5 - FIVE: THE THINKER - Gandalf and Sherlock Holmes

“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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