Resurrection

...the mirror universe version of Bareil shows up on DS9 and although Kira says, he knows that this is not the Bareil she fell in love with, she falls in love with mirror Bareil of course right away. I think most viewers wanted to shake and slap Kira and tell her, that something smells wrong here and she should take care. But nope, Kira is straight up full on romance mode again and doesn't see the obvious. Quark has to tell her, that this Bareil has a dark side and he is most likely about to steal an orb from the shrine.

Also, why can this guy beam directly into ops and no one points a phaser at this unknown intruder although the sensors indicated before that someone from an unknown location is about to beam in? And how comes the sensors don't pick up the signal of evil mirror universe Kira, who has also beamed on the station?

I find it quite strange, too, that people from the mirror universe can beam to the other side and can just walk around freely without being monitored. By now everyone should know, that a lot of tricks and deception is happening on the other side. I also think, the concept of characters from both universes travelling back and forth and interacting with each other has been pushed too far. It does not seem to be special anymore. Also, if it is so easy to beam over to the other side, it would most likely be abused by lots of species. Travel to the other universe and exploit their ressources for example. The mirror universe encounters should just have been a one-time thing and not a recurring theme. Especially since some mirror universe character are just goofy copies of the original characters, like this joke of a mirror universe Kira in her leather dress or mirror universe Bashir.

Kira falls in love. Again... Steamy gossip awaits. It's hard not to sigh when the mirror universe characters cross over are the main story plot... I do enjoy the Kira character cross over but is it needed at this point in the series?

DS9 receives a visitor from the mirror universe.

I am not a fan of this episode. I wouldn't describe it as badly made, but the placement of it after another romance-focused episode and the tension of the Dominion war arc is questionable and (to me) it adds nothing to Kira's development.

It is character-driven, about someone being coerced into doing something bad and the dilemma of whether they will see the light before it's too late. I think this is a decent premise, but for me, it moves too slowly and some of the dialogue is pretty flat. Philip Anglim makes the best of the material, but for me he cannot make the character engaging. He does not feel like the loveable rogue the other characters are making him out to be and this aspect feels quite forced. His dialogue near the end makes him seem defeatist and like he is being shepherd's crooked off the stage for the reset button to be pressed.

Kira carries the story in my opinion, thanks largely to Nana Visitor once again successfully switching between the two versions of the character. She provides virtually all of the entertainment (along with Worf in the double-date scene), regardless of how irritating it is to see such a cool character caught up in this arc.

For me it is a 5.5/10, but I round upwards.

We just started this one and NO ONE is going to understand this episode off the BAT we discovered.

They all lie to themselves and tell themselves it's not that person because they believe their rational mind is the power, is the beacon pointing towards the truth.

When of course in reality we all know the rational mind can be a mans worst enemy....

Feeling is knowing, as it can be no other way.

second half

:(... he's such a nice guy....imagine me....a spiritual leader paused forever :(....

:(...........

HE APPEARED OUT OF THE AIR LIKE SUPER MAN!!! :D

An identical personage from the alternate universe enters the space station. He looks exactly like Kira's former lover and she develops a new relationship with the duplicate. This is dragged on into the Bajoran religion which intrigues this guy. But it's hard to remove yourself from what you have become. The whole thing was dull and rather pointless.