The Three Carnies

The Three Carnies

By 3 CarniesTV & Film
Download on the App Store

The Three Carnies episodes

  • The River
    Iris gets unexpected support from a radio reporter; Rita Sue and Stumpy argue over their family's future; Ben and Ruthie hunt for snakes; Samson goes to work on the bally.
    49 min
  • Pick a Number
    Still in the mineshaft, Ben experiences visions of Scudder, Lodz and a  Russian soldier in the trench war. Lodz pressures Ben to tell him about  his dreams. After last night's death, Jonesy accuses Samson of  pretending Management's existence, and Ben participates in "carnival  justice". After Samson has learned of Scudder's past in Babylon, the  carnival resumes its journey South. Brother Justin entreats God for  answers to the ministry fire and he receives signs to go into the  wilderness. He tells campfire strangers that he has lost his God and  unknowingly becomes acquainted with Los Angeles radio reporter Tommy Dolan.[25]
    46 min
  • Babylon

    The carnival sets up in Babylon, and Samson invites the carnies for a party in the ghost town. After drinking too much, Ben wakes up in an abandoned mine-shaft and finds AVATAR written on the walls. Sofie, the carnival's Tarot reader, hears Scudder's name from her catatonic mother, and the carnival night ends with a tragic death. Brother Justin prays for the children who died in the ministry fire.

    1 hr
  • Black Blizzard

    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.

    48 min
  • Tipton
    When the authorities of the cash-poor Oklahoma town of Tipton refuses to  let the carnival set up show, Samson takes Jones' advice and temporally  reinvents the troupe as a religious-revival show with Ben as the center  act of a healer. In Mintern, Brother Justin's promise to the migrants  of their new church upsets his regular congregation who despise the  seedy people. Meanwhile, Ben and Sofie team up to continue to search for  clues about his mysterious past when they meet with an ailing old woman  outside Tipton who knew Henry Scudder, Ben's father.
    51 min
  • After the Ball Is Over
    A practical joke which has him clean an old dirty trailer leads Ben to a  piece of the puzzle of his past -- a tuxedo-clad man named Henry  Scudder who Ben keeps seeing in his dreams and who may be his long-lost  father. Meanwhile, Brother Justin and his sister Iris have a  conversation with Justin's mentor, Reverend Norman Balthus, who helps  Justin realize that he has a gift he must put to use. With the help of a  vision that comes to him at the right time, he persuades the owner of  the local brothel Mr. Chin's to allow him to turn it into a house of  worship for the local...
    48 min
  • Milfay
    Oklahoma Dust Bowl, 1934. 18-year-old Ben Hawkins is a young man who  lives with his physically sick, God-fearing mother. After his mother  dies from a long illness, Ben unceremoniously buries her in the back  yard of his home which is then repossessed for outstanding late  payments. Ben is taken in by a traveling carnival troupe (titled  Carnivale) and becomes acquainted with the residents who include the  kind-hearted dwarf owner Samson; his right-hand man and head rigger  Clayton Jones; Gypsy tarot reader Sofie; the bearded lady Lila; girlie  tent owner Felix "Stumpy"
    1 hr

About The Three Carnies

From the publisher's feed

Three enthusiasts chat about HBO’s Carnivale. Join us for a chat as we discuss the episodes featuring Nick Stahl, Clancy Brown, Clea DuVall, Carla Gallo and the rest of the most wonderful ensemble.