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"In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" Welcomes Somewhat Familiar Faces and TOS Tie-In (SPOILERS)

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By Steve Krutzler / 19:46, 18 January 2005 / Enterprise

The nineteenth episode of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE's fourth season will continue the story begun with "In a Mirror, Darkly," and create another link between ENTERPRISE and the original STAR TREK series. In Part I (as previously reported), a Mirror Universe adventure unfolds when we glimpse the moment of first contact with Vulcans taking a vicious turn, entirely different from the history we've seen in the feature film FIRST CONTACT.

In part two of the story, we encounter a mirror version of our NX-01 crew. Archer doesn't have a command of his own in this universe, but together with his fellow cruel shipmates, he captures a vessel known as the "Defiant" -- the Federation starship lost in "The Tholian Web", quite possibly. In the famous TOS episode, the U.S.S. Defiant disappears into "interspace" after phasing between dimensions for a few hours. Coto mentioned earlier today (story) that a "1701-class Federation starship" would make an appearance this season, and this episode will likely involve replicas of classic TOS sets.

Mayweather and Archer torture an alien prisoner to gain information about the location of a stowaway -- a Gorn -- before later meeting up with another Empire starship, the Avenger. The Avenger's science officer is a submissive 'Lieutenant Commander Soval' and after a firefight, Archer and the Defiant rendevezous with the Avenger, where Archer prods her commander for a battlefield commission. It seems the Enterprise in this universe was commanded by 'Captain Forrest', and their fate remains unknown at this time.

This information is only preliminary and should be treated as rumor until confirmed by official channels.



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By: Scorpius (Odo's file, contact) @ 04:59:51 on Jan 20, 2005

Suepension of disbelief. Star Trek's 2 to 5 were set over a course of 5 months MAXIMUM yet the crew were all years older by 5, and looked very different.

Picard played himself from 7 years ago in All Good Things and didn't even bother to grow the same haircut.

Arnie has played the same model Terminator for 20 years. And they don't age.

There's tons of examples of suspension of disbelief which is a key element in TV and the main criterion for most sci-fi.

I see your point but it doesn't bother me either way. They could always pick the story up a few years later after Kirk has been brought back to life or retrieved from the nexus.

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