1. Mystery- it keeps the audience guessing as to even and where it takes place and how it fits the wider continuity. Will it end with some big reveal? Who knows

  2. It dares to explore questions no other Trek series would, like what would we do if a giant bar of soap was heading for our planet? What would we do if a giant popcorn kernel was heading towards our planet? What would we do if a giant booger was heading toward our planet?

  3. The characters show such ingenuity, always throwing the right object at the problem on the third try, just in the knick of time when only two options are left

  4. Like holodeck stories? The whole second season takes place on the holodeck, where anything can happen. We got dinosaurs, we got underwater rescue missions, we got smiley tribbles!

  5. The klingon farmer looks like a klingon, not whatever they had in Discovery

  6. While Prodigy had holographic Janeway and Starfleet Academy had Nala, Scouts has no teacher or mentor. Three children are apparently training themselves with no adult supervision. Who needs those pesky adults?

  7. One of the villains wears a Starfleet uniform. What a twist. A fellow starfleet member is trying to sabotage our heroes and we don’t see him punished at all. Corruption. Intrigue.