[jorgeleo]

"Because nobody cares about the Ferengi"

MOOGYYYYYYY!!!!

Now seriously, the ferengy were supposed to be there for some humor scenes, and they developed the ferengy society considerably. Female liberation, the challenge of the responsability of the first child vs. the youngest. Etc.

Sisko accepting that Jake dated a Dabo girl...

I disagree that Ferengies are unimportant in the ST universe. They have a role.

[ejr]

I enjoyed "Magnificient Ferengi" in particular. An all Ferengi episode that featured virtually every prominent character of the race except the Grand Nagus.

Edit: It seems even on the list, there is Season 3, "The House of Quark"

[tessa_t]

Important to establish Quark's relationship with that klingon lady though... it comes up later.

[ejr]

Ah yes, involving Worf in "Looking for ParMach in all the wrong places".

[ericcumbee]

"I Hate Ferengi"

[Pxtl]

I think DS9 just got a little carried away with Ferengi episodes is all. Seriously, you can tell the team loved working with the Ferengi characters because there are so freaking many Ferengi stories. Some of them are pretty bad and extraneous, just tedious comedy episodes. The overall Ferengi arc is good, and the big key turning points are good, but they're probably the worst episodes for pulling out eye-rolling bad comedy.

[MichaelGG]

What totally pulls me out of the universe when watching the Ferengi episodes is that the "Grand Nagus", who is a hugely important person, vastly wealthy and ruler of a nation(?)... has no staff and it's up to some random bartender to get him out of trouble. I know there's protagonist syndrome, but this is stretching it too far.

[gamblor956]

The Ferengi operated on an uber-capitalist society, so he pays for his own staff out of his own pockets. In one episode, the Grand Nagus mentions firing his staff because they were too expensive and he wanted to use the money to buy something.

[cmdrfred]

I never thought of that, but if he was at least as important as the POTUS, he would of had some sort of staff.