Synopsis: Captain Freeman sends lieutenants junior grade Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and T’Lyn on what she perceives as a safe assignment to keep Mariner out of danger. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of the complex, one way that unconscious material makes itself perceivable to the unconscious. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 9: “The Inner Fight”
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Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 8: “Caves”
Synopsis: Lieutenants junior grade, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford go on an away mission and are trapped in a cave. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection—when one’s conscious ego projects bits on unconscious material from one’s psyche onto another. In “Caves” Lieutenants junior grade Mariner… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 8: “Caves”
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 7: “A Few Badgeys More”
Synopsis: Badgey, Peanut Hamper, and AGIMUS reenter the lives of the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of the shadow, those bits of unconscious material that one’s conscious ego does not want to admit is part of an individual’s psyche. In “A… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 7: “A Few Badgeys More”
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 6: “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place”
Synopsis: Captain Freeman negotiates for the Ferengi Alliance for it to enter into the United Federation of Planets, while Lieutenants Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford are tasked with updating the Starfleet travel guide. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the concept of the puer, or eternal youth, archetype. James Hillman believed that… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 6: “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 5: “Empathological Fallacies”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with providing transportation of three Betazoids to Risa. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed projection—when an individual projects their own unconscious material onto another. In “Empathological Fallacies,” the U.S.S. Cerritos is providing transportation of three Betazoids—Katrot, Dolorex, and Cathiw, to… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 5: “Empathological Fallacies”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 4: “Something Borrowed, Something Green”
Synopsis: Lt. Tendi is summoned to Orion to attend her sister’s wedding. 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: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 4: “Something Borrowed, Something Green”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 3: “In the Cradle of Vexilon”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with updating a computer that runs a planet. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the conscious ego is in the grips of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a feeling-toned complex. In “In the Cradle of Vexilon,” the U.S.S. Cerritos visits an artificial… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 3: “In the Cradle of Vexilon”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 2: “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee”
Synopsis: Lt. Mariner tries to get demoted on an away mission with Commander Ransom, while on the U.S.S. Cerritos Ensign Rutherford tries to get promoted. This episode can be seen as containing several illustrations of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of a feeling-toned complex. In “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee,” Lt. Beckett… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 2: “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 1: “Twovix”
Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos are tasked with escorting a newly restored U.S.S. Voyager to Earth, but encounter an unexpected complication. 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 an inner… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 1: “Twovix”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 10: “Hegemony”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Enterprise responds to a distress call from Captain Batel of the U.S.S. Cayuga. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the conscious ego is in the grips of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a feeling-toned complex. In “Hegemony,” Captain Marie Batel and Nurse Christine Chapel are… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 10: “Hegemony”
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