Long before audiences got Lost, there was Carnivàle, a series about circus freaks that was more cryptic than a catatonic fortune-teller. It had a plot that twisted like a charmed snake — revolving around two men, young Ben Hawkins (Nick Stahl) and Brother Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown), and an all-encompassing battle between Good and Evil — as well as a mythology bigger than a 400-pound man.