Category: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Dax, Lt. Commander Worf, Dr. Bashir, Leeta and Quark travel to Risa for a vacation. In this episode we can see what happens when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes too one-sided and also the healing that can take place when bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious are acknowledged by… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 7: “Let He Who is Without Sin . . .”

Synopsis: While returning to Deep Space Nine with the Bajoran Orb of Time, the Defiant is thrown back in time to the 23rd century. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a complex can allow bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to come to the attention of the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 6: “Trials and Tribble-ations”

Synopsis: A Bajoran Pah’wraith takes over Keiko O’Brien’s body in order to force Chief O’Brien to create a way to destroy the Prophets that live in the wormhole. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how sometimes one character who embodies the energy of the Senex, or wise old man, needs a little… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 5: “The Assignment”

Synopsis: Jake Sisko accompanies Dr. Bashir to assist at a hospital in a war zone and learns much about himself. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what the Logos-driven rational conscious ego goes through when it is confronted by bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious shadow and is forced to… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 4: “Nor the Battle to the Strong”

Synopsis: When Quark’s ex-wife visits Deep Space Nine, emotions run high all around. This episode can be seen as an analogy of another way that bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious can come to the attention of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In this case, through the emotion of love. The English translation… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 3: “Looking for Par’Mach in All the Wrong Places”

Synopsis: While investigating a planet’s minerals, an away team witnesses a Jem’Hadar ship crash, and when there are no survivors found Captain Sisko wants to take the wreckage back to Starfleet. This episode can be seen as an analogy of what can happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego does not allow bits of material… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 2: “The Ship”

Synopsis: Captain Sisko leads an infiltration team to expose the Changeling placed highly in the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego allows bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to integrate into itself, making it stronger and the psyche more… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 1: “Apocalypse Rising”

Synopsis: Odo is stricken with an unknown illness which forces him to return to the Founders in the Gamma Quadrant. Just as in the prior episode, “Body Parts,” this episode can be seen as an illustration of what depth psychologist Erich Neumann would call the tension between an old ethic and a new ethic. This… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 25: “Broken Link”

Synopsis: When Quark believes he is dying, he decides to follow the Ferengi tradition of selling off his desiccated remains for profit. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what depth psychologist Erich Neumann would call the tension between an old ethic and a new ethic. This is also the psychic tension that… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 24: “Body Parts”

Synopsis: While in the Gamma Quadrant Lt. Dax and Dr. Bashir come across a planet where individuals are born with a blight that they all will die of as punishment from the Jem’Hadar for disobedience. This episode can be seen as an illustration of when one’s Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes inflated because it identifies… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 4, Episode 23: “The Quickening”