Category: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Synopsis: While transporting representatives from two opposing enemy alien races to a peace negotiation on the planet Parliament, the Enterprise encounters an energy cloud. Much as the last episode “Where No One Has Gone Before,” “Lonely Among Us” gives us an illustration of what ego inflation looks like and how it is part of the… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 7: “Lonely Among Us”

Synopsis: While an experiment is performed on the Enterprise’s engines, the ship travels millions of light years away into a distant galaxy. This episode gives us an illustration of what ego inflation looks like and its part of the process of individuation, becoming more whole, as this concept is described by Carl (C. G.) Jung.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 6: “Where No One Has Gone Before”

Synopsis: While chasing a Ferengi vessel, the Enterprise encounters a powerful alien on an uncharted planet. This episode harkens back to a similar storyline in the episode “Arena” from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, in which an advanced powerful alien race that does not allow violence in their space is encountered.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 5: “The Last Outpost”

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”

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”

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”