I think they really nailed the original tos feel in this episode, and you can tell they just had fun with it. Star trek enterprise 419 in a mirror darkly pt 2 youtube. The fourth season is very much engaged with the idea that the utopian ideals of the federation are no longer a given in the way that they had been during the broadcast of star trek or the next generation. In a mirror, darkly part 2 is the second chapter of the twopart in a mirror, darkly episode of star trek. The appalling finale of star trek enterprise screen rant. In a mirror, darkly by michelle erica green posted at april 23, 2005 3.
Enterprise season 4, episode 19 in a mirror, darkly 2. It also caused, again for me, confusion for future mirror universe episodes seeing as we never heard of an empress, and the te didnt appear to have star ships that were a head of their time. Star trek enterprise rolled a step back into the 22nd century for this series. Deep space nine last visited this universe six years earlier, but of course, the prequel setting means this story takes place over 200 years prior to those episodes. Aug 02, 2016 after recent discovery episodes, i rewatched in a mirror darkly. In a mirror, darkly, part i and in a mirror, darkly, part ii are very strange pieces of television. First, we see the vulcan first contact event, and a much more violent and aggressive humanity, leading to the very warlike starfleet of the mirror universe. May 27, 2016 this may, were taking a look at the fourth and final season of star trek. Aug 02, 2016 in a mirror darkly was calculated to attenuate just such an effect, by putting the girls of ent into those outfits, whilst the guys got to ham it up with their redshirts and green tunics. Enterprise had a great storyline and group of characters without this contrived gimmick that has been done over and over.
Cinefantastique magazine also named it and the second part, in a mirror, darkly, part ii as one of the top ten television episodes of 2005. Let me just come right out and say that i am so angry and disgusted that i dont know where to begin. Bryan fuller talks about his original mirror universe plan. 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. I wasnt sure how this was being expanded into a twoparter and there was a part of me that wondered if we would get another trilogy arc. Moment after watching enterprises fiery explosion, archer and his team are attempting to escape on the defiant. External link in a mirror, darkly article at memory alpha, the wiki for. In the previous episode a crew member was seen climbing up the same jeffries tube using steps on the side with no ladder. In a mirror, darkly is one of my favorite enterprise, and trek episodes over all. After retrieving a 23rd century prime universe starship from a tholian drydock, the crew of the iss enterprise are accidentally stranded aboard this ship. In the mirror universe, archer commandeers the 23rdcentury defiant from the tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab. Mirror archer is a bullying brute like most mirror universe counterpart characters, but hes also constantly fraught with various nervous ticks and even starts hallucinating about his main universe counterpart mocking him for not being as successful as he. We dont see the regular characters in this episode at all, instead the cast each play mean, ultracompetitive parallel universe versions. This installment was developed to be a sequel to the original series episode the tholian web.
In a mirror darkly took place in season 4 of enterprise. May 07, 2015 welcome back once again to the agony booths ongoing look at the mirror universe episodes that gave the site its name. The readers of star trek magazine voted in a mirror, darkly the best episode of star trek. Jan 08, 2018 this post has major spoilers for star trek. In the mirror universe, the destruction of enterprise leaves the crew stranded aboard the uss defiant, a ship from a future parallel universe where a governing body known as the united federation. The twopart in a mirror, darkly story of ent takes place entirely in the mirror universe, with no crossover of any. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a vessel from the future. That is, of course, unless they found a way to travel across dimensions, like the distortion to the mirror universe shown in the tholian web and its star trek. In a mirror, darkly part i enterprise season four, episode 18 in a mirror, darkly part ii. Enterprise, and originally aired on april 22 and 29, 2005.
These themed episodes continue with the entire mirror set, including the three ds9 outings, which pushed the mirror universe to an even darker. In august 2016, star trek fans at the 50th anniversary convention in las vegas chose in a mirror, darkly as one of the ten best star trek episodes of all time, out of more than sevenhundred liveaction episodes. Enterprise in their 40th anniversary reader poll, published in december, 2005. New earth showed its initial venturing into the new era of star trek enterprise, and spiraled into the future with a new crew and a host of new actors. In a mirror darkly sequence escape of tos defiant duration. Discovery season 1 episode 10, so dont read on until youve seen the episode. The way fuller immediately jumps to talking about the mirror universe when asked about how he originally approached star trek. I think, despite the interruption to the overall story enterprise was trying to tell, it was a great move to tell a purely mirror universe tale. The reason for this is that the original series episode mirror, mirror was clearly meant to be first time starfleet became aware of the mirror universe, so the enterprise writers couldnt introduce the mu to the timeline a hundred years earlier without needing some convoluted explanation for why it wouldve been forgotten by captain kirks era. Through a glass darkly, episode in season 2 of the musketeers through a glass.
May 14, 2015 part two of in a mirror, darkly picks up right where part one left off. Enterprises twopart episode in a mirror, darkly was set entirely in the parallel universe with only the u. Apr 29, 2005 watch full episodes on cbs all access. Enterprise in a mirror darkly sequence from when archer and crew fire up the uss defiant tos until they escape from the dock where the ship was being held, edited to be continuous. I really disliked the ds9 mirrors with kira the ridiculous evilhorny schemer and sisko overacting so much i thought his head was going to explode. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it in a mirror, darkly is part of the star trek. The episodes aired on april 22 and 29, 2005, and featured the entire enterprise crew from the mirror universe. Yes, the season 4 curse of repeated continuity pornography continues in this prequel to the star trek episode mirror, mirror.
The positioning of the dead bodies on the bridge was exactly how spock, chekov, mccoy and kirk left them hours 36 years prior. And here we are, finally, after nearly three years, coming to the lastever mirror universe outing, a twoparter aired during the final season of enterprise, by then known as star trek. Enterprise and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. In the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of enterprise, i just i wasnt ready. In a mirror darkly sequence escape of tos defiant youtube. Defiant and her dead crew from the original series episode the tholian web crossing over. The ship evolved from a line of gallant star searchers, acquired a new captain and a new mission. In a mirror, darkly is the eighteenth and nineteenth episodes of the fourth season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Enterprise abandon enterprise defiant trapped defiant fights back. In a mirror, darkly, part i and in a mirror, darkly, part ii are an indulgence that goes almost without saying, this indulgence standing as one of the most searing critiques of the twoparter. In the mirror universe, archer commandeers the 23rdcentury defiant from the tholians and uses it in a nefarious power. And in keeping with all the tos fanwankery that would be of little interest to casual viewers, we have in a mirror, darkly, enterprises excursion into the mirror universe.
This episode in common with the first installment of its twoparter differs from the mirror universe episodes of tos and ds9, in which characters from the regular universe travel to the parallel universe and vice versa. I like how its very existence defies justification. In a mirror darkly was calculated to attenuate just such an effect, by putting the girls of ent into those outfits, whilst the guys got to ham it up with their redshirts and green tunics. The angriest is a blog by awardwinning australian playwright and science fiction critic grant watson. A while back jolene blalock who plays tpol on the show was quoted as saying that the final episode of enterprise was appalling. They come towards the tail end of the berman era as a whole, positioned right before star trek took a decadelong absence from television.
In the mirror universe, commander archer mutinies against captain forrest in order to capture a future earth ship found in tholian space. With scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. In a mirror, darkly has been listed as one of the media and drama good articles under the good article criteria. The sashbelt look on the altered timeline uniforms is very similar to the mirror universe starfleet uniforms seen in mirror, mirror on the original series and later in in a mirror. Tarantino may turn this star trek episode into a movie.
Enterprise in a mirror darkly full speech with sound duration. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Part two of in a mirror, darkly picks up right where part one left off. In a mirror, darkly, part ii episode memory alpha fandom.
Perhaps whoopi goldberg could appear in the film as guinan, aware that shes in an alternate universe, and conflicted as to whether the. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. The tholian ships try to trap them with their deadly web, but archer and crew manage to get the defiants systems working and use the ship to fight their way out. While tpol and soval attempt to garner the ship for the good of the rebellion, captain jonathan archer uses his newfound weapon to organise a coup of the terran empire. If you want to watch both in a mirror darkly episodes, you have a lot of options. Mirror, mirror and all of the ds9 episodes played up the our universe meeting the mirror universe angle.
And by the way, if the women have to run around half naked, how about doing the same with the men. May 30, 2016 to be fair, in a mirror, darkly, part i and in a mirror, darkly, part ii serve a clear thematic purpose in the grand arc of the fourth season. In my humble opinion, this is the single best episode that enterprise has aired so far. S04e18 in a mirror, darkly, part i posted on october 27, 2017 by mark oshiro in the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of enterprise, i just. I went back and watched the tholian web just prior to in a mirror, darkly, and it was great.
In episodes 18 and 19 of the 4th series of star trek enterprise in a mirror, darkly the characters exist in a dark mirror universe where star fleet is the military arm of an aggressive terran e. They represent the fifth and fourthtolast episodes and thirdtolast story of star trek. The enterprise has been destroyed by a tholian web, while archers team is aboard the defiant watching it happen. This may, were taking a look at the fourth and final season of star trek. After capturing a constitution class starship from the future, the captain archer of the mirror universe attempts to become emperor. These two episodes of enterprise connect those two episode of the original series. Apr 29, 2005 enterprise had a great storyline and group of characters without this contrived gimmick that has been done over and over. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. A guide to binge watching 7 great star trek arcs nerdist.
Jan 30, 2017 enterprise s twopart episode in a mirror, darkly was set entirely in the parallel universe with only the u. In the mirror universe, archer commandeers the 23rdcentury defiant from the tholians and uses it in a nefarious. I suppose im in the minority, in that i do not care for the mirror universe. It ties together two episodes from the original series and fleshes out a particular corner of star trek. Review by jamahl epsicokhan im surprised you arent more exhausted from all the beds youve been jumping into recently. It is the 723rd episode of all star trek programs combined. I several times complained about deep space nines use of the mirror universe. Its the immersive element of the script for in a mirror, darkly that impresses me so much, and its what im clinging.
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