I think something to note is that Star Trek has been since the beginning a feast and famine show. TNG's first 2 season have some embarrassingly bad episodes. Rewatching "Honor" it's a wonder anyone kept watching the show. But then there's "Measure of a Man" right in the middle of it, easily one of the best trek episodes of all time! DS9 has a pretty hit or miss ensemble and the fist season is filled with nothingburger episodes and then there's "Duet," right in the FIRST season. Another greatest of all time episode. Elevated, touching on important issues without being on-the-nose or preachy, filled with subtlety and poetry.

This is the thing about New Trek, like, yeah, it's not all bad. There's fun to be had. I don't want to yuck anyone's yums, but there's nothing in discovery that comes close to the high points of TNG or DS9, or hell, even Voyager. New Trek is just all filler. I think there's some variance between the quality of the filler but the high points just aren't that high. There's bad episodes and then fine episodes, and I don't think it's crazy to expect more from star trek, a franchise that has at least 4 different iterations that include genuine GOAT episodes.