Profit and Loss
- Episode aired Mar 20, 1994
- TV-PG
- 46m
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7.2/10
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A Cardassian woman named Natima Lang, who was once a flame of Quark's, visits the station under dubious circumstances.A Cardassian woman named Natima Lang, who was once a flame of Quark's, visits the station under dubious circumstances.A Cardassian woman named Natima Lang, who was once a flame of Quark's, visits the station under dubious circumstances.
Alexander Siddig
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
Cirroc Lofton
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
Robert Ford
- Star Fleet Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Susan Henley
- Command division officer
- (uncredited)
David B. Levinson
- Broik
- (uncredited)
Robin Morselli
- Bajoran Officer
- (uncredited)
Tammy Rodriguez
- Dabo Girl
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to makeup supervisor Michael Westmore, the love scene in this episode between Lang and Quark is one of his all-time favorite Star Trek scenes due to the fact that despite all the heavy makeup, it is still just a touching, simple romantic scene between two people in love, and the makeup becomes completely unimportant.
- GoofsAs Garak fired his phaser at Toran, Toran is the only person in the scene who isn't casting a shadow on the floor.
- Quotes
Dr. Julian Bashir: Assuming you're not a spy... then maybe you're an outcast.
Elim Garak: Or maybe I'm an outcast spy.
Dr. Julian Bashir: How could you be both?
Elim Garak: I never said I was either.
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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Somebody beat me to it
Casablanca, of course.
I had not read any of these other comments but as I was just watching this episode now I noticed the final scene with Quark and Garak (Andrew Robinson)... A very Humphrey Bogart/Claude Rains moment. The discussion they are having is very similar.
Of course what makes the episode is the involvement of Mary Crosby... they did quite a remarkable job with her Cardassian makeup.
And the other guest stars Michael Reilly Burke, Heidi Swedberg, and (RIP) Edward Wiley (Who was also Klingon Governor Vagh in the TNG episode The Minds Eye).
If only we had somebody to represent the Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre characters...
But there is of course a "big silver airplane" waiting on the runway for Hogue, Rokellen and Natima.
I'm surprised I have never noticed this all these years until just now.
I appreciate that somebody else did notice it, the homage is strong and appropriate. And it reminds us that Star Trek has its ties to classic Hollywood going all the way back to the original series being filmed in Desi and Lucy's lot...
I had not read any of these other comments but as I was just watching this episode now I noticed the final scene with Quark and Garak (Andrew Robinson)... A very Humphrey Bogart/Claude Rains moment. The discussion they are having is very similar.
Of course what makes the episode is the involvement of Mary Crosby... they did quite a remarkable job with her Cardassian makeup.
And the other guest stars Michael Reilly Burke, Heidi Swedberg, and (RIP) Edward Wiley (Who was also Klingon Governor Vagh in the TNG episode The Minds Eye).
If only we had somebody to represent the Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre characters...
But there is of course a "big silver airplane" waiting on the runway for Hogue, Rokellen and Natima.
I'm surprised I have never noticed this all these years until just now.
I appreciate that somebody else did notice it, the homage is strong and appropriate. And it reminds us that Star Trek has its ties to classic Hollywood going all the way back to the original series being filmed in Desi and Lucy's lot...
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