Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)

"Eminent Domain"
Hell on Wheels episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 2
Directed byAdam Davidson
Written byJohn Wirth
Featured music
Production code302
Original air dateAugust 10, 2013 (2013-08-10)

"Eminent Domain" is the second episode of the third season of the American television drama series Hell on Wheels, which aired on August 10, 2013, on AMC. The twenty-second episode of the series is written by showrunner John Wirth and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, the railroad progress is interrupted by a family of Mormons in its path. When a family member kills Dick Barlow (Matthew Glave), the railroad's chief engineer, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) seeks justice. Louise Ellison (Jennifer Ferrin), a New-York Tribune reporter, arrives in town to witness it all.