Yeah. It allowed for story of the week and have variety. Piller said it's about our people but really still the external event was the driver for entertainment that week. It felt varied. Vs the claustrophobic feeling I was getting in Picard season 3 as it's largely the same story strand over and over in the same place.Trek worked better with bottle episodes and filler mixed in with looser seasonal story arcs (like NuWho in its prime).
I miss episodic TV generally. Would love an Outer Limits or old school Stargate right now.