WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE YESSSSS!
If you think it's getting better now, just you wait until the anniversary episodes. Aaaaaaaaaaaa it's so good, and so perfect for this time of year too!
Also, as a sidenote, I try my hardest never to judge something by its first episode. More often than not it's a pilot and doesn't capture the series itself very well. (My brother has the four-episodes test: if you don't want to keep watching after four episodes, then stop. But never before)