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1x01.
"Milfay"
written
by Daniel Knauf
directed by Rodrigo Garcia
original
airdate: September 14, 2003
running time: 57 minutes |
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a young man named Ben Hawkins buries
his mother on the grounds of his family's
repossessed farm, he's taken in by
a traveling carnival on its way to
a stint on the outskirts of yet another
impoverished Dust Bowl town. Ben's
shackles and strange spiritual powers
worry a blind mystic named Lodz, but
the carnival's day-to-day manager,
the diminutive Samson, insists that
Ben remain. The decision irks head-rigger
Jonesy, who senses there's chemistry
between Ben and Sofie, a tarot-card
reader whom Jonesy fancies. Meanwhile,
in Mintern, California, an evangelical
preacher named Brother Justin receives
a "sign from God" that leaves
him shattered and amazed - and awakened
to the possibilities of his own mysterious
powers. Back at the carnival, Ben
debates whether or not he should remain
with this bunch of "freaks"
- but an unforeseen inspiration keeps
him in the fold.
Midway
Grade: B
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