It begins with Quark threatening a Dabu Girl with firing if she doesn't provide him oomox. His piggish behavior is interrupted by Rom who is panicked that he can't reach anyone on their homeworld. Fortunately about this time, the Grand Nagus shows up on a shuttle with their Mookie.
Nagus reveals his new plans which involves allowing their females to wear clothes and contribute to the economy. Nagus explains when he revealed this on Ferenginar, the whole commerce authority had a meltdown, leading to the disrupted communications. To make matters worse, Brunt is made acting Nagus.
What begins as a comedy sketch soon erupts into a long-winded silly amateurish play complete with Quark dressing in drag, acting as another close confidant of Nagus after he and Mookie get into a heated argument, which caused her to collapse from a heart attack.
After Dr. Bashir saves Mookie's life and orders her to bed rest, he helps Quark with gender change. A commissioner who comes to the station to discuss the situation with the idea of Nagus's new partner convincing him why females can be an asset to the Ferenginar economy. What happens is something that's been seen in thousands of previous comedy shows---the commissioner has ideas of his own about the female Quark, chasing him/her around the dinner table.
The sex change was a success. The commissioner agrees to Nagus's new terms.
This ridiculous episode highlights female stereotypes about raging hormones and emotional instability in the form of Lumba (Quark). Lumba learns how to sit and walk like a female. The episode makes light of the serious topic of stalking and chasing females who say NO. Even the Dabu girl at the end agrees to give in to Quark's sexual demands. The only saving grace the episode has is Quark getting insight to his despicable behavior during the transformation of returning to his old male self and telling her to forget about it.
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