This and Balance of Terror are my favorite. Even decades later, the TOS mirror episode is unsettling and Kirk and crew are appropriately horrified (but adjust fairly quick, which also is interesting in implications)
@@georgehenderson7783 Oh, you'd just love to see that, wouldn't you - a _Star Trek_ reboot but of the Terran Empire and uncensored. I'm afraid I'm going to need to see your agonizer, young man.
Love how Kirk calmly sizes up the situation once he realizes something isn’t right. His focus only breaks when he realizes he’s just ordered the genocide of the Hulkans.
This is my favourite TOS episode, too. It never ceases to amaze me how McCoy gets mocked for hating transporters, when this is the sort of thing that results from travelling through them.
Maybe people will think the same of our ships or airplanes, but, yes, the transporter in TOS (series plus movies) has already divided people, sent people to another dimension and outright killed people.
Surely only Spock would say "please" in a situation like that, where he's demanding the person hand over a torture device that he intends to use on them ....
In this remastered version, I like the magenta colored glow effect that was added to Lt. Kyle's uniform after Spock finished using the Agonizer on him.
It’s just the emotionless of it that freaks me out. You could argue that’s just his Vulcan demeanour,but I believe it’s simply because he’s done this so many times to so many people that it’s just regular procedure for him.
They even referenced that at the end when they returned home. Their counterparts in our universe weren’t so quick-thinking, and got locked away in the brig.
@@DennisKovacich I'd like to know what the evil Kirk did to tip the good Spock off to get locked into the brig that fast? Did he order the genocide of the Halkans? Did he assault another officer?
Love how someone thought to make the subtle changes to the ISS Enterprise in the remastering, the larger deflector dish, needed because of the Empire's aggressive posture, the darker tone to the hull, due to it being a "darker" Universe, among other changes. One of my favorite episodes as a kid and still as an adult.
Interesting rationalization for the altered look of the ship, but in real life this was a callback to a production issue on the original show. When the orbital shot of the Enterprise “flips” to the mirror universe version they had to use old footage of the model as it appeared in the pilots since it was no longer filmable from that side. Aside from the darkened hull coloring, the subtle changes you cite just reflect what the original model looked like before the regular series went into production.
When I was a little boy watching this for the first time, Spock torturing Kyle with the agonizer was like the grossest and scariest thing I had ever seen!
@@gavinward5448 if he stayed up late and watched Dr Who at 11pm. The exterminator who sprayed for bugs at my parents home had a quarter scale Dalek on top of his van.
O Tamandua The quality of the writing makes or breaks Star Trek, and that short, simple line, delivered in the way that only Shatner could, was a prime example of what made this show magic! 🖖😀
Apparently Dr. McCoy hated transporters. It's easy to see why from this episode! You can see even when he steps off the pad that "I told you so" look on his face.
Dr. McCoy is right to hate transporters because they KILL you every time you transport! All of your atoms are disassembled and turned into energy. What "arrives" at the coordinates is an exact COPY of you made from the stored data, not really you! It's like if you copy a digital document and forward it and delete the original ; is the forwarded document the original one? I think not, just an indistinguishable copy!
+mrS So, when you print the photos you made with your family with your friends, they don't have any value? They are not OUR atoms, we don't "own" them more than the tree which made our documents, our body regenerates itself during our whole livetime and keeps using oxygen while producing another molecules... We are nothing but a pattern of atoms, not the atoms themselves... An "indistinguisable copy" IS the same person until you can distinguish it from the copy, which you can't as the original as been altered if you compare it with the original before the transport. Or the original itself wasn't a "person" in the first place as the copy is the exact same pattern : both are a person or neither aren't. What makes us a person are our memories and our personality, both are nothing more in the universe than a pattern of some atoms. Or else, you are the same person than the people who lived on Earth centuries ago, as their atoms were reused.
We"ll probably not invent teleportation any time soon, but legal questions may arise. I've heard of theoretical "transporters " where the transportee's body is taken apart atom by atom. Only The information of where every atom belongs, is sent to the destination and atoms ALREADY at the destination are turned into the person using the information. His "old atoms" are still at the origination site waiting to be ."turned" into a new person when they are "transported " there. So if you leave ALL your atoms in one location and at a different location, atoms that used to "belong " to another person are completely arranged to become like your original atoms, right down to every memory engram, is it really "you" ? Were you really" teleported" any place?
That's the paradox of Theseus's ship, and it is unresolved since two millenias (give or take one century). In the Tv Show "pimp my ride", a car is dismantled piece by piece and then changed with better pieces. Those car owners consider the new car as the improved old car, not a new one given in exchange. If you don't consider this show as destroying several cars per year, then transporter don't kill people. "So if you leave ALL your atoms in one location" And what makes us arrogant enough to say "it's MY atoms" when every generation used them? ;) "Only The information of where every atom belongs, is sent to the destination" And that's what makes you different when compared to the people made with "your atoms" one century ago: because the shape ("state") is different. "His "old atoms" are still at the origination site" And those atoms were already in use millenia before this person was born. With your logic, nobody ever truly "die" because the atoms stay intact, only their pattern changes when killed. With my logic, transporters don't kill because the pattern is conserved.
@@mrScififan2 actually it's supposed to be the exact same atoms in their exact same positions, not new atoms. Hence the "matter stream" is the atoms being moved from point to point.
Walking down the street with Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on my left and Marlena Moureau (Barbara Luna) on my right, Wow, talk about two smokin' hot space babes.
@@RickwmcAnd also Jolene Blalock (T'Pol) & Linda Park (Hoshi) In A Mirror, Darkly from Enterprise. The actresses we mentioned looked stunning in these Mirror episodes.
Also note if you will folks, that actor stuntman Pete Kellet was Kirk's personal guard in this episode. He also appered as a Klingon in the episode Day Of The Dove, when they were fighting with swords he said, Stsnd and fight, you coward! He also was in Spock's Brain as one of the guys who wouldn't let Kirk and company to get their communicators, tricorders and type two phasers. Just a little trivial fun information there for you.
This is one of my favourite episodes. It should have been a double episode so we could see what happened on Enterprise #1. Also Uhura never looked better
Some people believe in the idea of real parallel worlds. Its fascinating but scary to think that you have counterparts living completely different lives
@@googleuser7454 Could be a reality. There are those who believe that they communicate these ideas to the general population through entertainment to make the reality of such things seem implausible too the masses.
Interestingly conceptually but unlikely. There could be alternative universes but hardly parallel because with so many individual courses of action that would lead to different directions. In this case wouldn't the need for personal guards limit the size of the rest of the crew?
Yep. Nichelle Nichols was hot back in the day. Still was during the first few movies. Definitely took care of herself. Sorry to hear she has serious health issues nowadays.
Star Trek TOS definitely had some legendary episodes that have stood the test of time. This along with Space Seed rank as two of my favorite episodes of all time...pure entertainment with great storylines and acting....Spock, Kirk, Uhura, Sulu, even Chekhov smiling in the elevator before he attacks Kirk stand out....
Fun fact, in the Original they exclusively used Effects from the second Pilot "Where no man has gone before" for the Mirror-Enterprise exterior shots, and the ship looked a bit different in that Pilot (Antennas at the tips of the nacelles, larger deflector dish etc). I like how they paid respect to that detail in the remastered version.
I had a Star Trek moment the other night. Everyone had been reassigned to work with a different partner. I kept seeing people i knew but they weren't with the people they usually were with. Everything just seemed 'off' and 'wrong'. At the end of the night i said to a friend(too young to remember Next Generation, let alone Original Series) "I feel like i just stepped into a world where Spock has a beard!" Of course, she didn't understand the reference even when i tried to explain it. (Yes, I know at this point i should have stopped talking and cut my losses.) Trying to be helpful and charitable she explained that she didn't know anything about Star Trek, but she did know Harry Potter.
His cold logic and lack of compassion are chilling. Mr Kyle probably got off lightly. Torture and force is just business as usual in the Empire and carried out by a capable Vulcan
And I couldn't help but notice that McCoy didn't dare talk trash to evil Spock like he often did to our Spock. I'm sure he would say, "I'm a doctor, not a fool."
I understand Uhura and McCoy (A communications officer and a doctor) being on the away team. As much as I like Scotty and think he was underused. It made no sense for him to be on the away team. (But I understand for the story it made sense to have him.)
If the Halkans had said yes and allowed the mining, Scotty could have used his vast experience with dilithium crystals to help set up the operations properly.
I love when Kirk is worried about what their evil counterparts might be doing back on the original Enterprise and then we see they were found out right away. :D
I always thought next to the ending of Balance of Terror, this had the most emotion of all Star Treks. When she says "take me with you" and Spock says "I shall consider it." Awesome moments that define any generation or life situation
As much as they hadn't figured out the rules of space travel or the dynamics of the time, there were certain episodes that were so critical to what came next. This is one of them.
I always enjoyed watching Star Trek a lot. After watching this episode many times I always wondered if the Mirror Universe exists or not. I also admired Uhura's beautiful belly.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 and starwars always has been and alway will be better yall had a chance to make stories about your core demographic like what made you popular yall followed starwars down the feminist propaganda rabbit hole
Fun episode. I've always loved the parallel universe trope. Its a great way to see different versions of characters in a "what if" scenario. Uhura looks great in that outfit.
I always wondered about that transport sequence. Is it possible that it was their minds (not their bodies) that swapped with their counterparts'? That could explain why the uniforms didn't switch as well. If it were their actual bodies that were transported, then they still would be wearing their Starfleet uniforms and alternate Spock would have immediately known the difference.
@@scotpens No. But I once dreamt that "I" was having a lucid dream, except the "me" who was having the "lucid dream" was, also, just a dream and was an entirely different person, in a different place and bed, having it. A lucid dream (of someone else's) inside an illucid dream (of mine).
It has always been my favorite too. Have you ever seen "Star Trek Continues". It is a very well done fan fiction series. They did an episode called "Fairest of them All" which showed what happened when alternate Kirk and crew returned to the mirror universe and Spock took over the ship.
It was good, but they missed a key plot opportunity: connecting the Mirror Universe to the Jonbar Point in the past that made the divergence. That point, of course, is that in the other universe, the crew failed to undo the change that the Guardian made and in that universe the victorious Axis evolved their missile program into a space force (since von Braun's goal, ultimately, was to reach the moon), and that started the whole enterprise, as it were.
I would add "Arena" even though not everyone likes it as much just because it is one of the first episodes pretty much everyone thinks of when they think about Star Trek. Plus, they made fun of it in "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" so it has that going for it.
@@KILRtv Agree with that. I should have remembered that episode. Also agree with Patrick that "City on the Edge of Forever" was a very good episode. "The Doomsday Machine" also was the source of a funny blooper. While filming the scene where Decker (played by William Windom) is trying to describe the machine to Kirk and McCoy -he says: "Well, it's miles long. With a maw that..." And Shatner interrupts with an impish grin: "It's Ma? What about it's Pa?" Windom just loses it totally and doubles over laughing.
My brothers and I burst out laughing hard at the "Your agonizer, please" line. The idea of someone demanding a purpose-built torture device to use on the person carrying it just cracked us up for some reason. As others have already mentioned, Nichelle Nichols looks even more amazing in this episode than she did for the rest of the series. She always got my attention when I was a young fellow watching this in syndication in the 1970s and 1980s.
Best thing about this episode is that the woman in the parallel universe learns she loves this other Kirk because he keeps showing kindness and mercy. The Kirk in the parallel universe only wants to be feared and not loved.
This episode shows Captain Kirk at his best - brave, almost fearless, clever, strategic, cagey, pro-active, using his wits to deal with enemies from all sides.
STARTREK AND THE EXTREMELY CREATIVE IMAGINATION OF MR.GENE RODDENBERRY HAVE PRODUCED A THOUGHT IN MY HEAD. THE WORDS ARE "INTER PLANETARY MAGNETISM FREQUENCIES " .
Here are my top 10 episodes, in no particular order since I can't pick a "best" one: The Enterprise Incident, Mirror Mirror, Journey to Babel, Balance of Terror, The Tholian Web, This Side of Paradise, The Trouble with Tribbles, Space Seed, Amok Time, The Changeling
An interesting historical bit of trivia. The Halkan leader is holding a scepter, which in human culture was derived from the mace, a weapon. An interesting prop used for a culture of total peace.
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No question - one of the single best episodes of any tv program ever broadcast, period.
This and Balance of Terror are my favorite. Even decades later, the TOS mirror episode is unsettling and Kirk and crew are appropriately horrified (but adjust fairly quick, which also is interesting in implications)
One of the best _in this universe,_ perhaps. But how was it in the mirror universe?
@@MarcillaSmith The Terran Empire Kirk had it pretty good with Marlene.
@@georgehenderson7783 Oh, you'd just love to see that, wouldn't you - a _Star Trek_ reboot but of the Terran Empire and uncensored.
I'm afraid I'm going to need to see your agonizer, young man.
@@MarcillaSmith No, Ms. Smith, I tried, I really did! 😅
Of course I'd love to see a Terran Empire reboot! Uncensored with Uhura's bellybutton!
Love how Kirk calmly sizes up the situation once he realizes something isn’t right. His focus only breaks when he realizes he’s just ordered the genocide of the Hulkans.
I chalk this up to early development of TV. We take Kirk's woody acting for cool-headness.
@@jamesboulger8705 Than watch watch clips of TOS? Instead view SNW where every scene is acted perfectly.
@@jamesboulger8705Dude tv had been a thing for decades by then
"Halkan", not "Hulkan"
Mr Kyle is like a whipped dog
This is my favourite TOS episode, too. It never ceases to amaze me how McCoy gets mocked for hating transporters, when this is the sort of thing that results from travelling through them.
It wasn't so much a malfunction of the transporter itself as it was the effect of the ion storm. Not that that helped the situation much, of course.
This is just the sort of mishap that can happen when your atoms are scattered to God knows where.
Maybe people will think the same of our ships or airplanes, but, yes, the transporter in TOS (series plus movies) has already divided people, sent people to another dimension and outright killed people.
Parallel universe. This show was way ahead of its time!
No kidding
And I'm not even a treky
Harlan Ellison !
Spock makes the crack that the so called good Kirk and good Earthlings are just as bad or worse than those in the parallel universe.
"Your agonizer, please..." The delivery on that line was just chilling.
Surely only Spock would say "please" in a situation like that, where he's demanding the person hand over a torture device that he intends to use on them ....
In this remastered version, I like the magenta colored glow effect that was added to Lt. Kyle's uniform after Spock finished using the Agonizer on him.
Kudos to John Winston (RIP) for the hideous choking gurgle that conveys true agony.
It’s just the emotionless of it that freaks me out. You could argue that’s just his Vulcan demeanour,but I believe it’s simply because he’s done this so many times to so many people that it’s just regular procedure for him.
Love how kirk thought fast and kept a cover so they could blend in
They even referenced that at the end when they returned home. Their counterparts in our universe weren’t so quick-thinking, and got locked away in the brig.
Bah. They all should have saluted back.
@@DennisKovacich I'd like to know what the evil Kirk did to tip the good Spock off to get locked into the brig that fast? Did he order the genocide of the Halkans? Did he assault another officer?
@@cordongrouch9323 sa
@@ooEVILGOAToo Not necessarily. It took Spock a while to figure Kirk was not him/herself in _Turnabout Intruder_ .
Love how someone thought to make the subtle changes to the ISS Enterprise in the remastering, the larger deflector dish, needed because of the Empire's aggressive posture, the darker tone to the hull, due to it being a "darker" Universe, among other changes. One of my favorite episodes as a kid and still as an adult.
Interesting rationalization for the altered look of the ship, but in real life this was a callback to a production issue on the original show. When the orbital shot of the Enterprise “flips” to the mirror universe version they had to use old footage of the model as it appeared in the pilots since it was no longer filmable from that side. Aside from the darkened hull coloring, the subtle changes you cite just reflect what the original model looked like before the regular series went into production.
And the 'lightning rods' on the front of the warp nacelles.
And here you see the kind of quality which explains why "Star Trek" became the kind of international phenomenon it did.
Only once the movies came out.
Rest In Peace Ms Nichelle Nichols
She was so sexy in that epsiode
And her sexy little belly
LT. UHURA, LOOKS MIGHTY FINE. THANK YOU MLK. TELLING HER TO STAY ON THE SHOW!
I love to see Uhura in this episode, wearing her micro skirt, and thigh high boots.
Mr. Sulu had Uhura on his lap. I wished that was me. She would be sitting on a hot seat. 🔥
@@tracyperry3595
LOOK AT THOSE ABS!!!😁
Lt. Uhura is ABSolutely amazing here. Dancer's athletic physique and without benefit of modern workout equipment .
@Don W
Is that why she went on to work for NASA? I wish I had "crap career".
When I was a little boy watching this for the first time, Spock torturing Kyle with the agonizer was like the grossest and scariest thing I had ever seen!
Boy, do I have a season 1 TNG episode to direct you towards
For me it was the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. Scared the bejeepers out of me.
Clearly you've never seen Daleks exterminating people on Black & White TV! (Dr Who).
@@Smeginator which one are you talking about?
@@gavinward5448 if he stayed up late and watched Dr Who at 11pm.
The exterminator who sprayed for bugs at my parents home had a quarter scale Dalek on top of his van.
01:35 "But we won't. Consider THAT." (An absolutely wonderful line, apparently good in both universes within this episode.)
O Tamandua The quality of the writing makes or breaks Star Trek, and that short, simple line, delivered in the way that only Shatner could, was a prime example of what made this show magic! 🖖😀
@@Pondimus_Maximus Mr Spock: "he knows, doctor, he knows." Another classic line.
no that was only good Kirk, bad Kirk said, "hahahaa you're gonna look like my burnt toast in two hours..."
@@GM_- Add "Vulcans never bluff" to the list.
I looked this clip up just because I wanted to hear that line again.
Apparently Dr. McCoy hated transporters. It's easy to see why from this episode!
You can see even when he steps off the pad that "I told you so" look on his face.
Dr. McCoy is right to hate transporters because they KILL you every time you transport! All of your atoms are disassembled and turned into energy. What "arrives" at the coordinates is an exact COPY of you made from the stored data, not really you! It's like if you copy a digital document and forward it and delete the original ; is the forwarded document the original one? I think not, just an indistinguishable copy!
+mrS
So, when you print the photos you made with your family with your friends, they don't have any value?
They are not OUR atoms, we don't "own" them more than the tree which made our documents, our body regenerates itself during our whole livetime and keeps using oxygen while producing another molecules...
We are nothing but a pattern of atoms, not the atoms themselves...
An "indistinguisable copy" IS the same person until you can distinguish it from the copy, which you can't as the original as been altered if you compare it with the original before the transport.
Or the original itself wasn't a "person" in the first place as the copy is the exact same pattern : both are a person or neither aren't.
What makes us a person are our memories and our personality, both are nothing more in the universe than a pattern of some atoms.
Or else, you are the same person than the people who lived on Earth centuries ago, as their atoms were reused.
We"ll probably not invent teleportation any time soon, but legal questions may arise. I've heard of theoretical "transporters " where the transportee's body is taken apart atom by atom. Only The information of where every atom belongs, is sent to the destination and atoms ALREADY at the destination are turned into the person using the information. His "old atoms" are still at the origination site waiting to be ."turned" into a new person when they are "transported " there.
So if you leave ALL your atoms in one location and at a different location, atoms that used to "belong " to another person are completely arranged to become like your original atoms, right down to every memory engram, is it really "you" ? Were you really" teleported" any place?
That's the paradox of Theseus's ship, and it is unresolved since two millenias (give or take one century).
In the Tv Show "pimp my ride", a car is dismantled piece by piece and then changed with better pieces.
Those car owners consider the new car as the improved old car, not a new one given in exchange.
If you don't consider this show as destroying several cars per year, then transporter don't kill people.
"So if you leave ALL your atoms in one location"
And what makes us arrogant enough to say "it's MY atoms" when every generation used them? ;)
"Only The information of where every atom belongs, is sent to the destination"
And that's what makes you different when compared to the people made with "your atoms" one century ago: because the shape ("state") is different.
"His "old atoms" are still at the origination site"
And those atoms were already in use millenia before this person was born.
With your logic, nobody ever truly "die" because the atoms stay intact, only their pattern changes when killed.
With my logic, transporters don't kill because the pattern is conserved.
@@mrScififan2 actually it's supposed to be the exact same atoms in their exact same positions, not new atoms. Hence the "matter stream" is the atoms being moved from point to point.
That core on Uhura just kills me.
Especially for 1968
Walking down the street with Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on my left and Marlena Moureau (Barbara Luna) on my right, Wow, talk about two smokin' hot space babes.
She had abs to die for!
Quite a beautiful core indeed.
@@RickwmcAnd also Jolene Blalock (T'Pol) & Linda Park (Hoshi) In A Mirror, Darkly from Enterprise. The actresses we mentioned looked stunning in these Mirror episodes.
One of the best episodes! Spock is cool sporting the beard
wow the magnetic storm was so strong it messed up the video
KelsaRavenlock hahahaha
Yea! HaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaa!!!
Ahahaha
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Sulu's menacing tone of voice and the way Spock drops the agonizer...it's the little details like those that make this episode great.
Hey I just noticed that second part today after watching the episode for like the 25 th time lol. Great touch . Especially for a weekly show
Also note if you will folks, that actor stuntman Pete Kellet was Kirk's personal guard in this episode. He also appered as a Klingon in the episode Day Of The Dove, when they were fighting with swords he said, Stsnd and fight, you coward! He also was in Spock's Brain as one of the guys who wouldn't let Kirk and company to get their communicators, tricorders and type two phasers. Just a little trivial fun information there for you.
Also this episode was also Kellet's only credited appearance in Star Trek, despite having dialogue in Day of the Dove.
Good stuff! There’s no such thing, as too much Star Trek trivia. 🖖😀
"But we won't. Consider THAT." - One of Captain Kirk's finest quotes/moments on Star Trek: TOS.
The most innovative and brilliant plot line in the entire ST multiverse.
Your agonizer, please.
At least he was polite about it.
LOLOLOL
But emphatic!
the devil is a gentleman.
I nominated this comment for induction into the Clever/Perceptive/Funny Hall-of-Fame.
HA HA HA
Just think of how many future Trek episodes and book novels were born from this episode alone.
That must be the future. Abs like that don't exist yet.
Actually they existed in the past but are now lost to the mists of time. Shatner’s pretty flabby these days (though at 89, who can blame him?)
@@aperson22222 I thought he was talking about Uhura.
Adaept Zulander She’s gotten flabby too.
@@aperson22222 She is 82 now so will cut her some slack in regards to a bit of flabbiness.
One of the best episodes of the series. I watched Star Trek continues and saw a follow up episode 👍
Spock: "Your agonizer!!!".Kyle: "No Mr Spock!" Spock: "Your angonizer please.."
"NOO..!!"
"I treat you to some Strawberry Parfait..."
(gives agonizer)
Poor Mr. Kyle!!
That's how Imperial Vulcans ask nicely.
Spock: Or shall I perform the Vulcan Sack Snatch on you?
Kyle: *hands over agonizer quickly*
See Mr. Kyle face when Spock calls his name??
He must've SHAT his pants...
This is one of my favourite episodes. It should have been a double episode so we could see what happened on Enterprise #1.
Also Uhura never looked better
There is a part 2 now.
ua-cam.com/video/irIthtlkNZY/v-deo.html
Part 2
@@itsmeekers that was excellent. Much appreciated 🖖
@@davemills8511 You bet LLP 🖖
@@davemills8511 Part 2 of Apollo is there too. Plus a few stories that were not in a 4th season because cancellation.
I remember this from when I was a kid ...so glad I was a teen in the 70s.,kids now have no clue
This episode is so interesting. I always wondered if something like this could exist. The time travel shot in other episodes is a close second.
Some people believe in the idea of real parallel worlds. Its fascinating but scary to think that you have counterparts living completely different lives
@@googleuser7454 Could be a reality. There are those who believe that they communicate these ideas to the general population through entertainment to make the reality of such things seem implausible too the masses.
Interestingly conceptually but unlikely.
There could be alternative universes but hardly parallel because with so many individual courses of action that would lead to different directions.
In this case wouldn't the need for personal guards limit the size of the rest of the crew?
I could watch Uhuras midriff for hours on end. damn
Yep. Nichelle Nichols was hot back in the day. Still was during the first few movies. Definitely took care of herself. Sorry to hear she has serious health issues nowadays.
That shouldve been her outfit all the time. The show wouldn't have been cancelled.
My eyes drifted down in that direction as well.
Britney spears has a better midriff anytime.
@@Sammy10100 Not hardly
Another of THEE best episodes
"Carelessness with the equipment can not be tolerated!"
I love that line.
tuttt99 Quite a creepy line... So agonizing...
Love them manners, "Your agonizer. Please."
I wish they would do this at my job people would be more careful with the equipment LOL
That sounds like a WSIB poster.
Star Trek TOS definitely had some legendary episodes that have stood the test of time. This along with Space Seed rank as two of my favorite episodes of all time...pure entertainment with great storylines and acting....Spock, Kirk, Uhura, Sulu, even Chekhov smiling in the elevator before he attacks Kirk stand out....
you gotta love that beard.I like the end of show when Kirk talks logic to Spock.
That’s very logical of you.
RIP John Winston (the guy who played Kyle).
Agonized one to many times I imagine
Fun fact, in the Original they exclusively used Effects from the second Pilot "Where no man has gone before" for the Mirror-Enterprise exterior shots, and the ship looked a bit different in that Pilot (Antennas at the tips of the nacelles, larger deflector dish etc). I like how they paid respect to that detail in the remastered version.
I had a Star Trek moment the other night. Everyone had been reassigned to work with a different partner. I kept seeing people i knew but they weren't with the people they usually were with. Everything just seemed 'off' and 'wrong'. At the end of the night i said to a friend(too young to remember Next Generation, let alone Original Series) "I feel like i just stepped into a world where Spock has a beard!" Of course, she didn't understand the reference even when i tried to explain it. (Yes, I know at this point i should have stopped talking and cut my losses.) Trying to be helpful and charitable she explained that she didn't know anything about Star Trek, but she did know Harry Potter.
So, instead of going home with a warm box, you had to go with a hot pocket?
So, instead of going home with a warm box, you had to settle for a hot pocket?
Evil Spock makes a terrifying villain.
His cold logic and lack of compassion are chilling. Mr Kyle probably got off lightly. Torture and force is just business as usual in the Empire and carried out by a capable Vulcan
And I couldn't help but notice that McCoy didn't dare talk trash to evil Spock like he often did to our Spock. I'm sure he would say, "I'm a doctor, not a fool."
I understand Uhura and McCoy (A communications officer and a doctor) being on the away team. As much as I like Scotty and think he was underused. It made no sense for him to be on the away team. (But I understand for the story it made sense to have him.)
If the Halkans had said yes and allowed the mining, Scotty could have used his vast experience with dilithium crystals to help set up the operations properly.
I love when Kirk is worried about what their evil counterparts might be doing back on the original Enterprise and then we see they were found out right away. :D
Yes but that would have made a neat episode also.
Yes definitely would be.
Notice the security crew and hostile positioning of the landing party when they're returned to the USS Enterprise.
Evil Kirk upset over Spock shaving his beard should have been the least of his worries:)
My favorite episode of the series. Always preferred the green tunic on Kirk over the yellow pullover shirt.
I'm glad Captain Kirk picked Uhura to be part of the landing party for obvious reasons. 💘 😍
I always thought next to the ending of Balance of Terror, this had the most emotion of all Star Treks. When she says "take me with you" and Spock says "I shall consider it." Awesome moments that define any generation or life situation
As much as they hadn't figured out the rules of space travel or the dynamics of the time, there were certain episodes that were so critical to what came next. This is one of them.
I always enjoyed watching Star Trek a lot. After watching this episode many times I always wondered if the Mirror Universe exists or not. I also admired Uhura's beautiful belly.
Spoke looks good with the beard. Enough said about Uhura's uniform.
They outdid themselves with the costuming. Spock's jacket, the medals, the women's boots and the vest and sash are perfect
I love how the reactions are subtle but the music gives you all the drama.
Great background music for this episode - had it going on way before Star Wars
+1Bandit455
It's called "Black Ship Tension", I believe
star wars sucks.
"had it going on"? What a phrase. Reminds me of my buddy, Stacy's mom.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 You suck atarwars is better then star trek new star trek is just as cringe as new starwars.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 and starwars always has been and alway will be better yall had a chance to make stories about your core demographic like what made you popular yall followed starwars down the feminist propaganda rabbit hole
Uhura was smoking hot in this episode.
She clearly hit the gym for this episode, and it is appreciated.
Whew......what a woman
My understanding is she had an affair with Gene Roddenberry. No wonder why she got the part - GOOD CHOICE GENE!!!
Those abs, and she is still a beautiful woman. xoxoxo Uhura!
She was always hot. They just cit the middle out of her usual already-hot costume for this episode.
Love the set designs. Details down to a leaf, or chair, or dang, those agonizers
Gott-damn, Uhura!!!!! Lawwddd!!!
Definitely did her crunches!
Tight!
Mirror Spock could give Vader a run for his money when it comes to intimidation and punishment.
And so the inspiration for the band's name "Spock's Beard" was born. ;-)
Riker's beard > Spock's beard
One of all time favorite Trek episodes from any series!!
One of the best opening scenes to one of the BEST Trek episodes of any era!
Goatee Spock > Clean Shaven Spock. Love the agonizer and Tantalus device. Love that Mirror Kirk had assassinated Captain Pike.
If you like spocks beard your going to be happy when you watch discovery. Also yes I know it didnt exist when you made your comment.
Fun episode. I've always loved the parallel universe trope. Its a great way to see different versions of characters in a "what if" scenario.
Uhura looks great in that outfit.
I always wondered about that transport sequence. Is it possible that it was their minds (not their bodies) that swapped with their counterparts'? That could explain why the uniforms didn't switch as well. If it were their actual bodies that were transported, then they still would be wearing their Starfleet uniforms and alternate Spock would have immediately known the difference.
yes I do think it was their minds that changed
Good guess, never thought about that
Haven't you ever woken up in a strange place wearing someone else's clothes?
AND Spock would have recognized it immedietly because the USS Defiant was sent to the 21st century of the terran empire.
@@scotpens No. But I once dreamt that "I" was having a lucid dream, except the "me" who was having the "lucid dream" was, also, just a dream and was an entirely different person, in a different place and bed, having it. A lucid dream (of someone else's) inside an illucid dream (of mine).
one of the best episodes.
Something tells me there was a lot of funny bloopers behind-the-scenes during this episode
Uhura's pretty looks would have been the source of my bloopers. Soon as I would see her I'd be like "Uh, what's my line again?" 😅
"Don't Agonize me, bro!!"
LOL!
The magnetic storm was so bad, it affected this video XD
No wonder McCoy hated transporters
It has always been my favorite too. Have you ever seen "Star Trek Continues". It is a very well done fan fiction series. They did an episode called "Fairest of them All" which showed what happened when alternate Kirk and crew returned to the mirror universe and Spock took over the ship.
All of those STC eps were cool, but good ol CBS shutem down.... Too bad...
I saw that episode. It was a satisfying sequel to what happened after our universe and crew came back. It was well done.
It was good, but they missed a key plot opportunity: connecting the Mirror Universe to the Jonbar Point in the past that made the divergence. That point, of course, is that in the other universe, the crew failed to undo the change that the Guardian made and in that universe the victorious Axis evolved their missile program into a space force (since von Braun's goal, ultimately, was to reach the moon), and that started the whole enterprise, as it were.
I just seen that episode last week..great tribute to the TOS
This and the two episodes "Balance of Terror" and "The Trouble With Tribbles" were my favorite TOS episodes.
Vulpine407 I never realized the ep was called "trouble with tribbles" 😂😂😂. Best name ever
And "The Doomsday Machine".
@@KILRtv Agree with all, add "City on the Edge of Forever" to the list.
I would add "Arena" even though not everyone likes it as much just because it is one of the first episodes pretty much everyone thinks of when they think about Star Trek. Plus, they made fun of it in "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" so it has that going for it.
@@KILRtv Agree with that. I should have remembered that episode. Also agree with Patrick that "City on the Edge of Forever" was a very good episode. "The Doomsday Machine" also was the source of a funny blooper. While filming the scene where Decker (played by William Windom) is trying to describe the machine to Kirk and McCoy -he says: "Well, it's miles long. With a maw that..." And Shatner interrupts with an impish grin: "It's Ma? What about it's Pa?" Windom just loses it totally and doubles over laughing.
love the start to this episode great episode and use of all members of the landing party during episode love the fight with spock in the sick bay
My brothers and I burst out laughing hard at the "Your agonizer, please" line.
The idea of someone demanding a purpose-built torture device to use on the person carrying it just cracked us up for some reason.
As others have already mentioned, Nichelle Nichols looks even more amazing in this episode than she did for the rest of the series.
She always got my attention when I was a young fellow watching this in syndication in the 1970s and 1980s.
Best thing about this episode is that the woman in the parallel universe learns she loves this other Kirk because he keeps showing kindness and mercy. The Kirk in the parallel universe only wants to be feared and not loved.
The continuation on this In" Fairest of them all" takes this to a hole norther level
Kirk: "Give me the crystals." Old Man: "No." Uhura: "Could I have..." Old Man: "Yes."
Man, the shape on Lt. Uhura. DARN! As much as I liked the hawkins for their dedication to peace, I enjoyed watching her more.
Multiverse theory before it was cool :)
Woo, Nichelle. Nice midriff.
I know. I feel so ashamed of my own just watching this.
This is my fave episode of the OS.
Watching this episode back In the day for the first time as a
kid I realized I really like women in thigh boots !.
LT. UHORA'S STOMACH LOOKED CUT. SHE REALLY TOKE GOOD CARE OF HER SELF .
One of my favorite episodes.
This episode shows Captain Kirk at his best - brave, almost fearless, clever, strategic, cagey, pro-active, using his wits to deal with enemies from all sides.
...but do not be hopeful for any change...gets transported to another universe.
STARTREK AND THE EXTREMELY CREATIVE IMAGINATION OF MR.GENE RODDENBERRY HAVE PRODUCED A THOUGHT IN MY HEAD. THE WORDS ARE "INTER PLANETARY MAGNETISM FREQUENCIES " .
Kirks first thought on stepping off the transporter: “My God! Spock grew a beard!”
Go watch Star Trek Continues episode 3 - Fairest of Them All. A terrific sequel to this episode
They did a good job with the aesthetic
Well at least Mr Spock said, “Please” for the Agonizer.
Where I’m from saying: “Please” can really go a long way. - Dolly Parton
Uhura looking tight !
Here are my top 10 episodes, in no particular order since I can't pick a "best" one: The Enterprise Incident, Mirror Mirror, Journey to Babel, Balance of Terror, The Tholian Web, This Side of Paradise, The Trouble with Tribbles, Space Seed, Amok Time, The Changeling
DAYUM, but Nichelle is FIT!! 8^D
And, she maintained her looks well into the movie era.
Back when Star Trek was magnificent
The leader of the Halka is played by Vic Perrin. You may know him as the controller voice from the sci-fi show The Outer Limits.
Spock plays the nightmare manager we employees all fear.
Corrective measures on steroids. "No Mr. Spock!!!"
The little blond man is the voice of The Outer Limits.
And the Robot in Star Trek episode "The Changeling"
THE MOST DRAMATICALLY
DONE EPISODES
I probably watched this episode 100 times just to see Nichelle Nicholls incredible body in that outfit
Holy crud, the Agonizer is a Taser!! 40 years ahead of its time!!
I wonder how they made the transporter chief's shirt glow after being 'agonized'? That was a nice special effect for the day.
that effect was in the remastered version
MY ALL TIME FAVORITE STAR TREK EPISODE AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE
there is something just so "fascinating" about the evil universe .
dcb4357 hiitsme That crew was wild AF!!😱
I wonder if in the alternate universe Trump would be a good guy.
@@charleyghanem3003 You are living in it my friend.
@@charleyghanem3003 And you wouldn't be an idiot with a bad case of TDS perhaps?
Uhura has abs to aspire to.
An interesting historical bit of trivia. The Halkan leader is holding a scepter, which in human culture was derived from the mace, a weapon. An interesting prop used for a culture of total peace.
But maybe in their culture scepters were used to grind Halkan pesto.
One of my all time favorite episodes.This and the doomsday machine.
2024 still loving it
This is the best Star Trek it should come on TV and so should the actors