universe episodes that take place on their side of the wormhole. Edit
- This episode marks the first appearance of the mirror universe on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Edit
- Continuity: When Kira and Bashir emerged from the wormhole in the mirror universe, it took them three hours to reach the station as it orbited Bajor. As they escaped the station and headed home, they reached the wormhole in seconds. Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Edit
- The writers originally considered having Michael Dorn appear as the mirror Worf, who would have been one of the mirror Kira's many thugs. The mirror Worf would later be seen in Shattered Mirror and The Emperor's New Cloak (with a much higher status). Edit
- The events in this episode are based on the Original Series episode Mirror, Mirror. Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Kira: (learning Mirror Sisko is a freebooter for the Intendant) And why do you deserve this special treatment? Mirror Sisko: I suppose because I amuse her, and she's not easily amused. And it seems that you amuse her, too. Edit
- Mirror Garak: (as Quark is dragged away for execution) I shall miss him. He always let me win at Dabo. Edit
- Smiley O'Brien: (to the Intendant) This man is a doctor where he comes from. And there's an O'Brien there, just like me... Except he's some kind of high-up chief of operations. And they're Terrans. Can you believe that? Maybe it's a fairy tale he made up, but it started me thinking how each of us might have turned out, had history been just a little different. I wanted him to take me with him because, whatever it's like where he's from, it's gotta be better than this. There's got to be something better than this. Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Major Kira: Through the looking glass, Commander. Through The Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There is an 1871 children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It is nominally a sequel to Carroll's previous work, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, although there is little by way of connection. In the story, Alice passes through a mirror and into a world that is in many ways the opposite of her own, much as Kira and Bashir do when their damaged runabout passes through the wormhole. Edit
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