The first season, like all trek, is desperately trying to find its footing. That episode and 1-2 others could probably just straight up be skipped like how when I was looking for the best way to watch TNG for the first time the top ways I saw were “watch the first and last episode of season 1 and skip the rest”.

Once the show gets its footing it gets really good really quickly.

Game Over by Falling In Reverse

Just listen to the first line and you’ll understand