Also it turns out that because I didn't watch Echo, I don't know what the heck is going on with some characters, so that's great. Apparently to understand this show I was supposed to rewatch the original show AND watch Echo so I would be prepared, because the show cannot be bothered with showing anything.
Despite the fact that 75% of the dialogue is exposition (they went sooo hard on "tell, don't show"), they don't explain the stuff that would provide context