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01-08-2018, 10:37 AM
'Star Trek: Discovery' breathes new life into an old universe
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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Discovery, Season 1, episode 10, "Despite Yourself."*
I've always skipped past "mirror universe" episodes of Star Trek. To me, they always seemed so cheesy: Oh look, evil Spock has a goatee (http://mashable.com/2017/09/21/star-trek-discover-deep-space-nine-next-generation-voyager-bad-good-episodes/)!*
But on Sunday night, Star Trek: Discovery finally did the concept right.
SEE ALSO: 16 gift ideas for anyone obsessed with 'Star Trek' (http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/star-trek-gifts-trekkie-swag-original-series-next-generation-enterprise/)
In case you forgot, the midseason finale of the show ended with the Discovery jumping to a strange new place (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/star-trek-discovery-midseason-finale-ash-tyler-klingon/) with its spore drive. Star Trek fans immediately knew where they had landed: the mirror universe, first introduced in the Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/07/star-trek-discovery-season-1-episode-10-despite-yourself/)
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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Discovery, Season 1, episode 10, "Despite Yourself."*
I've always skipped past "mirror universe" episodes of Star Trek. To me, they always seemed so cheesy: Oh look, evil Spock has a goatee (http://mashable.com/2017/09/21/star-trek-discover-deep-space-nine-next-generation-voyager-bad-good-episodes/)!*
But on Sunday night, Star Trek: Discovery finally did the concept right.
SEE ALSO: 16 gift ideas for anyone obsessed with 'Star Trek' (http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/star-trek-gifts-trekkie-swag-original-series-next-generation-enterprise/)
In case you forgot, the midseason finale of the show ended with the Discovery jumping to a strange new place (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/star-trek-discovery-midseason-finale-ash-tyler-klingon/) with its spore drive. Star Trek fans immediately knew where they had landed: the mirror universe, first introduced in the Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/07/star-trek-discovery-season-1-episode-10-despite-yourself/)
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