It gets better at the end, but the beginning is kind of dumb. This is my first time watching, and I've been watching it on-and-off, so I don't know all the names, but when they're on the new planet at the beginning, some complete idiot take off the glove of his decontamination suit, and then we he becomes infected by the mysterious substance... he puts his hand up to his face??? Immediately after, when Kirk asks what killed the people on the planet, Spock looks straight at the camera as it zooms in and says "unknown captain. It's like nothing we've dealt with before," as the music rises in the background, making for a pretty cliche/cheesy dramatic scene.
As I said, it gets better, but the completely illogical character choices and plot lines, like Kirk succumbing to the effects of the disease IMMEDIATELY after getting infected, while it takes others about half an hour or more, kind of ruined the episode for me and made it feel kind of dumb. So far, there's been some stuff like this in the few episodes I've seen, and is why I will ALWAYS put Star Wars miles ahead of Star Trek. It's really not even a competition.
As I said, it gets better, but the completely illogical character choices and plot lines, like Kirk succumbing to the effects of the disease IMMEDIATELY after getting infected, while it takes others about half an hour or more, kind of ruined the episode for me and made it feel kind of dumb. So far, there's been some stuff like this in the few episodes I've seen, and is why I will ALWAYS put Star Wars miles ahead of Star Trek. It's really not even a competition.