Hmm maybe because there was a writer’s strike for five months, and now probably because their new Big Bad is fired because he’s a domestic abuser (and too dumb to get out of a relationship with the type of girl that steals your phone and runs away). A lot of the next phase was riding on Jonathan Major’s Kang, now they either have to re-cast him, which is definitely doable with Kang, or rewrite the next phase.