Month: August 2023

Synopsis: The Enterprise travels to a planet expecting to find a salvageable wreck of an alien vessel and instead finds the vessel is very much in use by its crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the archetypes, or patterns of unconscious energy, of the Senex, the wise elder,… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 20: “Oasis”

Synopsis: A group of Ferengi thieves try to loot Enterprise. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego incorporates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, it makes the ego stronger and the psyche more whole. In “Acquisition” Enterprise’s crew inadvertently beams up an object that… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 19: “Acquisition”

Synopsis: While exploring animal life on a rogue planet, Enterprise’s crew comes across a group of hunters. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego projects its inner ideal other onto another individual, which is one way it becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 18: “Rogue Planet”