Orb of Prophecy is coming along. The real reason for being in the Prime Universe is to steal the Orb and return to the Mirror Universe, where the Intendant plans to use it to unite her Bajor against the Alliance. Bareil visits Quarks bar under the guise of having a drink and then scouts out the Bajoran Temple. Quark warns Major Kira that he has seen the look before and suspects that Bareil will attempt to rob the Temple of something. Kira surprises Bareil in the temple as he is unlocking the safe where the Orb is housed. In turn Kira is surprised by the Intendent, who holds her at gunpoint. The intendent mocks the Prime Kira, saying that the last two days have all been an elaborate hoax and that the Mirror Bareil never cared for Kira and was merely using her. However, Bareil has a change of conscience and stuns the Intendant with a phaser in the middle of her taunts. Bareil explains to Kira that when he looked into the Orb, he saw Kira and himself together on Bajor with a family, building a life together. Despite what could be, he knows that he would soon find a way to ruin it, as he will always be a thief, and he belongs with someone like the Intendent. Kira says if that's the case, then he should go. Bareil transports himself and the unconscious Intendent back to the Mirror Universe, leaving the Orb behind. Reception The episode premiered to Nielsen ratings of 5.1 points. In 2018, CBR included this episode in a list of Star Trek episodes that are "so bad they must be seen". They note this as one of Star Trek'''s mirror universe themed episodes. In 2017, SyFy ranked this as the worst mirror universe episode of Star Trek, but did praise some of the character interactions. In 2019, ScreenRant ranked this episode one of the ten worst episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They note that at that time it had a rating of 5.9/10 based on user rankings on the site IMDB. See also Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) (Star Trek, October 6, 1967); this is the first Star Trek'' mirror universe episode References External links Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 6) episodes 1997 American television episodes Mirror Universe (Star Trek) episodes Television episodes directed by LeVar Burton