Crossover (DS9 episode)

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
"Crossover"
Kira meets her MU counterpart, the Intendant
Episode no.	42
Prod. code	443
Airdate	May 15, 1994
Writer(s)	Peter Allan Fields Michael Piller
Director	David Livingston
Guest star(s)	Andrew J. Robinson as Garak John Cothran Jr. as Telok
Year	2370
Stardate	47879.2
Episode chronology
Previous	"The Wire"
Next	"The Collaborator"

"Crossover" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine the 23^rd episode of the second season. It is the first Deep Space Nine Mirror Universe episode.

[edit] Plot summary

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Major Kira and Dr. Bashir are thrown into an alternate universe while trying to go through the Wormhole. When they return to Deep Space Nine they find a very different station. Humans are called "Terrans" and are used as slaves. The station is run by Kira's powerful, manipulative, and flirtatious Mirror Universe counterpart, the Intendant. The Terrans are forced to labor by an alternate Odo, a cruel slavemaster.

Bashir is caught and put into the ore-processing labor force, and Kira is taken by an intrigued Intendant. The latter tells Kira that in this universe, the Klingons and Cardassians have formed a dual empire and conquered the Terrans.

Kira and Bashir manage to seek out the Mirror counterparts of several DS9 crew members, including O'Brien and Sisko. Mirror Garak is a close ally of Intendant Kira, but reveals that he is planning to kill her and take over, and offers to help Kira and Bashir escape so they can go home to their own universe. Before he can make his move, Bashir is captured in an escape attempt and brought before the Intendant for punishment. O'Brien and Sisko decide the time is right to rise up against Intendant Kira. A crowd of angry oppressed Terrans gathers, and Kira and Bashir make a run for home. They leave the Mirror Universe as it is on the verge of a clash between the Terrans and their overlords, until next time.