Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 12: “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II”

Synopsis: The Infinity crew work with Captain Chakotay to repair the Protostar’s warp drive. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed the union of opposites—the conscious and the unconscious—facilitated by the transcendent function. In “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II,” on the planet Ysida, the Infinity… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 12: “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II”

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 6: “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place”

Synopsis: Captain Freeman negotiates for the Ferengi Alliance for it to enter into the United Federation of Planets, while Lieutenants Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford are tasked with updating the Starfleet travel guide. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the concept of the puer, or eternal youth, archetype. James Hillman believed that… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 6: “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 6: “Kobayashi”

Synopsis: After the crew comes to Dal R’El to tell him that they want to go to the Federation for help, he discovers the Starfleet training program for the Kobayashi Maru scenario in the holodeck and tries to defeat it. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s theory that the opposition… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 6: “Kobayashi”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 7: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is hailed by Queen Paolana of Hysperia asking for repairs for her ship the Monaveen, while Ensigns Mariner and Boimler are tasked with bringing a sentient computer to the Daystrom Institute. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how James Hillman described the archetypal need for the Puer,or eternal… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 7: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”