(Season 1, Episode 12)
I’ve finished the first season of Carnivale. It was a great set of twelve episodes, but mostly, I’m excited to get into season two to find out what is going to happen, and learn a little bit more about the nature of Management, Ben, Brother Justin, and Henry Scudder. Hopefully the relationship merry-go-round will slow down a bit, too. As I mentioned in my previous entry, I felt it was getting a little tiresome.
“The Day That Was The Day”
I’m not sure if Ben’s killing of Lodz was supposed to be a big shock or not, but I saw it coming. It was still a great moment, and clearly what Management was planning all along. I find it a little hard to believe that Lodz didn’t figure out that it was going to happen. Perhaps it was his own hubris, feeling like the boss since he was working for Management. In any case, I don’t think I’ll miss the blind professor that much. He had served his purpose and he was never one of my favorite characters. I think I would have missed Ruthie a whole lot more.
It’s going to be interesting to see what season two has in store now that Ben appears on his destined track. He fell into Management’s plan, but I think it will probably be for the best.
The other big events in the carnival centered around Sophie, Apollonia, and Jonesy. Apollonia has seemingly been dropping deeper and deeper into madness, and I’m not quite sure why. Is it the presence of Ben? Her fighting with Sophie? In any case, she finally snapped in the finale, after Sophie planned on leaving the carnival. Apollonia set fire to the trailer, with her and Sophie inside. The season ended with Jonesy rushing into the blaze. I find it hard to believe that either Sophie or Jonesy will wind up dead because of it. When it was first happening, I thought that maybe Ben was going to have to heal Sophie instead of Ruthie, but that wasn’t the case. I can’t imagine that Apollonia will make it out of the fire alive. She started it, after all, and she is catatonic. It seems like there is a lot more that she knows though — it would be a shame to lose all of that.
There was some great drama with Brother Justin to close out the season too. He seemed to be fighting against his dark side for the last time, begging Balthus to kill him. I’m not sure if he really did want to destroy the darkness within him, or if he was just toying with Balthus, knowing that the old man would never be able to smash his head in. I’m looking forward to seeing how his story is going to progress in season two, particularly with his new partnership with Tommy Dolan in play.
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Nov 09, 2009 @ 12:00 EST5EDT
