“Maggs” could be a reference to Jane Maggs, an executive producer on the show.

Announcing Becky Lynch only to use her an an extra twice, doesn’t feel like cost cutting as much as a potential breach of contract.

Believable. The cadet quarters of the 32nd century are redressed sets from Strange New Worlds, and thats like 1000 years earlier.

Wouldn’t surprise me in the least that “alien marketplace” is just set pieces they drag out of storage every few months.

Rebuilding in the wake of global disaster (and honestly it’s been one after another my whole life) is exactly the kind of inspirational content I think we need right now. 90s Trek was all about “things have been great, it could be better!” and I think our message today really should be “things have sucked for a bit, but how do we recover the greatness we know we’re capable of?”