Subspace Rhapsody

"Subspace Rhapsody" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The series follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969). In the episode, an anomaly makes the crew sing like characters in a musical film. It was written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff, and directed by Dermott Downs.

Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn respectively star as Pike, Spock, and Number One, along with Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Babs Olusanmokun. The second season of Strange New Worlds was announced in January 2022. It was revealed to have a musical episode that July, a first for the Star Trek franchise, with original songs by Tom Polce and Kay Hanley of the band Letters to Cleo. Downs worked with choreographer Roberto Campanella and other crew members to design the musical sequences. The creative team aspired to match the quality of "Once More, with Feeling", the musical episode from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).

"Subspace Rhapsody" premiered on the streaming service Paramount+ on August 3, 2023. It was estimated to have high viewership and audience demand, and was positively received by critics for the way the musical aspects are used to explore the season's major character arcs, for the strength of the songs and how they use the different singing abilities of each cast member—with particular praise for Gooding—and for key moments such as an interlude with singing Klingons. The episode was nominated for a Hugo Award.