[Nate the Great]

K'MTAR: We have other evidence that indicates the Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor, were behind the attack.
RIKER: What do you think they were after?
K'MTAR: Kurn's seat on the Council, of course.

I'm fairly certain that council seats can't be usurped via assassination. As Grilka says, houses settle disputes by having their forces meet in battle. Then again, do the Duras sisters OR Kurn have forces that COULD meet in battle? Do Council members earn enough to buy family estates, hire warriors, etc.?

RIKER: At one point they were at Deep Space Nine, trying to sell bilitrium explosives.
K'MTAR: That was months ago.

"Past Prologue" was about Stardate 46350, it's now about Stardate 47780. I'd call almost a year and a half more than just "months."

K'MTAR: Good. Because someday Alexander may be called upon to lead the house of Mogh. Kurn has no male heir. He wants to make sure that Alexander is preparing himself.

"House of Quark" stated that women leading Houses was unusual, but it wasn't impossible.

It occurs to me, wouldn't it have been interesting to have an episode where Alexander's cousins visit? They'd be able to tell him what "this Klingon stuff" should look like from a child's perspective.

Actually, the idea that the heir doesn't have to follow strict primogeniture is interesting, but I'll skip that screed.

K'MTAR: How are his fighting skills? Can he handle a bat'leth?
WORF: He is learning. He could be better.
K'MTAR: He must. He's nearing the age of ascension.

He is? They specifically said "thirteen" and Alexander is nowhere near that age. If there are two Klingon years to every Earth year, they could say so.

K'MTAR: Have you ever been to the Homeworld?
ALEXANDER: No.

Really? Wouldn't there be a Federation Embassy on Kronos for K'ehleyr to use? Did she choose not to use it?

K'MTAR: I understand. You're afraid. You don't know whether the Homeworld is safe.
ALEXANDER: Yes.

I always imagined Klingon estates to be walled complexes similar to those in ancient China. I'm sure children would be quite safe inside the walls. Even invading mercenaries would find it dishonorable to kill children before the final Rite of Ascension.

DATA: Starfleet records contain no mention of the Duras sisters after their departure from Deep Space Nine.

For a year and a half? I would like to think that people who start a civil war would be worthy of continual Klingon surveillance by themselves, and that's before you add the Romulan collaboration into the equation.

RIKER: On screen. Quark. I see you remember me.

They used a horrible take in this scene. Quark took a little too long reacting to seeing Riker on his screen.

QUARK [on viewscreen]: How could I forget the only man ever to win triple down dabo at one of my tables?

There's a fun DS9 novel where Quark hosts a poker tournament and invites Riker. Riker can't make it, so Doctor Bashir takes his place and unexpectedly wins (this is before the revelation of his Augment status, FYI).

RIKER: And how could I forget that you didn't have enough latinum to cover my winnings?
QUARK [on viewscreen]: I thought I explained that my brother had misplaced the key to the safe.

Talk about a stupid excuse. I don't see Ferengi ever using physical keys; they'd use multiple combinations along with biometric sensors.

RIKER: I'm looking for some Klingon friends of mine. The Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor?
QUARK [on viewscreen]: Yes, Lursa and B'Etor. Big talk, small tips.

Both say "Lorsa" instead of "Lursa", that always bugged me.

QUARK [on viewscreen]: They learned of a magnesite deposit on the Kalla system. It belongs to the Pakleds, but those fools don't even know it's there.

Is anyone else dubious that the Pakleds could ever hold a system other than the one with their homeworld?

K'MTAR: Could not he have been lying?
RIKER: Why would he? I'd just be knocking on his door again in a few days, and I wouldn't be in as good a mood.

A good point. It's not like Quark can hide, and there was a security officer in Sisko's office watching the whole thing who could testify against him.

ALEXANDER: Why did you want to recreate this?

"The producers said that we had to get our money's worth out of the set." Hehe.