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Echoes of FIRST CONTACT Sound Strangely "In a Mirror, Darkly" - First Plot Details (SPOILERS)

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By Steve Krutzler / 02:35, 8 January 2005 / Enterprise

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE producer Manny Coto revealed as 2004 came to a close that the writing staff was working on a mirror universe episode of the series. Coto even claimed that he hoped to change the opening title sequence of the show for the episode and wanted to surprise the audience with the prequel's first visit (so to speak) to the mirror universe first glimpsed in ST:TOS's "Mirror, Mirror" and revisted several times in DEEP SPACE NINE.

In the first plot details made available to TrekWeb for "In a Mirror, Darkly," we are poised to learn stunning details about the storied mirror universe. In fact, the episode establishes that the point of divergence (or at least a significant point) for the alternate universe itself takes place during a landmark historical event in STAR TREK history.

Just as the ENTERPRISE series itself was inspired by the visit to the 21st century in 1996's FIRST CONTACT, according to various interviews, this episode will appropriately postualte a different version of the movie's events that lead to or at least are part of the mirror universe. When Zephram Cochran steps forward to greet the visiting Vulcans, who have set down in Bozeman, Montana in the year 2063, a mob of assembled humans surprisngly rush the Vulcans and raid their ship.

Could this stunning turn of events be the very tangent point that creates the mirror universe, which by the time of TOS, features an aggressive human empire bent on destruction and cruelty? We'll only know for sure when "In a Mirror, Darkly" airs later this year.

Keep in mind that this information is entirely preliminary and should be treated as a rumor.



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RE: One tiny question... | Report this post to moderator
By: JagMan (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 13:35:42 on Jan 08, 2005

Guy, I think you need a hug. Funny stuff.

Anywho, the events of First Contact will not apply since the Enterprise E won't be chasing the Borg back in time (I should add that I loathed First Contact, a film that disgarded Trek history, removed the mystery of the Borg and forever soiled how I viewed Picard as a captain). Still, assuming the Vulcans are mobbed and beaten within an inch of heir lives you kind of have to wonder why they would form an empire with humans.

Sounds like a fun episode either way.

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RE: One tiny question... by Man on Fire: Jeremiah 20:9 @ 18:17:08 on Jan 08
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By: Cap'n Calhoun (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:27:12 on Jan 08, 2005

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What will Picard, Riker, Geordi, Troi, and Beverly be doing during this attack?

Probably in the 24th century, as slaves of or rebels against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance...

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