I'm all caught up too. It was indeed a "Trek feeling" episode, but to me, it was them sitting in the writers room trying to answer critics. "How can we make this feel more like Trek?" And then throwing us well-worn trope. I still don't really like the way they've done the storyline, we still barely know much of this crew.
I'm sure there's more of this stuff coming, but...I'm really curious after a season of this how this show will stack up against the other shows for me. Right now, it's still a massive incomplete.
It's the most depth (and obviously the biggest budget) Trek show we've been given, so there's something to be said for that. But...storylinewise, having watched a lot of TV sci-fi in the past few years, this feels way more like a serial sci-fi drama than like Star Trek at all.
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