Synopsis: Renegade Federation forces attack Cardassian ships in an effort to disrupt the peace between the Federation and Cardassia. These two episodes are really the telling of one story in two parts, so I will address them together in this one post. The depth psychological concept that is illustrated here is the idea that those… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episodes 20 and 21: “The Maquis, Parts I and II”
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 21: “First Born”
Synopsis: Just as Lt. Worf’s son Alexander Rozhenko decides that he doesn’t want to become a Klingon warrior another Klingon appears to try to change his mind. Similar to one of the plotlines in “Journey’s End,” this episode is an illustration of the acorn theory from Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman, that we are all born… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 21: “First Born”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 19: “Blood Oath”
Synopsis: Three Klingons with whom Curzon Dax took a blood oath of revenge come aboard the station. This episode illustrates one of the more controversial teachings of Carl (C. G.) Jung, that the Western psyche is unable to truly embody Eastern ways of being. In “Blood Oath” three Klingon warriors, Kor, Koloth, and Kang, come… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 19: “Blood Oath”
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7, Episode 20: “Journey’s End”
Synopsis: The Enterprise is tasked with removing a colony of Native Americans from a planet where at the same time Wesley Crusher is finding his destiny. This episode is an illustration of at least a couple themes from depth psychology. First there is the acorn theory from Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman, and the second is… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7, Episode 20: “Journey’s End”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 18: “Profit and Loss”
Synopsis: A woman from Quark’s past comes aboard Deep Space Nine. This episode focuses on how love can be the catalyst to opening up the relationship between the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Profit and Loss” a Cardassian woman, Professor Natima Lang, along with her students Rekelen and Hogue, are… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 18: “Profit and Loss”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 19: “Genesis”
Synopsis: A virus spreads through the Enterprise that causes living things to de-evolve. This episode is an illustration of the greatest fear of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, that it will be swallowed up by the Eros-driven irrational unconscious shadow. In “Genesis” the crew of the Enterprise is infected by a virus that was accidentally… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 19: “Genesis”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 17: “Playing God”
Synopsis: Lt. Dax is appointed the field trainer for a Trill initiate. This episode focuses on the joining process of a Trill host and its symbiont, which can be seen to be analogous to the relationship between the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Playing God” Lt. Jadzia Dax must give… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 17: “Playing God”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 18: “Eye of the Beholder”
Synopsis: Counselor Troi and Lt. Worf are assigned the task of trying to ascertain why a young officer took his life. While not the main thrust of this narrative, this episode contains an explanation of how Carl (C. G.) Jung stated that individuals should relate to what he called complexes. In “Eye of the Beholder”… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 18: “Eye of the Beholder”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 16: “Shadowplay”
Synopsis: Chief of Security Odo and Lt. Dax discover a village that is a projection created by one individual. This episode is an illustration of how the psyche uses projection to allow the Logos-driven rational unconscious ego to perceive elements from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Shadowplay” Deep Space Nine’s Chief of Security Odo and… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 16: “Shadowplay”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 17: “Masks”
Synopsis: The Enterprise comes across the path of what the crew believes is a rogue comet that has the ability to transform the vessel into a temple and Lt. Commander Data into a deity. This episode tries to explain the concept of the union of opposites through the prism of an ancient ritualistic culture. In… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 17: “Masks”
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