Star Trek DS9 Episode 147 - Profit and Lace

"Quark's mother and the Grand Nagus show up on DS9, announcing a new amendment to the Bill of Opportunities"

This is the weirdest episode ever. I mean, hands down, it has to be. Honestly I am not making any of this up...

So the Grand Nagus starts to speak up for women's rights on Ferengar. This causes everyone to hate him, he is overthrown and replaced by Brunt. In order to get back in favor he has Quark, Rom and Nog cold call Ferengi's and try to persuade them. It doesn't work. The next plan is to have Quark's mother talk to the richest Ferengi, who evidently owns a soda company??, and try to sway his opinion. Before she could meet with this guy, she has a heart attack.

Now it gets extra fucking weird. They come up with a plan to have Quark dress as a woman and take the place of his mother. He learns how to act womanly from the females on the station. But wait! The must take this shit all the way, Bashir then gives Quark a sex change. Yes, seriously. Then Quark meets with the soda tycoon and the guy tries to have sex with Quark the entire time. Brunt busts in and reveals the truth, that the woman is really Quark. So Quark takes things a step further and starts making out with the soda guy. Brunt still insists that the woman is really a man. So Quark rips open his shirt and shows them his tits!!! HAHA. What the hell is going on....

It pretty much ends there. Although, in the beginning of the episode there is an odd scene where Quark is trying to force his waitress to be a prostitute or else he will fire her. He gives her a sex book to read and then basically says that she has to test out what she learns with him... So at the very end, he apologizes to her because he now knows what it feels like to be a woman. She replies that she actually enjoyed the book and was interested in trying the stuff out...so I guess he goes and has sex with her. What the hell was the message here??

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