I just think the show needs to be careful. I like that the stakes at the moment are low and personal, and there's not galaxy threatening desaster (yet). I think the show would profit if they kept ist that way.
Everything else in this episode on what it means to be a Klingon was probably top 10 Trek for me.
I also wondered about the debate. As a German I know nothing about debate culture, and this episode did not help lol