"Through the Looking Glass" (season three, episode nineteen; 17 April 1995): Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: "Through the Looking Glass" is the greatest of Deep Space Nine's five Mirror Universe episodes. What's better than the piratical Mirror Sisko chewing the scenery? Our Sisko pretending to be the piractical Mirror Sisko by chewing the scenery, backhanding Mirror Bashir, & being seduced by Mirror Dax! Poignancy is brought to the proceedings by the introduction of Mirror Jennifer, estranged widow of Mirror Sisko. Our Sisko lost his Jennifer in the Battle of Wolf 359 (The Next Generation, "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" & D.S.9, "Emissary, Parts I & II"), & "Smiley" (Mirror O'Brien) persuades him to help in order to save Mirror Jennifer.
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