False Profits

Episode aired Oct 2, 1996
TV-PG
44m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

2.1K

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Rob LaBelle, Christine Artecona-Cornell, Leslie Jordan, Dan Shor, and Kimm Collinsworth in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

Voyager comes across a pair of Alpha Quadrant Ferengis who have set themselves up as gods on a primitive planet. Voyager wants to end their reign and use the nearby wormhole to return home.Voyager comes across a pair of Alpha Quadrant Ferengis who have set themselves up as gods on a primitive planet. Voyager wants to end their reign and use the nearby wormhole to return home.Voyager comes across a pair of Alpha Quadrant Ferengis who have set themselves up as gods on a primitive planet. Voyager wants to end their reign and use the nearby wormhole to return home.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Leslie Jordan's lines were reduced due to his strong Southern accent, and his difficulty in hiding it.

Goofs
Tuvok and Harry Kim's description of what happened in The Price (1989) during the negotiation of the wormhole is inaccurate. Tuvok states that the Ferengi made "a nefarious attempt to secure the wormhole" but this is also incorrect. The Ferengi were also exploring the wormhole in their own shuttle at the same time Data and LaForge but refused to return when Data determined that the wormhole was not stable, therefore stranding the Ferengi in the Delta Quadrant.

Quotes
Captain Kathryn Janeway: We have to out-ferengi... the Ferengi.

Connections
Referenced in Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by Jay Chattaway

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Featured review

3/10

Silly and boring

Another silly Ferengi episode - the first for Voyager though.

While the idea is interesting that Ferengis are worshipped as gods on an underdeveloped planet and exploit the citizens to make profit, it is done in a silly way again. Don't know why most Ferengi episodes have to be corny and over the top.

At least Neelix did a better job impersonating a Ferengi than a Talaxian. He is less annoying this way.

What hurts my eyes again: The stupidity of the Voyager bridge crew. There is the one and only chance to travel back to the alpha quadrant through a wormhole but they rather mess around with two Ferengis and try to stop them from returning back to the planet. I'd like to hear what the rest of the crew has to say about the fact, that their superiors wasted this opportunity because Janeway and the other senior officers played "Chase the Ferengi" instead.