Michael jordan plans to donate money made from the last dance nesn. Did the black mirror episode titles just hint at a star. Not every doppelganger was evil in this version of the mirror universe. Mirror, mirror written by jerome bixby directed by marc daniels season 2, episode 10 production episode 60339 original air date. The mirror universe first appeared in the classic star trek. In this sense, the mirror universe arc makes a surprisingly suitable companion to black mirrors season four star trek riff uss callister. Dematteis returning to the star trek universe for the first time in 40 years.
Season 4 of charlie brookers show kicks off with a brutal star trek. Storytellers ornament plays a sound and light show when connected to hallmarks keepsake power cord. Defiant has been commandeered by hoshi sato, declaring herself empress of the terran empire. The 10th episode of the second season, it was directed by marc daniels based on a script by jerome bixby. Discovery spoilers in this weeks episode of star trek. The original series mirror, mirror tv episode 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dark mirror, published in 1993, is the sequel to the legendary tvepisode a parallel. I had to go do some digging on this one and the closest thing to an answer would be some leftout dialog that only made its appearance in the novelization for the episode. This is one of my favorite star trek episodes and a true classic. His writing credits span several media, including television for episodes of star trek. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an. Looking at all these, heres how i would rank star treks mirror universe episodes, from worst to best. Sidebyside looks at prime and mirror universe characters.
Written by jerome bixby and directed by marc daniels, it was first broadcast on october 6, 1967 the episode involves a transporter malfunction that swaps captain kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts from a parallel universe. In fact, this trailer is only slightly campier than an actual episode of the original star trek. Archer has proposed that the ship head into tholian space, where a mysterious vessel has been captured. Dark passions after annika hansen successfully forced kira nerys to resign and abdicate her role as overseer in 2369, seven was given a ship by intendant of sol belanna torres, to which terran slave leader kathryn janeway was released. Netflixs black mirror dropped its star trek episode. The mirror universe was shown several times in star trek. Enterprise, which was of course set well before kirks time and. In the twopart season four episode in a mirror, darkly, the abandoned uss defiant enters the mirror universe a clever crossover with the tos episode the tholian web and the treacherous crew of the iss enterprise scramble to secure the vessel, which. Apr 29, 2005 watch full episodes on cbs all access. Picard season 2 should take us to the mirror universe.
Mirror, mirror, a card game titled after the namesake episode, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, anthology title from star trek. Discovery at the end of episode 11, the wolf inside, on cbs all access. Picard is a hopeful, but scaryaccurate mirror to real life, its cast and creators say. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. Netflixs black mirror is doing a startrekthemed episode. The promo for episode 11 the wolf inside debuting sunday january 14.
What was the halkan prediction of galactic revolt in the. The uss callister episode is a brilliant take on star trek homages, gaming and toxic geekery, but it does little to change. In black mirrors uss callister, the true villains are realworld tech. Sisko is kidnapped and forced to impersonate his deceased mirror universe counterpart in order to convince jennifer sisko to defect to the terran rebellion. It is a star trek episode that spawned sequels on star trek. Discovery is indeed in the mirror universe, and ash tyler.
Avery brooks, rene auberjonois, alexander siddig, terry farrell. The original series mostmemorable, mostinfluential episodes, first aired on october 6, 1967, or 49 years ago today. Voyager mirror memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. This story picks up directly after the enterprise episode in a mirror darkly where the u. Nov 20, 2016 i had to go do some digging on this one and the closest thing to an answer would be some leftout dialog that only made its appearance in the novelization for the episode.
It codified the whole idea of a mirror universe in popular culture, to the point where audiences readily accept the idea of an entire world populated with evil and possibly sexy counterparts to our characters. The scene at the end where kirk meets marlena on the prime universes enterprise was used to create the scene where benjamin sisko speaks with kirk in the 1996 star trek. In the mirror universe, an amoral, imperialistic version of the enterprise crew is led by captain forrest and his treacherous first officer, archer. Mirror universe episodes in star trek by universe1701 created 04 dec 2018 updated 04 dec 2018 public refine see titles to watch instantly, titles you havent rated, etc. Sidebyside looks at prime and mirror universe characters on.
A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal. Jan 04, 2018 black mirrors meditation on star trek. Dec 29, 2017 black mirrors uss callister is much more than a star trek parody the first episode of the netflix shows fourth season finds a new angle on tech horror through scifi satire. Enterprise twoparter in a mirror, darkly and in a mirror, darkly, part ii, which themselves. In the mirror universe, archer commandeers the 23rdcentury defiant from the tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise. Deep space nine episode trials and tribbleations this episode, when released, served as the sequel to the 2005 star trek. There was a point in mirror mirror where change can happen, while ds9s crossover illustrated mirror spock was a failure, and shit all over what kirks inspiring monologue to mirror spock had accomplished. Dec 12, 2014 it is a star trek episode that spawned sequels on star trek. Jeanluc picard is in a dramatically different place in star trek. Gabriel lorca in a shocking twist that shook burnham and the discovery crew to their collective core, their lorca jason isaacs and mirror lorca turned out to be the same lorca, plotting to take over the terran empire.
His last contribution to the star trek universe was writing the final. One of those if necessity led to invention, i wouldve mothered myself up a time machine weeks. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. Discovery, we got confirmation that the crew of the discovery has landed in the franchises. Discovery was a bit of a diet beverage in its first nineepisode chapter. With jesse plemons, cristin milioti, jimmi simpson, michaela coel. Star trek and black mirror share a common interest in examining how technology will shape humanitys future, but theyre so different in tone that its somewhat jarring to see that garish. Star trek continues e03 fairest of them all youtube. Mirror, mirror memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki.
Written by jerome bixby and directed by marc daniels, it was first broadcast on october 6, 1967. This episode marks the first time in star trek history that scott addresses kirk as. Kirk and three of his officers are accidentally transported into a parallel mirror universe where violence, greed, and evil are commonplace. Dec 29, 2015 mirror, mirror written by jerome bixby directed by marc daniels season 2, episode 10 production episode 60339 original air date. Essentially, the mirror universe is a parallel reality where characters encounter dark, twisted and villainous reflections of themselves. In the hour, a transporter malfunction results in evil versions of our beloved enterprise characters. The original symbol was seen in the episode mirror, mirror, predating its appearance in in a mirror, darkly. Mirror, mirror, the tos season 2 episode, introducing the mirror universe, mirror, mirror book, a prop book titled after the namesake episode, designed for star trek. Robert daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage. The first few scenes of black mirrors standout seasonfour episode uss callister look like a facsimile space adventure along the lines of star trek. David mack is the awardwinning and new york times bestselling author of more than thirty novels of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the star trek destiny and cold equations trilogies. Mirror, mirror is the fourth episode of the second season of the american science fiction television series star trek.
Discoverys unexpected journey to the mirror universe in season 1 of star trek. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. In different permutations of the mirror universe, the regular universes uss voyager is one of many starships to have an alternate reality counterpart. Meanwhile, back on the mirror enterprise, kirk prime is walking through a. Discovery from these previous mirror universeset star trek episodes. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, barbara luna. Sep 17, 2017 the mirror universe was shown several times in star trek. Mirror universe episodes in star trek by universe1701 created 04 dec 2018 updated 04 dec 2018 public. Jan 28, 2018 in this sense, the mirror universe arc makes a surprisingly suitable companion to black mirrors season four star trek riff uss callister. So many black mirror episodes head toward twist endings that force. It chased two polar instincts, cutesy and militaristic, combining nonsensical fan service hello, offscreen. The original series mirror, mirror tv episode 1967.
It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world evolve, as well as more. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. Star trek mirror, mirror collection lieutenant nyota. There never seemed to be a point in ds9s mirror saga except to add an episode slot for their 22 or 24 episodes requirement.
The scifi show black mirror is headed to the final frontier with the star trek themed season 4 episode called uss callister, coming in 2018. Star trek mirror, mirror collection lieutenant nyota uhura. So all the rumors come home to roost with star trek. The scifi show black mirror is headed to the final frontier with the star trekthemed season 4 episode called uss callister, coming in 2018. Discovery on cbs all access is a short promo for the next episode. Archer of the terran empire enterprise sparks a mutiny to investigate an anomaly in tholian space in this alternateuniverse tale inspired by the star trek episodes mirror. From flashy terran uniform changes to plot twists and turns galore, it seemed that anything was the table for our heroesincluding the resurrection of characters long thought dead. Aug 29, 2012 this is one of my favorite star trek episodes and a true classic. The mirror universe is a parallel universe in which the plots of several star trek television episodes take place. This episode, when released, served as the sequel to the 2005 star trek. But a new recruit will soon discover nothing on this spaceship is what it seems. If theres a dark twist to this episode of black mirror, it certainly cant be seen in the trailer.
The mirror universe has a long history in the star trek franchise, and now is a great time to catch up on the relevant episodes for discovery. Enterprises mirror universe episode in the mirror universe, an amoral, imperialistic version of the enterprise crew is led by captain forrest and his treacherous first officer, archer. Season 4s best episode tears down toxic masculinity with star trek jesse plemons and cristin milioti star in an episode that makes a. Deep space nine, film, short fiction, and comic books. Enterprise twoparter in a mirror, darkly and in a mirror, darkly, part ii, which themselves served as the sequel to the tholian web, and are set entirely in the mirror universe, with no crossovers. Deep space nine where the actions of the original series crew had left lasting effects on the universe. Star trek to introduce mirror universe khan in 2020. Tng should have done a mirror universe episode the trek bbs. Relive the mirror, mirror episode of star trek with this keepsake christmas ornament of lieutenant nyota uhura. Captain kirk, bones, scotty and uhura cross over into another universe. Kirk, leonard mccoy, montgomery scott and nyota uhura find themselves accidentally transported to a parallel universe where the united federation of planets had been transformed into a vicious and ruthless terran empire and their. The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet and united federation of planets. Perhaps the mirror universes greatest accomplishment was pulling off a feat no one thought possible it made star trek.
The new space force logo may look like starfleets, but the similarities end there. As with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which transporter interference from. In this forgotten bit of dialog, tharn speaks to kirk and says that he is d. Black mirrors uss callister is much more than a star trek parody the first episode of the netflix shows fourth season finds a new angle on tech horror through scifi satire. Mirror, mirror memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom.