Everyone on star trek has anxiety, panic attacks, ptsd and imposter syndrome now. It is too much!
Barclay was OK. (In TNG.) He had his episodes but they were interesting because of the juxtaposition against the others.
Like >60% of plot & characters are now about anxiety and mental (un)health. It is individuated vs collective.
I also deeply resent the attempt to create equivalency between AI and LGBT people.
No wonder people hate woke.
I never watched STD beyond the first half of the pilot, so I had to go read up on this “burn” stuff on memory alpha. It is by far the stupidest idea in televised Trek I’ve ever heard of. What I really miss is when Trek was “small budget, big ideas”. Episodes like “The Outcast”, “Duet”, “Progress”, “Conscience of the King”. Lower Decks is the only thing since the “origin of the Federation” stuff in Enterprise that’s had that spark.
I’ve heard that SNW is slightly above average compared to other post-Enterprise stuff, but the few random episodes I’ve seen haven’t had any sort of intelligently-written high-concept plotlines. When the writers try, they fail in the most clumsy way possible. Also, what the fuck have they done with Spock? Have the writers ever actually seen TOS or the original six movies?