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S06.E08: Resurrection


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The Mirror Universe counterpart of Kira's dead love, Vedek Bareil, takes her hostage on Deep Space Nine as he is running from the evil Alliance of his universe.

At this point, I think DS9 had gone to the "mirror universe" well a bit too often. I realize it must have been a blast for the cast to play their evil counterparts (especially Nana Visitor) and ham it up all over the place, but the ease with which these people were moving back and forth between dimensions made it seem like everyone from the mirror universe should have been trying to get to our universe, once they found out how much better it was. 

Also, we see that for the most part these characters were essentially the same, morally, in either universe, but molded by their circumstances. Bareil, for example, had to lead a very different life in the mirror universe, but a simple meeting with our Kira and an Orb experience turns him just as "good" as our Bareil. So why was Mirror Kira so damn evil? What does that say about our Kira? If she had come to the same level of power in our universe would she, too, have turned into a narcissistic egomaniac?

6 hours ago, Melgaypet said:

Nana Visitor herself said that the two Kira's weren't that different, just that all the love and devotion our Kira turned outward - to her people, her home, her colleagues, the Prophets, etc - Intendent Kira turned inward to herself.

That's what I got, they were basically the same, one cared about her people, the other herself. The Mirror Universe Worf was a war bent person and screw the honor. Unlike our Worf who was bent on honor and his beliefs along with loving his adopted family. 

On 7/19/2017 at 1:30 PM, iMonrey said:

At this point, I think DS9 had gone to the "mirror universe" well a bit too often.

I agree with you.  The first DS9 mirror universe episode was interesting, just because it was a novelty.  But I've had no desire to see it since.  Every so often they'll have one, and I'll think "Oh no, another mirror universe episode.  I just don't care about it.

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