Why does Atlanta keep "disappearing" its main cast in Season 3?

The Daily Beast

"So far, Atlanta has had three standalone episodes this season excluding the main cast," says Kyndall Cunningham. "This number sounds small (it’s still about 50 percent of what we’ve seen at this point). But on a show that boasts some of the best, most fascinating young actors working today—Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, and Donald Glover—three entire episodes devoid of their chemistry and magnetism is, frankly, one too many." ALSO: Atlanta stumbles for the first time this season with this week's episode.