The Nagus
Sisko worries that Nog, Quark's nephew, is a bad influence on Jake.
Zek, the Grand Nagus, an important Ferengi official visits Deep Space Nine. Quark hosts a meeting for Zek and several Ferengi merchants. Zek is getting old and announces that Quark will be his successor. Zek dies soon after the announcement.
Quark discovers that being the Nagus isn't all that he hoped it would be. Someone tries to kill Quark but his greed saves him. He tries counting on Rom, his brother but Rom colludes with Krax, Zek's son. Rom and Krax are about to put Quark out an airlock when Zek reveals that he's still alive.
Quark, Jake, and Nog get the spotlights in this episode. Sisko, Odo, and O'Brien played bigger parts in this episode than did Kira, Dax, and Bashir who were in it but didn't get very much screen time.
This is the first of seven appearances of Zek but the only one in the first season of the show. Wallace Shawn played the part of Zek. He is probably best known for playing one of the bad guys in The Princess Bride (1987).
This episode is centered around father-son relationships (Ben and Jake Sisko, Zek and Krax) and filial (or filial-like) relationships (Quark and Rom, Jake and Nog). I wasn't very moved by it. It's okay, not bad but I wouldn't call it great or really good. I watched it because I wanted to see an episode in which Quark played a major role.
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