Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Family Business (1995)

Max Grodénchik: Rom

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• Ishka : Oh, it's good to see you, son. You look well.

  Rom : And you look... dressed!

  Brunt : Your mother... is wearing clothes.

  Quark : Mother! Get undressed this instant!

• Quark : She's been operating under dozens of different aliases, conducting transactions all over the Ferengi Alliance. Do you know what this means?

  Rom : It means Moogie's got the lobes for business.

• [Quark appears to be in a trance] 

  Rom : Brother?... Is everything all right?

  Quark : M-hm.

  Rom : I'm so proud of you, Quark. I mean, other people in this situation might overreact and lose their temper, make a bad situation worse. But not my brother, mm-mm. You're too smart for that. You're gonna sit here and study the problem, and then come up with a clear, simple solution.

  Quark : [mad smile]  I already have.

  Rom : A-haa, you see? I told you! - What is it?

  Quark : I'm going to kill her!

• Ishka : Quark, sometimes you can be so thick-headed!

  Rom : Now, Moogie, there's no need to be insulting...

  Ishka : Of course there is!

• Rom : [about his and Quark's father]  He went from one bad deal to the next, one failure after another. He couldn't hold on to latinum if you sewed it into his pants!

• [Rom is forcing Quark and Ishka to talk to one another and Quark and Ishka are not happy] 

  Quark : [angrily turning away]  There's nothing to discuss!

  Ishka : [also angrily turning away]  Don't let your lobes get caught on the way out!

  Rom : [losing his patience; shouting angrily]  That's enough bickering! You're both acting like children!

  [Ishka and Quark round at him to protest, but Rom cuts them off before either one can say anything] 

  Rom : I will NOT stand by and watch this family fall apart! Quark, You should be ashamed of yourself! I have seen you treat Cardassians with more respect than you show your mother! And Moogie, if Quark can uncover your investments, the FCA will too! And then all that profit will be lost! Think about THAT for a moment!

  [Quark and Ishka stare at Rom, both ashamed of themselves and shocked by Rom's outburst] 

  Rom : Now... *Neither of you* is going to *leave* this room until you have settle things! *Is that clear?*

  [Quark and Ishka silently obey as they sit on the couch, still staring at Rom like shamefaced children] 

  Rom : [shouts]  AND NO SHOUTING!

  [calmly] 

  Rom : I'm going to take a nap.

  [Rom leaves the room. Quark and Ishka watch him go, both shaken and amazed by Rom's advocating] 

• Rom : Relax, brother. Nog isn't going to destroy the Ferengi way of life. He just wants a job with better hours.