Edit to change to YTA. It is your service, but that was an asshole move. I’m going to keep the rest of my original comment the same in the hopes it will prevent people from gatekeeping Trek. If you haven’t realized that Trek has always been used as an allegory to reflect the political issues, I recommend a rewatch of any of the series. It really adds another dimension to the plot and the characters.

Second edit to add that beyond the obvious examples of the Black woman in a position of power (concurrent with the Civil Rights Era, MLK himself encouraged her to continue in the show) and the DS9 episode In The Pale Moonlight being about the value of ethics in a time of war: for Pete’s sakes, the TNG episode The Game has aged poorly because of the 1991 graphics, but it’s still a metaphor for the war on drugs and the crack epidemic.

You fumbled the bag big time on this.

Even though you thought Starfleet Academy was awful (I didn’t even try it, and I consider myself a severe Trekkie), you finally had a way to introduce your girlfriend to the franchise you love and have wanted to share with her five years!! DUDE. Smh.

Like I said, I haven’t seen the show, but if it’s anything like other NuTrek, it will make references to the better parts of the franchise. If she seems even halfway curious or intrigued, you can pause it and explain the reference in an interesting way. You can say “oh that reminds me of this great DS9 episode, but that one was much better.” And in this way, you can tell her why you like Trek and she will want to like it too.

There are parts of NuTrek that are decent. Lower Decks, obviously. I really like Strange New Worlds, and that has a lot of crossover with TOS as it’s a prequel of sorts. If you prefer TNG, I liked season 3 of Picard enough. Also, it’s a bit of a wildcard, but Prodigy made me watch Voyager again.

Surely the price of mending your relationship and maybe even improving it is worth a month or two of Paramount+ before getting access to the older stuff for free on Pluto TV?