Pike is the ultimate Starfleet captain, which is crazy.
TNG’s chemistry was all over the place for the first 3 seasons, after TBOTW they locked it down perfectly, Enterprise’s too actually. DS9 nailed the chemistry best till SNW imho, LD too I guess.
And if you try to explain why they’re so incredibly stupid, for instance, because their diet doesn’t offer enough Niacin (Pellagra), or because they have a catastrophic hookworm infestation that causes developmental damage, they try to murder your scientists for ‘insulting muh southern heritage!’, instead of just adding supplements to their flour and wearing slippers outside.