I would've given a different answer about how old or young Discovery skews back in 2017 and 2018. I would've said it skewed older, more mature. A few times, when I saw the narration, "Previously on Star Trek: Discovery", my mind kept wanting to replace it with "Previously on Battlestar: Discovery".
Then Season 2 came, along with Pike, and all of that changed. Except for "Point of Light" which feels more like a tonal holdover. "We have to wrap up the loose ends from Season 1!" It just wasn't the same show anymore. And this was even before Michelle Paradise took over in the middle of the season. Then it changed even more.
So, the rest of Season 2, and then Season 3 and Season 4 all didn't feel as dark/mature, but I still wouldn't have gone so far as to say, "It skews young!" I thought it appealed to a wide range of ages.
Season 5, I like it, but this is the first time I feel like it skewed young. One of the episodes felt like "We're going on a field trip!" In the same episode, another poster said it felt like a late-Voyager episode and I agreed. Years ago, during Season 1, if someone said that, I'd have ripped their head off. It would've been like Mortal Kombat. Times have really changed.
DSC Season 1 and PIC Season 1 felt like what @FederationHistorian describes as "Rated R Trek". That's what I like the most. In addition to PIC Season 3, which was pretty blatantly "Star Trek for Generation X!" That's what I like the most as well. I'll throw DSC Season 4 into the mix too because, even though it's not like any of those other three, I feel like it was the most Roddenberrian season of Star Trek since TNG Season 2.
Interesting take. Thank you for Sharing