Why Hub Was Sent To Hell In The Bondsman, Explained
Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Bondsman.
Almost throughout its runtime, The Bondsman does not reveal why Kevin Bacon's Hub was sent to hell after he died, making it hard not to wonder whether he deserved his hellish fate. The Bondsman begins with a bounty hunter, Hub, having a face-off with a group of men. Despite his best efforts to fight back, one of the men overpowers him and slashes his throat. However, to Hub's surprise, he somehow ends up defying death, and his fatal wounds magically heal.
As the Kevin Bacon horror-comedy show progresses, Hub learns that he was destined to go to hell after he was murdered. He only returned to the human realm after his death because the devil spared him. Hub tries to defend himself by claiming that the devil might have made a mistake by sending him down to hell. He assures his mother that he never did anything to deserve a place in the underworld. Although it is hard not to believe him at first, his claims of innocence become increasingly suspicious as the show progresses.
Hub Accidentally Killed An Innocent Woman Before Lucky's Men Got Him
He Mistook Sheryl For Lucky
A flashback reveals that Hub was angered by the fact that his ex-wife, Maryanne, was moving on with her life and planning to marry a man named Lucky. The Kevin Bacon character even looked into Lucky's past and learned that he was previously a criminal, which made him believe that he was not the right man for his wife. He arranged a meeting with him at a bar one day, but instead of settling things peacefully, he confronted him, claiming that people like him never change. Believing that he was doing his wife a favor, Hub set out to kill Lucky the same night after getting drunk.
Even though Sheryl's death was an accident, Hub had the sinful thought of killing someone, which explains why he was destined to go to hell.
In his intoxicated state, he believed he saw Lucky after spotting a bartender, Sheryl, from a distance in Lucky's hat. Without thinking twice or reconsidering his decision, Hub mistook Sheryl for Lucky and fired his gun before realizing what he had done. Sheryl died on the spot, but instead of reporting the crime to law enforcement, Hub hid her body and tried to get away with the murder. This confirms that Hub had committed a major sin by killing an innocent. Even though Sheryl's death was an accident, Hub had the sinful thought of killing someone, which explains why he was destined to go to hell.
Hub Agreed To Sell His Soul & Work For Pot O'Gold To Stay In The Human Realm
The Devil Offers Him A Deal He Cannot Refuse
Deep inside, Hub also knew what he had done. However, he was too ashamed of his actions to come clean about his sins to his wife, son, and mother. Therefore, he chooses the comfort of lies and denial by claiming he never did anything wrong. He later learns that he has been tied into an organization called Pot O'Gold, which is run by the devil. By reviving him and allowing him to stay out of hell, the devil has done him a favor. In return, the satanic figure expects him to fulfill a role in Pot O'Gold.
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An employee, Midge, from Pot O'Gold approaches him and asks him to sign a contract, which states that he will hunt demons in the human realm and send them back to hell for the devil. Although Hubb is initially apprehensive about taking the role, he surrenders and agrees to sell his soul to the devil. With this, he seals his fate, forcing him to obey the devil's command and hunt down demons. Midge also eventually reveals that if Hub fails to meet a fixed quota set by the devil, he will be removed from his role and sent back to hell. While working under the devil, Hub tries to find a way to defy his hellish fate.
Hub Reverses His Hellish Fate In The Bondsman But At A Terrible Cost
Hub Sold The World To A Demon
In The Bondsman's ending, Hub sets out on his final mission to capture a demon named Lilith with Midge's help. Although overpowering Lilith proves challenging, Hub eventually finds a way to do it. However, before he can send her back to hell, Lilith makes him an offer: she promises to revive the woman he had killed and even assures him that she will reverse his deal with the devil if he spares her. Instead of realizing how Lilith could potentially destroy the human realm, Hub surrenders to her deal and sets her free.
Although Lilith initially keeps her side of the deal and frees Hub from the devil's grasp, she eventually shows her true colors. After being set free, Lilith possesses Hub's wife, Maryanne. Before The Bondsman season 1's credits start rolling, Lilith reveals that even though she has upturned his hellish fate, the devil will not let him off so easily. She also threatens to harm his wife and the entire human race if he does not agree to help fight the devil. With this, even though Hub frees himself from the devil's deal, he ends up falling prey to another supernatural figure.
The Bondsman follows backwoods bounty hunter Hub Halloran, who returns from the afterlife for a second chance at life and love, while navigating his past as a musician. As he resumes his work, he discovers his former occupation now involves a supernatural element.
- Network
- Prime Video
- Cast
- Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Nettles, Beth Grant, Damon Herriman, Maxwell Jenkins, Jolene Purdy
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Creator(s)
- Grainger David
- Producers
- Jason Blum, Kevin Bacon, Erik Oleson, Jeremy Gold, Grainger David, Chris McCumber
- Seasons
- 1
