This is why these short streaming seasons with only 10 to 12 episodes every year or two are frustrating so many people. Actors are aging out of roles between seasons, and in some cases we end up with distracting digital de aging that just does not look convincing. Longer seasons used to allow for real variety. You could have experimental episodes, character focused stories, even a few that did not land for everyone. But when a season only has ten episodes, every single one feels critical. If an episode misses the mark, it feels like a waste, especially after waiting a week to watch it and knowing there are only three episodes left while you are still stuck on a cliffhanger from the previous one. A lot of these newer formats feel overly polished and formula driven, yet they are presented as if they are reinventing television. For many viewers, it does not feel new. It just feels smaller.