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"The House of Quark" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode originally aired in October 1994. The episode was written by Ronald D. Moore and was directed by Les Landau.
Quark becomes leader of a Klingon Great House after he claims he killed a Klingon in combat.
Summary[]
Patronage at Quark's bar is down, with Quark attributing it to the threat of the Dominion. There is one customer, a Klingon who has had too much bloodwine. When Quark cuts him off, the Klingon attacks Quark with his knife, with the Klingon accidentally stabbing himself when the pair crash to the floor. Seeing an opportunity, Quark exaggerates what happened in tales to his customers and that he purposely killed the Klingon. Rom warns Quark that the Klingon’s family might seek revenge.
Quark learns from the Odo that the man he killed was called Kozak, the leader of a powerful Klingon family. Quark is accosted by a Klingon named D’Ghor, who claims Kozak as his brother and demands to know if he died honorably in combat, or accidentally. Quark says that Kozak died honourably, which seems to satisfy D’Ghor.
Kozak’s widow Grilka arrives, also wanting to know how her husband died. Quark tells her the truth, but Grilka abducts him. Quark finds himself on Kronos, where he is forced to marry Grilka, otherwise Kozak’s estate will pass to D’Ghor, who is not Kozak’s brother but actually a bitter enemy. As Kozak died in an accident and left no heir, Klingon High Council might let Grilka become the new head of the house. Grilka raises the matter in front of Chancellor Gowron, who agrees to consider her request.
Quark learns that D’Ghor has been secretly undermining the House of Kozak for years financially, and brings the evidence to Gowron. D’Ghor deflects the accusation and instead brings in Rom to testify that Kozak did die in an accident. Quark decides to challenge D’Ghor to combat, but soon after combat begins he throws down his bat'leth and prepares for D’Ghor to strike. D’Ghor almost does, but is stopped by Gowron, who admonishes D’Ghor and has him removed. Gowron allows Grilka to lead her house. Grilka divorces Quark and bids him farewell.
References[]
Characters[]
- Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • D'Ghor • Gowron, son of M'Rel • Grilka • Jones • Kira Nerys • Kozak • Morn • Nalan Bal • Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Rita Tannenbaum • Tumek
- Referenced only
- Keldar • Nog • Molly O'Brien • Orok • Jake Sisko
Locations[]
- Alpha Quadrant • Deep Space 9 • First City • Great Hall • habitat ring • Qo'noS • Quark's • Replimat • station commander's office
- Referenced only
- Bajor • Janitza Mountains • Janitza Province • School
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Coverian
States and Organizations[]
- Bajoran Militia • House of Grilka • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Dominion
Science and classification[]
- holosuite • optical data network • PADD • replicator • runabout • transporter • tricorder
Other references[]
- arboretum • bat'leth • bloodwine • botany • Brek'tal ritual • cho'echu • constable • dabo • dabo girl • DaiMon • discommendation • d'k tahg • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • galcor • Great House • Irish • Klingon wedding • Klingonese • latinum • mak'dar • mev'yap • Miranda-class model • Nebula-class model • pahtak • plomeek soup • q'apla • special dispensation • synthale • synthehol
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" is a sequel to this episode.
- Grilka and D'Ghor later reappear in the Prophecy and Change short story "... Loved I Not Honor More".
- In the Star Trek Online continuity, Grilka marries Worf in 2386 and gives birth to a son, K'Dhan, the following year.
Cast[]
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys and Iliana Ghemor
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Terry Farrell as Jadzja Dax
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Max Grodénchik as Rom
- Robert O'Reilly as Gowron
- Joseph Ruskin as Tumek
Images[]
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Search |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: Equilibrium |
| Previous episode: The Search |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: Equilibrium |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Day of Honor: Ancient Blood |
Next Adventure: Tears for Eternity | |
| Previous Adventure: Proud Helios |
Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: Equilibrium |
External links[]
- The House of Quark article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The House of Quark article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.