Hell on Wheels: Season 1, Episode 7 “Revelations” (B+)
There’s hardly anything more fitting immediately before or after a television character’s death than to flash back to a formative point in his or her life. Opening with a young Elam’s reading of a book for his master’s friends provides some great background into one of the show’s most intriguing and least-explored characters just as he’s about to be hanged after being caught with a white prostitute. In typical dramatic fashion, Cullen swept in at the last minute and rescued Elam, bringing them out to the wilderness for some serious bonding over a campfire, discussing slavery and other themes. The Swede seems to be loyal to no one, certainly not Cullen, commissioning his death at the hands of a mob for at least the second time in only a handful of episodes. Elam did great with his training, getting cornered and realizing his pursuer was empty before shooting him through the mouth. “My name is Elam Ferguson, you be sure to tell the devil that when he asks who killed you” is certainly one of the more memorable lines uttered thus far on this show. Elam and Cullen reading the 23rd Psalm over many dead bodies was a melancholy and appropriately somber way to close out the episode. Durant is back on top after tricking Senator Crane into investing in the wrong railroad, playing the victim when he had to reveal where he was connecting the railroad, only to manage to erase his blackmail and make a considerable profit in the process. And that wasn’t even his boldest act, which would be essentially proposing to Lily.
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