On the other side of things, you have the actual real world, where Daly works as a genius and manipulative coder.
On the one hand, you have the completely computerized Space Fleet world, where Jesse Plemons’ Daly is trapped as the boorish and overbearing former ship captain of a crew of his digitally cloned coworkers in the real world, as played by Jimmi Simpson and others.
While many TV pilots out there have trouble making single scenarios engaging, “USS Callister” introduced two entirely different, though connected, universes that offer multitudinous avenues to take the story/stories.
At least, that’s what he was doing before Cristin Milloti’s Nanette Cole assisted her digital self in setting him up, and Daly is “currently” locked into his game program, unable to return to his waking life.