Build up was fine when the choice was 'do I watch the 8:00PM drama on ABC, NBC or CBS' but today you have near limitless entertainment options and you really need a hook for the first episode and then do longer character pieces later.

I watched the first two episodes of Andor was bored all the way through so went and spent my very limited free time to do something else. Maybe if I was in school/college still or unemployed I would have continued but working 5-6 12-18 hour shifts every week limits my free time and just browsing the internet like this is just more relaxing since I'm not locking myself in to any site for an hour.