Bohannon originally states Salt Lake is not good for the railroad, even though the Mormons need it for their travelers. He goes to San Francisco. The pair head to New York City to convince the Union Pacific to take him on as the head of the railroad. He is battle hardened and very skilled with weapons. When Bohannon returns to Truckee Mei arrives in his cabin, excited he has returned, and the two sleep together. Not to mention the fact that his own life was yet again at a crossroads: Was he going to dedicate the rest of his life to the service of Abraham Lincolns country now being run by General Grant, or was he going to pursue his heart? Later, Dressed in his Union Army uniform before Congressmen, Bohannon refuses to implicate Durant, repeating that their railroad could not have been built without Durant. Bohannon, as many southerners are, is well mannered, but also, as Lily Bell describes him, an "insufferable ass"; due in part to his pride and prejudice. Bohannon returns to the Hatch farm to be with his family, only to realize that, Naomi has remarried the farmhand Isaac Vinson. After strangling him to death he finds documentation on Harper that proves he was not there at the time of the murders. Robert urges Lily to return to Chicago, as they are entering hostile Cheyenne territory, but he is ill, and she refuses to leave him. While Bohannon is a stoic, brooding, dark anti-hero who regrets the bad things he does, Sidney Snow is an energetic, hedonistic, Affably Evil Outlaw who chooses to relish in the violence he commits. What did you want to accomplish with that scene?Wirth: Another thing that this show has always been has been a father-son story. When Campbell offers her a pardon she refuses to take it, stating she wants to die for her crimes. AMC. Yes. He tracks down Harper and kills him, believing that he was part of the group that killed his family. 'Hell On Wheels' Season 5, Episode 8 Recap - Hidden Remote Snow is rude and racist to the freedmen. When Cullen sees that bullet hole [that he made at the start of the series], he is suddenly confronted with the entire arc of his journey on this railroad. The Swede kills Cullen. On the way to Cheyenne, Bohannon and his family pass Psalms and the crew. Psalms informs Bohannon that Elam has not returned from his search for him. When they arrive Naomi says they should stay together, as thats what her father would have wanted. Snow finds Naomi, hiding with the baby, and he is about to shoot them with Bohannon stops him at gunpoint. Huntington later shows Bohannon a telegram that Naomi and family have been banned from all Mormon settlements. It was watched by 4.4 million viewers - AMC's second-highest series premiere in history, following The Walking Dead. Suddenly, Elam appears behind Johnson and slits his throat. At first they seem against working for the man who robbed them of their payroll. When Naomi Hatch tells them she is pregnant with Bohannon's child, they stay his execution if he marries her and stays in their town. I thought that this was a really appropriate way to tell the story of what the workers were going through. [6] The T'suu T'ina Native Indian Reservation, an Indian reserve in southern Alberta, was the location for most of the exteriors. Cullen Bohannon is a fictional character appearing in Hell on Wheels and portrayed by Anson Mount. We started thinking about her and the character she was based on, Olive Oatman, and just the incredible human spirit that she is in order to go through everything she went through the slaughter of her family, her captivity by Indian tribes, getting sold to the army, having to work as a prostitute because she was marked, her isolation from regular normal society. You're a soldier lost without a war to fight."" We wanted to just honor the guy that had the dream, the guy who kept it going. Anything youd like to add in conclusion?Wirth: I got really irritated this [week] reading something online about why the show was canceled, and the writer was suggesting that the ratings had slipped to the point where AMC felt the show was no longer viable which, in fact, is not the case. Johnson reveals that a sergeant strangled Cullen's wife. Bohannon interrupts Campbell's dinner with Louise to ask him to release Psalms and his crew. [Laughs] Shes a very powerful woman and she had been telling me for three years that Evas going to ride a horse. They had big dreams about America, but they were unrealistic, as a lot of our dreams are. Cullen was born in 1826 and grew up in Meridian, Mississippi. Later Snow is confront by Marcos, one of the Fuentes brothers he had escaped in mexico. "[2], Wall Street Journal's Nancy Dewolf Smith considers the episode "like a bag of unpolished stones 'Hell on Wheels' finds enough beauty, danger and emotion to make some part of every episode seem fresh and worth waiting for. Fields was short tempered and often got in to conflicts, and even fights. Cullen Bohannon ( Anson Mount) continues to use a Colt 1860 Army as his primary sidearm in "Viva La Mexico" (S2E01) as he did for much of the first season. Hes dressed like Cullen. As a young adult, Cullen eventually inherited his family's tobacco farm and retained all of the five slaves attached to the property. She mentions his needing rest, and he sends her back to the tent. Bohannon visits Collis Huntington in Truckee, California, to lay out a plan for the Central Pacific Railroad to traverse into Nevada and Utah to meet the Union Pacific. Cullen Bohannon - Hell on Wheels - Anson Mount - Writeups.org On: July 7, 2022. And Mickey (Phil Burke)? The workers take refuge in the church, while Durant and Bohannon make compromises with Campbell about the railroad construction and upholding the law. A majority, if not all movies or TV shows based on real-life events tend to exaggerate, adding or removing some parts as they deem fit, except for the latest conjuring movie; No, really, it was pretty much accurate- even the real Lorraine Rita Warren said so. That's fine, probably take a devil to finish this road. Though he was almost completely stoic during the story, he was heartbroken when she left. All I got left is scars. Still, for all the unlikely things [the creators] make happen in order to get their characters into place, and the dogged refusal of a couple of those characters to become interesting at all, the show gathers steam as it goes on. Evil Counterpart: To Cullen Bohannon. Mickey manages to get himself arrested and lies to Sydney, saying the plan will occur as the men are being loaded onto the train. Bohannon learns that Mei took on the guise of Fong in order to escape a forced marriage to the rebel leader who burned their village in China, and that if Chang were to recognize her, he would inform the rebel leaders in China of her location. Bohannon is then told that there is a great meeting between, Durant, Huntington, Brigham Young, and President Grant regarding the hubs and meeting point of the railroad. It is now 1867, the third . After burying Ezra, Ruth tells Bohannon that her wish is for Sydney to be returned to Hell and for his suffering to be "deep and eternal". He brings her body to the church and goes to hand The Swede for his involvement in the sabotage of the railroad, the indian attack, and the murder of Lily Bell. Colm Meaney as Thomas Durant (Michelle Faye/AMC). This was influenced by his wife Mary, a Northerner who was opposed to slavery. That was a thing that just sort of came up in the moment. Cullen goes to the Starlight Saloon and drinks with Johnson, who reminisces about the Civil War and his immoral participation in Sherman's March. Published Oct 8, 2012 'Hell on Wheels' season 2 finale sees Bohannon preparing to defend against an imminent attack by the Sioux, in the two-part 'Blood Moon' and 'Blood Moon Rising.' If this proves to be the end of AMC's Hell on Wheels, then the series certainly went out on a rather severe note. Bohannon stitches a laceration on Durant's head, then manages to get his signature on a blank railroad letterhead. Hell On Wheels: "Get Behind The Mule" - The A.V. Club He refuses, sarcastically giving them the names of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate offices, continuing his torture. Fans are just upset that someone else was cast as Optimus Prime. He visits Durant in jail to ask him to vouch for him, which he refuses to do, stating Bohannon will never be like them. He vows to return for them one day, and then leaves Fort Smith. Hell on Wheels Season 5 Episode 12 recap - Channel Guide Magazine The whole board agrees to this, but Ulysses Grant, the next US President, keeps Bohannon in charge, but only if he can made it to Cheyenne (previously named Durant) by the deadline. He also commonly indulges in vast quantities of alcohol, namely whiskey. Most notable at the end was the developing love story between Cullen & Mei. There was a lot of industry in San Francisco. The story focuses on Cullen Bohannon, played by Anson Mount. Bohannon agrees to allow Fong to continue working on the railroad. Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannon (Michelle Faye/AMC). Mei Aka Fong - Lover. Jay Seeg - one should not toss rocks when they can not seem to spell either sir "the person Bohannon was besed on" Not even a typo as the characters are too far apart on the keyboard. Recently on the AMC drama, the character of Elam (played since Day 1 by the rapper/actor Common) resurfaced after having been presumed dead as the result of a Season 3-ending bear attack. Upon returning to Cheyenne, Bohannon discovers Campbell has made Snow a marshall to help replace his murdered ones and has had all the freedman and most of the other railroad workers arrested due to Durant not having paid their bonds. At the end of Hell on Wheels ' season one finale, our hero Cullen Bohannon rides away from the grimy itinerant town he'd made his home after murdering a man he never . Heart attack signs and symptoms in men and women: Chest pain or discomfort; Shortness of breath; Pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, back, arm, or shoulder; Feeling nauseous, light-headed, or unusually tired. Durant arrives and attempts to get Bohannon ousted due to incompetence and his violent tenancies. Then as I say, the story moved in a different direction. Anyways, like many other series/TV shows based on real-life events, Hell on Wheels had to change and add some stuff up to captivate the audience. Bohannon manages to get Young agree on blessing Naomi and Isaac's wedding, then leaves Naomi and William. On the boat, at the moment he steps on that ship and sets sail for China, the show is no longer a Western. His father, William had a penchant for spirits and fighting which Cullen seemingly took after. I literally did not see that on the page until I was in the middle of shooting the scene, and I went, Oh, thats what this is about. And it was just so beautiful that yeah, I started crying. Bohannon wrestles with Elam, and is forced to stab and shoot him. Hell on wheels Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Never, in the episodes I watched, did I feel as if I were actually seeing how a railroad got built, and sometimes it took a bit of squinting not to see the characters as actors in a field, reading lines. The new governor if Wyoming, Campbell offers to buy sundries for Naomi and later visits their tent to offer Bohannon a better-paying job under him. Cullen Bohannon returns to the secluded Hatch family home to reunite with Naomi and to inform her about The Swede's execution only to find that, during their long separation . It is a real gunfighter hat! And one of my nicknames in the writers room was Sheriff. Meanwhile, Delaney arrives from the other end on a train with a Gatling gun and rifles for the prisoners. Originally Cullen told people that he granted his slaves a year of freedom before the American Civil War. However Strobridge has taken both the Irish and Chinese workers in as miners. His connections with the gangs back East allowed him to provide Irish immigrant labor to the railroad. Smith while Naomi has his child. We thought shes the spirit of the West. She tells him to always choose family and to go to them. She was also the youngest daughter of Leonidas Tate, a railroad magnate. Bohannon enlists Durant and Eva's help to save Sydney's life, whatever the cost, in order to keep Ruth from being hanged for his death. Bohannon goes to the dance, and sees Lily Bell dancing with Durant. Later, she took up a job with Ursuline nuns, where she would haul freight and supplies ensuring that the operations of the nuns remained functional and that they were well fed. He tells Bohannon where they are in exchange for the push at the meeting. He became a member of the Cavalry and quickly rose to the rank of Colonel where he served under the command of General Nathan Beford Forest. He discovered that Mary had been raped and hung on the porch while Joshua was burned alive alongside Bethel in the barn. Thomas Durant was born in 1820 to a well-off family and went on to study ophthalmology at Albany Medical College, hence the title "Doc". Cullen wouldn't leave his wife for her and probably couldn't. And given that Ruth's a woman of the cloth, she probably wouldn't condone a man . Chang succeeds in organizing a strike among the Chinese workers, as the men who attempted to hang him are taken by wagon out of town. His main firearm is his Griswold and Gunnison revolver. He demands higher wages (an incredible amount) and a 2% stake in the railroad. Eva (Robin McLeavy) decided she wouldnt even whore her story, which they wanted her to write with Louise (Jennifer Ferrin) as a book. When the store clerk confronts Snow about this, he's also killed. Mickey manages to convince his countrymen to return to railroad work, while Bohannon fails to convince the Chinese. He agrees to stay while Elam helps complete the railroad by the deadline in Cheyenne. This makes Bohannon go to the tailor to get clothing for himself and Elam to look presentable for his meeting with UP. The following day, they are attacked by a small group of Cheyenne, which slaughters all the surveyors (most of whom are unarmed) except Robert and Lily, who manage to escape. Joshua Bohannon - Son (deceased) Fong/Mei (Angela Zhou, left) and Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount, right) forge an unlikely friendship in "Hell on Wheels" Season 5. "I'm a railroad man." The total viewership bested network slot rivals CSI: Miami and Pan Am.[9]. They later participated in The Beefsteak Raid as as part of the Siege of Petersburg where they managed to steal 3,000 head from under Ulysses S. Grant's nose and feasted like kings for a month. But enough of that; here are some facts about some of the people represented in the series (Hell on Wheels). Cullen Bohannon, portrayed by Jennifer Ferrin, is married to Mary Bohannon, portrayed by Linda Lavigne. Cullen doesn't care. Where did they come from in the beginning? Bohannon is a composite character loosely based on a few of the real people in similar positions that worked on the Transcontinental Railroad. Durant offers Bohannon a partnership in exchange for helping him explain to the board why Durant oversold the mileage to to them. The former union soildier leads the former greyback outside at gunpoint and informs Cullen that he read the news articles about the murders that Bohannon had perpetrated. A young Union soldier (Tom Carey) enters a church in Washington, D.C. to confess his sins. Bohannon then suggests Huntington remove the Chinese from the railroad construction and hire Irishmen to finish. Wtf proof-read your work dude 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Instead, Bohannon later unhooks the rail-car with the prisoners, as they use a key he gave Mickey to escape their shackles. This morning on Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday, nurses union leader Pat Cullen attacked the government over its failure to give RCN members a decent pay rise as Transport Secretary Mark Harper . He shows great pride for his homeland, and is also extremely proud of his involvement in the war, fighting for his homeland and the southern way of life. At the meeting Huntington asks Bohannon to mislead the president on their progress, as the President trusts Bohannon, Durant asks Bohannon to come back to the UP, even though he swore he would never take him back if he left again, and Young asks Bohannon to push for the railroad hub to be in Salt Lake City. [Since Season 3], the ratings have actually gone up, and particularly in our key demographics. Once on board, Bohannon reveals his identity to Elam and saves his life, making it look like Elam got the drop on him, forcing him to flee without the money. We have done smaller versions of it in the past, but we have never done a full on, all out barroom brawl. Most notable at the end was the developing love story between Cullen & Mei. I think finally somebody said, If we kill him in the final episode, whats it all about? They encounter resistance from the Mormons, their cattle is stolen by Durant via proxy, and they encounter a spell of cholera. By now you've probably watched all the seasons of Hell on Wheels. Some heart attacks strike suddenly. Bohannon manages to shoot The Swede in the side and fire shots in the air to bring soldiers. The series opens in the year 1865, shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Stories would unfold, and the story would go in directions that we hadnt anticipated or we didnt see coming for various reasons. Cullen was based around John Stephen "Jack" Casement, a Union Army General & Brigade Commander who headed the construction of the Union Pacific's section of the Transcontinental Railroad. The look in his eyes as he sailed to China to reunite with her is unforgettable. The end of the railroad, the end of the Western it all happens in one episode. Bohannon accepts and returns to the railroad as the new Chief of railroad police, with a full pardon for the previous murders and armed robbery. "Hell on Wheels" garnered a 3.1 HH rating, attracting 4.4 million viewers (2.4 million, aged 1849; 2.3 million, aged 2554) to become the second highest series premiere in AMCs history. The Central Pacific reaches the end marker first. Mary Bohannon - Wife (deceased) " Big Bad Wolf " is the first episode of the third season of the American television drama series Hell on Wheels, which aired on August 10, 2013 on AMC.