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1 :01x01 - Wheel to the Stars
Writer: Kirk Ellis
Director: Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Guest star: Francesco Quinn (Capitan de Salamanca), Maureen Thomas (Margaret Wheeler), Sean Blakemore (Ben Franklin)
A telling of American Western exploration begins with a Lakota-tribe holy man (Simon R. Baker) envisioning the white man's arrival. Meanwhile, a young Virginian (Matthew Settle) migrates to California by teaming with a band of mountain men, headed by rugged Jedediah Smith (Josh Brolin). Will Patton, Gary Busey. Steven Spielberg executive produced the epic six-part series.
2 :01x02 - Manifest Destiny
Running Fox (Zahn McClarnon) leaves his tribe to meet the white man. Meanwhile, Jacob (Matthew Settle) and Thunder Heart Woman take a perilous journey to California after they meet a fast-talking pitch man (Beau Bridges) and join his large wagon train. On their trip, the travelers take in breathtaking vistas but must endure unforgiving river crossings, torrential storms, disease and Indian warriors.
3 :01x03 - Dreams & Schemes
Jethro Wheeler (Skeet Ulrich) gets gold fever and leaves home to strike it rich. Meanwhile, Margaret continues her search for her father, Jacob; and conflict escalates between white settlers and Native Americans, resulting in the establishment of reservations. The fine cast includes Sean Astin, Rachael Leigh Cook, Balthazar Getty and Matthew Modine. Steven Spielberg executive produced.
4 :01x04 - Hell on Wheels
Writer: Kirk Ellis
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Robert Dornhelm
Guest star: Wes Studi (Black Kettle)
With construction under way on the Transcontinental Railroad, tension mounts between settlers and Native Americans. Elsewhere, Daniel (Lance Henriksen) builds a moveable way station, where Clara (Rachael Leigh Cook) works as a seamstress; and Jacob Jr. (Tyler Christopher) joins Custer's cavalry.
5 :01x05 - Casualties of War
Writer: Kirk Ellis
Director: Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Guest star: Charles Sanders (Sen. William B. Allison), Adam Taylor (General Alfred Terry), Chris Browning (Trooper Long), Joe Peracchio (Reporter), Wesley R. Gowen (Kurtz)
In 1874, a new gold rush brings fortune hunters to the Black Hills. Meanwhile, Custer's army faces off against Sitting Bull's warriors at Little Bighorn; Robert and Clara (Rachael Leigh Cook) find success with their general store; and Margaret (Irene Bedard) takes orphaned children under her wing at a refugee camp. Keith Carradine, Judge Reinhold. Steven Spielberg executive produced; Timothy Van Patten directed.
6 :01x06 - Ghost Dance
Writer: William Mastrosimone, Kirk Ellis
Director: Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
In the finale, the tension between soldiers and Indians reaches the boiling point in a bloody massacre at Wounded Knee; Robert Wheeler (Craig Sheffer) delivers rations to reservations; and Margaret Light Shines (Irene Bedard) witnesses how reporters are fabricating history with staged photographs that depict white men heroically and Indians as savages. David Paymer, Joanna Going. Steven Spielberg executive produced; Jeremy Podeswa directed.