I was looking forward to 1883, but got turned off by season 4. I might have to give it a try, but I'm not hopeful that the spinoffs won't also jump the shark after a few seasons. There's another spinoff named '6666' which will hopefully take all the worst stuff and contain it to a single show. Masterbatory filler is the correct description. I'd love to see a count of how many quick stops we saw last season. It probably hit triple digits.

The first few seasons are good enough. Unfortunately the producers are now using it to advertise their spinoffs and a horse ranch they bought with some investors called the 6's. It seemed like every single season 4 episode had an overly long montage of cowboys doing quick stops and in place 360's on their horses as if it's the coolest thing one could ever do. I forced myself to finish the season hoping for a playoff that never came. They need to stop trying to glorify the horse riding competitions. Making a horse stop quickly is not that visually cool after the third time, let alone the fiftieth.

Your mistake is thinking that the last season was supposed to be a TV show. He bought the 6's ranch and the show has basically turned into an advertisement for the ranch and that style of horse riding in general. Those montages of horses quickly stopping and spinning in place got old real fast.

The buyer wouldn't be out money, so they weren't tricked. The seller pays the commission.