I'm curious to know what you guys thought of last week. I felt really sorry for Durant. Even though he's a scheming bastard, he never intended for things to go where they did.
Hell on Wheels - Season 5
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An excellent episode, showing the poetically tragic downfall of someone who exploited others for his own benefit, almost making it an art form. However, I think it would have been better suited being a part of the finale. It's kind of anti-climactic now that they put it so many episodes in.
At least they're saving showing Bohannon's fate to the end. I'm thinking he's not one who's going to be riding off into the sunset either, knowing this show's propensity for killing off major characters. It's almost on par with Game of Thrones in that respect.
At least they're saving showing Bohannon's fate to the end. I'm thinking he's not one who's going to be riding off into the sunset either, knowing this show's propensity for killing off major characters. It's almost on par with Game of Thrones in that respect.
I definitely see why they wouldn't have wanted that competing for time with whatever they have in mind for the finale. If it is effectively a two-part finale, then as this week's episode was CP-specific, it effectively was right before the finale for Durant's story.
Interesting parallel that the penultimate beats in both Bohannon's and Durant's stories involve each of them losing that which was most precious to them other than the railroad. They'll each go into the final race with nothing left to them but that goal.
Interesting parallel that the penultimate beats in both Bohannon's and Durant's stories involve each of them losing that which was most precious to them other than the railroad. They'll each go into the final race with nothing left to them but that goal.
Heh, actually I thought the episode I was a background performer for WAS this week, but in fact it's next... I saw myself walk slo-mo behind Bohanon in the teaser scene from the AMC website, looking all exhausted and such. It's funny seeing for myself now just where the scene ends and the compositing starts in a couple of those shots!
I've yet to watch this week's episode, but I've been watching the season and will be caught up for this next one. While I'm missing out on a ton of backstory, I've still found the show genuinely engaging (especially the Asian worker angle) and have been looking forward to its conclusion. The Swede must have been a real jerk to our hero this whole time...
Mark
I've yet to watch this week's episode, but I've been watching the season and will be caught up for this next one. While I'm missing out on a ton of backstory, I've still found the show genuinely engaging (especially the Asian worker angle) and have been looking forward to its conclusion. The Swede must have been a real jerk to our hero this whole time...
Mark
You mean this one?
http://www.amc.com/shows/hell-on-wh...e-13/sneak-peek-of-hell-on-wheels-episode-513
Is that you to our right of him at 0:14-0:15?
I'd highly recommend checking out the rest of the show from the beginning...it's on Netflix streaming in the U.S.
http://www.amc.com/shows/hell-on-wh...e-13/sneak-peek-of-hell-on-wheels-episode-513
Is that you to our right of him at 0:14-0:15?
I'd highly recommend checking out the rest of the show from the beginning...it's on Netflix streaming in the U.S.
..And I`m in Canada, but I believe it`s available here too. 
Anyway, yup, that`s me in the black hat with the green band, hauling the railtie grabber thing and stumbling ("You`re exhausted!", as directed by the AD) right to left. Dunno how long the shot will continue after this (or if it will even be in slow motion), but my team and I collapse on the opposite side of the rails right after that. I'll be keeping an eye out for that hat in other shots, it was pretty distinctive amongst the throng despite covering my oh-so-photogenic face for most of my time on the set. :P
Mark
Anyway, yup, that`s me in the black hat with the green band, hauling the railtie grabber thing and stumbling ("You`re exhausted!", as directed by the AD) right to left. Dunno how long the shot will continue after this (or if it will even be in slow motion), but my team and I collapse on the opposite side of the rails right after that. I'll be keeping an eye out for that hat in other shots, it was pretty distinctive amongst the throng despite covering my oh-so-photogenic face for most of my time on the set. :P
Mark
That's why I said "in the U.S.".
So congrats on making not just the episode but the teaser scene! Don't know why you didn't make the cut last time, you fit right into the scene all costumed up. And you got to be right behind Bohannon!
So congrats on making not just the episode but the teaser scene! Don't know why you didn't make the cut last time, you fit right into the scene all costumed up. And you got to be right behind Bohannon!
Especially given the events of this week's episode, to be sure. Took out half a dozen axe-wielding thugs in a minute! I have never less wanted to be a pimp's hired muscle in the 19th century Western US.
My three days of shooting were all for the upcoming episode, albeit shot out of order. Now that I've caught up I can see where the bits and pieces I was privileged to see will be fitting in. I just re-read my notes of the experience and see what I missed as well... This will be fun to see and pick apart, more fun than the episode of Wynnona Earp that I was in and for which I was in the far background for half a second, shooting a very long day to accomplish it. :P
Mark
My three days of shooting were all for the upcoming episode, albeit shot out of order. Now that I've caught up I can see where the bits and pieces I was privileged to see will be fitting in. I just re-read my notes of the experience and see what I missed as well... This will be fun to see and pick apart, more fun than the episode of Wynnona Earp that I was in and for which I was in the far background for half a second, shooting a very long day to accomplish it. :P
Mark
Perhaps not if Anson Mount had beans for lunch.
And that's Bohannon hobbled by a bum leg!
Also, I'm happy for your character that they kept him away from the nitro.
Looking forward to this weekend. I expect to be enjoying the story, but will be looking for the guy pictured in my avatar photo as well.
Mark
Mark
That avatar should help me in keeping an eye out for you.(Kinda reminds me of Psalms' clothes this season.)
@Mark_Nguyen --Was that you standing right next to Bohannon in the dawn scene, when he says, "Ten miles in a day--ain't never been done," turns to give his tearful speech, then strikes the first tie of the day? If so, holy crap, that was some good coverage you got there!
That teaser scene on the website was also unusually late in the episode. They typically show one of the earliest scenes.
Historically, this episode should take place in 1869, so I guess Bohannon had some time to pick up some working Chinese during the between-episodes handwave through Nevada...and some Chinese customs along the way, apparently. Insert unsavory crack about him keeping Mei's box here....
I saw Reg Rogers in the credits, but his role in the story was certainly a surprise.
Also in the pleasantly surprising category...lots of good little moments between Bohannon and his old friends on the UP. I sort of saw Psalms's defection coming because there was a photo on the website of Psalms and his men standing behind Bohannon. Also, they emphasized Psalms's recent reason for holding a grudge against Durant in the previouslies.
And wouldn't you know that Durant had one last bastardly scheme up his sleeve. They found a reasonable way to fictionalize the actual finishing of the race without stepping on the historical toes of the well-documented ceremony.
I thought that Bohannon was having a heart attack or a stroke or something at the end there, but he looks healthy in the promo for the next episode.
That teaser scene on the website was also unusually late in the episode. They typically show one of the earliest scenes.
Historically, this episode should take place in 1869, so I guess Bohannon had some time to pick up some working Chinese during the between-episodes handwave through Nevada...and some Chinese customs along the way, apparently. Insert unsavory crack about him keeping Mei's box here....
I saw Reg Rogers in the credits, but his role in the story was certainly a surprise.
Also in the pleasantly surprising category...lots of good little moments between Bohannon and his old friends on the UP. I sort of saw Psalms's defection coming because there was a photo on the website of Psalms and his men standing behind Bohannon. Also, they emphasized Psalms's recent reason for holding a grudge against Durant in the previouslies.
And wouldn't you know that Durant had one last bastardly scheme up his sleeve. They found a reasonable way to fictionalize the actual finishing of the race without stepping on the historical toes of the well-documented ceremony.
I thought that Bohannon was having a heart attack or a stroke or something at the end there, but he looks healthy in the promo for the next episode.
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I won't be able to watch it till tomorrow - but pretty sure I wasn't there for the "ten miles" scene due to a call sheet error. I *was* there at the final scene with Bohanon (going by how you describe it), he shambles by me but IIRC I'm obscured by other people and the train. I'll point out where I am in various shots which I hope to screencap (to show my folks, of course :P ).
Mark
Mark
The last scene I was referencing was in his train car, but he was stumbling around drunk during the nighttime celebration before that.
I thought the same thing when it started, but I think it was more of an anxiety attack combined with exhaustion and alcohol.
Yeah, the Sneak Peak gives us a look at the morning after.
ETA: Was rewatching last night's episode. It was fitting how both of what I consider to be our "competing protagonists" won a victory, each in his own way. Bohannon won the race on the up-and-up, but Durant got Ogden through shady backroom dealing.
It was interesting how they implied that Huntington had as much to hide as Durant...it makes sense, but the show hasn't focused on it. Guess they felt like it was a case of "been there, done that".
Loved Cullen's drunken reactions to Durant's gloating during the celebration.
So, paying closer attention to...
ETA: Was rewatching last night's episode. It was fitting how both of what I consider to be our "competing protagonists" won a victory, each in his own way. Bohannon won the race on the up-and-up, but Durant got Ogden through shady backroom dealing.
It was interesting how they implied that Huntington had as much to hide as Durant...it makes sense, but the show hasn't focused on it. Guess they felt like it was a case of "been there, done that".
Loved Cullen's drunken reactions to Durant's gloating during the celebration.
So, paying closer attention to...
is Bohannon going to become a bluecoat? That would certainly be a major bit of closure for him, however it ends....
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That's exactly what I thought. At first I thought it was a heart attack and then realized he was just overcome with emotion. To finally be done with the railroad and then come home to the empty rail car, and see Mei's wooden box sitting there... He had nothing left but the railroad and now it's over.
I LOVED how Pslams and the other workers just dropped their tools and went over to the other side after Durrant's "little speech." I kinda wondered why they didn't do that earlier.
Yeah, I loved that. "I" worked hard. Bull and shit, buddy, especially after you ripped them off in your land deal. I'm surprised Pslams stayed as long as he did.
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