"hell - On Wheels" Blood Moon Rising(2012)

The End of the Line: Reflections on Hell on Wheels’ “Blood Moon Rising” (2012)

The tension that had been simmering between the railroad and the Sioux tribes finally boiled over in a night of fire and steel. While the episode featured some of the series’ most intense action—highlighted by (Anson Mount) and Elam Ferguson (Common) leading a desperate defense against an Indian invasion—the true "blood moon" was the internal betrayal that left the town vulnerable. "Hell on Wheels" Blood Moon Rising(2012)

The heart of "Blood Moon Rising" lay in the tragic fate of (Dominique McElligott). Just as she and Cullen began to envision a future beyond the grime of the tracks, her life was cut short—not by a bullet in the heat of battle, but by the cold, calculated hands of the Swede. The End of the Line: Reflections on Hell