Summary
- Walter Koenig points out missing moment in Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror” where Kirk does not hold Chekov after he’s hurt.
- Koenig shares “I was there” insights on Star Trek episodes almost 60 years later on The 7th Rule podcast.
- In “Mirror, Mirror”, Chekov is knocked out without Kirk touching him.
Walter Koenig points out a missing moment from Star Trek: The Original Series‘ classic “Mirror, Mirror” episode. Koenig joined Star Trek in season 2 as Ensign Pavel Chekov, a role he reprised in 7 Star Trek movies. Having not seen the Star Trek episodes he starred in since they aired in the 1960s, Koenig now reviews Star Trek: The Original Series on The 7th Rule podcast, lending his invaluable “I was there” insight to the episodes almost 60 years later.
Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 4, “Mirror, Mirror” introduced the Mirror Universe. Walter Koenig was quick to inform The 7th Rule hosts Cirroc Lofton and Ryan T. Husk that there’s a moment missing in the scene where the evil Mirror Chekov attempts to kill Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). Check out Koenig’s quote and watch The 7th Rule video below:
There’s a moment that’s missing that we shot… When Chekov steps out of the elevator behind Kirk – the good Kirk but the bad Chekov. We never do see the good Chekov in this episode, by the way – he pulls his phaser… and he’s hit. He’s punched. And I have some commentary about the choreography of the fights in this episode. But, in any case, Chekov collapses, and
what’s missing is Kirk picks him up and holds him in his arms.
And that’s not there! You don’t go back to Chekov before the scene ends. [In the missing moment] Kirk is holding him and saying something about him. So I just thought that’s an extraordinarily important, and significant, and profound moment, and how could they have edited it out? (laughs)
As the scene plays out in
Star Trek: The Original Series
“Mirror, Mirror”, Chekov is knocked out by a security guard loyal to Kirk, and Pavel is then carried away to the Agonizer without Kirk ever touching him.
Source
Star Trek: The Original Series Cast & Character Guide
Star Trek: The Original Series features some of the most iconic characters in all of science fiction with the crew of the original USS Enterprise.
Star Trek: Discovery Updates What Happened After TOS’ “Mirror, Mirror”
The ISS Enterprise returns in Star Trek: Discovery season 5
Most of Star Trek: The Original Series‘ “Mirror, Mirror” takes place aboard the ISS Enterprise, and the Mirror Universe’s counterpart of the USS Enterprise returned in Star Trek: Discovery season 5. Over 900 years since the ISS Enterprise was last seen, the derelict Constitution Class starship was found in a pocket of interdimensional space by Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Cleveland Booker (David Ajala), Moll (Eve Harlow), and L’ak (Elias Toufexis). Burnham and Book piloted the ISS Enterprise into Star Trek’s Prime Universe, meaning the Mirror Universe’s vessel survived into the 32nd century.
A plan to have William Shatner guest star as the Mirror Universe’s Tiberius Kirk in
Star Trek: Enterprise
season 4 never came to fruition.
Aboard the ISS Enterprise, Book found a plaque that offered some history of what happened after Star Trek: The Original Series‘ “Mirror, Mirror”. As urged by Captain Kirk, the Mirror Spock became High Chancellor and instituted reforms to save the Terran Empire. However, Spock was assassinated and a group of refugees stole the ISS Enterprise to escape to the Prime Universe. Leaving the damaged starship behind, the passengers succeeded in fleeing the Mirror Universe to make new lives for themselves. What happened to the Mirror Chekov after Star Trek: The Original Series‘ “Mirror, Mirror”, however, remains a mystery.
Source: The 7th Rule
Star Trek: The Original Series is streaming on Paramount+