EPISODE

1. Milfay

Ben reluctantly joins the carnival after the bank forecloses on his family's Oklahoma farm; Brother Justin has a bizarre encounter with a poor parishioner; Sofie has a run-in at a small-town gas station.

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Milfay, Oklahoma Dustbowl, 1934. Ben Hawkins, a young farmer and chain gang fugitive, suffers strange dreams about a trench war and a tattooed man stalking in a cornfield. When Ben buries his mother who had just died from dust pneumonia, a traveling carnival arrives. Ben's house is about to be demolished, and the police are nearing, so the carnival picks him up and provides him shelter. Lodz, the carnival's mentalist, is suspicious of Ben's dreams. Before the carnival leaves to its next location, Ben puts his hands on a lame girl's legs and heals her, laying the surrounding field to waste. Samson, the carnival's co-manager, relays Management's comment about Ben being expected to Jonesy, the carnival's Ferris wheel operator who suffers from a crippling knee injury. Mintern, California. [a] The small town preacher Brother Justin Crowe witnesses an Okie church attendee spew coins during a visit at his home. He also has the same dreams as Ben. In a particular dream, he sees a local Chinese establishment named Chin's where he later visits and has a vision of blood raining on himself and a cross manifesting on the neon signboard. Awards: Emmy for "Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series" and "Outstanding Costumes for a Series". VES Award for "Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial" and nomination for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Series".

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