Tag: science-fiction

Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 3: “Do Your Worst”

Synopsis: Khan and Richter return to the settlement and are celebrated, until tragedy strikes. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of inflation—the puffed up feeling that occurs when the conscious ego identifies too closely or for too long with the god-like power of an unconscious archetype. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 3: “Do Your Worst”

Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 2: “Scheherazade”

Synopsis: Khan takes McGivers with him on a survey expedition and discovers more than he bargained for. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of typology. How each of us have traits that seem to come more naturally to us and others that are difficult for us to… Continue reading Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 2: “Scheherazade”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 9: “Terrarium”

Synopsis: When Lt. Ortegas crash lands on a planetoid she is forced to work with a Gorn in order to survive. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of how projection can help an individual identify an unconscious complex and help make the psyche more whole. “Terrarium” began… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 9: “Terrarium”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 4: “A Space Adventure Hour”

Synopsis: While the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew is studying a neutron star, Captain Pike assigns Lt. Noonien-Singh the task of testing a prototype hologram program. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material into itself through the process… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 4: “A Space Adventure Hour”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 9: “The Devourer of All Things, Part I”

Synopsis: Infinity and her crew travel to the coordinates given by a mysterious entity. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman termed the metaxy—the place between the conscious and unconscious, where healing can happen In “The Devourer of All Things, Part I,” Infinity arrives at the coordinates that Gwyndala (Gwyn)… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 9: “The Devourer of All Things, Part I”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 6: “Imposter Syndrome”

Synopsis: The Prodigy crew create hologram duplicates of themselves in order to take Infinity to rescue Captain Chakotay and the Protostar. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called projection—how the conscious ego projects bits of its own psyche onto another. In “Imposter Syndrome,” the Prodigy crew believe… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 6: “Imposter Syndrome”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2: “Into the Breach, Part I and Part II”

Synopsis: While Gwyndala travels to Solum to try to prevent the start of a civil war, the rest of the Prodigy crew join Vice Admiral Janeway on her mission to save Captain Chakotay. This two-part episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory—that just as an acorn has everything inside it… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2: “Into the Breach, Part I and Part II”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 10: “Life, Itself”

Synopsis: Captain Burnham meets a Progenitor and is entrusted with the future of the Progenitors’ technology. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung referred to as the collective unconscious. In “Life Itself,” Captain Michael Burnham finds herself within the portal that holds the Progenitors’ technology. She is confronted… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 10: “Life, Itself”

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”