New Eden (2020) s01e03 Episode Script
Go with Gaion
1
(Gentle electronic music)
♪
Amy: Thousands of years ago,
Gaion, the alien goddess
of creation,
gave birth to the Earth.
And in a most sacred garden
on that Earth,
Gaion's first daughter, Eve,
was gifted with Mother Gaion's
ability to create life.
Gaion cherished her Eve
daughters,
as they cherished the Earth
she created for them.
But not all was well
in the Cosmos.
A jealous, wicked alien god
called Mascularus
grew envious of Mother Gaion's
creation,
and sought to steal it
for himself.
Mascularus sent an emissary
to steal the life-giving power
from Gaion's Eve daughters,
so that his sons,
the ancient Adams,
could forever enslave Evekind.
(Shouting, fires crackle)
Gaion fought fiercely
for her daughters,
but the damage was done.
The Seedgift had been ripped
,
and was now controlled
by the Adams,
who used this power
to oppress Evekind.
(Women scream)
Gaion knew she must sacrifice
herself to defeat Mascularus.
But first, she imparted
Evekind with a final gift.
Starmother Eve,
the Protector of Wombs,
and Truthmother Eve,
the Knower of Truths.
Two Seedsisters to act
as sentinels
of Gaion herself.
Through the first daughters'
final sacrifice,
Gaion foresaw that Starmother
and Truthmother
would finally awaken
to their ancient purpose,
and would together hold
the power to reclaim
the sacred Seedgift,
and free Evekind once more.
♪♪♪
Does that answer your question?
♪♪♪
- We were all feeling
something very powerful.
(Pee splashing)
(Women scream and howl)
(Whooping and howling)
- Very powerful.
(Insects buzz, birds chirp)
(Frogs croak)
♪♪♪
- We purify,
and we cleanse the space.
Sage
All: Sage
- Sage
♪ But the satisfied saints
with dime store visions ♪
♪ Don't even begin to see ♪
♪ The paradise lost
was paradise gained ♪
♪ I know I claimed it
graciously ♪
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city ♪
- Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve!
All: Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve
♪ When I first came
to the city of the angels ♪
♪ No man was left alive ♪
Grace: Let Gaion's spirit
move through your bodies!
Let her energy course
through your veins.
That feeling in your chest,
that's Gaion.
Linking you to the spirit
of every other Eve.
Of every other woman!
Interviewer: When did Grace
and Katherine
first tell you about Gaion?
- Oh, it's not something
I was told.
It's something I just realized
I had always known,
once I was told.
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city ♪
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city now ♪
♪ Step right through ♪
♪ Step right through the
gates into the city now ♪
♪ Step right through ♪
- It's not like one day
we all just suddenly
started to believe
all this crazy shit,
it wasn't like that, it was
more organic, and there were
just certain moments,
certain happenings.
Things I couldn't explain,
and it made us believe in
well, all that crazy shit.
- They sacrificed an old lady,
and turned that shit
into a cult.
That is textbook cult shit!
Katherine: I mean, does
ever?
Grace: I mean, I think
if we're gonna sell it.
Yeah, we should-the more,
the more, the better.
- Okay.
- So I figurm
to do one of their classic
circles.
- Yes. They seem to want
to do that a lot.
- They love that.
Maybe they're holding hands.
Maybe you and me
are holding hands.
- That's good. Okay.
So we're in the middle.
We're doing this.
And maybe we're
- Do a spin?
- Let's spin around.
- Yeah, that's good.
And then um, when I hold it up,
that's when they break,
and kinda, hands up.
- To the sky.
- Hands up to sky,
Gaion, Gaion, yeah.
- Right.
- Should they spin?
- If we're gonna spin,
let them spin too.
- Let them spin,
make 'em a bit dizzy.
I feel like that always
sells it.
- Alright, let's do it.
- Alright ladies,
here's what we're gonna do!
Interviewer: Can you describe
ss
that took place at New Eden?
- I suppose I could let you
in on a few to try to see--
- No, no, I don't-I actually
don't feel comfortable
speaking about that
at this time, so.
(Sighs heavily)
- Well!
- Tell us your name, sister.
- Camilla Argento.
- Before you walked
in Gaion's light,
you were married, yes?
Amy: The Tellings were a way
of naming our shame
before Gaion.
Of holding nothing back,
so that no secrets
could divide us.
- Hey, Camilla,
check in with me.
This, this is a safe place.
- Right, okay, yeah.
- Okay? Yeah.
But if you don't tell
the truth,
people are gonna hate you.
- Okay, uh
fine, yes, I I was married.
- Good. And you uh,
you had children, yes?
How many?
I'll hold my fingers,
and you just,
you tell me when to stop, okay?
This many?
Okay, I'm gonna add another.
Hmm.
More than that.
- (Sighs tearfully)
- Okay. Three.
Three
- I-I have three children.
(Women gasp, murmur)
- Three whole kids.
Max: The process was
intense.
- Where's Mom?
Where's Mom? Hey?
Hey? You don't know
where they are.
- (Sighs tearfully)
- Or maybe you don't care!
- Of course I care!
- Oh, really?
I'm not feeling that.
- I care!
- Oh, you do?
- I do!
- You need to say it!
You need to say it.
You need to take what's inside
and say it out!
- I can't! I can't!
- Everyone's gonna hate you,
Camilla!
- I didn't wanna just be
a mother anymore, okay?!
I-I never wanted to be
a mother in the first place!
(Gasps, sighs)
And I just,
I woke up one morning,
and I have three boys,
and a husband who won't even
look at me,
and I don't know whose life
I'm living, so
I just-I needed a break, okay?
So yes, yes! I left!
Okay?!
(Sobs)
Yeah. Okay.
- Yeah.
It's good to say it,
isn't it?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- You're a bad mom.
- What?
- You left the kids,
it's gonna screw 'em up.
- You're right.
- Yeah.
- You're (sobs)
And they're probably so sad!
- Yeah, you made a mistake.
Grace: You know what?
Scream into my mouth!
- What?
- Scream into my mouth,
let it out in here!
- What? What?
- (Screaming)
(Grace and Camilla scream)
- Yeah! Yeah!
- (Laughing)
- Doesn't that feel good?
Yeah, just let it out!
Go with Gaion, eh?
(Grace and Camilla scream)
(New Eden laugh and chatter)
Camilla: Wow!
- Yay! There she is,
there she is!
Katherine: Oh, that's good,
see, yes. Hey? See?
There she is, Gaion sees you!
- You're welcome.
- Thank you, Grace.
Katherine: No, you're welcome.
Yeah. Oh, let me get over here.
Nope, I'm in the hug too.
- It was a way to get shit
on people.
You make them spill their guts.
You've learned your secrets,
and then they're all yours.
- When group confession is
used as a means of control,
the leader deliberately
elicits feelings of shame,
so that only he
can replace them
with feelings of euphoria,
and release.
It's a form of emotional
ownership.
But
well, at New Eden,
it wasn't like that.
We were just expressing
ourselves as women.
(All screaming)
- I'll dumb this down
for you if I can,
because it's a bit complex,
but basically a release
of your negative
inside toxins is extremely
important.
Extremely important.
(All screaming)
- You know, because we're all
trying to become enlightened,
right, but how can we,
when we're being dragged down
by all those negative
thoughts and feelings?
- Men have always been
attracted to me.
But it's not my fault.
I look like this naturally.
- My greatest ambition
is to be the first
Black female Pippin
on Broadway!
(Applause)
- I'm not even wearing makeup.
(Women murmur quietly)
(Scream turns into sobs)
Grace: Yeah, we're gonna work
on it, that was great.
- Yeah?
- That was really good.
- Oh, you know, ancient tribes,
and you can look them up,
they used to um release all
that negative energy uh,
with a series of religious
mouth sounds.
(Loud grunting)
(Moaning)
- Okay, and that's a practice
as old as time.
And science.
- I kinda stabbed a guy.
He survived.
Yeah. It's not great.
(All screaming)
- So we were basically
just employing
that ancient scream science
to bring our own tribe
together,
with acts of crying,
and shouting,
and screaming,
and throwing in chairs.
(Crashing, women gasp)
(All cheering)
- And that, if you think
about it,
is literally the definition
of spirituality.
- It was probably the first
time anyone had encouraged
any of those women to express
their anger in a healthy way,
or at all.
Honestly, it was the most
exciting feeling
I've ever experienced
in my life,
better than any drug.
And then we'd also
add a lot of drugs,
so it was
(Women laugh and shout)
(Muted screaming)
- You're very nice, Camilla.
(All laughing)
Sharon: The Tellings
and the Showings
were meant as a healthy bonding
exercise for the group.
Interviewer: And were there
any other practices
that were common at that time?
- What exactly
are you referring to?
♪♪♪
Amy: The openings were a way
of connecting directly
with Gaion's spirit.
It's an extremely powerful
experience.
Interviewer: Can you
describe it?
- It's an intimate happening
between you and Gaion.
Interviewer: And Grace.
- Well, of course.
You can't navigate that kind
of cosmic energy
without a guide.
And Starmother
was a very skilled guide.
- Very good, my sister,
you did very good!
Do you feel Gaion's spirit?
Yes! Yes, you do.
Yes, you do!
Oh, yes, you are connected
to the stars!
You are connected to the sun!
- The openings were um
uh (laughs)
ah
Max: All I'll say is,
you'd drink some Eve's blood,
and you'd go into these
beautiful woods with Grace,
and then you'd come back
open to just about anything.
- (Laughs)
Oh
I'm sorry, could we take
like, a little break?
- So-so here's the thing.
After their opening,
each woman was asked
to make a material gift
to Gaion.
Grace: There's my sister,
there's my sister!
There's my sister.
You are connected to the stars,
yes!
- Yes!
- You know, they would make
their way out of the woods,
you know, not thinking
straight,
not-not themselves,
and there Katherine would be,
waiting for them.
Uh, you can say
it was their decision,
but I don't know many women
that would voluntarily
sign over their possessions
and life savings,
you know, without some
very persuasive uh
openings.
Grace: Yes! Yeah!
Okay, go with Gaion,
come on, you.
Let's get you cleaned up.
Yeah.
- Like I said,
textbook cult shit.
- I would just,
I would really like to,
to make something clear here.
Uh, that was all completely
voluntary.
Okay? Our followers were
very enthusiastic
about what we were um
talking about.
Okay, so they wanted
to contribute to our cause.
There is nothing wrong
with that.
- Nothing wrong. Nothing.
You know,
just two consenting adults,
spending some time in the woods
with a divine being.
Hmm?
If that's a crime, lock me up.
Again.
Interviewer: And how was Hannah
reacting to everything
at that time?
- I mean, she was in deep
cover.
You understand, like, the story
was suddenly changing.
She had to immerse herself
to keep up with it.
♪♪♪
- Go with Gaion!
(Chuckles)
Sister Hannah.
Hello.
You know, I don't think
you've had a crack
at an opening yet, have you?
Hannah: Ah
- Why don't we do something
about that?
Uh-uh, don't need this
for that.
(Hannah laughs)
- The first thing you learn
going undercover,
is you gotta believe your lie
as much as you can.
You know, and she'd already
been there so long.
Maybe she just believed it
a little to much.
♪♪♪
All: Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Hannah: Oh!
Oh!
(Gasping)
(Laughing)
♪♪♪
Interviewer: So she was lying
to you that whole time.
- (Sighs)
- Hannah, it's your turn.
Hannah: Uh
- Here, give that to me.
Oh, good. Ah!
Oh
All right, now,
tell us your name.
- It's
(coughs) excuse me.
It's Hannah Weir.
- And do you have anything
to confess before Gaion
and your sisters?
- Yeah.
- (Sighs)
(Buttons click)
Hannah: And I actually believed
we were going to be together.
Isn't that funny?
So
Aaaaaah!
(Sobs)
(Women murmur quietly)
Katherine: Mhmm,
open your face up a bit.
- Okay.
- Pretty.
- Yes, Hannah and I became
very close.
And uh,
it eventually developed into
a romantic relationship.
- We hadn't talked
in a couple months,
she hadn't sent any tape.
You know, and it was getting
to be uh,
a lot longer than an undercover
journalist should be embedded.
You know, especially a rookie
like she was, you know?
- You know what? I think we
should get the camera on you,
and see how you feel
in front of the camera.
Hannah: Mm, I'm good, actually.
- No, I think we should.
I think we should, come on.
- I mean, okay. Uh
Interviewer: Why didn't you
extract her?
Wyatt: Well, at the time,
I didn't see a reason to.
She was there to do
an assignment,
and clearly she'd given up
on that, so, I mean,
what was I supposed to do?
I was her boss, but
she decided to stop working.
Interviewer: Yeah,
but didn't you worry
she might be in trouble?
- Not in any kind that I could
do anything about.
I mean, we hadn't talked
for a while,
see, but I always knew
that she was a smart girl.
And if anything happened,
if Grace and Katherine
slipped up, you know,
if they endangered any
of those women,
I knew that she would wake up,
and remember why she was there.
(Phone ringing)
- Okay, really good.
Really good.
- I have a truth to reveal.
- Always time for one more.
- Okay well, let's just
- And it comes straight from
Gaion herself.
Wyatt: Neston was ex-navy.
A real by-the-book kinda guy.
I mean, not the most equipped
to raise three daughters
on his own.
So uh, I think he was pretty
strict with them.
- Before Gaion came
into my life,
I always felt like I was on
a very narrow path.
a path designed by the will
of Adams.
And so I knew
from a very young age
that I would have to stray
far from that path
in order to achieve the full
scope of my destiny.
- Alright, do you wanna start
with your name, or?
- Gaion came to me
in a dream.
- Okay
- And she told me
of an ancient prophecy
that would forever change
the fate of my sisters.
And me.
(Birds chirp)
Wyatt: Sam Aarons
was always pretty close
with the Neston family.
I mean, sorta like the son
Hank Neston never had.
You know, but I think old Hank
was hoping that Amy
would follow in her mother's
footsteps with a man
that he had handpicked for her.
- Uh, I'm here to speak um
with the deed owner, um
a Mrs. Agnes Wryfield.
- Uh, yes, um
she is, uh, she's indisposed
at the moment.
So um, you come back
another day.
- Oh!
Amy: Oh!
- Yes. Uh
- Hi, Sam.
- Hey, Ames.
- Are you here to see me?
- Uh, well, Sarge wanted me
to do a-a property check.
- You mean he wanted you
to check on me?
- Yeah.
Uh, no! No, no, no, no.
No, I volunteered.
Well, no, I-I wanted um, to
(Laughs) How are ya?
- I'm great, Sam.
How are you?
- Can I talk to you
for a second?
- Okay, of course.
- I'd like that.
(Both chuckle)
- It's good to see you.
- You too.
- (Giggles)
- Ma'am.
- Officer.
- Hi.
Isn't she great?
- (Sighs)
(Sighs)
Sharon: Do you think
he knows she's dead?
Katherine and Grace: Sharon!
What the hell?!
Wyatt: I think they knew
exactly who Amy was
when they recruited her.
You see, but that
is the problem
with Grace and Katherine.
They consistently delude
each other into thinking
that they can control
everything,
and then they prove
themselves wrong,
and spiral out very,
very quickly.
And that is exactly what
happened with Amy Neston.
- Amy's need to reject
the restrictive social mores
of the '70s,
to resist against the
traditional and oppressive
roles of motherhood
and marriage,
to find your place as a woman
in this world,
these were common narratives
that women had
at New Eden, I mean,
it's why New Eden existed.
That being said,
if Amy wanted to escape
the shackles of patriarchy,
she probably should've left
her own father's jurisdiction
to do so.
- Some people seem to think
that we benefited
from Amy's relations
with local law enforcement.
- We did not.
This is private property.
We !
And you don't have a warrant!
So guess what?
You're fuckin' trespassing!
- Where is Amy?!
We have not seen her
anywhere in months.
- You've been watching us, pig?
- You bet your white trash ass
I have.
- Look! Hey, look, look!
Come on!
Look, let's just invite
her outside,
and then she can tell us
for herself that she's okay.
- Amy! Get out here!
- He's wasted out of his tree!
Katherine: Stop it.
- I swear to God,
if you hurt my daughter,
I will burn this place
to the fuckin' ground!
- Will you? Oh, I'm shaking
in my fuckin' boots.
- And I'll make sure you're
inside it, too.
- Yeah. Oh wow, what a threat.
Maybe you shouldn't worry
about me hurting your daughter,
huh? You fucking pig!
Maybe she ran out of your house
for a reason!
I wonder what kind of nasty
shit you did to her
make her want to get away
from you!
- You wanna
- Hey!
(All screaming at once)
Hank: Shut your fucking mouth,
how about that?!
- Stop!
- Amy?
- Amy, is that is that--
- It's Gaion's!
- Gaion's?!
Look, I don't know what these
people have been telling you,
okay?
But it's time for you
to come home now.
Come on.
- Amy.
- (Whispering)
- That's right.
You say goodbye.
Okay, just say goodbye,
and that's it.
Come on. Come on, baby.
Sam: Amy?
Grace: Get inside.
Hank: What the fuck did you
say to her?!
Sam: Come on, let's go.
Hank: Shut the fuck up!
Get the fuck in the car.
(Spits) I'm not done here.
- Hannah, stop.
Enough.
- Amy getting pregnant was
I mean, obviously it wasn't
hard to put together
what had happened.
Interviewer: What happened?
- They had sex.
Amy and Sam had sex.
They had intercourse together
like real people do.
- Okay.
Max: I don't know,
we all just kind of followed
Grace and Katherine's lead,
and agreed to believe.
I thought that was best
for Amy at the time, but
- I have miraculously
become pregnant
with her sacred seed!
(Giggles)
- Surprise!
I'm so glad you brought
that up.
Yes, yes, of course,
the Truthmother and I
have been aware of this
prophecy for quite a bit,
haven't we, Katherine?
Amy: Of course,
you know everything.
- But we wanted to make sure
that every one of our sisters
was ready to receive the news
of this great miracle,
given the sheer
magnitude of change
it will mean for our whole
community.
It's so exciting.
It really is.
Mazel tov.
But now it is my Gaionic
privilege to reveal
to all of you
that Amy has become
our Seedmother.
Yes, she has, just like
the book foretold!
And she will give birth
to the Seed Redeemer.
Let's go with that. Yeah!
Mhmm.
Amy: The Seed Redeemer.
Blessed be she!
- Yep, why wouldn't it be
a girl?
So let's all take this moment
to celebrate
this joyous Gaionic gift.
It's really, it's a gift.
I'm jazzed about it.
- It's a girl?
- Excuse me.
Amy: And she's telling me
it won't hurt.
She's gonna just fade out
from the belly,
like a mist.
- Yeah, it will hurt.
- I mean, obviously,
psychologically it was
a delicate situation.
For all of us.
But we were a proud sisterhood,
and we had a baby on the way.
So we did what anyone would do.
Or what we would do.
- But all is not lost,
my sisters,
for Gaion, blessed be she,
foresaw a time when the seed
would be returned to Eve,
and her daughters.
Amy: A great miracle
shall pass,
and Gaion saw- oh!
Grace: Shit!
(Women laugh and exclaim)
- Okay, you all right?
- Hi! Hello.
She's okay.
- Is she?
- Oh, she's strong.
- Okay, back to "once,"
back to "once."
Oh! Okay, alright.
(Bees buzzing)
Grace: Let Gaion's creatures
bless the coming
of the Seed Redeemer.
(Buzzing)
- (Laughs)
Katherine: This is bad.
Let'.
- Is it working?
Grace: Um yeah,
yeah, that feels blessed
enough.
Okay, let's go inside.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I- I
- You're fine.
Everything's fine.
Everything's okay.
- Okay. Oh!
- Okay, no, everybody scat!
Everybody scatter!
No, you come-come this way.
Come to me, honey.
Katherine: Grace, Grace,
leave her!
- No, we can't leave her.
God! Oh! Come here.
Interviewer: And even after
everything that happened,
you still believe that
your child
was the prophetic spawn
of an immaculate conception?
- Yes.
Why wouldn't I? I-I don't
understand the question.
Women: Go with Gaion.
Go with Gaion
Grace: Ohh, that's good.
That's good, push!
Push!
(Amy screams)
- You're almost there, Amy,
you're almost there.
Oh! I can see the head!
I can see the head, Amy!
I can see the head!
Okay, you ready?
You ready? You ready
to finish this?
You ready to finish this?
Okay, ready, one last big push,
here we go,
one, two, three, puuuush!
(Amy screams)
Women: Go with Gaion
(Baby wails)
Amy: Oh! She's here!
Grace: Oh shit.
(Baby cries)
Amy: Is that the umbilical cord?
(Baby wails)
(Amy gasps)
- So
the good news is,
Amy has given birth
to a beautiful,
bouncing baby boy,
which is all part of Gaion's
great plan.
- I'm not cutting
the fucking cord!
- Excuse me.
Katherine, did you throw up
in here?
- Yes!
Interviewer: So the sex
of your baby
was always part
of the prophecy?
- Yes. As it turned out.
Interviewer: How did Grace
and Katherine justify
the sex of the baby?
- Grace told me that
he was a chosen Adam,
who on his 21st birthday
would ascend
to the cosmic plane
to defeat Mascularus,
and free Gaion,
because every feminist
religious ideology
should culminate with the women
being rescued
from an epic space battle
by a male savior.
Right?
- I think they told me
that his
penis would become engorged
with the sins of ancient Adams,
and then ceremoniously fall off
on his 21st birthday,
making him our new Eve savior.
Mm, I remember it sounding
plausible.
- Well, come here, honey.
Come on. (Laughs)
After he was born,
the Starmother revealed
our true task was to ready
the Seed Redeemer
for his 21st birthday,
when he would experience
a binary ascension
that would save Evekind.
- You dumb (bleep)!
You're a stupid (bleep)!
(Bleep) (Bleep)
(Bleep) (Bleep)!
- Only 10 more years to go.
- I think there were
many points
when Grace and Katherine
dou.
But you could see the stress
start to eat away at them.
Whenever it did, things
always got a lot worse.
Wyatt: Yeah, Neston always
had it out for them.
Obviously.
I mean, but the Amy thing
put him over the edge.
I mean, he became obsessed
with bringing them down.
After the failed drug charge
in '77,
he tried everything.
See, but nobody wanted
to believe that these women
were worth investigating,
until Amy's pregnancy.
He went around town telling
just about anyone
who would listen that
these evil feminists
were keeping Sam Aarons
from his unborn child,
and keeping him
from his grandson.
Huh! Suddenly
the community was out
for blood.
(Radio static)
Reporter: Sgt. Neston,
you're on the air.
What are we to make
of all these feminists
invading our community?
Is this all cause for panic?
Hank: Let me be very clear,
Jerry.
These women are dangerous.
Plain and simple.
This little commune of theirs,
this "New Eden,"
don't be fooled,
this is a cult.
With very possible
satanic proclivities.
Its members and its leaders
are a menace to our community.
They wanna recruit
our daughters,
and corrupt life in this town.
I want to caution that parents
of young women
in this community
to be extremely vigilant,
extremely vigilant.
Reporter: Strong words
from our man in blue.
But, what's the solution?
It sounds like something's
gotta be done.
Hank: Oh, believe me, Jerry,
something will be done.
This is my town,
and I will do what I have to
to protect it.
Wyatt: Never underestimate
the anger
of a middle-aged white cop
who feels powerless.
Or what he'll do to take
his power back.
♪♪♪
(Gentle electronic music)
♪
Amy: Thousands of years ago,
Gaion, the alien goddess
of creation,
gave birth to the Earth.
And in a most sacred garden
on that Earth,
Gaion's first daughter, Eve,
was gifted with Mother Gaion's
ability to create life.
Gaion cherished her Eve
daughters,
as they cherished the Earth
she created for them.
But not all was well
in the Cosmos.
A jealous, wicked alien god
called Mascularus
grew envious of Mother Gaion's
creation,
and sought to steal it
for himself.
Mascularus sent an emissary
to steal the life-giving power
from Gaion's Eve daughters,
so that his sons,
the ancient Adams,
could forever enslave Evekind.
(Shouting, fires crackle)
Gaion fought fiercely
for her daughters,
but the damage was done.
The Seedgift had been ripped
,
and was now controlled
by the Adams,
who used this power
to oppress Evekind.
(Women scream)
Gaion knew she must sacrifice
herself to defeat Mascularus.
But first, she imparted
Evekind with a final gift.
Starmother Eve,
the Protector of Wombs,
and Truthmother Eve,
the Knower of Truths.
Two Seedsisters to act
as sentinels
of Gaion herself.
Through the first daughters'
final sacrifice,
Gaion foresaw that Starmother
and Truthmother
would finally awaken
to their ancient purpose,
and would together hold
the power to reclaim
the sacred Seedgift,
and free Evekind once more.
♪♪♪
Does that answer your question?
♪♪♪
- We were all feeling
something very powerful.
(Pee splashing)
(Women scream and howl)
(Whooping and howling)
- Very powerful.
(Insects buzz, birds chirp)
(Frogs croak)
♪♪♪
- We purify,
and we cleanse the space.
Sage
All: Sage
- Sage
♪ But the satisfied saints
with dime store visions ♪
♪ Don't even begin to see ♪
♪ The paradise lost
was paradise gained ♪
♪ I know I claimed it
graciously ♪
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city ♪
- Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve!
All: Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve
♪ When I first came
to the city of the angels ♪
♪ No man was left alive ♪
Grace: Let Gaion's spirit
move through your bodies!
Let her energy course
through your veins.
That feeling in your chest,
that's Gaion.
Linking you to the spirit
of every other Eve.
Of every other woman!
Interviewer: When did Grace
and Katherine
first tell you about Gaion?
- Oh, it's not something
I was told.
It's something I just realized
I had always known,
once I was told.
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city ♪
♪ Step right through
the gates to the city now ♪
♪ Step right through ♪
♪ Step right through the
gates into the city now ♪
♪ Step right through ♪
- It's not like one day
we all just suddenly
started to believe
all this crazy shit,
it wasn't like that, it was
more organic, and there were
just certain moments,
certain happenings.
Things I couldn't explain,
and it made us believe in
well, all that crazy shit.
- They sacrificed an old lady,
and turned that shit
into a cult.
That is textbook cult shit!
Katherine: I mean, does
ever?
Grace: I mean, I think
if we're gonna sell it.
Yeah, we should-the more,
the more, the better.
- Okay.
- So I figurm
to do one of their classic
circles.
- Yes. They seem to want
to do that a lot.
- They love that.
Maybe they're holding hands.
Maybe you and me
are holding hands.
- That's good. Okay.
So we're in the middle.
We're doing this.
And maybe we're
- Do a spin?
- Let's spin around.
- Yeah, that's good.
And then um, when I hold it up,
that's when they break,
and kinda, hands up.
- To the sky.
- Hands up to sky,
Gaion, Gaion, yeah.
- Right.
- Should they spin?
- If we're gonna spin,
let them spin too.
- Let them spin,
make 'em a bit dizzy.
I feel like that always
sells it.
- Alright, let's do it.
- Alright ladies,
here's what we're gonna do!
Interviewer: Can you describe
ss
that took place at New Eden?
- I suppose I could let you
in on a few to try to see--
- No, no, I don't-I actually
don't feel comfortable
speaking about that
at this time, so.
(Sighs heavily)
- Well!
- Tell us your name, sister.
- Camilla Argento.
- Before you walked
in Gaion's light,
you were married, yes?
Amy: The Tellings were a way
of naming our shame
before Gaion.
Of holding nothing back,
so that no secrets
could divide us.
- Hey, Camilla,
check in with me.
This, this is a safe place.
- Right, okay, yeah.
- Okay? Yeah.
But if you don't tell
the truth,
people are gonna hate you.
- Okay, uh
fine, yes, I I was married.
- Good. And you uh,
you had children, yes?
How many?
I'll hold my fingers,
and you just,
you tell me when to stop, okay?
This many?
Okay, I'm gonna add another.
Hmm.
More than that.
- (Sighs tearfully)
- Okay. Three.
Three
- I-I have three children.
(Women gasp, murmur)
- Three whole kids.
Max: The process was
intense.
- Where's Mom?
Where's Mom? Hey?
Hey? You don't know
where they are.
- (Sighs tearfully)
- Or maybe you don't care!
- Of course I care!
- Oh, really?
I'm not feeling that.
- I care!
- Oh, you do?
- I do!
- You need to say it!
You need to say it.
You need to take what's inside
and say it out!
- I can't! I can't!
- Everyone's gonna hate you,
Camilla!
- I didn't wanna just be
a mother anymore, okay?!
I-I never wanted to be
a mother in the first place!
(Gasps, sighs)
And I just,
I woke up one morning,
and I have three boys,
and a husband who won't even
look at me,
and I don't know whose life
I'm living, so
I just-I needed a break, okay?
So yes, yes! I left!
Okay?!
(Sobs)
Yeah. Okay.
- Yeah.
It's good to say it,
isn't it?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- You're a bad mom.
- What?
- You left the kids,
it's gonna screw 'em up.
- You're right.
- Yeah.
- You're (sobs)
And they're probably so sad!
- Yeah, you made a mistake.
Grace: You know what?
Scream into my mouth!
- What?
- Scream into my mouth,
let it out in here!
- What? What?
- (Screaming)
(Grace and Camilla scream)
- Yeah! Yeah!
- (Laughing)
- Doesn't that feel good?
Yeah, just let it out!
Go with Gaion, eh?
(Grace and Camilla scream)
(New Eden laugh and chatter)
Camilla: Wow!
- Yay! There she is,
there she is!
Katherine: Oh, that's good,
see, yes. Hey? See?
There she is, Gaion sees you!
- You're welcome.
- Thank you, Grace.
Katherine: No, you're welcome.
Yeah. Oh, let me get over here.
Nope, I'm in the hug too.
- It was a way to get shit
on people.
You make them spill their guts.
You've learned your secrets,
and then they're all yours.
- When group confession is
used as a means of control,
the leader deliberately
elicits feelings of shame,
so that only he
can replace them
with feelings of euphoria,
and release.
It's a form of emotional
ownership.
But
well, at New Eden,
it wasn't like that.
We were just expressing
ourselves as women.
(All screaming)
- I'll dumb this down
for you if I can,
because it's a bit complex,
but basically a release
of your negative
inside toxins is extremely
important.
Extremely important.
(All screaming)
- You know, because we're all
trying to become enlightened,
right, but how can we,
when we're being dragged down
by all those negative
thoughts and feelings?
- Men have always been
attracted to me.
But it's not my fault.
I look like this naturally.
- My greatest ambition
is to be the first
Black female Pippin
on Broadway!
(Applause)
- I'm not even wearing makeup.
(Women murmur quietly)
(Scream turns into sobs)
Grace: Yeah, we're gonna work
on it, that was great.
- Yeah?
- That was really good.
- Oh, you know, ancient tribes,
and you can look them up,
they used to um release all
that negative energy uh,
with a series of religious
mouth sounds.
(Loud grunting)
(Moaning)
- Okay, and that's a practice
as old as time.
And science.
- I kinda stabbed a guy.
He survived.
Yeah. It's not great.
(All screaming)
- So we were basically
just employing
that ancient scream science
to bring our own tribe
together,
with acts of crying,
and shouting,
and screaming,
and throwing in chairs.
(Crashing, women gasp)
(All cheering)
- And that, if you think
about it,
is literally the definition
of spirituality.
- It was probably the first
time anyone had encouraged
any of those women to express
their anger in a healthy way,
or at all.
Honestly, it was the most
exciting feeling
I've ever experienced
in my life,
better than any drug.
And then we'd also
add a lot of drugs,
so it was
(Women laugh and shout)
(Muted screaming)
- You're very nice, Camilla.
(All laughing)
Sharon: The Tellings
and the Showings
were meant as a healthy bonding
exercise for the group.
Interviewer: And were there
any other practices
that were common at that time?
- What exactly
are you referring to?
♪♪♪
Amy: The openings were a way
of connecting directly
with Gaion's spirit.
It's an extremely powerful
experience.
Interviewer: Can you
describe it?
- It's an intimate happening
between you and Gaion.
Interviewer: And Grace.
- Well, of course.
You can't navigate that kind
of cosmic energy
without a guide.
And Starmother
was a very skilled guide.
- Very good, my sister,
you did very good!
Do you feel Gaion's spirit?
Yes! Yes, you do.
Yes, you do!
Oh, yes, you are connected
to the stars!
You are connected to the sun!
- The openings were um
uh (laughs)
ah
Max: All I'll say is,
you'd drink some Eve's blood,
and you'd go into these
beautiful woods with Grace,
and then you'd come back
open to just about anything.
- (Laughs)
Oh
I'm sorry, could we take
like, a little break?
- So-so here's the thing.
After their opening,
each woman was asked
to make a material gift
to Gaion.
Grace: There's my sister,
there's my sister!
There's my sister.
You are connected to the stars,
yes!
- Yes!
- You know, they would make
their way out of the woods,
you know, not thinking
straight,
not-not themselves,
and there Katherine would be,
waiting for them.
Uh, you can say
it was their decision,
but I don't know many women
that would voluntarily
sign over their possessions
and life savings,
you know, without some
very persuasive uh
openings.
Grace: Yes! Yeah!
Okay, go with Gaion,
come on, you.
Let's get you cleaned up.
Yeah.
- Like I said,
textbook cult shit.
- I would just,
I would really like to,
to make something clear here.
Uh, that was all completely
voluntary.
Okay? Our followers were
very enthusiastic
about what we were um
talking about.
Okay, so they wanted
to contribute to our cause.
There is nothing wrong
with that.
- Nothing wrong. Nothing.
You know,
just two consenting adults,
spending some time in the woods
with a divine being.
Hmm?
If that's a crime, lock me up.
Again.
Interviewer: And how was Hannah
reacting to everything
at that time?
- I mean, she was in deep
cover.
You understand, like, the story
was suddenly changing.
She had to immerse herself
to keep up with it.
♪♪♪
- Go with Gaion!
(Chuckles)
Sister Hannah.
Hello.
You know, I don't think
you've had a crack
at an opening yet, have you?
Hannah: Ah
- Why don't we do something
about that?
Uh-uh, don't need this
for that.
(Hannah laughs)
- The first thing you learn
going undercover,
is you gotta believe your lie
as much as you can.
You know, and she'd already
been there so long.
Maybe she just believed it
a little to much.
♪♪♪
All: Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Blood of the Mother,
blood of Eve.
Hannah: Oh!
Oh!
(Gasping)
(Laughing)
♪♪♪
Interviewer: So she was lying
to you that whole time.
- (Sighs)
- Hannah, it's your turn.
Hannah: Uh
- Here, give that to me.
Oh, good. Ah!
Oh
All right, now,
tell us your name.
- It's
(coughs) excuse me.
It's Hannah Weir.
- And do you have anything
to confess before Gaion
and your sisters?
- Yeah.
- (Sighs)
(Buttons click)
Hannah: And I actually believed
we were going to be together.
Isn't that funny?
So
Aaaaaah!
(Sobs)
(Women murmur quietly)
Katherine: Mhmm,
open your face up a bit.
- Okay.
- Pretty.
- Yes, Hannah and I became
very close.
And uh,
it eventually developed into
a romantic relationship.
- We hadn't talked
in a couple months,
she hadn't sent any tape.
You know, and it was getting
to be uh,
a lot longer than an undercover
journalist should be embedded.
You know, especially a rookie
like she was, you know?
- You know what? I think we
should get the camera on you,
and see how you feel
in front of the camera.
Hannah: Mm, I'm good, actually.
- No, I think we should.
I think we should, come on.
- I mean, okay. Uh
Interviewer: Why didn't you
extract her?
Wyatt: Well, at the time,
I didn't see a reason to.
She was there to do
an assignment,
and clearly she'd given up
on that, so, I mean,
what was I supposed to do?
I was her boss, but
she decided to stop working.
Interviewer: Yeah,
but didn't you worry
she might be in trouble?
- Not in any kind that I could
do anything about.
I mean, we hadn't talked
for a while,
see, but I always knew
that she was a smart girl.
And if anything happened,
if Grace and Katherine
slipped up, you know,
if they endangered any
of those women,
I knew that she would wake up,
and remember why she was there.
(Phone ringing)
- Okay, really good.
Really good.
- I have a truth to reveal.
- Always time for one more.
- Okay well, let's just
- And it comes straight from
Gaion herself.
Wyatt: Neston was ex-navy.
A real by-the-book kinda guy.
I mean, not the most equipped
to raise three daughters
on his own.
So uh, I think he was pretty
strict with them.
- Before Gaion came
into my life,
I always felt like I was on
a very narrow path.
a path designed by the will
of Adams.
And so I knew
from a very young age
that I would have to stray
far from that path
in order to achieve the full
scope of my destiny.
- Alright, do you wanna start
with your name, or?
- Gaion came to me
in a dream.
- Okay
- And she told me
of an ancient prophecy
that would forever change
the fate of my sisters.
And me.
(Birds chirp)
Wyatt: Sam Aarons
was always pretty close
with the Neston family.
I mean, sorta like the son
Hank Neston never had.
You know, but I think old Hank
was hoping that Amy
would follow in her mother's
footsteps with a man
that he had handpicked for her.
- Uh, I'm here to speak um
with the deed owner, um
a Mrs. Agnes Wryfield.
- Uh, yes, um
she is, uh, she's indisposed
at the moment.
So um, you come back
another day.
- Oh!
Amy: Oh!
- Yes. Uh
- Hi, Sam.
- Hey, Ames.
- Are you here to see me?
- Uh, well, Sarge wanted me
to do a-a property check.
- You mean he wanted you
to check on me?
- Yeah.
Uh, no! No, no, no, no.
No, I volunteered.
Well, no, I-I wanted um, to
(Laughs) How are ya?
- I'm great, Sam.
How are you?
- Can I talk to you
for a second?
- Okay, of course.
- I'd like that.
(Both chuckle)
- It's good to see you.
- You too.
- (Giggles)
- Ma'am.
- Officer.
- Hi.
Isn't she great?
- (Sighs)
(Sighs)
Sharon: Do you think
he knows she's dead?
Katherine and Grace: Sharon!
What the hell?!
Wyatt: I think they knew
exactly who Amy was
when they recruited her.
You see, but that
is the problem
with Grace and Katherine.
They consistently delude
each other into thinking
that they can control
everything,
and then they prove
themselves wrong,
and spiral out very,
very quickly.
And that is exactly what
happened with Amy Neston.
- Amy's need to reject
the restrictive social mores
of the '70s,
to resist against the
traditional and oppressive
roles of motherhood
and marriage,
to find your place as a woman
in this world,
these were common narratives
that women had
at New Eden, I mean,
it's why New Eden existed.
That being said,
if Amy wanted to escape
the shackles of patriarchy,
she probably should've left
her own father's jurisdiction
to do so.
- Some people seem to think
that we benefited
from Amy's relations
with local law enforcement.
- We did not.
This is private property.
We !
And you don't have a warrant!
So guess what?
You're fuckin' trespassing!
- Where is Amy?!
We have not seen her
anywhere in months.
- You've been watching us, pig?
- You bet your white trash ass
I have.
- Look! Hey, look, look!
Come on!
Look, let's just invite
her outside,
and then she can tell us
for herself that she's okay.
- Amy! Get out here!
- He's wasted out of his tree!
Katherine: Stop it.
- I swear to God,
if you hurt my daughter,
I will burn this place
to the fuckin' ground!
- Will you? Oh, I'm shaking
in my fuckin' boots.
- And I'll make sure you're
inside it, too.
- Yeah. Oh wow, what a threat.
Maybe you shouldn't worry
about me hurting your daughter,
huh? You fucking pig!
Maybe she ran out of your house
for a reason!
I wonder what kind of nasty
shit you did to her
make her want to get away
from you!
- You wanna
- Hey!
(All screaming at once)
Hank: Shut your fucking mouth,
how about that?!
- Stop!
- Amy?
- Amy, is that is that--
- It's Gaion's!
- Gaion's?!
Look, I don't know what these
people have been telling you,
okay?
But it's time for you
to come home now.
Come on.
- Amy.
- (Whispering)
- That's right.
You say goodbye.
Okay, just say goodbye,
and that's it.
Come on. Come on, baby.
Sam: Amy?
Grace: Get inside.
Hank: What the fuck did you
say to her?!
Sam: Come on, let's go.
Hank: Shut the fuck up!
Get the fuck in the car.
(Spits) I'm not done here.
- Hannah, stop.
Enough.
- Amy getting pregnant was
I mean, obviously it wasn't
hard to put together
what had happened.
Interviewer: What happened?
- They had sex.
Amy and Sam had sex.
They had intercourse together
like real people do.
- Okay.
Max: I don't know,
we all just kind of followed
Grace and Katherine's lead,
and agreed to believe.
I thought that was best
for Amy at the time, but
- I have miraculously
become pregnant
with her sacred seed!
(Giggles)
- Surprise!
I'm so glad you brought
that up.
Yes, yes, of course,
the Truthmother and I
have been aware of this
prophecy for quite a bit,
haven't we, Katherine?
Amy: Of course,
you know everything.
- But we wanted to make sure
that every one of our sisters
was ready to receive the news
of this great miracle,
given the sheer
magnitude of change
it will mean for our whole
community.
It's so exciting.
It really is.
Mazel tov.
But now it is my Gaionic
privilege to reveal
to all of you
that Amy has become
our Seedmother.
Yes, she has, just like
the book foretold!
And she will give birth
to the Seed Redeemer.
Let's go with that. Yeah!
Mhmm.
Amy: The Seed Redeemer.
Blessed be she!
- Yep, why wouldn't it be
a girl?
So let's all take this moment
to celebrate
this joyous Gaionic gift.
It's really, it's a gift.
I'm jazzed about it.
- It's a girl?
- Excuse me.
Amy: And she's telling me
it won't hurt.
She's gonna just fade out
from the belly,
like a mist.
- Yeah, it will hurt.
- I mean, obviously,
psychologically it was
a delicate situation.
For all of us.
But we were a proud sisterhood,
and we had a baby on the way.
So we did what anyone would do.
Or what we would do.
- But all is not lost,
my sisters,
for Gaion, blessed be she,
foresaw a time when the seed
would be returned to Eve,
and her daughters.
Amy: A great miracle
shall pass,
and Gaion saw- oh!
Grace: Shit!
(Women laugh and exclaim)
- Okay, you all right?
- Hi! Hello.
She's okay.
- Is she?
- Oh, she's strong.
- Okay, back to "once,"
back to "once."
Oh! Okay, alright.
(Bees buzzing)
Grace: Let Gaion's creatures
bless the coming
of the Seed Redeemer.
(Buzzing)
- (Laughs)
Katherine: This is bad.
Let'.
- Is it working?
Grace: Um yeah,
yeah, that feels blessed
enough.
Okay, let's go inside.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I- I
- You're fine.
Everything's fine.
Everything's okay.
- Okay. Oh!
- Okay, no, everybody scat!
Everybody scatter!
No, you come-come this way.
Come to me, honey.
Katherine: Grace, Grace,
leave her!
- No, we can't leave her.
God! Oh! Come here.
Interviewer: And even after
everything that happened,
you still believe that
your child
was the prophetic spawn
of an immaculate conception?
- Yes.
Why wouldn't I? I-I don't
understand the question.
Women: Go with Gaion.
Go with Gaion
Grace: Ohh, that's good.
That's good, push!
Push!
(Amy screams)
- You're almost there, Amy,
you're almost there.
Oh! I can see the head!
I can see the head, Amy!
I can see the head!
Okay, you ready?
You ready? You ready
to finish this?
You ready to finish this?
Okay, ready, one last big push,
here we go,
one, two, three, puuuush!
(Amy screams)
Women: Go with Gaion
(Baby wails)
Amy: Oh! She's here!
Grace: Oh shit.
(Baby cries)
Amy: Is that the umbilical cord?
(Baby wails)
(Amy gasps)
- So
the good news is,
Amy has given birth
to a beautiful,
bouncing baby boy,
which is all part of Gaion's
great plan.
- I'm not cutting
the fucking cord!
- Excuse me.
Katherine, did you throw up
in here?
- Yes!
Interviewer: So the sex
of your baby
was always part
of the prophecy?
- Yes. As it turned out.
Interviewer: How did Grace
and Katherine justify
the sex of the baby?
- Grace told me that
he was a chosen Adam,
who on his 21st birthday
would ascend
to the cosmic plane
to defeat Mascularus,
and free Gaion,
because every feminist
religious ideology
should culminate with the women
being rescued
from an epic space battle
by a male savior.
Right?
- I think they told me
that his
penis would become engorged
with the sins of ancient Adams,
and then ceremoniously fall off
on his 21st birthday,
making him our new Eve savior.
Mm, I remember it sounding
plausible.
- Well, come here, honey.
Come on. (Laughs)
After he was born,
the Starmother revealed
our true task was to ready
the Seed Redeemer
for his 21st birthday,
when he would experience
a binary ascension
that would save Evekind.
- You dumb (bleep)!
You're a stupid (bleep)!
(Bleep) (Bleep)
(Bleep) (Bleep)!
- Only 10 more years to go.
- I think there were
many points
when Grace and Katherine
dou.
But you could see the stress
start to eat away at them.
Whenever it did, things
always got a lot worse.
Wyatt: Yeah, Neston always
had it out for them.
Obviously.
I mean, but the Amy thing
put him over the edge.
I mean, he became obsessed
with bringing them down.
After the failed drug charge
in '77,
he tried everything.
See, but nobody wanted
to believe that these women
were worth investigating,
until Amy's pregnancy.
He went around town telling
just about anyone
who would listen that
these evil feminists
were keeping Sam Aarons
from his unborn child,
and keeping him
from his grandson.
Huh! Suddenly
the community was out
for blood.
(Radio static)
Reporter: Sgt. Neston,
you're on the air.
What are we to make
of all these feminists
invading our community?
Is this all cause for panic?
Hank: Let me be very clear,
Jerry.
These women are dangerous.
Plain and simple.
This little commune of theirs,
this "New Eden,"
don't be fooled,
this is a cult.
With very possible
satanic proclivities.
Its members and its leaders
are a menace to our community.
They wanna recruit
our daughters,
and corrupt life in this town.
I want to caution that parents
of young women
in this community
to be extremely vigilant,
extremely vigilant.
Reporter: Strong words
from our man in blue.
But, what's the solution?
It sounds like something's
gotta be done.
Hank: Oh, believe me, Jerry,
something will be done.
This is my town,
and I will do what I have to
to protect it.
Wyatt: Never underestimate
the anger
of a middle-aged white cop
who feels powerless.
Or what he'll do to take
his power back.
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