Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels Interview
Yesterday, we posted the first part of our lengthy “Hell on Wheels” post-finale interview with executive producer John Wirth, and we’re back this morning to conclude the conversation. Once again, Wirth was extremely generous with his time, and gave some thoughtful answers to a variety of questions about the excellent AMC drama. We would of […]
Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels Interview
Saturday’s season 4 finale for “Hell on Wheels” may still have you reeling. It set the stage for the 14-episode final season with Cullen Bohannon in California, with Mickey and Eva on the move, and with Durant and John Campbell completely covered in mud. It was complex, but also emotional and striking with in terms […]
Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels season 4 review
The sad news today is simple: “Hell on Wheels” season 4 is over. We’re going to be waiting for close to a year in order to see what comes next for the show, but before saying goodbye here for the fall, we are going to have a few more stories over the coming days. We […]
“Further West” was the title of Saturday’s season finale for “Hell on Wheels,” and from the opening minutes, the question for Cullen Bohannon was really quite clear: Is he going to find a way to get his family back? This mission took him down a series of many surprises, from the revelation that many in Fort […]
Tonight, the end will be here for “Hell on Wheels” season 4, but we’re going to help make sure that this fantastic year of episodes ends with a bang. We will have a review for the finale up soon, and come early this coming week, we are working on some other great coverage that you […]
“Hell on Wheels” fans, it’s finally here: “Further West,” the big season 4 finale. It’s an hour stuffed with possibility, but also ambiguity at the same time. What is interesting in particular about the last two finale episodes to us is how they have been crafted with so much precision to not just tie together […]
What “Hell on Wheels” does very well is developing an identity of its own, while also playing with some of the familiar techniques and motifs found in many Westerns. For them, silence really is golden as a valuable way of storytelling. While Cullen Bohannon does not say a whole lot in the sneak peek below […]
Saturday night’s “Hell on Wheels” managed to up the ante for the season, and that is pretty remarkable given that we already had such episodes as “Elam Ferguson” that came before it. However, there are few episodes that accomplished what “Thirteen Steps” did on Saturday, which was take out our heart, stomp on it, and […]
We should start this episode of “Hell on Wheels” with a warning: Stop reading right now to avoid any spoilers. Still with us? Well, we have a lot to unpack even beyond our review of Saturday night’s episode, especially in terms of what happened to Ruth. This was a character described as a “church lady,” and […]
Next week, the journey of “Hell on Wheels” is going to come to a close for now, and it will be doing so with an episode that could place something front and center that has not been for a time: The railroad. The title here is “Further West,” and that lone gives you a significant […]
