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.
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.