Category: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Synopsis: Odo is assigned to protect First Minister Shakaar and watches as Shakaar and Major Kira become involved. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one of the ways in which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego reacts when it has been made aware of bits of the Eros-driven irrational, or emotional, unconscious. How… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 12: “Crossfire”

Synopsis: Earth is placed under martial law while Captain Sisko and Odo investigate whether or not there is a reason to fear a Dominion attack. This episode, which continues the storyline from the previous one, can be seen as another illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 11: “Paradise Lost”

Synopsis: Captain Sisko and Odo are summoned to Earth to try to defend it from a perceived threat from the Dominion. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one way the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, when it is perceived as a threat. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 10: “Home Front”

Synopsis: A transporter malfunction causes the physical patterns of crewmembers to be stored in Dr. Bashir’s James Bond-like holosuite program. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego feels that it is separate from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, but how both must be joined so that the psyche… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 9: “Our Man Bashir”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Dax and Lt. Commander Worf accompany Kor on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Kahless relic and unite the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an exploration of the concept of inflation. As I have written previously, inflation is what happens when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego identifies with… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 8: “The Sword of Kahless”

Synopsis: On the way to bring Nog to Earth to attend Starfleet Academy, Quark’s new vessel is caught in a time warp and ends up on Earth, but in 1947. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept, the acorn theory. That just as every acorn has all the information inside… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 7: “Little Green Men”

Synopsis: While conducting trade negotiations in the Gamma Quadrant the Defiant is attacked by Jem’Hadar warships. While the above is the plotline of this episode from the external point of view, there is a lot of psychic growth that is happening on the U.S.S. Defiant as the crew struggles to live through the aftermath of… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 6: “Starship Down”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Dax is reunited with the current host of the symbiont who was the wife of Tobias Dax. This episode can be seen as an unusual illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory. This is his concept that just as each acorn has all the information inside it to become a tree, inside each… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 5: “Rejoined”

Synopsis: Gul Dukat accompanies Major Kira on a search for survivors of a crash of a vessel transporting Bajoran prisoners. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called projections. Projections are bits of unconscious material that an individual’s conscious ego has placed upon another. If what is projected… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 4: “Indiscretion”

Synopsis: Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir are captured by a group of renegade Jem’Hadar, whose leader wants to free them from their inborn addiction to ketracel white, while on Deep Space Nine Lt. Commander Worf gets used to his new surroundings. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 3: “Hippocratic Oath”