I'll cut right to the chase. It was horrible.
It starts off promising. Chief O'Brien holds Commander Sisko at phaser point and orders him to the shuttlebay.
It goes downhill from here. This is not exactly a sequel to "Crossover," although it picks up where the last episode left off---with a rebellion of the Terrans against the rule of an alliance involving the Cardassians and the Klingons. O'Brien's counterpart is a Terranian slave and joins the rebellion. Their leader, the alternate Sisko, is killed by the alternate Kira's alliance goons in a ship explosion. Therefore, the mirror universe O'Brien risks everything to go through the wormhole/space anomaly and snatch Sisko to pick up where their Sisko left off.
The idea is to prevent Jennifer Sisko from developing a new type of sensor array that is intended to snuff out the rebels headquarters. And yeah, she's alive in this universe and has disdain for her late husband. So, let's get the other Sisko to persuade this Jennifer to join them and abandon the project. So our Sisko uses every ounce of charm, wit, and sensitivity to win over the other Jennifer and succeeds in getting her to join the rebel force.
What makes this episode so unbearable is the exaggerated way in which the actors portray their mirrors. I can't decide which is worse---the way Nana Visitor sways her buttocks in the silver-gray tights while sashaying around with a maniacal grin on her make-up plastered face, or the inane dialogue that sounds like it was written by teenagers going through their own rebellious stage while fantasizing about easy biker chicks.
The episode's one saving grace is the actual scene between our universe Sisko and the mirror universe Jennifer. It was a scene worthy of the franchise in the midst of a show worthy of "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
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