Tuesday, February 21, 2006

The carnivale has closed.

carnivale
Well, the last episode of carnivale was on ABC last night (no clue why season 2 moved from SBS). It was fantastic.

Everything television is supposed to be, moving, gorgeous, compelling and mighty. Brother Justin finally meets Ben Hawkins and in the end we are not quite sure what the result is. The final scenes represent the result of two seasons worth of foreshadowing and for those who have seen all the episodes, this was a marvelous payoff to all the waiting.

The twists were well planned and the fact that everything is not wrapped up at the end with a perfect little bow should not offend, it is not that kind of show.

It was just so nice to watch a show that challenged the mind, and where the characters took their time to fully develop… A revelation, and those who have not seen it should go and by Series 1 on DVD.

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