It was a nice, laidback episode given what happened the episode prior, it's the perfect excuse for an impromptu Shore Leave episode while the Enterprise is getting repairs.
Apparently, Ortegas' is everyone's BFF/social butterfly of the bridge crew, seeing how she's generally friendly with everyone, but this particular episode it seems her & Chapel go back a ways, presumably from their academy/college days.
You have Una & La'an having a surrogate mother/daughter time-because that's definitely the vibe those two give off whenever they're together.
Pike with the classic Green Wraparound Tunic and him showing off his diplomatic skills.
And Spock & T'Pring having relationship issues with added Mind Meld "hi-jinks", which at first is pretty eye rollingly cliché, BUT when you think about TSFS(The Search For Spock) or that one TNG episode with Sarek going senile, it's certainly a possible consequence of a Vulcan Mind meld, so I was okay with it. As a consequence, it gives T'Pring a more important role in Spock's life than a 1-off plot device.
But most importantly in my opinion, it sets up the Spock x Chapel dynamic and it puts an interesting take on it.