Hell On Wheels - Season Five - Episode One

How dare they make me like and feel sorry for the Swede in those first minutes then have him fully resort to form. I agree with Cullen's wife. Just kill the Swede and be done with it. He has escaped being hung at the end of Season One so trying to hang him ONE MORE TIME is just playing with fate. But this time he is finally gone and that chapter is finished and ended the way it should have with justice being served. This is not the Wild West anymore. The railway represents civilization. I am glad they got it over with early so that Cullen no longer has to worry about this impediment to his finishing of the building of the Railroad which is the real story still be told.

 

*If there is any kind of justice in the world then we should be seeing Anson Mount and Christopher Heyerdahl’s names next year for the Emmy’s. Throughout the entire series they’ve both shown time and time again what amazing actors they are. This episode in particular really shines a light on their talent since the two men have to carry the bulk of the episode between each other.

http://hiddenremote.com/2016/06/12/hell-wheels-season-5-episode-8-recap/

A funny thing tends to often happen to us when it comes to AMC’s “Hell on Wheels“: Somehow, we continue to constantly underrate it in our head, and every time it returns with new episodes we’re continually surprised by just how good it is. Maybe a part of it is because it’s not spoken about enough in the media, or maybe a part of it simply comes down to it finding a way to outdo itself time and time again.

Either way, there was some masterwork throughout Saturday’s midseason premiere, an episode that you could argue was the culmination of a several-year journey in the relationship / showdown of Cullen Bohannon versus The Swede. The two men finally made it to a point where there was no other course but violence; specifically, Swede made it that way by hunting down Cullen’s wife Naomi and family, laying waste to many of them. In true Western hero fashion Cullen arrived there just in time to keep Naomi alive, and engage in what was one of several great exhausted man-battles of the night. In between these sequences and the mud fight a ways back, few shows really do this better. Yes, it’s real life: People actually do get tired.

http://cartermatt.com/209650/hell-wheels-season-5-episode-8-review-cullen-vs-swede/