Watch Hell on Wheels - Immortal Mathematics Online S01E02

Immortal Mathematics Christopher Heyerdahl makes his first appearance as the Swede in Hell on Wheels 1x02, "Immoral Mathematics," which airs tonight at 10 pm on AMC. He's been getting great reviews for the show (see here), so see the episode if you get a chance. Here is another one, from The Boston Globe Indeed, once a character known as the Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) shows up in episode 2, with his silent-picture expressiveness and the kind of threatening presence usually found in Coen Brothers movies, I was fully invested in the show and looking forward to seeing the rest of the 10-episode season. The Swede is just the kind of twisted psycho creep you want to watch closely, the showiest bad guy in the "Hell on Wheels'' stampede of antiheroes led by financier, swindler, and railroad builder Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney).

Set in the 1860s at the beginning of reconstruction, the series follows Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier, who is determined to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest for vengeanace sends him westward to Nebraska's "Hell on Wheels," the lawless towns that move with the construction of the transcontinental railroad. However, things get complicated when a Cheyenne tribe attacks the construction of the railroad, determined to destroy the project because it is being built through their lands.

We've got two versions of Hell on Wheels here there's the version that's interesting and cool and the version that wants to be cool and isn't. "Immoral Mathematics" is caught in between.

Watch Hell on Wheels - Immortal Mathematics Online

[fbcomments] Hell on Wheels S01E02 - Immortal Mathematics The suspicious man is The Swede (though he's actually Norwegian!); an imposing, tall figure with a charmingly thick accent and Zen-ish demeanor (played by Christopher Heyerdahl). The Swede asked Bohannon a few questions and Bohannon, not being a fool, quickly caught on they figured him as the murderer. After all, he was the last person to be seen with Johnson. Their conversation is eloquent and peaceful, but hinted at a power struggle beneath the words.

This is where Hell on Wheels captures us. It's clever and interesting. The Swede's exposition was quick and simple and you got a lot more from him in the first three minutes than most characters get in 20. A lot of shows have attempted to set up a scene like this and completely failed. A lot of shows have delayed the inevitable calling of the law to raise the tension when it's completely undeserved. Hell on Wheels delivered on the scene and went against the grain on the latter and it was awesome. When Hell on Wheels isn't deliberately trying to be cool, it is. An Occurrance at Owl Creek Bridge is a short story by Ambrose Bierce about a southern farmer caught trying to sabotage a Union regiment's march through the south by blowing up a bridge. (There was a short film made about it in the 1960s, I highly recommend it.) There were a handful of references to it in this episode, namely when Bohannon dreamed of seeing his wife again and when he described blowing up a bridge. These kind of references make me think the creators have done their research and want to put up not just a good show, but a great show.

It looks like Hell on Wheels still isn't sure what it's going to be. The Swede is an extraordinary addition to the series, though, and hopefully the series continues to build and progress as it goes on. episode 2 [l]