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Game The Most Disliked Ferengi Episode, 2025 Edition

Sakonna

Rear Admiral
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THE OBJECTIVE: A sudden-death elimination game in which we remove our personal favorite episodes/movies from a themed list, until we arrive at the episode that is, if not the worst, at least the most disliked.

It's a framework to say positive things about episodes from across the franchise.

THE RULES: Below is a list of TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, LD, PRO, and PIC episodes featuring the Ferengi.

Eliminate/save your favorite, or the one you deem the ‘best' of what currently remains.
Post something you enjoy about the episode you are saving, and copy-and-paste the list with your choice removed.

You can use any standard you like to judge which option is "best." You can save episodes for being widely recognized “best Trek” classics, or for idiosyncratic qualities that no one appreciates but you.

As you get down the list, you might have to reach more and more for something to enjoy about an episode, and it's OK to eventually save episodes for being "less bad."

But -- no tactical voting! You cannot remove an episode because you don’t think anyone else will, or because you feel it would threaten your preferred episode's chance to “win.”

You can take multiple turns.

Leave at least 2 eliminations by other posters before you eliminate another episode.

New players are always welcome. You do not have to already be a "most disliked game" regular to dive in.

Much thanks to @Farscape One for helping me vet the list!

Enjoy!


TNG Season 1: "The Last Outpost”
TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Little Green Men”
DS9 Season 4: “Bar Association”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 6: “The Magnificent Ferengi”
DS9 Season 6: “Profit & Lace”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
DS9 Season 7: “The Dogs Of War”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Saving "THE MAGNIFICENT FERENGI" first.

This episode was just pure gold pressed latinum.


TNG Season 1: "The Last Outpost”
TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Little Green Men”
DS9 Season 4: “Bar Association”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 6: “Profit & Lace”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
DS9 Season 7: “The Dogs Of War”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
The fabulous Little Green Men was rewatched only yesterday. It has no place being anywhere near a finalist and so is safe.

TNG Season 1: "The Last Outpost”
TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Bar Association”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 6: “Profit & Lace”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
DS9 Season 7: “The Dogs Of War”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
I've always had a soft spot for "The Last Outpost." Yes, most of the choices made here are utterly insane - but they certainly are entertaining!

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Bar Association”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 6: “Profit & Lace”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
DS9 Season 7: “The Dogs Of War”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
"Bar Association" for finally getting Rom into the spotlight and giving him a worthy job.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 6: “Profit & Lace”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
DS9 Season 7: “The Dogs Of War”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
I'm saving Profit and Lace. Now I know it is not well loved but I believe it to be misunderstood and actually not offensive in the slightest. I find it a fun farcical outing.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
DS9 Season 7: “The Dogs Of War”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
The Dogs Of War was a nice episode to send the Ferengi out on.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 3: "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Saving "Hear All, Trust Nothing".

It was a fun episode, and we got to see DS9 again! And Kira, Quark, and Morn!

To say my heart was extremely happy seeing Deep Space Nine again on screen in a new episode of this era... would be an understatement of galactic proportions.



TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “The House Of Quark”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Saving "The House of Quark". I really enjoy Quark trying to explain finances and economic warfare to the Klingon High Council.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Body Parts is another wonderful Ferengi conedy episode in a pantheon of them.

If only one could experience the sheer joy Quark feels knowing he can sue Dr Orpax for malpractice.

And to be surrounded by such a loving community too.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Saving "The House of Quark". I really enjoy Quark trying to explain finances and economic warfare to the Klingon High Council.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 4: “Body Parts”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"

Body Parts is another wonderful Ferengi conedy episode in a pantheon of them.

If only one could experience the sheer joy Quark feels knowing he can sue Dr Orpax for malpractice.

And to be surrounded by such a loving community too.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 2: “Peak Performance”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
I was actially going to pick one of these two next. Thanks, folks!



Saving "Peak Performance".

One of my favorites of TNG, it utilizes the entire cast very, very well.


TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
LD Season 4: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Saving "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place," really for all the storylines, but especially for Boimler's obsession with Ferengi television -- and the Ferengi television shows! "Cop Landlords," anyone? -- and Freeman's unexpected gift for negotiation. And also for the return of Rom and Leeta, still happily married and clearly well-matched.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Prophet Motive”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
I've always enjoyed seeing Quark's horror and confusion at the altruistic Nagus Zek in "Prophet Motive".

"If they want their money back, give it to them."

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 5: “Ferengi Love Songs”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Ferengi Love Songs is a great deal of fun with some great lines.

"He said I was a scheming profit-hungry female that couldn't keep her clothes off"

"Back in the closet where you belong"

The laughs were delivered and so the episode is saved.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Captain’s Holiday”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
"Captain's Holiday" is a fun adventure. This episode always cheers me up.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
PRO Season 1: "First Con-tact"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
Saving "FIRST CON-TACT".

It's a fun PRODIGY episode and we get some more backstory with Dal.



TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 5: “Business As Usual”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
I quite like Business as Usual as it shows Quark in a different light.

TNG Season 1: “The Battle”
TNG Season 3: “The Price”
TNG Season 3: “Menage A Troi”
TNG Season 5: “The Perfect Mate”
TNG Season 6: “Rascals”
TNG Season 6: “Suspicions”
TNG Season 7: “Bloodlines”
DS9 Season 1: “The Nagus”
DS9 Season 2: “Rules Of Acquisition”
DS9 Season 3: “Family Business”
DS9 Season 7: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
VOY Season 3: “False Profits”
VOY Season 7: "Inside Man"
ENT Season 1: “Acquisition”
LD Season 1: "Envoys"
LD Season 2: "Mugato, Gumato"
PIC Season 3: "Disengage"
 
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