This episode was just.... weird. When I watched it, I thought the whole point of the episode was to showcase the Ferengi as being a prett creepy and powerful race, until we actually got to meet them and they're pretty much nothing. That is what I honestly believed until I learned that they were supposed to be a serious threat throughout even after their reveal.
I do have to ask, did they really need to put that much make up on Darryl Henrique for the Portal? I thought he had a pretty cool and cold looking presence in Star Trek VI, yet he's so unrecognizable here.