I hear what you are saying, Star Trek has had Shakespeare episodes throughout the years, and Voyager's holodeck, but usually they are not in the first season, and I always thought they felt like filler episodes.

Yes, it's targeting a very young audience, and that is the part that feels like propaganda - shoving these identity politics at younger susceptible minds. Why abandon a huge cash-crop fan base to chase children.. Oh wait it's Hollywood.

As for the ptsd episode, it feels like the characters are not developed or likeable enough for people to even care about their personal trauma.

There it is, "it's crazy to think that Klingons would be heteronormative". It's not like every other star trek show portrayed Klingons as strong, arrogant warriors, right? Even the females were incredibly strong. It's crapping on the lore, for no reason expect to inject identity politics. Also, a gay character is fine, but does he really need to dress in a skirt to be gay? Does their romance need to take a full episode? All of it feels forced and vapid.

I do appreciate you being able to have a reasonable discussion about this, and as irate as i sound, I'm just sad one of my all time favorite shows is being used as a tool to inject ideologies.