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”
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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”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 10: “Move Along Home”
Synopsis: The first official delegates from the Gamma Quadrant arrive at Deep Space Nine. This episode, much like the earlier one “Captive Pursuit,” deals with foreign species that come from the Gamma Quadrant through the wormhole and bring the unexpected. Which is much like how bits of unconscious material come to the attention of the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 10: “Move Along Home”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 17: “Birthright, Part II”
Synopsis: Lt. Worf works to free Klingons living in a Romulan prison camp. This episode picks up on Lt. Worf’s story where “Birthright, Part I” left off. Worf is captured by Romulans and told that he must stay in this prison camp in which Romulans and Klingons live harmoniously. Worf is extremely resistant to this,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 17: “Birthright, Part II”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 9: “The Passenger”
Synopsis: A rescue of a ship in distress brings a dangerous consciousness onto the station. In this episode we see a theme of certain episodes that goes back to Star Trek: The Original Series in which consciousness has so been separated from our body that bodies have become interchangeable, even between species. This is unlike… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 9: “The Passenger”
