to fill the void -- Mommy Janeway, Kes, and their Lethal Chef Neelix as a self-appointed morale officer -- but had limited success. In Star Trek: The Next Generation , several characters at times should have seen a therapist but, even though they had an officially designated one on the crew, there are times Troi is strangely absent. In "Homeward", Vorin, suffering from shock caused by the complete shattering of his worldview, is left to stew alone in a cabin. He kills himself . In "The Bonding", the child Jeremy has just lost his mother leaving him orphaned and he's also left alone in a cabin to do nothing but look over pictures of his dead parents. Overlaps with Social Services Does Not Exist ; despite there being families on the Enterprise, he's not placed with foster parents. 24 : Given the many horrific things that happen around the entire cast, ( how few survive ) in a day of work, and what stress they're under, one must wonder why they -- Jack Bauer especially -- aren't all Ax Crazy by now. On Heroes , Niki actually does go to a therapist to help deal with her murderous split-personality Jessica. It doesn't help - the therapist manages to survive for about half an episode . In Deep Love had Ayu had a therapist to deal with her abusive step-father and her mother's suicide she wouldn't have become the emotionally stunted girl she did. The Mentalist : Patrick Jane had to