Far Beyond the Stars (DS9)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Series 6, Episode 13. First broadcast on Wednesday 11 February 1998. Stardate: September 1953.

Some time in 2374, Ben Sisko, tired of helming Deep Space Nine in wartime, considers handing the job over to someone else. At the same time but in 1953, Benny Russell dreams of a version of himself living beyond the daily indignities of existing as a Black man in America. And meanwhile in 1998, people tuning in for this week’s episode of White People Living on the Moon find themselves watching something far better than they had a right to expect.