The Emperor's New Cloak
"The Emperor's New Cloak" | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 12 |
Directed by | LeVar Burton |
Written by | Ira Steven Behr Hans Beimler |
Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
Production code | 562 |
Original air date | February 1, 1999 |
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"The Emperor's New Cloak" is the 162nd episode of the television series
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the space station
The episode was directed by LeVar Burton and written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler.
Plot
The Mirror Universe counterpart of Ezri Dax shows up at Quark's quarters on Deep Space Nine with a message: Zek went to the Mirror Universe in search of business opportunities and was kidnapped by the Alliance, who demand that Quark exchange a cloaking device—a device that can render a starship invisible—for Zek's freedom. Quark and Rom steal a cloaking device from the Klingon General Martok's ship, which they hide by cloaking the device. They get the device to Ezri, and are forced to transport to the Mirror Universe with her when Martok discovers the theft.
Upon arriving at Terok Nor (the Mirror counterpart of Deep Space Nine), now under the control of the human rebellion against the Alliance, the three are arrested, since the Rebellion cannot allow the Alliance to gain such cloaking technology. They are rescued by Ezri's friend, the Mirror counterpart of Quark's rival
They learn that the mirror Kira Nerys—formerly the Alliance's brutal overseer of Terok Nor, now out of favor with the Alliance, and Ezri's lover—planned the entire affair; the Alliance never intended to release Zek. Brunt persuades Worf not to execute the Ferengi immediately, and Rom and Quark are imprisoned with Zek. Kira kills Brunt when he tries to convince her to release them. Ezri, disgusted by Kira's callous murder of her friend, turns against her.
Rom is forced to install the cloaking device on the Regent's ship, but despite his cooperation, he and Quark are still sentenced to die at the hands of Mirror Elim Garak. They distract Garak by comparing him to the Garak of their own universe, which delays him long enough for Ezri to arrive and inject him with the poison meant for the Ferengi.
Worf has the cloaking device activated, only to find that Rom has sabotaged the device to drain the ship's power. The powerless Alliance ship is easily overpowered by the Rebels' Defiant, forcing Worf to surrender to the Rebels. The Rebels bring the Ferengi back to Terok Nor, from which they can return to their own universe.
Reception
Keith DeCandido, reviewing the episode for
References
- ^ "WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 7 NIELSEN RATINGS". Archived from the original on 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- Tor.com. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ Handlen, Zack (March 13, 2014). "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "The Emperor's New Cloak"/"Field Of Fire"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ Granshaw, Lisa (2017-01-30). "Ranking every mirror universe episode of Star Trek". SYFY WIRE. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
External links
- "The Emperor's New Cloak" at IMDb
- The Emperor's New Cloak at Memory Alpha
- "The Emperor's New Cloak" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)