AMC's Hell on Wheels, Season 4

[3chordboy]

ah cheers for that. some useful info there

 

[The Old Mixer]

Hey, Mark, I think it's showtime--Brigham Young is making arrangements with Huntington to hire some Chinese workers for the Mormon railroad.

From the preview, I am worried that the boy at the church won't make it.

Shit, I'm afraid you called it....

Well, crap...they're taking a hiatus until November!

 

[auntiehill]

Holy crap, that was sad.

Dang it; I hope she doesn't go to prison.

Geez, NOVEMBER?? Really? Phooey.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Whatever the penalty, it seems that her apple didn't fall far from the tree. She totally upstaged Eva.

(Just rewatched the episode when her pop killed Captain Kelly...I've heard that it's a lot harder than that to behead somebody.)

 

[Beagleman]

Someone please refresh my memory, who again was the guy Eva killed after the fire?

 

[auntiehill]

^The guy who raped her.

 

[Beagleman]

Ah, that's what I tought just didn't recognize the actor...

 

[Green Shirt]

assuming that the Golden Spike would be the perfect point to end the series

Sounds like a too-happy ending for the show. Look for something bad to happen before, during or after the ceremony.

 

[Kenbushway]

I like the show and love the main character's personality traits. However I must say all those who kept asking AMC to bring back common probably wished they hadn't.

 

[The Old Mixer]

assuming that the Golden Spike would be the perfect point to end the series

Sounds like a too-happy ending for the show. Look for something bad to happen before, during or after the ceremony.

The Golden Spike is history. Where the characters end up is another thing entirely. I assume that Durant and Campbell won't die, as they're based on historical figures...but I wouldn't bet on Bohannon walking out of the series finale alive....

 

[Anwar]

Anson Mount said that he expects a somewhat tragic/bittersweet ending for Cullen. That he finally finishes the railroad and upon reaching the West Coast all he can think he "Is that it? Wonder if I can make it to China..." and he basically is chronically unsatisfied for the rest of his life.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Yeah, I think Mount is being too optimistic there....

The way I've heard it described by showmakers, Bohannon's journey is supposed to be about seeking redemption for his past sins by completing the railroad. So he'll get to Utah, but I wouldn't count on him getting any farther....

 

[The Old Mixer]

Hope nobody minds a bump to remind everyone that Hell is back a week from tonight for three more episodes!

 

[auntiehill]

Yay! I can't wait. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Green Shirt]

Hope nobody minds a bump to remind everyone that Hell is back a week from tonight for three more episodes!

No problem. Its hardly a record setting bump.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Ooh! Three new video extras about the upcoming episodes! Mesa gonna watch.

ETA: OK, one of them's the commercial they've been airing for weeks....

 

[The Old Mixer]

Also, they're doing a Season 4 (so far) marathon tomorrow. (Sorry for the double post, too late to edit the old one.)

 

[3chordboy]

AMC's Hell on Wheel renewed for a fifth and final season of 14 episodes.

Will be split into two sets of 7 episodes, one half airing 2015, the second half in 2016

http://tvline.com/2014/11/07/hell-on-wheels-season-5-renewal-cancelled-amc/

 

[Green Shirt]

^ link not working

 

[The Old Mixer]

Thanks for the news, 3chordboy!

The link is working now, but here's what it says:

It’s the end of the line for Hell on Wheels.

AMC has renewed the historical drama for a fifth and final season, the network announced Friday.

The series’ 14-episode swan song will air in two parts: seven in summer 2015 and the remaining seven a year later.

“With Season 5 of Hell on Wheels, we are proud to bring our trans-continental journey to conclusion for the large, loyal audience that has traveled with Cullen Bohannon and his crew for so many years,” AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement. “We look forward to appropriately honoring Hell on Wheels in this final season. Enormous thanks to the terrific writers, cast and crew for all they have achieved and for all that lies ahead in the Wild West.”

The final four episodes of Hell on Wheels‘ fourth season begin Saturday at 9/8c.

So really we're effectively getting two more shorter seasons. Don't know if I'd consider that "cancelled", since, as I touched upon upthread, the chronology of the show compared to the history of the setting would indicate that they only planned to go five seasons.

So this is good news to me, to know that we can look forward to two more years of Hell (our time), and that the story will come to a proper, planned resolution.

Of course, the article got the number of remaining Season 4 episodes wrong, so....