I also hope "The White Iris" it's more along the lines of "Lolani."
Even "Lolani" made a reference to ENT, though. I wish STC would only use TOS as its basis and completely ignore all the other Trek series and movies.
As far as sequels and follow-ups go, I have no problem with those, if it's not done too often, and of course, If It Is Done Well (tm).
I think that if TOS continued with additional seasons, they would have done more episodes of that type. Even within TOS, there were two Harry Mudd episodes, and other sequel episodes had also been proposed but not developed. TAS had a couple of sequels to TOS episodes, and "More Troubles, More Tribbles" was originally intended to be a live-action episode.
But I think it's problematic (and fanboyish) if a series revolves almost entirely around sequels, follow-ups, and shout-outs. ENT S4 suffered in this regard. Such episodes should be an occasional treat, not the whole foundation.
Kor