Season 4
Episode 94 In A Mirror Darkly Part I
Such a great episode. It tells a story in Star Trek’s Mirror universe where all the evil characters have goatees. There’s no clumsy cross over incident, it’s just a story in an alternate universe.
Archer is not captain in the universe. Earth is an evil regime. Archer manipulates the Enterprise to capture a ship the Tholians have possession of. The ship in question is the USS Defiant that disappeared into a space warp as seen in Star Trek the original series episode The Tholian Web. The Enterprise writers decided to have the USS Defiant warp through time and space into the mirror verse. AMAZING!!! This is one pure meta reference and answer which again connects Enterprise to the grander world of Star Trek.
The Enterprise is destroyed while Evil Archer and comrades try to steal the Defiant from the Tholians. Episode ends on a cliffhanger.
So much awesome in one little episode. Specifically the fact it takes place in the mirror verse is amazing in it of itself. The callback to an original series episode is brilliant. Having Tholians in the episode, YES! YES! YES! It has everything a Star Trek fan would want.
Written by
Joseph Ammendolea
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