There is a trend this season of defining characters by their relationships, and since women are so often defined by their relationship to a man in media, I can see how that would ring alarm bells. But in this case, every character is being defined by their relationship. Spock is shown to have gotten past his relationship with Chapel by hooking up with La’an, and La’an is shown to have gotten past her trauma with the Gorn by hooking up with Spock. Pike and Batel spend the whole season focused on their future together. Chapel is now just Corby’s girlfriend, which sucks, but it’s equally true that Corby is just Chapel’s boyfriend - we learn practically nothing about him outside of that and his profession. In general, this has just been the romantic entanglement season of SNW.

That is, apart from Ortegas, who had the best arc this season. It’s ridiculous to say that her trauma with the Gorn is “not touched on” until Terrarium - I don’t see how you could watch this season and not see it playing into every scene she has up until that point. It feels like that the article writer knew her arc didn’t suit the point they were making, so they just tried to downplay it.