You can make two or more independent plots work when they're real independent plots. These were just more coincidentally concurrent problems piled on top of each other to up what was basically a non-existent threat. That's annoying.

While the Knight Errant format is built on a framework of coincidence (your Knight just happens to be in town when something interesting happens) there's a maximum limit to the number of coincidences that can occur within the same show before the audience starts laughing at it. This show was way over that number.