Freeman outwits Grand Nagus Rom and First Clerk Leeta during talks on Ferengi admission to the Federation, while the new lieutenants serve as travel guides on Ferenginar.
Freeman assists a Starfleet admiral in finalizing the Ferengi Alliance's entry into the Federation, but Grand Nagus Rom and First Clerk Leeta keep adding terms that the admiral accepts. Freeman turns the tables by scamming them in return, earns their respect, and gets them to sign the original deal.
Ransom assigns the newly promoted lieutenants as travel guides on Ferenginar. Mariner reconnects with her old friend Quimp, who calls her out for refusing to accept that her career is going well, Boimler plans an ambitious sightseeing schedule and ends up watching Ferengi television, and Tendi and Rutherford pose awkwardly as a married couple. A Ferengi ship's attack is revealed to have been arranged by a junior member of its crew.