Mirror, Mirror // Star Trek: The Original Series Reaction // Season 2

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Please no spoilers! So that I can provide my best and most honest reaction, please do not mention the names of any future characters, events, or episode titles (this goes for future series as well). Please do not say which upcoming episodes are good or bad, otherwise I will have trouble forming my own opinion! Thank you, and enjoy!

[@johnnygood4831]

"I wish I had hair like hers". Your hair looks just fine.

[@ralphangioli4852]

Okay no spoilers. Except there’s this one season 3 episode,..nah, just kidding….Lol

[@bettyleeist]

This episode feel’s like a Hilter based society,or,maybe a Roman-Slave type of Society.That’s what this look’s like to me?I remember,my dad admired the women with dark hair.Wow!She’s pretty 😍!He’d say.Yes,I remember telling him.She is.I used to want to be like this,growing up,until a lady I knew said;I’d rathed be smarter.I guess,it made me change my mind!The goetee was a sixties thing,as they used to say in those days.My dad had one,but he got rid of it,later on.That long dress that she wore was a 1960”s staple.I think,it was called a:moo moo?🐮 But,in today’s world,🌍 it would be called;a long dress,👗 with long sleeves.😊

[@McMahonHater]

I may be guilty in the last 2 or 3, BUT they don't give away anything specific in future episodes. It just helps explain certain things, like Trelane being a Q, and the theory that Nomad encountered a Borg probe. Nothing to specific.

[@jd190d]

There is the South Park episodes where all the evil universe characters have the goatee.

[@1monki]

"Your agonizer, please." Even when he's evil, Spock is polite.

[@martinbraun1211]

One of the best Classic Star Trek episodes. 🖖🖖🏻🖖🏼🖖🏽🖖🏾🖖🏿

[@mcbeezee2120]

Yes, yes, & YES.

[@DayTrooperGW]

Absolutely! And the STC follow-up episode ‘Fairest Of Them All’ is extremely well done, too 👍

[@Artificialintelligentle]

My number one. 1 -Mirror mirror 2 - corbomite, 3 city on the edge, 4 - ok corral.

[@BobBenson-qz8lp]

@@mcbeezee2120 Actually my favorite episode.

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

Uhura: "Captain, I'm . . . I'm . . ." Bunny: "A little drafty?" LOL

[@arsbadmojo]

Great chirp!

[@rogershore3128]

@@arsbadmojo Compared to how women dress today Uhura's outfit is tame.....

[@Stogie2112]

@@rogershore3128….almost Puritan. 😮

[@ralphangioli4852]

It’s no wonder Nichelle Nichols looked amazing in the “drafty” uniform…Lol. She was professional dancer and needed to be in tremendous shape.

[@dondevice8182]

Uhura backing up the bridge steps to the turbo lift without looking and putting her knife back in her thigh-high boot whilst holding eye contact with Sulu my be the most bad-ass moment in all of Trek.

[@arsbadmojo]

Never noticed it before; thanks for pointing that out!

[@kennethbaker5223]

💯

[@jaymedina3142]

100 agree but I would add to that so was her walk into the turbo lift

[@dondevice8182]

@@jaymedina3142 of course!

[@jack_m100]

This was typical knife play in action movies of the time. Backing up holding the knife while maintaining eye contact to the last second was almost a cliché. In isolation it looks bad ass.

[@miller-joel]

Now we have to see Mirror Bunny.

[@chrisgarrett1257]

Will Mirror Bunny mess up a Hoppy Easter?

[@miller-joel]

@@chrisgarrett1257 I expect a beard.

[@pauld6967]

@iffy-fox With the built-in time lag for episode releases, she has certainly had the time to come up with an Imperial uniform.

[@davidcross4596]

She could be my beard ❤

[@miller-joel]

@roykassinger6903 Mirror Spock was still a Vulcan.

[@Stogie2112]

Uhura's greatest episode. Perhaps Sulu's as well. One of the best lines of all time: "In every revolution, there is one man with a vision." GREAT drama!

[@hanoc101]

Yes. This is the most ensemble episode of TOS

[@WPA33SC]

Agree. Best line in the whole series imo. And Spock's answer was just as good. "I shall consider it."

[@mikefoster6018]

The final speech in this episode is one of my favourite Trek moments ever. Kirk rousingly planting a seed of hope, and evil Spock not being beyond redemption .. and Kirk telling him he can use the secret 'remote murder' device!

[@Temeraire101]

One my favs too.

[@mcbeezee2120]

Mega-dittos on that Kirk speech. Don't know who wrote it, but they knocked it out of the park with that one.

[@joeb918]

@mcbeezee, the writer for this episode is Jerome Bixby. He also wrote "Day of the Dove", "Requiem for Methuselah", and "By Any Other Name" for the original series. He also wrote a short story called “It's a Good Life” which was adapted for a Twilight Zone episode of the same name. He mostly wrote short stories, but he's also noteable for having co-writing for the movie the Fantastic Voyage.

[@joeb918]

@mikefoster, indeed, this is core Star Trek ethos here. Like fundamentally what makes Star Trek well, Star Trek, something that all the shows that came after it at some level have at their bedrock with this episode. That the future of a society isn’t set in stone, that what we do right now in the present moment matters.

[@technofilejr3401]

Talk about unforeseen consequences 🤣😂

[@chrisgarrett1257]

Now that you've seen evil Spock, you'll never get that image out of your head.

[@technofilejr3401]

The goatee and mustache really make his face look diabolical

[@markallen2984]

There is a Prog Rock band called “Spock’s Beard”

[@joeb918]

Spock himself or Nimoy was also quite the singer… that reminds me, need to get a msg to Bunny to react to Bilbo Baggins sing by Nimoy.

[@jathygamer8746]

why would you want to?

[@zoppie]

@@joeb918Never a Tolkien fan, myself, but thanks to that song, I knew the plot of _The Hobbit._

[@geminijustgemini7784]

Nothing pleases me more than knowing you went into this episode and NO ONE spoiled it. The Mirror Universe is a fan favorite.

[@chrino21]

That Kirk can walk away from Barbara Luna shows otherworldly strength.

[@LeeHaslett]

Good point! There's a fantastic interview with her on KZbin, I think she was in her 80s, and she talks a lot about being cast for and acting in this episode.

[@rickjohnston2667]

Yes, absolutely! Barbara Luna was gorgeous, even when she was an older lady.

[@tofersiefken]

The mirror universe was such a creative way to re-write characters in an unexpected way. It really does lend itself to some creative story telling. As a kid, I thought that Spock with a goatee was the most bad-ass thing I'd ever seen!

[@MichaelJShaffer]

The actor who played the leader of the Halkan Council was the voice of Nomad. Scotty calling his captain Jim. There is so much emotion conveyed with one word.🖖

[@Ravenscroft82]

Also the voice of the alien metron in Arena.

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@Ravenscroft82 Also the voice of Dr. Zin if you're a Jonny Quest fan, and also the voice you hear at the beginning of each episode of the Outer Limits telling you that they are controlling your TV and so forth.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Vic Perrin.

[@starexplorers1202]

@@Ravenscroft82 WOW!! never knew that. Thanks.

[@maggiespeaks8555]

Also, the voice of Johnny quest is one of the main stars of the movie animal House

[@TheStammzilla]

Bunny, you could totally rock a Mirror Universe Uhura outfit. 😁🔥

[@markzutkoff1800]

"That's why he's a doctor - not anything else." One of your best observations! Given how iconic McCoy's "I'm a doctor, not a _____" is, your description sums it up succinctly. Bravo!

[@suproliver]

Marlana said, "I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO TALK LIKE THAT." This suggests to me that even the alternate universe Kirk isn't without hope. He's both a product of his universe but still has those unique Kirk qualities that define him. -OG

[@sdfried4877]

It just means that evil Kirk can be equally charming when it suits him but only until he gets what he wants.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Old Mirror Kirk she knew didn't always have the execution at a distance deice: it's made him lazy...

[@oobrocks]

I can’t decide between the greatest films or tv episodes. But this, without question, one of the best. Awesome script and acting. Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock deserved about 79 Emmys ❤🎉😊

[@gailseatonhumbert]

He got nominated each of the 3 years for Star Trek and 1 additional for his role as Golda Meier's husband in A Woman Called Golda opposite Ingrid Bergman.

[@oobrocks]

😎

[@ortizmo]

There is an absolutely top-shelf fan produced sequel to this episode called "The Fairest Of Them All" over at the Star Trek Continues KZbin channel. Highly recommend checking it out in your spare time. The actors do a highly impressive job of taking over the classic roles and James Doohan's son Chris Doohan plays Scotty. He nails it.

[@JarvistheKnight]

The Star Trek Continues episides are worth watching

[@JarvistheKnight]

🎉😊

[@MoviesTubeYou0675]

@@JarvistheKnightabsolutely! Especially the last two episodes. Man, they got at the very core of me.😢

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

After so many people talking about that show in the comments I gave it a try and OMG! It's incredible! Bunny said in another video that she WILL be watching it too!

[@Stogie2112]

Progressive rock band SPOCK'S BEARD formed in 1992. Rock on, and live long and prosper!

[@TroyConvers5000]

A Jazz Funk track by Palm Skin Productions called 'Spock with a Beard' in the 90's too!

[@jaymedina3142]

Barbara Luna to this day, is one of my favorite female guest stars in all 57 years of Star Trek! The man who was the spokesperson on the planet, he was the voice from the original TV show the "Outer Limits", he was the host whom you heard but never saw. That uniform worn by Uhura is spectacular, or more accurately, SHE was simply spectacular in it!! The interaction with her and Sulu on the bridge where she goes all BADASS on him...freaking amazing!

[@novanights2chevy597]

Jolene Blalock in "Enterprise" holds her own in the mirror outfit as well. *Whew!*

[@robertcringle4865]

Spock with the goatee, Sulu with the scar, Uhura with the crop top. I love this episode.

[@RobXHEphotosPs37.29]

There's a band called Spock's Beard.

[@ShaneLochlannBlack]

In every revolution, there's ONE MAN WITH A VISION!

[@michaelbruno1666]

Terror must be maintained or the empire is doomed.

[@token1371]

Uhura changed from "I'm frighten" to expert "hand to hand" combat. Great score by Alexander Courage kept the plot energy at a high level.

[@caseyanne967]

My favorite episode. The speech at the end is one of the best, with Kirk inspiring Spock to do things differently. Every minute of this ep is brilliant! What you said about Marlena leaving Sulu alive. I think it's because she was leveling the field to make it a fair fight, and she knew Kirk was strong enough to win. At the end, she wanted to leave and go with our Kirk, so she didn't want to be with Sulu if he had become captain.

[@balootooth2939]

I was born in 1966 when TOS first aired, to a young Mom who was a huge fan of ST (and in her mid-70’s, still is to this day). We grew up watching all these episodes over and over again together. - But what I love about watching YOUR reactions, is that I feel like I’m also seeing it thru HER eyes for the 1st time (when I would have been too young to remember watching with her). So thank you for that. ♥️

[@apulrang]

"The booth?" "Yes, the booth." Under the circumstances, Capt. Kirk might want to find out what he's saying "yes" to. I love how easily the "good" Enterprise crew handles the "bad" visitors. It suggests that for all its bluster and bullying, evil is ultimately weaker and more prone to mistakes.

[@MGower4465]

If he had refused, it would be out of character for their Kirk and raised suspicion. Besides, evil Chekov did have it coming.for conspiring to kill his Captain. He knew the price of failure and tried anyway.

[@kennethbaker5223]

I've been a Star Trek TOS fan for almost 50 years. I watched it with my parents when I was growing up. It never occurred to me to watch someone else react to it, and many reaction videos are people that don't seem to get it. Your reactions are, far and away, the best. You are a perceptive and sensitive young lady. Consider me a fan, and a subscriber.

[@colonelangus75]

I like to think that this alternate universe was created as a separate timeline from when McCoy went back in time and saved Edith Keeler and Hitler took over the world.

[@s.patrickmarino7289]

That is my theory too.

[@jasontoddman7265]

The original script for the episode "City on the Edge of Forever" included scenes where Kirk and the rest of his landing party briefly wind up in a version of an Enterprise much like the Mirror Universe one (before using the Guardian to go after McCoy - or rather the original character originally created as the problem - in the past), so that idea actually makes even more sense than you might realize.

[@maxducoudray]

The timeline origins are later covered in Enterprise. All hail Queen Hoshi!

[@s.patrickmarino7289]

@@maxducoudray First of all, no spoilers. Secondly, That is just one point of the timeline, not the beginning of it.

[@harryballsak1123]

The Terran Empire started long before then

[@tomtortolani8082]

Great reaction as usual. Very insightful observation on why Sulu did not get zapped, never considered that before.

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

Speaking of Uhura’s uniform, this was one of the first few times a woman’s belly button was shown. The people behind the scenes had to fight the censors just to push the boundaries of what can be shown on screen. Uhura and Marlena definitely paved a way however that may be seen.

[@scgreek1114]

One of my favorites. The first use of the "parallel universe" concept in television I can remember. Except for Twilight Zone's excellent episode "The Parallel" in 1963. If that were Ohura's standard uniform, TOS would have had twice the viewers.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Bare midriffs on fit people seem to work for the majority of viewers.

[@Dmarcoot]

the best kirk speech of all trek. i cry almost every time i hear it

[@damonmusselman406]

Kirk: “Spock with a beard?” (Kirk thinking “And Uhura with these f**king ABS? Holy Hell!)

[@Houston727Gal]

The hair you liked - that was called a “fall” in the 60s/70s. In the days of bouffants, it was another version of big hair. The back that was so big and high was a hair piece. Lots of gals were wearing them😁

[@stevetheduck1425]

Doctor Who William Hartnell also wears a 'fall' hairpiece as the First Doctor. Set pictures show it both on and off.

[@countgeekula9143]

"I love Captain Kirk." Correct. 😁

[@emdeeeff]

"This thing comes from the universe where Spock has a beard" is one of my standard expostulations when faced with something acting unnecessarily or perversely evil. Devices, mechanical parts, software... that universe has apparently exported SO much to us.

[@jamesbednar8625]

This is one of those episodes that just ZOOMS!! by, it is so immersing.

[@maxducoudray]

They had so many ideas, there’s no padding here whatsoever.

[@JonathanPohlner]

this is where all the memes of goatees being the dark version started.

[@johnclawed]

This seems to be the first time the multiverse concept was used in popular media.

[@paulanerruhrpott6188]

Yeah, now every schoolkid knows automatically what a multiverse is, but when i grew up this was ultranerd knowledge for just a few. This episode blew my mind back then

[@TroyConvers5000]

Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz...

[@brianboye8025]

"I like the uniforms though". Excellent and funny as heck.

[@ToneHobart]

On thing I noticed in this episode that was unusual... Scotty called Kirk, "Jim" a rare occurrence.

[@Dontuween]

It was the first AND only time Scotty referred to Kirk as "Jim".

[@SG-js2qn]

That's one of the best, most well-known Star Trek episodes. Iconic!

[@viennawaits4u36]

This is one of my all time favorite episodes of Star Trek(TOS). Thanks for uploading the episode and sharing with us your reaction.

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

This is the timeline where Edith Keeler survives..

[@tomyoung9049]

Actually that's an interesting thought. Even their salute supports that.

[@gallendugall8913]

Agreed, and while that wasn't the explicit intent it makes sense given future use of parallel universes in the Trek franchise.

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

A 2- part story in Enterprise showed when the Mirror Universe diverged from the Regular Universe. It showed a different ending to Star Trek First Contact. Where the humans killed the Vulcans when they landed on Earth. It became the Terran Empire instead of the Federation.

[@thatHARVguy]

@@SKIP-yj3xp Seeing how Enterprise (and the rest of the TNG movies) is a product of a post-First Contact timeline, I consider that a different Terran Empire.

[@kennethbaker5223]

I'll buy that. Great speculation.

[@bmw128racer]

Uhura's abs are awesome! 👍

[@Wasted_Talent007]

My very favorite episode. That is saying a lot because I truly love a handful of them.

[@Stogie2112]

Actor Russ Peak played Spock's Vulcan bodyguard in this episode. He also plays the executioner in "Amok Time", and he is in two other episodes in Season Two: "The Apple" and "Journey to Babel".

[@AlleyKatPr0]

KIRK: What I don't understand is how were you able to identify our counterparts so quickly? SPOCK: It was far easier for you as civilised men to behave like barbarians, than it was for them as barbarians to behave like civilised men. Epic Spock quote

[@jasontoddman7265]

Soooo... Uhura was also a civilized *man?* Whoa. Uhura is trans-gender. No wonder she kicks ass. Mind blown.

[@Stogie2112]

Bunny, I honestly felt like a little boy again, watching you react to this episode just like I did. I was smiling from ear to ear, remembering the awe, surprise and excitement I felt when first watching “Spock with a beard”…..😆 You’re the best! 🖖🖖🖖

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Aww thanks!

[@paultaylor1814]

When they're alone in Kirk's cabin, Marlena mentions that Mirror Kirk 'used to talk that way', but didn't anymore, so the potential for Good Kirk was there in the Mirror Universe initially, but after so much killing he changed into the bloodthirsty Terran Empire Officer he was. The Mirror Universe was fleshed out in one of the other Trek series, I think it was Deep Space 9, and basically the differences between universes arose because in the Romulan War which was a draw in the main universe, in the Mirror Universe the Romulans conquered Earth, and eventually the Terrans fought back and drove the Romulans off Earth and formed the Terran Empire; within that all aliens are 2nd class citizens.

[@mikedignum1868]

The start of a wonderful story through the ST Universe.

[@TheBionicLeaper]

Very fun watching you react to these shows. As someone who has loved Trek for decades, it's a blast seeing you respond to these scenes for the first time! I hope you keep doing these.

[@denveradams4909]

One of the best episodes of TOS. Thanks for your great reaction/review. 💚

[@johnnygood4831]

Spock looked quite dashing with face fur.

[@Golgafrinchamdent]

22:14 - In the 23rd century, we've evolved beyond the constraints of H.R.

[@gregsworkshop2]

Enterprise did a really good two part episodes of (in the Mirror Darkly ) which mirrored this TOS episode.

[@paulsander5433]

It actually tied together at least three ST:TOS episodes: This one, another one that we've already seen, and one more that's still to come. It's clear that they had a lot of fun with that 2-parter, having changed many of the unique characteristics of the series to fit the episode.

[@rickjohnston2667]

I hope that you decide to review episodes of Star Trek Enterprise one day. But we have to get through the animated series, TNG, Deep Space Nine and Voyager first.

[@JohnBaran-kw5jf]

For me, the most important takeaway from this episode is to always question the "universe" that you were born into. There may be a lot of evil things that your society claims is normal but are actually quite evil.

[@TomHill-xh7ec]

The mirror universe shows up in many other series. It's a lot of fun. It's also led to a bunch of jokes in other shows such as Futurama where an opposite character has a beard.

[@richardb6260]

One of my personal top ten TOS episodes. I can imagine Shatner, Koenig, Takei, and Nimoy had great fun playing alternate versions of themselves. Though Shatner already got to do that in The Enemy Within. The mirror Kirk was pretty similar to that Kirk. A Kirk without the good qualities. Only those of self preservation and a lust for power. I also love that this episode originated the trope that the evil twin has a beard.

[@mythdusterds]

This is one of the best episodes for Uhura and one of the reasons why people like Uhura is because of how much she got to do in this episode and this season more than the other seasons.

[@PGoodmanCOG]

Easily one of the best of the franchise. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardcranmer7733]

This is probably one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek. Also this is the source of the story telling trope of the "evil twin" version of a character having a goatee.

[@watchmanonthewall14]

Bunny, you bring up the deep and classic question of "nature vs nurture." It seems that on a spectrum of "good to evil", we are born somewhere on the spectrum. But depending upon our consistent upbringing, we can be "trained" or swayed in one direction or the other, whether toward more good or more evil. Your deep thoughtfulness and questioning is a large part of what makes this podcast worth watching. This is a fantastic episode! And yes, it also does make me think of "The Enemy Within".

[@lazyperfectionist1]

3:13 "Man. Uhura... she's _cut."_ Oh, yeah. She was in _shape._ This episode probably served to introduce her to _many_ a fantasy file. I had forgotten that this episode was in the second season. I dug it to _no end._ And apparently, a _lot_ of people dug it, as you can tell from the subculture of _lampoons_ it spawned. _South Park_ had an episode with all our heroes jumping to a mirror universe where everyone had a goatee. There was an episode of _Stargate SG-1_ that had interactions between our team and a team from another universe and Colonel O'Neill took to referring to them as "the guys with the goatees."

[@stevetheduck1425]

There exist photos of Ms. Nichols dancing and performing alongside her husband and band before and after Star Trek. There exist photos of her perfoming ballet moves in Star Trek costumes behind the scenes during production. Yep, she was extremely fit and her legs are amazing.

[@petert834]

Glad you enjoyed this episode! It's one of the favorites for most people. Very fun, and very interesting to see how the crew would act in such a different society/Starfleet. Love the mirror universe uniforms! And IMO Spock looks really good with that goatee.

[@portland-182]

The 'Star Trek Continues' episode 'Fairest of Them All' is a direct sequel to this episode. Mirror universe episodes pop up in other Trek series...

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

The continuation of this story of the Mirror Universe with Spock and Kirk continues in the Star Trek novels Spectre, Dark Victory and Preserver. They're really well written novels.

[@neneshubby]

There’s a book called ‘The sorrows of empire’ that is a continuation of what happened in the in the alternate universe after Kirk beamed out.

[@JarvistheKnight]

Thanks for the reference!!!

[@derekramsaroup3883]

Uhura 's greatest episode..she was indeed a total badass in this ...what a shame the show never showcased her like this again ..

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

Gamesters of Triskelion?

[@KhanTrav]

I remember being a kid and seeing this, all I could think about was Uhura for a while. WOW!

[@Tiffinki]

The creators re-did the costume to turn her into Imperial Uhura, and they outdid themselves. She looks like one sexy badass.

[@harrytrevenen2310]

BT, this was another example of how Star Trek was a leader in the changing times that was the sixties, you saw women's belly buttons in this episode, something Barbara Eden in "I Dream of Jeannie" and Dawn Welles in "Gilligan's Island" were never allowed to do, because of TV censorship, still to come the kiss seen around the world?

[@awall1701]

I really enjoyed this episode, was so pleased that Uhura had more to do. Again, another fun and enjoyable reaction and commentary. Live long and prosper Bunny Tails

[@mmattson8947]

1:52 And Uhura showed her belly button! I didn't think about it before now, but Star Trek kept fighting the censors, and got away with it in this episode. "As writer Bjo Trimble revealed at a Star Trek convention, she took the NBC Standards & Practices official out for a long lunch on the day they filmed the pertinent scenes in order to keep the network from finding out. The violation slipped through and the episode made it to the air, going on to become an influential classic."

[@UncleQue]

Sometimes you know going in that she’s going to love an episode. This is one of those.

[@l.piloto7964]

BT you are not just empathically inclined but an intellectual I always enjoy your perspectives in the videos we watch with you.

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

"I'm the same too." You're not the same. You're constantly learning and growing and improving. Every day is a chance to be a better version of you.

[@mmattson8947]

Since Majel Barrett (nurse Chapel, Number One on Pike's ship) does almost all Federation computer voices (from TOS through the first reboot movie), I wondered who did the voice in this episode. It was John Winston (transporter chief Kyle), who probably found it easier than being subjected to the agonizer.

[@donfoley6946]

I had thought it was James Doohan's voice. He also did M5's voice and the commodore's voice on "The Ultimate Computer"

[@mmattson8947]

@@donfoley6946 I use MemoryAlpha for Star Trek trivia. The article "Compuer Voice" lists most of the actors who did the computers. Winston is the voice for this ep. (They forgot to include Doohan on that page, even though he is credited for the MI-5 voice in the episode info for "The Ultimate Computer". You could make the edit for the Comp Voice page.)

[@rpmfla]

Maybe my 2nd favorite TOS episode. Uhura's contribution was fantastic.

[@PaulBonelli-wz9zw]

This one was always a favorite of mine, and a favorite of fans and probably the producers, since at least two other Star Trek shows visited the mirror universe. "Enterprise" was set before Kirk's time, and "Deep Space Nine" after Kirk, so a parallel Kirk would have existed in that dimension and reality as well. Your question of how he would have acted as captain under those circumstances is an interesting one. Have to give that more thought. Remember, this was an empire, not a federation. My opinion is that if Kirk was the man we know in our universe, it's unlikely that he ever would have made it to the command of a ship. Whether he could have ever led a revolution from where he would be, I don't know. As Kirk and Spock were doing a walk and talk through the mirror Enterprise, Kirk tells him "conquest is easy, control is not." This is one of the big lessons of the ancient Roman empire, where some of them found it easier to stay on the frontiers and conquer than to come back to Rome and probably be killed. In my fantasy world, mirror Spock and Marlena team up, and using his brain and the device, eventually take down the empire. Don't know if they can do it in time to save the Halkins (Halkens?) though.

[@jeeenyus4385]

There is a continuation of this episode here on YT. Star Trek Continues has an episode that begins just as it ends (on the mirror enterprise) at the transporter scene. It is quite good. Would recommend.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I am going to react to ST Continues, so please look forward to it!

[@moonrock41]

This is my favorite episode of TOS. The dialogue between Kirk and mirror universe Spock at the end never fails to move me. Kudos in particular to Bill Shatner for such an inspiring performance.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

Great episode. Great speech by Kirk at the end! A great Uhura and Sulu and Spock episode. And Barbara Luna too! What more could a Trekker ask for!! And I certainly 100 percent agree with you bout Barbara Luna. Yes she is veeeery cute!! I am glad she made it onto at least one ep of TOS! On the Star Trek TOS blooper reel Nimoy and Kelly start laughing during the mind meld scene! Fred Steiner's wonderfully sumptuous and romantic score for this episode too is very memorable and was used in a number of other episodes.! Hey bunnytails that is pretty cool how you have those lights that change color on that shelf behind you. I have never seen anything like that before!

[@noneya3635]

lol, Bunny’s reaction to Uhura’s appearance was worth the video alone. But seriously I’ve been looking forward to this one for a minute.

[@jaybird8192]

One of my favorite ST original series episodes! Spock with the Goatee was coolest!!!

[@rdistinti]

22:24. It is called morality. Kirk could not order the execution of the Halcans just to "Play along" to bid time. It does not matter what the orders are. If he knowingly caused the atrocity or failed to act to prevent an atrocity he would be imprisoned for a crimes against humanity when he got back. "I was just following Orders" is called the Nuremberg defense and it is not an acceptable defense. We all have that duty; does not matter if it is a parallel universe.

[@Bananahammock681]

Yeah, this was one of the biggest fan fav episodes of them all, it was amazing.

[@CL4MP]

Such a fantastic episode. It must've been so much fun for the actors to slip into (for the most part) completely different personalities.

[@thomaskalinowski8851]

As you pointed out, Bunny, we saw in The Enemy Within that Kirk already has the ruthlessness of his mirror universe counterpart within him. I think the only difference between the two Kirks is the environment they exist in.

[@shallowgal462]

One cannot even imagine the horrors revenge-inclined telepathic Vulcans could inflict. Kirk smashed a skull on Spock's head. That's hitting pretty hard. This is one of my top favorites of TOS!

[@jonbolton3376]

As always a brilliant reaction from you. This is my favourite episode of TOS.

[@jimmysouders5640]

This is one of my favorite episode on star trek the original series

[@ArgosySpecOps]

7:42 There is no United Federation of Planets in this parallel universe, but rather the Terran Empire.

[@artembentsionov]

William Shatner wrote a bunch of novels that expand on the Mirror Universe (although other shows have done that too). It seems that the other Kirk eventually became Emperor Tiberius before being overthrown by Spock

[@Tiffinki]

Imperial Kirk certainly had the ambition, and barring foul luck, I'm not at all surprised that he would make it to the top seat.

[@sebastianblack6506]

It took over thirty episodes for Bunny to finally fall for Kirk's charm. I would have never guessed that cut off sleeves was the look that would sway her. 😁 Definitely not on my bingo card.

[@Tiffinki]

bunnytails is strong, but even she couldn't hold out against the Kirk charm forever.

[@GentleGiantJason]

Absolutely one of my favorite episodes of all time.

[@garbageday587]

At the end Kirk broke the Federation protocol to not interfere with other races or parallel universes by trying to convince Spock to change in his universe.

[@peterstanghellini393]

Enjoyed this episode. Its special when an episode can consume the viewer to a point where one forgets their problems for a while

[@hanoc101]

The only episode where Scotty calls Kirk "Jim"

[@miguelbotelho2613]

Easily one of my favourites, fun as fudge. Great story action, characters were great and costumes were awesome!

[@DWNicolo]

My favorite way to watch Star Trek TOS is not the broadcast order but the order of production. You get a sense of how the show evolved from the beginning to the end of the series. I love watching your reactions to the episodes with a pair of fresh eyes. This episode encapsulates what a good science fiction television episode is which with the exception of The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone was very rare on 1960s television. The reason this series is fondly remembered.

[@jedlogan392]

This is a really fun episode, where Uhura looks great and you've got to love Spock with a beard. Another fun aspect is this mirror universe is visited again several times in other Star Trek series including Deep Space Nine and Enterprise. Please don't worry about your blouse. You look nice in that color. Much love for Bunnytails, thanks a lot.

[@larrytalbot3824]

I’m sure I’m not the first person that ever wondered if the ‘mirror’ Star Trek universe possibly, eventually came into existence as a result of Edith Keeler _surviving_ the events of ‘City on the Edge of Forever’

[@Stogie2112]

Yes, that is one of the popular theories about how Humans turned to tyranny and Empire.

[@anonygent]

They'd all be speaking German, though.