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.
Air date: 2012-07-19
Runtime: 3 min
Air date: 2013-07-15
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: Anson Mount and the cast of Hell on Wheels analyze the unanswered questions from season 2.
Air date: 2013-07-22
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Anson Mount and the cast of Hell on Wheels give us a taste of what's in store for season 3.
Air date: 2014-07-16
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Anson Mount and the cast of Hell on Wheels give fans a taste of what's in store for Season 4.
Air date: 2016-07-23
Runtime: 1 min
Overview: Explaining the importance of the golden spike.
Air date: 2016-07-23
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A look back at season 5.
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Shows the planning and execution of one of the first season's big set pieces.
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: Includes portraits of Cullen Bohannon, Elam Ferguson, Thomas Durant, Lily Bell, The McGinnes Brothers, Pawnee Killer and Joseph Black Moon.
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: Gives some background on the following episodes: Pilot; Immoral Mathematics; A New Birth of Freedom; Jamais Je ne T'Oublierai; Bread and Circuses; Pride, Pomp and Circumstance; Revelations; Derailed; Timshel; and God of Chaos.
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: Offers seven short pieces, including "About Hell on Wheels", "The Guns", "The Wardrobe", "The Meaning of the Railroad", "Building the Train", "Locations and Sets", and "Dirty Medicine".
Runtime: 17 min
Overview: Features quite a few behind the scenes crew, like Director – Executive Producer David Von Ancken and Production Designer John Blackie, talking about what they wanted to achieve with this series. There's some great footage of the sets being built as well as some of the location shooting, some of which looks pretty muddy. It's nice to have the actual crew interviewed at length here rather than the traditional puff piece that focuses solely on the cast congratulating each other for giving such great performances.
Runtime: 25 min
Runtime: 4 min
Runtime: 5 min
Runtime: 20 min
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Gives some background on each of the 10 episodes in Season 2.
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: Gives some background on each of the 10 episodes in Season 3.
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: S03 Featurette with Common and Dohn Norwood
Runtime: 3 min
Runtime: 1 min
Runtime: 1 min
Runtime: 4 min
Runtime: 2 min
Runtime: 65 min
Overview: Gives some background on 12 of the 13 episodes in Season 4 (all except Elam Ferguson).
Runtime: 5 min
Runtime: 3 min
Runtime: 3 min
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gives some background on each of the 14 episodes in Season 5.
Runtime: 4 min
