(His mangling of Quark's name, "Quirk," is surpassed only by his shock/disdain when getting it right.) The culture clash of Klingons against the Ferengi is often hilarious, from Quark's marriage with a kiss-and-spit to his divorce with a vicious backhand. Actor Robert O'Reilly, who played Gowron for years before this, gets a chance at comic relief. Everything that was taken so very seriously on The Next Generation is treated with a playful irreverence here that totally works. This episode has a decidedly lighter take on the Klingons, however. Yet here he was, back again, writing about them. Humorously, he said of the Klingons that he "didn't miss them" when coming over to a new series. Got him hired to that series in the first place. He had been the go-to writer for all things Klingon over on The Next Generation, from the moment his spec script for " The Bonding" Everyone threw ideas into the pot, and the one ultimately assigned to hammer out the script itself was new staff writer Ronald D. But the story was reportedly fleshed out by the entire staff working even more collaboratively than usual. The pitch for this episode came from series editor Tom Benko, who suggested that Quark gain a reputation as a "gunfighter" after killing a Klingon. She's depressed and uncertain about what might come next, and Miles is at a loss to comfort her. Meanwhile, Keiko's school has dwindled for lack of students, and she decides to close it down. Grilka demands he take control of her House lest it be dissolved by a political adversary on the Klingon High Council. This soon brings more Klingons calling, including Grilka, the widow of Quark's victim. Hoping to spin the incident into publicity for his business, he claims to have slain the warrior in honorable combat. Quark gets into a fight with a hopelessly drunken Klingon and kills him accidentally in self-defense. From this combination sprang the quirky (and Quark-y) episode "The House of Quark." Deep Space Nine also took full "ownership" of all the established Star Trek history and characters, as Voyager would be headed to the Delta Quadrant and changing the setting entirely. With Star Trek: The Next Generation finished at the start of Deep Space Nine season three, many of the crew members behind the older series transferred to the younger one (or to the soon-to-come Voyager).
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