The Ink-Pot and the Palette

The thing is, they're all solvable issues, and they don't necessarily need to be resolved so soon in a series, but I do look for indications that the writers are aware of them and may take steps to address them. In, for example, The Fades, I spent much of the second episode with a steadily deepening frown only to find that in the third episode the writers had not only considered most of the things that had made me squint at the TV, but were ready to address them. Not only that, they had extrapolated further and gone deeper, so that answering those questions didn't conclude things entirely, but instead led to more story. I like it when that happens: it feels like a conversation rather than a monologue, like I am being invited to engage with it.

I don't think that this is a failure of perception on your part; not in the slightest. Rather, it's an indication of optimism, which I sort of envy. I'm a critical bugger, lol.