Carnivàle/Eleanor McGill

Eleanor
Carnivàle
Actor	K Callan
First Appearance	1x01 - Milfay
Last Appearance	2x09 - Lincoln Highway
Series Billing	Main Cast
Episode Count	21
Notable Episodes	Lincoln Highway

Season 1

Eleanor is an older migrant woman who comes to worship at Justin's First Methodist Church in Mintern. The migrants don't have their own church, prompting the woman to attend Justin's. Impoverished, she turns to stealing from the collection plate, which does not go unnoticed by Iris. She is questioned by Justin, only to be wracked by fountains of coins spewing from her mouth. Justin is equally shocked, and believes it to be a sign from God. As it is later revealed, Justin is able to force an individual to relive, or in some way experience, their greatest sin. Eleanor, who stole money, was cursed with a surplus of it. After this incident, Eleanor became extremely devoted to both Iris and Justin, acting as their majordomo and second only to Iris in the running of the Crowe estate.

Season 2

Eleanor becomes increasingly involved in the daily operation of the Crowe estate after Justin's move to New Canaan. She is eventually privy to one of Justin's "fits." Obviously disturbed by Justin's wailing and writhing and coal-black eyes, Eleanor asks Iris if she "saw the Devil in him." Iris immediately goes to bat for her brother, defending him as a man of god. Eleanor then goes into seclusion, doing whatever possible to avoid witnessing another one of Justin's fits. It isn't until Iris invites her on a picnic that she finally gets over what she saw, laughing about the thought of telling Justin just to see what he'd say about it. As soon as Eleanor mentions telling Justin about what she witnessed, Iris takes an oar to the back of her head, killing her. Her body drifts downstream until discovered during Brother Justin's baptism of Sofie.