Episode #43: Crossover
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Episode #43: Crossover
CROSSOVER (prod. #443; episode #23 of 2nd season)
written by Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller; Directed by David Livingston
On TOS, there was a now-famous episode, Mirror, Mirror. It involved 4 of the major characters accidentally traveling to a parallel universe, where existed a brutal Empire rather than a Federation. The TNG series also had a famous episode involving a parallel reality, Yesterday's Enterprise, but it had no connection to Mirror, Mirror. Now, on DS9 - nearly 30 years later - we are presented with the first sequel to Mirror, Mirror - Crossover!
In this case, 2 of the main characters, Kira and Bashir, cross over; instead of a transporter glitch (as in Mirror, Mirror), they encounter a weird glitch in the wormhole while returning to DS9 in a runabout. The station is not where they expect to find it, instead still in orbit around Bajor rather than near the wormhole. They are waylaid by a Klingon cruiser but the aggressive Klingons quickly back off when they see Kira; we soon find out why: in this alternate reality, Kira is known as The Intendant, absolute ruler of the Bajoran system, which is part of the powerful Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Hah?
The Intendant herself, this 'other' Kira, is the one who eventually provides some answers. The crossover from 100 years earlier involving Capt. Kirk is a famous incident in this alternate reality. Afterward, the alternate Spock, profoundly affected by our Kirk's persuasive words, came to rule The Empire and instituted many reforms. As it happened, a weakened non-Empire was left vulnerable to the new Klingon-Cardassian Alliance; this alliance conquered what was left of The Empire and Terrans (humans) are now all basically slaves. The despotic rulers are Klingons, Cardassians and Bajorans. Trippy...
This is mildly interesting, but I would have preferred a continuation of The Empire's predations, a galaxy in which 'Terrans' now ruled everything, including pacifist Klingons, and where Vulcans were pretty much like Romulans. But, that's me. Anyway, we are steadily introduced to alternate versions of the DS9 characters: Garak (Andy Robinson) is The Intendant's 2nd-in-command, more sneaky and more ruthless than we're used to; ruthless Odo oversees the Terran workers and hates humans; O'Brien is a timid tinkerer; Quark still runs a bar but is more heroic; and Sisko is finally revealed as an opportunistic ass, allowed more freedom than other Terrans because of special missions he conducts for The Intendant. No sign of an alternate Dax or Bashir.
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