Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 4: Magical Thinking”

Synopsis: Marla McGivers helped Khan and his followers defeat the Ceti-eels and also told Khan she was pregnant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection—how an individual projects bits of their own unconscious onto another. In “Magical Thinking” Khan began the episode wanting to shield his… Continue reading Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 4: Magical Thinking”

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: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 3: “Shuttle to Kenfori”

Synopsis: When Captain Batel’s Gorn infestation becomes more acute, Captain Pike and Dr. M’Benga travel to a planet in a restricted zone to collect an ingredient to treat it, where they encounter zombie-like creatures and a Klingon determined to kill M’Benga. This episode can be seen as containing various illustrations of Jung’s concept of feeling-toned… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 3: “Shuttle to Kenfori”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 4: “A Farewell to Farms”

Synopsis: Lt. Mariner aids Ma’ah, a former Klingon captain, regain his captaincy while two guests from Klowahka come aboard the U.SS. Cerritos. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C.G.) Jung called a feeling-toned complex. In “A Farewell to Arms,” Lt. Beckett Mariner contacts her Klingon friend, Ma’ah, on Qo’noS, where… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 4: “A Farewell to Farms”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 1: “Dos Cerritos”

Synopsis: D’Vana Tendi pays her debt to her sister while the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos meet their parallel selves. This episode can be seen as illustrations of 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… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5, Episode 1: “Dos Cerritos”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 15: “Ascension, Part I”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Protostar and her crew are reunited with the U.S.S. Voyager, but then come under attack by Asencia and a dangerous weapon. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept of archetypal psychology. In “Ascension, Part I,” the U.S.S. Protostar crew is finally reunited with the U.S.S. Voyager. The… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 15: “Ascension, Part I”