Idk about the writers, but the accountants did if you remember Wil Wheaton’s ‘raise’ lol.

I think it would be cool if the away team was different, or nearly different, each episode. You’d have temporary characters to empathize with (much like the alien species usually have), but then cut back to the senior crew dealing with problems on the ship and/or the moral ramifications of what the away team is dealing with. I think it would have to be a show with longer episodes, but we mostly have that now with steaming.