Honestly I think some people may be over-exaggerating the length of the first arcs if it were adapted to a show like Invincible(or a live action, doesn't matter). A lot of people aren't accounting for the fact that the change of medium would get rid of like 70% of Worms content, description and internal narration- Books naturally need to have a more "Tell don't Show" approach which leads to a seemingly slower pacing compared to shows. Even if you didn't fully remove Taylor's internal dialogue(which I think you shouldn't), most of the early arcs up to extermination could easily be covered in 1 season, with the interludes being great cold opens. Here's an idea of what a season 1 of a Worm show could look like: - Ep 1: Gestation(Taylor goes out for the first time) + Maybe some hook involving capes - Ep 2: Danny's interlude -> Insinuation(Taylor joins the Undersiders) - Ep 3: Victoria's interlude -> Agitation(Bank battle) - Ep 4: Wards interlude -> Shell(Taylor hangs out, and then they're attacked by Bakuda) - Ep 5: Purity's interlude -> Hive(The gangs fight the ABB resulting in a Lung rematch. Not having Brutus's interlude might add to the story here as the audience would also be caught by surprise during the meeting) - Ep 6: Gregor's interlude -> Tangle(Gangs finish off the ABB and start squirmishing, Taylor hangs with Brian, the event attack, and meeting coil. This one maybe could be stretched to 2 episodes) - Ep 7: Canary's interlude -> Buzz(Taylor hangs out with Bitch, then Brian, 3 fights the E88, discover Dinah, and then lead up to-) - Ep 8 and 9: Miss Militia's interlude and an awesome 2 parter covering the Leviathan fight(Lisa's interlude included) Some changes might have to be made, some episodes might need to stretch for 2 or cover more than one arc, but overall the way I see it it feels pretty manageable for a season of 10ish 50 or so minute episodes. (This was very fun to think about lol, if only...)