Talk:In a Mirror, Darkly/GA1

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Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 23:53, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

• I think at the top of the plot section you should put a short establishing graph about what the mirror universe is. It doesn't have to be long, just note it's sort of an "evil counterpart" and how the characters are all opposites. My concern is it might confuse someone who doesn't know the gimmick or who never saw the other mirror universe episodes, especially since the episode is set entirely in the mirror universe.

• Worked it into the second paragraph of the lead and then added a line to the production section (in order for it to be summarised into the lead). Miyagawa (talk) 21:09, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• "The episode jumps forward to 2155..." -- add immediately after this, "aboard the ISS Defiant"

• Done. (just to ISS Enterprise). Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• "Archer only makes down under the threat or torture." -- "make down?" Is this a typo or a figure of speech I've never heard?

• Should have been "backs down". :) Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• "...he is comforted by Hoshi Sato (Linda Park)." -- ...because she's the "captain's woman," right?

• Added. Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• " It is the USS Defiant previously see in "The Tholian Web"." -- I think the part about the last episode it was seen in should be in parenthesis so it's not part of the plot directly.

• Done. Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• Error here: "When T'Pol returns to the Enterprise,"

• Corrected to Defiant. Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• The "Writing and Filming" makes note of a few ideas to mark a "split" in the universes with this episode. As I understand it, the intro credits establish that all of history in the different in the mirror universe.

• Not really, it shows history in a different light for sure, but it still uses footage from "our" universe. While in the Shatner plan the split would have been during those episodes somehow, in the end they never really explained where the actual split occured. Although my personal theory is that in our universe, some of the Enterprise-E crew were present in the crowd for first contact (I think), but they weren't present in the mirror version. So perhaps the difference could be as simple as the Borg attack never happened. Of course absolutely no sources for that, but if some nut every asks me to write the missing Star: Trek Enterprise Companion (every other star trek series has one except for enterprise) then I'll stick the theory in. :) Miyagawa (talk) 20:28, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• Also, like "Regeneration" I believe they intended to revisit the mirror universe in the fifth season and actually have the regular universe characters cross over, which was cancelled.

• Added, although I've never seen any reference to what would have happened in those episodes. Miyagawa (talk) 20:35, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• Dab links tool shows six disambiguations in the article. Dup links tool returns 15 duplicate links.

• All fixed. Wow, that was like a blizzard of duplicate links! Miyagawa (talk) 20:28, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

• The images appear to be properly licensed. All External links are working. I see no problems with article stability or neutrality.
• Optional: It might be useful to also note where the title comes from (the theme of all mirror universe episode titles involve a play on a mirror reference, and/or where the quote comes from)

• The article used to have the origin of the name in it, and Memory Alpha has the same explanation but I cannot find any reliable sources to back this up. Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

You've done great work here. Just on hold for a few improvements. —Ed!^(talk) 00:47, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! These were my favourite episodes of Enterprise, although to be honest the majority of the episodes in the final season were like night and day compared to some of the earlier ones. I've got a new source coming in the post for the Original Series, so I hope to be able to get around to Mirror, Mirror at some point (although I'm planning on starting with The Trouble with Tribbles as it has the specific book about its creation). Miyagawa (talk) 21:18, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Has to be one of my favorites too. And I agree; I saw it on netflix and felt like it sort of dragged until the Xindi arc, but Season 4 ended up having all of my favorites. Anyway the article is great so it passes, I'd recommend it for FA. —Ed!^(talk) 00:50, 27 March 2013 (UTC)