Well, in the end, I'd have to agree. There should be a little more to it. And not only from the pure playing time, but in substance. Since they refer to feel like a tv show/series themselfs: This didn't feel like a modern TV Show, with a compelling story moving on, but rather like an oldschool TV Show with mostly independent Episodes. This Chapter didn't move the story anywhere, it was, in the end, just a lengthy (compared to others) recruiting mission.
In the end, the writing was good, good character arch, and I will probably find quite some differences on different characters I'll play this through with. But still...a little "meh", could be more, could be better.