Watched the first two episodes of 'Lower Decks'.

There's your problem.

The first two episodes are the worst episodes of the entire series.

The series really picks up with episodes 3 and 4, to the point I watched all 30 episodes of the first three seasons--all that existed at the time--before I had to cancel Paramount Plus for unrelated reasons.

However, I hear the series' quality fell off a cliff in season 4, including making two DS9 characters gay for each other, despite no evidence of this prior.

So it seems that, by coincidence, I got out at the right time.

Watched the first two episodes of 'Lower Decks'.

There's your problem.

The first two episodes are the worst episodes of the entire series.

The series really picks up with episodes 3 and 4, to the point I watched all 30 episode of the first three seasons--all that existed at the time--before I had to cancel Paramount Plus for unrelated reasons.

However, I hear the series' quality fell off a cliff in season 4, including making two DS9 characters gay for each other, despite no evidence of this prior.

So it seems that, by coincidence, I got out at the right time.