Month: October 2021

Synopsis: To relieve some stress before an important encounter with a non-Federation race, Captain Picard enters the Enterprise’s newly upgraded holodeck only to be trapped inside it when it malfunctions. In “The Big Goodbye” the holodeck, while it has been seen in earlier episodes, plays its first major role. While on the surface, the holodeck… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 12: “The Big Goodbye”

Synopsis: While in orbit above the planet Haven Counselor Troi is confronted by her cultural obligation to marry, while her pre-selected intended spouse, Wyatt Miller, is challenged by his destiny with another woman. This episode is a physical manifestation of archetypal psychologist James Hillman’s acorn theory, as he described it in his bestselling book The… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 11: “Haven”

Synopsis: While en route to aid with a mining emergency of Quadra Sigma III, the crew of the Enterprise is once again visited by the alien entity who calls himself Q. The mercurial Q appears in the episode “Hide and Q,” and this time his presence provides a means to show the progression of inflation… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 10: “Hide and Q”

Synopsis: A rendezvous with a Ferengi vessel allows its captain to seek vengeance on Captain Picard for the death of his son in the Battle of Maxia. In “The Battle,” the Ferengi, Daimon Bok, is gripped by a complex. A complex in depth psychological terms occurs when a piece of an individual’s unconscious breaks into… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 9: “The Battle”

Synopsis: While visiting the planet Rubicun III, Wesley Crusher inadvertently breaks a law, invokes the death penalty, and Captain Picard must decide whether or not to break the Prime Directive. In my last two blogs I have written about inflation and identifying with a god, and this episode goes even further with this type of… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 8: “Justice”

Synopsis: While transporting representatives from two opposing enemy alien races to a peace negotiation on the planet Parliament, the Enterprise encounters an energy cloud. Much as the last episode “Where No One Has Gone Before,” “Lonely Among Us” gives us an illustration of what ego inflation looks like and how it is part of the… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 7: “Lonely Among Us”

Synopsis: While an experiment is performed on the Enterprise’s engines, the ship travels millions of light years away into a distant galaxy. This episode gives us an illustration of what ego inflation looks like and its part of the process of individuation, becoming more whole, as this concept is described by Carl (C. G.) Jung.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 6: “Where No One Has Gone Before”

Synopsis: While chasing a Ferengi vessel, the Enterprise encounters a powerful alien on an uncharted planet. This episode harkens back to a similar storyline in the episode “Arena” from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, in which an advanced powerful alien race that does not allow violence in their space is encountered.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 5: “The Last Outpost”

Synopsis: While in negotiations for a badly needed vaccine for a plague on a Federation planet, Lt. Yar is kidnapped. Depth psychology is defined as any psychology that examines the unconscious, and the depth psychological theme that I would like to discuss in this episode is the concept of projection. Projection involves the undeveloped or… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 4: “Code of Honor”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise is exposed to an illness that causes them to act as if they are intoxicated. Depth psychology is defined as any psychology that examines the unconscious, and the depth psychological theme that I would like to discuss in this episode is the inflation of the conscious ego. Inflation, which… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 3: “The Naked Now”