Category: Star Trek: Voyager

Synopsis: Voyager’s sensors detect both a wormhole and individuals that are from the Alpha Quadrant. This episode is a further illustration of what it looks like when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego starts to integrate bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into itself, to become more whole. In “False Profits” Voyager’s sensors first… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 5: “False Profits”

Synopsis: Voyager is attacked after entering the space claimed by an alien race. This episode is an illustration of what it looks like when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego starts to integrate bits of material from the Eros-driven unconscious into itself, to become more whole. In “The Swarm” Lt. Tom Paris and Lt. B’Elanna Torres… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 4: “The Swarm”

Synopsis: Lt. Paris and Ensign Kim are imprisoned by an alien culture for a crime they did not commit. This episode is an illustration of what it is like when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is forced to confront the Eros-driven unconscious. In “The Chute” Lt. Tom Paris and Ensign Harry Kim are convicted of… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 3: “The Chute”

Synopsis: Lt. Tuvok is infected by a viral parasite that lives in the body by masquerading as a repressed memory. This episode is an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego reacts when confronted by bits of material from the Eros-driven unconscious. In “Flashback” Lt. Tuvok comes down with an illness that The Doctor… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 2: “Flashback”

Synopsis: Lt. Paris, The Doctor, and Crewman Suder take back Voyager and rescue her crew. This episode is another illustration of the different ways in which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious operate differently and are in relationship to the other. “Basics, Part II” opens with Voyager’s crew abandoned on a… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 3, Episode 1: “Basics, Part II”

Synopsis: Seska lures Voyager and her crew into a trap. This episode is an illustration of the different ways in which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious operate differently and are in relationship to the other, but also how they can both be manipulated by Trickster energy. In “Basics, Part I”… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 26: “Basics, Part I”

Synopsis: Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay are left on a planet to try to find a cure to a virus that they both became infected with, while Voyager continues without them. This episode is yet another illustration of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego being in relationship with the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, and how it can… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 25: “Resolutions”

Synopsis: A transporter malfunction causes Lt. Tuvok and Neelix to fuse into one being. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego being in relationship with the Eros-driven unconscious, and how it can make the ego stronger and the psyche more whole. In “Tuvix” Lt. Tuvok and Neelix are… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 24: “Tuvix”

Synopsis: Ensign Kim, Lt. Torres, and Captain Janeway come across Fear when they try to rescue individuals from a computer program initiated to keep them alive while they were in a stasis chamber. This episode, like many others I have posted about recently, can be seen as yet another illustration of how the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 23: “The Thaw”

Synopsis: Lt. Tuvok’s shuttle crash lands on a moon where he finds three aliens that appear to be humanoid children. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego tends to approach things differently than the Eros-driven unconscious, yet when the conscious ego acknowledges that there are other ways… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 22: “Innocence”