Month: October 2022

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 21: “Soldiers of the Empire”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Worf and Lt. Commander Dax join General Martok on a mission to find a missing Klingon battle cruiser. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how damaging it can be to the psyche when an individual is too one-sided, favoring the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and suppressing the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 21: “Soldiers of the Empire”

Star Trek Voyager – Season 3, Episode 22: “Real Life”

Synopsis: The Doctor creates a holodeck family, to experience it and integrate it into his program, while Lt. Paris takes a shuttle into an eddy between space and subspace. This episode contains illustrations of two different yet interrelated concepts from depth psychology. The first is the idea of how difficult it can be to work… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 3, Episode 22: “Real Life”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 20: “Ferengi Love Songs”

Synopsis: On Ferenginar Quark learns his mother has been having an affair with the Grand Nagus, while on Deep Space Nine Rom and Leeta are to be married. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how deeply the Logos-driven rational conscious ego sometimes tries to suppress the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Ferengi Love… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 20: “Ferengi Love Songs”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 19: “Ties of Blood and Water”

Synopsis: A Cardassian dissident arrives on Deep Space Nine so that he will be with Major Kira when he dies. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when bits of unconscious material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious that are held in a complex that had been suppressed before, erupt again, so… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 19: “Ties of Blood and Water”

Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 21: “Before and After”

Synopsis: Kes begins traveling back in time causing her to remember the future. This episode speaks to James Hillman’s idea of the acorn theory, that just as the acorn has all the material it needs to become a tree, inside each of us is an inner daimon that has all the information we need to… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 21: “Before and After”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 18: “Business as Usual”

Synopsis: Quark’s cousin comes to Deep Space Nine with a dangerous business opportunity. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when a complex brings bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to the attention of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. “Business as Usual” begins with Quark learning that a downturn… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 18: “Business as Usual”

Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 20: “Favorite Son”

Synopsis: Ensign Kim is led to believe that he is not human, but a native of a planet inhabited mainly by women. Harkening back to the episode “The Lorelei Signal” from Star Trek: The Animated Series, this episode is a lesson in how the anima, the internal feminine ideal that is part of the male… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 20: “Favorite Son”

Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 19: “Rise”

Synopsis: Mr. Neelix and Lt. Tuvok go on a rescue mission together. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when a bit of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious forces the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to acknowledge and work with it. In “Rise” Lt. Tuvok and Mr. Neelix are assigned to… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 19: “Rise”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 16: “Doctor Bashir, I Presume”

Synopsis: When Dr. Bashir is chosen as the model for a new long term emergency medical hologram program, he is investigated, and a secret is found out. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious make their way into the awareness… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 16: “Doctor Bashir, I Presume”