When I read the synopsis I was like, “ugh, dinosaurs with a trailer of Pike on a horse, this sounds dumb, zero interest”.
… but it was actually much better than I expected, I really enjoyed it, it felt like a classic Star Trek or TNG episode. No overarching plot, no “woke” nu-Trek BS, less relationship crap, overall it was just a good Trek story with decent sci-fi.
I hope they keep this up.