Little Green Men

This is a charming episode over all. The 3 Main Ferenghi get sent back in time to area 51 in 1947, and hilarity ensues. The Air Force general really puts the generic into general, he's every US Military cliche ever and it's hilarious. Cigar chomping no nonsense square jawed military dude cos ooh rah! XD

Definitely worth the watch.

Quark, Rom and Nog inadvertently time travel back to 1947.

This is a lighthearted episode and very enjoyable if you appreciate the comedy and do not take too seriously.

It is one of the best Ferengi episodes, as it makes good use of Nog's journey to Earth to generate adventure and humour. It's similar in tone to the original series episode 'Tomorrow is Yesterday' and pays homage to the sci-fi B movie genre of the 1950s.

It opens well with an inspired idea for a Ferengi coming of age ceremony that has some great character moments. When the Ferengi crew go on their adventure they have great banter with each other and the hoo-man characters. The Roswell connection is also a great idea.

Armin Shimerman, Aaron Eisenberg, and Max Grodénchik are on great form along with the guest actors. It's great to see Charles Napier and his line about his brother-in-law is outstanding.

This episode should not be taken too serious. It is a fun episode that puts our beloved Ferengis (Quark, Rom and Nog) in Roswell of 1947. So, instead of a weather balloon Quark's new shuttlecraft crashed in Roswell.

This episode features some funny moments. Like when the universal translator is not working due to high radiation in the atmosphere from all the atomic bomb tests and the Ferengi hit their heads to make the translators work. The humans think this is some kind of greeting ritual and also bang their heads.

Or when Nog points to the map on the wall and shows the humans where the Ferengi fleet is about to invade. Cleveland!

And Rom is quite the technician. He could be Chief of Ops, too.

I've often despaired a little at Deep Space Nine. It often maintained a fairly bland story without enough key episodes to get your blood going but I have to admit I've always enjoyed the Ferengi episodes.

Its a very old story of wily cop (Odo) vs lovable rogue (quark) and both actors clearly enjoy playing it to the full. Its Armin Shimmerman as Quark who raises the.bar on character acting though. He plays Quark as a floored career swindler who is cursed with a moral centre. He hates the fact he can't be as ruthless as other Ferengi and we love him for it.

Throwing these characters up against 1950 America really brings home some resonant messages. The Ferengi as a race are vile profiteers who'll stop at nothing for some gold pressed latinum but even Quark is horrified when he realises "they irradiated they're own atmosphere!! They're insane!".

Time travel plots can be very clunky. See "times arrow" in TNG for how not to do it but get the right characters and set them against the right time period and your onto a winner.

This is also an episode that will please trekies and non-trekies alike. Highly recommended watching.

This is excellent. It gives the Ferenghi characters more dimension to their personalities.