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Hell on Wheels Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Nov 6, 201145 mins
A former confederate soldier journeys to the transcontinental railroad to seek vengeance.
Episode 2
Immoral Mathematics
Sun, Nov 13, 201143 mins
Cullen fights for his life as he answers for his deadly actions. Lily struggles to survive in the wilderness, as Durant attempts to spin tragedy for political gain.
Episode 3
A New Birth of Freedom
Sun, Nov 20, 201143 mins
Cullen's search for the sergeant is diverted by an unexpected obstacle. Durant organizes a search party to retrieve the missing Lily Bell.
Episode 4
Jamais je ne t'oublierai
Sun, Nov 27, 201142 mins
Cullen closes in on the Sergeant. Durant pursues a hidden agenda while helping Lily recuperate.
Episode 5
Bread and Circuses
Sun, Dec 4, 201143 mins
Joseph Black Moon and Reverend Nathaniel Cole travel into Cheyenne territory in hopes of a peace talk. Lily Bell and Thomas Durant discuss the future of the railroad construction. Cullen Bohannon and Elam settle their differences in a public fight.
Episode 6
Pride, Pomp and Circumstance
Sun, Dec 11, 201143 mins
Durant attempts to end ongoing negotiations with the Cheyenne by challenging them to a competition.
Episode 7
Revelations
Sun, Dec 18, 201143 mins
Durant and Lily travel to Chicago - he, to further discuss the railroad with Senator Crane; she, to meet with her deceased husband's family. The Irishmen from Hell On Wheels prepare to hang Elam. Cullen interferes and helps him escape.
Episode 8
Derailed
Sun, Jan 1, 201243 mins
A train is derailed by the Cheyenne. Durant orders Cullen to lead a team to track them. Lily moves out of Durant's coach and into her own tent beside the brothel. Tension mounts for Cullen's team in the pursuit of the renegade Indian tribe.
Episode 9
Timshel
Sun, Jan 8, 201243 mins
Cullen and the search party find the natives who attacked the surveyor's camp and later derailed a train; Elam and Eva discuss their future, before getting a strange visitor; and the railroad crew reaches the important 40-mile mark.
Episode 10
God of Chaos
Sun, Jan 15, 201242 mins
Cullen's new life on the railroad is put in jeopardy when he is forced to choose between his past and his future.
