[1] The teleplay was written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, based on a story by Philip Kim, and directed by Steve Posey.
In a side plot on Deep Space Nine, Chief Miles O'Brien is missing a crucial piece of equipment needed to repair the starship Defiant.
O'Brien reluctantly authorizes Nog to make a long series of trades, including loaning out Captain Sisko's desk and selling a shipment of wine sent by General Martok's wife.
[1] Reviewing the episode in 2014 for Tor.com, Keith R.A. DeCandido gave it a rating of 7 out of 10; he called the plots "superb" and a "delight", though he thought Nog's storyline makes little sense in a science-fiction setting in which items can easily be replicated.
[5] Media scholar Ina Rae Hark described the episode as "a sort of comparative religion seminar" examining the beliefs of the Dominion and the Ferengi.
The episode therefore illustrates how Deep Space Nine explores alien cultures in detail, taking religious belief seriously, and thus departs from the work of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek franchise, who tended to portray religion as an exploitative "con game".