Synopsis: The Ferengi leader – Grand Nagus Zek visits Deep Space Nine.
In this episode we see how even though different belief systems seem to be completely unreconcilable, yet as is the case between the conscious and unconscious in our psyches, they do need each other to become more whole.
In “The Nagus” when Commander Benjamin Sisko is trying to put some sort of space between his son Jake and his new best friend, Nog, a young Ferengi, Sisko tells Jake: “Human values and Ferengi values are very different. We’ve never been able to form a common bond” (Behr & Livingston, 1993). This is how the conscious rational ego relates to bits of unconscious material that come to its attention through a complex. The first impulse is to reject. However, in order to become more whole, the conscious ego needs to acknowledge those bits of unconscious material, and integrate them into itself, in order for the psyche to become more whole.
Later in the episode, Sisko looks for Jake, and finds him teaching Nog how to read. The younger generation showing their elders that there are ways of forming a common bond. And for doing what he could not, Sisko is proud of his son. Which he exhibits in the gesture that he has used since the first episode, in embracing his son in his arms and kissing him on the top of his head.
Reference:
Behr, I, S. (Writer), & Livingston, D. (Director). (1993, March 21). The nagus (Season 1, Episode 11) [TV series episode]. In R. Berman & M. Piller (Executive Producers), Star trek: Deep space nine. Paramount Television.
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