Synopsis: Mr. Spock must go back in time to prevent his own death. This episode, written by D. C. Fontana, has so many fascinating aspects to it, but the one I will focus on here is the idea that like a psyche, the Vulcans actually do have emotions, they are controlled by honoring them, just… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 2: “Yesteryear”
Author: Myth Maggie
My name is Margaret Ann Mendenhall, PhD - aka Myth Maggie.
I am a Mythological Scholar and a student of Depth and Archetypal Psychology. I am watching an episode or film from the Star Trek multiverse every day* and blogging about it from a mythological and depth psychological perspective, going back to The Original Series. If you love Star Trek or it has meaning for you, I invite you to join the voyage.
* Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 1: “Beyond the Farthest Star”
Synopsis: The Enterprise encounters an ancient starship orbiting a dead star. In “Beyond the Farthest Star” the way that the crew of the Enterprise reacts to the “malevolent” life form aboard the ancient ship reflects how the conscious ego tries to deal with intrusions from a person’s unconscious. The Enterprise, on a mission to star… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 1: “Beyond the Farthest Star”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 24: “Turnabout Intruder”
Synopsis: A scientist hijacks Captain Kirk’s body. Some scholars have remarked that it is unfortunate that the final episode of Star Trek: The Original Series is “Turnabout Intruder” because of its overt misogynistic themes. And yes, being a woman hearing the line: “it is better to be dead than live alone in the body of… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 24: “Turnabout Intruder”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 23: “All Our Yesterdays”
Synopsis: In a mission to evacuate inhabitants of a planet that’s star is going nova, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy are sent back into the past. The most interesting thing about “All Our Yesterdays” from a depth psychological perspective, is that it gives us an idea of what Mr. Spock’s ancestors were like… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 23: “All Our Yesterdays”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 22: “The Savage Curtain”
Synopsis: Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are forced to participate in a battle between good and evil. “The Savage Curtain” is another instance of Star Trek: The Original Series projecting values of the 1960s into the future, or seeing the future through the eyes of 1960s American culture. And because this story was partially written… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 22: “The Savage Curtain”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 21: “The Cloud Miners”
Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise is sent to obtain desperately needed zenite to end a plague on a Federation planet and confront a segregated society. There is no doubt that “The Cloud Miners” can be seen as an interpretation of a segregated society, especially given that it was produced and first aired in 1969,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 21: “The Cloud Miners”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 20: “The Way to Eden”
Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise are sent to intercept a stolen Federation shuttlecraft, which contains six individuals looking for the planet Eden. “The Way to Eden” contains at least a couple depth psychological themes. One theme, that it is not the destination but the journey to get there, is such a common tale in… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 20: “The Way to Eden”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 19: “Requiem for Methuselah”
Synopsis: Searching on a small planet for a drug to cure an epidemic on the Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy meet a gifted and very old man. In “Requiem for Methuselah” we meet Mr. Flint, a brilliant immortal individual trying to create his ideal mate. As he is brilliant, he wants her… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 19: “Requiem for Methuselah”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 18: “The Lights of Zetar”
Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise comes across a community of energies that will not accept their death. In “The Lights of Zetar” the life force of “the desires, the hopes the mind and the will of the last hundred of Zetar” could not only “not be wiped out” but they figured out a way… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 18: “The Lights of Zetar”
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 17: “That Which Survives”
Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise comes across a planet that they cannot explain and go to investigate it. “That Which Survives” asks an interesting question: can a computer be, as Captain James T. Kirk exclaims, “too perfect”? This is especially fascinating when the reason for Kirk to make this remark is that an alien… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 17: “That Which Survives”
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