“The Nagus” 30th-anniversary reflections
Having heard that some of Quark’s holosuite programs are quite alluring, Grand Nagus Zek, leader of the Ferengi Alliance, pays an unexpected visit to the station. As he shares his plans for Ferengi business expansion into the Gamma Quadrant, he also reveals that it’s time to retire and pass the golden staff to the next Grand Nagus: Quark.
Zek’s sudden death puts a target on Quark’s back as Zek’s son, Krax, teams up with Rom for a power grab. In the end, Zek returns from the dead at just the right moment to save Quark’s life and teach Krax a lesson. And Rom, who understands that a Ferengi should never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity, gets a promotion to assistant manager for policy and clientele as a reward for his treachery.
In this episode of The Orb, hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing continue our 30th-anniversary retrospective that will take you through all of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, one episode at a time. In this installment, we discuss “The Nagus,” the way in which the DS9 writes reset the Ferengi as tool for telling Star Trek stories at their best, the absurdity of the main story, and the important messages about fatherhood that drive the secondary plot.
Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
Redeeming the Ferengi (00:03:11)
DS9 Does the Best Comedy and Commentary (00:06:49)
Culture Clash (00:09:12)
Subtle Morality (00:14:05)
Benjamin Sisko the Father (00:16:31)
Zek the Father (00:26:32)
Final Thoughts and Ratings (00:32:42)
Closing (00:34:29)
Hosts
C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing
Production
C Bryan Jones (Editor and Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer)
The Orb 24: It's Not All Puppies and Bunnies with Horns
The Orb 23: The Finer Points of Morality
The Orb 22: I Like You In Your Dress Uniform
The Orb 21: The Ice Cream Trucks of the Galaxy
The Orb 20: A Dark and Stormy Night
The Orb 19: Ridiculous Turned Up to Eleven
The Orb 18: Quick, Nimble, and Armed to the Teeth
The Orb 17: Ezri In a Cocktail Dress
The Orb 16: Gods or Aliens?
The Orb 15: Some Sort of Weird Cage
The Orb 14: A Beautiful Mystery
The Orb 13: One Bat'leth to Rule Them All
The Orb 12: Ten Strips of Latinum
The Orb 11: It's All True... Especially the Lies
The Orb 10: A Matter of Interpretation
The Orb 9: Atlas With a Smile
The Orb 8: Trust In Self and Faith
The Orb 7: How Dax Got Its Groove Back
The Orb 6: Mostly Harmless
The Orb 5: Torn Between Two Worlds
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