Hell on Wheels

Previously on AMC's Hell On Wheels...

Because she was a whore?

Another victim of the chaos.

You two * protect my shop.

What have you got to lose?

This is a *

Don't judge or you too will be judged!

I want him punished.

Fine, I'll tell * what you said.

You * Bohannon.

Get this railroad under control.

The Swede: In the beginning,

there was blood.

The land demands it.

Every new land demands blood,

and we relent.

It is our nature.

We are, after all, animals.

In our arrogance, we forget this,

but... In the end,

we rise from the land,

only to return.

You're very skilled with a blade.

Mr. Bauer.

Very efficient.

There's no pride in wastefulness, herr Swede.

Only sin. We must use all.

Even this.

Mm. Jah. Hmm!

A good butcher does not waste lives.

It's a shame, what happened to your friend,

dieter schmidt.

It is not fair.

We come here for better lives.

We work hard.

And his life is taken for no reason,

just some filthy whore.

Yeah, I agree.

A useless end.

A needless, sinful squandering of a productive life.

Yeah.

The Swede: Nothing wasted in this wasteland.

Nothing.

Our foreman's been killed.

I saw him out in front of the whorehouse. He didn't look too good.

Ahem. You'll have to ride out to rail's end.

The men are waiting for orders.

Yes, ma'am.

Mr. Bohannon, you may have heard that--

You're working for durant now?

For the railroad, yes.

He's been very kind to me.

Actually respects my opinion.

Sounds good.

Yes, well...

You know how people talk--

To hell with people.

I'm glad for you, Lily.

Thank you.

Good day, Mr. Bohannon.

You told me you weren't much of a drinking man.

Seems to me like you've taken to the bottle

like a babe to the breast.

What is it?

A woman?

I thought so.

Ahh.

I have another assignment for you,

Mr. ferguson.

I would like you to keep an eye on Mr. Bohannon.

This about a woman, Mr. durant?

I took a risk bringing him here,

and I just want to make sure that risk does not backfire on me.

Now, can you put your friendship with him aside

and do that for me?

Yes, sir. I can do this job.

Good.

I could have did his job, too.

Sweet Jesus.

Mmm. Mmm. Ooh.

Are you all right?

Bloody gobsmacked...

Is what I am.

You're a miracle, you are

although me langer

is chafed something fierce.

Ohh!

Hey, where are you off to?

I've got customers waiting.

What's wrong?

I'm scared, Mickey.

That business with penny has all the girls spooked.

Come here to me.

You and the other girls

needn't worry no more.

Sean and me are running protection on this place now.

Any one of them brutes so much as lays a finger on you,

you come to ol' Mick,

and he'll get done like schmidt.

Mick...

You done schmidt?

Um...

What did you think?

What'd you spend it on?

We got a problem here, psalms?

Working under the man that stole our money.

Bet your ass I got a problem.

The payroll was insured by the United States government.

You got your money. Late.

I got it late.

When you're living payroll to payroll, that mean you go hungry.

Look here...

It wasn't personal, all right?

You stole my money.

I take that shit personal.

This man's right.

I stoled y'all's payroll.

And Mr. durant saved my hide

from hanging so I could ride out here

and whip your sorry asses into shape.

It ain't fair, but there it is.

Anybody else got a problem with that?

Mr. Toole? You got a problem with me?

I haven't, sure.

Wasn't my payroll you took.

Gentlemen, meet your new foreman.

Did you do it?

Do what?

Elam ferguson, you tell me plain.

You the fool gutted that whore-killer?

Who you calling "fool"?

Oh, damn.

You did do it.

No one's ever...

Gutted a man for me before.

I ain't never said I did such a thing.

Well, it sure as hell wasn't Mr. Toole that did it.

You sure about that?

He tried to hang a man once. I remember.

Mr. Toole's my husband,

and I got no complaints.

He's put food in my belly and a roof over my head

ever since we hopped the twig.

And he never raised a hand to me but twice,

and both times, he had liquor on him,

and he done it all with charitable words

and a lovesick smile.

Charitable words while he beating on you?

Truth be told,

I probably deserved it.

He better hope I never see him raise a hand to you.

You are a fool.

You're a fool that would rather have a...

Pocket full of gold eagles than a strong backed,

sweet-mouthed woman willing to...

Wash your drawers and warm your bed,

and all for nothing but a kiss...

And a promise.

Stop that.

I'm married!

I just came to thank you for what you did.

Whoa.

Another wretched soul for you to commend to heaven, Reverend.

Ahh.

I don't remember seeing you at the pulpit of late.

Come to think of it, I...

Can't recall you preaching at all

since we arrived here at our new home.

Yeah, well, I have nothing to say.

No one wants to hear.

You know, they've taken away my church.

A den of thieves.

They've also taken my caboose.

You know, my very own daughter took it from me.

And I believe she's--

She's trying to corrupt my son.

Shame.

Our lord rode into Jerusalem on the back of an ass.

And one of the first thing he done when got there

was cleanse the temple.

Herd the money lenders out on their avaricious rumps.

It's time we overturn the tables, Reverend.

We must cast them out.