Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 6: “Stormy Weather”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery is trapped in a dangerous subspace rift and Captain Burnham must work with Zora, the sentient being of Discovery’s computer, to escape it. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the union of opposites, when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates pieces of… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 6: “Stormy Weather”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 5: “The Examples”

Synopsis: Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker go to a prison colony to evacuate a group of inmates in danger of being wiped out by the dangerous space anomaly, while on the U.S.S. Discovery Dr. Culber helps refugees deal with their feelings and the crew try to determine what species could have created the anomaly. This… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 5: “The Examples”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 4: “All is Possible”

Synopsis: Captain Burnham and Captain Saru are sent to Ni’Var to observe the forging of an agreement for Ni’Var to rejoin the Federation, while Lt. Tilly and Ensign Tal lead a group of Starfleet Academy cadets in a teambuilding exercise. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept of the metaxy,… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 4: “All is Possible”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 3: “Choose to Live”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Stamets and Cleveland Booker travel to Ni’Var on a scientific mission, Captain Burnham and her mother are sent to capture a Qowat Milat nun, while on the U.S.S. Discovery the consciousness of Gray Tal is integrated into a new body. This episode can be seen as various illustrations of what can happen… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 3: “Choose to Live”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 2: “Anomaly”

Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery is sent to investigate an enormous space anomaly. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the creation of what Carl (C. G.) Jung described as a complex or psychic wound. In “Anomaly” Captain Michael Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery crew are sent to investigate the enormous… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 2: “Anomaly”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 1: “Kobayashi Maru”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery crew is sent to assist a Deep Space repair station. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept about the relationship between the opposing powers of the Puer, or eternal youth, and the Senex, or wise elder archetypal energies inside a human psyche. In “Kobayashi Maru” the… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 1: “Kobayashi Maru”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 5: “Terror Firma”

Synopsis: The Diviner finds the U.S.S. Protostar, but the ship is able to escape using her protostar drive. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything it needs inside it to become an acorn, we all have inner daimons with all the information… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 5: “Terror Firma”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 4: “Dreamcatcher”

Synopsis: Dal R’El and the rest of the crew visit an uninhabited planet. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s later understanding of the collective unconscious, as something that we are all a part of. In “Dreamcatcher,” the sensors on the U.S.S. Protostar discover an M-class planet, and Hologram… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 4: “Dreamcatcher”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 3: “Star Struck”

Synopsis: Dal R’El and the rest of the crew learn about the U.S.S. Prototype from Hologram Janeway. This episode can be seen as illustrations of James Hillman’s idea of the relationship between the Puer, or eternal youth archetype, and the Senex, or wise elder archetype, that we all have in our psyches. In “Star Struck,”… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 3: “Star Struck”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2: “Lost and Found, Part I and Part II”

Synopsis: On the prison colony Tars Lamora, Dal R’El and several others locate an abandoned starship. This episode can be seen as illustrations of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything it needs inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons with all the information we need… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2: “Lost and Found, Part I and Part II”