Quality TV, albeit slow-paced I'm a huge fan of Westerns, especially the Spaghetti sub-genre.
This show here has all the key elements to make it appealing: the lone (anti)hero, the damsel in distress who turns out to be tougher than she looks, the prostitute with the tragic background, the mad priest with faith and family issues, the former slave who has turned arrogant and thinks he's invincible, the gentle Native American with the equally cruel brother, the greedy employee, the adventure, the wild scenery, revenge, brutality, costumes, etc...
Christopher Heyerdahl, whom I discovered in the series Sanctuary, gives an excellent performance as a holier-than-thou, soulless and methodical Scandinavian. He is one of the strangest villains ever written. Sadistic, smart, cultured, ruthless, and high-maintenance.
It's not the above-mentioned elements that make this series so enjoyable, but rather the gorgeous cinematography and intense character development. Sure, the action drags at times, but the scenery is breathtaking, the characters believable, and the plot pertinent and gripping.
Give it a chance, it's quality TV, albeit slow-paced. Looking forward to Season 3 !