I loved the
atmosphere. The color of the sky, the weather, shadows and light. It reminded me of when Lodz and Ben were in the shack during the dust storm. The reddish hues reminded me of Appy's burning trailer and the background of Demon Justin and Wilford fighting in front of the tree.
The weather. Remember when Ben and Sofie made love in the car and it started raining? What a contrast to Justin and Sofie's encounter when the weather just remained tumultuous.
I thought I was going to laugh out loud when Eleanor popped up and started floating towards the baptism area. I thought it was funny because when Ben healed Gabriel's arm it was in a small pond and all the fishes floated to the top. When Justin "healed" Sofie's spirt the only fish to pop up was Eleanor (who was definitely swimming around in the company of a strange gene pool). When I saw Eleanor floating by I thought about the contrast between Ben's healing touch with Gabe and Justin's
bringing Sofie to the light and chuckled.
I noticed that the hatchet seemed to have a flatten head so it reminded me of a roofing hammer (see
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6163739448#ebayphotohosting for an example). That made me smile too. Afterall, Ben's there to knockdown Justin's house (a sort of "The Fall of
the House of Usher?" so to speak).
I know Norman is getting better, almost strong enough to feed himself, but he seemed more willing to physically communicate to both Ben and Sofie than he ever has Iris. When Iris talks to him he controls his reactions more. You know, he seems guarded. When Sofie suggested that watching her baptism might perk him up Norman recoiled. When Ben came in, Norman looked at him saw the knife and then directed Ben upstairs. In contrast, when Iris gave him a mouthful of food and then washed his face he seemed stiff. I don't think he trusts Iris.
About Lila. She's been on Samson's ass ever since Lodz got bumped and Samson took his place as Management's confidant. She conspired with Lodz to lure Ruthie out of her trailer so Lodz could sneak in and get a peek at Ben's dreams. Lila was also with Lodz when he bought the snake that killed Ruthie. It looks like her constant drumbeat of dissent against Ben, Samson and Management almost paid off. Couple her persistent whining about her missing Lodz with what the carnies already know about Ben because of the cop/sheriff that was showing the "wanted for murder" poster of Ben around the Carnivale last season. (Remember when Management had Samson show the sheriff Appy's bones and told him to claim it was Ben?) Then there was the heat and the lack of food that added brush to Lila's fire.
Oops. Gotta go back to work. I've got some thoughts about Carnivale coming to Justin that I'd like to share but it looks like it will be later.