Hell on Wheels
TV Show • 2011 • Western
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Hell on Wheels tells 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.
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A child watches both of their parents get murdered and then is chased by the murderer.
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Many characters drink alcohol to an excessive degree, and a priest in the first two or three seasons is an alcoholic.
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Characters working on the Central Pacific Railroad take opium. A protagonist is seen smoking it.
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Does a horse die?
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horses die many times throughout the series
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Bohannon's horse drinks toxic water in one episode and there are probably more animals that die before and after that too.
He also cuts the head off a snake in the final season and holds it up as it writhes for a while. He's later shown eating it.
He also cuts the head off a snake in the final season and holds it up as it writhes for a while. He's later shown eating it.
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Sexual assault and r*pe happen frequently throughout the show.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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One character in season five has an eye patch and lifts it for a moment to show a gruesome wound underneath it, caused by an explosion with nitroglycerin.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Ezra dies (off-screen) when the chapel is torched and he makes the mistake to hide under the floorboards.
His body found later, but never shown. The other people's reactions say it all though.
His body found later, but never shown. The other people's reactions say it all though.
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Is there a hanging?
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A few. It's the old West, that was kind of a thing.
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Is there cannibalism?
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The Swede was a prisoner of war and a flashback is shown where he wakes up to having another prisoner eating his arm.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Lots of knives.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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There are many scenes of choking, drowning, and hanging.
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Around 33:00 - 36:00 a boy is killed in a shootout in the shop.
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In first couple of minutes of the episode when the reporter is following Bohannon around they are serving food and it cuts to someone vomiting suddenly.
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Prejudice
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The n-word is used frequently by both black and white characters.
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Sex
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A lot!!
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Vehicular
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No cars in the old West!!
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Does a plane crash?
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There are no planes in the old West!
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Plenty.
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Is there gun violence?
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Duh!!
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