Season 5

Air date:2015-07-18
User score:
8.2
Number of episodes:14

Cullen Bohannon finds himself a stranger in a strange land: Truckee, California. Home to the headquarters of the Central Pacific railroad, this rough mountain railroad town teems with thousands of Chinese workers who are foreign in language, culture and traditions. While grappling with the challenges of corralling his new workforce, Cullen leads the Central Pacific’s herculean effort to tunnel through the Sierra Nevada mountains, sometimes achieving only inches a day in the race to complete America’s first Transcontinental Railroad.

List of Episodes

S5E1

8.5

Air date: 2015-07-18

Runtime: min

Cullen is in California with the Central Pacific Railroad, and must deal with the new workers.

S5E2

7.3

Air date: 2015-07-25

Runtime: min

Cullen and Fong find themselves in peril as they transport a locomotive over the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Swede gains Phineas' trust.

S5E3

8.3

Air date: 2015-08-01

Runtime: min

Cullen contends with violence in Chinatown set off by disgruntled railroad workers. Meanwhile, the Swede manipulates Phineas in his plot against the Mormons.

S5E4

8.1

Air date: 2015-08-08

Runtime: min

Cullen solves a Chinese labor strike in the wake of violence. Meanwhile, Durant pulls Mickey deeper into Union Pacific business.

S5E5

8.3

Air date: 2015-08-15

Runtime: min

Unexpected violence erupts in Chinatown during the festival of Tin Hau Don; Cullen confronts the Swede; and Durant involves Maggie in his latest scheme.