Durant challenges the Cheyenne to a competition in an effort to bring a halt to ongoing negotiations. Meanwhile, Elam and Cullen try to prevent bloodshed in town.

Cullen struggles to maintain order while Mickey's and Sean's lives are endangered; Lily and Elam clean up a mess of their own doing.

In the aftermath of tragedy, Lily and Cullen struggle to maintain order in Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Elam makes plans for the future.

Cullen helps Elam track down a dangerous criminal; the town prepares to move down the tracks.

Cullen goes head to head with the new marshal to recover his arrested railroad workers. Campbell confronts Louise over a story.