Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 14: “Cracked Mirror”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Protostar and her crew are reunited with the the U.S.S. Voyager and her crew, but only after going through some unexpected detours. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the unconscious shadow In “Cracked Mirror,” the U.S.S. Protostar has finally arrived at the coordinates… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 14: “Cracked Mirror”

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: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 10: “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”

Synopsis: Infinity, Voyager, and their crews are attacked by Looms, a species of beings able to manipulate time itself. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the collective unconscious. “The Devourer of All Things, Part II” begins with the Infinity crew and Wesley Crusher finding themselves in… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 10: “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 8: “Is There in Beauty No Truth?”

Synopsis: The crew of the Infinity travel to a colony of non-corporeal beings, who have sent a telepathic message to Fugitive Zero telling them that they can help them. 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… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 8: “Is There in Beauty No Truth?”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 4: “Temporal Mechanics 101”

Synopsis: Infinity travels in time to retrieve Gwyndala and then returns to Voyager. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept of the metaxy—the place in-between the conscious and unconscious where psychic healing can occur. In “Temporal Mechanics 101,” on Solum fifty-two years in the future, the crew on Infinity receives… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 4: “Temporal Mechanics 101”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 9: “Lagrange Point”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery and her crew reach the location of the Progenitors’ technology. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman called the metaxy, the place in between the conscious and unconscious. In “Lagrange Point,” the U.S.S. Discovery arrives at the location of the Progenitors’ technology, and find that it… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 9: “Lagrange Point”

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: 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: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 6: “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”

Synopsis: Captain Pike is reunited with a lost love only to find that her society’s belief system is in conflict with Starfleet ideals. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the ways of the unconscious differ from those of the conscious ego. In “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach” the U.S.S. Enterprise… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 6: “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”