User blog comment:27finnsprincess/Finn may be the Tragedy/@comment-4700073-20121023013426/@comment-5465727-20121023015134

The episode in the beggining probaly is overall liked more by viewers because the is no tension left in the ending, but perhaps they meant to do this, and are going to build on something bigger in the 2 part season premiere in November.

The 11 minute episode thing is only there to make seasons last as long as possible, they may not have a big enough fan base to make people wait 6 months for a new episode like Legend Of Korra, or in the case of Doctor Who, 3 months.

CN doesn't have long lasting shows like thoughs so they have to do tiny segements to get enough viewers.