Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 7: “The Fast and the Curious”

Synopsis: Infinity and her crew utilize a Borg transwarp conduit in their efforts to rescue Captain Chakotay and the Protostar. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the unconscious has different ways of communicating than the conscious ego. In “The Fast and the Curious,” while Infinity makes its way to the spiral… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 7: “The Fast and the Curious”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 5: “Empathological Fallacies”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with providing transportation of three Betazoids to Risa. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed projection—when an individual projects their own unconscious material onto another. In “Empathological Fallacies,” the U.S.S. Cerritos is providing transportation of three Betazoids—Katrot, Dolorex, and Cathiw, to… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 4, Episode 5: “Empathological Fallacies”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 17: “Ghost in the Machine”

Synopsis: Hologram Janeway, while unknowingly being controlled by the Living Construct weapon, traps the crew of the U.S.S. Protostar in the ship’s holodeck. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the unconscious works in ways that are different from the conscious ego, and how this is revealed to the ego through a… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 17: “Ghost in the Machine”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 5: “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with escorting a Doopler emissary to Starbase 25, which is also the site of an exclusive Starfleet party. This episode can be seen as illustrations of what Carl (C.G.) Jung called complexes, when bits of unconscious material becomes perceivable by the conscious ego. In “An Embarrassment of Dooplers” the… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 5: “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”