In the episode, Thomas C. Durant (Colm Meaney) and Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) travel by train to Chicago, for different reasons; the Irishmen from Hell On Wheels intend to kill Elam (Common) to entertain themselves, but Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) interferes and helps Elam escape.
Elam's "owner" and father (Trevor Leigh) has made a bet with his friends that slaves can be taught to read.
Later, Bolan (Ian Tracey) and Dix (Diego Diablo Del Mar) lead a posse, which includes Toole, after the wanted men.
Durant delivers Lily to Robert's family's home in Chicago for what turns out to be a memorial gathering.
Robert's sister Charlotte (Chantal Perron), wearing black, comments that Lily, dressed in red, must have already stopped mourning.
The senator demands the stock tip outright and threatens Durant with prison for remaining silent.
Lily slaps Charlotte and describes ripping the arrow from her own shoulder and thrusting it into the Indian's throat.
Durant returns to the Bell house in time to hear Lily's account of the Indian massacre.
On the train back to Hell on Wheels, Lily tells Durant that she refuses to return to London and a life she now despises.
Sean McKenna of TV Fanatic said, "the episode really captured the core characters in a way that was compelling and entertaining to watch.
"[1] New York Magazine's Adam Raymond commented, "Hell on Wheels isn’t going to be the tension-filled, character-driven drama we all wanted it to be.
Club stated, "I was rooting for some real action scenes to break [loose] on this show, and "Revelations" makes a couple of large-scale attempts to deliver the goods, but it's a case of too-clumsy-too-late.