“Hell on Wheels” only has two more episodes to go this summer, and that brings us to the halfway point of the season. Yes, it is crazy to think that we are this far into the story already. We have only just started to get to know some of the new characters, and we really […]
Are you ready to come aboard the latest “Hell on Wheels” preview article? In this one, we really are talking about trains first and foremost, and a scene featuring both Cullen Bohannon and Chang aboard one. There are several reasons to enjoy the interactions between these two characters, beginning of course with their intelligence. Both […]
Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels season 5 review
Within just a few short minutes of Saturday night’s “Hell on Wheels” episode, there was cause for celebration: Some old favorites are back! We got a sense for the first time of Mickey and Eva’s new saloon / brothel operation in Laramie, and some of their immediate difficulties getting their business of the ground. Namely, […]
If you have been wondering just when there will be an inevitable showdown between Cullen Bohannon and The Swede on AMC’s “Hell on Wheels,” we have a suited answer for you: Next week during the installment “Elixir of Life” (which sounds very much like something that would be sold in the Old West). It is not […]
Saturday night’s new episode of “Hell on Wheels” is entitled “Struck,” and what we are personally very struck by at the moment is the sense of quiet and of confusion that carries through many of the characters in the sneak peek below. There are a few effective things about this scene, which features Chang seemingly […]
Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels season 5 review
“Hell on Wheels” has spent the past two episodes setting up more and more of what the world is like for the Chinese workers in Truckee. On tonight’s episode, the struggle escalated to new heights courtesy of one of the biggest hate crimes we have witnessed on the show today. Angry over the low wages […]
On tonight’s new episode of “Hell on Wheels,” we had what could be the beginnings of a labor war when some of Strobridge’s men decided to take matters into their own hands over the influx of Chinese workers doing more work for less pay. They infiltrated Chang’s “place of business” and created chaos there, and […]
If we could get into the head of Chang on “Hell on Wheels” and offer him up a simple piece of business advice, it would be this: Run. Seriously. Run as far away as you can from The Swede! We’re not entirely sure that this guy knows just yet who he is getting into business […]
Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels season 5 review
Even before this season of “Hell on Wheels” first began, we heard that one of the primary focuses was to tell this untold story of the migrant Chinese workers on the railroad. We were fascinated to see how these stories would play out, and for the most part they have been impressive and complex with […]
“Hell on Wheels” season 5 has spent almost the entirety of its story so far on the Central Pacific, and to at least a certain extent on next week’s “White Justice,” we are going to continue to see some of the different politics and situations that arise with the Chinese railroad workers. These are people […]
