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Synopsis: Voyager’s crew encounters hologram programs that have learned to kill. This episode illustrates how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes inflated when it identifies to strongly with the god-like powers of an archetype contained in the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Flesh and Blood” Voyager receives a distress call from a Hirogen training facility, where… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episodes 9 and 10: “Flesh and Blood, Part I and Part II”

Synopsis: Ensign Kim seizes an opportunity to take command of a mission with unanticipated results. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how much the Logos-driven rational conscious ego wants to be in charge of the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, but how impossible that really is. In “Nightingale” Voyager is set down on a… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 8: “Nightingale”

Synopsis: In order to hide The Doctor’s Emergency Medical Hologram Program, Seven of Nine downloads it into herself. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when there is an imbalance between the needs of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Body and Soul” while Ensign Harry… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 7: “Body and Soul”

Synopsis: Lt. Barclay, in the Alpha Quadrant, tries to send a hologram message to Voyager in the Delta Quadrant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how difficult communication can sometimes be between the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Inside Man” as part of the Pathfinder Project, Lt.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 6: “Inside Man”

Synopsis: The Doctor’s hologram program is stolen and sold to the operator of an alien hospital ship. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how difficult it can be for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to acknowledge and accept bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Critical Care” an alien trader… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 5: “Critical Care”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Tuvok discovers that he has been the subject of a mind control experiment. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a one-sided psyche, privileging the Logos-driven rational conscious ego over the Eros-driven irrational unconscious can be considered unstable. In “Repression” the members of Voyager’s crew that were formerly part… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 4: “Repression”

Synopsis: Lt. Paris enters the Delta Flyer in a race created to keep the peace between warring species. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how challenging it can be for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to acknowledge and integrate bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into itself. In “Drive” while… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 3: “Drive”

This episode can be seen as an illustration of how sometimes the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can be healed by acknowledging bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious.  “Imperfection” begins with three of the four young former Borg drones, Rebi, Azan, and Mezoti, leaving Voyager to live on the Wysanti homeworld. Only Icheb remains.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 2: “Imperfection”

Synopsis: Captain Janeway leads an away mission into a Borg cube to try to save the mutated drones that visit Unimatrix Zero. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the dangers of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego trying to directly contact the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Unimatrix Zero, Part II” on an away… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 1: “Unimatrix Zero, Part II”

Synopsis: Seven of Nine discovers a dream-like place where some Borg drones escape to during their regeneration cycle. This episode can be seen as an illustration of two of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s perceptions of the collective unconscious, that part of the Eros-driven irrational unconscious that all humans share. In “Unimatrix Zero, Seven of Nine… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 26: “Unimatrix Zero, Part I”