Sofie is Justin's daughter!?

Only 2 episodes left for HBO's Carnivale (I know, I'm the only one who watches it). The 3/13 episode was one of the most gruesome/exciting yet, when we learned that Brother Justin raped Appy 20+ years ago, resulting in Justin's current housekeeper/wanna-be love interest Sofie. That's right, Justin wants to get it on with his own daughter (whom he doesn't know is his daughter ... YET. Only his sister does). It hardly makes sense, since we have been led to believe that Justin was a kind, simple man brought up by a priest and his wife early in his life. Any violent act such as rape is completely out of character from what we've heard of a young Justin.
Justin's rise to Usher was also not the best job of editing I've ever seen. We see Justin surprising Scudder from the back of a car, cutting off his head with a sickle. The screen then flashes this weird red color (like a bad horror movie from the 50's) and we see the Usher holding up poor Scudder's head, collecting his boon. The scene took less than 3 seconds for everything to transpire. If you got up to get a drink, you missed it. I would have liked to have seen some sort of dialog from Scudder when he had to give Justin his boon.
If you haven't ever watched Carnivale, don't turn it on next week and expect to catch up on anything that is going on. You have to rent the DVD's and watch from the first episode on - at least 2-3 times each, to even get a general idea of everything that is happening. Show mailing lists are fruitless since you will get screamed at for saying anything negative about the show. BTW, if you ever need an example of an oppressive society which regulates how you should act, think and read, don't turn to Hitler's Germany or Stalin's Russia. Head on over to the Carnivale mailing list on Yahoo and sign up. The moderators make those two look as liberal as Ted Kennedy.