"Profit and loss"
(Dobit i gubitak)

Sezona: 2
Epizoda: 18
Datum premijere: 20.03.1994.
Prikazana na HRT-u: 28.11.2008.


Scenaristi: Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus
Redatelj: Robert Wiemer
Gostujući glumci:
Mary Crosby as Natima Lang
Andrew Robinson as Elim Garak
Michael Reilly Burke as Hogue
Heidi Swedberg as Rekelen
Edward Wiley as Gul Toran
Stardate: nepoznat (2370)

Kratak sadržaj: (preuzeto sa ST centra)
Sisko i posada spašavaju mali, jako oštećeni kardasijanski brod s tri putnika - profesoricom Natimom Lang i njenim učenicima, Hogueom i Rekelen. Natima objasni kako je njihov brod bio oštećen tijekom prolaska kroz meteorski roj. Sisko se složi s njihovim ostankom na postaji sve dok im brod ne bude popravljen. U međuvremenu, Odo pokušava potvrditi glasinu da je Quark nabavio mali uređaj za skrivanje. Quark odbacuje optužbe, ali izgubi se i totalno smete kada odjednom ugleda Natimu, svoju veliku ljubav iz doba kardasijanske okupacije Bajora. Quark prati Natimu, nadajući se da će nastaviti tamo gdje su stali prije mnogo godina, ali Natima izjavljuje kako želi imati ništa s njim. Njihovu razgovor promatra Garak, jedini Kardasijanac na postaji. Kad ga Natima vidi, ona požuruje učenike da izađu iz kafića, sa željom da odmah napusti postaju...
Detaljnije informacije:Memory Alpha

Kompletan scenarij: ST Minutiae

Background Information:
* The original teleplay for this episode very closely paralleled the plot of the 1942 Academy Award-winning Michael Curitz film Casablanca. In fact, it was originally called "Here's Lookin' at You...", a reference to a popular quote from the film. The producers however, were forced to change some of the more obvious references to the film as well as the title when they were threatened with legal action (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
* It was while working on this episode that a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California, including the Paramount studios where Deep Space Nine was being produced. The earthquake struck on 17 January 1994 at 4:31 AM, when Armin Shimerman, Mary Crosby, and other actors requiring extensive makeup were having their makeup applied in preparation for crew call at 5 AM. Most of the actors in the makeup trailer ran to their cars and drove home to check on family members. However, they were still wearing their makeup, and as director Robert Wiemer points out, "It must have seemed like the bowels of the Earth had opened up and those creatures had come out." Armin Shimerman commented that he "scared the crap out of people" with his alien appearance. Following a two-day inspection of the studio for damage and structural safety, filming continued on 19 January – albeit, amidst a series of aftershocks. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
* In this episode, we learn that Quark has been on the station longer than Odo, and that Quark sold food to the Bajorans during the occupation.
* This episode reveals that Cardassia considers Garak to be an exile, although it is not clear to what extent his exile is self-inflicted.
* Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #223 (Though Quark is cut off before he can recite it)
* Armin Shimerman and Mary Crosby's makeup had to be touched up each time the actors kissed, since his orange makeup would end up mixing with her gray makeup. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
* According to makeup supervisor Michael Westmore, the love scene in this episode between Lang and Quark is one of his all-time favorite Star Trek scenes due to the fact that despite all the heavy makeup, it is still just a touching, simple romantic scene between two people in love, and the makeup becomes completely unimportant. (Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season 2, DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features)
* This is the first episode to refer to the Cardassian dissident movement. It is also the first episode to use the term Cardassian Central Command.
* Mary Crosby, once famous for her role as the woman who shot J.R. Ewing in "Dallas," is the daughter of Bing Crosby, to whom Denise Crosby (Natasha Yar) is related as well.
* Ira Steven Behr dislikes this episode because he feels that Quark comes across as too heroic. Behr felt there were already enough heroic characters on the show, and that this episode should instead have been a Beauty and the Beast type of story, with Quark resembling Woody Allen; "I felt we didn't need another tough, sexy, swashbuckling character on the show. We had enough of those. We needed more offbeat, interesting characters. It should have been Beauty and the Beast, or Woody Allen and every woman he's ever been with in the films. You don't take Woody Allen and make him into Bogart. You have Bogart telling Woody Allen how to behave, but he does it through his Woody Allen persona. The scenes with Quark drove me mad." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)

Mozda nekom nebi bas pasala danasnja epizoda ali meni se svidjela

Usli smo u dubinu likova quarka i garaka , mislim da je ovo prvi put da nam redatelji serije daju doznanja tko i odakle je garak i sto on radi
Da nekazem kako su razgovori siska , oda , garaka i quarka danas bili odlicni , posebno dio u kojem quark dolazi u garakov ducan
Iako se nesjecam bas ove epizode , nekako mi je osjecaj govorio da ce garak ubit onog kardassianca , prejednostavan je zadatak bio da bi se povjerovalo da ce vratit garaka na kardassiu
Quark je danas pokazao svoju drugu stranu , prvi ferengi koji je latinum radi ljubavi stavio po strance (naravno bio je tamo i osvetnicki daimon bok u TNG-u ali njegov razlog je bio los i njegovo ignoriranje latinuma necasno) , malo mi je bilo i quarka na kraju zao

9

devetka.

mnogo fina epizoda.
Quark nije bio iritantan.
Garak je bio legendaran.
Kardasijansku politiku obozavam.
i pokazalo se kako Sisko ima skoro pa nikakvu kontrolu nad događanjima na vlastitoj postaji. doduse, kad je covijek Garakovog kalibra u pitanju tesko da se Sisku ista moze i zamjeriti.

P.S. zanimljiva je i ona posljednja scena.
kad Garak na kraju ipak pusti one teroriste. mislite li da bi ih pustio i da se nije pojavio onaj glupi gul? dok je jos mislio da ce se moci vratiti na Kradasiju?
ili on otpocetka nije vjerovao gulu nego je imao neki drugi cilj kad se pojavio tamo na airlocku? ako ih od pocetka nije mislio ubiti sto je zapravo htio postici? poslati im nekakvu poruku (do koje nije stigao jer ga je onaj gul prekinuo u govoru?) ili je stvaro bio spreman ubiti ih za vlastito pomilovanje, ali kad je skuzio da se nece vratiti kuci onda mu ju preostala samo "ljubav prema kardasiji"?

edit:

nakon malo razmisljanja mijenjam svoj iskaz u osmicu.

epka ima jednu veeeliku nelogicnost.
naime, sto su kardasijanci u onom Galoru mislili nakon sto se njihov ljubljeni gul nije vratio sa DS9a (gdje ga je Garak upuco)?
mislim, kaj, oni su se samo pokupili nakon par sati cekanja, onako, bez pitanja, bez prigovora.

i nitko nije nikakvih problema stvarao. nitko nije pitao gdje je nestao taj kardasijanski kapetan. nitko. ni stožer na kardasiji, ni ovi na brodu. mislim, ok, mogu zamisliti da su skuzili da je to Garakovo maslo, ali svejedno... nekako bi covjek ocekivao da bar ova posada reagira na to da im se kapetan jednostavno ne vrati na brod.
i Sisko bi barem cuo za to, ako ga vec ne bi izravno drzali odgovornim za nestanak tog gula.

zamislite da je u takvim okolnostima nestao federacijski kapetan. nemora to bit faca poput Picarda (za njim su cijeli kvadrant pretrazili), ali 100% bi bila barem nekakva istraga. a Odo nije budala, on bi znao zbrojiti dva i dva.

sve u svemu, sad mi se ekpa cini totalno nedorecena.

Prva liga sta reci! jedino mi je glupo sta kardasijanci nisu poslali par brodova vise a ne samo jedan i to galor kojeg bi postaja unistila u par hitaca

9 zbog blesavog kraja. Ispalo je kao da nitko neće pitati ni mariti za ubijenog gula, a sve to u službi sretnog završetka priče. Da nije toga, dao bih desetku jer je Quark baš fora sa svojim ljubavnim šemama, a Garak je jednostavno briljantan.