Let's be honest: Who else had forgotten about the Gorn cliffhanger?

I didn't like the first episode very much. The Enterprise saves the Universe from some overpowering enemy all by themselves is too much of a trope for me. Also too many characters on the edge of dying, but nobody dies. Some story arks even culminate in the decision to just do nothing…

(Also why has sickbay a "quarantine mode" instead of a proper quarantine?)