Synopsis: Chief O’Brien leads a team to Empok Nor, a disbanded Cardassian space station, in order to retrieve parts that Deep Space Nine needs for repairs. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the dangers that may exist for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to explore the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Empok Nor”… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 24 “Empok Nor”
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Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 25: “Worst Case Scenario”
Synopsis: Lt. Torres discovers a holo-novel left behind on Voyager by Seska. This episode illustrates how projections are one way in which bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious can come to the awareness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “Worst Case Scenario” Lt. B’Elanna Torres discovers a new holo-novel that tells the… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 25: “Worst Case Scenario”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 23: “Blaze of Glory”
Synopsis: Deep Space Nine receives a message from the Maquis that they have launched undetectable missiles at Cardassia, and Captain Sisko enlists the help of a Starfleet officer turned Maquis leader to stop them. This episode can be seen as an illustration of projection, when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego projects bits of material from… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 23: “Blaze of Glory”
Star Trek Voyager – Season 3, Episode 24: “Displaced”
Synopsis: One by one members of Voyager’s crew disappear and are replaced by aliens. This episode illustrates one way in which bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious can come to the awareness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “Displaced” aliens from Nyria III appear on Voyager at the same moment in time… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 3, Episode 24: “Displaced”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 22: “Children of Time”
Synopsis: On its way back to Deep Space Nine, the crew of the Defiant encounters their own descendants, from an accident that stranded them on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant two hundred years in the past. Although there are many depth psychological themes running throughout this episode, I am going to focus on the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 22: “Children of Time”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 23: “Distant Origin”
Synopsis: A Voth scientist in the Delta Quadrant proves his hypothesis that his race shares ancestors with humans from Earth This episode illustrates the depth psychological concept of projection. Specifically, the idea that one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of the unconscious shadow, is when the ego projects the bits of… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 23: “Distant Origin”
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”
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