S02.E07: Rules of Acquisition

[ShadowDenizen]

Quark represents Grand Nagus Zek in a plot to establish a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant. Pel, a young Ferengi, teams up with Quark and they learn that to do business in the Gamma Quadrant they must contact the Keremma, a member race of the Dominion.

[ShadowDenizen]

Ah! At last.. The first mention of the Dominion.

 

They were very clever, sneaking it into a Fernegi-centric episode and playing it almost for laughs at this early stage.  That makes it even scarier when we do finally "see" the Dominion..

 

Though I could have done without Pel; they don't tend to play that "type" of storyline strongly. though this is 1,000x better than "Profit and Lace"!

Edited July 30, 2014 by ShadowDenizen

[Chip]

be careful of spoilers for future episodes!

[legaleagle53]

A mod might want to fix the episode title.  "Acquisition" is misspelled.

[Meushell]

Nice episode. I liked Pel, but I do not like how it was handled in the end. She loves Quark, so she's emotionally driven to scew him over? Getting Quark to lose his Gamma Quadrant prophets seemed to be the end goal there. I would have preferred they leave out the love story entirely.

[The Crazed Spruce]

A mod might want to fix the episode title.  "Acquisition" is misspelled.

Done.  (Even fixed the airdate!) :)

[legaleagle53]

Look again - "Acquisition" is still missing an "i."  It's spelled "A-c-q-u-i-s-i-t-i-o-n."

[Chip]

I think @The Crazed Spruce's changes didn't take. I fixed the airdate again earlier today. 

[ShadowDenizen]

I would have preferred they leave out the love story entirely.

Absolutely agree.

This is a precursor to stuff that's to come in later seasons, but it's handled rather ham-handedly in this episode, to my mind.