Category: Star Trek: Enterprise

Synopsis: Captain Archer leads a team that takes Degra’s ship to try to stop the Xindi weapon from annihilating Earth, while Sub-Commander T’Pol leads another team to destroy Sphere 41. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything inside it to… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 24: “Zero Hour”

Synopsis: Captain Archer convinces the Aquatics to join the Primates and Arboreals in trying to stop the Reptilians and Insectoids from deploying the weapon to annihilate Earth while the Reptilians receive assistance from the Sphere Builders. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the difficulty the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has when it… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 23: “Countdown”

Synopsis: Captain Archer speaks before the entire Xindi Council, while the Reptilians also speak separately to a Sphere Builder. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the archetypes, or patterns of energy, that all humans have in their psyches, and how these different archetypes are in relation to each other. In “The Council,”… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 22: “The Council”

Synopsis: As Enterprise is about to enter a subspace corridor to rendezvous with Degra, they are confronted by the Enterprise from a past timeline. This episode can be seen as an illustration of a cultural complex, which is a psychic wound suffered by a group of individuals. Here, the psychic wound shared by the crews… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 21: “E (squared)”

Synopsis: Captain Archer tries to convince Degra that humanity is not the Xindis’ enemy while Sub-Commander T’Pol must deal with her emotions. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the perception of Logos-driven rational conscious ego can be disrupted by eruptions of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious coming to… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 20: “The Forgotten”

Synopsis: Enterprise first comes to the aid of an alien ship in distress, but then Captain Archer orders that the alien vessel’s warp core be taken so that the Enterprise crew can continue their mission to save Earth. This episode can be seen as an example of compensation; when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 19: “Damage”

Synopsis: When Enterprise reaches Azati Prime the Xindi weapon is found, and a plan is put into operation to destroy it. This episode can be seen as an example of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of inflation; when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego identifies too closely with the god-like power of an archetype from the… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 18: “Azati Prime”

Synopsis: Enterprise locates the wreck of a Xindi vessel on a planet that contains a hatchery of Insectoid Xindi, of which Captain Archer becomes unusually protective. This episode can be seen as how a feeling-toned complex can force the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to acknowledge the existence of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 17: “Hatchery”

Synopsis: In order to travel through an area of space that is deadly to every other crew member aboard, Dr. Phlox takes charge of Enterprise. This episode can be seen as how sometimes the Logos-driven rational conscious ego believes it is all that exists in the psyche, until it is forced to acknowledge the existence… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 16: “Doctor’s Orders”

Synopsis: The Enterprise encounters an alien adrift in a large anomaly while tensions run high between Lt. Reed and Major Hayes. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Jung’s concept of projection, but rather than projecting upon another positive traits from one’s Eros-driven irrational unconscious, here negatives ones are being projected leading to… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 15: “Harbinger”