As Brother Justin tries to make sense of a major catastrophe, the carnival rolls into Babylon, a tapped-out silver-mining town with a luckless history - and few visible inhabitants. Samson looks to raise morale by treating the troupe to a night at a local bar in town, while Sofie and her new friend Libby (one of the cooch dancers) take in a film. A drunken Ben falls down a mineshaft, where he unexpectedly encounters a familiar face. Finally, a group of restless miners arrive just in time for the evening cooch show - and the latest tragedy to befall Carnivale.