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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: 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: 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 8: “Labyrinths”

Synopsis: Captain Burnham goes to the Eternal Gallery and Archives to seek the final clue to the location of the Progenitors’ technology. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the union of opposites. In “Labyrinths,” the U.S.S. Discovery arrives at the Eternal Gallery and Archive, where Captain… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 8: “Labyrinths”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 4: “Face the Strange”

Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery is victimized by a time bug. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called projection, one way one’s conscious ego becomes aware of unconscious material from one’s psyche. In “Face the Strange,” the U.S.S. Discovery is victimized by a time bug… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 4: “Face the Strange”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 3: “Jinaal”

Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery travels to Trill, where Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker must prove they are worthy of receiving the knowledge of the Progenitors. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the process that Carl (C. G.) Jung described as the union of opposites—the conscious and the unconscious. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 3: “Jinaal”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 2: “Under the Twin Moons”

Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery travels to a currently uninhabited world to find the first piece of an ancient puzzle. This episode can be seen as providing an illustration of what James Hillman called the Puer, or eternal youth, archetype and the Senex, or sage, archetype. In “Under the Twin Moons,” at Federation… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 2: “Under the Twin Moons”

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 7: “A Few Badgeys More”

Synopsis: Badgey, Peanut Hamper, and AGIMUS reenter the lives of the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of the shadow, those bits of unconscious material that one’s conscious ego does not want to admit is part of an individual’s psyche. In “A… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 4, Episode 7: “A Few Badgeys More”

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”