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What, in your view, was "exceptional" about Stamets' acceptance in that scene?

I suggest cross-posting this to c/startrek to get maximum eyeballs on it.

Sorry, I've already imagined the backstory of Discovery Season 3-5. Those centuries are now off-limits.

That rather ignores the fact that Adira was an amnesiac stowaway at the time, with some pretty understandable trust issues.

It also ignores that the characters in the scene in exactly the way you're saying they should have.

I disagree - you dislike TNG for completely different reasons.

By far Pike's most noticeable feature in TOS.

Programmed in just the one technique, but if you do it right, that's all you need.

Dave Filoni/Kathleen Kennedy situation but in Star Trek.

I'm not sure what, exactly, you mean by this, but both of those people have had pretty acclaimed careers.

I find it hard to imagine looking at the Trek series since 2017 and making a convincing case that the franchise is being mishandled.

I mean, Alex Kurtzman hired the guy, and is EP if "Lower Decks" along with all the other shows...

Let your freak flag fly, maaaaaaaan.

Okay, hear me out:

Star Trek: In Space!

Oh boy, one day we should probably have the Great Borg Queen Debate - it would be a thread for the ages...

we’ve progressed over time to wanting more hard and serious technobabble.

That's the thing, I think the technobabble surrounding Su'Kal is actually pretty good. I will grant that the episode has a lot going on, and it's easy to miss, but it's solid enough that it's had me doing some light genetics research on more than one occasion.