Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 10: “The Last Generation”

Synopsis: After the Borg assimilate Starfleet vessels and young Starfleet officers, Picard and the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation take the U.S.S. Enterprise-D to confront the Borg in an effort to save the Federation. There is so much going on in this episode, but what I will comment on is how it is… Continue reading Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 10: “The Last Generation”

Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 9: “Võx”

Synopsis: Counselor Troi discovers Jack Crusher is connected to the Borg Collective, which sends him seeking the Borg Cube that has been calling him. This episode gives an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the collective unconscious. In “Võx,” Counselor Deanna Troi uses her empathic abilities to join with Jack Crusher to explore… Continue reading Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 9: “Võx”

Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 7: “Dominion”

Synopsis: Captain Vadic and the crew of the Shrike find the U.S.S. Titan and take control of the ship. This episode gives an illustration of a cultural complex—when an entire society feels the trauma of the same wound. In “Dominion,” on U.S.S. Titan, Dr. Beverly Crusher and Admiral Jean-Luc Picard discuss how the uniqueness of… Continue reading Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 7: “Dominion”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 15: “Masquerade”

Synopsis: While in the Romulan Neutral Zone, Dal R’El learns about his past. This episode can be seen as illustrating James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons with all the information we need to become who we were meant… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 15: “Masquerade”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 10: “The Quality of Mercy”

Synopsis: When Captain Pike believes that he has found a way to escape the fate that was revealed to him, he is met by a future version of himself who dissuades him from it. This episode can be seen as an unusual illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the concept that just as acorns have… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 10: “The Quality of Mercy”

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”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 1: “Kobayashi Maru”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery crew is sent to assist a Deep Space repair station. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept about the relationship between the opposing powers of the Puer, or eternal youth, and the Senex, or wise elder archetypal energies inside a human psyche. In “Kobayashi Maru” the… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 1: “Kobayashi Maru”