Carnivàle
In a time of sandstorms, plagues, drought and pestilence, the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. Set in the American Dustbowl in 1934, this cult series focuses on the battle as it plays out against a pair of unusual backdrops: a traveling carnival and an evangelical ministry in California.
- Metascore63
- 2003-2005
- 2 seasons
- HBO
- Drama, Fantasy, Suspense
- TV-MA
In a time of sandstorms, plagues, drought and pestilence, the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. Set in the American Dustbowl in 1934, this cult series focuses on the battle as it plays out against a pair of unusual backdrops: a traveling carnival and an evangelical ministry in California.
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2005
Episode 1
Los Moscos
Sun, Jan 9, 2005 50 mins
As the spiritual powers of Ben Hawkins evolve, the entity Management reveals its identity (the Russian soldier in Ben's dreams) to Ben, and then exposes him to a vision of the cataclysmic disasters (a nuclear explosion) that awaits the world if Ben doesn't identify and conquer his nemesis: Brother Justin, the creature of darkness.
Episode 2
Alamogordo, N.M.
Sun, Jan 16, 2005 51 mins
Ben travels on his own to Alamogordo to seek out Father Kerrigan, a former preacher residing in a lunatic asylum - who knew his father, and who tells him to beware of a mysterious tattooed man that both Ben and Brother Justin see in their dreams.
Episode 3
Ingram, TX
Sun, Jan 23, 2005 51 mins
When Carnivale sets up show in Ingram, Texas, Ben sets out to find some people who knew Scudder and stumbles into a bizarre moonshiners' camp, which proves both painful and revealing. Meanwhile, Stroud continues his quest to find Scudder by investigating the mining accident in the ghost town of Babylon.
Episode 4
Old Cherry Blossom Road
Sun, Jan 30, 2005 56 mins
Still held captive in the moonshiners' camp, Ben meets his blind and elderly grandmother who reveals some family secrets and a mysterious face of death. Meanwhile, Lila confides in the rest of the riggers that she suspects Samson was responsible for Lodz' demise.
Episode 5
Creed, OK
Sun, Feb 6, 2005 56 mins
When the Carnivale stops outside Creed, Oklahoma, they receive an uninvited visitor, Varlyn Stroud, who begins asking questions to Jonesy, and later to Samson, about where to find Scudder. Meanwhile, Rita Sue bails out Stumpy for his $400 gambling debts, but he bets (and loses) all of the money on a big fight anyway.
Episode 6
The Road to Damascus
Sun, Feb 13, 2005 56 mins
On the road to Damascus, Nebraska, Samson and the troupe stop to help when they run into a rival troupe that has fallen on hard times. In Mintern, Dolan tries to help Iris and Justin find a solution to their legal problems while Iris is surprised when she learns of Justin's real plan: to frame Dolan for the ministry fire.
Episode 7
Damascus, NE
Sun, Feb 20, 2005 45 mins
When Carnivale finally arrives in Damascus, Ben gets closer to finding his father when another vision of a man with the shredded face leads him to the town's seedy hotel. Ben then goes to investigate further, and finally meets his father, who is working as a clerk at the hotel.
Episode 8
Outskirts, Damascus, NE
Sun, Feb 27, 2005 53 mins
Ben and Samson have a heated argument over some bad news that Ben tells him about the death of Management, and Samson learns from Ruthie about seeing Stroud abduct Scudder. Ben suggests that they must track down Stroud at once so he will lead them to Brother Justin.
Episode 9
Lincoln Highway, UT
Sun, Mar 6, 2005 52 mins
While driving down a desolate highway in rural Utah on his trail of Stroud, Ben comes across Jones and Libby, the victims of a vigilante group blaming Jonesy for the Ferris wheel accident, leading Ben to try to heal Jonesy. Back at Carnivale, Ruthie has another possession by the deceased Lodz.
Episode 10
Cheyenne, WY
Sun, Mar 13, 2005 52 mins
Following another one of Ben's visions, he and Joney set out to find Stroud and they soon arrive in the Wyoming state capital where from a discarded newspaper in a recently vacated hotel room, they finally learn the name and location of Ben's nemesis.
Episode 11
Outside New Canaan
Sun, Mar 20, 2005 55 mins
When Samson announces that the carnival's next stop is the Christian camp of New Canaan, California, both Lila and Stumpy challenge his authority. Jones arrives back with the troupe and gives Samson the information that he and Ben found about Brother Justin.
Episode 12
New Canaan, CA
Sun, Mar 27, 2005 52 mins
In the cliff-hanging season finale, Samson devises a grand plan by scheming with Ben, Jones, and the entire troupe to lure Brother Justin to Carnivale for his confrontation with Ben. Meanwhile, Stroud wants to protect Justin who correctly suspects that the carnival is setting a trap for him.
