| "Viva la Mexico" | |
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| Hell on Wheels episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | David Von Ancken |
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| Featured music | "Will There Be Enough Water?" by The Dead Weather |
| Production code | 201 |
| Original air date | August 12, 2012 |
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"Viva la Mexico" is the season premiere of the second season of the American television drama series Hell on Wheels, which aired on August 12, 2012 on AMC. The eleventh episode of the series is written by Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, on the run for his crimes, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) robs trains with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers, while Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) and Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) continue the Union Pacific Railroad's westward progress.