Having seen every episode of Star Trek there is, I was extremely excited when we heard that ST was coming back to the small screen. While the first 2 episodes of Discovery where good, they didn't have the overall ST feel that we have come to love.
The first 2 episodes were supposed to be an epilogue to the rest of the series, and once I knew that, it all made sense. They felt rushed, but only because they really weren't focusing on character development as much as just giving some background to the events proceeding the rest of season.
I want Discovery to succeed, because I feel if it doesn't, then that will be it for ST and no-one wants that.
The first 2 episodes had mixed reviews and for good reason. It felt more like a JJ Abrams movie than a ST episode, which is a good and bad thing. I know there are plenty of ST fans out there that don't like the new movies. I liked them. They stood on their own as good fun movies, but I never took them seriously. They where outside of ST Canon so there was inconsistencies in the story compared to the hundreds of episodes ST that proceeded them.
Anyway, episode 3 has squashed all my fears. It felt like Trek, although with a more modern, gritty feel to it. I like it. This is what I always wanted Trek to be and that's probably why DS9 is my favourite ST series out of all the others. It had great characters, it was a little darker and felt more real. Discovery feels real and that is what we want.
This is ST but told through modern story telling.