I’m Glad Star Trek: TNG Never Did A Mirror Universe Episode

Star Trek: The Next Generation never did a Mirror Universe episode, and that ultimately worked in the show’s favor. Star Trek’s Mirror Universe first debuted in the classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode, “Mirror, Mirror,” in which Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and some of his crew find themselves in a dark alternate universe that mirrors their own.

In the Mirror Universe, the ISS Enterprise serves the Terran Empire instead of the USS Enterprise as part of the United Federation of Planets’ Starfleet. Crew members are tortured when they make a mistake and the chain of command is often determined by officers murdering their superiors.