Synopsis: After the ship’s navigation systems fail, the U.S.S. Cerritos is forced to dock at Starbase 80. This episode can be seen as another illustration of what Carl (C.G.) Jung called a feeling-toned complex. In “Starbase 80?!,” Lt. Beckett Mariner has a complete meltdown on the bridge of the U.S.S. Cerritos when Captain Carol Freeman… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 5: “Starbase 80?!”
Month: February 2025
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 4: “A Farewell to Farms”
Synopsis: Lt. Mariner aids Ma’ah, a former Klingon captain, regain his captaincy while two guests from Klowahka come aboard the U.SS. Cerritos. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C.G.) Jung called a feeling-toned complex. In “A Farewell to Arms,” Lt. Beckett Mariner contacts her Klingon friend, Ma’ah, on Qo’noS, where… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 4: “A Farewell to Farms”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 3: “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”
Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos are on a mission to humanely capture and study nanites that have taken up residence in a space resort. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C.G.) Jung called projection—how the conscious ego projects bits of its own psyche onto another. In “The Best… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 3: “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 2: “Shades of Green”
Synopsis: A competition between houses takes place on Orion, while on Targalus IX there is a conflict over the fall of a capitalist system. This episode can be seen as illustrations of what Carl (C.G. Jung) called a cultural complex—a common wound felt by all members of a particular group or society. In “Shades of… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 2: “Shades of Green”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 1: “Dos Cerritos”
Synopsis: D’Vana Tendi pays her debt to her sister while the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos meet their parallel selves. This episode can be seen as illustrations 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 with all the information we… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 1: “Dos Cerritos”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 20: “Ouroboros, Part II”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Protostar returns to Tars Lamora, which restores the timeline. This episode contains an illustration on how the instinctual unconscious communicates in ways other than the conscious ego. In “Ouroboros, Part II,” the U.S.S. Voyager and the U.S.S. Protostar head toward the Looms and the wormhole. The Voyager uses Cetacean Ops to plot… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 20: “Ouroboros, Part II”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 19: “Ouroboros, Part I”
Synopsis: The Protostar crew initiate their plan to prevent war and save Starfleet and Solum. This aptly titled episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C.G.) Jung’s concept of an enantiodromia, or that everything turns into its opposite. In “Ouroboros, Part I,” on Solum, Asencia is frustrated by her failed attempt to take… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 19: “Ouroboros, Part I”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 18: “A Touch of Grey”
Synopsis: Vice Admiral Janeway devises a plan to free the Protostar crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the puer, the eternal youth, archetype and the senex, the wise sage, archetype found in each individual’s psyche. “A Touch of Grey” starts with Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway telling Captain Chakotay… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 18: “A Touch of Grey”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 17: “Brink”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Voyager and her crew are sent to Solum to prevent war, and in the process rescue Ilthuran and Wesley Crusher. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the deflation of the conscious ego that occurs after inflation, in an ongoing process that Carl (C. G.) Jung called individuation. “Brink” starts… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 17: “Brink”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 16: “Ascension, Part II”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Voyager fends off an attack from Asencia’s massive warship. 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 with all the information we need to become who we are meant… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 16: “Ascension, Part II”
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