i give the show a little bit of a break too not only because they completely rewrote a big chunk of the show halfway thru filming but it was originally planned as 18 episodes, what we saw was really half a season which is why the finale felt like a mid season finale. The showrunner announced today the show will return March 2026, they have already started filming season 2 as well
i assume its just gonna be 8-10 episodes sadly, it would be awesome if they would bump these shows up to 14-18 episodes.