Hell on Wheels (2011–2016): Season 4, Episode 4 - Reckoning - full transcript

Damn! Shelby put on some weight.

He loved a good pint, he did.

Bad one too, it feels like.

You're daft, Wallace.

Look it up if you don't
believe me.

I'm a son of the Emerald Isle.

I know the lyrics
to Me Wild Irish Rose,

and they're not,
"You may search every hair,

but none shall compare..."

they're,
"You may search everywhere... ".

Top 0' the morning,
Mr. Bohannon.



Come on.

Whoa.

We thought you was
for the muck wagon, sir.

Not yet, gentlemen.

Not yet.

I was worried about you
when you didn't come home.

I went to see the church lady.

Don't worry.

Wasn't her that done this.

Could have waited
until the morning.

No, needed doing.

Asked her
to help you and William.

The railroad can spare you
for a day.

Can't take care of you
and the baby if I don't work.



Let me at least go get
you some food.

Day's already wasting.

By all means, Bohannon,
make yourself at home.

Ooh.

Making friends, I see.

Real friendly town you got here.

What? What's the matter,
Mr. Bohannon?

The local "denizenry"
not taken with your rough charm?

"Denizenry" ain't a word.

- Yes, it is.
- No, it ain't.

Yes... anyway,
I can have you arrested

for stealing government property.

Huntington's already through...

Through the Sierras.

Your chief engineer
almost got hisself killed

proving he can't blast through
a shale mountain.

You need to try something else.

There is nothing else.

My surveyors could not find
a passable route over the peak.

Figured I'd give her
another look.

Your job,
out on the grade, Bohannon.

Not today.

Take this compass.

My chief engineer
broke that one.

That man should be fired.

He saved your life.

He is insubordinate and reckless.

He may well save the hash
you've made out of the tunnel.

Tunnel was your idea.

I have done
exactly as you ordered.

You have not gotten me
through Sherman Peak!

Bohannon stays.

I heard fort smith
is harboring them Mormons

who shot up town.

Ain't nothing stopping 'em

from saddling up
and doing it again.

Why would a Mormon
make this town home?

None of her people are here.

She's married
to Cullen Bohannon.

He's Mormon too?

He's a railroad man.

Who took a child bride.

They don't know right from wrong

because they don't believe
in the Bible.

It's true.
Mormons are a violent cult.

If they don't seek redemption,

nothing will save them
from the fires of hell.

I need some kerosene...

and matches too.

Mormons do believe in the Bible.

And we also follow
the teachings of Jesus Christ,

particularly when it comes
to kindness to others.

Michael McGinnes?

There we go.

Y'all know very well who I am.

- I'm closing your casino.
- On what grounds?

This building is condemned
by order of the U.S. Government.

Clear it out!

- On your feet!
- Hey!

Come on.

- Come on, you whore.
- Get your damn hands off of me!

You, unhand that lady!

Get up! Get out!

Come on!

- Move it along!
- You heard him.

Let's go, you dumb mick.

That's enough, Mickey!

Shut down my bar, will you?

. Get up. Get up!

Don't resist, Mickey.
I'll get you out.

Hear that?
Durant runs this town, not you lot.

He'll have me out before
the end of the day.

(_ Huff)!-

I trust the militia
is treating you fairly.

Well, yes.

My internment has given me
the opportunity for...

deep prayer and reflection.

I have been praying

for mine enemies,

as Jesus did
during his incarceration

before crucifixion.

Bishop Dutson, please.

He is not a bishop.

We all heard his confession.

What...

exactly...

did you hear?

You said you drowned
the real Bishop Dutson.

Are you sure?

Did the ward clerk
take any such notes?

No.

But I heard you.

You heard the holy spirit

speaking through your bishop...

Cleansing the soul of the man...

who murdered your son.

That's not true.

No, be not afraid,
Brother Hatch.

You witnessed
a spiritual event that day.

Visions...

revelations...

sublime to witness,

yet difficult to discern.

He's twisting what happened.

He has a right to speak.

You have proposed
that we hang him

for impersonating a bishop.

Heavenly Father demands
there be no doubt.

Praise God.

I telegraphed the Mormon Church,

from which the real bishop
joined us.

A reply is coming
from Bishop Finch,

the head of the ward,

that will prove this man...

needsjusfice.

Indeed, and may justice be done.

Praise God.

Whoa.

Come on.

Havana's finest,
from my private stock.

You and I... we are both men

with experience enough to know
when we have the upper hand.

Agreed.

So let me say...

I admire your bold act
in closing the casino.

It showed strength.

And that site is perfect
for my new federal offices.

The designs for Campbell Plaza
are under way.

You've made
your point, Mr. Campbell.

But we need hard men
to build the railroad.

And in my experience,
they are never more dangerous

than when they are idle.

Now, Mr. McGinnes has proven
himself adept at offering

the right amusements
to help manage the men.

Yes.

You are in a position
to be magnanimous.

Well, he assaulted
a federal marshal.

A rash act
in the heat of the moment.

He'd be shot for that offense
in some states.

Well, let's be grateful Wyoming
has not yet achieved statehood.

The mayor stays in jail.

Thank you for the cigars.

Hello?

Mrs. Bohannon.

I'm Ruth Cole.

- The church lady.
- Yes.

I wanted to apologize
for my behavior this morning.

It was unkind.

I hope you can forgive me.

Several women in the parish
donated these.

You could meet them
at church tomorrow.

- I know you're not a believer...
- But I am...

in the heavenly father
and his true prophet,

Joseph smith.

I'll admit, I'm not
well versed in Mormonism.

Perhaps you could help me
understand why Joseph Smith

advocated polygamy,
for instance.

Plural marriage is God's will.

- God's will?
- Yes.

The lord commands us
to be fruitful and multiply

so that we can build the kingdom
of the latter-day saints.

But that kingdom is predicated

on the exploitation of women,

forcing them to share husbands,

refusing to allow them to
be ordained as clergy.

You...

- you must see the injustice in that.
- I see clarity in it.

I know who I'm meant to be...

a woman
whose place is in the home

looking after her children.

Service is at 10:00.

So...

About what time do you expect
Mr. Durant to swoop in here

and free you?

He is your partner, right...

the one who runs things
around here?

Yeah, I know men like him...

- Keep you close...
- Quit your yapping

and get me a cup of water.

Sure thing, Mr. Mayor.

That should hold you
till Mr. Durant gets here.

Wallace?

It's a bad spot for a campfire.

Government took the casino.

Mickey's in jail.

I take it he didn't agree
with the change in ownership.

Just here to see my friend.

Figurin' you and me... square.

Come here to
compare bruises or bust me out?

The latter ain't up to me
no more.

Yeah.

Mr. Durant's working
on my release, so...

Wouldn't count on that.

Durant does what's best
for Durant.

That's how I ended up with 40 acres

of worthless land in
the north valley.

Shi... son.

Come here.

When I met you...

you didn't have nothing
but some cheap painted glass

and stories of home.

And you turned that
into a whorehouse and a casino.

You can do that again.

Hell with Durant.

Without him, I got no leverage.

And that is exactly what
Sean thought.

Don't leave me
to bury you similar.

Okay?

All aboard!

Yes, sir. How y'all doing?

Mickey's, expecting you
to get him sprung.

Mickey needs to
learn to curb his temper

if he wants to run a business.

Let me tell you something...

casino's just the start of what
Campbell's fixing to take.

Pretty soon
he'll come for it all.

Campbell is a bureaucrat,
nothing more.

He's a carpetbagger.

First thing they did in
the South, rebuild the railroads.

Now, odds are, he's got friends
helped him do that.

Men just itching to do it again.

Now, he knows that
there's money in it and power.

No carpetbagger will
take my railroad.

Yeah.

That's what I thought about
a farm back in Mississippi.

Have you conquered
Sherman Peak yet?

Working on it.

Get my railroad moving,
Mr. Bohannon.

I'd like you to sit
in front tomorrow.

And try not to tug at
your shirt collar.

I don't want to go to Hell.

Months of silence,
and that's what you have to say?

I doubt that's
God's plan for you.

You're naughty sometimes,
but that...

I'm Mormon.

Where are your people?

It's all right.

We don't have
to talk about this.

You're safe.

Mr. Durant!

Eva.

You know that stock
you gave me last year?

- Mmmmm.
- How much is it worth?

Virtually nothing at the moment.

I should go back to whoring.

If it's money
you need, let me help.

Mr. Durant, I can't take
no charity from you.

Think of it as a loan.

No, I can't.

Church lady stopped by.

Yeah, and... I'm sorry. What?

The church lady.

She invited us
to services tomorrow.

And...

you don't want to go?

She doesn't like Mormons.

I doubt she's met many
before you, but...

Ruth speaks her mind,
but she's a good woman,

and she can help you
make your way here.

That's my husband's job.

I'm providing
for you and William.

Father provided for all
of his wives and his children,

but he still ate with us,

worshipped with us.

Much like the life that you had
with your first wife...

but you left all of that behind.

There was a war.

War is over.

Get back inside.

Go on.

You know, you... you did right
by me with this marriage.

I'm grateful. I am.

I guess!!!

I should have known
that family life wasn't for you.

Start with the people Campbell
worked with in Atlanta.

See if any of
them were railroad men.

And find out what
involvement he had

in the reconstruction
of the railroads after the war.

You do know I have an
engineering degree.

Then you should
have the intelligence

to be able to send
a few telegrams.

That will be all, Delaney.

Eva!

You came around.

I'll take your money,
Mr. Durant...

for a poke.

You misunderstand!

No, I... that was not
a condition of my offer.

Look, I know I ain't so pretty right now,

but I clean up good.

No!

Ev-Eva, you're beautiful.

Well, then why not take a ride?

It's no trouble.

Don't mean nothing to me
no mores, anyway.

That, my dear, is a tragedy.

I like you.

And I know you like me.

So?

Come on.

I'll give you a good price.

Listen to me.

You will take my money.

You are going to eat my food.

And then you are going
to get into my bath,

because, truth be told,
you are beginning to smell

a little... ripe.

I can't.

You can, and you will.

You are one of the few people
I like around here.

I'll pay you for that.

You all right in there?

You can come in, if you like.

No, I-I'm fine.

Why are you doing this?

Don't make no sense.

Because we're friends.

I ain't never had no friends
weren't customers.

Their loss.

- Can I ask you a question?
- Of course.

Do you think all women
are whores?

Why would you say that?

Well...

last time I was in a bath...

a man made clear that opinion.

I consider women to be
God's most glorious creatures.

I was fortunate enough
to love one.

Your wife?

No.

We-well...

at one time, maybe.

But after our boy died, we...

Well, we were business
partners at best.

When I was in jail,

penniless...

she left me.

On.

Her loss.

Thank you.

Don't make the love stop.

Does it get any easier?

No.

Indeed, no, it does not.

You didn't come to bed.

Well, I had work to do,

and I figured
you didn't want me there.

Of course I do.

It's been a long time
since I had a family

other than the railroad.

So I figured we could go
to church this morning...

Together, if you're willing.

I'd like that.

I got to take care
of something before service, all right?

Amen. All right.

- Psalms.
- How you doing this morning?

Morning.

So let me ask you something.

How much to get a crew
together today?

How much you got?

Well...

No.

Can't get more
than ten men for that,

two hours, most.

All right, meet you
at the grade after church.

Boys been hankering
for a game of baseball

this afternoon.

You want a crew, got to go now.

Um...

All right, pick the crew.

Fellas...

I know it's the lord's day,
but we're gonna work.

Durant came by
to see me yesterday.

He asked for your release.

I told him no.

I have a proposition
that could free you today.

Sign this paper giving me
title to the casino.

I'll pay you
to manage the place.

Granted, I could just steal
the property from you.

You already have.

I prefer to do things legally.

$200 for the title.

Salary for you.

Jessup will pick up
the tax every week.

Shove your money up your arse.

Come now, Mr. McGinnes.

You're a smart man.

Aye. And a comer too.

I came to this country
with nothing,

and I built me a fortune.

I'll do it again...

beholden not
to the likes of you...

or to Thomas C. Durant.

We damn sure can't blast
through this mountain.

Durant's given up
on going around.

Got no choice but over.

That beating you took

done scrambled your brain.

Surveyors done been
all over this mountain,

ain't found nowhere that
wasn't too steep.

Yeah, I looked at the notes.

There was 6 foot of snow
on the ground

when they was out here.

Now I was up top yesterday,
saw a way might work.

"Might"?

If we carve a ledge
the width of a train track

on the mountain's outer edge...

All right, look...

- See that cliff over yonder?
- Yeah.

We gonna dig a
2% grade straight for it.

When I know how far we
can get in two hours...

I can figure how long it'll take
a full crew to reach the summit.

Could be Durant ain't
have us try this

'cause he know it's crazy.

Well, only one way to find out.

Mind the gate!

Did it come?

This is from Bishop Finch.

It says Bishop Dutson
is 5 feet, 6 inches tall...

brown hair...

portly girth.

Stand up.

You are not the man
described in this telegram.

No.

You have deceived
this entire community.

Tell me who you are!

I am!!!

Bishop Joseph Dutson.

And I have never met
Bishop Finch.

You prayed beside him

for three years.

This proves

that you have borne false
witness to us all.

It proves only
that the author has lied

to support your delusion.

Or perhaps you are the author,

Brother Hatch.

I am bringing this
to the elders.

They will find you guilty

and set you to the noose.

Are you sure
they have the authority

to hang a bishop?

Because if they do not

and you are wrong,

then you will hang,
Brother Hatch,

as will the elders.

Who has the authority,
if not the elders?

An unimpeachable man...

the lion of the Lord...

our brother Brigham Young.

Bring him here.

I will abide by his judgment.

These tools all wrong.

This ain't gonna work.

Thank you
for helping me consecrate

this fine house of worship.

Brothers and sisters,

Jesus Christ is alive

and present in this building.

And if we do not accept him
as our personal lord and savior,

we will burn in Hell.

Amen.

I speak not of the innocents
among us.

The Lord said,

"Suffer the children
to come unto me.

The kingdom of Heaven
belongs to such as these."

No, it is those who turn away

from the teachings of the Lord

who will spend eternity
in the fiery lake.

For He commands
us to love our God,

as well as our neighbor.

Do you love your God?

Yes.

Do you love your neighbor?

Yes.

I did not love my neighbor
this week.

I sat in judgment
on my fellow man.

I reveled in the pit

of my own self-righteousness.

So I deserve to be cast out
into darkness,

and I do not deserve salvation.

None of us does.

Only the blessed mercy

of Jesus Christ can save us.

Hey, little man.

I went to church.

- Naomi...
- I know.

I'll stop asking.