History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E12TheEmperorsNewCloak

* LampshadeHanging: The absurd qualities of the MirrorUniverse trope are lampshaded, as Rom gets very confused about which things are reversed in the Mirror Universe and which aren't. He spends the entire episode pointing out all of the weird little things about the Mirror Universe, from Smiley being just as nice as the main universe's O'Brien (thus making no sense if everything in the Mirror Universe is opposite to the main universe, so Smiley should be mean) to Mirror Brunt being a nice guy offering tube grubs (...so what if Mirror tube grubs are poisonous, because the main universe's tube grubs are safe to eat?).

* GroinAttack: Kira hits Maihar'du with a groin attack after he objects her to roughing up Zek.

Quark and Rom break into Martok's ship and carry the invisible cloaking device away, right under Sisko and Martok's noses. But just as an irate Martok chases them down, Quark, Rom and Ezri all transport to the Mirror Universe version of ''Empok Nor''. There, they watch Mirror Bashir gun down a real version of Vic Fontaine before getting captured by the Resistance. Bashir and Smiley criticize Ezri for being a mercenary, confiscate the cloaking device, and throw the trio in a cell. There, Quark talks about his sense of loyalty to the Nagus that transcends profit, something Ezri can't understand. But then her partner in crime, Brunt, arrives to rescue them. They steal back the cloaking device and head out on his ship. Along the way, Brunt admits that he also has a crush on Ezri, but she has different tastes.

Quark jealously watches Ezri laugh with Bashir, upset that he hasn't made a proper move on the Trill. He's too distracted to worry when Rom bursts in announcing that Grand Nagus Zek has gone missing. After going home, he receives a surprise visitor: Ezri in a EvilCostumeSwitch. She reveals that she's from the Mirror Universe, and that Zek is being held by the Alliance with the ransom of one cloaking device. It will be up to Quark to steal and deliver it to rescue his Nagus.

* ContrivedCoincidence: The most contrived of them all. Somehow, there's an android Mirror Universe counterpart of Vic Fontaine, even though the circumstances of the creation of the Prime Universe's Vic couldn't possibly have happened.

* DepravedBisexual: Intendant Kira has already proven to be this in the previous Mirror Universe episodes, but here she's depraved to the point of stupidity. Mirror Ezri has feelings for Kira, and she's using that to make Ezri do what she wants, but she also makes out with Regent Worf ''right in front of Ezri's eyes''. Nana Visitor was actually quite displeased by this, having seen the Intendant's flirting with our Kira to be a purely narcissistic thing that had nothing to do with sexuality.

* LampshadeHanging: Rom spends the entire episode pointing out all of the weird little things about the Mirror Universe, from Smiley being just as nice as the main universe's O'Brien (thus making no sense if everything in the Mirror Universe is opposite to the main universe, so Smiley should be mean) to Mirror Brunt being a nice guy offering tube grubs (...so what if Mirror tube grubs are poisonous, because the main universe's tube grubs are safe to eat?).

* LampshadeHanging: The absurd qualities of the MirrorUniverse trope are lampshaded, as Rom gets very confused about which things are reversed in the Mirror Universe and which aren't.

* ContrivedCoincidence: The most contrived of them all. Somehow, there's a flesh and blood Mirror Universe counterpart of Vic Fontaine, leaving everyone rather confused.

Quark and Rom break into Martok's ship and carry the invisible cloaking device away, right under Sisko and Martok's noses. But just as an irate Martok chases them down, Quark, Rom and Ezri all transport to the Mirror Universe version of ''Empok Nor''. There, they watch Mirror Bashir gun down a real version of Vic Fontaine before getting captured by the Resistance. Bashir and Smiley criticize Ezri for being a mercenary, confiscate the cloaking device, and throw the trio in a cell. There, Quark talks about his sense of loyalty to the Nagus that transcends profit, something Ezri can't understand. But then her partner in crime Brunt arrives to rescue them. They steal back the cloaking device and head out on his ship. Along the way, Brunt admits that he also has a crush on Ezri, but she has different tastes.

They all arrive at Regent Worf's flagship and deliver the cloaking device. Worf backs out on their deal and frees Intendent Kira from the ship's brig as payment for thinking up the idea. He tosses the two Ferengi in the brig to be killed later. Kira welcomes Ezri back with a kiss. Brunt criticizes Kira for betraying the Ferengi, so she stabs him, which shocks Ezri. In the brig, Zek admits that he stole Rom's data PADD to get the schematics of the interdimensional transporter. On the bridge, Worf orders that the cloaking device be installed and sets out to find the ''Defiant''. But Garak and company can't figure out how to install the device. Ezri recruit Rom to installs it in hopes of getting the Ferengi freed, but upon completion, Worf orders the prisoners' execution.

Garak prepares to kill the prisoners with painful poison, but the Ferengi taunt him for not interrogating him first for all of their valuable information. As they stall for time, Worf finds the ''Defiant'' and ambushes it, but when he tries to fire, he finds that his ship has become completely helpless due to Rom's sabotage. Worf delivers the Alliance's unconditional surrender to save his own hide. With the brig force fields now down, the Ferengi attack Garak. He manages to fight them off until Ezri surprises him and injects him with his own poison. Kira confronts them, but she and Ezri decide to lower their phasers and let the other go. Ezri then leads the group to her ship, and they all hightail it to the Alliance. The Mirror version of Leeta arrives to debrief Ezri, and the two share a seductive smirk as they leave. The Ferengi are all agree that it's time to go home.

-->'''Garak:''' What we have here, gentlemen, is ten cc's of concentrated Ulcartic virus. It's very deadly and quite painful. It elevates the temperature of your body, heating your internal organs until they literally boil.

* OutGambitted: Rom figures that Regent Worf will have him and the others executed once the cloaking device is installed, so he sabotages it to shut down the flagship's power grid. Similarly, Mirror Ezri and the three Ferengi turn the tables on Mirror Garak and kill him with his own poison.

* PsychoLesbian: Subverted. Mirror Ezri is gay, and when we meet her she's also a ruthless mercenary working for the Regent, even though Trill is one of the planets conquered by the Alliance. But later on we find out she's not without a conscience after all, and by the end of the episode she ends up joining the Rebellion.

Quark and Rom break into Martok's ship and carry the invisible cloaking device away, right under Sisko and Martok's noses. But just as an irate Martok can chase them down, Quark, Rom and Ezri all transport to the Mirror Universe version of ''Empok Nor''. There, they watch Mirror Bashir gun down a real version of Vic Fontaine before getting captured by the Resistance. Bashir and Smiley criticize Ezri for being a mercenary, confiscate the cloaking device, and throw the trio in a cell. There, Quark talks about his sense of loyalty to the Nagus that transcends profit, something Ezri can't understand. But then her partner in crime Brunt arrives to rescue them. They steal back the cloaking device and head out on his ship. Along the way, Brunt admits that he also has a crush on Ezri, but she has different tastes.

They all arrive at Regent Worf's flagship and deliver the cloaking device. Worf backs out on their deal and frees Intendent Kira from the ship's brig as payment for thinking up the idea. He tosses the two Ferengi in the brig to be killed later. Kira welcomes Ezri back with a kiss. Brunt criticizes Kira for betraying the Ferengi, so she stabs him, which shocks Ezri. In the brig, Zek admits that he stole Rom's data PADD to get the schematics of the interdimensional transporter. On the bridge, Worf orders that the cloaking device be installed and sets out to find the ''Defiant''. But Garak and company can't figure out how to install the device. Ezri recruit Rom to installs it on hopes of getting the Ferengi freed, but upon completion, Worf orders the prisoners' execution.

Garak prepares to kill the prisoners with painful poison, but the Ferengi taunt him for not interrogating him first for all of their valuable information. As they stall for time, Worf finds the ''Defiant'' and ambushes it, but when he tries to fire, he finds that his ship completely helpless due to Rom's sabotage. Worf delivers the Alliance's unconditional surrender to save his own hide. With the brig force fields now down, the Ferengi attack Garak. He manages to fight them off until Ezri surprises him and injects him with his own poison. Kira confronts them, but she and Ezri decide to lower their phasers and let the other go. Ezri then leads the group to her ship, and they all hightail it to the Alliance. The Mirror version of Leeta arrives to debrief Ezri, and the two share a seductive smirk as they leave. The Ferengi are all agree that it's time to go home.