Hell on Wheels

Previously on AMC's "Hell on Wheels..."

You gonna pay out that man's wages

to his son.

That's the least I can do.

Land bought today will be...

Ten times the price tomorrow.

Here to buy some of that property you sellin'.

We want profit astronomically.

I should have known that family life

wasn't for you.

All the death and destruction,

everything I done,

all that is for naught.

Doubt I'll finish this route.

We're better off here,

me and William.

Interesting you would rather be here

instead of with your wife and child.

William.

Didn't 'spect we'd be seeing you again.

Well...

here I be.

Hello, William.

Is Naomi within?

I got you.

You came back.

The Swede's dead.

Well, I hope you'd stay for supper.

Hell On Wheels - 05x09 - Return to the Garden

I can't live out here forever.

It's too much work alone.

Dangerous.

Besides, it ain't what the Heavenly Father wants for us.

Come on now. Have some more of that chicken. Looks real good.

Father disagreed with the Prophet on Thor Gundersen.

Got him cast out. And us with him.

I know.

So, where'd you say you're headed?

I didn't.

That ain't settled.

I got an apple pie in the oven.

Good plates...

Apple pie...

You got the royal treatment, Mr. Bohannon.

Would you like that last biscuit?

- No, thank you. - You sure?

Naomi's a fine cook.

- Isaac? - What?

- You are. - Thank you for dinner.

I've had enough.

Please. Stay the night.

Of course.

You're welcome to.

I'll sleep in the barn.

William.

Mr. Bohannon...

I'm sorry about supper.

Should've seen it'd be hard on you, but it's been so long...

She's my wife.

William's my son.

Sickness and health is what it means to be a husband.

We swore an oath.

You left her to smallpox.

Isaac.

Naomi and I share a faith, Mr. Bohannon.

You see, we also swore an oath.

After you were long gone.

But the difference is...

I will never ride away from her.

All right. Let's just get some rest.

We'll talk everything over in the morning. All right?

All right. Go on.

It's all right. I'll be right in.

Thank you for saving them.

For dispatching that monster.

The Swede cast a long shadow over all our lives, Mr. Vinson.

We'll be moving on in the morning, Mr. Bohannon.

I suggest you do the same.

Welcome home, Mr. Durant.

Home? Laramie? Hardly.

With any luck,

the railroad will be through the entire godforsaken territory

of Wyoming before long.

Surely you won't miss Laramie.

Nah, that ain't it.

I just...

I don't know, Mr. Durant.

I'm warm, I'm safe. Got a full belly.

- I ought to feel grateful, but... - Ennui.

On what?

There's a certain dissatisfaction sets in

when we get what we think we want.

Yeah. Ennui.

I guess that's it.

- How long have they been there? - Since this morning.

This came in on the train.

Something about Cheyenne being the new railroad hub?

Mmm-hmm.

I am sorry, Mr. Nobles, but there is nothing I can do for any of you.

You can give us back our money.

I am sure the railroad'd be willing to buy back your land at the current value.

Current value's jack shit now that Cheyenne's the hub.

The only reason we bought in so high

is 'cause you told us Laramie was gonna be the hub.

Because that's what I told her.

It's what I believed at the time.

Unfortunately, we are subject to the whims of the executives in New York.

Now, Mrs. Palmer was taken in, as we all were.

She's come out a lot nicer.

That fancy Cheyenne hotel of hers has tripled in value

while the dirt she sold me ain't fit to raise hogs.

I will personally buy back all Laramie land deeds

at 10 cents an acre above the going rate.

Come on, boys. Smells like horseshit in here.

I never knew you was looking for me.

Started at the fort.

Then Salt Lake City,

where I heard about the smallpox.

Naomi, if I would've known...

That wasn't your fault.

I never sent word.

It only ever felt like I caught a tiny piece of your heart...

This one dark night in a lonesome barn...

One night of sin...

Don't say that.

It's why I went with you to the railroad.

'Cause I'd already asked so much of you, I...

I couldn't ask you to stay in that fort.

And Cheyenne seemed exciting at the time.

Just wasn't the right thing.

Not for William.

I know.

I'm sorry.

No. You don't owe me that.

You never owed me a thing.

That's, that's why I could watch you ride away from us so easy.

I wished I hadn't.

I quit the Union Pacific...

to look for you and William.

I spent months in the wilderness,

just searching.

I ain't ever stopped thinking about you.

Naomi. Please.

I was planning a house.

I'm here.

You know...

There was a time those words from you

was the only thing on God's earth I wanted to hear.

But that time has passed.

We have Isaac now.

I love him.

You're right to take them to Salt Lake City.

Prairie ain't safe.

Naomi's worried that Brother Brigham will turn us away.

I could help stoke that engine.

You know the Prophet?

Yeah.

We ain't exactly fond.

But Thor Gundersen twisted his son all up.

Figure news of his hangin'

ought to get me a sit-down, at least.

Ute braves are on the move. Saw 'em myself on the way over.

We'll take our chances alone.

I ride to Truckee straight after, Mr. Vinson,

but I aim to see them safe.

And I ain't asking.

I suppose a second gun couldn't hurt.

Back in town, I see.

And thirsty from the trip. I'll take a bourbon

and a thousand more Irish workers.

Christ, that's half of County Cork.

$20 a man.

Keep your money.

It's the hard paper I want.

Stock in the Union Pacific Railroad.

You're a labor contractor.

Aye. And I'd say I'm undervalued.

No one holds you in higher esteem than I do, Mickey.

Oh, Jesus, I'm touched.

The thing is, though,

I know that you're short 900 Mormon graders.

Brigham Young is a stubborn man.

I don't want it all to be liquor and whores, Doc.

I'm tired of the Dead Rabbits and this whole dirty business.

I will make you a partner

in the railroad's construction company. Credit Mobilier.

Credit Mobilier is a worthless shell.

I want the real thing. I want legitimacy. I...

Or you can race Cullen Bohannon with no graders.

Bohannon.

Hardly the adversary I expected.

Well,

it seems like you don't need my services after all, then.

- The bourbon's on the house. - Hey.

It's not Sunday or a holiday, Psalms.