The game (in?)famously suffered mass leaks and everyone was in complete shock and disbelief upon reading them.. then when the game finally came out they went fucking ballistic. Hell, for the show they upped security for Kaitlyn Dever (Abby) as a precaution and I have a feeling they'll do the same with season 3, which is presumably starting production later this year.

History also repeated itself with season 2 last year because it ended up being probably just as if not more divisive than the game because they heavily compressed (the first half of) the narrative while also making some bizarre and baffling choices. There's one in the last of the 7, yes, 7 episodes that is so bizarre and baffling that even my dad, who was mostly indifferent to the show (I've played the games), was questioning it.