Absolutely. Not fun to watch but cruical to keeping the whole thing going. Quick Google[0] says the average time (in-universe) between TOS episodes (ignoring th

Absolutely. Not fun to watch but cruical to keeping the whole thing going. Quick Google[0] says the average time (in-universe) between TOS episodes (ignoring the pilot and movies) is around 10 days. So for each crunch-day or so, Scotty and the team have a week and a half to fix things the "right way" (and presumably not much else). I could live with that.