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Synopsis: The Enterprise returns to the “Shore Leave” planet to find the Keeper has died. In this episode, which returns the crew of the Enterprise to the planet from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Shore Leave,” we find out what happens when the mediating presence between the unconscious drives of the crew members… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 9: “Once Upon a Planet”

Synopsis: The Enterprise is sent to the center of the galaxy to investigate how matter is created. In this episode “The Magicks of Megas-Tu” Starfleet and the crew of the Enterprise wanting to understand what makes the galaxy work mirror how the conscious ego seeks to understand the working of the psyche. Both entities realize… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 8: “The Magicks of Megas-Tu”

Synopsis: On a previously unknown planet, the crew of the Enterprise finds intelligent plant life and a giant clone. This episode was written by Walter Koenig, the actor best known for his role of Pavel Chekov in Star Trek: The Original Series, the films based on those characters, and his role of Alfred Bester in… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 7: “The Infinite Vulcan”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise finds a small vessel at the edge of the Romulan Neutral Zone. In this episode, the title “The Survivor” turns out to be a misnomer, because the survivor turns out not to be who he claims to be at all, but a race of shapeshifters that the Federation has… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 6: “The Survivor”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise finds itself in the position to protect Cyrano Jones from the Klingons. When the crew of the Enterprise encounters a small scouting vessel being chased by a Klingon Battlecruiser in Federation Space, they have no idea who is piloting the one-person ship, only that they are duty bound to… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 5: “More Tribbles, More Troubles”

Synopsis: The male crew members of the Enterprise are drawn to a planet of beautiful females. This episode is a lesson in how the anima, the internal feminine ideal that is part of the male unconscious psyche, operates by being projected onto others. More specifically, it details how the anima can affect males negatively; as… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 4: “The Lorelei Signal”

Synopsis: The Enterprise enters a cosmic cloud and discovers that it is alive. What is interesting about this episode is how it tracks how the change of perception of the crew of the Enterprise affects how it responds to a threatening situation. In the beginning of “One of Our Planets is Missing” the crew of… Continue reading Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 3: “One of Our Planets is Missing”

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”

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”