I finally started this.
season 1 was totally disappointing. I was like, " Harry Mudd, time loops, and evil alternate universe...all in the same season??" where the hell they gonna go now? Then.. the spore drive..interesting...
but season 2 was fantastic... I liked what they did with Captain Pike.. dude knows exactly what his future holds but sticks to his code regardless of the consequences.
Then at the end of 2 they address the 900 lb gorilla in the room.... spore drive tech does not exist in the trek universe...so they wipe discovery from the database and blast them a thousand years into the future.
and suddenly in season 3 the federation is a joke... old men cosplaying while wearing their great grand daddys uniform and living on abandoned stations.
But. they brokered a peace treaty.... the new federation has begun.... curious to see where it goes..