One of the writers observed that on multiple show’s she’s worked on, the first season - as its being broken - tends to repeat itself in a way. Specifically, certain story patterns and story structures within particular settings repeat. As she theorizes, it’s because the writers are still learning to talk to each other in the room and figure out what the show wants to be generally. As you find things that everyone is comfortable talking about, or find ideas that tend to resonate with everyone, they repeat. And they’ll continue to repeat until you become aware of it and move away, knowing how much of it to use and how much to cut. As she put it, you’re learning what the show wants to be. Then you have to build on it.