Month: September 2023

Synopsis: While surveying a planet, Captain Archer, Lt. Reed, and Ensign Sato come in contact with a virus that mutates them into a different species. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how deeply cultural complexes can affect not only those in the society where the injury occurred, but everyone and everything that… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 3: “Extinction”

Synopsis: While traveling in the Delphic Expanse, Enterprise starts experiencing anomalies all over the ship This episode can be seen as an illustration of how complexes try to make the Logos-driven rational conscious ego aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Anomaly,” as Enterprise heads deeper into the Delphic Expanse, anomalies… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 2: “Anomaly”

Synopsis: Enterprise continues the exploration of the Delphic Expanse in search of the Xindi homeworld. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can be blindsided by bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when it continues to perceive the world through rational conscious awareness only. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 1: “The Xindi”

Synopsis: An alien probe attacks Earth and Captain Archer receives guidance from the same shadowy figure who guides the actions of the Suliban as to how to proceed. This episode can be seen as an illustration of archetypal psychologist James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything within it to become a… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 26: “The Expanse”

Synopsis: Captain Archer is abducted by a Tellurite bounty hunter while on Enterprise Sub-Commander T’Pol must deal with a microbial infection from an away mission. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 25: “Bounty”

Synopsis: While traveling in a shuttlepod to explore a dark matter nebula, Captain Archer tells Sub-Commander T’Pol about a colleague of his who has just died. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 24: “First Flight”

Synopsis: Enterprise is sent on a mission to rescue three Earth researchers who have been abducted by aliens that they discovered in Earth’s Arctic Circle. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn contains everything needed to become a tree, we all have inner daimons… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 23: “Regeneration”

Synopsis: The Enterprise encounters an alien race with three genders. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the danger of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego being one-sided, believing that its way of perceiving the world is the only way. In “Cogenitor,” while exploring a rare hypergiant star, Enterprise is hailed by Captain Drennick,… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 22: “Cogenitor”

Synopsis: While an away team is sent to evacuate a group of Denobulan geologists from a planet, Dr. Phlox confronts a patient who is from a species that Denobulan society has villainized for over three hundred years. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the concept of a cultural complex, when an entire… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 21: “The Breach”

Synopsis: Ensign Mayweather visits his family aboard the ECS Horizon. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything it needs to grow into a tree, humans have an inner daimon that has all the information individuals need to become who they are destined… Continue reading Star Trek : Enterprise Season 2, Episode 20: “Horizon”