SEASON 5 · HISTORICAL PROFILE

Season 5

Hell on Wheels

201514 Episodes0/14 historically placed

Cullen Bohannon finds himself a stranger in a strange land: Truckee, California. Home to the headquarters of the Central Pacific railroad, this rough mountain railroad town teems with thousands of Chinese workers who are foreign in language, culture and traditions. While grappling with the challenges of corralling his new workforce, Cullen leads the Central Pacific’s herculean effort to tunnel through the Sierra Nevada mountains, sometimes achieving only inches a day in the race to complete America’s first Transcontinental Railroad.

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Parent series: Hell on Wheels
SEASON: 5
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Season 5

Episodes

S05E01 · 2015-07-18

Chinatown

Cullen is in California with the Central Pacific Railroad, and must deal with the new workers.

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S05E02 · 2015-07-25

Mei Mei

Cullen and Fong find themselves in peril as they transport a locomotive over the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Swede gains Phineas' trust.

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S05E03 · 2015-08-01

White Justice

Cullen contends with violence in Chinatown set off by disgruntled railroad workers. Meanwhile, the Swede manipulates Phineas in his plot against the Mormons.

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S05E04 · 2015-08-08

Struck

Cullen solves a Chinese labor strike in the wake of violence. Meanwhile, Durant pulls Mickey deeper into Union Pacific business.

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S05E05 · 2015-08-15

Elixir of Life

Unexpected violence erupts in Chinatown during the festival of Tin Hau Don; Cullen confronts the Swede; and Durant involves Maggie in his latest scheme.

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