Category: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Synopsis: Captain Picard travels between three different time periods in an attempt to save life on Earth. One way to interpret this, the last episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, is from the analytical psychological perspective as an illustration of the power of the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when it confronts the Logos-driven rational conscious… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episodes 25 and 26: “All Good Things . . ., Parts I and II”

Synopsis: Lt. Ro is ordered to infiltrate the Maquis, which leads to an unexpected outcome. This episode is an illustration of two depth psychological concepts described by Carl (C. G.) Jung: projection and transference. Projection is when an individual projects some aspect of their unconscious onto another, and transference can be seen as a former… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 24: “Preemptive Strike”

Synopsis: After going through a magnascopic storm the Enterprise gives birth to a new intelligent life form. This episode is an illustration of how between the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious there is a third thing or in between space, that Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman called the metaxy. In “Emergence” after… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 23: “Emergence”

Synopsis: The Ferengi who tried to kill Captain Picard in the episode “The Battle” returns, this time threatening to kill a man whom he claims is Picard’s son. This episode is an illustration of what happens when one does not follow the guidance of what Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman would call our inner daimon that… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 22: “Bloodlines”

Synopsis: Just as Lt. Worf’s son Alexander Rozhenko decides that he doesn’t want to become a Klingon warrior another Klingon appears to try to change his mind. Similar to one of the plotlines in “Journey’s End,” this episode is an illustration of the acorn theory from Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman, that we are all born… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 21: “First Born”

Synopsis: The Enterprise is tasked with removing a colony of Native Americans from a planet where at the same time Wesley Crusher is finding his destiny. This episode is an illustration of at least a couple themes from depth psychology. First there is the acorn theory from Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman, and the second is… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7, Episode 20: “Journey’s End”

Synopsis: A virus spreads through the Enterprise that causes living things to de-evolve. This episode is an illustration of the greatest fear of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, that it will be swallowed up by the Eros-driven irrational unconscious shadow. In “Genesis” the crew of the Enterprise is infected by a virus that was accidentally… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 19: “Genesis”

Synopsis: Counselor Troi and Lt. Worf are assigned the task of trying to ascertain why a young officer took his life. While not the main thrust of this narrative, this episode contains an explanation of how Carl (C. G.) Jung stated that individuals should relate to what he called complexes. In “Eye of the Beholder”… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 18: “Eye of the Beholder”

Synopsis: The Enterprise comes across the path of what the crew believes is a rogue comet that has the ability to transform the vessel into a temple and Lt. Commander Data into a deity. This episode tries to explain the concept of the union of opposites through the prism of an ancient ritualistic culture. In… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 17: “Masks”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Data is sent to a planet to collect radioactive waste, is injured, and loses his memory of who he is, yet still is able to heal those who inadvertently come in contact with the toxic materials. This episode illustrates James Hillman’s concept of us all having our own inner daimon that guides… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 16: “Thine Own Self”