Spoilers ahead for Picard S2 E2
Ok so not quite an 'mirror universe'. It's a bit too on the nose though. And I hate the cursing in this 'Star Trek'. I thought humanity was above cursing and stuff? I hate how Picard acts in this show compared to TNG. So fucking stupid and out of character constantly.
So after the 'big bang' ending to E1, where Picard blew up the Stargazer near the Borg ship coming through a spacetime anomaly, Q intervened and transported the crew back to a time where in 2024 something was changed in that point in time, so that the entire Federation (Now called the Confederation hurr hurr) is now a totalitarian regime (even though they call it that and also authoritarian but that's a different thing I believe) hellbent on making the Galaxy bend under the rule of Humanity.
So even though they are thrust into this world where everyone is a madman, they still find a way to seemingly coincedentally meet up with eachother and verify that they are still themselves from the 'other' time.
So they find out that this Confederation has captured a lot of enemies of Humanity, including the Borg Queen. The Borg Queen tells them that they are misaligned in time, that something was changed. Luckily, through (magic?) the Borg Queen is able to 'calculate' where and when this change took place exactly. How is she able to calculate this? Not explained, don't dwell on the details. So they enlist the help of the Borg Queen, abduct her from the palace of the confederation.
All of our characters have their place in this world and they are thrust into a situation not quite unlike the Mirror Episode in the original Star Trek with Kirk. They act out their role as much as they can, General Picard at least comes across like he's trying to act, which is good. I enjoyed that.
I cannot tell you how much I hate Agnes Jurati. Her character is beyond stupid, how and why they let a murderous influential unstable personality on board a starship is absolutely beyond my understanding. This time she almost throws the entire charade into the open, and exposes herself to scrutiny from a Magistrate from the Confederation (oh yeah, Seven's husband). "Why did you call her Seven?" "Oh she's my highschool drinking buddy hurr hurr". Fuck you Agnes. You fucking suck.
And now it seems she will be influenced by the Borg Queen. She instantly hooks the Borg Queen up to the ship, so she can help the crew make a timejump to 2024. Supposedly we might be seeing Sisko, but I'm not sure. They said his name during this episode so it might be possible they are going back to the Bell Riots from DS9.
Then there's Q. Delance is doing an amazing job as Q if I might say so. He hasn't missed a beat. It was fun seeing him. But how Picard was acting against him, fucking stupid.
"I have no time for your bullshit Q" is something TNG Picard would never say. At least not the bullshit part.