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Carnivale S01E10 – Hot and Bothered

By Dave Owen Note: Ystyn Francis and I will be sharing the retrospective reviewing of HBO’s Carnivale in the coming weeks.  Hot and Bothered is right, this week everyone seems to be a little hot under the collar and the...
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CARNIVALE S01E09 / INSOMNIA

Written by Ystyn Francis As the title suggests, the horrific dreams that have been tormenting Ben since the opening scene of the pilot episode have become so vivid and disturbing that he is now foregoing sleep to avoid the viol...
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CARNIVALE S01E08 / LONNIGAN, TEXAS

Written by Ystyn Francis Just when you thought Carnivale couldn’t get any more sinister or messed-up, along comes an episode like “Lonnigan, Texas”. When rumour hits the camp of a ‘Scorpion Girl’ living in the area (i...
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Carnivale S01E07 – The River

By Dave Owen I hesitate to say this but I think we’ve hit our first bad episode of Carnivale. It’s a harsh judgement but where mystery, novelty and Babylon have managed to carry most of the episodes to this stage, here the ...
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Carnivale S01E06 – Pick a Number

By Dave Owen There’s been such an incredible sense of dread since the show started about the whispered name of “Babylon”. It seems to be the Voldemort of the Carnivale universe (he who must not be named). Discovering why ...
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CARNIVALE S01E05 / BABYLON

By Ystyn Francis “Babylon” is the first episode of two that take place in the titular dead mining town in rural Texas. They are also two of the darkest hours in the history of television. When Management instructs Samson th...
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