I traded episodes with someone once. I would watch some lower decks and she would watch some TNG. I found Lower Decks cynical and obnoxious, so I went with examples of the aspirational mood that I admired from TNG.

Measure of a Man puts treating someone as a person and with dignity should be more important than the utility (the researcher wanting to study Data), reasonableness (Riker’s proof that Data wasn’t alive), or personal feelings and relationships (Picard and the judge’s history).

Darmok is the Federation on a small scale. Seeking understanding even when that comes with risk, even in situations that seem hostile. Silicon Avatar does the same with a sharper contrast, but it doesn’t have all the memes.

The person I traded with understood from those why I didn’t like Lower Decks and really enjoyed the episodes. I don’t think it was enough to get her to watch more, but I’m still satisfied with having shown someone those two.