That harnessed horse got me too, ngl, I'd walk right past the Priapus shops.

8 months is nothing. People were still making jokes about that Fyre Festival guy years later, and he didn't even fake anything scientific. The thing with the skincare lady is that she messed with ingredients, which is the one thing you can't walk back with a cute apology video. Every time someone new finds out they have to tell everyone they know, so the pipeline never really dries up. Your cousin isn't totally wrong for normal drama, but when you mess with people's faces or money, the internet holds a grudge way past 48 hours.

Season 4 is the best one, hands down, and most people who really know the show would back me up on that. The later seasons weren't coasting either, they were just telling a bigger story about the whole city instead of one corner of it.