List of Hell on Wheels episodes explained

Hell on Wheels is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton. The series was broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC and premiered on November 6, 2011.^[1] Set in the 1860s at the end of the United States Civil War, the series starred Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier determined to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest for vengeance sent him westward to Nebraska's "Hell on Wheels", the lawless town that moved with the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. However, things got complicated when Cheyenne and Sioux tribes attack the construction of the railroad, bent on destroying the project because it is being built through their lands.

On November 7, 2014, AMC renewed the series for a fifth and final season of fourteen episodes. The final season was split into two parts, with seven episodes airing in the summers of 2015 and 2016 respectively.^[2] The fifth season premiered on July 18, 2015.^[3] The second half began on June 11, 2016, and the series ended July 23, 2016.^[4]

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2011–12)

See main article: Hell on Wheels (season 1).

Season 2 (2012)

See main article: Hell on Wheels (season 2).

Season 3 (2013)

See main article: Hell on Wheels (season 3).

Season 4 (2014)

See main article: Hell on Wheels (season 4).

Season 5 (2015–16)

See main article: Hell on Wheels (season 5).

Notes and References

1. Web site: AMC Announces Premiere Date for 'Hell on Wheels'. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121202308/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/07/28/amc-announces-premiere-date-for-hell-on-wheels/99071/. dead. January 21, 2012. July 28, 2011. Seidman. Robert . . November 18, 2011.
2. Web site: 'Hell on Wheels' Renewed for Fifth and Final Season. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109182031/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/07/hell-on-wheels-renewed-for-fifth-and-final-season/325134/. dead. November 9, 2014. TV by the Numbers . Kondolojy . Amanda . November 7, 2014 . November 9, 2014.
3. Web site: 'Hell on Wheels' Season 5 to Premiere Saturday July 18 at 9PM . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529111903/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/28/hell-on-wheels-season-5-to-premiere-saturday-july-18-at-9pm/409641/ . dead . May 29, 2015 . TV by the Numbers . Kondolojy . Amanda . May 28, 2014 . May 28, 2015.
4. Web site: AMC Sets Premiere Date for the Final 7 Episodes of Hell on Wheels and New Event Series The American West. Bryant. Adam. April 27, 2016. amc.com. April 28, 2016.