Month: October 2021

Synopsis: The Enterprise responds to a distress call and is taken over by accelerated humanoid beings. In “Wink of an Eye” the accelerated beings found on Scalos can be compared to classical Greco-Roman gods and goddesses in a couple of ways. First, living at an accelerated rate makes the Scalosians a bit godlike in their… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 11: “Wink of an Eye”

Synopsis: When the Enterprise responds to a distress signal her crew comes in contact with the inhabitants of the planet Platonius, a society modeled on ancient Greece from the time of Plato. Although “Plato’s Stepchildren” is most noted for being historic as containing the first interracial kiss aired on network television, that being the one… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 10: “Plato’s Stepchildren”

Synopsis: While investigating what happened to the Starship Defiant, Captain Kirk is caught in interspace. In this episode Captain James T. Kirk is physically caught in a space between two universes, which can be interpreted as a physical manifestation of what James Hillman calls the metaxy. The metaxy for James Hillman is where soul-making happens.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 9: “The Tholian Web”

Synopsis: The Enterprise comes upon an ancient spaceship disguised as an asteroid, populated by inhabitants who do not know that their world is not a planet. In this post, I want to discuss a concept from depth/archetypal psychology that I have not written about before. It comes from James Hillman’s New York Times Bestseller The… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 8: “For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky”

Synopsis: The Enterprise and a Klingon ship are provoked by an alien entity to fight one another. “Day of the Dove” is one of those episodes that is difficult for me to watch. And I think it is because it speaks to the idea that an unknown entity can release emotions that our society considers… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 7: “Day of the Dove”

Synopsis: Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, and Ensign Chekov are transported to a planet and come across what seems to be a re-enactment of the gunfight at the OK Corral. In this episode, we find out what happens when warning signs perceived by the conscious ego are ignored and our psyches… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 6: “Spectre of the Gun”

Synopsis: The Enterprise is tasked with providing transportation to Ambassador Kollos, a Medusan, who’s appearance will cause insanity to any human who sees him. In this episode, even more so than in my previous post for “And the Children Shall Lead,” what is at issue is the reaction of the conscious ego to the collective… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 5: “Is There in Truth No Beauty?”

Synopsis: Responding to a distress call from a science colony, the crew of the Enterprise discovers dead adults and children in service to a mysterious angel. In spite of the title “And the Children Shall Lead” this episode illustrates how what C. G. Jung called the individuation process operates inside a human psyche. In this… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 4: “And the Children Shall Lead”

Synopsis: Captain Kirk suffers a loss of memory while marooned on a planet in the path of an oncoming asteroid. “The Paradise Syndrome” begins when Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. Leonard (Bones) McCoy beam down to an idyllic Earth-like planet. The Enterprise has been tasked with altering the course of an asteroid… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 3: “The Paradise Syndrome”

Synopsis: Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock take on a secret mission to steal the Romulan cloaking device. In “The Enterprise Incident,” viewers are treated to perhaps the most sensual scene ever seen for Mr. Spock, when he has dinner with the Romulan commander in her quarters. It is sensitively written by Dorothy (D. C.) Fontana,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 2: “The Enterprise Incident”