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Hell on Wheels Season Finale Review: This Means War

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Cullen Prepares for Battle














The Swede killed Lily.














Let's keep this show rolling.



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    Don;t these producers know what type of handguns they should be using. Most of the habdguns I am seeing on the show are 3 years out of date. And don't get me started on the Union Cavalry officer with a mohawk !. I really don't think he would be in the service very long wearing that.


    What a horrible turn this show has taken. It was clear that Cullen, even though he had no problem killing, had a strong sense of morality when it came to the opposite sex. He turned down whores and adult viewings for both seasons. He did not pursue Lily Bell like a dog with a bone. I think its because he would feel un-loyal or betraying to his late wife. He was not like the other men.

    Now, in the first episode of season three, hes kissing whores and having one night stands with randoms. Why would this show degrade him to all of the other men on this show. Lily and Cullen were going to live honest together. Now Lily is dead and Cullen is with whores. Who thought to take this path?


    For 17 episodes (Season 1&2)I absolutely loved HoW but the last 3 episodes were utterly stupid. The writing and the plots were atrociously implausible. Cullen Bohannon getting brow-beaten by Mrs Durant and choosing the railroad over Lily was so ludicrous I almost didn't bother with the last episode. The end of the Lily Bell character probably came about as a result of Ms McElligott's decision to leave the series. To kill her off, however, compounded her fans' sadness at her departure with the misery of watching her die...and that's lousy audience relations. I decided to take in the first few episodes of season 3 if only to confirm my suspicions that the series would be dull without Lily Bell whom I adored. I was right.


    So pissed, so pissed. I just watched season 2 on Netflix, and can't understand why a great show like this insists on doing the same thing every over show does. Why is this total ridiculously threating, completely mortal antagonist kept alive just saw he can kill off an essential character to deepen the wounds that the protagonist has to overcome. Just plain stupid, especially when they dangled the death of the swede like a carrot. Hand to hand he was never much of an adversary for Cullen, should've killed him sooner.


    stupid stupid stupid for killing lily bell. i was a huge fan but will not watch again after i watched the first show of the 3 rd season, i wanted to see if she was only almost dead..


    HOW is a good show, but it made a grave mistake in how it removed Lily Bell. I am stunned by the amount of thoughtlessness that went into Lily Bell's last scene. If the show is about one man's redemption, then keep that focus in the writing. Don't introduce a strong, leading female character, with unforgettable, sterling qualities, powerful enough to consume the audience, and then kill her off with a simple stroke of the pen. Your effrontery is inexcusable, Mr. Shiban, as Lily might say. Nevertheless, I have come to believe that killing Lily Bell must have transpired from some sort of disagreement between Dominique and the showâ€™s producers, or whomever. It cannot be about returning the story to redemption, because another strong, leading female character is introduced in the upcoming season. The problem for the writer(s) is getting the audience to forget about the unforgettable Lily Bell. To that, I say, good luck! To the show, I say, good riddance.


    Lily is dead as a door nail. Strangled burnt and dropped on death's door, literally. As much as I'd love to see her come back as well, she will not be miraculously revived. She's dead. Gone. Never coming back. Sorry guys.


    Lily dying basically ruined the show for me, the story had so much potential with her and Cullen, it's a dirty shame.


    I know some people think it was great writing to have Lily killed off, but I get tired of these kind of stories. I agree with the ones who say they will not watch anymore. All the shows seem to this sort of thing these days or they cancel them about the time you get really interested in them. Are all the writers and directors so sadistic these days? Do they not know how to write a good plot without having to kill off the favorite charactors? I would rather see them leave to go somewhere else than kill them off.


    I agree with the comments about lily. If she is gone this season I am done, the show rocked so far. But why invest so much time in a character just to off them in season 2. Just like Sara in prison break, they almost lost all their fans for offing Sara. They had to come up with a way to bring her back early on because so many people were angry. If lily is gone for real I think many people will stop wstching... that ruined the whole episode for me...
