“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” - Gandalf the Gray (The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - by J.R.R. Tolkien)
For our fifth episode, we're of course talking about "FIVE's" - 'The Thinker' also known as 'The Observer'.
And if you don't know what the Enneagram is, or haven't listened to Episode Zero, be sure to do that first!
Type Five Characters Discussed:
- Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit)
- Sherlock Holmes
- Indiana Jones
- Doc Brown (Back to the Future)
- Doctor Strange (The MCU)
- Dr. Ian Malcolm *and* Dr. Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)
- Egon *and* Phoebe Spengler (Ghostbusters)
- Dr. Walter Bishop (FRINGE)
- Walter White (Breaking Bad)
- Velma (Scooby Doo)
- Bernard Lowe (WestWorld)
- Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation / Picard)
- Sheldon Cooper *and* Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory)
- Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
- Smaug (The Hobbit)
- Doc Ock (Spider-man)
- Mr. Freeze *and* The Riddler (Batman: The Animated Series)
- Lex Luthor (Superman - comics)
- Moff Gideon (The Mandalorian)
- Ron Swanson (Parks and Rec)
- Daria
Nerdy Recommendations:
- Podcasters Assemble! (A Movie Podcast)
- 2 Young 4 This Trek: A Star Trek Podcast
- "American Fiction" (2024)
- "The Imitation Game" (2014)
- "The 3 Body Problem" (2024)
- "WestWorld" (2016)
- "FRINGE" (2008)
- BBC's "Sherlock" (2010)
- "Jurassic Park" (1993)
- The "Back to the Future" Trilogy (1985)
- The "Indiana Jones" Trilogy (1981)
- "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" (2021), "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" (2024)
- "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Generations", "Star Trek: First Contact", "Star Trek: Picard" (Season 3)
- "Batman: The Animated Series" (1992)
- "All-Star Superman" by Grant Morrison (2008)
(Edited by Erik Slader, Music by DeftStroke Sound)
Next Time: Type Six: "The Loyalist" - The Hunger Games and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
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