Hell on Wheels

The golden spike, government hearings and unpredictable actions mean new beginnings and endings for the survivors.

I want no record of your involvement in the Union Pacific.

Folks don't wanna read about a whore.

as soon as you're finished with this Washington business.

She's just beginning.

You've been away, so, allow me to fill you in.

for a respectable woman.

Who did you serve?

and not afraid to get your hands dirty when necessary.

I've got a big labor contract at the docks in San Francisco.

and you know it.

Your current title, sir.

The transcontinental railroad could not have been built without Thomas Durant.

Thank you, Colonel. That'll be all.

Then they traded me to the Mojave for three blankets and a horse.

But then I had me a Mojave...

You're a killer.

Thank you.

Dreams don't come pretty,

Drawn by the Iron Horse,

The race to finish the railroad comes down to inches, forcing all parties to contemplate the end of the line, and what the future holds for them.

Ogden, that is two days' work and two miles closer

The first one who lays rail to it...

I hear Mickey's working for Durant.

They call him "The Pirate".

Railroad almost done,

And when you build a track with lies and bribes

I might think your time better spent swinging a hammer

Unlike his predecessor, President Grant has vowed to keep his administration

that don't seem like you, Jim.

But know this, if anyone leaves here, even for an hour,

I done it, too.

Here you are.

Couldn't sleep.

Sze Yup company controls labor there, I'd steer clear.

We laid four mile of track today.

♪ Got my hammer in my Bible ♪ ♪ Hammer Ring ♪

- (SHOUTING) - (ALL CHEERING)

Let's celebrate what we've accomplished tonight.

in the event of a dispute, an inspector needs to verify.

You did the impossible, the unimaginable.

Make friends with change,

If that will end this, Thomas, by all means,

Boy.

Chang force Mei to leave Truckee after discovering her secret; Cullen exorcises some old demons during his search.

I give to her.

I love you.

(STAGECOACH MARY URGES HORSES)

My business.

Nosey little man, ain't you?

- Wait too long already. - Get in.

Chang's never betrayed me.

what lies beyond that final rail.

the length and form of her legs,

I refuse to sell you a piece of mine.

(GUNSHOT)

Said can I help you.

He may have come through here in the past hour.

(GUNSHOTS)

(EXHALES)

White assassin.

Durant's plot to ransom himself takes an unexpected turn when Campbell arrives in town with the Cavalry to coordinate a rescue operation.

- A jackass, my dear. - (LAUGHS)

That makes this a railroad matter to be dealt with by railroad personnel.

in front of a newspaper reporter?

No, no. Thomas paid them off.

(CLICKING)

Laramie's welcome wagon, led by a criminal...

Plus I got a horse. I could sell him.

There were two riders who held up the railroad crew.

- He will pay. - He's brought the cavalry onto us.

I regret our last conversation. The way things ended...

(GROANING)

The son of a bitch needs to finish what he started.

Listen here, Mickey.

Your own blood.

Lads.

Well, we needed a credible threat for Durant, so I told him.

We can't have the country's most consequential businessman

Johnny Shea killed Mr. Delaney and kidnapped Durant.

- Your friend, murdered. - Yes, and I wasn't.

arrange his own kidnapping.

There's $50,000 in there. You just take it and go.

(SIGHS) When the train came to a stop,

MICKEY: I liked Miss Palmer.

Yes?

I've told you the whole story.

Cullen's nitroglycerin experiment provides an explosive backdrop for the railroad life in Truckee. Durant's plan turns deadly.

Mr. Bohannon.

Jim, will you slow the hell down?

- Fifty five. - Up here, you've to stay below 60.

and the blasting cap out of the nitroglycerin.

And then, you lower the blasting cap into the nitroglycerin.

I had promised myself I'd never walk down the aisle again.

to cover a lumber deal in Maine.

If he won't do what we need him to, well...

- When I return to Laramie... - Something in trade.

How much do you think I'm worth to the Railroad?

- Janie, go around and grab me some other flies. - Okay.

The railroad might be the most important thing to you,

And now she's...

Never has Thomas Durant had good reason to do so.

I got a live charge on the wall.

You know why fish always pull against the hook, even though it makes things worse?

The board decided to move the hub without my knowledge.

Martin, stop... Stop it.

Cullen faces life-changing decisions in Utah as Truckee adapts to life without him.

- You are. - Thank you for dinner.

I will never ride away from her.

- I ought to feel grateful, but... - Ennui.

I am sure the railroad'd be willing to buy back your land at the current value.

That wasn't your fault.

No. You don't owe me that.

Credit Mobilier is a worthless shell.

I did caution you not to tangle

Longer shifts. No more breaks.

Those who have heard the truth, turned their backs on it

You've betrayed their shepherd with lies.

Ambition resides in your heart, Mr. Bohannon,

My father would have wanted me to keep my vow to you.

Pick it up, else we miss a meal.

We ain't got no money left for next time.

It's not all steaks and French wine.

Listen to your mama and your daddy.

The Swede's murderous rampage on the Hatch homestead results in a long overdue showdown with Cullen.

Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

(SOBBING)

♪ You will wake in my arms ♪

- (CLATTERING) - (GRUNTS)

You move and I'll shoot you.

He will hang.

Mmm, the leg in that condition...

Same place as you. You would not believe how he suffered.

- Mr. Bohannon... - (GROANS)

west of Gobbler's Knob.

- And William? - Get on the horse.

- (GRUNTING) - (GUNSHOT)

Captain sent a few riders out to that homestead you told us about.

Excuse me.

Hmm.

Is by your... Your hand.

Cullen and Durant meet with President Grant to discuss the future of the railroad; the Swede puts his plan against the Mormons in action.

Your brother and I are concerned with pressing railroad matters.

Get out of my sight.

And now the soldiers.

Yeah, yeah. Uh, yeah. I see that.

If only it was your own favors I was paying for, Madam Eva.

Seven hundred dollars.

gnawing on a chicken bone.

precise numbers here.

Come, Bohannon.

Excluding Ogden is premature.

You lying heathen!

that the Transcontinental Railroad

without the influx of cash a contract with me provides.

We propose Fort Bridger

That day I busted into your train car,

Mr. Bohannon...

I won't ask again.

- I had the vision, Brother. - Tell me.

this holy divination has been bestowed by Heavenly Father above upon you,

That's true.

385 miles west of Laramie, Wyoming,

But he is mistaken

When I'm fighting for the life of my holy city, for the very life of my flock!

Cullen and Mei escort precious cargo through the California wilderness; Eva nurses Louise back to health.

you mind picking up a bolt of gingham for Hanna

Step aside!

Every last damn nickel, Thomas!

Tell him you want a hot meal and your own tent for the night.

I can use a side of bacon, you got any spare?

Pleasure doing business with you, Mary.

Sometimes, I still wake up with ashes in my mouth.

You've spent time amongst the Lamanites.

Easy.

I heard Brigham Young was outside.

I'm His instrument in this, as in everything.

This has gone on long enough. We gotta go back to Truckee.

and assured me of his commitment

The lifeblood of Zion.

Brigham, allow me to keep every available worker

When light goes out,

Unexpected violence erupts in Chinatown during the festival of Tin Hau Don; Cullen confronts the Swede; and Durant involves Maggie in his latest scheme.

because my men, though far from home,

If you're smart, you'd make Thor Gundersen part of your past.

Mr. Tao, make sure them gold eagles is distributed by day's end.

Good man.

I don't know the names of everyone our employ.

- Never mind. - What lake are we talking about, Marty?

Costs you nothing whatsoever?

with the payroll no longer passing through your hands...

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The one thing you will never lose money on?

The hub of the Union Pacific, did he?

Yeah, maybe you ought to be.

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So, I say, let old grudges and rivalries

Type of person to buy land in Laramie.

Eva! Where the hell are ya?

I always say daughters is a blessing.

Oh, Mr. Bohannon.

- How many? - Enough for an army.

Can I just say...

A church is no place for a gun, Mr. Bohannon.

Steady now.

Cullen solves a Chinese labor strike in the wake of violence. Meanwhile, Durant pulls Mickey deeper into Union Pacific business.

Leaving town where?

Tao?

No, that ain't the way.

No, I...

and before my back was turned, he joined the enemy.

Have you decided on a terminus?

Something's real sore down there.

And by the by, you've got bigger problems.

They hit me in the mouth.

Beat crew can't work and we ain't got scabs.

Rot spread through his leg.

have you tried memorizing your words?

to speak from the heart.

This is how you show us the respect we ask for?

Three-Piece Duffy charged half that...

Nah, it ain't that now,

- Shame on you, now. - Mmm-hmm.

The one with the case is Sam Ammerman.

Nothing'd wear her down.

And right now, I need you to employ them out there on the railroad.

and I'm your new foreman.

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it's a tradition for a man's family to look after his grave.

Cullen contends with violence in Chinatown set off by disgruntled railroad workers. Meanwhile, the Swede manipulates Phineas in his plot against the Mormons.

Keep it moving.

It is what I have said,

One box of rice, as requested.

if there was any trouble...

If Mei does not work, the men wonder why.

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The men that turned that wheel, Colossus, put 'em out of work.

- I worked that tunnel myself. - Oh.

there are some figures here I cannot seem to reconcile.

we'll have all the water we need to survive the Nevada desert.

All I'm saying is, $15 a day means a whole lot more to those men

And Jim, uh, you can be a man with a shovel in your hand

"And third, by experience."

I'm used to you running your mouth.

Ask nice, Johnny Reb.

Them slant eyes need to be taught a lesson's what they need.

they take all women.

Fong included.

We got a fancy one here, boys.

Pray you do not live long enough to change places with him.

since the moment that we got here!

It's not easy to know what that means.

He arrives in San Francisco, where a team of men herd him

Now let's go.

You've never trusted me and now you have set me an impossible task,

For your own good.

But truth... Truth does not always serve us.

Cullen and Fong find themselves in peril as they transport a locomotive over the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Swede gains Phineas' trust.

Mr. Bohannon has proposed to mechanize

The sweet bean glaze had soured over.

Any little piece that can come off...

Well, can you wiggle your toes?

or boots on our feet.

It's American mocha.

Two stories, fireplace, porch.

As fire tests and purifies gold.

Huh? And Oslo.

Here, lay down.

I was wearing a pair just like that

Well, you appear unconvinced.

All right.

I'm not gonna stand by and watch you risk yourself for some slanty-eyed Jake,

Cullen is in California with the Central Pacific Railroad, and must deal with the new workers.

We've got 15,000 workers, Bohannon,

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As they were in America's Civil War.

That's not real.

Bless this frigid, lonesome desert,

We must not lose faith, brother Phineas.

I want to show you something.

Yeah, she is, uh, a woman of many talents.

and get sick half as often.

Polly!

Strays we picked up along the way.

They attribute our fates to Cai Shen riding his black tiger,

Do you think it's by luck

Mr. P.T. Barnum had a whole family of them.

Thomas Durant is gobbling up five miles per day.

Your favorite brand.