Episode 3 was a welcomed improvement in story and tone.
However, it’s obvious they’ve turned the humor way down for this season, probably a little too much in my opinion. It’s lost something of that fun, optimistic outlook the previous seasons had.
Two more criticisms:
*The editing seems a little rough. Perhaps this is a result of the production issues that occurred because of the pandemic but it was quite noticeable toward the end of this episode.
*The visual effects for this season while definitely more detailed also appear more artificial with respect to the movement of the ships and characters.
Still, it’s orders of magnitude better than any “Star Trek” rubbish currently in production.