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Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise is confronted by a vessel from the 26th century and a man who claims to be a historian. In this episode there is a very interesting scene in which Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who along with his crew are trying to save a planet below that is suffering through the… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 9: “A Matter of Time”

Synopsis: Captain Picard and Lt. Commander Data find that Ambassador Spock is on Romulus to join an effort to peaceably reunite the Romulan and Vulcan cultures. In this episode, viewers are treated to witness a change that has occurred in the beloved character of Ambassador Spock. Spock has learned that his human half, that in… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 8: “Unification II”

Synopsis: Captain Picard and Lt. Commander Data are sent to Romulus to locate Ambassador Spock who has been sighted there. There is a moment early in this episode in which Captain Jean-Luc Picard goes to visit an old friend of his, Ambassador Sarek, the Vulcan father of Ambassador Spock. Sarek is very ill and the… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 7: “Unification I”

Synopsis: An alien race plots to take over the Federation by using an addictive, pleasure inducing device to control Starfleet officers. This episode can be seen as a physical reenactment of what can happen to us when our rational conscious ego is lost in the power of the unconscious. In “The Game” a female alien… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 6: “The Game”

Synopsis: When the Enterprise is struck by a quantum filament, the vessel is damaged, and all the senior officers are cut off from the bridge, except for Counselor Troi, who takes command. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the preferred functions of the psyche are unavailable, and an individual… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 5: “Disaster”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise encounters the Crystalline Entity. One way to interpret “Silicon Aviator” from a depth psychological perspective is that it is an illustration of how the Great Mother archetype, as identified by James Hillman, might act in response to a threat. Basically, the Great Mother has the power and the will… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 4: “Silicon Aviator”

Synopsis: The Enterprise is ordered on a mission to stop the terrorist threat from a group of Bajoran rebels and enlists the aid of an unusual officer. The episode “Ensign Ro” can be interpreted a number of ways from the perspective of depth or archetypal psychology, one of them being that she represents a Trickster… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 3: “Ensign Ro”

Synopsis: Captain Picard is transported down to the planet El-Adrel by the Children of Tama, in an effort to learn to communicate with their captain, Dathon. In my last blog, I wrote how the episode “Redemption II” could be seen as an illustration of James Hillmans’ acorn theory from The Soul’s Code. This episode can… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 2: “Darmok”

Synopsis: Lt. Worf and Captain Picard in their own ways try to protect the Klingon High Council from outside interference. One way to interpret this episode is as an illustration of the acorn theory from James Hillman’s bestseller, The Soul’s Code. The acorn theory in brief is that just as an acorn has all the… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 1: “Redemption II”