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Hell on Wheels

2011 – 2016Show5 seasons · 57 episodesTV-14Ended

Action & AdventureDrama
75
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.3Metacritic648.1Rotten Tomatoes73%89%
75
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.3Metacritic648.1Rotten Tomatoes73%89%

Summary

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Binge-friendly
  • Thought-provoking

Skip it if

  • Graphic violence bothers you

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Draws you into power games.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Holds up a mirror.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Hired by the OppressorRare · in 33 titlesHaving to work with people they hate is a very common theme as Union Pacific and Central Pacific ruthlessly exploit cheap labor in extremely dangerous work conditions as they angle to fleece the US G…Anti-Climax BossRare · in 2 titlesHannah Durant (Played by Virginia Madsen no less) comes in at the end of Season 2 and upsets the balance of Hell on Wheels, stomping on several characters, especially Lily.All 137 tropes

Hell on Wheels episodes

5 seasons · 57 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Pilot, 7.8
  2. S1 E2 Immoral Mathematics, 7.9
  3. S1 E3 A New Birth of Freedom, 7.7
  4. S1 E4 Jamais je ne t'oublierai, 7.6
  5. S1 E5 Bread and Circuses, 7.8
  6. S1 E6 Pride, Pomp and Circumstance, 7.7
  7. S1 E7 Revelations, 8.5
  8. S1 E8 Derailed, 8.1
  9. S1 E9 Timshel, 8.3
  10. S1 E10 God of Chaos, 8.3
  1. S2 E1 Viva La Mexico, 8.1
  2. S2 E2 Durant, Nebraska, 8.1
  3. S2 E3 Slaughterhouse, 8.2
  4. S2 E4 Scabs, 8.1
  5. S2 E5 The Railroad Job, 8.6
  6. S2 E6 Purged Away with Blood, 8.4
  7. S2 E7 The White Spirit, 8.0
  8. S2 E8 The Lord's Day, 8.1
  9. S2 E9 Blood Moon, 8.5
  10. S2 E10 Blood Moon Rising, 8.8
  1. S3 E1 Big Bad Wolf, 8.2
  2. S3 E2 Eminent Domain, 8.5
  3. S3 E3 Range War, 8.1
  4. S3 E4 The Game, 8.0
  5. S3 E5 Searchers, 7.9
  6. S3 E6 One Less Mule, 8.6
  7. S3 E7 Cholera, 8.0
  8. S3 E8 It Happened in Boston, 8.0
  9. S3 E9 Fathers and Sins, 8.6
  10. S3 E10 Get Behind the Mule, 8.3
  1. S4 E1 The Elusive Eden, 8.0
  2. S4 E2 Escape from the Garden, 8.4
  3. S4 E3 Chicken Hill, 8.3
  4. S4 E4 Reckoning, 8.0
  5. S4 E5 Life's a Mystery, 8.5
  6. S4 E6 Bear Man, 7.4
  7. S4 E7 Elam Ferguson, 8.8
  8. S4 E8 Under Color of Law, 8.1
  9. S4 E9 Two Trains, 8.8
  10. S4 E10 Return to Hell, 8.9
  11. S4 E11 Bleeding Kansas, 8.4
  12. S4 E12 Thirteen Steps, 8.5
  13. S4 E13 Further West, 8.1
  1. S5 E1 Chinatown, 8.0
  2. S5 E2 Mei Mei, 8.3
  3. S5 E3 White Justice, 7.9
  4. S5 E4 Struck, 8.0
  5. S5 E5 Elixir of Life, 8.1
  6. S5 E6 Hungry Ghosts, 7.8
  7. S5 E7 False Prophets, 8.6
  8. S5 E8 Two Soldiers, 8.9
  9. S5 E9 Return to the Garden, 8.0
  10. S5 E10 61 Degrees, 8.1
  11. S5 E11 Gambit, 8.5
  12. S5 E12 Any Sum Within Reason, 8.3
  13. S5 E13 Railroad Men, 8.7
  14. S5 E14 Done, 8.8

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