Hell on Wheels (TV Series) Bear Man (2014) User Reviews

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[sYneStra713 · 8/10 · 8 July 2015]

I liked this episode. I don't know what is up with everyone. I was wondering what happened to Elam since witnessing him being attacked by a grizzly towards the end of Season 3. He and Eva were my favorite couple. So I was glad to have clarification as to what happened to him. Plus, Common is fine and he has an awesome voice.

Btw, to another reviewer, LSD, Lysergic Acid Diatholomide is a derivative from Ergot, a fungus that can grow, naturally, in rye or other grasses. It is one theory that the Salem, Massachusetts crazed witch hunt was due to a very bad batch of rye bread. So, yes, in a sense, Acid did happen long before Hell on Wheels time.

What? No review?

[Jtowndog · 9/10 · 22 February 2018]

Apparently, some reviewers can't seem to find satisfaction when there isn't a white cast dominance in a episode.

Best episode so far

[fadekort-73975 · 9/10 · 26 June 2022]

And that's it folks,best episode...seeing Elam again was awesome,and he turning into sometging else was even better. I don't understand the haters over here,giving this a 1 star.unbelievable...

Amazing episode of Hell on Wheels

[urthpainter · 10/10 · 7 May 2024]

This should be the highest rated episode of the entire series. It's a brilliant television episode that effectively portrays brain damage, and a Real World dream. I guess some fans of this show were not ready for such an artistic episode focusing on Common's character, Elam Furguson.

After a lot of questions, Hell on Wheels returns to Elam on a surreal journey, as he returns to health after a traumatic head injury. Every single aspect of this episode is well thought out and brilliantly created. Like the best episodes of this show, its very immersive, but in a completely different way. I'd say the unrelenting approach is maintained, but the reality is far from grounded due to the perspective of this episodes main character.

Bear Man is to me, not only the best episode of Hell on Wheels, but one of the best episodes of any TV show. I find it a little frustrating that many fans of this show gave this episode no chance, and just instantly conclude it's without merit. It's a pitiable offense. Especially in the realm of fiction. I'd argue less open mind and more ability to recognize merit. Perhaps a valid argument exists to back up not liking this episode - but to give the lowest possible score says way more about the reviewer than it does about Bear Man, season 4 episode 6 of Hell on Wheels.

Wow that sucked

[kevinsauvageau · 1/10 · 18 September 2014]

So I'm hooked to this show, but that episode was horrid.

I actually watched some scenes on Fast Forward. It was that unBEARable, (no pun intended)...

Maybe it seemed so long because Episode 5 ended on such a cliff hanger, that i cared more about that story then the "bear man's" return. To dedicate a whole episode on his recovery seemed excessive. It had potential, just seemed like they dragged it on so long... They could have summed it up in 1/8 of an episode.

Other then this episode, great season so far... Can't wait for the rest.

Loogie is too good a word for this episode

[stevescoundrel · 1/10 · 9 September 2014]

The worst piece of crap episode ever created. Anyone who watched HellOnWheels the first time would never watch it again. Not a chance. Anybody on the fence would be out. They've had enough sketchy stuff this year but a whole episode just to set the uber ridiculous circumstances for Elam's return should get a lot of people fired. 5 minutes would have been too much to bear.

HellOnWheels started as a revenge western then went sideways and then backwards with the Swede apparently dropping acid (which didn't exist) killing people like Lilly. His character is great but to prevent the ongoing theater of the absurd, they shouldn't have brought him back. The writers are clearly on acid. Let's have the actual Brigham Young enlist the evil Swede to sabotage the railroad! Why not? Let's all take acid! The absurd peyote western where we make up it as we go like none other! The more asinine, the more absurd, the worse the hellhole that is Hell on Wheels.

Laughably bad

[dalemuchow · 1/10 · 30 November 2020]

Layers of cheesy campiness available in this episode. Just need to know where to find it. Exactly how many flawed, needless, ludicrous and shamelessly derivative sub-plots and arcs we should reasonably expect to endure - it is entertainment after all - has become a bit of a fixation of me at this point, since the show doesn't respect itself or its audience at this point anymore.