We're really sorry to disappoint and further disrupt our schedule, particularly as we've delayed it once already, but we're running on empty right now.
Realistically, we need to take the pressure off ourselves for a few weeks so we can get out some of our planned Patreon content, focus on fully preparing for the end of the season and see the show off right from 11 January 2024 without burning out. (And have a Christmas break and recharge our own batteries as well!)
3.8 was a particularly ambitious episode structurally, and while it's technically complete and we were working on it right down to the wire yesterday to try and get it right, we’re ultimately just not happy enough with the results and confident enough in the flow of the story to release it today in its current state (we’re talking about the writing and production, to be clear - the acting is, as always, fantastic).
So our plan is to continue quietly working on the episode during the break along with everything else, and either we’ll slip it seamlessly into the feed in early January or - if we just can’t get it to click to our satisfaction - we’ll shift the narratively-required scenes into the rest of the second half of the season, and release any remaining fragments separately for free on our Patreon.
We hope you understand our reasoning and as always, we’re incredibly grateful to you for listening to and supporting the show - we’re really proud of the seven episodes so far, Seb and Dev's story feels like a decent place to pause, and our main priority is ensuring that we’re releasing a final season that you all really enjoy.
If you have any questions, of course just let us know.
You can find a summary of everything that appears in the episode over on Patreon in case you’re curious in the meantime (spoilers, of course) - have an amazing holiday break and a hugely heartfelt thank you for your support as always.
