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Hell on Wheels

2011–2016 · 5 seasons · 57 episodes · Drama, Western

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. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

8.3IMDb · 60k votes

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. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

Best season: 8.3; Season 4. Weakest is season 1, at 8.0
Top episode: 8.9; S5 E8 · Two Soldiers
Lowest episode: 7.4; S4 E6 · Bear Man
Finale: 8.8; +0.6 against the show's 8.2 average

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	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14
Season 1	7.8	7.9