History Recap / StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mirror Sulu, in spades. He takes time out of playing everyone against each other to sexually harass Uhura, and is soundly rebuffed.

-->'''Spock''': They were brutal, savage, unprincipled, uncivilized, treacherous, in every way, splendid examples of ''Homo Sapiens''; the very flower of humanity. I found them quite refreshing.

* FanService: Of both [[MrFanservice male]] and [[MsFanservice female]] varieties. Most notable are Uhura and Marlena in their [[TheissTitillationTheory barely there]] uniforms, but 60s Shatner had some nice arms.

-->'''[[TheMcCoy McCoy]]''': [[DeadpanSnarker ''I'm'' sure]].

* FanService: Of both [[MrFanservice male]] and [[MsFanservice female]] varieties. Most notable are Uhura and Marlena in their [[TheissTitillationTheory barely there]] uniforms, but 60s Shatner had some nice nice arms.

-->'''[[TheMcCoy McCoy]]''': ''I'm'' sure.

* EvilTwin: Everyone in the Mirror Universe.

* VillainsBlendInBetter: {{Inverted}}; see EvilCannotComprehendGood.

The ''USS Enterprise'' is in orbit of a planet ruled by [[PlanetOfHats the peaceful Halkans]]. A landing party consisting of [[TheKirk Captain Kirk]], [[TheMcCoy Doctor McCoy]], [[BridgeBunny Lieutenant Uhura]] [[AndZoidberg and Scotty]] are on the planet to convince the Halkans to allow the Federation mining rights. The inhabitants of the planet, however, are convinced that HumansAreBastards, and despite Kirk's assertion that if the answer is "no" then they will simply be on their way without troubling the Halkans further, the aliens remain entirely unconvinced.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A variation, in that while the crew from our universe are able to blend in fairly successfully, the Mirror crew who were brought over to the Prime universe were immediately caught.

--> '''Evil Spock''': You must return to your universe. I must have my captain back. I shall operate the transporter. You have two minutes and ten seconds.

* PunishmentBox: The Agony Booth again.

* HumansAreBastards: In the Mirror Universe, anyway. Spock has his own take on that subject, of course.

-->'''[[TheMcCoy McCoy''': ''I'm'' sure.

-->'''Dr. McCoy''': ''I'm'' sure.

* Humans Are Bastards: In the Mirror Universe, anyway. Spock has his own take on that subject, of course.

-->'''McCoy''': ''I'm'' sure.

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... but he too has performed a HeelFaceTurn, and recieves AnAesop from Captain Kirk:

In his quarters, Captain Kirk meets [[GirlOfTheWeek Marlena Moreau]], who introduces herself as "[[FetishFuel the Captain's woman"]]. He resists the temptation to [[BoldlyComing Boldly Come]], instead subtly pressing her for information. Moreau introduces Kirk to the real source of his evil counterpart's power: [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands the Tantalus field]], a device which he stole from an alien planet, and which allows him to evaporate people [[BigRedButton at the touch of a button]]. Kirk, naturally, [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo resists the temptation]] [[DontTouchItYouIdiot to push it and see what happens]].

* GoodScarsBadScars: Mirror Sulu definitely has the 'bad' kind.

Finally finding a moment to take refuge alone, our four man crew [[HuddlePower attempt to figure out what happened]]. They reason that an ion storm around the planet distrupted the transporter and sent them to a MirrorUniverse by accident, swapping them with their own counterparts from this universe. They make a plan to return home, replicating the unique situation that brought them here. But until then they will need to [[FishOutOfWater try and blend in]] as best they can.

Our crew put their plan into action. While Lieutenant Uhura [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean distracts Evil Sulu from his security monitoring board]], Scotty shorts out the main phaser couplings and siphons power off to the transporter. Kirk, in the meantime, has to deal with an [[KlingonPromotion assassination attempt]] by Evil Chekov, and another possible attempt from Evil Spock. In the sickbay, a fight breaks out between the crew and Evil Sulu's gang of thugs. Marlena Moreau evens the odds by using the Tantalus field to [[UnPerson remove]] Evil Sulu's gang, and our crew triumph. But Evil Spock arrives on the scene. His curiosity about the crew's bizarre behaviour since returning from the surface has been piqued, and he performs a MindRape on the doctor to get the full story.

Moreau [[EscortMission guides Kirk to the transporter room]], but then performs a HeelFaceTurn, deciding that she would rather come back to the prime universe alongside Kirk. To this end she pulls a phaser on him and starts making demands. Captain Kirk [=~Wouldn't Hit A Girl~=], but thankfully he's not required to, because Lieutenant Uhura sneaks up behind Moreau and instigates a DesignatedGirlFight (which she wins). One further obstacle comes in the form of Evil Spock, who arrives on the scene alongside the crew...