Category: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Synopsis: The Federation and Captain Ake are put on trial by Nus Braka while the Starfleet Cadets work together to save them. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the importance of neurodiversity as a natural form of human biodiversity. In “Rubincon,” on the now separated saucer section of Athena, Fleet Admiral Charles… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 10: “Rubincon”

Synopsis: Cadet Caleb Mir’s journey to find his mother resulted in unexpected complications. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl Gustav (C.G.) Jung’s concept of projection, how one’s complex can be projected onto another. “300th Night” was set at the official end of the first academic year of Starfleet Academy. The U.S.S.… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 9: “300th Night”

Synopsis: While the other Starfleet Academy cadets worked through their feelings by doing a play, SAM returned to her home world in order to be healed. If last week’s episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl Gustav (C.G.) Jung’s concept of a complex, one way in which unconscious material comes to the awareness… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Season 1, Episode 8: “The Life of the Stars”

Synopsis: Starfleet Academy cadets learn about themselves during a school holiday. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl Gustav (C.G.) Jung’s concept of a complex, one way in which unconscious material comes to the awareness of the conscious ego. “Ko’Zeine” began with the various Starfleet Academy cadets preparing to leave school for… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 7: “Ko’Zeine”

Synopsis: Starfleet Academy and War College cadets worked together in a training exercise to defeat an unexpected foe. 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 that have all the information… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 6: “Come, Let’s Away”

Synopsis: SAM (Series Acclimation Mil) ties to solve the mystery of Benjamine Sisko and understand organic lifeforms. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of individuation—“the process by which a person becomes a psychological ‘in-dividual,’ that is, a separate, indivisible unity or ‘whole’” (C. G. Jung, 1939/1969, p.… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 5: “Series Acclimation Mil”

Synopsis: Cadets from Starfleet Academy engage in a debate on the fate of the Klingons and Cadet Kraag finds his voice. 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 that contain… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 4: “Vox in Excelso”

Synopsis: Cadets from Starfleet Academy and the War College engage in a pranking war. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the conscious ego tries to avoid acknowledging and integrating bits of unconscious material into itself, and how psychic healing can occur when this resistance ends. In “Vitus Reflux” a pranking war… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 3: “Vitus Reflux”

Synopsis: A delegation from Betazed visits the campus shared by Starfleet Academy and the War Academy. This episode can be seen as elucidating how bits of unconscious material that Carl (C. G.) Jung identifies as complexes, come to the awareness of the conscious ego through projection. Projection being when an individual projects their own complex… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 2: “Beta Test”

Synopsis: The students and chancellor of Starfleet Academy are introduced and make their way to San Francisco. This episode can be seen as providing various examples of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of complexes, and how bits of unconscious material come to the awareness of the conscious ego. “Kids These Days” began with a flashback… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 1: “Kids These Days”