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★ 8.3

Season 2 - Best Episodes Of Hell on Wheels

Overall Rating: ★ 8.3

Season 2 - Best Episodes Of Hell on Wheels

(Overall Rating: ★ 8.3)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Explore season 2 episodes of Hell on Wheels. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

5 Seasons
57 Episodes
Ended
Action & Adventure Drama Western
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Overall Rating

★ 8.3
S2 E10
#1
★ 8.7

Blood Moon Rising

Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

S2 E5
#2
★ 8.6

The Railroad Job

Cullen's past catches up with him and threatens the fate of the railroad.

S2 E6
#3
★ 8.4

Purged Away with Blood

Despite fighting to save his own life, Durant must try to keep the railroad from going under. Meanwhile, Cullen comes to the aid of an old comrade.

S2 E9
#4
★ 8.4

Blood Moon

Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.

S2 E3
#5
★ 8.2

Slaughterhouse

Cullen struggles to maintain order while Mickey's and Sean's lives are endangered; Lily and Elam clean up a mess of their own doing.

S2 E1
#6
★ 8.1

Viva La Mexico

In the Season 2 premiere, Durant and Lily steer the railroad further west, while Cullen and Elam land on opposite sides of the law.

S2 E2
#7
★ 8.1

Durant, Nebraska

Durant confronts a formidable threat to the rolling city, while a horrific crime leads Lily and Elam to join forces in order to attain justice.

S2 E4
#8
★ 8.1

Scabs

A tragedy leads Cullen to defuse an internal threat to the railroad.

S2 E8
#9
★ 8.1

The Lord's Day

A new arrival stirs things up in Hell on Wheels, while Eva gets caught between Elam and Mr. Toole.

S2 E7
#10
★ 8.0

The White Spirit

In the aftermath of tragedy, Lily and Cullen struggle to maintain order in Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Elam makes plans for the future.

S2 E7
#1
★ 8.0

The White Spirit

In the aftermath of tragedy, Lily and Cullen struggle to maintain order in Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Elam makes plans for the future.

S2 E1
#2
★ 8.1

Viva La Mexico

In the Season 2 premiere, Durant and Lily steer the railroad further west, while Cullen and Elam land on opposite sides of the law.

S2 E2
#3
★ 8.1

Durant, Nebraska

Durant confronts a formidable threat to the rolling city, while a horrific crime leads Lily and Elam to join forces in order to attain justice.

S2 E4
#4
★ 8.1

Scabs

A tragedy leads Cullen to defuse an internal threat to the railroad.

S2 E8
#5
★ 8.1

The Lord's Day

A new arrival stirs things up in Hell on Wheels, while Eva gets caught between Elam and Mr. Toole.

S2 E3
#6
★ 8.2

Slaughterhouse

Cullen struggles to maintain order while Mickey's and Sean's lives are endangered; Lily and Elam clean up a mess of their own doing.

S2 E6
#7
★ 8.4

Purged Away with Blood

Despite fighting to save his own life, Durant must try to keep the railroad from going under. Meanwhile, Cullen comes to the aid of an old comrade.

S2 E9
#8
★ 8.4

Blood Moon

Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.

S2 E5
#9
★ 8.6

The Railroad Job

Cullen's past catches up with him and threatens the fate of the railroad.

S2 E10
#10
★ 8.7

Blood Moon Rising

Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

S2 E1
★ 8.1

Viva La Mexico

In the Season 2 premiere, Durant and Lily steer the railroad further west, while Cullen and Elam land on opposite sides of the law.

S2 E2
★ 8.1

Durant, Nebraska

Durant confronts a formidable threat to the rolling city, while a horrific crime leads Lily and Elam to join forces in order to attain justice.

S2 E3
★ 8.2

Slaughterhouse

Cullen struggles to maintain order while Mickey's and Sean's lives are endangered; Lily and Elam clean up a mess of their own doing.

S2 E4
★ 8.1

Scabs

A tragedy leads Cullen to defuse an internal threat to the railroad.

S2 E5
★ 8.6

The Railroad Job

Cullen's past catches up with him and threatens the fate of the railroad.

S2 E6
★ 8.4

Purged Away with Blood

Despite fighting to save his own life, Durant must try to keep the railroad from going under. Meanwhile, Cullen comes to the aid of an old comrade.

S2 E7
★ 8.0

The White Spirit

In the aftermath of tragedy, Lily and Cullen struggle to maintain order in Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Elam makes plans for the future.

S2 E8
★ 8.1

The Lord's Day

A new arrival stirs things up in Hell on Wheels, while Eva gets caught between Elam and Mr. Toole.

S2 E9
★ 8.4

Blood Moon

Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.

S2 E10
★ 8.7

Blood Moon Rising

Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
4 ★ 8.3 13
★ 8.8 Elam Ferguson
★ 7.4 Bear Man
5 ★ 8.3 14
★ 8.9 Two Soldiers
★ 7.8 Hungry Ghosts
2 ★ 8.3 10
★ 8.7 Blood Moon Rising
★ 8.0 The White Spirit
3 ★ 8.2 10
★ 8.5 Eminent Domain
★ 7.9 Searchers
1 ★ 8.0 10
★ 8.5 Revelations
★ 7.6 Jamais je ne t'oublierai
Cast

Anson Mount

Cullen Bohannan

Colm Meaney

Thomas 'Doc' Durant

Robin McLeavy

Eva

Christopher Heyerdahl

The Swede

Phil Burke

Mickey McGinnes

Tim Guinee

Collis Huntington