Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1, Episode 5: “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”

Synopsis: Ensign Marriot tries to save Ensign Boimler from a woman she feels is dangerous to him while Ensigns Rutherford and Tendi become enamored of the technology aboard a more advanced starship. This episode can be seen an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung called projection. In “Cupid’s Errant Arrow” the crew of the U.S.S.… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1, Episode 5: “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1, Episode 2: “Envoys”

Synopsis: Ensigns Boimler and Mariner are sent on an away mission, while on the U.S.S. Cerritos, Ensign Rutherford explores different assignments. This episode can be seen an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory. In “Envoys” Ensign Brad Boimler is excited about his new assignment, to escort Klingon General K’orin to a peace accord on Tulgana… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1, Episode 2: “Envoys”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1, Episode 1: “Second Contact”

Synopsis: Ensign Tendi arrives for her first day on the U.S.S. Cerritos and learns about the dynamics of her crew. This episode can be seen an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a complex. “Second Contact” begins with Ensign Brad Boimler in a closet, composing a log entry describing how the U.S.S. Cerritos… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1, Episode 1: “Second Contact”

Star Trek: Picard – Season 1, Episode 8: “Broken Pieces”

Synopsis: Retired Admiral Picard and Dr. Asha arrive on the La Sirena. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the psyche is made more whole when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material into itself. “Broken Pieces” begins with a flashback to a meeting of the Zhat Vash who… Continue reading Star Trek: Picard – Season 1, Episode 8: “Broken Pieces”

Star Trek: Picard – Season 1, Episode 2: “Maps and Legends”

Synopsis: Retired Admiral Picard devises a plan to find Dahj’s twin sister. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a cultural complex is created. “Maps and Legends” begins with a flashback to the day that Utopia Planitia on Mars was destroyed by an attack believed to have been made by compromised synthetic… Continue reading Star Trek: Picard – Season 1, Episode 2: “Maps and Legends”

Star Trek: Short Treks – “Q & A”

Synopsis: On his first day aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, Ensign Spock gets stuck in a turbolift with the vessel’s First Officer, Number One. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the conscious ego may try to suppress bits of material from the unconscious with which it is uncomfortable. In “Q & A,”… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Q & A”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episodes 13 and 14: “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part I and Part II”

Synopsis: Commander Burnham and Discovery’s crew come to understand what needs to be done to save all sentient life in the galaxy. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s later understanding of the collective unconscious, that it is something that humans are a part of and that it connects… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episodes 13 and 14: “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part I and Part II”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: “New Eden”

Synopsis: A red signal leads Discovery to a planet in another quadrant inhabited by descendants from a group of individuals from Earth, brought there two hundred years prior. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the metaxy, the third place between the conscious ego and the unconscious, where change can happen. In “New… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: “New Eden”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 15: “Will You Take My Hand?”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery and her crew carry out a plan to defeat the Klingons, but with a twist. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman called the metaxy, that third place between the conscious ego and the unconscious, where change is possible and new things emerge. In “Will You… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 15: “Will You Take My Hand?”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 14: “The War Without, the War Within”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery and her crew return to their universe only to find that Starfleet Command is losing the war with the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the conscious ego acknowledges bits of unconscious material and integrates them into itself. In “The War Without, the… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 14: “The War Without, the War Within”