I totally get what you mean.

IMO the monster-of-the-week format seems to be a rarity nowadays, I guess the ST franchise had to get on with the times. Without a doubt TNG was a gem of a series, but one will have to take on a different mindset with Picard, it is just that much different, for better or for worse.

You are also right about it feeling like a generic scifi - the overarching narrative is definitely not it's strongest point. If anything, just watch it for Stewart 😄

But if that doesn't work, there is always Orville, I guess 😀