It's amazing how much pathos is packed in the simple (even cliche'd) scene where Jonesy shows the rest that Hawkins isn't "just some kid from Milfay." This has been building since the first episode, and it's something most shows would toss aside after a handful of episodes at most. Also: the concluding shot of Justin…

Hilarious. Was just about to post that line. Is it just me, or is this episode a lot funnier than the show usually was?

Hilarious. Was just about to post that line. Is it just me, or is this episode a lot funnier than the show usually was?

I try not to think about the fact that we'll probably never have a third season of this show, but it's hard to ignore. Either way, Carnivale was an incredibly unique and deliciously atmospheric series despite its myriad little flaws, and it deserved to be shot to completion — if only to get a spot in TV history as a…

Amen, brotha.

Amen, brotha.

Tony: What, her husband dumped her, you thought she was gonna look like a kroll?
Carm: A kroll?
Tony: A crone… A troll. I don't know!

Underrated episode. I love it when Junior acts like a grumpy 5 year-old. That's kind of what he's always like, anyway: an overgrown baby. Remember Season 1, "Isabella"? Guy makes a crack about Tony so Junior promptly has him killed, 'cause, uh, he might talk about Junior like that one day! "Waaah I don't like him!!"

A nice little lifelike detail: When Tony returns to the Bing after (presumably) having hot dogs with AJ, he has mustard stains on his shirt which he picks at for a moment. The show's full of small things like this.

Has anybody noticed this? When Tony and Pussy "celebrate" with dinner after killing Matt, they're actually at an Irish pub, as the establishing shot shows: http://i.imgur.com/am46pc8.png

I just checked out the scene again. The guy's just Rosalie's father, or some unnamed relative. You see him enter the house with Carmella, both comforting Ro after the funeral, and they go in a bedroom at the end of the hall. In the foreground, Ralph sits down and watches TV. Cut to something else. Cut back to Ralph…

I just checked out the scene again. The guy's just Rosalie's father, or some unnamed relative. You see him enter the house with Carmella, both comforting Ro after the funeral, and they go in a bedroom at the end of the hall. In the foreground, Ralph sits down and watches TV. Cut to something else. Cut back to Ralph…

Seriously, a book would be great. Lots of great shows have these slim, episode-by-episode recap books which are more synopsis than insight, so Teti would knock it outta the park. I recall a rather dull collection of SFU essays which read like a parody of pretentious academic analysis but otherwise I don't think there…

Thanks for doing these, Todd. It was your review of the pilot that intrigued me enough to check out the show yesterday, now I am on past Pick A Number and really enthralled. Not perfect, but you were right about the atmospheric, world building qualities — and sometimes those are what I treasure most in a show. This…

Definitely a Top 10 episode for me. I just love it when Tony is in full Fuck People mode, and Junior in the institution is probably his finest hour — some of the funniest stuff the show ever did. Among all the episodes, this one stands out for just how deftly it balances and intertwines serious drama and absurd black…

Definitely a Top 10 episode for me. I just love it when Tony is in full Fuck People mode, and Junior in the institution is probably his finest hour — some of the funniest stuff the show ever did. Among all the episodes, this one stands out for just how deftly it balances and intertwines serious drama and absurd black…

As everyone says — these reviews are brilliant, Teti. I really like how you don't compare episodes or seasons, or talk about other shows; it is a refreshing approach, to throw that meta stuff away and just methodically dissect these characters' plights, as if they were real people.