Category: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Synopsis: Commander Riker is kidnapped during an undercover away mission and subjected to drug-induced hallucinations. This episode begins with Commander William Riker and Lt. Commander Data rehearsing a play written by Dr. Beverly Crusher, which is set in a mental institution. While rehearsing the scene, Riker becomes uncomfortable with how the play is making him… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 21: “Frame of Mind”

Synopsis: Captain Picard refuses to leave his career in Starfleet to work with a former professor of his, yet when the professor is killed, the crew of the Enterprise, along with Klingons, Cardassians, and Romulans uncover the answers he was seeking. In this episode Captain Jean-Luc Picard is given a gift by Professor Galen, his… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 20: “The Chase”

Synopsis: Captain Picard falls in love with an officer newly transferred to the Enterprise. In this episode, what grips me more than anything else from a depth psychological perspective is the way in which the Eros-driven unconscious subtle body is abandoned in the wrong-headed quest for privileging the Logos-driven conscious ego. There are very few… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 19: “Lessons”

Synopsis: After the rest of the crew has disembarked, so that the Enterprise may undergo a baryon sweep, Captain Picard is trapped aboard the ship with thieves intent on stealing a dangerous commodity from her. In this episode, what is interesting from a depth psychological point of view is an overwhelming feeling of being trapped… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 18: Starship Mine”

Synopsis: Lt. Worf works to free Klingons living in a Romulan prison camp. This episode picks up on Lt. Worf’s story where “Birthright, Part I” left off. Worf is captured by Romulans and told that he must stay in this prison camp in which Romulans and Klingons live harmoniously. Worf is extremely resistant to this,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 17: “Birthright, Part II”

Synopsis: Lt. Worf and Lt. Commander Data both face adventures concerning finding their fathers. In this episode Lt. Worf seeks to find his father in the physical conscious world while the android Lt. Commander Data seeks to find his father in the psychic realm. What is most interesting perhaps from a depth psychological perspective is… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 16: “Birthright, Part I”

Synopsis: Captain Picard, while lying unconscious in sickbay, where Dr. Crusher is tending his wounds, is visited by Q who gives him the chance to see what his life might have been like if he had made different decisions and taken different actions. This episode is all about the depth psychological idea of the union… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 15: “Tapestry”

Synopsis: Counselor Troi is kidnapped and forced to take part in a secret plan of Ambassador Spock. In this episode Counselor Deanna Troi wakes up to find a face in the mirror that is not her own in a place that she does not recognize. This kidnapping and involuntary transformation can be seen as a… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 14: “Face of the Enemy”

Synopsis: The Enterprise investigates why a relay station on the Klingon Border has gone silent. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what the depth psychological concept of an autonomous complex would look like if it were physicalized. Depth psychology is the field of psychology that has the exploration of the unconscious as… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 13: “Aquiel”

Synopsis: During a holodeck repair the character of Professor Moriarty from one of Lt. Commander Data’s Sherlock Holmes programs reappears and tries to take control of the Enterprise. In this episode the character of Professor James Moriarty can be interpreted as embodying the Logos-driven rational ego that believes it is all that is real. Depth… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 12: “Ship in a Bottle”