IMO Season 1 had the best ratio of MDE fans vs people totally in the dark. You definitely need a couple fish to be "in the know" to an extent like Vance and Letty to play off absolute retards like Jon, but if everyone is in the know then it's just dead on arrival.
What I'm curious about is what the casting process was like for this season. Jet played it up as this great undertaking to find the right people for this season, but like, the cast last season was objectively more lively and dedicated to making the show great, and I'm sure the casting was far less intensive than this season.