The House of Quark

ST episode
name = The House of Quark


A surprised Quark with his new wife Grilka
series = DS9
ep_num = 49
prod_num = 449
date = October 10, 1994
writer = Ronald D. Moore
Tom Benko
director = Les Landau
guest = Max Grodénchik as Rom
Mary Kay Adams as Grilka
Robert O'Reilly as Gowron
Rosalind Chao as Keiko
Carlos Carrasco as D'Ghor
Joseph Ruskin as Tumek
stardate =
year = 2371
prev = The Search, Part II
next = Equilibrium

"The House of Quark" is an episode of "", the third episode of the third season.

Plot

Quark's bar is receiving very little business and indeed the only customer in the bar is a Klingon named Kozak. Kozak has run out of money and wants to start a line of credit at the bar. Quark refuses and the Klingon gets so angry he pulls his knife on Quark. As Quark backs away from the Klingon, Kozak stumbles and falls on his own knife killing himself. Quark sees this as a business opportunity and tells everyone that he killed Kozak in self-defense. Quark gets a great deal of notoriety from this - particularly from D'Ghor, a Klingon who claims to be Kozak's brother. D'Ghor asks how Kozak died; Quark attempts to explain that it was an accident, but D'Ghor clearly wants to hear otherwise. So Quark lies to D'Ghor, claiming Kozak died in battle.

After Kozak's widow, Grilka, arrives, she has Quark knocked out and taken back to Qo'noS, the Klingon homeworld. Since women are normally forbidden from leading a Klingon house, Quark is forced to marry Grilka, allowing her to protect her property long enough for Gowron to let her inherit it due to extenuating circumstances (if Quark really had killed Kozak in honorable combat, Grilka would have lost all claims to her House). Quark has to confront Grilka's enemies, leading the temporary "House of Quark". Instead of fighting D'Ghor (who is not Kozak's brother after all), Quark tries to prove that D'Ghor has taken money from Grilka's house for years. When all is resolved, Grilka is grateful to Quark, and he asks for a divorce, which she happily grants in Klingon customary fashion. D'Ghor, meanwhile, is made an outcast from Klingon society for his dishonorable actions.

External links

*StarTrekDS9 article|68180|The House of Quark