Carnivale, Tipton

A captivating premiere of this supernatural drama set in Oklahoma in 1934. After losing his god-fearing mother to illness, a young man is evicted from his home. A travelling carnival troupe then takes him in.

A practical joke which has him clean an old dirty trailer leads Ben to a piece of the puzzle of his past. With his mentor's help, Brother Justin realises that he has a gift he must put to use.

When the authorities of a poor town refuse to let the carnival set up, Samson takes Jones' advice and temporally reinvents the troupe as a religious-revival show with Ben as the central act of a healer.

On the road to Babylon, the carnival meets a huge dust storm, called a 'black blizzard.' Intrigued with clues about his past, Ben follows Lodz into an abandoned house where the seer tests his powers.

The carnival finally arrives in Babylon, Texas, and Samson tries to improve the troupe's spirits with a night out. Sofie and Libby get closer, but the show goes wrong, leading to a riot.

Thirsty for payback after the murder of one of the dancers, Samson and the carnies get caught up in an obscure but fascinating phenomenon called 'Carnival Justice' to root out the person responsible.