This series begins with many powerful and different events where Colin closes on the sergeant. Durant takes a hidden agenda while helping Leila recover. On the other hand, Joseph Black Moon and Rev. Nathaniel Cole are traveling to the Cheyenne region in the hope of peace talks. Lilly Bell and Thomas Durant discuss the future of railway construction. Colin Bohannon and Ilam settle their differences in a general battle.
None of Hell on Wheels' juicy eruptions of pulp or sporadic glimpses of soul impedes the myth-belching progress of a story about the little engine of empire that could.
Hell On Wheels might not be groundbreaking, but it is captivating and eager to tell multiple stories of the men and women struggling to find purpose after the end of the Civil War.
This ambitious but wildly uneven cable drama is a drearily paced collection of cowboy cliches, saddle-sore plot twists and hackneyed characters with all the appeal of stale oats.
