Why a good writer is important. "Quark takes over a Klingon house" sounds like a lazy idea but the writing took it to an amazing level.

"son of whatever" The best burn anyone could give a Klingon.

the trouble with Quark paying a taxidermist is he can't get to the 'idermist' part without being sick.

The clanging sound when Quark threw the bat'leth wasn't the sword hitting the ground, it was Quark's brass balls.

This one is perhaps my favorite Quark episode.

This was one of the best indications of what a good writer and actor pair could do with the aliens in Trek. Again, the main plot here is between a Ferengi and a Klingon, each with their own cultural norms, neither of which fully conforms to a human one, though there are shades of some of ours in both. It really goes to flesh out the two interacting without that human element that the Federation brings in, and shows that neither culture, or even the people in them, are as inflexible as we see elsewhere. There are shades of things within each of these people, and it's done well. This is some of the stuff other series could have used, but can't do much of due to their settings being starships. There, the Ensemble was set, and their interactions with the greater galaxy have to go through the main cast and regulars on the show just because of the structure of command. Here? Quark isn't in ANY of the command structures, and thus, can have his own life outside of them. The fact that the woman they got playing the Klingon comes off as dominate in every scene they share UNTIL he has something to contribute to, at which point he takes control, is also kind of a neat dynamic you don't see with a lot of guests, who either come off strong throughout, dominating their scenes, or weak throughout, being dominated. And not in the fun way either...or the Cardassian way, so they should count their blessings I suppose.

I love the Klingon divorce proceedings. They really cut through all the crap of undoing a marriage and reduce it to its bare essentials.

I think it was a missed opportunity that they didn't do more with Keiko and Bajor. Yes, they did have her get possessed by a Pah Wraith, but they could have had her use her scientific expertise to help repair Bajor's ecosystem. She could have been on that project to restore the land for agriculture.

A little scene I liked- Rom as the pair are about to run away and abandon Grilka to her fate does a little reverse psychology by declaring they only care about profit and don't give a damn about what happens to some Klingon widow, then gives his brother a sidelong glance. It hints at him being more complex than he has been, nudging his brother into doing the right thing.

My headcanon at 11:00 is that Gowron, a natural political schemer, perfectly followed and understood Quark's explanation, and was more upset about D'gor's financial schemes 🤣

He is one of the best reviewers I've ever listened too

I love the little touch of Gowron kneeling down to get eye to eye with Quark. The followup episode also had great interactions with Quark and Grilka reuniting

Same with the Romulan Officer in "The Search" I really wish Grilka would have appeared more often. Mary Kay Adams and Armin Shimerman had absolutely amazing chemistry and the pairing of their characters was magnificent!

Klingons value honor. Klingons in politics value not being too obvious in their dishonor.

A barman from the other side of the quadrant stands before the rulers of an empire and confuses them with spreadsheets. That scene will never not be funny.

Quark's lucky his old man had a rather badass name that sticks out among the Ferengi's naming scheme One thing i like in retrospect is if you actaully pay attention... Gowron never takes his eyes off D'gor once Quark drops too his knees. It kinda backs up the idea that Quark has already proved his honor by showing up to the duel and Gowron is judging D'gor's response.

I doubt Klingons don't have accountants. We saw a Klingon scientist in TNG, we've seen Klingon lawyers. Given the size of the Klingon Empire there has to be someone dealing with the money.

You know, a part of me wishes Quark and the Klingon woman had stayed married. It would've been pretty funny.

I love Chuck's explanation for why Gowron handled this matter as he does. I agree, but I couldn't express it. This is one of the episodes that had Quark win me over. He's not the most honorable, but he's courageous in his pan way. Respect to Quark.

Bravery isn't a klingon warrior running into battle against a squad of jem hadar. Bravery is a ferengi putting himself at the mercy of a klingon.

Also liked the subtle removal of the last main “child” from station. War is coming DS9 isn’t safe, woman and children flee to mountains

Klingons accounting for accidental deaths and allowing families to be compensated in their event, was a great addition to their culture. The scene of Gowron's aide handling the finances datapad like a caveman, not so much.

" _I have come to answer the challenge of D'Gor, son of..... Whatever..._ " " *GASPS!* " D'Gor's face expression just strikes me as 'cute' xD The way he gasps and turns to Gowron like " _Gowron! Quark's mean to me!_ " slays me everytime.

Morality of this episode : Beware of drunken Klingons with no kredits .

I like how eager Miles was to foist Molly onto Keiko. Great job being an involved parent, O'Brien.

I really wish we'd gotten more episodes with Grilka. It would have been interesting to see the character arc where Quark and her remain in a more long-lasting relationship.

As an aside from the Quark stuff... man i love the O'briens. The healthiest marriage in all of Trek.

There HAVE to Klingon accountants, but I do agree that tapping one for a squabble between small houses on the accusations of a Ferengi with a dodgy history is definitely a long shot. While they need to have them for a functioning interstellar empire, it's probably only just enough of those brave enough to take the ridicule and those who have exhausted most career paths to keep the empire running. So any Klingon accountants are probably overworked and busy with more important matters. In particular, going over fleet yards' books after the losses to the Dominion.

I can't agree that the klingon honor code is reasonable here, because as we see their honor code is completely incapable of handling this issue. When evidence is presented they simply are not able to determine who is the guilty party. The only reason it results in the villain being defeated is because he let his act of being honorable slip at a critical moment. Now this might be Gowron's 1:30, but it does have political significance. If not for that, economic sabotage would have gotten the villai everything, and the klingon leadership would have been completely unable to detect it. So klingon criminal justice is horribly flawed.

Klingon honor code makes sence to this Army vet.

This was such a fun episode. Even though Quark gets a fair amount of screen time on the station, this was an enjoyable adventure.

Great thoughts about Quark and the Klingon honor system! And entertaining review as always, thank you for all you do. :)

one of my fav DS9 episodes. Quark is my fav character on DS9

Looking a murderous Klingon in the eye and telling him to do his worst IS bravery, whether Quark realizes it or not.

Another great video to feast upon 🤟🏻

Fun Fact: Stephen Hawking visited the DS9 set during the filming of this episode. Armin Shimerman recalled: "I remember I turned, and the smoke seemed to part, and there was Dr. Stephen Hawking, visiting the set with Rick Berman." Shimerman considers meeting Hawking as a high point of his life and has a photo of himself with Hawking and Carlos Carrasco who played D'Ghor.

This is actually good episode.

I like the bit at the end, as I think it would be easy to see it as Quark merely gaming the system (which he was to an extent) with a loophole, as if anyone (or at least anyone sufficiently weak) could throw down their weapon and win by default. There is at least a degree of logic in the battle as a test of character.

"son of...whatever" still makes me laugh. I cannot help it.

love this episode :D

The Klingon High Council doesn't have any accountants on staff? Really? Nor any of these high lords? Feel free to argue that their accountants are already fully tasked, but don't have any? Nah.

never forget he did end up clapping them cheeks in the end

You killed my brother - so I challenge you to a duel across time and space.

I've been going through _The Post Atomic Horror Podcast,_ so it took me aback when Keiko appeared and there wasn't any vitriol directed at her. I've only just gotten to the _NextGen_ movies, so maybe their opinion will be a little different when they go through _DS9,_ but those guys do not like her at all.

DS9 did some much to the Klingon honor. TNG have theme their back bone but DS9 made it work.

Molly proves that child characters don't have to be bad.

I love this episode, but I always have been annoyed by the TNG-era tendency to portray Klingons so Johnny One-Note. Everyone’s a warrior. There is no other personality or profession. That tends to be the attitude. Case in point, here’s a 24th century society which still uses money, ergo there would surely be SOMEONE on the planet who knows how money works. (Well, clearly the bad guy knows, but he’s the only one?). Obviously Gawron would have SOMEONE in his employ (i.e. a government treasury official) who this would make sense to. Nonetheless, it’s a funny scene and a thoroughly enjoyable episode.

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Kling!!!!!

Do you think Kozak went to Grethor? Drunkenly falling on your own blade while wrestling with a Ferengi because you couldn’t pay your bar tab seems like a pretty dishonourable way to go out.

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Love the opening.