I wanted to like Picard due to my admiration for Patrick Stewart, the writers sold him a raw deal. You can't expect an 80 actor to carry a franchise, even if he is almost as talented as Christopher Plummer.
Discovery is a disaster, it fell into a black hole after they killed off Jason Isaacs. They brought in Gregory Peck's grandson as Mr Spock and totally wasted him. The films were just as bad, Chris Pine doesn't have the lightning charisma of a Great Shat.
Due to this I haven't watched Brave New World yet...have they gone back to Gene Roddenberry vision?
Isaacs nearly became 007, Spielberg lobbied for Daniel Craig.