As long as we don't get a Mass Effect style ending, I'll be fine. I've always liked Trek, but SNW made me love it. I love the acting so much that it'd take a lot to get me to hate what the writers are potentially forced to do. My only real problem with Discovery is that in the end it focuses on a single character, and that can feel tiring at best. SNW makes it feel like the whole crew is important with a story to tell. My head cannon is that whatever is written, Pike is willing to use 7th century cookware inventions to make his crew happy, and to great effect. I'll never get over him giving a shit about the entire crew.

As far as the potential ending BS goes, I think the writers for this series legitimately have more respect for the franchise than to just make final episode simply "Pike got hurt and now can only beep boop in a chair like a boss." The "minor" characters matter here. This might be me just fangirling, but I have huge hopes for SNW going into (hopefully) S5 or beyond.