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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.

5 Seasons
57 Episodes
Ended
Action & Adventure Drama Western
Best Episodes
S2E10 - Blood Moon Rising ★ 8.7
S2E5 - The Railroad Job ★ 8.6
S2E6 - Purged Away with Blood ★ 8.4
Worst Episodes
S2E7 - The White Spirit ★ 8.0
S2E1 - Viva La Mexico ★ 8.1
S2E2 - Durant, Nebraska ★ 8.1
★ 8.7/10 (858 votes)
#1

Blood Moon Rising

S2:E10

Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

★ 8.6/10 (759 votes)
#2

The Railroad Job

S2:E5

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

★ 8.4/10 (702 votes)
#3

Purged Away with Blood

S2:E6

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.

★ 8.4/10 (692 votes)
#4

Blood Moon

S2:E9

Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.

★ 8.2/10 (708 votes)
#5

Slaughterhouse

S2:E3

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.

★ 8.1/10 (705 votes)
#6

Viva La Mexico

S2:E1

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

★ 8.1/10 (721 votes)
#7

Durant, Nebraska

S2:E2

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.

★ 8.1/10 (685 votes)
#8

Scabs

S2:E4

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

★ 8.1/10 (678 votes)
#9

The Lord's Day

S2:E8

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

★ 8.0/10 (679 votes)
#10

The White Spirit

S2:E7

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

★ 8.0/10 (679 votes)
#1

The White Spirit

S2:E7

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

★ 8.1/10 (705 votes)
#2

Viva La Mexico

S2:E1

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

★ 8.1/10 (721 votes)
#3

Durant, Nebraska

S2:E2

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.

★ 8.1/10 (685 votes)
#4

Scabs

S2:E4

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

★ 8.1/10 (678 votes)
#5

The Lord's Day

S2:E8

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

★ 8.2/10 (708 votes)
#6

Slaughterhouse

S2:E3

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.

★ 8.4/10 (702 votes)
#7

Purged Away with Blood

S2:E6

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.

★ 8.4/10 (692 votes)
#8

Blood Moon

S2:E9

Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.

★ 8.6/10 (759 votes)
#9

The Railroad Job

S2:E5

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

★ 8.7/10 (858 votes)
#10

Blood Moon Rising

S2:E10

Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

★ 8.1/10 (705 votes)

Viva La Mexico

S2:E1

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

★ 8.1/10 (721 votes)

Durant, Nebraska

S2:E2

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.

★ 8.2/10 (708 votes)

Slaughterhouse

S2:E3

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.

★ 8.1/10 (685 votes)

Scabs

S2:E4

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

★ 8.6/10 (759 votes)

The Railroad Job

S2:E5

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

★ 8.4/10 (702 votes)

Purged Away with Blood

S2:E6

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.

★ 8.0/10 (679 votes)

The White Spirit

S2:E7

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

★ 8.1/10 (678 votes)

The Lord's Day

S2:E8

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

★ 8.4/10 (692 votes)

Blood Moon

S2:E9

Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.

★ 8.7/10 (858 votes)

Blood Moon Rising

S2:E10

Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
4 ★ 8.3 13
★ 8.8 Elam Ferguson
★ 7.3 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
★ 8.6 Fathers and Sins
★ 7.9 Searchers
1 ★ 8.0 10
★ 8.5 Revelations
★ 7.6 Jamais je ne t'oublierai
Anson Mount
Colm Meaney
Robin McLeavy
Christopher Heyerdahl
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Cast & Crew

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