In A Mirror, Darkly, ENT 4
It’s important I keep it together when I write about this.
Mirror, Mirror is the reason I am a Star Trek fan. Maybe even a science-fiction fan. I’ve never had my mind so incredibly blows as that first time I saw the pre-title sequence of Episode #33.
I can’t say every follow-up episode DS9 did the Mirror Universe was perfect, but I always loved checking back in with that group.
What is so great about In A Mirror, Darkly is that we are seeing this world NOT through the eyes of a traveller. We’re just there. (And we’ve got the opening credits to prove it.)
It’s great to see Phlox and Reed create the Agony Booth and it is great to see the Empire and its relationship to non-Terrans. Once the Tholian shows up (!) and the missing Defiant (!!) replete with its primary colors and sound effects, well, I nearly passed out. Until. . . .