Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) is theStar Trekuniverse ’s better - have intercourse Ferengi , and his best episodes showcase all the reasons why . InDS9 ’s other Clarence Day , Quark ’s reputation as a grifter and a villain defined him . However , even those former episodes depict thatQuark had layers of complexness beyond his criminalness and relentless by-line of profits . By resist the Ferengi stereotypes established inStar Trek : The Next contemporaries , Quark was one of theStar Trek : Deep Space Ninecharactersthat best exemplify the show ’s more nuanced plan of attack to character .
Quark did some pretty speculative thing inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , but the show was always careful to bring home the bacon the Ferengi with a way back on to the right path . EvenQuark ’s worst crimes inDS9were temper by his guilt and desire to make amends . Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) saw the potential in Quark from the very get-go , and many of the Ferengi ’s bestDS9episodes showcase his positivistic influence on lifespan aboard Deep Space Nine . Another key kinship was with implike - nemesis / best friend , Constable Odo ( Rene Auberjonois ) , who heavily features in Quark ’s bestStar Trekepisodes .
Deep Space Nine is one of the most acclaimed Star Trek shows , thanks to its fledged direction , and many of its best episodes reflect this dark tone .
10Star Trek: DS9, Season 2, Episode 7, “Rules of Acquisition”
Story by Hilary J. Bader, Teleplay by Ira Steven Behr
" Rules of Acquisition " is the first installment to suggest that Quark is about more than just profit . By falling in love with a distaff Ferengi , Pel ( Hélène Udy ) , Quark is already presage the huge social changes that his female parent Ishka would later spearhead . The terminal scene is really the moment thatStar Trek : Deep Space Nineconfirms to the audience that Quark does have a center . With Pel run , Quark tries to convince Lt . Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) that their abbreviated romance meant nothing . Dax knows otherwise , and the melancholic look on Quark ’s face confirm it in a subtle moment , played attractively by Armin Shimerman .
9Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 3, Episode 6, “Hear All, Trust Nothing”
Written by Grace Parra Janney
Star Trek : Lower Decksreturned to Deep Space Nine in the episode " Hear All , Trust Nothing " , which uncover how Quark had built a vast business conglomerate post - Dominion War . Predictably , his method acting were less than legal , as he used stolen Dominion technology to revolutionize Quark ’s Bar on DS9.Lower deck ' DS9 episode was a outstanding Quark story because it show how Quark ’s honest-to-god habits die hard , but did n’t undermine his ending . By the end of " Hear All , Trust Nothing " , Quark gets to keep his vast business empire , but now has to share the winnings with the Karemma from whom he steal the technology .
8Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episode 3, “The House of Quark”
Story by Tom Benko, Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore
" The House of Quark " is a classic example of Quark ’s big rima oris getting him into a situation that veers wildly out of ascendency . In this case , his lies about killing a Klingon warrior in fight unwittingly lead in him becoming the head of the dead military man ’s theater . It ’s a scam orchestrated by Grilka ( Mary Kay Adams ) , who has been the genuine power behind the crapper but , due to sexist Klingon law , can not hold in her own firm . Grilka and Quark successfully convince Chancellor Gowron ( Robert Reilly ) to give her the baron she deserves , and once again , Quark prove himself to have a more progressive expectation than other Ferengi .
7Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7, Episode 8, “The Siege of AR-558”
Written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler
Most of Quark ’s bestStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisodes are comical , but " The Siege of AR-588 " is a very different brute . While it ’s an ensemble piece about the horrors of war , Quark beam through as he get to do thing that are whole new for the character . InStar Trek ’s most harrowing depiction of warfare , Quark is thrown into a desperate battle against the Dominion . It ’s horrific to seeDS9 ’s heroes in such a dire state of affairs , andQuark ’s awe and eventual courageousness under fervency is a delicate balancing bit that Armin Shimerman pulls off with aplomb .
Armin Shimerman was proud of " The Siege of AR-588 " , praising it for limn warfare as " a atrocious and shuddery thing"that had"consequences to it . "
The Dominion War was the bloodiest conflict in Star Trek chronicle , and its complicated timeline was filled with scandalous twists and turns .
6Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5, Episode 9, “The Ascent”
Written by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
" The Ascent " is possibly the skilful Odo and Quark episode ofStar Trek : Deep Space Ninebecause it forces them together in a dire fight for survival . After their roadster is weaken by the Orion Syndicate , Odo and Quark become strand on a freezing , inhospitable major planet , where they must climb up a mass and beam out a distraint signaling . It ’s a glorious sequence that solidifies Quark and Odo ’s strangeStar Trekfriendship . The final panorama in which Quark and Odo say they " meant every parole " about hating each other is as tight as those characters will ever get to say " I love you " .
" The Ascent " was conceived to play up Odo ’s frailty after he was briefly turn into a Solid , exposing him to serious wound and the effect of the elements .
5Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4, Episode 25, “Body Parts”
Story by Louis P. DeSantis & Robert J Bolivar, Teleplay by Hans Beimler
When Quark is moderate to conceive that he ’s dying , he sells his remains , as per Ferengi tradition . When it ’s unveil that he ’s not dying , Quark has to go back on the sale , take a chance his line and reputation . It ’s a delivery - bootleg Ferengi comedy that ’s also touching in how it depicts the Deep Space Nine bunch coming to Quark ’s economic aid . From Garak ( Andrew Robinson ) offer to bump off Quark to honour the sale , to Sisko , Dax , and Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) helping to reconstruct the bar after Quark loses everything . It all evince how dear he has become by this stage inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine .
4Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6, Episode 12, “Who Mourns for Morn?”
Written by Mark Gehred-O’Connell
" Who mourn for morning time " is another comic portrayal of how Quark serve end , after his full customer Morn ( Mark Allen Shepherd ) is seemingly killed in an ion tempest . Quark is bereft over the loss of Morn , because he never paid his cake tab . However , the Ferengi mixologist is shortly thrown into a hunting for lose gold as Morn ’s former criminal associates come calculate for him . It ’s a hugely enjoyable caper episode that puts Quark front and midpoint , while revealing the hidden depths ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s most enigmatic character .
3Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episode 23, “Family Business”
" Family Business " is one of theStar Trek : DS9episodes directed by Rene Auberjonois , and it dives into Quark ’s family dynamics . It was the first ofDS9 ’s more serious Ferengi sequence , as it explore the alienated kinship between Quark and his mother Ishka ( Andrea Martin ) . The episode reveals that Quark ’s mother dare Ferengi laws to garner earnings , something that she is under investigation for . Quark and his pal Rom ( Max Grodenchik ) traveling to Ferenginar , and it ’s fascinating to see how the dynamics shifting between the two Brother when they ’re back in the family home .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine was the making of the Ferengi and Quark , Rom , Nog , and Ishka continue to make a huge shock on the Star Trek universe .
2Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6, Episode 10, “The Magnificent Ferengi”
Quark leads a not - so crack squad of Ferengi to Deep Space Nine ’s sister post Empok Nor in " The Magnificent Ferengi " . Their mission is to rescue Quark ’s female parent Ishka from the Dominion , while handing over one of the Federation ’s Vorta captive . It ’s a playfulness spin on a surety transferral thriller , as the Ferengi ’s skills for negotiation end up being the thing that wins the daytime . The wild schema think up by Nog to reanimate the remains of the dead Vorta prisoner and outsmart Yelgrun ( Iggy Pop ) . It ’s a screaming Ferengi natural process clowning that is confidently lead byArmin Shimerman as Quark .
1Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4, Episode 8, “Little Green Men”
Story by Toni Marberry & Jack Treviño, Teleplay by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
" Little Green Men " is the best Quark episode because it completely subverts everything that audiences bear from aStar Trektime travel sequence . Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Ferengi trio - and a hidden Odo - find themselves strand in Roswell , New Mexico , in 1947 . Rather than rigidly stick to the non - interventionist policies of the Temporal Prime Directive , Quark meet it as a everlasting opportunity to make hearty lucre . That is , until the US military want to commence experimenting on him . It ’s one of the standout episode inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s seminal 4th season , and represents Quark ’s fine minute .
All episodes ofStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : Lower Decksare available to stream on Paramount+
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also make out as DS9 , is the 4th serial in the long - running Sci - Fi dealership , Star Trek . DS9 was make by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and stars Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This particular serial follows a group of mortal in a space post near a satellite called Bajor .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
