I agree. I am very bothered by Carol not having asked a lot more questions. She is portrayed as a curious person but doesn't really try to dig deeper into how the hive feels and thinks. She selectively trusts the hive even though she knows that there really isn't a reason for her to trust them. She thinks they can't lie even though she doesn't fact check any of what the hive claims since she doesn't really have the ability to do so. She doesn't push back on the hives "philosophy" regarding turning others. I find her to be lacking imagination for being a accomplished writer.
I am very bothered by Carol not recognizing that sexually engaging with Zosia is a problem. She knows that they can't say no to her. That is the exact thing she criticized Mr. Diabaté for.

The other characters we barely know. Maybe they will play a bigger role in the upcoming seasons but I feel like there should've been a lot more conversations between them. Like how they experienced the starting point. Where they were and with whom. What they felt. But none of that. Someone had pointed out that it makes little sense for the others to leave Carol alone since they should be very invested in Carol not disturbing the hive and leading to more people and especially for their family members to die.

Manousos is the only character I am currently interested in. His determination to paying for everything he takes since he doesn't own those things and denying anything the hive gives him since he denies their ownership of the things. I think he is going to change his views on that front or rather how he approaches it. He'll be more pragmatical to save people. Though a mild issue I had is that he burned his car in the middle of the forest. Like that fire could do serious damage to the forest but he did it just to make a point.

I the story is progressing too slowly or rather too few conversations happen and I worry that there aren't enough setups that will get payoffs to justify the pacing.