Can we talk about the bus storyline?

This is where the show lost me. I think I get what happened here. They reused an asset in the wrong place, someone probably called them out on it, and instead of just owning up to it, they decided to do a whole elaborate story around it. But it was ridiculous! A school bus has been bouncing around the universe for a decade all because someone in editing screwed up or something. This seems like they just can't admit they made a mistake in one episode.