Samson sends Ben on a road trip to enlist a new attraction, where Ben encounters a longtime carnival rival named Phineas Boffo. Back at the carnival, Sofie debates whether to defy her mother and join Libby on the bally of the chooch tent. Meanwhile, Stumpy tells Jones he needs to get his 'candle waxed' and offers to set Jones up with Rita Sue. Lodz and Samson have a falling out over Ben's errand in which the old mystic turns to the mysterious Management. In Mintern, while Brother Justin is committed to a lunatic asylum and receiving treatments for 'religious excitation', Tommy Dolan is posing a rallying cry for his radio listeners: 'Where are you, Brother Justin?'

Carnivale Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Milfay
• s01e02 - After the Ball Is Over
• s01e03 - Tipton
• s01e04 - Black Blizzard
• s01e05 - Babylon
• s01e06 - Pick a Number
• s01e07 - The River
• s01e08 - Lonnigan, Texas
• s01e09 - Insomnia
• s01e10 - Hot and Bothered
• s01e11 - The Day of the Dead
• s01e12 - The Day That Was the Day

Carnivale Show Summary

Set in the 1930s Dust Bowl, 18-year old Ben Hawkins finds himself all alone in this world when his mother passes on. But a travelling Carnivandagrave;le takes him in. We also see the story of Brother Justin, a priest who is trying to find his way in the world. Little do Ben and Justin know, but they are to fight in a biblical battle. With help on the side (Ben with the carnie folk (Sofie, Libby, Apollonia, Ruthie, Samson, Lila, Lodz, Management) and Justin with his sister, Iris) they find out which side each are on and try to battle with the other for what they believe.