Profit and Lace (DS9 episode)
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"Profit and Lace" is a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
first broadcast on May 13, 1998.
In this episode, Quark
helps out when Zek's status as the Ferengi
Grand Nagus is put in jeopardy by proposing equal rights for Ferengi females.
to declare that, while trying to call their mother, he has lost contact with Feringinar. When they go and explain the situation in ops sensors pick up an incoming ship which turns out to carry both Grand Negus Zek and Ishka.
The Nagus explains that by changing the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities to allow women to wear clothes, he has caused planet-wide upheaval and has been replaced by Former Liquidator Brunt who will be officially installed by the commission at its next meeting.
Quark, Rom and Nog make several phone calls to the commissioners to come to DS9 to meet and talk about the situation; only one agrees.
After standing up to Brunt and throwing him from the bar, Quark and his mother get into a shouting match that causes her to suffer a heart attack, and Dr. Bashir performs a transplant. Without Ishka to stand up and speak for herself at the meeting, Quark has Dr Bashir perform a sex change operation
in order to pose as a female named Lumba to try and fool the commissioner.
Over dinner Quark/Lumba has to fend off the advances of the commissioner while he explains the 200% increase in the workforce and consumer base. Once in the commissioner's room he goes into full assault, chasing Quark around the apartment. Finally Brunt bursts in and tries to unmask Lumba as an impostor and a male. This fails when "she" removes her dress, revealing her female anatomy to Brunt & the commissioner.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
first broadcast on May 13, 1998.
In this episode, Quark
Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by...
helps out when Zek's status as the Ferengi
Ferengi
The Ferengi are a fictitious extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. They first appeared in "The Last Outpost", the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, during which they made first contact with the United Federation of Planets in 2364 on the planet Delphi Ardu,...
Grand Nagus is put in jeopardy by proposing equal rights for Ferengi females.
Plot
The episode opens with Quark "persuading" one of his waitresses to be "nicer" to him. In rushes RomRom (Star Trek)
Rom is a recurring character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is played by Max Grodénchik.Rom is a Ferengi, the son of Keldar and Ishka. He is Quark's younger brother, and the father of Nog.-Overview:...
to declare that, while trying to call their mother, he has lost contact with Feringinar. When they go and explain the situation in ops sensors pick up an incoming ship which turns out to carry both Grand Negus Zek and Ishka.
The Nagus explains that by changing the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities to allow women to wear clothes, he has caused planet-wide upheaval and has been replaced by Former Liquidator Brunt who will be officially installed by the commission at its next meeting.
Quark, Rom and Nog make several phone calls to the commissioners to come to DS9 to meet and talk about the situation; only one agrees.
After standing up to Brunt and throwing him from the bar, Quark and his mother get into a shouting match that causes her to suffer a heart attack, and Dr. Bashir performs a transplant. Without Ishka to stand up and speak for herself at the meeting, Quark has Dr Bashir perform a sex change operation
Sex reassignment surgery
Sex reassignment surgery is a term for the surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble...
in order to pose as a female named Lumba to try and fool the commissioner.
Over dinner Quark/Lumba has to fend off the advances of the commissioner while he explains the 200% increase in the workforce and consumer base. Once in the commissioner's room he goes into full assault, chasing Quark around the apartment. Finally Brunt bursts in and tries to unmask Lumba as an impostor and a male. This fails when "she" removes her dress, revealing her female anatomy to Brunt & the commissioner.