Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 4: “Code of Honor”

Synopsis: While in negotiations for a badly needed vaccine for a plague on a Federation planet, Lt. Yar is kidnapped. Depth psychology is defined as any psychology that examines the unconscious, and the depth psychological theme that I would like to discuss in this episode is the concept of projection. Projection involves the undeveloped or… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 4: “Code of Honor”

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 3: “The Naked Now”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise is exposed to an illness that causes them to act as if they are intoxicated. Depth psychology is defined as any psychology that examines the unconscious, and the depth psychological theme that I would like to discuss in this episode is the inflation of the conscious ego. Inflation, which… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 3: “The Naked Now”

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2: “Encounter at Farpoint, Parts 1 and 2”

Synopsis: En route to Farpoint Station, the crew of the Enterprise encounter an alien who calls himself Q. Depth psychology is defined as any psychology that examines the unconscious, and the depth psychological theme that I would like to discuss in this first post on Star Trek: The Next Generation is the concept of projection. Perhaps… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2: “Encounter at Farpoint, Parts 1 and 2”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Released: 8 December 1979 Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise reunite to protect Earth from an energy cloud of enormous power heading directly for it. The cloud turns out to surround a modified Earth probe launched by NASA that is returning home to join with its creator. Star Trek: The Motion Picture continues Gene Roddenberry’s… Continue reading Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 2, Episode 6: “The Counterclock Incident”

Synopsis: While observing a supernova, the Enterprise encounters an alien vessel headed into it, and ends up following the ship into another universe. In this, the final episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series, we get an illustration of the idea of the tension of opposites and their union, a depth psychological concept put forth… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 2, Episode 6: “The Counterclock Incident”

Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 2, Episode 5: “How Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise is assigned to trace the origin of a mysterious alien space probe. In this episode, when the crew of the Enterprise discovers that the source of the alien space probe is an entity known on Earth as Kukulkan, an Aztec and Mayan deity, I am reminded of an episode… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 2, Episode 5: “How Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth”

Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 2, Episode 4: “Albatross”

Synopsis: Dr. McCoy is charged with murder for causing a plague. In this episode, the “Albatross” is Dr. Leonard (Bones) McCoy’s potential involvement with causing a past plague in the Dramian Star System. McCoy is arrested and held for trial. McCoy, in an inflated state, thinks that he may have caused it. Also in this… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 2, Episode 4: “Albatross”