5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An interesting episode., July 9, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 43: Crossover [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I thought this episode was a nice follow-up to the original series episode Mirror, Mirror. The alternate versions of the DS9 characters and the roles they had in the mirror universe were all portrayed very well: The powerful yet vulnerable Kira, the opportunistic Sisko, the orderly taskmaster Odo, the Terran sympathizer Quark, and especially the resigned yet hopeful O'Brien (aka Smiley). O'Brien's speech to Kira is probably the most noteworthy scene. If you are a DS9 fan, or if you just want to see what happened to the mirror universe after the TOS episode Mirror, Mirror, this would probably be a good episode to add to your collection.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent, one of DS9's best, August 6, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 43: Crossover [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This episode is, in some ways, better than it's source: "Mirror, Mirror." Of course, it doesn't have Kirk, Spock, or McCoy, but the DS9 cast is an excellant substitute. "Crossover," did accomplish what "Mirror, Mirror," didn't do. It showed the darkness of the mirror universe, and it made your hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Great performances by everyone. This is an episode that belongs in a collection
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
they say, if you travel long enough, you'll meet yourself..., November 16, 2004
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 43: Crossover [VHS] (VHS Tape)
...but Kira wasn't prepared for this, not one bit. En route back to the Alpha Quadrant, Kira & Bashir are in a runabout and they realize they have a leak in their starboard nacelle as they enter the wormhole. They try in vain to disengage the warp engines but are unable to do so. When they come out of the wormhole, DS9 isn't there - it should be right there, right outside the wormhole - but nothing. Kira finds it on short-range sensors - DS9 is orbiting Bajor. Now why this is news to me, I'm not sure. I thought the only way to keep the station from drifting was to keep it in orbit of Bajor, but I guess if it was orbiting, it wouldn't always be right outside the wormhole. Hmmm.
As they're trying to figure out what happened, they're boarded by 2 Klingons who then "escort" them back to the station. Nothing is as it seems. Humans are processing ore on the station - much like the Bajorans were forced to under the Cardassian occupation. Familiar faces, but no one seems "right."
Then - Kira sees herself - but not really herself - her "counter" self - in a rubber body suit. Being Bajoran, Kira wasn't familiar with the story about Captain Kirk and the alternate/parallel universe, but Bashir learned about it in his Academy classes and Kira's counterpart, referred to as Intendent, is also well-versed in the story of Kirk.
Bashir's "other self" is not on the station, nor do the inhabitants recognize him - so his counterpart may be dead or in another part of the galaxy. Odo is there, but he is a rat bastard - supervising the cruel conditions that the humans (called Terrans by the station inhabitants) are in while processing ore. Garak is there - more cunning than usual. Quark is there, but less concerned with Latinum and more concerned with liberating the Terrans. This is a world upside-down and they don't see a way out.
Bashir is sent to the mining decks to labor while the Intendent visits with Kira. She is visibly enraptured by her own visage. Her estrogen levels are in high gear and she makes it evident that she wants to do the hokey-pokey with her double. Kira is freaked out by seeing her double behave in such a way. There is definitely a connection between them, but Kira is repulsed in the cavalier way in which the Intendent dispenses "justice" to the station inhabitants. The Intendent wants to court and romance Kira, and makes it clear that Kira will never leave the station. Kira doesn't want the mental and emotional baggage of having slept with herself, so she keeps the Intendent at bay, conspiring with Bashir to break out of the station.
Bashir befriends Smiley - Chief O'Brien's counterpart in the parallel universe and they work together to try to find a way off the station. This is not just an alternate universe - it's a depressing, twisted universe where no one is truly happy. One day there will make you grateful for your own existence in your own universe. Not quite Hell, but close. An intriguing storyline and a setup for a future episode when visitors from the alternate universe come to visit DS9.
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