Synopsis: Captain Freeman takes the engineering staff on a therapeutic retreat while the lower deck shifts try to game the system to win a lottery for vacant room assignments. This episode can be seen as an illustration of neurodiversity, and how having a different way of relating to the world isn’t wrong, it is just… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 4: “Room for Growth”
Month: August 2024
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 3: “Mining the Mind’s Mines”
Synopsis: The crews from the U.S.S. Cerritos and the U.S.S. Carlsbad must work together to complete a mission on a scientific outpost. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called projection—when an individual’s conscious ego projects contents of one’s own unconscious material onto another. “In Mining the Mind’s… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 3: “Mining the Mind’s Mines”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 2: “The Least Dangerous Game”
Synopsis: Commander Ransom is ordered to supervise Ensign Mariner. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons that have all the information we need to become who we were meant to… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 2: “The Least Dangerous Game”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 1: “Grounded”
Synopsis: Ensign Mariner tries to find evidence that proves her mother is innocent of the charges against her. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl G. (C.G.) Jung’s concept of a feeling-toned complex. In “Grounded” while the U.S.S. Cerritos is impounded in spacedock, Ensign Beckett Mariner is determined to prove her mother,… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3, Episode 1: “Grounded”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 10: “The Quality of Mercy”
Synopsis: When Captain Pike believes that he has found a way to escape the fate that was revealed to him, he is met by a future version of himself who dissuades him from it. This episode can be seen as an unusual illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the concept that just as acorns have… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 10: “The Quality of Mercy”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 9: “All Those Who Wander”
Synopsis: While responding to a distress call from another Starfleet vessel the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise encounter the Gorn. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the concept that just as acorns have everything inside them to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons that have… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 9: “All Those Who Wander”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 8: “The Elysian Kingdom”
Synopsis: When the U.S.S. Enterprise is trapped in a nebula the crew are transformed into characters from a fairy tale. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the conscious ego perceives the unconscious as acting in ways that are different from its own. In “The Elysian Kingdom” the U.S.S. Enterprise is trapped… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 8: “The Elysian Kingdom”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 7: “The Serene Squall”
Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise encounter pirates in non-Federation space. This episode illustrates how some individuals feel they must mask their true selves in order to fit into society. In “The Serene Squall” Captain Christopher Pike and the rest of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are led to believe that they are aiding… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 7: “The Serene Squall”
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