I thought plague already got released? Lol I must have forgotten something

Maybe it is the public release. The first release is more like the premier where the audience is mostly the productions, reporters, reviewers, and the actors themselves.

Plague did get released when the 1st season ended! but the story was rushed then (im guessing just in case this gets chopped? so they gave it a semi-ending?) and they're backtracking now to fill in the gaps. You could consider this a flashback or something lol