Carnivàle
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Charting the destinies of two disparate factions, the show builds an epic struggle between good and evil and a conflict between free will and destiny. Its narrative fuses Christian theology with elements of Gnosticism and Masonic lore, most notably the Knights Templar.
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This show was insanely cool and had the potential to be one of HBO's best ever shows. Seriously, I'd take these two seasons over just about anything the premium channel has put out. There's a level of creativity and thoughtfulness that is near unheard of in TV. Unfortunately, these seasons amount to god-tier set-up for shit-hits-the-fan moments that we never got to see. As soon as we were going to get some big pay-offs, Carnivàle was cancelled. Nobody watched it: it was too slow, too smart, too weird for its time. This is one of the biggest creative what-ifs ever in my opinion. I still love these seasons, but rewatching them know that the story doesn't get its proper end isn't too appealing. Still can't rate it lower though: what we got was way too good.
