DS9+17: 111: The Nagus
Wow, an episode all about Ferengi! Talk about the most interesting thing ever. Not!
See what I did there? I went back to the 90s with my verbiage, just like I’m doing with my sci-fi TV! Wee.
No, I didn’t laugh at that. My jokes are so bad even I don’t laugh.
Let’s run em down (the dots):
- Quark tells Morn a joke, then later runs him out of the bar. Like a jackass. Note that Morn shakes his arms around like he’s mad, but doesn’t utter so much as a grunt.
- The dude from the Princess Bride that everyone quotes (“Inconceivable!”) played the (a?) head Ferengi type that showed up do some Ferengi politicking.
- Which means Quark got more screen time than the “cast”. Which makes me wonder if his name is in the credits? Need to check that tomorrow.
- Dax is in there for like half a second, and still manages to be my favorite cast member (as usual). I don’t think Kira even had any lines. Bashir said something or other at one point.
- Sisko and son experience teenager + father friction. Believable and a good addition/facet for the show to have IMHO.
- O’Brien is back from Earth and subbing for his wife’s class. I like that even though it has no bearing on the overall wormhole/Dominion arc we get these notes about that to establish a direct sequence of events chronology. True, Star Trek always has the stardates… but a tangible reminder that things are actually connected to one another is always nice. Can’t remember in TNG did this or not, but I don’t think the original ST did.
- Quark’s brother is the most idiotic, annoying, unlikable character I can recall from a ST series. I remembered this from my initial watchings, but this episode was a good reminder.
- Sisko gets the closing knowing smile, as he watches his son go off and play with his weird-ear-dressed little friend whom he now knows is being taught by Jake to read in secret.
- PS: How is it NOT PROFITABLE TO KNOW HOW TO READ? That is the dumbest thing I have heard in the universe of Star Trek. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. I refuse to believe that even in make believe land Ferengi can be that stupid and not have blown themselves the fuck up centuries ago.
- Plus how hard is it to pronounce “Human” and “Klingon” properly when you say every other fucking word in perfect TERRAN ENGLISH? Ehh, probably just another means of displaying Ferengi douchery. It’s working.
AGREED X 1 MILLION. So stupid.
Also, was this the episode with THE MAGGOTS? I love how the Ferengi are just disgusting creatures on all levels.
And they get off by having their ears rubbed. Wait, I guess that’s not so strange.
But yeah, the no school thing is pretty weak logic on a show built on a serious foundation of weak logic.