Title: 4x19 In A Mirror, Darkly (2 Of 2)
Crichton Kicks - January 19, 2005 07:24 PM (GMT)
No details yet, other than this being the second of a two parter involving the 'mirror universe'.
Crichton Kicks - January 19, 2005 07:25 PM (GMT)
Actually, there are details;
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In the upcoming conclusion to "In A Mirror, Darkly - Part I, the Imperial Enterprise crew will discover a strange derelict ship: the U.S.S. Defiant, last seen in the original Star Trek series.
As previously reported, Part I of this story will open with an alternate version of the first contact between humans and Vulcans. In Bozeman, Montana, Zephram Cochrane is unable to provide the first Vulcan crew to visit Earth with a friendly welcome, as a disgruntled mob of humans instead decide to storm and overwhelm the Vulcans by bute force (story). From this point onwards, history apparently takes a much more vicious path, culminating in the 22nd Century in a human-led space Empire, patrolled by warships such as the Avenger and the Enterprise.
In this episode, the Enterprise manages to capture a ship with incredibly advanced technology - presumably, the Constitution-class starship Defiant. In the Classic Trek episode "The Tholian Web," Captain Kirk discovered that the crew of the Defiant had gone mad and mutinied, leading to the death of all crew members. But before Kirk and his away team were able to determine the exact cause of this, the Defiant began to fade in and out of an interphase rift between two universes. Spock and McCoy managed to rescue Kirk just before the Defiant disappeared forever into the other universe, which, as it now turns out, was actually the infamous Mirror Universe.
In the Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is commanded by Captain Forrest, but Archer is still part of the crew, and heads the away team that took over the Defiant. But it's clear that Archer, too, is a mirror version of his usual self. In one scene in the Defiant's briefing room, Archer has Mayweather torture a prisoner in order to learn the identity of someone who attacked one of his crew members. When the prisoner doesn't answer quickly enough, Archer threatens to kill the prisoner himself. Finally, Archer learns who is trying to sabotage his mission: a member of the reptilian Gorn species.
Further on in the episode, Archer will demonstrate he's an expert at the kind of political scheming that mirror universe humans excel in. In a fight between a group of alien ships and the Avenger, Archer comes to the rescue with his U.S.S. Defiant. In a meeting with an Admiral Black and the Avenger's first officer, a submissive version of Soval, Archer wins praise from Black for finding the Defiant. Archer immediately tries to turn Black's admiration into hard currency - could he be rewarded with a battlefield promotion to captain of the Defiant?
Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by Paramount Pictures or UPN and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from early script drafts and the details and the airing order of the episodes are liable to change before the episodes are shown.
"In A Mirror, Darkly - Part II is the 19th episode of Enterprise's fourth season, and will likely air in April or May.
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ken1701e - May 1, 2005 09:17 PM (GMT)
brillant brillant brilliant
and a totally unexpected ending.
(and they have cancelled this show??? - idiots and morons thats paramount/upn)
Im_Here - May 2, 2005 09:53 PM (GMT)
just seen this episode, ive got to say wow, i like the way you get to see an alternate universe and the alternate crew, the story is played out well and doesnt seem to get too ott which is good.
:thumbsup:
Bakhesh - May 6, 2005 03:03 PM (GMT)
**SPOILERS**
I did enjoy this show. Even better than Trials and Tribblelations. The second half of season four is definitely better than the first.
It was always nice to see a kirk era starship. I like the way they do them exactly the same, even though they look quite cheesy these days.
It looked like they were doing a lot of the things they had planned for series 5,6 and 7 in one ep. I was particularly pleased to see a CGI Gorn.
The opening titles were much better than the normal ones.
The series would never have been cancelled if T'Pol wore that every week :wub: I did enjoy the T'Pol/Hoshi cat fight.
My only (minor) complaint is that it was hard to know who to root for, seeing as everyone is a bit of a bastard.
Phillip Culley - May 23, 2005 09:44 PM (GMT)
After ehe first part, this felt a bit of a let down.
It didn't seem to know where it was going - one minute there's aGorn hunt, then a big battle against the rebels, and then another mutiny and so on.
It was very nice, however, to hear all the TOS-era soundeffects; however they didn't really gel with the CGI all around it - moreso with the exterior shots.
However, why did the entire main cast suddenly change in TOS uniforms as soon as they could? Obviously it's to reinforce the harking back to TOS, but it felt a bit gratuitous.
Still, these are minor niggles, and the episode was another superb one!
Number Six - July 13, 2005 12:15 PM (GMT)
A good end to the two parter though not quite as good as the first part, I felt. This seemed to wander around looking for a plot and seemed to want to cram as much TOS stuff in. What was the Gorn doing there anyway? At one point I was half expecting Joan Collins to make an appearence. As Phillip says, why did they all feel the need to swap uniforms? (though I've never got to grips with Trek and it's continuing changing uniforms.
Still, all in all, the two parter was the best so far this season by a mile.
Hovis - July 14, 2005 08:38 AM (GMT)
I've got mixed feelings on this two parter to be honest. Yes, it was very enjoyable, and a great way to spend 90 minutes over the last 2 weeks.
It's interesting to get a good view of the Mirror Universe, to see how that operates and to get a little more background and history. But I felt it was completely out of context with the rest of Enterprise. Apart from the mentions of 'our' Hoshi and Archer, there was no mention of the 'real' Enterprise. The appearance and use of the Defiant was the other hook to our universe.
Nice to see the Gorn, but that just seemed an excuse for some more fanwank to me. (He was very well realised though, having said that.)
I was a bit sleepy when I watched this ep, so I couldn't quite see the significance of the second Archer... I just assumed he was a representation of his inner thoughts. Either I missed something significant or it didn't quite w**k for me. I hope someone can help me out on that one!
It seemed to me that these two episodes were an attempt to get in as many references to TOS as possible, but in a way that no-one could criticise B & B and MC for disrupting the timeline or whatever. All in all, it may have been an exciting, well written and well played couple of episodes as a standalone, but in the context of the show, it was completely pointless.
Any criticisms of the show are offset of course by the Mirror Universe T'Pol and Hoshi :drool: I've always felt Linda Park was very attractive, but wow, she was amazing in these two episodes! Empress Sato... love it! :thumbsup: :whip: :drool:
Right, I'd better get back to w**k.
Andrew (HM) :yahoo: