Category: Star Trek: Short Treks

Synopsis: One event causes two classmates to be at odds with each other until another event causes them to unite. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the conscious ego and the unconscious coming together in the space between the two, a psychic opening that James Hillman called the metaxy. In “Children of… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Children of Mars”

Synopsis: A tardigrade comes in contact with Dot, a DOT-7 worker robot. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the conscious ego acknowledging and integrating bits of unconscious material into itself In “Ephraim and Dot,” a pregnant tardigrade is looking for a place to lay her eggs. She finds a suitable meteoroid, and… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Ephraim and Dot”

Synopsis: A tale is told of a young girl that long ago ignored her fear of the dark and her elders to bring the stars to the night sky. There are so many mythological themes – the Hero’s Journey and creation myth, to name two, as well as depth psychological concepts running through this episode.… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Synopsis: A Starfleet cadet’s resolve to follow orders is tested. This episode can be seen as yet another illustration of how the conscious ego tries to suppress bits of material from the unconscious. In “Ask Not,” Starfleet Cadet Thira Sidhu, serving on Starbase 28, is asked to guard a prisoner who’s identity has been hidden.… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Ask Not”

Synopsis: One member of the crew of the science vessel U.S.S. Cabot disobeys a direct order with catastrophic results. This episode can be seen as another illustration of how the conscious ego may try to suppress bits of material from the unconscious. In “The Trouble With Edward,” Captain Lynne Lucero holds a staff meeting aboard… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “The Trouble with Edward”

Synopsis: Saru, a Kelpien living on the planet Kaminar looks to the stars for hope and his future. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman would call the tension between the energy of the Senex, the wise elder, and the Puer, the eternal youth, archetypes. Hillman believed that the relationship… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “The Brightest Star”

Synopsis: One thousand years after her captain ordered her to maintain her position, the U.S.S. Discovery and her evolving computer system, Zora, come across a wounded human. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the conscious ego integrating its ideal inner other, a bit of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Calypso”

Synopsis: While Ensign Tilly has doubts about what it means to begin the Starfleet Command Training Program her mother and an alien stowaway speak to her. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything inside itself to become an oak tree,… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Runaway”