 A practical joke by Jones on Ben to clean a dirty trailer leads Ben to a piece of the puzzle of is his past which is a tuxedo-clad man, named Scudder, that Ben keeps seeing in his dreams who may be his long-lost father, and whom worked at Carnivale. Meanwhile, Brother Justin and his sister Iris, (who lives with him in the same house in Mintern), seek the assistance from Brother Justin s mentor, Reverend Norman Balthus, try to turn Mr. Chin s, a local brothel, into a house of worship for the local migrants. Brother Justen then does do by persuading the owner after having a psychic vision. At the Carnivale, Sofie continues to tend to her comatose, telepathic mother, Apollonia, after their upsetting run in with Ben, whose powers can help, or harm.