(Some very light spoilers for early episodes of Amazon’s “Carnival Row.” But don’t worry, there are no any major plot twists here)
I love “Carnival Row” on Amazon Prime Video, but I’ll admit it took me, a professional nerd, a couple episodes to actually absorb the basics of this fantasy world. The show just kinda drops you in and expects you to catch up, and it can be a bit of a struggle to do that when the only primer you’re given is these title cards at the beginning of the first episode:
“For ages, the homeland of the Fae was a place of myth and legend.