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Sometimes you realize that the main story arc keeps finding new reasons to continue, after lots of surprise twists and turns that each give another episode. Like they finally find their killer, after a whole bunch of running around, escapes, shoot-outs, stunts, explosions, etc. but it turns out he's been working for someone else all along, and now we have to find the Boss. It will never end, and all the plot manipulation doesn't serve a better story, it just keeps us watching so we can consume advertising.
My son is always complaining that a lot of these series probably started out as a movie, but Netflix, et al, want constant "engagement," so if you want Netflix to stream your content, you better stretch it into 10 episodes, with a cliffhanger. Quality isn't important, just engagement, so a good movie concept gets beaten to death as a series.
That's why a lot of British shows are so good. They'll say right up front that this entire series is only going to be one season of 3-6 episodes, and that's it. They take as much time as they need to tell the story, then quit. They don't just keep screenplay masturbating.
Absolutely an issue for American shows. So many are built around a three season arc just trying to get on the air. Then if they make it big, they panic and have no idea what the fuck to do with season 4.
So many shows fail in season 4.
Probably the worst example is Game of Thrones. They started the show with at least the last third of it unfinished, and once that TV money started rolling in, GRRM basically lost his motivation to write.