'Star Trek: Discovery' breathes new life into an old universe

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Discovery, Season 1, episode 10, "Despite Yourself." 

I've always skipped past "mirror universe" episodes of Star Trek. To me, they always seemed so cheesy: Oh look, evil Spock has a goatee! 

But on Sunday night, Star Trek: Discovery finally did the concept right.

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In case you forgot, the midseason finale of the show ended with the Discovery jumping to a strange new place with its spore drive. Star Trek fans immediately knew where they had landed: the mirror universe, first introduced in the Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror."  Read more...

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