This show should have been finished. It was brilliant in so many ways. And the characters were fantastic! I really love this show and I’ve watched it a few times. Nick did an amazing job as Ben and Clancy as Brother Justin was absolutely fantastic!!!
Just finished this for the first time. I'm literally speechless. I'm just grateful I lived to see and experience this Carnivale. Shake some dust, boys!
I absolutely love this show. I hated HBO for canceling it. I wish they would allow Knauf to finish it, but HBO has blocked him from continuing in other mediums.
Saw this back when it ran the first time on HBO back in 2003 I believe and loved it. Just bought both seasons and its better than I remember. Wish I could find out what was going to happen with the story if they finished the rest of the seasons.
According to the show's creator Daniel Knauf, he always intended for the show to have six seasons. HBO canceled it abruptly after just two. Season three would have been set in 1939 around the time WWII was breaking out in Europe and it would have followed Ben and Samson who decide to find their friends from the carnival, who after season two finale all went their separate ways to have new lives including Jonsie who survived the shooting, and reassemble their old outfit to go and look for the hidden Templar scriptures. Ben is now the new Management and he picks up some of the old Management's seedier traits. His wounds took long time to heal and in the process he lost his power to heal others. Meanwhile, Sophie has partially accepted her dark side and is now living with Brother Justin as his wife. He survived the confrontation with Ben only because the blade did not fully pierce his heart, but the blade's shard is now permanently stuck in his chest, which has left him barely more than a shell of his former self and a puppet in Sophie's hands. Therefore, Sophie and his sister now battle each other for full control over his still powerful ministry. Season four would have seen the Carnivale going to Europe during WWII to discover the dark secrets of the medieval Templar order and find several amulets they left hidden that give the ultimate power to the bearer. In season five, they would have learned about the Manhattan Project and the competing Nazi atom bomb project causing them to attempt to stop the nukes from ever being used, since Ben sees it as the end of the Avatars and possibly humanity itself. In the sixth and final season, Ben would have faced Sophie only to discover that she is the Omega, meaning the only female and ultimately final Avatar, and that she had given birth to their baby who is the perfect combination of both light and dark traits. They figure that they must sacrifice their child to save the world but at the very end of the show, Ben realizes that nuclear weaponry is part of human progress and that there is no stopping progress. He concludes that humanity has finally evolved enough to become both its own worst enemy and savior and that the age of Avatars has come to an end with the atomic age since there's no further need for them anymore. Professor Ernst Lodz was to return and become the servant of darkness only to realize at the very end what he had done and try to make things right one final time. Knauf tried to get HBO to approve his idea to finish the series proper in novel or comic book form but HBO refused to give him the rights and only offered one TV movie to wrap up the story which Knauf refused since he couldn't figured out how to fit four whole seasons or 48 hours of the remaining story into a two hour movie.
To be fair at this stage season 2 had been approved and 3-6 was to follow. He did truly believe that he would finish the story but alas HBO cut it short due to low ratings. Truly a shame.
This show should have been finished. It was brilliant in so many ways. And the characters were fantastic! I really love this show and I’ve watched it a few times. Nick did an amazing job as Ben and Clancy as Brother Justin was absolutely fantastic!!!
I always come back to this show. I really wish it had been finished, as well!
this was wayy ahead of its time!
Just finished this for the first time. I'm literally speechless. I'm just grateful I lived to see and experience this Carnivale. Shake some dust, boys!
Awesomely outstanding & Fascinating 😊
I absolutely love this show. I hated HBO for canceling it. I wish they would allow Knauf to finish it, but HBO has blocked him from continuing in other mediums.
What a shame this was cancelled. I only just finished season 2 but I'll always remember this series.
this show was absolutely incredible. My God. i couldnt believe how gorgeous it is.
Episode 6 was a great one with the coal mining town. This show was ahead of its time.
Saw this back when it ran the first time on HBO back in 2003 I believe and loved it. Just bought both seasons and its better than I remember. Wish I could find out what was going to happen with the story if they finished the rest of the seasons.
According to the show's creator Daniel Knauf, he always intended for the show to have six seasons. HBO canceled it abruptly after just two. Season three would have been set in 1939 around the time WWII was breaking out in Europe and it would have followed Ben and Samson who decide to find their friends from the carnival, who after season two finale all went their separate ways to have new lives including Jonsie who survived the shooting, and reassemble their old outfit to go and look for the hidden Templar scriptures. Ben is now the new Management and he picks up some of the old Management's seedier traits. His wounds took long time to heal and in the process he lost his power to heal others. Meanwhile, Sophie has partially accepted her dark side and is now living with Brother Justin as his wife. He survived the confrontation with Ben only because the blade did not fully pierce his heart, but the blade's shard is now permanently stuck in his chest, which has left him barely more than a shell of his former self and a puppet in Sophie's hands. Therefore, Sophie and his sister now battle each other for full control over his still powerful ministry. Season four would have seen the Carnivale going to Europe during WWII to discover the dark secrets of the medieval Templar order and find several amulets they left hidden that give the ultimate power to the bearer. In season five, they would have learned about the Manhattan Project and the competing Nazi atom bomb project causing them to attempt to stop the nukes from ever being used, since Ben sees it as the end of the Avatars and possibly humanity itself. In the sixth and final season, Ben would have faced Sophie only to discover that she is the Omega, meaning the only female and ultimately final Avatar, and that she had given birth to their baby who is the perfect combination of both light and dark traits. They figure that they must sacrifice their child to save the world but at the very end of the show, Ben realizes that nuclear weaponry is part of human progress and that there is no stopping progress. He concludes that humanity has finally evolved enough to become both its own worst enemy and savior and that the age of Avatars has come to an end with the atomic age since there's no further need for them anymore. Professor Ernst Lodz was to return and become the servant of darkness only to realize at the very end what he had done and try to make things right one final time. Knauf tried to get HBO to approve his idea to finish the series proper in novel or comic book form but HBO refused to give him the rights and only offered one TV movie to wrap up the story which Knauf refused since he couldn't figured out how to fit four whole seasons or 48 hours of the remaining story into a two hour movie.
@@mariavictoriariera1555 Gracias, por la resumida versión de la serie. Eres un sol.
My favorite 📺
The Leftovers + Carnivale were ahead of TV
How was this show cancelled it’s absolutely amazing!!!
Agreed!!!!
This serie ahead of this your time
Ok bring on Season Three. And Four and Five.
Before its time
"You are never going to feel cheated!" I find that ironic seeing we never got an ending.
To be fair at this stage season 2 had been approved and 3-6 was to follow. He did truly believe that he would finish the story but alas HBO cut it short due to low ratings. Truly a shame.