Carnivàle (2003)

7.9 ? Sep 14, 2003 2 Season(s)

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Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.

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Nick Stahl

Ben Hawkins

Clancy Brown

Brother Justin

Michael J. Anderson

Samson

Tim DeKay

Clayton Jones

Clea DuVall

Sofie

Cynthia Ettinger

Rita Sue Dreifuss

Carla Gallo

Libby Dreifuss

Adrienne Barbeau

Ruthie

Amy Madigan

Iris Crowe

Toby Huss

Stumpy Dreifuss

Debra Christofferson

Lila

Brian Turk

Gabriel

Ralph Waite

Norman Belthus

John Fleck

Gecko

Blake Shields

Osgood

John Carroll Lynch

Varlyn Stroud

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7.0/10

Aug 26, 2023

This show was insanely cool and had the potential to be one of HBO's best ever shows. Seriously, I'd take these two seasons over just about anything the premium channel has put out. There's a level of creativity and thoughtfulness that is near unheard of in TV. Unfortunately, these seasons amount to god-tier set-up for shit-hits-the-fan moments that we never got to see. As soon as we were going to get some big pay-offs, Carnivàle was cancelled. Nobody watched it: it was too slow, too smart, too weird for its time. This is one of the biggest creative what-ifs ever in my opinion. I still love these seasons, but rewatching them know that the story doesn't get its proper end isn't too appealing. Still can't rate it lower though: what we got was way too good.

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