( The priest, who is actually CULLEN BOHANNON, slides open the screen and aims a revolver at the soldier. )
( THOMAS DURANT, a middle-aged, well-dressed man, is making a speech to potential investors for the Union Pacific Railroad. ) A bell TOLLS. ) Bohannon: Tell me his name. Bohannon: Two. Durant slams his face into the map. ) Durant: ( pacing ) To the Union Pacific Board of Directors: Change of plans. Johnson's horse rears and comes down hard, striking Willy in the head as he is rising to his feet. Johnson: Railroad experience? Lily: Robert! Lily: Who cares? NATHANIEL COLE, a tall, white-haired man with a beard, stands waist-deep in the river with a young Cheyenne man, JOSEPH BLACK MOON. ) River near Hell on Wheels - Same day ]
( A congregation stands on the bank of the river singing "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior", accompanied by a small barrel organ being cranked by one of the members of the congregation. Robert: Run for the trees. Soldier: No. The only question that remains is which one of you will join me in this mad, noble quest? The survey camp ]
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Durant: All true.
Plan: A: 1865; Q: In what year did Cullen Bohannon travel to the Union Pacific Railroad to seek revenge? A: former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon; Q: Who is Anson Mount? A: the First Transcontinental Railroad; Q: What was the Union Pacific Railroad building? A: the Union soldiers; Q: Who killed Cullen Bohannon's wife? A: Thomas "Doc" Durant ( Colm Meaney; Q: Who is the character that begins his "mad, noble quest" to expand his railroad westward? A: Dominique McElligott; Q: Who played Lily Bell? A: Robert ( Robert Moloney; Q: Who is Lily Bell's husband? A: the landscape; Q: What does Robert Bell survey for the Union Pacific? A: Cheyenne braves; Q: Who attacked Lily Bell's camp? A: the wilderness; Q: Where does Lily Bell flee to? A: maps; Q: What does Lily Bell take with her when she flees the Cheyenne braves? A: Durant's success; Q: What is Lily Bell's maps essential to? A: Reverend Nathaniel Cole; Q: Who baptizes Joseph Black Moon? A: Tom Noonan; Q: Who plays Reverend Nathaniel Cole? A: Eddie Spears; Q: Who plays Joseph Black Moon? A: the Missouri River; Q: Where is Joseph Black Moon baptized? A: two; Q: How many characters arrive at Hell on Wheels? A: the mobile camp; Q: What is Hell on Wheels? Summary: In 1865, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon ( Anson Mount ) journeys to the Union Pacific Railroad 's westward construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad to seek work and vengeance on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. Thomas "Doc" Durant ( Colm Meaney ) begins his "mad, noble quest" to expand his railroad westward. Lily Bell ( Dominique McElligott ), accompanies her ailing husband Robert ( Robert Moloney ) as he surveys the landscape for the Union Pacific. Their camp is attacked by Cheyenne braves and all are killed except Lily, who flees into the wilderness with maps that are essential to Durant's success. Reverend Nathaniel Cole ( Tom Noonan ) baptizes Joseph Black Moon ( Eddie Spears ), a Cheyenne, in the Missouri River. The two later arrive at Hell on Wheels, the name for the mobile camp that follows the railroad westward.