On this episode of Hell on Wheels…

Sid is alive but barely.

Ruth goes with Louise to wait and she is kept under guard by Psalms.

Cullen, Eva and Doc attempt to keep Sid alive or else Ruth will be punished for her actions. They saw off his leg, but eventually he still bleeds out.

Cullen is forced to retrieve Ruth and take her to jail.

Flashbacks reveal Ruth as a child, watching her father kill in the name of religion.

Mickey’s cousin arrives in town to take back the bar and he pulls out a man’s eye.