Far Beyond the Stars

Having watched literally every episode/movie of Star Trek in its 50+ years, including all of the garbage, this is without doubt the best of the best.

in my opinion this is the best episode of Star Trek they have ever written, acted and produced. The ability to deal with not just the USA, but the world's ongoing xenophobia, and absolute racism across all cultures has been a main stay of this "universe". Avery Brooks rendition of "Benny" a 50's black writer who is absolutely discriminated against, is one of the best performances by any Star Trek actor.

Of course this is just my opinion, but I feel his performance holds a candle to William Shatner in Star Trek II, Patrick Stewart in Chain of Command (specifically Part II), Christopher Plumber in Star Trek VI, and of course Ricardo Montalban also in Star Trek II.

Cirroc Lofton's line (you know the one) still takes my breath away.

All by itself "DS9" always showed more progressiveness and more social conscience than the other "Trek"'s combined.

The story is a fanciful conceit, and a breather from the season's arc, but it still stands as "Trek"'s best address of racial issues, and also serves as a reminder that it's a little depressing that "DS9" is the least popular "Trek" in terms of syndication value and DVD sales.

If you don't know the show, this one is a good, arc-independent introduction. And if you do know the show, you will always remember falling off your chair when Cirroc Lofton said "that line."

This episode never places highly in fan polls, but it's one of the best.

This is a painful reminder of our not too distant past. We also need to remember just how far we as Americans have come, for those who say racism is worse now than it was then needs to watch this episode. I loved it, right up there in my top 3 favs.

This is a show about racism in the 50s. The script was well written. Although there are some racial words used (I doubt they'd make or show this episode now). Try to recognize the actors without makeup. You'll guess all of them, I'm sure. I'll bet the actors had a blast making this episode. But if you're racially sensitive, be prepared. I think they portrayed the era accurately. I rated it a 10.

Excellent, story far beyond a TV Show. Truth mixed with Star Trek. Excellent story. That is covering the issues we still face today in 2018. It was a no holds barred episode. With excellent acting and writing. Thank you Mr Brooks and writers. It went from a hateful past to a hopeful future. Great Story telling.