(Intro: I was in the db0 instance that now is defederated from the startrek.website, so I wasn't seeing any message on this thread, I was confused until I heard the news, I even posted a message that never arrives, I just copy & paste here)
About the episode, I have the feeling I have seen it already, the ghost ship, the mind tricks, no explanation, nothing new, too predictable.
It feels like an excuse to evolve the relation between some characters, but we are not seeing that evolution on this episode, but I’m guessing the things that happened here are gonna be relevant later.
Not bad, not good.
Only thing I enjoyed of the episode is that Ortega and Scotty didn't have any romantic involvement, and at the end it's only a friendship thing.
Jokes were not funny, and when the peace negotiations are going down the tube, then a random thing happens and all is good and everybody are friends. Make Pike fail the peace treaty, he is stoned, sober him up and somehow make him fix it. Will be a better thing that a explosion is now a peace sign or whatever.