I've seen plenty of shows with slow episodes, episodes that are just there to fill an episode schedule and even some that didn't quite end the way you wanted to
Somehow this one damn episode is all three in one and it infuriates me so much that it fundamentally ruins the rest of the season since it exposes a lot of its many flaws in terms of pacing and character work
Thank god season 2 never had an episode like this otherwise there would be some serious problems.