Carnivale, Episode 1

A fascinating and chilling season premiere. As the spiritual powers of Ben Hawkins evolve, the entity Management exposes him to a vision. Ben must identify and conquer his nemesis: Brother Justin.

Ben travels to Alamogordo to seek out a former preacher residing in an asylum. The preacher warns him about a mysterious tattooed man that both Ben and Brother Justin see in their dreams.

When Carnivale sets up show in Ingram, Texas, Ben sets out to find some people who knew Scudder. At Carnivale, Sofie refuses to read Ben's future, but the cards reveal something without Sofie's assistance.

Still held captive in the moonshiners' camp, Ben meets his blind and elderly grandmother, who reveals some family secrets and a mysterious face of death.

When the Carnivale stops outside Creed, Oklahoma, they receive an uninvited visitor. Rita Sue bails out Stumpy for his gambling debts, but he bets (and loses) all of the money on a fight anyway.

On the road to Damascus, Nebraska, Samson and the troupe stop to help when they run into a rival troupe that has fallen on hard times. In Mintern, Dolan tries to help Iris and Justin.