The location shooting is part of the logistical challenges of this show, too, I have to imagine. Stupid overly elaborate sets that need to be built for one time throw away scenes not only drive production costs up, but they consume valuable time. Slow Horses, which has a larger cast, action setpieces, and a more complete script manages to crank out two seasons a year. I fundementally like this show, but this is absolutely streaming fuckery, directors dicking around at the bear minimum. In three years I won't give a fuck about this either and as good as it has been, it is not worth a rewatch. Nine fucking episodes, they end with THAT cliffhanger, and now we are basically being made to wait until AOC gets sworn in as POTUS before we see resolution? Yeah, fuck off.
As for the show itself, I wonder what the reaction will be from all the lefties jizzing themselves over angry lesbian led show when they realize the entire backdrop is how you can destroy an entire civilization by turning the Empathy dials up to 11? The communism subtle parallels are amusing too, and my one left leaning friend got pretty salty when I pointed them out. Specifically collective hive in total peace that sleeps on the floor, is slowly starving to death, has no artistic creativity of its own, and only goals seem to be to convert everyone to this miserable state. And of course negative emotions literally kill them. Yeah this show is basically Toxic Empathy the series.