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Synopsis: Ensign Sato is contacted by an alien with telepathic powers. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Jung’s concept of the animus, or the ideal inner other that resides in the Eros-driven irrational unconscious of an individual who identifies as female, and the idea of the anima, or the ideal inner other… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 6: “Exile”

Synopsis: The Enterprise receives an automated distress call from a Vulcan vessel. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how dangerous it can be when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is too one-sided and suppresses the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Impulse,” the Enterprise receives an automated distress call from the Vulcan vessel, Seleya,… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 5: “Impulse”

Synopsis: The Xindi council plots to get information on humans by maneuvering Archer into bringing a beautiful female alien aboard Enterprise. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how projection can allow the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to see something of its own Eros-driven irrational unconscious in another, whether the projection is accurate… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 4: “Rajiin”

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”