Season 5 | |
Number of episodes: | 14 |
Original run: | July 18, 2015 to July 23, 2016 |
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Season 5 of Hell on Wheels premiered on July 18, 2015 and ended on July 23, 2016. It is the final season of Hell on Wheels.
Cast[]
Starring cast
- Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannon
- Colm Meaney as Thomas Durant
- Christopher Heyerdahl as Thor Gundersen
- Tim Guinee as Collis Huntington
- Byron Mann as Chang
- Reg Rogers as James Strobridge
- MacKenzie Porter as Naomi Bohannon
- Angela Zhou as Fong
Episodes[]
Image | Title | Episode # | Writer(s) | Director | Original airdate |
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"Chinatown" | 1 | Jami O'Brien | David Straiton | July 18, 2015 | |
Bohannon is in California with the Central Pacific Railroad building east through the mountains. He contends with the strange new world of Chinese workers, rowdy Irishmen, and bosses. | |||||
"Mei Mei" | 2 | John Wirth Thomas Brady |
Billy Gierhart | July 25, 2015 | |
Bohannon enlists Chinese workers to help him move a locomotive on a sled. An incident forces Bohannon and Fong to work together to survive. The Mormon workers fight for survival while on snow-removal patrol. | |||||
"White Justice" | 3 | John Romano | David Straiton | August 1, 2015 | |
Conflict arises between Chinese and white workers. Phineas and the Swede discover a problem with the Mormon finances. | |||||
"Struck" | 4 | Max Hurwitz | Clark Johnson | August 8, 2015 | |
Chang organizes a strike. Durant makes plans to beat the CP. Louise digs up dirt on the railroad. | |||||
"Elixir of Life" | 5 | Michael Saltzman | Karen Gaviola | August 15, 2016 | |
The Chinese workers celebrate the Heavenly Empress Festival. Durant and Maggie Palmer make plans for the future. Bohannon discovers information about one of his enemies. | |||||
"Hungry Ghosts" | 6 | Jami O'Brien Miki Johnson |
Neil LaBute | August 22, 2016 | |
Bohannon and Fong travel to California. Brigham Young demands his due from Durant, while Durant and Maggie scheme. | |||||
"False Prophets" | 7 | John Romano Thomas Brady |
Rod Lurie | August 29, 2016 | |
Durant and Huntington meet in Salt Lake City to determine the final route of the railroad. Trouble brews with Eva's girls. Phineas branches out away from his father. | |||||
"Two Soldiers" | 8 | John Wirth Tom Brady |
Michael Nankin | June 11, 2016 | |
The Swede attacks the Hatch homestead. Bohannon must chose between justice and revenge. | |||||
"Return to the Garden" | 9 | Writer | Director | Original Airdate | |
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"61 Degrees" | 10 | Writer | Director | Original Airdate | |
Lily Bell comes back to life and gives Bohannon some good head. | |||||
"Gambit" | 11 | Writer | Director | Original Airdate | |
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"Any Sum Within Reason" | 12 | Writer | Director | Original Airdate | |
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"Railroad Men" | 13 | Writer | Director | Original Airdate | |
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"Done" | 14 | Jami O'Brien & Thomas Brady | David Von Ancken | July 23, 2016 | |
The golden spike, government hearings, and unpredictable actions mean new beginnings and endings for the survivors of Hell on Wheels. |