YMMV / Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S06 E23 "Profit and Lace"

• Bizarro Episode: The idea of Zek being deposed and Brunt being his temporary replacement, and even an episode dedicated to a feminist revolution in the rigidly patriarchal Ferengi culture, are interesting enough premises on their own, but most of the episode's focus is on the spectacle of Quark pretending to be a woman to win the support of a major businessman.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: "Slug-o-cola" could be considered a reference to "Slurm" from Futurama... but Futurama didn't debut until a year after this episode first aired.
• So Bad, It's Good: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is widely and rightfully acclaimed for being one of the darkest and most morally complex Star Trek series ever. This episode is about a Ferengi sex change.
• Took the Bad Film Seriously: Instead of an actor, it was the director, Alexander Siddig, who did this, viewing an admittedly bad farce as instead a dramatic piece. As a result, even the bits that could have worked ended up not working.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: Quark. Even though he's a Jerkass, he goes out of his way trying to help Zek and Ishka, and he's still treated as being unhelpful.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Ishka. Until she has her heart attack, she spends the entire episode being incredibly ungrateful to Quark about everything. And this is not long after Quark risked his own life to rescue her from the Dominion.

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