...Well, next to Kehylar, Worf's original mate - But she was half "Hooman".
This ep explores things that were initiated in Next Generation Klingon 'Sodes. The Production even uses Matte paintings and Sets created for "Sins of the Father" and "Redemption". But this 'sode goes a bit farther, revealing more about Klingon Family Traditions.
In the same way Mary Kay Adams (Grillka) acts to save her house, there is a B-Plot in this 'sode that shows the O'Briens dealing with some difficult changes. So... the common element of both plots are Family Ties.
Of course, as this sode is Quark-Centric, it begins and ends with Quark. This 3rd season Ep brings Quark to the front, and he becomes a lot more dimensional than his initial portrayal as the Ferengi "Barkeep" with eyes only for Gold Pressed Latinum. Armin Shimmerman gives the character more dimensions than a Fringe Alternate Universe plot line - So from this ep on, the Ferengi are treated with more respect than they originally got in the whole 7-year run of Next Generation. And even Gowron gives Quark one of the best compliments ever - Which actually created a tie between the Ferengi species and the Klingon species.
Mary Kay Adams created Grillka - Yes we know her character was created by writer Tom Benko for this ep in a Teleplay by the great Ron D Moore, but Mary Kay Adams - Best known as the Narn "Na'Toth" in Babylon 5 after taking up the role from Julie Caitlin Brown - created an image of a magnificent Klingon Woman - Proud, Powerful and even unattainable by Worf in a later 'sode (Looking for Par'mach in all the wrong places). I admit, I wish she were real - And as Brian Thompson/Klag in the Next Gen ep "A Matter of Honor" states, regarding Will Riker and Klingon Females - "They are inquisitive, they would like to know how you would endure... Them!" and my response is the same as Riker's "One? Or Both?" - But that would only apply if there were two Klingon Women as magnificent as Grillka, and there is not - Because Martok's wife Sirella (Shannon Cochran) is of course, married to Martok.
Of the three Klingon Women explored in Next Generation and Deep Space Nine - Kehy'lar, Grillka and Sirella, Grillka is the best... But there is a 4th, Kahlest - Worf's "Nanny" played by Thelma Lee - Who also was memorable, for a "Klingon Bag Lady" (She tells Chancellor K'mpek he's still too fat).
Klingon Women, got to love 'em!
