The BEST episodes directed by Rod Lurie
#1 - False Prophets
Hell on Wheels - Season 5 - Episode 7
Cullen and Durant meet with President Grant to discuss the future of the railroad; the Swede puts his plan against the Mormons in action.
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#2 - Elam Ferguson
Hell on Wheels - Season 4 - Episode 7
Cullen attempts to reconnect with Elam upon his return. Durant takes matters into his own hands while putting an old problem to rest.
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#4 - The Lord's Day
Hell on Wheels - Season 2 - Episode 8
A new arrival stirs things up in Hell on Wheels, while Eva gets caught between Elam and Mr. Toole.
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#6 - First Strike
Commander In Chief - Season 1 - Episode 3
Faced with her first national crisis - the death of nine DEA agents in Latin America - Mackenzie shows strength and resolve in dealing with a corrupt leader. Meanwhile, Nathan Templeton is approached by an ambitious congressman who served with Mac's Vice Presidential candidate, Warren Keaton, and is eager to divulge potentially damaging info in an effort to derail his nomination. Mac's teenage twins resume public school, only this time it's complete with secret service detail and press spectacle, and while popular Horace welcomes the attention, shy Rebecca finds it overwhelming.
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#7 - First Choice
Commander In Chief - Season 1 - Episode 2
As Mackenzie begins the transition into the office of President, she has to select a Vice President, a situation in which Nathan Templeton tries using to his advantage. Mackenzie's daughter, Rebecca, faces a crisis when her diary goes missing, which contains information about her mother that could hurt her.
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#8 - Pilot
Commander In Chief - Season 1 - Episode 1
Mackenzie Allen, who serves as Vice President of the United States, has a tough decision to make, whether or not to go against the wishes of the dying current President. He has asked her to step down and let someone a little more appropriate take his place in the Oval Office. However, it's not only the President that is calling for her resignation, it's her entire party which elected her as the Vice President to start with.
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