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April 10, 2005
Carnivale (HBO), Season Two **-
filed under reviews: television
This season of Carnivale started out well, and then started to fall apart about half way through. They wrote themselves into a plot corner and then constructed a very complex evil:good backstory that involves a set of Tarot like characters, some of whom bleed blue. They magically infused knowledge of the whole mess into a key character's mind in order to solve some of the plotting problems, which came across as what it was: a cheat. They descended into the silly, to be blunt. Some storylines maintained a little integrity, but they were few. And the climax, the confrontation between the two main characters (the evil/devil preacher and the healer/good carnie) -- it was pretty bad. When you stoop to confusing the viewers with convoluted backstory in order to get yourself to where you want to be at the end of the season, you've blown it. It's sad when a good story goes bad.
April 10, 2005 01:13 AM
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