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I too thought he was going to die once the railroad was complete. After all it made sense.... he accomplished his goal and didn't really have anything left. But I don't know.... I was kind of surprised that he did all of that work just for Durant to claim victory. It was refreshing to see Psalms and his crew break off of Durant's job to help Bohannon's team and the CP win the race. There is a lot of respect for Bohannon amongst the crew on both sides. I think they know his real focus has been completing that railroad. He even admitted that the cost of the railroad was too high which showed me that despite his tough exterior, he cared about all of the people that worked for him. He was on the front line driving spikes unlike Durant, which goes to show that he didn't think of himself as better than anyone else.
I'm still leaning towards someone trying to kill him off. I was a bit surprised that inspectors needed to check the railroad, so there is a glimmer of possibility (doubtful, but a glimmer) that they could make a feeble attempt to salvage the show with needing to go back and fix sections of track. But at this point it's ran its course, so the show is likely going to end next week.
Well, this next to the last issue showed what the series could have been -- connected more realistically with history, while still telling the stories of the various fictional and semi-fictional characters. And, if my remembrance of history is not faulty, I seem to recall that near the end the 2 railroads actually built track right past each other.
As far as what happened to Bohannon at the end of the episode...I don't think it was a heart attack (although it seemed that way at first), I think it was just a panic attack while drunk. One of the things that disappointed me about this final short season is that Bohannon was (past tense) just about the only really good guy in the story line. Now even he's not at all noble. If I know then what I know now about the course of this show, I might not have begun watching it.
Well, this next to the last issue showed what the series could have been -- connected more realistically with history, while still telling the stories of the various fictional and semi-fictional characters. And, if my remembrance of history is not faulty, I seem to recall that near the end the 2 railroads actually built track right past each other.
As far as what happened to Bohannon at the end of the episode...I don't think it was a heart attack (although it seemed that way at first), I think it was just a panic attack while drunk. One of the things that disappointed me about this final short season is that Bohannon was (past tense) just about the only really good guy in the story line. Now even he's not at all noble. If I know then what I know now about the course of this show, I might not have begun watching it.
Agree with your conclusions phetaroi.
The beginning of this series was good entertainment. The end has become depressing.
I don't know that I'd say he isn't noble as much as he just appears to be lost and trying to survive. Those were tough times, and a lot of people made bad decisions. I'd definitely say he is the lesser of the evils on the show though.
When Bohannon fell to the floor I saw the collapse as exhaustion both physical but mostly mental. When you think about the highs and lows of his life, the pain he has endured and dealt out, the people he has lost, the people he has killed.
Driving that final spike was the end of a chapter in his life and I think he looked back at what it took to reach that point and wondered if it was all worth it.
He was overwhelmed by the sorrow but if I know Bohannon he will sober up and move on.
The character of Bohannon reminds me of another guy from a popular TV show, Rick on the Walking Dead. It seems whenever someone gets close to either of these guys they die.
I thought that Bohannon was going to become a Yankee officer. At least, he didn't die. He went after his love.
He did accept the commission, only he ran into Custer with his rather fight than love speech before the change of command for the 4th Cavalry and having being told of forgiveness from the first murder of the series in the Catholic Church confessional he sails off into the sunset while Eva literally rode off into the sunset.
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The Final Chapter 7/23/16
