I just caught up and I couldn't agree more. It started way too slow; they really should have cut some of the crap early in the season out. It was so bad that I gave up watching for a little while. It's been awesome ever since Aayan died though.
Oh what the fuck love it. there was always gonna be a mole and in hindsight he's the perfect character. Not big enough to fuck the flow of the show but significant enough to mean something.