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Star Trek's 'Crossover' is the best DS9 Mirror episode (and this is why)

Kirk’s mistake, Kira’s tyranny, and Sisko’s rebellion make DS9’s “Crossover” the ultimate Star Trek Mirror Universe episode.
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent
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4. Mirror Odo

Mirror Odo, by contrast, is pure authoritarian brutality. Rene Auberjonois turns security into something much worse by playing this version of Odo as a sadistic taskmaster in ore processing, obsessed with efficiency and order above all else.

Mirror Odo slaps Terrans, barks commands, and treats them as expendable components in the station’s machinery, and his abrupt death, shattered by a phaser blast during the escape, signals that this universe plays by harsher rules than the prime timeline ever would.

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