The pacing is such a mess. There's no real sense of time or distance, things happen for the convenience of events without a sense of real movement or sequence. And im terms of episode it's gauzy horseriding and then cramming a ton of plot into five mins at the end.

Thinking about Adar, Joseph Mawle was indeed excellent, but I also felt he had a stronger section of narrative. Genuine mystery to his backstory, self-contained-ish plot, not having to teleport between locations, all helps provide texture.