This release compiles every episode from season five of Hell on Wheels, the western series about a former Confederate soldier who helps construct and expand the first transcontinental railroad, a task taken on after initially seeking revenge on the Union troops who killed his wife. Starring Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannon.
All ten episodes of the award-winning medical drama series' second season, set in 1901, is available in this collection. Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen) continues to perform cutting-edge operations, including an electrical brain stimulation and a devised procedure to seperate conjoined twins, while battling a heroin addiction that is becoming increasingly dire. Meanwhile, the gifted Dr. Algernon Edwards (Andre Holland), who has ascended to the role of acting chief of surgery, continues to face racially-charged disrespect while dealing with the reappearance of his strong-willed wife, Opal (Zaraah Abrahams). Subplots include Nurse Elkins' (Eve Hewson) search for personal and professional fulfillment, a fiery, near-death experience and various other events in and out of Knickerbocker Hospital with grave consequences. All ten episodes are directed by Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh.
Sorry, but this is the first movie (for these super hero's) for me to follow the plot. It seemed like a good and bad of each character and I found myself not being able to keep track of what was going on. Probably would be O.K. for the younger generation.