History YMMV / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E13FarBeyondTheStars

* BrokenBase: One of the most divisive episodes of an already divisive installment of Trek. Either praised as brilliant take on racism in America, or seen as a heavy-handed pet project that stops the war plotline dead for an episode. The specifics of the episode aside, it's also seen by some as a BizarroEpisode that uses the barely justified involvement of the Prophets to keep Creator/AveryBrooks happy. The ending in particular is a bit divisive, as Benny's struggle against endemic racism and Sisko's concerns about Dominion aggression don't really correlate and his renewed motivation seems tacked on.

* MisaimedFandom: Certain viewers consider Macklin to be the true protagonist, pointing out that he was the only one of the writers who never got involved in the arguments over Benny's story to any real degree (aside from suggesting the AllJustADream ending), and that he was rewarded for focusing on his work by being able to sell a novel to what at the time was a fairly respected publisher. However, this misses the point that Macklin is free to write about the subject he's passionate about, while Benny isn't because of the racial prejudice of the time; a point that's subtly made by having Macklin be the first of the other authors Benny is seen with.

* BrokenBase: One of the most divisive episodes of an already divisive installment of Trek. Either praised as brilliant take on racism in America, or seen as a heavy-handed pet project that stops the war plotline dead for an episode. The specifics of the episode aside, it's also seen by some as a BizarroEpisode that uses the barely justified involvement of the Prophets to keep Creator/AveryBrooks happy.
** The ending in particular is a bit divisive, as Benny's struggle against endemic racism and Sisko's concerns about Dominion aggression don't really correlate and his renewed motivation seems tacked on.

* BrokenBase: One of the most divisive episodes of an already divisive installment of Trek. Either praised as brilliant take on racism in America, or seen as a heavy-handed pet project that stops the war plotline dead for an episode. The specifics of the episode aside, it's also seen by some as a BizarroEpisode that uses the barely justified involvement of the Prophets to keep Avery Brooks happy.
* MemeticMutation: "It's REAL!", which is sometimes amusingly juxtaposed with Senator Vreenak's ''"[[{{Narm}} It's a faaaaake!]]"'' from "In The Pale Moonlight" later in the same season.
* NightmareFuel: When Benny is being beaten up by cops, his attackers shift between being human to being Dukat and Weyoun. This is the only time we see Weyoun get physical, and it's unsettling to see this little creature beating the ass of someone twice his size.

* BrokenBase: One of the most divisive episodes of an already divisive installment of Trek. Either praised as brilliant take on racism in America, or seen as a heavy-handed pet project that stops the war plotline dead for an episode.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Good God, ''yes''. The episode is such a heavy-handed love letter to itself, you'd think Roddenberry himself had risen from the grave to write it. Though it's also received praise, especially in more recent years when the issues rose to greater public attention, for just saying it's talking about racism and sexism among humans rather than the franchise's usual cloak of allegory.

* NightmareFuel: When Benny is being beaten up by cops, his attackers shift between being human to being Dukat and Weyoun. This is the only time we see Weyoun get physical, and it's unsettling to see this little creature beating the ass of someone twice his size.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Institutionalized discrimination sucks and there's no easy answers to it, but keeping quiet and being calm about it is just going to be taken for acquiescence

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Institutionalized discrimination sucks and there's no easy answers to it, but keeping quiet and being calm about it is just going to be taken for acquiescence
* ValuesResonance: It's hard to see Jimmy (Jake) shot dead by police on a flimsy pretense and not think of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

* ValuesResonance: It's hard not to see Jimmy (Jake) shot dead by police on a flimsy pretense and not think of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

* ValuesResonance: It's hard not to see Jake shot dead by police on a flimsy pretense and not think of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

* ValuesResonance: Seeing Jake shot dead by police on a flimsy pretense is relevant in the days of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Institutionalized discrimination sucks and there's no easy answers to it, but keeping quiet and being calm about it is just going to be taken for acquiescence.

* MemeticMutation: "It's REAL!"

* {{Anvilicious}}: Good God, ''yes''. The episode is such a heavy-handed love letter to itself, you'd think Roddenberry himself had risen from the grave to write it. Though it's also received praise, especially in more recent years when the issues rose to greater public attention, of just saying it's talking about racism and sexism among humans rather than the franchise's usual cloak of allegory.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Good God, ''yes''. The episode is such a heavy-handed love letter to itself, you'd think Roddenberry himself had risen from the grave to write it.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Racism sucks, America was a shit place to live in at the time if you were black (or any other race), there're no easy answers to it, and keeping quiet and being calm about it is just going to be taken for acquiescence.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Racism sucks, America was a shit place to live in at the time if you were black, there're no easy answers to it, and keeping quiet and being calm about it is just going to be taken for acquiescence.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Racism sucks, there're no easy answers to it, and keeping quiet and being calm about it is just going to be taken for acquiescence.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Good God, ''yes''. The episode is such a heavy-handed love letter to itself, you'd think Roddenberry himself had risen from the grave to write it.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Good God, ''yes''. The episode is such a heavy-handed love letter to itself, you'd think Roddenberry has risen from the grave to write it.