On the road to Babylon, Texas, the carnival encounters a horrific dust  storm, called a 'black blizzard.' Intrigued with clues about his past,  Ben follows Lodz into an abandoned house where the seer tests Ben's  powers. Meanwhile, a lonely Sofie socializes with a handsome café owner.  Samson visits an old flame while Jones, facing a roustabout mutiny of  the carnies, comes up empty in his effort to meet with the mysterious  and godly Management which controls Carnivale. In Mintern, Brother  Justin struggles with an ultimatum by Reverend Norman Balthus: give up  his new migrants ministry at Chin's, or face losing his old congregation  at First Methodist.