When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife lures Jake to the other side, Sisko must follow and help the Terran resistance against the Alliance forces.When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife lures Jake to the other side, Sisko must follow and help the Terran resistance against the Alliance forces.When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife lures Jake to the other side, Sisko must follow and help the Terran resistance against the Alliance forces.
Bill Blair
- Various Aliens
- (uncredited)
Judi M. Durand
- Cardassian Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Heather Ferguson
- Terran Marauder
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWorf says "make it so". An obvious nod to TNG where Captain Picard says it frequently.
- GoofsBefore attempting to beam to the mirror universe, Major Kira gets some phasers from Weapons Locker 47 in Ops. In the previous episode "Hard Time", Chief O'Brien almost kills himself with a phaser from Weapons Locker 47, which is in the cargo hold. As this is a parallel universe, and many things are the same, there is no reason why both stations should have the same numbering systems for everything. This is the classic "47" reference of Star Trek fame.
- Quotes
Regent Worf: Make it so!
- ConnectionsFeatures Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossover (1994)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
Featured review
Enjoyable...but only if you suspend your critical thinking
First, let me admit that seeing characters act differently from their main story line can be fun, and can make a decent time watching it. That being said, that's where the good part of this episode stops. The rest is just pure junk in terms of intelligent construction of 'Shattered Mirror', and I'll explain why:
It was midly fun, but I have a big problem with stupid plots and unrealistic life and death decisions from the characters - hence the rating. The writers can make the story suit their desired outcome all they want, but for me, the outcome should be a consequence of the story, not the other way around.
- the idea of parallel universes is ...erm... problematic as it is, to say the least (any number of parallel universes would require space-time-matter-energy duplication that is simply absurd scientifically), but even if you go past these problems the idea that easy travelling between these universes allow the same characters from different universes to coexist in one of the universes is even more absurd. A character from an universe shouldn't be able to exist in another "parallel" universe (i.e. outside of his own universe) - not to mention alongside his replica from the parallel universe - because all the space-time-matter-energy that he's made of belongs to a single universe: his own. That's why they're supposed to be "parallel" universes: because they coexist, but DON'T intersect...otherwise we would be talking about the same universe, now won't we?
- travelling to this parallel universe has been, as other reviewers mention, overused in DS9. Sure, it can be fun, but it becomes tiresome and boring after a while. After all the characters don't have any interest in involving themselves in the other universe, support an alliance or another, care for a person or another, for the simple reason that...duh, it's not their own (not to mention the apparently obsolete Prime Directive, regarding interfering in the matters of another 'world'). Which leads me to my next point...
- how the heck could Sisko and, even more stupidly, Jake, care deeply for the Jennifer from the other universe is beyond me, really. Hello, Sisko slowheads, it's NOT your wife/mother - it's an entirely different person. How could Jake, a Starfleet Captain son, be so charmed and easy to kidnap by someone who is clearly not his mother and bears no connection to him whatsoever is illogical, to say the least.
- the dumb plot doesn't stop there however. Get this: a Starfleet officer, a Captain in the Federation forces, the almighty Sisko, the first man tasked with stopping the Dominion's advances, makes a rookie "mistake": he falls into the same trap twice. Not only did Smiley (O'Brien's 'alter ego' in the parallel universe) easily captured him the first time in one of the previous episodes, but poor Sisko is incompetent enough to let himself being taken AGAIN to the parallel universe, this time along with his son. Now I don't know about you, folks, but this character is not the best father at all letting his son being taking away from him like that, and he's not worthy of being a Starfleet Captain if he, a hardened officer in one of the greatest millitaries in the galaxy, falls in the same trap twice. Imagine making such foolish mistakes against the Dominion - you're already conquered. I couldn't believe my eyes when he so easily bought Jennifer's claim that she was "just visiting" him... knowing the major problems in the parallel universe, he's fool enough to believe those folks may need a "vacation" in his own universe, hahaha!
- simple question: what do you do if a person who's the deadly enemy of your father points a gun at you and wants to know who you are? You lie, of course, because it saves your skin - you don't tell the person with the gun that you're the son of his enemy, inviting death, being taking hostage or being kidnapped... twice in a row. What does Jake Sisko do? Guess what: the exact opposite. Not smart at all, especially coming from an aspiring writer. Sure, Sisko being indebted to her was convenient for the alternate Kira and, of course, for a future (equally dumb) plot in the parallel universe, but made no sense if Jake wanted to survive and return home with his father.
- the Defiant, the station's shields and Bashir's ship was all that it took to make an ENTIRE fleet of angry Klingons to retreat and run back to their empire at maximum warp. I get it, the Defiant is a nasty ship and all (even though it seems to be on the brink of collapse in every battle it's involved in, at least visually), but to defeat Worf's entire imperial fleet that came to punish a handful of rebels? The writers must be joking, really.
- lastly, the nonsense that concludes all the previous nonsense above: since when Klingons (and Worf, alledgedly the most Klingon of all), retreat and run away from battle like cowards? I thought they were living under the motto that "It's a good day to die" and that "Victory is life", not to mention the honor they would throw away by leaving the battlefield. Ok, it's a "parallel universe", but Klingons are still Klingons if I'm not mistaken, and so far it all looks more like a parallel plot to logic and realism than a parallel universe episode.
It was midly fun, but I have a big problem with stupid plots and unrealistic life and death decisions from the characters - hence the rating. The writers can make the story suit their desired outcome all they want, but for me, the outcome should be a consequence of the story, not the other way around.
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- Aug 21, 2019
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