Synopsis: Major Kira travels to a Bajoran moon to convince a settler there to leave before the moon will become uninhabitable in an effort to provide power to Bajor. In this episode Major Kira Nerys meets a crochety yet charming settler on the Bajoran moon, Jeraddo, and her compassion for him may well be because… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 15: “Progress”
Blog
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 22: “Suspicions”
Synopsis: Dr. Crusher risks her career in order to solve the mystery of a murder aboard the Enterprise. In this episode we can see how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, here symbolized by Starfleet Command, can try to suppress input from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, here embodied in Dr. Beverly Crusher. In “Suspicions” Crusher acts… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 22: “Suspicions”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 14: “The Storyteller”
Synopsis: Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir respond to a medical emergency on Bajor, while on Deep Space Nine, Commander Sisko is asked to mediate a land dispute between two Bajoran factions. In this episode viewers get a glimpse of the power of a cultural unconscious shadow. On Bajor, this creates a physical monster, on Deep… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 14: “The Storyteller”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 21: “Frame of Mind”
Synopsis: Commander Riker is kidnapped during an undercover away mission and subjected to drug-induced hallucinations. This episode begins with Commander William Riker and Lt. Commander Data rehearsing a play written by Dr. Beverly Crusher, which is set in a mental institution. While rehearsing the scene, Riker becomes uncomfortable with how the play is making him… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 21: “Frame of Mind”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 13: “Battle Lines”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko, Major Kira, and Dr. Bashir bring Kai Opaka to the Gamma Quadrant, where she begins a new adventure. In this episode the concept at the core of depth psychology is explored through the character of Major Kira Nerys. And also, as in the last episode, “Vortex,” the Gamma Quadrant can be seen… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 13: “Battle Lines”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 20: “The Chase”
Synopsis: Captain Picard refuses to leave his career in Starfleet to work with a former professor of his, yet when the professor is killed, the crew of the Enterprise, along with Klingons, Cardassians, and Romulans uncover the answers he was seeking. In this episode Captain Jean-Luc Picard is given a gift by Professor Galen, his… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 20: “The Chase”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 12: “Vortex”
Synopsis: A visitor from the Gamma Quadrant tells Odo about changelings like himself in the Gamma Quadrant. In this episode, we see Odo, the chief of security at Deep Space Nine, struggle with impulses both from his rational Logos-driven conscious, and the irrational, Eros-driven unconscious, when an individual from the Gamma Quadrant awaiting trial for… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 12: “Vortex”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 19: “Lessons”
Synopsis: Captain Picard falls in love with an officer newly transferred to the Enterprise. In this episode, what grips me more than anything else from a depth psychological perspective is the way in which the Eros-driven unconscious subtle body is abandoned in the wrong-headed quest for privileging the Logos-driven conscious ego. There are very few… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 19: “Lessons”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 18: Starship Mine”
Synopsis: After the rest of the crew has disembarked, so that the Enterprise may undergo a baryon sweep, Captain Picard is trapped aboard the ship with thieves intent on stealing a dangerous commodity from her. In this episode, what is interesting from a depth psychological point of view is an overwhelming feeling of being trapped… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 18: Starship Mine”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 11: “The Nagus”
Synopsis: The Ferengi leader – Grand Nagus Zek visits Deep Space Nine. In this episode we see how even though different belief systems seem to be completely unreconcilable, yet as is the case between the conscious and unconscious in our psyches, they do need each other to become more whole. In “The Nagus” when Commander… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 11: “The Nagus”
mydailysoultrek 