1 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:36,702 Cullen. 2 00:00:43,916 --> 00:00:46,918 It's been a long winter, son. 3 00:00:48,503 --> 00:00:51,506 Stretch out on your bunk. 4 00:00:53,590 --> 00:00:55,342 Get some sleep. 5 00:00:57,635 --> 00:00:58,761 Go away, doc. 6 00:00:58,803 --> 00:01:00,555 You a... you ain't real. 7 00:01:00,596 --> 00:01:03,390 You ain't real. 8 00:01:06,559 --> 00:01:10,813 Your candle is burning low, Cullen. 9 00:01:14,482 --> 00:01:17,484 Soon it's gonna go out. 10 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:28,160 That's just the wind. 11 00:01:28,201 --> 00:01:31,203 What that was, that was just the wind. 12 00:02:23,537 --> 00:02:26,080 Uhh! 13 00:03:26,170 --> 00:03:28,630 Get on out of here! 14 00:03:28,672 --> 00:03:30,673 Get on out of here! 15 00:03:30,674 --> 00:03:34,677 Get out of here, you miserable son of a bitch! 16 00:03:35,386 --> 00:03:39,180 Get off my damn railroad. 17 00:03:42,392 --> 00:03:45,394 Off my damn railroad. 18 00:04:13,332 --> 00:04:15,334 Sparky? 19 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:44,876 You know where there's a nigger with a marked-up white woman? 20 00:07:44,918 --> 00:07:47,504 He's he's down there behind the sawmill. 21 00:07:56,928 --> 00:07:57,928 I'll be damned. 22 00:07:57,929 --> 00:07:59,595 Yup. 23 00:07:59,596 --> 00:08:02,391 Heard you froze up solid. 24 00:08:02,432 --> 00:08:03,974 Thanks for looking in. 25 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:07,602 Shut the door! 26 00:08:07,603 --> 00:08:09,603 Woman's suffering. 27 00:08:09,604 --> 00:08:11,147 Baby near? 28 00:08:11,189 --> 00:08:12,940 Mmhmm. 29 00:08:12,981 --> 00:08:14,608 Baby's gonna come whether you're here or not. 30 00:08:14,650 --> 00:08:17,111 What the hell that's supposed to mean? 31 00:08:17,152 --> 00:08:18,319 I need you to come with me to New York. 32 00:08:18,361 --> 00:08:19,821 Railroad business. 33 00:08:19,862 --> 00:08:21,781 Right now I ain't got no stake in no railroad. 34 00:08:21,823 --> 00:08:25,909 Well, I'm the railroad boss, and this here's a railroad town. 35 00:08:25,951 --> 00:08:28,451 Come with me now or you don't be here when I come back through. 36 00:08:28,452 --> 00:08:31,997 Take your talk outside, please. 37 00:08:40,671 --> 00:08:43,423 What is it you want me to do? 38 00:08:45,967 --> 00:08:49,261 Watch over me while I sleep. 39 00:08:49,302 --> 00:08:50,846 Against who? 40 00:08:50,887 --> 00:08:53,930 Some you can see, some you can't. 41 00:08:53,931 --> 00:08:56,100 You lost your mind in that snow. 42 00:08:56,142 --> 00:08:57,976 You crazy. 43 00:08:58,017 --> 00:09:02,104 On the contrary, my negro friend... 44 00:09:02,146 --> 00:09:05,816 I have never been thinking more clearly. 45 00:09:05,858 --> 00:09:08,609 Say your piece, get your coat. 46 00:09:08,651 --> 00:09:10,945 Train's waiting. 47 00:09:16,866 --> 00:09:18,868 I heard. 48 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:23,329 Go. 49 00:09:30,002 --> 00:09:33,004 - I can't leave you like this. - Well, he's right. 50 00:09:33,129 --> 00:09:34,714 The baby's gonna come either way. 51 00:09:34,756 --> 00:09:37,799 Yeah. 52 00:09:37,841 --> 00:09:40,968 - I wanna be here for it. - I said go. 53 00:09:41,010 --> 00:09:44,805 Birthing ain't a man's business. 54 00:09:44,847 --> 00:09:47,848 Best thing you can do is get us a job. 55 00:09:47,849 --> 00:09:49,934 Mm. 56 00:10:14,746 --> 00:10:17,831 Hey, boy. 57 00:10:17,873 --> 00:10:20,500 The negro car's two cars down. 58 00:10:20,541 --> 00:10:22,543 This is where I aim to be. 59 00:10:22,585 --> 00:10:24,504 Now, don't make me throw you off this train. 60 00:10:24,545 --> 00:10:27,589 It's all right. He's mine. 61 00:11:15,752 --> 00:11:18,255 How come you show up now? 62 00:11:18,296 --> 00:11:19,630 Stopped snowing. 63 00:11:23,842 --> 00:11:26,845 What the hell happened to your ear? 64 00:11:28,804 --> 00:11:31,265 Some trespassers. 65 00:12:02,457 --> 00:12:04,166 Come on. 66 00:12:05,667 --> 00:12:07,835 Mr. Bohannon? 67 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:12,756 I'm Clement Beale, Secretary of Credit Mobilier. 68 00:12:12,797 --> 00:12:14,674 Good, you got my telegram. Let's go. 69 00:12:14,716 --> 00:12:16,676 Mr. Bohannon, I'm afraid you've made a trip for naught. 70 00:12:16,718 --> 00:12:20,679 What do you mean "for naught"? 71 00:12:20,721 --> 00:12:22,930 The board of Credit Mobilier 72 00:12:22,972 --> 00:12:24,682 and the Undersecretary of Railroads 73 00:12:24,724 --> 00:12:27,310 has already filled the position of Chief Engineer last month. 74 00:12:27,352 --> 00:12:29,436 I tried answering your telegram. 75 00:12:29,478 --> 00:12:31,271 - I knew this was snakebit. - Now hold on. 76 00:12:31,313 --> 00:12:33,939 Senator Howard hisself offered me that job last fall. 77 00:12:33,981 --> 00:12:36,650 Senator Howard lost his bid for reelection. 78 00:12:36,651 --> 00:12:38,485 Frankly, Mr. Bohannon, 79 00:12:38,526 --> 00:12:40,028 word came back to us that you didn't survive the winter. 80 00:12:40,070 --> 00:12:43,529 - Word was wrong. - Yes, well, thankfully so, 81 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:45,949 but the decision has already been made. 82 00:12:45,991 --> 00:12:47,659 I'm here to unmake it. 83 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,662 Is Durant back in? Is that it? 84 00:12:50,703 --> 00:12:53,330 No. Mr. Durant is still in Hudson Prison. 85 00:12:53,372 --> 00:12:54,623 Show me a train back to Omaha. 86 00:12:54,665 --> 00:12:56,208 You hold your damn horses. 87 00:12:56,249 --> 00:12:59,794 You take me to see Durant right now. 88 00:12:59,835 --> 00:13:01,379 I won't if this is a vendetta. 89 00:13:01,420 --> 00:13:05,340 Not all at once it ain't. 90 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,301 I'll have some hot water for tea. 91 00:13:09,343 --> 00:13:11,053 A visitor, Mr. Durant. 92 00:13:11,095 --> 00:13:12,720 Hmm? 93 00:13:17,683 --> 00:13:20,477 Good God. 94 00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:22,394 I thought you were dead. 95 00:13:22,395 --> 00:13:25,398 Yet here I stand. 96 00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:31,192 And what the hell are you doing here? 97 00:13:31,193 --> 00:13:34,529 Oh, wait, don't tell me. No. 98 00:13:34,530 --> 00:13:38,157 - You've come to gloat. - No, sir. 99 00:13:38,199 --> 00:13:40,243 No. 100 00:13:40,284 --> 00:13:43,829 No. Gloating is not in your character, 101 00:13:43,870 --> 00:13:46,539 is it, Bohannon? 102 00:13:46,580 --> 00:13:49,166 Too much integrity. 103 00:13:49,208 --> 00:13:52,210 That was always your problem. 104 00:13:54,045 --> 00:13:56,380 I came to ask for help. 105 00:13:56,422 --> 00:13:58,424 Haven't you heard? 106 00:13:58,465 --> 00:13:59,925 I'm ruined. 107 00:13:59,967 --> 00:14:03,886 There's nothing I could possibly do for you. 108 00:14:03,928 --> 00:14:06,680 Even if I wanted to. 109 00:14:06,722 --> 00:14:08,140 Union Pacific offered me a job, 110 00:14:08,265 --> 00:14:11,183 and they gave it to someone else. 111 00:14:11,225 --> 00:14:12,351 I need you to tell 'em I'm their man. 112 00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:13,436 I need you to vouch for me. 113 00:14:13,477 --> 00:14:15,228 Vouch for you? 114 00:14:15,270 --> 00:14:18,690 Those spineless, myopic weasels 115 00:14:18,732 --> 00:14:21,734 are in no mood to listen to me. 116 00:14:23,110 --> 00:14:26,570 You've lost your nerve. 117 00:14:26,571 --> 00:14:31,116 Not so sure you actually can run the railroad. 118 00:14:31,158 --> 00:14:32,241 And once upon a time, 119 00:14:32,242 --> 00:14:35,411 I told you that you could. 120 00:14:35,453 --> 00:14:38,456 That's why you're here. You're scared. 121 00:14:41,958 --> 00:14:45,085 I came to see you behind bars for what you done. 122 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:49,214 There was a time you could have done it. 123 00:14:49,256 --> 00:14:50,923 When I was your champion. 124 00:14:50,965 --> 00:14:54,926 When I was your advocate. 125 00:14:54,968 --> 00:14:57,763 Now look at you. 126 00:14:57,804 --> 00:15:00,556 You're tragic. 127 00:15:00,598 --> 00:15:05,101 Your hour has passed. 128 00:15:05,143 --> 00:15:07,479 Your railroad will fail without me. 129 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,647 It's no longer my railroad. 130 00:15:09,688 --> 00:15:12,900 For now. 131 00:15:12,942 --> 00:15:15,109 The board won't accept you. 132 00:15:15,151 --> 00:15:18,779 You wanna know why? 133 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:21,781 Because you are not one of us. 134 00:15:21,782 --> 00:15:25,076 You will never be from Massachusetts or New York. 135 00:15:25,117 --> 00:15:28,537 You will always be from Mississippi. 136 00:15:30,372 --> 00:15:34,792 You suffer from a preposterous miscalculation 137 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:38,003 of possibilities. 138 00:15:38,045 --> 00:15:41,714 Like all southerners, you're deluded. 139 00:15:47,135 --> 00:15:51,138 And you smell. 140 00:16:28,584 --> 00:16:31,212 What type of dressing are you requiring today? 141 00:16:31,254 --> 00:16:33,171 Business. 142 00:16:33,213 --> 00:16:34,715 What type of business might it be? 143 00:16:34,756 --> 00:16:37,508 Railroad, but cut the top and the overcoat, 144 00:16:37,550 --> 00:16:39,468 - so I can wear this. - Very good. 145 00:16:39,510 --> 00:16:41,053 Maybe an open frock with a Fuller waist? 146 00:16:41,095 --> 00:16:43,387 Sounds right. Inch or two of the cuff showing, 147 00:16:43,388 --> 00:16:44,973 neat in the pants, and I dress to the left. 148 00:16:48,017 --> 00:16:51,020 And the gentleman's gentleman? 149 00:16:53,855 --> 00:16:55,982 How come I gotta be a gentleman's gentleman? 150 00:16:56,024 --> 00:16:57,858 Why can't I be a gentleman plain? 151 00:16:57,899 --> 00:16:59,818 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, he's right. 152 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:03,737 War's given the negro the right to decide what he wants, so... 153 00:17:03,738 --> 00:17:06,740 What type of suit will you have, sir? 154 00:17:06,781 --> 00:17:09,075 Let's see. 155 00:17:12,077 --> 00:17:15,623 That one there, I can afford. 156 00:17:23,086 --> 00:17:25,005 Yeah, I like that one. 157 00:17:25,047 --> 00:17:27,548 Make that one up for me. 158 00:17:27,590 --> 00:17:30,051 The black man chooses, and the white man pays. 159 00:17:30,092 --> 00:17:33,011 It's a new reckoning of the world, Mr. Collier. 160 00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:34,721 That it is, Mr. Bohannon. 161 00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:36,220 And you, sir? 162 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:37,555 What side do you dress on? 163 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:40,559 What you mean what side I dress on? 164 00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:43,061 Psst. Hey. 165 00:17:51,567 --> 00:17:53,527 Thank you, Mr. Bohannon. 166 00:17:53,569 --> 00:17:55,403 And when you're hiring men for your railroad, 167 00:17:55,404 --> 00:17:57,197 don't forget your Irish kinsmen. 168 00:17:57,239 --> 00:17:58,573 When I land this job, I'll need two or three. 169 00:17:58,615 --> 00:17:59,950 That's for sure. Hundred? 170 00:17:59,991 --> 00:18:01,742 - Thousand. - Ah. 171 00:18:01,784 --> 00:18:03,576 The man you'll need to see is Three-Piece Duffy 172 00:18:03,577 --> 00:18:04,620 down at the Points. 173 00:18:04,662 --> 00:18:06,287 He knows all the railroad men. 174 00:18:06,329 --> 00:18:09,081 If you're with the Union Pacific, he'll find ya. 175 00:18:09,082 --> 00:18:10,415 He ain't with nobody. 176 00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:13,627 He barely with me. 177 00:18:13,669 --> 00:18:17,088 Oh, Mr. Bohannon. 178 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:19,547 Burn it. 179 00:18:19,548 --> 00:18:22,550 But shoot it first. 180 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,981 I think I dress to the right. 181 00:18:42,692 --> 00:18:45,360 Cullen Bohannon. The board's expecting me. 182 00:18:45,402 --> 00:18:47,654 Elam Ferguson. 183 00:18:51,490 --> 00:18:54,368 This way, sir. 184 00:19:00,455 --> 00:19:03,125 Mr. Bohannon. 185 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:05,793 We appreciate all you've done for the railroad. 186 00:19:05,835 --> 00:19:08,296 Both Doc Durant and the late Mrs. Lily Bell 187 00:19:08,337 --> 00:19:10,880 spoke highly of your achievements and abilities. 188 00:19:10,922 --> 00:19:14,300 Let's go to it then. 189 00:19:14,341 --> 00:19:16,510 The job of Chief Engineer and Senior Vice President 190 00:19:16,552 --> 00:19:19,095 of Union Pacific has been awarded to someone else. 191 00:19:19,137 --> 00:19:20,138 Yes, sir. 192 00:19:20,179 --> 00:19:21,180 And I aim for it to be mine 193 00:19:21,222 --> 00:19:22,640 before I walk out that door. 194 00:19:22,682 --> 00:19:25,475 - What's it a question of? - Vision. 195 00:19:25,517 --> 00:19:27,269 And temperament. 196 00:19:27,311 --> 00:19:30,104 Someone whose pedigree speaks to getting things done 197 00:19:30,146 --> 00:19:34,858 in Washington as well as out on the plains. 198 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:38,777 Have you ever been to Washington, Mr. Bohannon? 199 00:19:38,819 --> 00:19:40,446 I am familiar. 200 00:19:40,487 --> 00:19:41,614 Well, then you know 201 00:19:41,655 --> 00:19:43,324 that even at the highest levels, 202 00:19:43,365 --> 00:19:45,909 it's dog eat dog. 203 00:19:45,950 --> 00:19:49,578 This man you hired, he's a real dog fighter then? 204 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:53,331 He comes with my personal recommendation. 205 00:19:53,372 --> 00:19:55,166 He was the Chief Engineer 206 00:19:55,207 --> 00:19:57,376 of the Westwood and Upclair Railway. 207 00:19:57,418 --> 00:20:01,213 Yeah, that sounds like a Shortline Railroad to me. 208 00:20:01,254 --> 00:20:03,631 16 miles, but he oversaw 209 00:20:03,672 --> 00:20:05,716 the building of two major trestles. 210 00:20:05,758 --> 00:20:09,093 Yes, your son-in-law comes well-appointed. 211 00:20:09,135 --> 00:20:10,511 Especially with your new role 212 00:20:10,553 --> 00:20:13,180 as Undersecretary of the Railroad. 213 00:20:13,222 --> 00:20:15,057 And he's a veteran. 214 00:20:15,098 --> 00:20:18,851 Fought with Black Dave Hunter on the winning side. 215 00:20:24,481 --> 00:20:28,234 All due respect, I don't doubt your son-in-law's ability 216 00:20:28,275 --> 00:20:31,904 to build pretty Bridges over stony brook streams, 217 00:20:31,946 --> 00:20:32,904 but that's not what we're facing 218 00:20:32,946 --> 00:20:36,783 out west at the moment. 219 00:20:36,824 --> 00:20:38,367 Is this the best map you have? 220 00:20:38,408 --> 00:20:40,369 - It's current. - It's not very accurate. 221 00:20:40,410 --> 00:20:42,245 Here's where we are. 222 00:20:42,286 --> 00:20:43,955 Plains extend here. 223 00:20:43,996 --> 00:20:45,873 Here's the beginning of the red desert. 224 00:20:45,915 --> 00:20:47,249 Now we'll be good along here. 225 00:20:47,290 --> 00:20:48,708 Plenty of grazing for our feed cattle, 226 00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:50,377 mild weather. 227 00:20:50,418 --> 00:20:52,628 Here's where we start running out of water. 228 00:20:52,670 --> 00:20:57,924 I've drawn up some designs... For water cars. 229 00:21:00,134 --> 00:21:02,052 Here are some designs for dormitory cars. 230 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,804 Keep the men out of the elements, healthier, 231 00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:07,305 more productive. 232 00:21:07,306 --> 00:21:08,473 Who will build these? 233 00:21:08,474 --> 00:21:09,892 We'll build 'em together, 234 00:21:09,934 --> 00:21:11,935 just like we'll build this railroad. 235 00:21:11,977 --> 00:21:13,979 Now here we start hitting real Indian country hard. 236 00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:18,274 Shoshone, Crow, Kiowa... some friendly, some not. 237 00:21:18,315 --> 00:21:21,775 Oh, um, your son-in-law, 238 00:21:21,776 --> 00:21:25,780 has he ever been in Indian territory? 239 00:21:27,447 --> 00:21:30,450 We've started stockpiling rail and ties here, 240 00:21:30,492 --> 00:21:31,993 waiting for the Missouri to thaw. 241 00:21:32,034 --> 00:21:34,245 Mmmm, river's already breaking up here South. 242 00:21:34,287 --> 00:21:35,954 Saw it myself coming over. 243 00:21:35,955 --> 00:21:37,664 Central Pacific was able to work 244 00:21:37,706 --> 00:21:38,665 through most of the winter. 245 00:21:38,707 --> 00:21:41,625 Collis Huntington 246 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:43,919 has put them ahead of schedule. 247 00:21:43,961 --> 00:21:45,962 Then the race is on, gentlemen. 248 00:21:46,004 --> 00:21:47,630 No time to waste. 249 00:21:47,672 --> 00:21:50,341 Now this... 250 00:21:50,383 --> 00:21:52,968 These are plans for organizing the rail-layers and tie crews. 251 00:21:53,010 --> 00:21:55,636 Think we can get more steel laid. 252 00:21:55,637 --> 00:21:58,514 Probably 30% more steel 253 00:21:58,556 --> 00:22:01,641 if we follow these regimens. 254 00:22:10,899 --> 00:22:14,861 Were we to take you on in some capacity, 255 00:22:14,903 --> 00:22:16,652 you'd be paid in U.P. stock. 256 00:22:16,653 --> 00:22:19,364 We feel that that would make your involvement 257 00:22:19,406 --> 00:22:22,324 more of a personal investment. 258 00:22:22,325 --> 00:22:25,160 Congressman Ames... 259 00:22:25,202 --> 00:22:28,495 I'm already more invested than you'll ever know. 260 00:22:28,496 --> 00:22:30,998 There's a lot of graves along this railroad, 261 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,666 marked and unmarked. 262 00:22:32,708 --> 00:22:35,543 Some I laid to rest myself and some... time or two. 263 00:22:38,338 --> 00:22:41,505 Point is... 264 00:22:41,506 --> 00:22:45,801 I make no apologies for my temperament. 265 00:22:45,843 --> 00:22:50,138 Mr. Bohannon, I believe you're bleeding. 266 00:22:50,180 --> 00:22:54,350 Surely not from shaking hands with a shaving razor. 267 00:22:54,351 --> 00:22:56,519 Wolves, actually. 268 00:22:57,853 --> 00:23:01,272 The kind that bite. 269 00:23:12,573 --> 00:23:14,616 Why don't you shake hands with the new Chief Engineer 270 00:23:14,658 --> 00:23:15,992 of the Union Pacific railroad? 271 00:23:16,034 --> 00:23:18,994 I'd rather shake hands with the devil. 272 00:23:19,036 --> 00:23:20,663 You may well before this is over. 273 00:23:20,704 --> 00:23:22,998 You made 'em think I was your Butler or something? 274 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,999 I did, and it worked. 275 00:23:25,041 --> 00:23:27,210 Got the job. 276 00:23:27,252 --> 00:23:30,254 Now we got men to hire. Let's go. 277 00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:42,848 I don't like this at all. 278 00:23:42,889 --> 00:23:45,890 Safer back home with them Indians. 279 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:48,518 Meet me back at the hotel if we get split up. 280 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,313 I'm on you like a tick. 281 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,201 Show these lads their place of employ. 282 00:24:12,413 --> 00:24:16,207 Caught a musket ball at a bowery party the other night. 283 00:24:16,249 --> 00:24:18,375 It's festering a bit. 284 00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,377 "Either the ball comes out or the leg comes off," 285 00:24:20,419 --> 00:24:22,379 says the barber. 286 00:24:22,421 --> 00:24:24,547 Pardon the smell. 287 00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:26,174 I'm Cullen Bohannon, 288 00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:28,550 - new Chief Engineer of the... - I know who you are... 289 00:24:28,592 --> 00:24:31,052 And who you're pretending to be. 290 00:24:31,094 --> 00:24:32,678 No pretense, Mr. Duffy. 291 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,014 - I'm in need of railroad workers. - I know, I know. 292 00:24:35,055 --> 00:24:37,057 Who the hell do you think put the last two years 293 00:24:37,099 --> 00:24:38,557 on to Durant's pay but was me? 294 00:24:38,558 --> 00:24:42,227 I was hoping we could maintain it similar. 295 00:24:42,269 --> 00:24:43,353 Pleased with the quality of men, were ya? 296 00:24:43,395 --> 00:24:45,063 For the most part. 297 00:24:45,189 --> 00:24:48,398 "For the most part." 298 00:24:48,399 --> 00:24:51,652 Thems were the Creme de La Creme I sent Durant. 299 00:24:51,694 --> 00:24:54,362 Not the, uh, consumptive or the weak-backed. 300 00:24:54,404 --> 00:24:56,740 I winnowed 'em clean. 301 00:24:56,781 --> 00:24:59,200 You know why? 302 00:24:59,241 --> 00:25:00,409 Mr. Durant's a fine man. 303 00:25:00,451 --> 00:25:04,662 He backs up his word with solid gold. 304 00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:06,247 Locked away in prison now. 305 00:25:06,289 --> 00:25:08,247 Because of Tatterducks. 306 00:25:08,248 --> 00:25:11,834 They're jealous of his acumen. 307 00:25:11,876 --> 00:25:13,211 The man's a genius. 308 00:25:13,252 --> 00:25:14,712 Wouldn't you agree, Mr. Bohannon? 309 00:25:14,754 --> 00:25:16,838 Well... reckon even a genius 310 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,467 can run afoul of the law, Mr. Duffy. 311 00:25:21,926 --> 00:25:23,760 $1,000 in gold coins 312 00:25:23,761 --> 00:25:26,763 for each lot of 500 men boarded at the station. 313 00:25:26,804 --> 00:25:29,599 McFee counts 'em for me. 314 00:25:29,641 --> 00:25:32,392 Maybe you can have your nigger there count 'em for you. 315 00:25:32,434 --> 00:25:33,936 That is, of course, if he can count 316 00:25:33,977 --> 00:25:35,437 beyond his fingers and toes. 317 00:25:35,479 --> 00:25:37,270 The ones that fall off the train 318 00:25:37,271 --> 00:25:39,773 or that arrive with rigor mortis are not my concern. 319 00:25:39,774 --> 00:25:42,107 It's called attrition, according to Mr. Durant. 320 00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:44,236 Something pretty you wanna say to me, boy? 321 00:25:44,277 --> 00:25:47,445 The day it's just me and you 322 00:25:47,446 --> 00:25:50,948 is the day your Irish luck run out. 323 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:52,282 You gonna let your nigger 324 00:25:52,283 --> 00:25:54,118 speak to me that way, Mr. Bohannon? 325 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:55,786 He ain't my nigger. 326 00:25:55,828 --> 00:25:57,204 So when do you think you'll be able 327 00:25:57,246 --> 00:26:00,290 to send out the first shipment of men? 328 00:26:00,332 --> 00:26:03,125 Let us see your gold. 329 00:26:03,167 --> 00:26:06,461 I wouldn't show you how much money even if I had it on me. 330 00:26:09,631 --> 00:26:12,465 So you come around here wasting my time, 331 00:26:12,466 --> 00:26:16,803 not planning to commence business? 332 00:26:16,845 --> 00:26:19,139 Mr. Durant would never do that. 333 00:26:19,180 --> 00:26:21,973 How much coin do you have on you? 334 00:26:21,974 --> 00:26:25,309 Not enough to trouble you, Mr. Duffy. 335 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:30,897 It's no trouble at all, sir. 336 00:26:30,939 --> 00:26:32,607 Whatever you have on you will recompense me 337 00:26:32,649 --> 00:26:35,609 for speaking with you today. 338 00:26:35,651 --> 00:26:38,487 See, I'm a fine judge of character, Mr. Bohannon, 339 00:26:38,529 --> 00:26:40,321 and I can tell you have no interest 340 00:26:40,363 --> 00:26:42,448 in dealing with me or my enterprise. 341 00:26:42,490 --> 00:26:44,492 Now that's the first truth you spoke since we met. 342 00:26:47,035 --> 00:26:50,829 Now me and my friend here, we're gonna back out slow, 343 00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:53,583 and this'll be done. 344 00:27:09,553 --> 00:27:11,680 Boy, don't you ever step out of line like that again. 345 00:27:11,722 --> 00:27:13,599 Don't go for my gun. 346 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,308 Like to got us killed. 347 00:27:15,349 --> 00:27:19,185 Well, you should have let me have a gun. 348 00:27:19,186 --> 00:27:20,937 My grandpappy was right about you people. 349 00:27:20,979 --> 00:27:24,355 You mean when he owned us? 350 00:27:24,356 --> 00:27:26,024 Tore a thousand-acre plantation out of nothing, 351 00:27:26,025 --> 00:27:27,109 he did. 352 00:27:27,151 --> 00:27:28,277 Well, you tell your grandpappy 353 00:27:28,319 --> 00:27:29,693 we a free people now. 354 00:27:29,694 --> 00:27:31,362 - You tell him that. - Free? 355 00:27:31,404 --> 00:27:34,448 Well, shit. 356 00:27:34,490 --> 00:27:36,283 Don't you go telling me about your freedom, son. 357 00:27:36,325 --> 00:27:38,327 I know all about it. 358 00:27:38,368 --> 00:27:41,162 I'm the one that paid full price for. 359 00:27:41,204 --> 00:27:44,873 You may be free, but you sure as shit ain't my equal. 360 00:27:46,416 --> 00:27:48,501 Take 'em off. 361 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:54,464 Take 'em off. 362 00:27:56,925 --> 00:27:59,218 Oh, yeah? 363 00:28:00,385 --> 00:28:01,345 All right. 364 00:28:14,772 --> 00:28:18,066 Shh. Might be the landlady. 365 00:28:21,069 --> 00:28:23,779 Come in. 366 00:28:27,782 --> 00:28:30,909 Mr. Beale. 367 00:28:30,910 --> 00:28:32,911 Mr. Bohannon. 368 00:28:35,747 --> 00:28:36,915 Telegram. 369 00:28:36,998 --> 00:28:39,959 Actually, it's for Mr. Ferguson. 370 00:28:41,293 --> 00:28:43,253 Thank you, sir. 371 00:28:44,045 --> 00:28:47,506 Yeah, he can read. 372 00:28:47,548 --> 00:28:51,051 He's also a free man, in case you hadn't heard. 373 00:28:53,094 --> 00:28:55,096 Eva had the baby. 374 00:28:55,221 --> 00:28:57,222 Yeah. 375 00:28:57,305 --> 00:28:59,598 What is it? 376 00:28:59,599 --> 00:29:03,185 There you go talking that again. 377 00:29:03,227 --> 00:29:04,436 I meant is it a boy or girl? 378 00:29:04,437 --> 00:29:06,689 Don't say. 379 00:29:06,730 --> 00:29:09,773 Boy's fine. Girl's sweet too. 380 00:29:09,774 --> 00:29:13,235 - Just say it's healthy. - Hey. 381 00:29:14,361 --> 00:29:17,488 You remember this minute, all right? 382 00:29:20,241 --> 00:29:23,034 Might only come once. 383 00:29:26,787 --> 00:29:28,914 Yes, sir. 384 00:29:28,956 --> 00:29:31,916 I got me a baby. 385 00:30:06,527 --> 00:30:09,530 I'm sorry for the things I've done. 386 00:30:12,282 --> 00:30:16,994 And... for the things I left undone. 387 00:30:24,042 --> 00:30:27,961 Feeling like I bit off more than I can chew, you know? 388 00:30:30,713 --> 00:30:33,049 Course you do. 389 00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:38,720 Take off your gun! 390 00:30:40,888 --> 00:30:44,350 We'll have no guns in the house of the Lord. 391 00:30:45,683 --> 00:30:48,937 This is not a shooting gallery, sir. 392 00:30:49,895 --> 00:30:51,772 Reverend Corner. 393 00:30:51,814 --> 00:30:54,149 It's me, Cullen Bohannon. 394 00:30:54,191 --> 00:30:56,317 You married me and Mary Elizabeth Tate here 395 00:30:56,359 --> 00:30:58,486 back in '56. 396 00:31:00,946 --> 00:31:02,614 Uh... 397 00:31:05,699 --> 00:31:09,536 We... we don't recognize you. 398 00:31:13,373 --> 00:31:16,917 You're welcome to stay and pray with us, 399 00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:19,669 but... 400 00:31:19,710 --> 00:31:22,713 You'll have to leave the guns outside. 401 00:31:32,513 --> 00:31:35,515 Good day to y'all then. 402 00:31:41,395 --> 00:31:43,730 I did what I was supposed to do. 403 00:31:43,771 --> 00:31:45,231 I voted against Bohannon. 404 00:31:45,273 --> 00:31:47,650 Your job was not to vote against Bohannon. 405 00:31:47,692 --> 00:31:50,235 Your job was to get everyone else to vote against Bohannon! 406 00:31:50,277 --> 00:31:51,695 He was very compelling. 407 00:31:51,737 --> 00:31:55,573 Well, you tell that to your constituents 408 00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:58,658 when the Union Pacific bankrupts your state coffers. 409 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:00,535 You promised that wouldn't happen. 410 00:32:00,577 --> 00:32:03,454 No 411 00:32:03,495 --> 00:32:05,122 No. 412 00:32:05,164 --> 00:32:07,166 Not when I could run things 413 00:32:07,207 --> 00:32:10,460 through that cloddish son-in-law of yours. 414 00:32:16,882 --> 00:32:18,507 You have got to get me out of here. 415 00:32:18,549 --> 00:32:21,552 Thomas, I don't think I can get you out of here. 416 00:32:21,594 --> 00:32:24,637 We frankly have run out of friendly judges. 417 00:32:24,679 --> 00:32:26,306 There's always some new appointee, 418 00:32:26,347 --> 00:32:28,599 some... someone freshly elected, 419 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,350 a holder of a lien, 420 00:32:30,392 --> 00:32:32,478 a witness with a faulty memory. 421 00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:35,855 Perhaps a Peeping Tom or a chambermaid with a tail. 422 00:32:35,897 --> 00:32:40,817 Now you listen to me, you pissant! 423 00:32:40,859 --> 00:32:43,611 Your fall will be far greater than mine 424 00:32:43,652 --> 00:32:45,780 if Bohannon is not stopped 425 00:32:45,821 --> 00:32:48,656 and I am not returned the railroad. 426 00:32:50,784 --> 00:32:52,826 I understand. 427 00:32:57,914 --> 00:32:59,373 Good. 428 00:32:59,415 --> 00:33:02,167 Good. 429 00:33:08,923 --> 00:33:10,841 Looks a lot like Durant's old car. 430 00:33:10,883 --> 00:33:14,135 It is Durant's old car, just refurbished. 431 00:33:14,177 --> 00:33:16,804 Better sleeping quarters, heating throughout. 432 00:33:16,845 --> 00:33:18,639 Can we get a cot in here or something for Mr. Ferguson 433 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,474 for the ride back to Omaha? 434 00:33:20,516 --> 00:33:24,102 I loaned Mr. Ferguson money for passage on the negro car. 435 00:33:30,732 --> 00:33:32,108 Mr. Huntington. 436 00:33:32,149 --> 00:33:34,944 Collis Huntington, head of Central Pacific. 437 00:33:34,985 --> 00:33:37,612 Whoa. 438 00:33:37,654 --> 00:33:40,949 I'm glad I caught you, sir. Been wanting to meet you. 439 00:33:40,990 --> 00:33:44,451 Especially when I heard you weren't dead. 440 00:33:44,493 --> 00:33:49,080 Mr. Beale, may I have a moment with Mr. Bohannon, please? 441 00:33:49,122 --> 00:33:52,290 The package on the desk contains your issued stock. 442 00:33:52,332 --> 00:33:56,210 Thank you, Mr. Beale. 443 00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:08,220 You're being paid in stock 444 00:34:08,262 --> 00:34:09,596 because the Union Pacific's lenders 445 00:34:09,638 --> 00:34:12,640 have closed their books. 446 00:34:15,684 --> 00:34:17,561 Government's guaranteeing us. 447 00:34:17,602 --> 00:34:19,938 Government's in chaos. 448 00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:22,064 Senate wants to impeach the president for reconstruction. 449 00:34:22,106 --> 00:34:23,774 The house is investigating him 450 00:34:23,816 --> 00:34:25,525 for the assassination of Lincoln. 451 00:34:25,567 --> 00:34:26,943 There'll be no new vote 452 00:34:26,985 --> 00:34:28,903 on railroad funding until next session. 453 00:34:28,945 --> 00:34:31,613 In short, Mr. Bohannon, you and your railroad are broke. 454 00:34:31,655 --> 00:34:33,615 Got stockpiles in Missouri. 455 00:34:33,657 --> 00:34:35,533 I'll be in Wyoming by fall. 456 00:34:35,575 --> 00:34:38,369 No, you won't, Mr. Bohannon, regardless of your pace. 457 00:34:38,411 --> 00:34:40,454 I was making 2 mile a day. 458 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:41,997 Sometimes 5 when the work was good. 459 00:34:42,039 --> 00:34:43,832 You know what progress I'm making? 460 00:34:43,874 --> 00:34:46,000 - Hmm? - 12 a day. 461 00:34:46,042 --> 00:34:47,168 12 miles? 462 00:34:47,209 --> 00:34:49,545 12 inches a day. 463 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:51,546 Through solid granite. 464 00:34:51,588 --> 00:34:53,423 Now that may not sound like much, 465 00:34:53,465 --> 00:34:55,591 but I'm almost through the sierras. 466 00:34:55,632 --> 00:34:59,094 And I just received 5,000 pounds of Nitroglycerin 467 00:34:59,136 --> 00:35:01,763 and 11,000 Chinamen who do not get sick 468 00:35:01,804 --> 00:35:04,140 and are happy to work with half pay. 469 00:35:04,182 --> 00:35:06,391 Now I am backed by the Bank of England, 470 00:35:06,433 --> 00:35:08,727 funded by all the tons of glittering gold 471 00:35:08,769 --> 00:35:10,811 found in the streams of California. 472 00:35:10,853 --> 00:35:13,022 It's the Golden State, Mr. Bohannon. 473 00:35:13,064 --> 00:35:14,898 Looking forward to meeting you there at the border then. 474 00:35:14,939 --> 00:35:17,400 Oh, you haven't read the papers, sir. 475 00:35:17,442 --> 00:35:19,068 My friends in congress have just voted 476 00:35:19,109 --> 00:35:21,236 to lift my building restrictions. 477 00:35:21,278 --> 00:35:23,988 Now, once I'm through the mountains, it's all downhill. 478 00:35:24,030 --> 00:35:25,990 I intend to cross the California border 479 00:35:26,032 --> 00:35:28,076 and be in your camp before you know it. 480 00:35:28,117 --> 00:35:30,202 The stretch between Nebraska and California is mine. 481 00:35:30,243 --> 00:35:35,122 No, sir, it belongs to whomever can cross it first. 482 00:35:35,164 --> 00:35:37,041 Now, based on your reputation, 483 00:35:37,083 --> 00:35:38,917 I'm offering you a chance to cross it with me, 484 00:35:38,958 --> 00:35:41,878 but from the west, and you'll be paid in gold. 485 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:46,382 Not in some worthless paper. 486 00:35:46,423 --> 00:35:49,342 Huh. 487 00:35:51,678 --> 00:35:54,680 Well, I... Already gave my word 488 00:35:54,721 --> 00:35:56,431 to the gentleman at Credit Mobilier, 489 00:35:56,473 --> 00:35:59,225 and that's about all I got left, so... 490 00:36:09,483 --> 00:36:10,526 Board. 491 00:36:10,567 --> 00:36:12,277 All aboard. 492 00:36:12,319 --> 00:36:15,655 Chicago, Omaha, 493 00:36:15,697 --> 00:36:18,615 and all points west. 494 00:36:18,657 --> 00:36:22,285 It was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bohannon. 495 00:36:22,327 --> 00:36:24,328 Board! 496 00:36:26,330 --> 00:36:28,373 Hmm. 497 00:36:42,551 --> 00:36:46,013 Omaha! The stop is Omaha. 498 00:37:08,405 --> 00:37:12,199 Well... look at you. 499 00:37:12,324 --> 00:37:14,327 How you feeling? 500 00:37:14,368 --> 00:37:17,203 She came out kicking and tearing. 501 00:37:17,245 --> 00:37:19,873 - She? - Mm-hmm. 502 00:37:22,958 --> 00:37:23,959 Can I see her? 503 00:37:24,001 --> 00:37:26,003 Yeah. 504 00:37:29,797 --> 00:37:32,758 She's moving all right. 505 00:37:32,799 --> 00:37:35,802 - You all right? - Yeah. 506 00:37:48,771 --> 00:37:51,898 You can't tell much with newborns. 507 00:37:51,939 --> 00:37:54,984 They're all wrinkled up 508 00:37:55,026 --> 00:37:57,444 and splotchy-looking. 509 00:37:59,446 --> 00:38:01,656 She's beautiful. 510 00:38:06,368 --> 00:38:09,037 Thank you. 511 00:38:13,874 --> 00:38:16,876 She like her daddy. 512 00:38:19,212 --> 00:38:21,463 I'm glad you're back. 513 00:38:29,220 --> 00:38:30,595 Ladies. 514 00:38:30,637 --> 00:38:34,391 Aye, Mr. Bohannon. 515 00:38:34,432 --> 00:38:36,433 You look great. How was New York? 516 00:38:36,475 --> 00:38:38,852 It was an open sewer, Mr. McGinnes. 517 00:38:38,894 --> 00:38:40,561 Mm. 518 00:38:40,603 --> 00:38:44,273 My new hat don't fit me either. 519 00:38:44,315 --> 00:38:46,149 Welcome back, sir. 520 00:38:46,191 --> 00:38:48,819 We're all very excited about, um, our new prospects west, 521 00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:49,819 aren't we, girls? Yes. 522 00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:52,947 It'll be a few more days before we ship out. 523 00:38:52,989 --> 00:38:54,365 We need to collect some crews. 524 00:38:54,407 --> 00:38:57,075 Actually, um... 525 00:38:57,117 --> 00:39:00,869 Once the word got back that you're the new Chief Engineer, 526 00:39:00,911 --> 00:39:02,621 workers started coming in from all over, 527 00:39:02,663 --> 00:39:05,623 began loading up the trains. 528 00:39:05,665 --> 00:39:07,959 That's a nice vote of confidence, I would say. 529 00:39:08,001 --> 00:39:11,253 Wouldn't you, Mr. Bohannon? 530 00:39:11,294 --> 00:39:14,714 When do we roll out? 531 00:39:14,755 --> 00:39:18,050 At your leisure and signal. 532 00:39:18,092 --> 00:39:20,093 Sir. 533 00:39:26,849 --> 00:39:28,475 Yes, sir. 534 00:39:28,517 --> 00:39:29,726 Mr. Bohannon. 535 00:39:31,144 --> 00:39:32,520 Freedmen ready to get to work? 536 00:39:32,562 --> 00:39:35,272 Hmm, damn lowlife scrabble hereabouts 537 00:39:35,314 --> 00:39:37,774 taking all our hard-saved railroad money. 538 00:39:37,816 --> 00:39:39,275 - Mm? - Mm-hmm. 539 00:39:39,317 --> 00:39:40,526 Treating us like it's backsliding times. 540 00:39:40,568 --> 00:39:42,028 - Mm-mm. - Yes, sir. 541 00:39:42,069 --> 00:39:43,487 Anywhere but here. 542 00:39:43,529 --> 00:39:45,572 - Even Hell on Wheels? - Hmm. 543 00:39:45,613 --> 00:39:48,241 Sound like heaven when you say it. 544 00:39:48,283 --> 00:39:49,950 Don't forget your man Psalms here when you make 545 00:39:49,992 --> 00:39:51,535 your, uh, Walking Boss list, huh? 546 00:39:51,577 --> 00:39:53,786 There's a lady on the cowcatcher, Mr. Bohannon. 547 00:39:53,828 --> 00:39:55,163 Alive or dead? 548 00:39:55,204 --> 00:39:59,333 I'm not sure what's going on. 549 00:39:59,374 --> 00:40:01,668 Say, Mr. Bohannon, is that, um... 550 00:40:01,710 --> 00:40:03,461 Is that Sparky's pipe? 551 00:40:03,502 --> 00:40:05,504 Was. 552 00:40:09,132 --> 00:40:11,134 Ruth? 553 00:40:15,429 --> 00:40:17,680 I'm so sorry, Mr. Bohannon. 554 00:40:17,681 --> 00:40:20,892 I was gathering my thoughts for a prayer before we set off. 555 00:40:30,024 --> 00:40:32,776 You can pray with me if you want. 556 00:40:32,817 --> 00:40:37,322 I'll leave you in charge of that department. 557 00:40:47,663 --> 00:40:49,872 Heavenly Father, 558 00:40:49,873 --> 00:40:52,458 You have given us a vision of this railroad 559 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:55,252 which will bind our nation. 560 00:40:55,294 --> 00:40:57,754 Lord Christ, when you came among us, 561 00:40:57,796 --> 00:40:59,756 you proclaimed God's Kingdom 562 00:40:59,798 --> 00:41:03,550 in towns and lonely places such as these. 563 00:41:04,718 --> 00:41:07,552 Grant that your presence be known 564 00:41:07,553 --> 00:41:10,640 as this railroad is built across this land. 565 00:41:14,893 --> 00:41:18,270 Have mercy on those who labor on it. 566 00:41:18,312 --> 00:41:21,730 Send us honest and able leaders. 567 00:41:21,731 --> 00:41:23,942 May peace prevail with righteousness, 568 00:41:23,984 --> 00:41:28,028 justice with order, and help us eliminate poverty, 569 00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:30,281 oppression along the way. 570 00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:33,324 And especially eliminate evil. 571 00:41:43,374 --> 00:41:46,126 All this we ask 572 00:41:46,167 --> 00:41:48,253 in God's Holy name. 573 00:41:50,088 --> 00:41:52,172 Amen.