Mark Donaldson is a writer, podcaster, and film programmer specializing in Star Trek and Doctor Who.
Summary Star Trek: Deep Space Nine produced five Mirror Universe episodes across its seven seasons, but which ones have imperial status, and which ones are bound for the Agonizer? Introduced in Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 4, "Mirror, Mirror", the Mirror Universe made a lasting impression on fandom and the wider public consciousness. After all, pop culture's use of a goatee beard to denote an evil double surely originated with Mirror Spock in TOS.
The main issue with DS9's "Resurrection" is that it takes place years after Vedek Bareil lost his life, so it's hard to buy into the romance between Kira and Bareil's Mirror Universe counterpart. To make matters worse, the core story of someone meeting the Mirror Universe variant of a lost love was already done far better by Captain Benjamin Sisko and the Terran Jennifer Sisko in Deep Space Nine seasons 3 and 4.
"The Emperor's New Cloak" makes a few missteps in the tonal tightrope walk between Ferengi comedy episode and finale to Deep Space Nine's Mirror Universe arc. While Mirror Universe episodes are always incredibly campy and over-the-top, the addition of Quark, Rom and Zek threatens to tip the balance too far. However, when it works, it really works.
Avery Brooks gives one of his most confident early performances in "Through the Looking Glass", and it seems that he's finally becoming comfortable as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's leading man. Given the plot, "Through the Looking Glass" could have been an emotionally fraught episode of DS9, but it balances Sisko and Jennifer's strange "reunion" with high camp. While Terry Farrell vamps it up as Mirror Dax, Felecia M.
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