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Carnivàle is an American television series that was produced and broadcast in two seasons on HBO from 2003 to 2005 . Set at the time of the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s, the series follows two largely separate storylines around the two main characters Ben Hawkins, a laborer at a carnival , and Brother Justin Crowe, a California priest.

Overview and background

Overview of the figures

Carnivàle is very extensively cast with a total of 18 important characters who play a major role in the plot and receive a relatively large amount of “stage time”. Although a large cast makes series more expensive, the scriptwriters are given more flexibility in their decision-making.

Most of the characters appear in Ben's storyline: Samson, a dwarf carnival co-manager, along with management; Jonesy, Samson's "right hand" with a crippled knee; Apollonia and Sofie, two fortune tellers as well as mother and daughter; Lodz, a blind mentalist and his lover, Lila, "the bearded lady"; the Cootch ( striptease ) Dreifuss family; Snake charmer Ruthie and her son Gabriel, a power man; as well as many other minor characters. Characters from Brother Justin's story arc are his sister Iris, his mentor Reverend Norman Balthus, radio host Tommy Dolan and the criminal Varlyn Stroud. Various characters appear in mysterious dreams and visions that connect the slowly converging storylines.

17 actors were assigned as 'main actors' in the first season; Fifteen of them were on the Carnival story arc (the numbers are based on the number of actors named in each season's intro sequence). The second season had 13 leading actors and many other supporting actors.

The "Pitch Document"

The series 'creator, Daniel Knauf , added extensive character biographies to the first draft of the series' plot for HBO, which he also passed on to the actors, screenwriters and the studio as an overview of the intended plot. These biographies were revised prior to the shooting of the first season. Although they were barely or not mentioned in the series, HBO posted the recapitulated background stories of the characters online on its website. After the series was prematurely canceled after the second season, the authors announced future story arcs of the characters and published all of the original biographies in the so-called Pitch Document . This document contains, among other things, the rough framework and the motivation of the characters.

Character drafts in the first script and development of the characters

The first script for Carnivàle , written by Daniel Knauf between 1990 and 1992, is about a carnival in the days of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. Knauf assumed that something like this had not yet been filmed for television. He grew up with a disabled father who was usually not accepted as a normal person. 1930s freaks, on the other hand, were often revered as celebrities.

Knauf expanded the plot to include a complex series universe (cf. the mythology of Carnivàle ), which was based on the basic idea of ​​the eternal conflict between good and evil , each led by Carnival healer Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin Crowe, a Californian priest. In the first draft for HBO, Knauf presented Carnivàle as a collection of media examples from the point of view of a fictional author who tries to uncover Ben's mysterious plot. These fictional examples consisted of interviews, diary entries, various newspaper clippings, photos and book references. They were used to depict all of the main characters' character biographies.

The characters' backgrounds were developed before Carnivàle was shot , but they were not part of the broadcast series. The characters are confronted with "self-realization and the perception of [supernatural] powers, as well as learning to use them and the entanglements in this struggle between good and evil."

Ben Hawkins

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Ben Hawkins
Played by Nick Stahl , Ryan Hanson Bradford (as a child)
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Aliases Ben Krohn Hawkins
Art Avatar
gender male
Year of birth 1916
Age 18-19
job Farmer , laborer
relative see genealogy
religion Christianity

Ben Hawkins, played by Nick Stahl , is the protagonist in Carnivàle . His story begins as a young farmer in Oklahoma and a chain gang refugee who is taken in by a traveling carnival after his mother dies. Ben has shown inexplicable healing powers since childhood and from the beginning of the series he suffers from dreams and visions of people he does not know. When Ben decides to stay at the carnival, it seems that he has a connection to Henry Scudder, a man who also once worked for the carnival. Ben learns that his strength costs something - to give life he has to take life elsewhere; in order to raise the dead, he must consciously kill someone else. At the beginning of the second season, the mysterious incidents at the Carnival become clearer. Ben should find the priest out of his dreams to prevent catastrophic events in the future. Henry Scudder, known at the time as Ben's father, reportedly knows the priest's name, and after a number of narrow misconduct and harrowing encounters, Ben brings Scudder to Carnival's management. In a fight, Ben must kill Management who leaves him with knowledge of his powers. The second season ends with a confrontation between Ben and Brother Justin in California, where they meet to fight in a corn field. The members of the Carnival find Brother Justin killed and Ben passed out from his serious wounds. They bring Ben back to their camp and leave New Canaan.

Background and development

As his powers and actions suggest, Ben is an avatar figure of light . An early draft by Carnivàle , which included entries in the diary of the young Benjamin Ben Hawkins, described his childhood. Ben grew up on a rundown farm with his mother and grandfather, in the belief that his father was during the First World War died. After his grandfather and mother died of cancer, he was taken away from a carnival in the 1930s.

In a later draft, closer to the series that aired, Ben left his mother at the age of 16 and lived a criminal life in Texas . After being sentenced to 20 years in prison on a prison farm for a failed bank robbery, Ben planned to escape to return to his sick mother. He accidentally killed a prison guard who was pointing a gun at him. Series inventor Daniel Knauf gave the latter version as the background of the series.

The writers intended from the start to portray Ben as the main character and hero of the series. They were looking for an actor who had a young, innocent, antihero quality. From the many actors at the audition, the producers chose Nick Stahl, who in their eyes had a “special self-perception” about the character. They also assumed that his slender figure would fit very well into the 1930s. Nick Stahl, who saw Ben as "very stoic", "very calm" and also had "two faces" and a "real inner battle", saw the role as a personal challenge.

reception

In reviews of the first three episodes, the New York Times wrote that "Ben is a silent hero and Stahl does a remarkable job of portraying his wordless character, moods and desires, and clumsy grace." The Boston Globe considered "Stahl with his watchful eyes [as] one of the strengths of the series. He has a boyish face, but the grim expression of a battered elder ”. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote, Stahl "speaks volumes with his eyes and exhausted frowns, so much so that his subtle portrayal almost carries the show."

In a review of the first season, DVD Talk wrote that “The two main characters Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown are nothing short of brilliant. Ben Hawkins is a very isolated and calm character and yet he carries an important part of the series on his shoulders. It could be disastrous without the right actor, but Stahl brings a level of thoughtful emotion to the character that a quick glance or stare speaks volumes. ” DVD Verdict stated in a season two review that“ Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown deliver perfect performances. Stahl's gradual acceptance of his power and his subsequent struggle are fascinating. "

Nick Stahl was nominated for a 2003 Saturn Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series" for portraying Ben Hawkins . In 2003 he was also nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in the category “Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama”.

Brother Justin Crowe

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Brother Justin Crowe
Played by Clancy Brown , Jamie Kaler (as a young man), Jordan Orr (as a child, Alexei Belyakov), Don Swayze (tattooed man)
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Aliases Alexei Belyakov
Art Avatar
gender male
job priest
relative see genealogy
religion Methodism

Brother Justin Crowe, played mainly by Clancy Brown , is the antagonist in Carnivàle . Critics also saw him as a possible alternative protagonist. Brother Justin is introduced as a Methodist priest who lives with his sister Iris in the small town of Mintern, California. During the series, it is revealed that Justin and Iris grew up with Reverend Norman Balthus, who found them immigrant children orphaned after a railroad accident in the wilderness.

After strange visions and supernatural abilities in the pilot episode, Justin builds a church in the name of God. But a fire in his new rectory, which kills six orphans housed there, almost drives him to suicide. Brother Justin goes on a wandering journey, is admitted to a mental institution and discovers his ability to manipulate and control people around him. Shortly after Brother Justin returns to Mintern, Norman suspects that his foster son is haunted by a demon and confronts him with it. However, Brother Justin still does not show his true colors.

At the beginning of the second season, Justin begins gathering a crowd of followers, most of them migrants and Okies . He reaches them with nightly radio sermons and his newly discovered ability to convince. A scientist named Wilfred Talbot Smith identifies it as Usher (Usher) and tells him that he found a man named Henry and had to kill in order to gain all his powers and fulfill his destiny.

While the escaped criminal Varlyn Stroud helps Brother Justin, the Crowes find a new maid in the former fortune teller Sofie. They don't know that she is Brother Justin's daughter. In the final episode, Justin finally meets his adversary, Ben Hawkins. Justin is killed in a fight in a corn field near his home, but Sofie, as the Omega , puts her hands on his chest, causing the corn to die around her (similar to Ben's cure in the first one Episode).

Background and development

See also: Carnivàle Mythology: Religion

Brother Justin is not only the public servant, but also an avatarian creature of darkness . His spiritual counterpart on the series, the tattooed man , was played by Don Swayze . Daniel Knauf saw Brother Justin as "one of the most complex devils" and, while working on the first draft of the series, initially wanted Christopher Walken as an actor.

Knauf originally created Brother Justin as a priest who was well advanced in his career, as well as a minor rather than a main character, and “much more on the dark side.” An earlier Carnivàle draft gave Brother Justin's real name as Lucius Crowe Radio priests who defended ethnic hatred, especially against gypsies and members of carnivals. The script also mentioned Justin joining "The Order of the Knights of Jericho" between 1921 and 1923 and being appointed leader in 1926. The construction of his "Temple of Jericho" was completed in Nebraska in 1928. At the beginning of the series, circa 1930, the character should already have a large following from preaching on Church of the Air Radio .

After a preliminary pilot episode, however, Knauf and the producers realized that there was no room for real character development this way. They demoted Brother Justin to an ordinary Christian pastor in a small town. When Brother Justin's religious affiliation had to be decided, Knauf prevailed against plans to let him become Catholic; instead he should belong to the Methodist faith, which, according to Knauf, is far less suspicious and controversial.

Although Brother Justin shares traits with Father Coughlin , an Irish Catholic priest who delivered his sermons over the radio in the 1930s, the writers never attempted to tell that particular story.

The producers added Justin's sister Iris as a supporting character in the revised version and established sexual attraction between the two from the start. While some critics were unsure of this, Daniel Knauf described the relationship as "as distorted and incestuous as always" in the new season.

Clancy Brown (Brother Justin) and Amy Madigan (Iris) recognized the lust between the two characters, but assumed their relationship would not be completed in the first season. They weren't convinced of the idea of ​​getting the characters together, as HBO wanted, because "that's not what they're about." According to Clancy Brown, the twin relationship informs about Brother Justin's and Iris characters and motives and who Continuous tension frighten the audience more if it is never resolved. Although Brown and Madigan wanted to leave the relationship status of their characters open, they deliberately played their kisses even more intimate and familiar.

Different characters intervene in the twins' relationship. The writers had planned an affair between Iris and Tommy Dolan, a news reporter investigating the arson case, but Robert Knepper (Dolan) later felt that he was just a farmer between the twins to make Brother Justin jealous. The Crowes also regularly hire new maids, with whom Iris tried, according to Knauf, to take Brother Justin's sexual pressure off.

reception

After three episodes, the New York Times saw "prudish, righteous Brother Justin [...] more of a caricature, but Clancy Brown finds a way to show subtle glimmers of the personality of the role." Time magazine commented, "Brother Justin is coming over ." like a typical Pharisee - if there's anything more mundane than a dwarf in a surreal drama, it's a priest with a dark side - and Brown's tasteless performance involves shouting, 'Enough!' and 'No-ei-one-n! with a horror film pathos . "

Entertainment Weekly said Brown's brother Justin was "gratifyingly disturbing as the creepy preacher getting his assignments from the wrong superpower." Variety praised Brown's appearance as "an excellent job, balancing the balance between stoic and threatening."

A review on DVD Talk for the DVD release of the first season praised Clancy Brown's performance. She is “no less than brilliant. […] Brown also has a difficult task to capture the two-sidedness of Brother Justin, a man who has a physically intimidating presence but who wants to be little more than a submissive and loyal servant of his master. Brown does it at every level. ” DVD Verdict wrote in a season two review that“ Brown's presence and charisma is mind-boggling; he's both personable and scary. He's an actor with good anger handling and he uses everything in this show. "

The Los Angeles Times said regarding Brown's appearance in Carnivàle that his "eyes always betray him as someone who ultimately would be happier to drill a hole in your skull and then smoke a cigarette when not to speak another minute with you . ""

Figures in Ben Hawkins environment

Samson

Anderson at CarnyCon 2006

Samson, in earlier versions Edgar Leiber or Edgar Leonhardt, is the dwarf co-manager of the Carnivàles . His first biography indicated his background as a dwarf strength man who began his career in 1904. Eight years later he joined traveling carnivals, including the Hyde & Teller Company . Samson's mind took him from showman to manager to another character, Management, whom Carnival bought (and renamed him Carnivàle ) and briefly passed Samson's job on to Lodz, a blind mentalist. At the beginning of the series, Samson begins to reject Management's instructions. Samson briefly loses his position at the end of the first season to Lodz, but he regains management's trust. Management's death in season two leads to Samson's secret agreement with Ben to make the boy the new leader of the Carnival.

Jonesy

Tim DeKay

Clayton "Jonesy" Jones is a retired baseball player with a crippling knee injury. He is Samson's "right hand man", operator of the ferris wheel and the leader of the laborers. Before his life in Carnivàle Jonesys was a famous pitcher in Major League Baseball , whose knee was destroyed in revenge because he did not want to intentionally lose a game. After reaching the lower end of the social class, Jonesy joined the Carnivàle and found salvation in the eyes of young Sofie. They were inseparable until Sofie became a woman, which made their relationship uncomfortable. At the beginning of the series, Jonesy is confronted with Sofie dodging his advances. While she retreats into friendship with the dancer Libby Dreifuss, Jonesy begins an affair with Libby's mother Rita Sue. After Sofie's revenge at the end of season one, Jonesy's feelings for her wane and he becomes more attracted to Libby. Shortly after their escape, Jonesy is kidnapped, tortured and left to die by a man who lost his wife in a big wheel accident. Ben manages to heal Jonesy, including his knee, and Jonesy joins Ben on his final mission. In the last minutes of the series, Sofie and Jonesy meet again, but she shoots him in cold blood.

Sofie and Apollonia

Apollonia and Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya are fortune tellers and appear in a mother-daughter performance at the Carnival. Although Apollonia is catatonic , she and Sofie can communicate telepathically . Her biographies describe Apollonia as a "former well-known fortune teller who reads the cards for the rich and famous". "The supernatural Houdini could not expose her." A series of seizures during Sofie's birth in 1913 led to Apollonia's state of health. Apollonia's sister looked after her until Sofie was old enough to do it herself. A short time later they started working at the Carnival. Until almost the end of the second season, it is not known that Sofie is the Omega , although the importance of the character to the series' mythology became apparent beforehand. When Ben joins the Carnival at the beginning of the series, Apollonia can no longer keep Sofie away from her real self. Sofie begins to struggle against her mother's mind control. Apollonia, however, resists by trying to drive Sofie to suicide and later tries to kill her with a fire in their shared trailer at the end of the first season. Jonesy saves Sofie, but Apollonia dies. Nevertheless, Apollonia appears several times in the second season in front of Sofie and the snake charmer Ruthie. Sofie tries to end her fortune telling career and becomes a laborer. After a brief relationship with Ben, Sofie leaves Carnival and becomes the housekeeper for the Crowes in California. Brother Justin shows her the world of religion, but many things suggest that he is not as “good” as Sofie thought. After an argument with Brother Justin in the last episode, Sofie is locked in a shed in the visions that she is the Omega and Brother Justin is her father. She later shoots Jonesy, and her eyes turn black, like Brother Justin's. In the last few minutes, you can see Sofie finding Brother Justin dead in a corn field. She puts her hands on his chest and the corn around her dies.

Lodz

  • Played by Patrick Bauchau (main character in season 1, minor character in season 2)

Professor Ernst Lodz is a blind mentalist. He has a long history with the Carnival . Lodz's story arc begins with the hookup of Ben. He doesn't manage to convince the boy to work with him and read his dreams. He later kills Ruthie with Management's permission to restore his eyesight. Ben then strangles Lodz and revives Ruthie. Nevertheless, Lodz appears several times in front of Ruthie and leaves her the message "Sofie is the Omega -L" on a mirror. With Ruthie's body, Lodz visits his lover Lila and informs her of the circumstances that led to his death and tells her that she will soon see him again with his real body. Lodz's last appearance as Ruthie would not be his last. According to a statement by Clancy Brown (Brother Justin), the authors planned a return with Lodz in the form of a mummy after a man sold his dried body to the Carnival. Lodz's death in season one, however, was planned from the start. In addition to the meaning for the plot, it should be clear that anything is possible with the characters.

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Lila Villanueva, also known as “the bearded lady from Brussels ”, is the lover of Lodz and the seamstress of the Carnival. Lila was born into the Villanueva circus family in Terrebonne Parish , Louisiana in 1890 . The family traveled internationally under the name Flying Villalobos until an accident occurred. One of Lila's two older brothers died in Copenhagen in 1905 and her father committed suicide in 1908. At 16 she already had a beard and was married for the first time. That marriage didn't last long, however, and Lila got married 19 more times. But Lodz was her only true love. Lila's story arc in the first season is limited to living with Lodz until she registers his increasing machinations with management. His sudden disappearance at the beginning of the second season worries her. Samson's evasive behavior suggests outside interference, but Lila fails to find evidence for it. Ruthie regularly visits Lila at night, seemingly obsessed with Lodz and leaves clues. When Lila finally learns of the circumstances of Lodz's death, she instigates the carnival staff to a mutiny that almost prevents the meeting with Brother Justin in California.

The Dreifuss family

Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss is the manager of the cootch (striptease) show. He is married to Rita Sue, who together have two daughters Libby and Dora Mae. Rita Sue was born in Michigan in 1895, the only child of Thomas and Emma Menninger. Her parents invested in their education and sent them to the best East Coast boarding schools, but the financial blessing broke off after Thomas' death in 1903. Rita Sue left home in 1908 and started vaudeville . She joined various traveling companies and strip shows where she met Stumpy, a re- commander who began his career in 1910. They married in 1914, two months before their first child Libby was born. In 1916 their second daughter, Dora Mae, was born. When the company owner died, Stumpy and Rita Sue began to take part in various carnivals, which their daughters also joined in the late 1920s. Their luck steadily deteriorated as the difficult 1930s spawned more and more Cootch families. The series mentions that Stumpy and Rita Sue had three other children, one of whom was stillborn and the other two died of influenza . The Dreifuss family has various personal and economic problems throughout the life of Carnivàle : Dora Mae's murder by a resident of a haunted ghost town, the sexual relationship between Jonesy and Rita Sue and then Jonesy and Libby cause heartbreak. Plus, Stumpy's weakness for gambling nearly ruins the family.

Ruthie and Gabriel

Adrienne Barbeau (Ruthie)

Ruthie is a snake charmer and a commander for her son Gabriel's appearances as a power man. Ruthie was a former mistress of Henry Scudder. Gabriel, a tall and strong person, but with a low IQ , is the first showman to be healed by Ben. Shortly after Ruthie and Ben get close, Ruthie dies of a snakebite . Ben tries unsuccessfully to resuscitate her, but after strangling the mentalist Lodz, he succeeds. In the second season, Ruthie meets people who died a long time ago. While obsessed with Lodz at night, she repeatedly approaches Lila, causing Lila to become a major obstacle to the success of the Carnival.

Management / Lucius Belyakov

Lucius Belyakov is a mysterious man who appears as a Russian soldier in Ben and Brother Justin's visions. He is also Carnivàle's “management” (and is also called and addressed as such), which is not known at first because he hides in his trailer and only communicates with Samson. Since management is not seen during the first season, it is unclear whether management even exists. Later, however, it becomes clear that management is having a conversation with Lodz, later you can also hear his voice and see his hand.

In the second season, management reveals himself to Ben as Lucius Belyakov, the soldier from his dreams who was badly injured by a bear. Management wants Ben to interrupt a chain of catastrophic events and urges Scudder to find him and bring him to him. After Ben's successful mission, Management attacks Scudder and is stabbed by Ben. With his last breath, Management tells Ben how to defeat the public servant - Ben's ultimate enemy.

Minor characters

  • Gecko played by John Fleck (Season 1) - Gecko is the lizard man at Carnival. His disappearance between the two seasons is not resolved.
  • Alexandria and Caladonia Potter played by Karyne and Sarah Steben (Season 1) - Alexandria and Caladonia are twins who grew together at the hips. Her disappearance between the two seasons is not resolved.
  • Burley played by Scott MacDonald (Seasons 1-2) - Burley is a Carnival laborer.
  • Osgood played by Blake Shields (Seasons 1-2) - Osgood is a Carnival laborer.
  • Possum played by Bill Moseley (seasons 1–2) - Possum is the Carnival chef.
  • Jasper played by Frank Collison (Seasons 1-2) - Jasper is a re-commander at the Carnival.
  • Giant played by Matthew McGrory (seasons 1-2) - The giant demonstrates its greatness in ten-in-one .
  • Sabina Engstrom played by Bree Walker (Season 2) - Sabina the Scorpio Woman worked for the Daily Brothers Show until it closed and joins Carnivàle in the second season. She was married to Samson for nine years.
  • Bert / Bertha Hagenbeck played by Paul Hipp (Season 2) - Bert / Bertha is Sabina's current husband. He dresses as half a man and half a woman.
  • Rollo the Rubber Boy / Boneless Billy Benson played by Daniel Browning Smith (Season 2) - Rollo is a contortionist .

Figures in Brother Justin's environment

Iris Crowe

  • Played by Amy Madigan (seasons 1–2; main character), Erin Sanders (as a child, Irina Belyakov) (secondary character in season 1) - Further information: Genealogy

Iris Crowe is Brother Justin's older sister and an avid supporter of his pastoral duties in California. Iris's importance in the series begins with Brother Justin informing her that the church council is planning to take his new congregation away from him. Shortly afterwards, many orphans died in a fire in the church . However, until the end of the first season, it is not known that Iris was the arsonist . The radio host Tommy Dolan, who arrives to help with the investigation, also developed feelings for Iris, but the romance is prevented by the return of Brother Justin. Dolan finds evidence that points to Iris' guilt, but through a twist introduced by Iris, Dolan is arrested as a perpetrator. To preserve the revelation of Brother Justin's true nature, Iris kills the innocent Okie , Eleanor. Towards the end of the second season, she helps her foster father Norman, in an ultimately unsuccessful plan, against Brother Justin.

Tommy Dolan

Tommy Dolan is a Los Angeles radio host and news reporter who regularly travels incognito into the wilderness collecting stories from strangers for his radio show Tommy Dolan on the Road . He first appeared on the series when he met Brother Justin around a campfire. After telling the story of the burned down church on his radio show, Dolan visits Brother Justin's sister Iris and helps her raise money for a new church. Dolan is apparently drawn to Iris, but Brother Justin's return prevents further action. At the beginning of the second season, Dolan fulfills Brother Justin's wish to be a radio priest. Police first discover evidence of Brother Justin's guilt, and later Iris, of the arson at the church. To advance his career, Dolan collects evidence until Brother Justin accepts his offer to make a confession on Iris' radio. The confession backfires and Dolan is arrested while Iris' guilt is never proven.

Reverend Norman Balthus

  • Played by Ralph Waite (secondary character in season 1, main character in season 2) - Further information: Genealogy

Reverend Norman Balthus is Brother Justin's mentor. He rescued the young Justin and Iris after finding them lonely in the wilderness and raised them. At the end of season one, Norman began to worry about Brother Justin's inner motives. He confronts his foster son, but does not follow Brother Justin's instructions to kill him. At the beginning of the second season, Norman suffers a stroke that robs him of the ability to move and speak. He remains in the care of Brother Justin and Iris until the Carnival near Brother Justin's house, at the end of the series, sets up its tents. Ben heals Norman, but the Reverend is mortally wounded by Brother Justin a few seconds later.

Varlyn Stroud

Varlyn Stroud is a convicted criminal. Stroud began his first murder on his sister Clara. When Clara was nine years old, he deliberately bumped into a gondola of a ferris wheel in such a way that his sister fell to her death. Stroud's second murder was that of his grandfather three years later, which he disguised as a hunting accident. Although he committed over a dozen contract killings, Stroud was never convicted of murder. Still, he spent most of his life in prison for other crimes. Stroud's story arc on the series begins on season two when he hears Brother Justin's radio sermon. After becoming Brother Justin's Apostle through a subconscious message , Stroud escapes from prison to find Henry Scudder and take him to Brother Justin. Stroud first pursues Scudder's old life and later follows the path of Carnival. With Ben's unintentional help, Stroud ultimately finds the man he is looking for. After bringing Scudder to Brother Justin, Stroud becomes his security manager, which complicates the Carnival's goal of killing Brother Justin.

Minor characters

  • Eleanor McGill, played by K Callan (Seasons 1-2) - Eleanor McGill is an Okie who is a devoted supporter of Brother Justin.
  • Val Templeton, played by Glenn Shadix (seasons 1-2) - Val Templeton, cousin of Chins owner Carol Templeton, is a councilor in Mintern.
  • Ned Munson, played by Matt McCoy (seasons 1-2) - Ned Munson is a councilor in Mintern and a colleague of Val Templeton.
  • Wilfred Talbot Smith, played by Time Winters (Season 2) - Wilfred Talbot Smith advises Brother Justin on occult matters related to the clerk.
  • Bishop McNaughton, played by John Aylward (Season 2) - Bishop McNaughton oversees the churches of Reverend Norman Balthus and Brother Justin.
  • Garrett, played by Dennis W. Hall (seasons 1-2) - Garrett is married and has children with Maggie, Eleanor McGill's niece.

Figures from the past

More information: Carnivàle Mythology: Avatars

Since the first episode, Ben's origins have been one of Carnivàle's greatest mysteries . A man named Henry Scudder seems to be associated with anything and everything. Ben's job is to clear up the mystery of his own past. The ongoing storyline suggests that many characters are even closer to one another than the characters and viewers imagined. Although the connections rarely take up a large plot, the direct genealogy of the main characters among each other is cleared up at the end of the series. Other relationships between characters were largely left unanswered after the series was canceled, such as the trench warfare and the Hyde & Teller Company relationship with the creation of Carnivàle . Series inventor Daniel Knauf, character biographies on the HBO website and the “ Pitch Document ” provided information on the original plans.

Henry Scudder

Henry "Hack" Scudder is a mysterious man who appears in Ben and Brother Justin's visions and wears a tuxedo . Scudder once worked at Carnivàle and was Ruthie's lover. He also had a relationship with Ben's mother; Samson later confirms that Scudder is Ben's father. In season two, Ben and Brother have to find Justin Scudder for their own reasons. After a long journey, Ben finds Scudder in Damascus, Nebraska and takes him to Carnivàle's management. When Scudder escapes a few moments later, the fugitive Stroud kidnaps him and brings him to Brother Justin. This anticipates Scudder's new attempt to escape and beheads him.

Creation of the Carnivàles

"After the skirmish that man foolishly called" the war that will end all wars ", the dark one tried to evade his fate ... and to live as a mortal. And so he fled across the ocean to a realm called America ... but his very presence, like a cancer, corrupted the spirit of the land. People were silenced by fools who spoke many words but said nothing ... for whom cowardice and oppression were virtues ... and freedom, something indecent. And in the heart of darkness, the Prophet stalked his enemy ... until, weakened by his wounds, he turned to his neighbor in the ancient line of light. So it came about that from now on the fate of humanity had to rest irrevocably on the trembling shoulders of the most unwilling of all saviors. "
- Samson in the Los Moscos episode

Although Carnivàle is set in the mid-1930s, Ben and Brother Justin have visions and dreams that suggest the story began well before that. Samson summarizes the backstory in a monologue at the beginning of the second season, but without naming names. The pitch document , which served as the source for the character biographies on the HBO website, provides a context for all clues.

The prehistory of the Carnival begins at the end of the 19th century when Lucius Belyakov, a Russian aristocrat from Minsk and an officer in the Tsar's army, discovered his avatar skills . The birth of his son Alexei evoked dark visions in him. After Belyakov's attempt to kill his two-year-old son Alexei, his wife fled to America with their two children, who allegedly died there a short time later in a train accident. During his service in the Battle of Lviv in 1914, he was again haunted by dark visions. Henry Scudder, an American who escaped law enforcement for criminal activity in his home country by joining foreign armies, had psychokinetic powers since childhood. At the time of Belyakov's vision, Scudder was stationed in Lviv as an observer for the Joint Army . Belyakov became obsessed with the idea of ​​killing his spiritual enemy (Scudder) and left his post. An escaped circus bear, however, which was eating on corpses lying around, attacked him surprisingly. Belyakov was injured so badly that he lost an arm and both legs.

Scudder fled and met Carnival actor Lodz on the battlefield, who was looking for his bear Bruno. When Scudder joins Lodz's company, Lodz realizes and cultivates Scudder's supernatural abilities, and they begin performing all over Europe. Meanwhile, Belyakov is slowly recovering from his injuries and learning about his true nature and destiny through the study of historical manuscripts. Scudder could feel Belyakov looking for him and therefore never stayed in one place for long. After a dispute between Lodz and Scudder about his powers, Lodz was given the ability to read minds. In return, however, he had to give up his sense of sight. Scudder returned to America in 1915 to escape his nightmares. A few months later, Belyakov found the shabby Lodz in Venice . Belyakov noticed the mental bond between Lodz and Scudder that the transfer of power had caused and promised to restore Lodz's sense of sight if it helped to find Scudder.

Scudder fell in love with Flora Hawkins of Milfay, Oklahoma, and later married her. Your son is ben. When Sudder felt his pursuing enemy again, he left his family and traveled aimlessly across the country. After barely surviving a mine collapse in Babylon, he joined the Hyde & Teller Company , a small carnival in the southeast. Scudder worked there as a supporting actor for almost a year and met Samson, Jonesy, Possum, Lila, Ruthie and Gabriel. Meanwhile, Belyakov used Lodz's tracking skills and bought the Hyde & Teller Company . Scudder had already moved on, however. In order to remain undiscovered, Belyakov named the Carnival in Carnivàle. took on the name Management and replaced Samson with Lodz as the new co-manager. Scudder finally discovered Lodz in St. Louis . But when Lodz failed to stop Scudder from going into hiding again (with the Knights Templar ), Samson got his old job back. Over the years, the Carnivàle hired other actors, such as the fortune tellers Apollonia and Sofie, the Siamese twins , Gecko the lizard man and the Dreifuss family. While Lodz bitterly waited for management to restore his eyesight, Samson ran the Carnivàle , advised by management and assisted by Jonesy. For 18 years management sensed Ben Hawkins, who he had perceived as his ascendant since his birth, that he was old enough to meet him. At this point the first season begins.

genealogy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Emma Krohn
 
 Hilton Scudder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Owen
 
 Alvin Sr.
 
 Gilbert
 
 Henry Scudder
 
 Flora Hawkins
 
 Lucius Belyakov
 
 Plemina Belyakov
 
 Norman Balthus
 
 Clara Balthus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alvin Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ben Hawkins
 
 
 
 Iris Crowe / Irina Belyakov
 
 Justin Crowe / Alexsei Belyakov
 
 Apollonia Bojakshiya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sofie Bojakshiya
 
 
 
 
 
 

At the beginning of the pilot, Ben Hawkins wakes up from a dream with a tattooed man, a man in a tuxedo, and a Russian soldier. Ben's childhood is revealed in flashbacks and dialogues; Ben's father left the family and the farm when Ben was an infant. From now on his mother Flora had to raise herself alone. Towards the end of the first season, what was already indicated in earlier episodes is confirmed that the man in the tuxedo is Henry Scudder, and also Ben's father. In season two, Ben meets his paternal grandmother, Emma Krohn, and learns that she killed her husband, Hilton Scudder, on the night of Henry's birth, along with Henry's older brothers Owen, Gilbert, and Alvin Sr. (according to Knauf and the HBO website were Emma's other sons from a previous marriage to Clarke "CW" Powell, who died of natural causes). Emma introduces the people who live with her as her grandchildren and Ben's cousins.

Brother Justin Crowe is a devoted Methodist priest supported by his sister Iris. On a self-discovery trip in the middle of season one, Brother Justin has an elaborate vision of two Russian immigrant children, Irina and her younger brother Alexei; Irina tells about her bad father. As will be known later, this vision is a suppressed memory from Brother Justin of himself and Iris, the only survivors of a train wreck in which their mother was also killed. Reverend Norman Balthus later rescued Irina and Alexei and raised them in a church orphanage . Another vision at the beginning of season two urges Brother Justin to get a tattoo on his chest.

Some people in the Carnivàles are related to each other. Apollonia and Sofie are introduced as mother and daughter who work as fortune tellers. Sofie grew up without knowing her father, but in a vision towards the end of the first season she sees the tattooed man rape her mother. In the first episode of the second season, Management, the mysterious leader of the Carnivàl , identifies himself as Lucius Belyakov, the Russian soldier in Ben's dreams. Shortly before his death, a few episodes later, Belyakov learns that his son Alexei did not die in the train accident as he had previously thought. Meanwhile, Sofie became the Crowes maid. Talking to Iris about her childhood, Iris has a vision of Brother Justin who, as a young man, raped Apollonia during his seminary in Saint Paul . Although Iris tells Norman of her suspicions, Sofie sees Brother Justin's tattooed chest in the final episode of the second season and has indirect visions that suggest Brother Justin is her father. Further seasons of Carnivàle would have explained the genealogy of the Belyakovs and made a connection with that of the Scudders possible.

Casting

The approach for the casting for Carnivàle was to find the best available actors in order to preserve the authenticity of the characters, and not necessarily to rely too much on the freak illusions. Carnivàle's casting directors John Papsodera and Wendy O'Brien had experience of finding unusual actors on previous projects. They approached various theaters and lesser-known agents, or hired some actors directly, with the most unique and individual appearance possible, which was difficult because Los Angeles usually only has good-looking actors. Producers preferred actors who weren't closely associated with other projects, but were willing to make exceptions for seasoned actors like Adrienne Barbeau (Ruthie).

The script for the pilot episode was the basis for the casting process, with only a few hints of what followed. That led to preliminary disagreements between the creators and producers, especially with the main characters. Nick Stahl had the strongest consensus among producers to play the main character, the show's hero with youthful, innocent, and anti-hero qualities. The character of Sofie was originally a more exotic gypsy girl, but Clea DuVall , a film actress who tried to gain a foothold in the television business, got the role after four auditions. Tim DeKay , who previously worked with Daniel Knauf on a pilot for another project, was cast as Jonesy because the producers perceived him as a "very American" looking baseball player in the 1930s. Debra Christofferson impressed the producers with her first and only audition for the role of Lila as Lodz's lover instead of his best friend as it was written. Adrienne Barbeau (Ruthie) also got the role after her first audition, although she previously assumed she would be cast as Apollonia. She learned to snake charm afterwards. Brian Turk's role as Gabriel was supposed to be a silent character, described as "a gentle handicapped power man with the face of an angel", but the writers gave Turk a speaking role so as not to have another silent character like Management and Apollonia. One of the actors who never really had competition was Michael J. Anderson (Samson), whom Daniel Knauf wanted since the first casting meeting; Samson, Knauf's favorite character, was inspired by his father.

The filmed pilot film served as the basis for further changes to the originally planned plot. Brother Justin's bigger role led to the creation of Iris, for which Amy Madigan was cast. Little was changed on Ben Hawkins' side, except for the addition of the Cootch family (striptease) Dreifuss; a Carnivàle consultant encouraged the producers by referring to his research on families running cootch shows in the 1930s. Cynthia Ettinger (Rita Sue Dreifuss) lost her role as Martha Kent in the pilot episode of Smallville before the opportunity with Carnivàle came and worked in the theater in the meantime; she chose Carnivàle because of the theater-like experience. Amanda Aday (Dora Mae Dreifuss) knew she would only play a few episodes, but was not told why. The writers extended the story arcs of John Carroll Lynch (Stroud) and K Callan (Eleanor) well beyond their original plans. Even Robert Kneppers role as Tommy Dolan was extended from a few episodes on two half seasons. The writers liked his portrayal of the "ambitious man Brother Justin used for his career advancement".

Genetic disorders or unusual physical features are not uncommon in Carnivàle actors . Michael J. Anderson (Samson) has vitreous bone disease , a genetic bone defect that does not make him taller than 109 cm. Matthew McGrory (Giant), on the other hand, is 228 cm tall due to hyperpituitarism . Bree Walker (Sabina) has ectrodactyly , a rare genetic defect that causes fingers and toes to grow together; she approached the producers in season two to play a "lobster girl". Several actors from appearing in only one episode characters such as the "Lobster Girl" in Hot and Bothered (nightmares) and Percy the praying mantis in The Road to Damascus (The Road to Damascus) have been specially selected for their genuine disabilities. Cameron Clapp (management) lost an arm and both legs in a train wreck at the age of 15. Daniel Browning Smith (Rollo the Rubber Boy) holds two Guinness World Records for his ability to bend his body. The actors of the Siamese twins (Karyne and Sarah Steben, identical twins and in real life trapeze artists ), Lila the bearded lady (Debra Christofferson) and Gecko the lizard man ( John Fleck ) are artists without genetic deviations, whose appearance is through make-up and Prosthetics has been changed.

Make-up and costumes

Several actors had to be changed a lot with make-up elements in order to do justice to their role. John Fleck (Gecko) sometimes spent over ten hours a day in make-up to transform himself into and out of his character. The skin, which had to look like alligator skin, consisted of seven or eight pieces that had to be glued to Fleck's face. Patrick Bauchau (Lodz) had different pairs of contact lenses with different levels of opacity. While one couple could be recognized in the scheme, he saw nothing with the other couple and had to be shown around the set. Debra Christofferson (Lila) had an artificial beard on her chin. This was specially made by hand and made from human hair. The beard in the first few episodes was so heavy that the chemicals caused Christofferson's skin to get rough at the end of a day of shooting. Later it was split into three parts. Christofferson, however, still had to be careful with her movements. According to the actress, "the beard actually determined Lila's voice".

The main aim of the costumes was not their beauty, but to indicate the background of the characters. Ben wore the same clothes in both seasons. To make them look identical, around 20 pieces of his overalls were made by hand. It took over six weeks to add all of the seams, patches, about 50 holes, and the aging process. Brother Justin's clothes were designed correctly from the beginning for the time. The character's foreboding presence was enhanced with his robe resting on his waist and making his shoulders look larger than usual at the time. Sofie's clothes had a strong East Bohemian influence to show her mother's origins and feelings. Stumpy's clothing consisted of baggy jeans and an Italian bowler hat that was more reminiscent of the 1920s than the 1930s. Rita Sue and Libby's stripper clothes were inspired by Mae West , prostitutes, and silent films of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition, the clothing styles of Asian prostitutes, Latin American and Hawaiian dancers were incorporated. The costume designers chose the costumes of the Daily Brothers Show , a competing carnival, so that they had a different color palette and thus should stand out from the Carnivàle . Sabina the Scorpio woman's dress was faded several times to create a red-orange-purple color that looked good on the outdoor shoot. Bert / Berthas was hastily fashioned from an old-fashioned tuxedo and an old, feathered dress that helped give it a "travel-creating" look.

In 2004 Carnivàle won a "Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award" and two Emmys in the categories "Outstanding Costumes for a Series" and "Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series". In addition, the series was nominated in the Emmy category “Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)” in 2004 and 2005, as well as in the categories “Outstanding Costumes for a Series”, “Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series” and “Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special ”2005. In the same year Carnivàle was awarded two Costume Designers Guild Awards in the categories“ Outstanding Costume Design for Television Series - Period / Fantasy ”and“ Excellence in Costume Design for Television - Period / Fantasy ” “Nominated, of which the series won the latter.

Reception of the minor characters

See also: Ben Hawkins Reception and Brother Justin Crowe Reception

While initial reviews focused on Ben Hawkins, Brother Justin Crowe and the importance of Carnivàle , the minor characters, despite their unusual appearance, received little mention. The reason, according to Varietys Phil Gallo, was that "they don't play major roles in the first few episodes." Critics who rated the entire seasons gave them more attention. Wendy Tuohy, of Australian newspaper The Age , wrote that series creator Daniel Knauf “trickled enough magical gifts about actors like mind readers, fortune tellers, snake charmers, catatonic psychics, Siamese twins, bearded ladies and lizard men to make the bizarre and macabre like a routine look. ” IGN's Matt Casamassina added that“ From the intro sequence to the end of episode 12 [of season 1], Carnivàle's successful draws one in the depression-lost world of her many curiously personable characters. And, for sure, weird describes these people best [...] The show features all kinds of "freaks," but each character is well-crafted, layered, and believable, rather than ridiculous, which is easily possible under amateur direction. " MSNBC praised them Character, because they “speak in a dialogue that sounds authentic, even if the authenticity is a modern interpretation […] Carnivàle's manager Samson, Michael J. Anderson gets the best dialogues and says wonderful incomprehensible sentences.” DVD Talk praised Amy Madigan ( Iris), Tim DeKay (Jonesy) and Clea DuVall (Sofie) as a "fantastic choice" with a particularly convincing 1930s look. They highlighted Carnivàle's status as an ensemble show, with “where the portrayal of all supporting characters is essential to the success of the series. Particularly inspiring is the voice of Linda Hunt as clearly sinister 'Management' and John Savage as Henry Scudder. ”A DVDTown review also praised the supporting characters Patrick Bauchau (Lodz) and Michael J. Anderson (Samson) and pointed out that“ in the Did every single character in the series, no matter how small, whimsical, or sinister they are, deliver a remarkable performance. The efforts of the outstanding cast make the entire premise of the series and the age so realistic and believable that viewers can do nothing but sink into it. "

Various minor characters received nominations and prizes for their performance in Carnivàle . Adrienne Barbeau (Ruthie) was nominated in 2003 for the Golden Satellite Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama" and won the WIN Award in 2004 in the category "Best Actress in a Dramatic Series" . Amy Madigan (Iris) was nominated for the 2003 Golden Satellite Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Drama". Erin Sanders (Iris as a child) was nominated in 2004 for the Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress".

Early series finale and originally planned continuation

For an overview of the plot see: Carnivàle / Episode list

Originally, the series was designed on the part of the authors on more than just the two broadcast seasons. The entertainment president of the broadcaster HBO , Carolyn Strauss, stated that Carnivàle had come to a natural end with the second season and also gave this as the reason for the cancellation of the series.

According to reports, HBO President Chris Albrecht wanted to close the second season with a satisfactory ending and thus the confrontation between Brother Justin and Ben from the start. Albrecht allegedly preferred a clear downfall of Justin to a cliffhanger , whereas the series inventor Daniel Knauf stated that Albrecht may have been misquoted. According to Knauf, Albrecht wished in discussions before the production that the second season should end with a fight between Brother Justin and Ben, which was also Knauf's plan. HBO agreed to the open ending during the script phase , which was then also produced in the end (with Ben in the role of the new "management"). The decision to stop Carnivàle early was only made shortly before the announcement. According to Clancy Brown (Brother Justin), the last scene in the series was originally Iris watching the grain come in.

After the dismissal, the writers did not immediately provide answers to the numerous questions fans asked about the characters' future, on the grounds that the ideas shouldn't be revealed to the satisfaction of the fans alone, but rather that the fans should wait for the series to continue. Notes were later announced in additional DVD materials, at congresses, in forums and online chats, as well as in the so-called “Pitch Document”.

Daniel Knauf stated that Jonesy would recover from his gunshot wound, but did not elaborate on the circumstances of the recovery. However, producer Howard Klein noted that Jonesy "wasn't hit at one point - he just collapsed," and Knauf added that Sofie's intention when shooting Jonesy was merely to stop him from "getting her back to Carnival." to fetch ”and not to kill him. Season three would also have featured Jonesy playing in a major league baseball game and still married to Libby.

Writer and co-executive producer William Schmidt described Sofie's last action as a return from the dead. This also served to “show that she is really bad”, although “she is the omega and therefore there is also good in her.” The third season “would have been largely centered on Sofie and her inner struggle between good and evil. "" The nature of the Omega took two seasons to unfold.

Both Ben and Brother Justin would have lived in a third season. Daniel Knauf would have portrayed Brother Justin as a man "with an inoperable piece of shrapnel near his heart," meaning the anointed blade from the season two finale. Brother Justin would have been “massively weakened and prone to exhaustion, serving as an empty figurehead in his growing community. Sofie and Iris would have vied for power behind the throne, Sofie being by far the more dangerous, although Iris possessed a power that should not be neglected. "

Knauf also planned to get Brother Justin and Sofie married, and the third season would have featured a three year old boy in the midst of Sofie and the Crowes; but Knauf left the question of parents open.

Ben's future would have been difficult. According to Knauf, Ben's wounds from the finale of the second season have to be sewn over and over again, which leads to the loss of his aura and his healing powers. Ben developed a personality similar to that of management, and while he and Sofie were connected by love, their ultimate fates remained unknown.

Individual evidence

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  40. ↑ Season 2, Episode 10: Cheyenne, WY . Director: Todd Field, Writer: Tracy Tormé.
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  42. ↑ a b Lila - Played by Debra Christofferson. HBO, archived from the original on February 6, 2005 ; accessed on June 11, 2010 (English).
  43. ↑ Season 1, Episode 11: Day of the Dead (Day of the Dead) . Director: John Patterson, Writer: Toni Graphia.
    • Lila: “Mending clothes for the snake charmer. Waste of my talents. "
  44. ↑ a b c Beth Blighton: Debra Christofferson Interview. (No longer available online.) CarnyCon, February 12, 2005, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on June 11, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.carnycon.com
  45. ↑ Stumpy Dreifuss - Played by Toby Huss ( Memento June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Rita Sue Dreifuss - Played by Cynthia Ettinger ( Memento from June 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Libby Dreifuss - Played by Carla Gallo ( Memento from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). HBO. Retrieved June 11, 2010
  46. ↑ Season 1, Episode 6: Pick a Number (Justice of Numbers) . Director: Rodrigo García , author: Ronald D. Moore .
    • Rita Sue: “I buried three of my children before today. Influenza took two. And one was stillborn. "
  47. ↑ Scorpion Woman - Played by Bree Walker. HBO, archived from the original on August 21, 2006 ; accessed on June 11, 2010 (English).
  48. ↑ Season 2, Episode 6: The Road to Damascus (The Road to Damascus) . Director: Tucker Gates , Writer: Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin .
    • Bert: "Tach. Bert Hagenbeck. Nice to meet you."
  49. ↑ Season 2, episode 8: Outskirts, Damascus, NE (The Prince Awakens) . Director: Tim Hunter , author: Daniel Knauf .
    • Jasper: “Come on, ladies and gentlemen. Roller blind of the rubber boy. "
    Season 2, episode 8: Alamogordo, NM . Director: Jack Bender , author: William Schmidt .
    • Jasper: " Boneless Billy Benso didn't start out as a sideshow curiosity."
  50. ↑ Varolyn Stroud - Played by John Carroll Lynch. HBO, archived from the original on April 1, 2007 ; accessed on October 28, 2007 (English).
  51. ↑ a b Hock Guan Teh: Carnivale: The Complete 1st Season. (No longer available online.) DVD Town, December 1, 2004, archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; accessed on June 11, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dvdtown.com
  52. ^ Carnivale: Second Season Premiere. (No longer available online.) IGN January 7, 2005, archived from the original on May 24, 2009 ; accessed on June 11, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / movies.ign.com
  53. ↑ Audio commentary on the episode Milfay (World of Dust) by Daniel Knauf, Howard Klein and Rodrigo García (DVD set of the first season). "Here's our first clue when Samson says," He was expected, "which management told him. […] And our first clue, you know, is that the world is made up of many strands, much more complicated and even more coherent than I can imagine. "
  54. ↑ HBO Cast and Crew. HBO Jan 7, 2005, archived from the original on April 23, 2007 ; accessed on June 11, 2010 (English).
  55. ↑ a b c d Henry Scudder - Played by John Savage. HBO, archived from the original on August 21, 2006 ; accessed on June 13, 2010 (English).
  56. ↑ Season 1, Episode 10: Hot and Bothered (Nightmares) . Director: Jeremy Podeswa, Writer: Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin.
    • Samson: “Scudder doesn't have anything but sorrow for anyone. […] ”/ Ben :“ You didn't like him? ”/ Samson :“ It wasn't like that. I had little to do with him. ”/ Ben :“ What about management? ”/ Samson :“ That was before management. ”/ Ben :“ He wasn't always the boss? ”/ Samson (shaking his head):“ Company then in the east, called the Hyde & Teller Company . Management bought it up. Shortly after Scudder disappeared from the scene. Since then he's been looking for him. "
  57. ↑ Brother Justin Crowe - Played By Clancy Brown. HBO, archived from the original on January 19, 2005 ; accessed on June 14, 2010 (English).
  58. ↑ Season 2, Episode 1: Los Moscos . Director: Jeremy Podeswa, author: Daniel Knauf.
    • Iris: “You know, actually it doesn't surprise me at all. He [Norman] just hasn't been the same since Clara died. "
  59. ↑ Ben Hawkins - Played by Nick Stahl. HBO, archived from the original on August 21, 2006 ; accessed on June 13, 2010 (English).
  60. ↑ Season 1, Episode 9: Insomnia . Director: Jack Bender, author: William Schmidt.
    • Samson: “Do you know what the initials stand for?” / Ben : “Henry Scudder.” / Samson : “That's right. [...] The way I see it, it rightfully belongs to you. "/ Ben :" Why that? "/ Samson :" Because it belonged to your father. "
    • Samson (to Ben): “Is that your mother [in the photo]? And besides, I suspect Hack Scudder is your father "
  61. ↑ a b Season 2, Episode 4: Old Cherry Blossom Road (The Old Woman) . Director: Steve Shill, Writer: Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin.
    • Emma: "Are those your cousins ​​down there?" / Ben : "Cousins ​​... Yes, I think they are." / Emma : "You know, Ben, these boys are jealous of you. They would like to see you dead. "/ Cousins :" Grammy, this is not true "
    • Ben (looks at the gravestone on which it says Owen - son of HGW & EK Scudder - died on August 1st, 1889 ): “Owen Scudder?” / Emma : “Uncle. There's your uncle Gilbert. Your grandfather is here. My dear, dear husband, Hilton. (Hilton GW - Beloved Father. Husband of Emma Scudder. Died August 1, 1889) Oh, he was a very good man, my Hilton. [...] But he died before his time. "/ Ben :" They all died on the same day. "/ Emma :" Yes, a terrible thing. "
    • Cousin: “The day your father was born, she [Emma] got herself a boning knife and killed every one of them. Grandfather Hilton, Uncle Owen, Gilbert, Alvin Sr. "
  62. ^ Daniel Knauf: Power transfers? (No longer available online.) Yahoo Groups: Carnivale HBO, Mar 23, 2005, formerly original ; accessed on June 13, 2010 (English, registration required).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / tv.groups.yahoo.com  
  63. Jump up ↑ Season 1, Episode 7: The River (row ashore) . Director: Allison MacLean, Writer: Toni Graphia.
  64. ↑ Season 1, Episode 12: The Day That Was the Day (of life against death) . Director: Rodrigo García, author: Ronald D. Moore.
  65. ↑ Season 2, Episode 2: Alamogordo, NM . Director: Jack Bender, author: William Schmidt.
  66. ↑ Season 1, Episode 9: Insomnia . Director: Jack Bender, author: William Schmidt.
    • Sofie: “My mother always told me that my father left her. But he didn't. He raped her. ”/ Samson :“ She told you that? ”/ Sofie :“ I, I saw it. I heard it in my head the way I hear her voice. "/ Samson :" Since when? "/ Sofie :" Last night. "
  67. ↑ Season 2, Episode 1: Los Moscos . Director: Jeremy Podeswa, author: Daniel Knauf.
    • Management: “You saw my failure in the war.” / Ben : “You are the Russian?” / Management : “Yes. My name is Lucius Belyakov. "
  68. ↑ Season 2, Episode 7: Damascus, NE (Henry Scudder) . Director: Alan Taylor, Writer: William Schmidt & John J. McLaughlin.
    • Management: “You know what we need to know. Give us the name of Ben's enemy. [...] "/ Scudder :" Alexei! Alexei. Alexei Belyakov. Your son. ”/ Management :“ You lie. My son is dead. He died in a train derailment. "/ Scudder :" No. "
  69. ↑ Season 2, Episode 10: Cheyenne, WY . Director: Todd Field, Writer: Tracy Tormé.
    • Sofie: “My mother was a fortune teller. We traveled with a carnival for most of our lives. "/ Iris :" A carnival? "/ Sofie :" But before that we had a real home. A little house in Lexington . We held readings there. ”/ Iris :“ Your father, was he a gypsy? ”/ Young Sofie in a vision:“ No. ”/ Young Apollonia in the vision:“ No, please. I know that you are a good person Don't do that. ”/ Young Justin in the vision:“ I gave you a chance. You hold still, you gypsy bitch! ... Iris? "
  70. ↑ Season 2, Episode 11: Outside New Canaan (The Baptism of the Devil) . Director: Dan Lerner, Writer: John J. McLaughlin, Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin.
    • Iris (to Norman): “Do you remember the ridiculous fortune teller who obsessed Justin Saint Paul? Well, unknown to him, she had a baby. A little girl. "
  71. ↑ Season 2, Episode 11: Outside New Canaan (The Baptism of the Devil) . Director: Dan Lerner, Writer: John J. McLaughlin, Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin.
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