Episode Report Card Keckler: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT There Was an Evil Man Who Had An Evil Furrow
By Keckler | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.28.2005
Phlevil climbs up a Jeffries tube in the Defiant as Soevil and the random Andorian and Orion Slave Girl clean house on Avenger's Bridge. People wondered why the Orion's pheromones didn't drive everyone nuts, but I just think that in a Mirror Universe they've got a suppressor for shit like that. Sort of like Flonase.
Evil Leaper questions and taunts a handcuffed T'Pevil. She won't give anything up. Evil Leaper obnoxiously tosses T'Pevil's bangs in her eyes as he questions her. For that alone he needs to die. "It may take centuries but humanity will pay for its arrogance!" T'Pevil predicts. That there is pretty damn cool and a helluva lot more respect given to DS9 than any of the movies ever did. Have I mentioned? I'm in love with DS9. Can't get enough. It's a drug. And I'm only in Season 4! So much more to see.
This scene? The one where Phlevil removes fluorescent light bulbs? It's pointless. It's supposed to be the warp core, but it's totally and completely pointless. The story just doesn't really move at all with this scene. They could have condensed this and gained back some of the scenes they supposedly had to cut. It just seems like a total waste of time.
Over on Defiant, through his one good eye, Evil Trinneevil realizes that something is awry with his EPS manifolds. He investigates. Is it just me or did his melted face get less melty this episode? Maybe he's been using Curel Scar Therapy.
Back in the interrogation room, Evil Leaper wants his Uh-Ohs to take every member of the Avenger crew into custody. She-Ho wants T'Pevil killed. "You've been looking forward to that for awhile, haven't you?" Bakula tells Park. They start to kiss but the ship shakes.
Over on Avenger, Phlevil still plays with light bulbs.
Avenger attacks Defiant.
Just as Phlevil comms Soevil that he's done and ready to transport, Evil Trinneevil leaps on him and they fight. I think many of these fight scenes are the actors working out their frustrations with the showrunners, so when Evil Trinneevil yells, "What have you done?!" he's really talking to Bermaga.
Evil Trinneevil puts the warp core back together in the middle of the firefight.
On Defiant's bridge, May-Evil announces that their primary systems are back online, and the sweet-ass viewfinder rises up from the comm panel. Meanwhile, Evil Leaper, the CAPTAIN, the COMMANDER of the SHIP and the self-named NEXT EMPEROR, is sitting in his chair, fists pressed to eyes, rocking back and forth! He's ROCKING! Just like my three-year-old sister did when she was...THREE! What a freak. Even if Kirk, Picard, Janeway, Worf, and Sisko wanted to rock at various times, they NEVER rocked. NEVER in front of the crew. What a loser. Defiant raises their shields. Evil Trinneevil gets their weapons back online. Defiant starts to destroy Avenger. Lots of explosions. "They've taken heavy damage," She-Ho smiles. "They're trying to escape," May-Evil sneers. Evil Leaper sits high in his chair and smiles, "Photon torpedoes. Lock on to their reactor." Yeah, now that the battle is practically won for you, there's no need to rock any more, is there?