Carnivale / real history

[trotsky]

Dan Knauf and the writers have done a VERY good job at intertwining the story of Carnivale with real historical events - the Dust Bowl, WW1, Talbot-Smith, radio preaching, etc.

Recall that when Management gave Ben the vision of what was going to happen, the nuclear bomb test (the "false sun") was the primary part of it.

Now of course we know that in the real world, the nuclear test DOES happen and we go on to make the bomb.

So what, if anything, does that tell us about where Carnivale is going to go and how Ben & Justin's battle will play out? Does Justin (evil) win?

[liberalnurse]

1. They will get more involved with

politics....My guess is that there will be a battle but not a dead Prophet......not yet anyways.

[imenja]

2. my predictions

I posted this in the lounge but no one wanted to play.

There is no way the story can be resolved in the next episode. The preview for next week said it's "the beginning" of the end, of the war between good and evil. If some of Management's prophecies are to come true, Justin needs to get to a position where he has influence over government and the bomb. My guess: Justin will win the first of the battles. Next seasons will play out a continuation of the fight between good and evil and Ben will have to refortify himself to eventually defeat darkness. It's also possible that Ben will die and that Sophie's baby will become the new child of light.

Edit on history question: Justin as Harry Truman? Robert Oppenheimer?

[trotsky]

3. What I have heard that DK said

was that he could wrap up this story with another season, but he has enough material to last another 3 seasons after that! No matter what happens next week, it's frustrating to know that I won't be satisfied no matter what the outcome! I'll miss my new Carnivale episode every week, that's for sure.