SNW is missing the optimism and hopefulness. I know OG Star Trek had a lot of episodes about space battles or weird space diseases, but the crux of it was morality lessons about how future humanity had overcome all the social ills of the modern day. Star Trek has gotten a lot less daring in addressing issues from today I think. Discovery tried to do something similar to climate change with The Burn, but that never hit right with me. SNW has a few episodes about humanizing refugees.

SNW has had a few episodes directed by a trans woman, and a few trans characters show up but it doesn't feel like much is being addressed. It feels like the bare minimum of representation rather than transgression. The main crux is the stories about spaceships. I want Star Trek to do that again, feel transgressive. Even TNG and DS9 still had that transgressive attitude towards the show, injecting in commentary about current human life and how it can be made better.