10. Return to Hell

Complete story — includes the ending

Cullen returns to Cheyenne with Durant, Mickey, and the freedmen. The workers take refuge in the church, while Durant and Cullen make compromises with Campbell about the railroad construction and upholding the law. Sydney blocks the door to the church and sets fire to it, as Ruth watches in horror. Most of the men are able to escape, except those shot at by Sydney. Eva finds the man who raped her among those injured, and she smothers him to death while Louise watches from a distance. Louise later mentions this to Eva but promises to keep it secret, as the man also once raped her. Ruth cannot find Ezra, and Mickey mentions the hiding place under the floorboards of the church. There, Cullen and Ruth find Ezra dead. Cullen forces Campbell, at gunpoint, to allow justice be served on Sydney, even if he has fled. In Utah, Brigham Young and The Swede discuss the Central Pacific Railroad's progress with Collis Huntington ( Tim Guinee ), although The Swede oversteps his bounds and Young corrects him. Huntington shows interest in The Swede, nevertheless. Back in Cheyenne, Louise tells Campbell she is writing an article about his administration, which he might not like. After burying Ezra, Ruth tells Cullen that her wish is for Sydney to be returned to Hell and for his suffering to be "deep and eternal". Sydney returns to challenge Cullen to a duel – though Cullen says he's done with killing and will arrest him. He says Cullen will have to take his guns from him. As they approach each other, Ruth gets another man's gun and shoots Sydney twice.