Category: Star Trek: Enterprise

Synopsis: Ensign Sato experiences an odd sensation when she uses the transporter for the first time. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how real a dream or fantasy image can be. In “Vanishing Point” Ensign Hoshi Sato and Commander Charles (Trip) Tucker are in a cave on a planet looking at ancient… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 10: “Vanishing Point”

Synopsis: Sub-Commander T’Pol is the only member of the crew not affected by a strange radiation that Enterprise encounters when she travels to a trinary star system. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 9: “Singularity”

Synopsis: When a communicator is left behind on a planet, Captain Archer and Lt. Reed go back to retrieve it. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a cultural complex comes into being.  “The Communicator” begins with Captain Jonathan Archer, Lt. Malcolm Reed, and Ensign Hoshi Sato returning from an away mission… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2 Episode 8: “The Communicator”

Blog 654 – Season 2, Episode 7: “The Seventh”  Synopsis: Sub-Commander T’Pol asks Captain Archer to assist her on a secret mission she has been sent on by the Vulcan High Command.  This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a complex can help the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledge and integrate bits… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 7: “The Seventh”

Synopsis: When Enterprise travels to a mining colony that has been repeatedly plundered by a band of Klingons, Captain Archer decides to intervene. While this episode has many different depth psychological themes in it, I will discuss here how it can be seen as an illustration of what C. G. Jung called a feeling-toned complex.… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 6: “Marauders”

Synopsis: After returning from a less than successful trade mission on Kreetassa, Captain Archer learns that a parasite on the planet infected Porthos This episode can be seen as an illustration of what it can feel like for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego when it acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 5: “A Night in Sickbay”

Synopsis: After Captain Archer assesses the damage to Enterprise from the Romulan minefield, he orders that a distress call be sent out and the response brings an unexpected complication. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 4: “Dead Stop”

Synopsis: Sub-Commander T’Pol tells Captain Archer and Commander Tucker about a Vulcan ship that crashed on Earth in 1957. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how to help heal what Carl (C.G.) Jung called ancestral trauma, psychic wounds that we share with past generations. “Carbon Creek” begins with a celebration that Captain… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 2: “Carbon Creek”

Synopsis: Temporal Agent Daniels sends Captain Archer to the 31st century in which Starfleet never existed. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C.G.) Jung calls a complex, and how it allows bit of material from the Logos-driven irrational unconscious to be acknowledged by and integrated into the Eros-driven rational conscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 1: “Shockwave, Part II”