the start was just meant to introduce the characters, town, and world they live in, and have fun with it, they weren't going to throw you right into the story.
and with the ending, the creator actually wanted to make it multiple seasons long, but after she pushed for the lesbian wedding scene, cartoon network cancelled the show so they had to compress the entire story they had planned into the 5 episodes they had left
the start was just meant to introduce the characters, town, and world they live in, and have fun with it, they weren't going to throw you right into the story.
and with the ending, the creator actually wanted to make it multiple seasons long, but after she pushed for the lesbian wedding scene, cartoon network cancelled the show so they had to compress the entire story they had planned into the 5 episodes they had left