Hell on Wheels

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Season 2
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 6, 2011
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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Critic Reviews

  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Aug 3, 2012
    83
    It's a measure of how absorbing Hell on Wheels is that each of these characters has evolved into someone we know and, in varying degrees,m root for. [10 Aug 2012, p.65]
  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Aug 10, 2012
    70
    Hell on Wheels is a perfectly adequate piece of television with above adequate production values.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Aug 9, 2012
    70
    It no longer feels like you're watching a dozen different TV shows now that the main characters actually interact with one another. And the show's pace seems more brisk, less stodgy.
  5. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Aug 13, 2012
    67
    It's successful enough at achieving its own more modest goals.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Aug 8, 2012
    67
    Where is this headed? Who knows? But it's heading there slowly. Nevertheless, the cast--Common, Meaney, Heyerdahl and Mount--is good, while the Old West still feels especially beautiful and perilous.

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#86 Best TV Season of 2012
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#81 Most Shared TV Season of 2012

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 68
  3. Negative: 3 out of 68
  1. WikileaksWho
    Aug 13, 2013
    5
    I can't understand how people loved this season more than the previous one. First season was perfect but this?! Awful! Full of soap opera,I can't understand how people loved this season more than the previous one. First season was perfect but this?! Awful! Full of soap opera, full of disappointment. I hated season 2.… Full Review »
  2. Cymon
    Oct 10, 2012
    10
    I have loved this show from the beginning. The writing leaves me each week in a state of looking forward to the next episode at BattlestarI have loved this show from the beginning. The writing leaves me each week in a state of looking forward to the next episode at Battlestar Gallactica. The characters are so evolving each episode that I don't care what part of the story ie.. the rail... is driven forward but what the characters are doing. Too bad more folks don't know their history or more would appreciate the show. There is so much that can be said without saying much. Thanks AMC.… Full Review »
  3. SwampDonkey
    Nov 7, 2013
    1
    The first season was great, reminded me of Deadwood's excitement and believability. Seasons 2 episodes have the same arc...boring, boring,The first season was great, reminded me of Deadwood's excitement and believability. Seasons 2 episodes have the same arc...boring, boring, boring, cliffhanger. AMC does best when they stick with the original show runner see seasons 3 and 4 of Walking Dead.… Full Review »
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