Carniv�le
Carnivàle is an American dramatic television series produced by HBO. Created by Daniel Knauf, it stars Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown.
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
The period show revolves around two story lines set during the Dust Bowl year of 1934. The first takes place in a traveling freak show and exotic dance revue ("the cootch") carnival. The second story line is set in California's Central Valley and involves a clergy man and his sister. The series' complex supernatural story arc combines an unclear battle of good against evil while weaving Gnostic and Christian religion concepts with mythology and freemason lore.
Cast
- Nick Stahl as Ben Hawkins
- Clancy Brown as Brother Justin Crowe
- Amy Madigan as Iris Crowe, Justin's older sister
- Michael J. Anderson as Samson, the head of the carnival
- Clayton Jones as Tim DeKay, leader of the "rousties"
- Clea Duvall as Sofie, daughter of Apollonia
- Patrick Bauchau as Lodz, psychic ex-head of the carnival
- Debra Christofferson as Lila, the bearded lady
- Diane Salinger as Apollonia, a catatonic fortune teller who can communicate telepathically with her daughter
- Adrienne Barbeau as Ruthie, the snake charmer
- Toby Huss as Stumpy Dreifuss, manager of the "cootch" show
- Cynthia Ettinger as Rita Sue, Stumpy's wive and main cootch stripper
- Carla Gallo as Libby, daughter of Rita Sue and Stumpy and cootch show dancer
- Amanda Aday as Dora Mae, youngest daughter of Rita Sue and Stumpy and cootch show dancer
- John Fleck as Gecko, lizard man
- Brian Turk as Gabriel, strong man and Ruthie's son
- Karyn Steben as Alexandria, conjoined twin of Caledonia
- Sarah Steban as Caledonia, conjoined twin of Alexandria
- pilot) || Daniel Knauf || Rodrigo Garcia || Ben Hawkins, a chain gang fugitive, is picked up by a traveling carnival
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| 2 || After the Ball is Over || Daniel Knauf, Ron Moore || Jeremy Podeswa || Brother Justin has a vision of a new church
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| 3 || Tipton || Henry Bromell, Daniel Knauf || Rodrigo Garcia || Ben learns the price of his powers
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| 4 || Black Blizzard || William Schmidt || Peter Medak || The church burns down under mysterious circumstances
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| 5 || Babylon || Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin || Tim Hunter || The show sets up in a ghost town and Dora Mae is murdered
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| 6 || Pick a Number || Ron Moore || Rodrigo Garcia || Samson learns the truth about Babylon
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| 7 || The River || Toni Graphia || Alison MacLean || Brother Justin learns of his past and his destiny
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| 8 || Lonnigan, Texas || Daniel Knauf || Scott Winant || Brother Justin is committed to an insane asylum
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| 9 || Insomnia || William Schmidt || Jack Bender || Justin is discharged; Ben has nightmares
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|10 || Hot and Bothered || Nicole Yorkin, Dawn Prestwich || Jeremy Podeswa || Samson tracks down clues from Freemasons
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| 11 || Day of the Dead || Toni Graphia || John Patterson || Brother Justin's powers turn sinister; Ruthie dies from a snake bite
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| 12 || The Day That Was The Day ||
