Mystery- it keeps the audience guessing as to when and where it takes place and how it fits the wider continuity. Will it end with some big reveal? Who knows

It dares to explore questions no other Trek series would, like what would we do if a giant bar of soap was heading for our planet? What would we do if a giant popcorn kernel was heading towards our planet? What would we do if a giant booger was heading toward our planet?

The characters show such ingenuity, always throwing the right object at the problem on the third try, just in the knick of time when only two options are left

Like holodeck stories? The whole second season takes place on the holodeck, where anything can happen. We got dinosaurs, we got underwater rescue missions, we got smiley tribbles!

The klingon farmer looks like a klingon, not whatever they had in Discovery

While Prodigy had holographic Janeway and Starfleet Academy had Nala, Scouts has no teacher or mentor. Three children are apparently training themselves with no adult supervision. There's more uncertainty when they're all on their own

One of the villains wears a Starfleet uniform. What a twist. A fellow starfleet member is trying to sabotage our heroes and we don't see him punished at all. Corruption. Intrigue.

No complicated multi-episide arcs to keep track of. Just the same story over and over every episode. You can watch any random episode and not feel lost at all. The characters don't even have complex personalities or backstories to remember

There's a Vulcan with a mechanical arm like Doctor Octopus. The one non-human main character is both a Vulcan AND a cyborg