List of Hell on Wheels episodes

Hell on Wheels is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton. The series was broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC and premiered on November 6, 2011.^[1] Set in the 1860s at the end of the United States Civil War, the series starred Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier determined to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest for vengeance sent him westward to Nebraska's "Hell on Wheels", the lawless town that moved with the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. However, things got complicated when Cheyenne and Sioux tribes attack the construction of the railroad, bent on destroying the project because it is being built through their lands.

On November 7, 2014, AMC renewed the series for a fifth and final season of fourteen episodes. The final season was split into two parts, with seven episodes airing in the summers of 2015 and 2016 respectively.^[2] The fifth season premiered on July 18, 2015.^[3] The second half began on June 11, 2016, and the series ended July 23, 2016.^[4]

During the course of the series, 57 episodes of Hell on Wheels aired, between November 6, 2011, and July 23, 2016.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)
2	10		August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)	October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)
3	10		August 10, 2013 (2013-08-10)	October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05)
4	13		August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02)	November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)
5	14	7	July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18)	August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29)
		7	June 11, 2016 (2016-06-11)	July 23, 2016 (2016-07-23)

Episodes

Season 1 (2011–12)

Main article: Hell on Wheels (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Hell on Wheels"	David Von Ancken	Tony Gayton & Joe Gayton	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	101	4.36^[5]
2	2	"Immoral Mathematics"	David Von Ancken	Tony Gayton & Joe Gayton	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	102	3.84^[6]
3	3	"A New Birth of Freedom"	Phil Abraham	John Shiban	November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)	103	3.52^[7]
4	4	"Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai"	Alex Zakrzewski	Jami O'Brien	November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)	104	3.28^[8]
5	5	"Bread and Circuses"	Adam Davidson	Mark Richard	December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)	105	2.70^[9]
6	6	"Pride, Pomp and Circumstance"	Michael Slovis	Bruce Marshall Romans	December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11)	106	2.15^[10]
7	7	"Revelations"	Michelle MacLaren	Tony Gayton & Joe Gayton	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)	107	2.27^[11]
8	8	"Derailed"	David Von Ancken	Mark Richard	January 1, 2012 (2012-01-01)	108	2.51^[12]
9	9	"Timshel"	John Shiban	John Shiban	January 8, 2012 (2012-01-08)	109	2.29^[13]
10	10	"God of Chaos"	David Von Ancken	Tony Gayton & Joe Gayton	January 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)	110	2.84^[14]

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: Hell on Wheels (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
11	1	"Viva la Mexico"	David Von Ancken	Tony Gayton & Joe Gayton	August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)	201	2.45^[15]
12	2	"Durant, Nebraska"	Adam Davidson	John Shiban	August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)	202	2.31^[16]
13	3	"Slaughterhouse"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Jami O'Brien & Bruce Marshall Romans	August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)	203	2.50^[17]
14	4	"Scabs"	Catherine Hardwicke	Chris Mundy	September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02)	204	2.47^[18]
15	5	"The Railroad Job"	Michael Nankin	Mark Richard	September 9, 2012 (2012-09-09)	205	2.62^[19]
16	6	"Purged Away with Blood"	Joe Gayton	Tony Gayton & Tom Brady	September 16, 2012 (2012-09-16)	206	2.70^[20]
17	7	"The White Spirit"	David Von Ancken	Jami O'Brien & Bruce Marshall Romans	September 23, 2012 (2012-09-23)	207	2.32^[21]
18	8	"The Lord's Day"	Rod Lurie	Mark Richard & Chris Mundy	September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	208	1.83^[22]
19	9	"Blood Moon"	Terry McDonough	Mark Richard & Jami O'Brien	October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)	209	2.18^[23]
20	10	"Blood Moon Rising"	John Shiban	John Shiban	October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)	210	2.18^[23]

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: Hell on Wheels (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
21	1	"Big Bad Wolf"	David Von Ancken	Mark Richard	August 10, 2013 (2013-08-10)	301	2.49^[24]
22	2	"Eminent Domain"	Adam Davidson	John Wirth	August 10, 2013 (2013-08-10)	302	2.49^[24]
23	3	"Range War"	Dennie Gordon	Mark Richard & Reed Steiner	August 17, 2013 (2013-08-17)	303	1.88^[25]
24	4	"The Game"	Adam Davidson	Jami O'Brien	August 24, 2013 (2013-08-24)	304	2.00^[26]
25	5	"Searchers"	Neil LaBute	Bruce Marshall Romans	August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31)	305	2.20^[27]
26	6	"One Less Mule"	David Straiton & Deran Sarafian	John Wirth & Lolis Eric Elie	September 7, 2013 (2013-09-07)	306	2.07^[28]
27	7	"Cholera"	Deran Sarafian	Tom Brady	September 14, 2013 (2013-09-14)	307	1.99^[29]
28	8	"It Happened in Boston"	Rosemary Rodriguez	Mark Richard	September 21, 2013 (2013-09-21)	308	2.08^[30]
29	9	"Fathers and Sins"	Billy Gierhart	John Wirth & Reed Steiner	September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28)	309	2.10^[31]
30	10	"Get Behind the Mule"	Neil LaBute	Mark Richard & Jami O'Brien	October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05)	310	2.49^[32]

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: Hell on Wheels (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
31	1	"The Elusive Eden"	Neil LaBute	Mark Richard	August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02)	401	2.42^[33]
32	2	"Escape From the Garden"	Neil LaBute	Mark Richard	August 9, 2014 (2014-08-09)	402	1.98^[34]
33	3	"Chicken Hill"	Dennie Gordon	John Wirth	August 16, 2014 (2014-08-16)	403	2.17^[35]
34	4	"Reckoning"	Dennie Gordon	Jennifer Cecil	August 23, 2014 (2014-08-23)	404	2.08^[36]
35	5	"Life's a Mystery"	David Straiton	Mark Richard & Tom Brady	August 30, 2014 (2014-08-30)	405	1.78^[37]
36	6	"Bear Man"	Clark Johnson	Max Hurwitz	September 6, 2014 (2014-09-06)	406	2.15^[38]
37	7	"Elam Ferguson"	Rod Lurie	Mark Richard & Tom Brady	September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13)	407	2.18^[39]
38	8	"Under Color of Law"	Michael Nankin	John Romano	September 20, 2014 (2014-09-20)	408	2.02^[40]
39	9	"Two Trains"	Marvin V. Rush	Bruce Marshall Romans	September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)	409	2.30^[41]
40	10	"Return to Hell"	Billy Gierhart	Jami O'Brien	October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)	410	2.26^[42]
41	11	"Bleeding Kansas"	Seith Mann	Michael C. Martin & Jimmy Mero	November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08)	411	1.89^[34]
42	12	"Thirteen Steps"	Roxann Dawson	Tom Brady	November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15)	412	1.74^[34]
43	13	"Further West"	Adam Davidson	John Wirth & John Romano	November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)	413	2.17^[34]

Season 5 (2015–16)

Main article: Hell on Wheels (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
Part 1
44	1	"Chinatown"	David Straiton	Jami O'Brien	July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18)	501	2.07^[43]
45	2	"Mei Mei"	Billy Gierhart	John Wirth & Thomas Brady	July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)	502	1.55^[44]
46	3	"White Justice"	David Straiton	John Romano	August 1, 2015 (2015-08-01)	503	1.67^[45]
47	4	"Struck"	Clark Johnson	Max Hurwitz	August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08)	504	2.00^[46]
48	5	"Elixir of Life"	Karen Gaviola	Michael Saltzman	August 15, 2015 (2015-08-15)	505	1.90^[47]
49	6	"Hungry Ghosts"	Neil LaBute	Jami O'Brien & Miki Johnson	August 22, 2015 (2015-08-22)	506	1.59^[48]
50	7	"False Prophets"	Rod Lurie	John Romano & Thomas Brady	August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29)	507	1.85^[49]
Part 2
51	8	"Two Soldiers"	Michael Nankin	John Wirth & Thomas Brady	June 11, 2016 (2016-06-11)	508	1.78^[50]
52	9	"Return to the Garden"	Marvin V. Rush	Jami O'Brien	June 18, 2016 (2016-06-18)	509	1.49^[51]
53	10	"61 Degrees"	Michael Nankin	Max Hurwitz	June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	510	1.51^[52]
54	11	"Gambit"	Adam Davidson	John Romano & Miki Johnson	July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	511	1.43^[53]
55	12	"Any Sum Within Reason"	Tim Southam	Thomas Brady	July 9, 2016 (2016-07-09)	512	1.72^[54]
56	13	"Railroad Men"	Jeremy Webb	John Wirth & Thomas Brady	July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16)	513	1.60^[55]
57	14	"Done"	David Von Ancken	Jami O'Brien & Thomas Brady	July 23, 2016 (2016-07-23)	514	1.65^[56]

Ratings

Hell on Wheels : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	1	4.36	3.84	3.52	3.28	2.70	2.15	2.27	2.51	2.29	2.84	–
	2	2.45	2.31	2.50	2.47	2.62	2.70	2.32	1.83	2.18	2.18	–
	3	2.49	2.49	1.88	2.00	2.20	2.07	1.99	2.08	2.10	2.49	–
	4	2.42	1.98	2.17	2.08	1.78	2.15	2.18	2.02	2.30	2.26	1.89	1.74	2.17
	5A	2.07	1.55	1.67	2.00	1.90	1.59	1.85	–
	5B	1.78	1.49	1.51	1.43	1.72	1.60	1.65	–

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^{[57][citation needed]}

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    For the second season, see "Hell on Wheels: Season Two Ratings". TV Series Finale. October 29, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2018.

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    For the fourth season, see "Hell on Wheels: Season Four Ratings". TV Series Finale. November 25, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2018.

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    For the fifth season, see "Hell on Wheels: Season Five Ratings". TV Series Finale. July 26, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Hell on Wheels at IMDb