the bad writing apologists will say "skipping all the characterisation is totally a good thing, show don't tell is nonsense, you just don't pay enough attention if you don't like interesting things happening offscreen" when the very same show had a literal powerpoint presentation of Challia explaining his backstory and character motivation to an audience stand-in in the most matter of fact way possible without the opportunity for the audience infer anything. I think the direction or Gquuuuuux is just bad actually.