New Eden (2020) s01e04 Episode Script
Party's Over Girls
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(Gentle electronic music)
♪
Female voice: BNT.
Your Network.
(Reel rattles)
♪♪♪
Wyatt: It takes a very specific
kind of person
to be able to control
other people.
You know, on the surface,
they're-they're magnetic,
charming, so much so
that free-thinking people
are willing to follow them
without question.
See, of course,
under the mask,
they're narcissistic,
delusional,
manipulative, remorseless,
and uncompromising.
So in a sense, Kathrine had
all the qualities
of a terrifying cult leader.
You know, just minus
the charisma, or ideas.
For that, she had Grace.
♪♪♪
- Leadership.
I'd say that my greatest
strength was leadership,
which some would say
is equal parts charisma,
and ideas.
Interviewer: Can you describe
their relationship?
- (Chuckles, sighs)
- Codependent, with overtones
of delusion,
and patterns of deep-seated
dysfunction.
Grace: Feel Gaion's energy
making you calm,
putting you at peace
with nature.
Hummmmmm
feel Gaion's energy,
connecting you with
(Knocking)
- Grace, have you seen my hat?
- What?
- You know, my hat.
The hat I like to wear
when I go on my walks.
My walking hat.
- Katherine's vibe was always
a little tough,
but she and Grace kinda
complemented each other.
- What color is it?
- It's a walking hat, Grace.
It's brown!
Max: Eventually though,
I think Grace
just sorta naturally stopped
devoting all her energy
to making Katherine
the centre of attention
every single minute of the day.
- Uh, I'm kind of um
do you need help?
Max: I think Katherine saw that
as a massive betrayal.
- Okay, just hang tight for--
I'll be right there, okay?
I'm coming.
Ah! Right away.
I'm coming!
- The Seed Sisters were almost
like our parents.
You know, Grace was the warm,
nurturing mother.
- Why don't you guys just try
communicating, okay?
Why don't you both say
how you feel?
Katherine, you first,
what do you wanna say?
- And Katherine was the cold,
all-knowing stepmother.
(Adam wails)
- That hurts my teeth,
it's-it's
- Okay well, that hurts
his ,
okay?
I just don't know
what to do with you two.
Katherine: I mean, you can
imagine how difficult
it was for me, you know.
I mean, I was basically
running New Eden by myself,
you know, making all
the important decisions,
keeping us afloat.
And in order to focus on that,
I had to let Grace
get all the attention.
(Women laughing)
- Excuse me, do you mind?!
- So I'm in Perry Como's
tra.
- I lost count, okay.
The Perry Como story again.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight.
Bet you can't wait
to eat these.
- I mean, someone had
to receive all that adoration.
And-and
and Grace seemed to need it.
But eventually,
she had to realize
that she couldn't be the centre
of attention all the time.
Not if she cared about New Eden
as much as she said.
- Yeah
I I was a selfish,
selfish girl.
- Aww.
- To be fair,
by the end of 1980,
things were quite literally
falling apart.
(Creaking, splintering)
- Grace?
(Crashing, glass shattering)
Grace, the kitchen's broken!
Sharon: The more Katherine
felt pushed out,
the more she dedicated herself
to the practical management
of New Eden.
Which, because of who she is,
instinctively made people
want to push her out more.
I mean, it was a real
self-perpetuating cycle
of people not wanting
to be around her.
- What I am saying, Sharon,
is if everyone would just
stick to the meal plan
that I carefully laid out,
we wouldn't be in an egg
crisis, would we?
(Whispering)
- Okay, nobody respects
a snitch. Okay?
But Donna, Donna!
You've gotta cool it
on the eggs.
You're gonna choke on that.
All right. Next.
I would like to find a way
to desync the women,
because we are running out
of menstrual moss.
Grace: Hey, y'all,
what's going on?
- We were just wrapping up.
- Seems like you're right
in the middle of it.
- What are those for?
- Fires.
- Okay.
Katherine: I kept meticulous
notes.
When you're in charge
of a large group of people,
organization is key.
That's why I started
the ledger.
I started detailing
our food supply,
things that needed to be
repaired around the property.
The weather on any given day.
Very little wind.
(Women laughing and chattering)
- You're not getting
another thing out of me
for the rest of my life,
I swear! (Laughing)
Amy: She'd write it all down
in her special ledger.
She said the contents
were between her and Gaion.
But Sharon peeked once,
and she said it was mostly
just a record of times
any of us had slighted her.
Plus our body mass index.
- And to the side.
Katherine: I also kept a record
of all of our members,
which included their name,
age, and approximate weight.
Of course we did not have
a scale,
so I had to-to eyeball that.
Donna: Five, six
- Sorry.
- I mean, someone had to do it.
And Grace, well,
Grace is a little too silly
for that kind of thing.
- Yeah. Huh.
St-stupid, silly Grace.
Katherine: That-that's
completely understandable.
I, I-I hear you,
and I know that it's been
a really long time.
I mean, you said it yourself,
Daddy,
I mean, that-that money
is mine.
Fine.
Could I speak with Mummy?
Hello?
Goddamn it!
Grace: Everything alright?
- No. No, nothing is all right.
There's no more money, Grace.
It's gone. It's all gone.
Why don't you go tell that
to the girls
during the morning
energy slough.
- Come on, come on,
there's gotta be something.
- (Scoffs) I just
I don't, I don't know.
I mean, if you
if you have some kind
of bright idea
for how to get the money,
otherwise,
this
is gonna be over.
- Come on, shh, shh, shh,
shh, shh, come here.
Come here, come here.
It's gonna be okay, alright?
I'm gonna fix it.
I always fix it.
Okay?
Interviewer: Grace,
what happened in Penticton?
- I made a couple
of weird mistakes.
(Car door slams)
Hannah: What'cha doin' there,
Grace?
- Hah! Oh oh!
Ha ha, no. My um
my face gets cold.
Stupid, silly Grace.
Yeah, no, I'm just uh,
I'm just heading in
for a drive to town,
you know me, standard stuff,
I'm just
in love with a ride to town.
So
- What's the gun for?
- Okay, well,
I guess I should be going.
But um, here's a fun game
we could play.
Do not tell anyone
that you saw me.
Okay?
(Truck splutters)
Yeah, shit!
Oh! Just-I think you-
you're fine.
I'll see you later, okay?
- Okay.
- I'll see you later!
(Grinding noises)
(Engine splutters)
Don't you worry about me!
♪ Time is catching up to me ♪
♪ But I won't look ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna see ♪
♪ Yeah, times have taken
over me ♪
♪ Or it just seems to ♪
♪ 'Cause I can't see the face
perfectly ♪
- (Screams)
Do it!
Okay
(Alarm rings)
- Oh! Ah!
(Sirens wail)
- Huh! Ohhh fuck!
(News music sting)
- I am standing here
with a young woman
responsible for the brave
citizen's arrest
during a bank robbery
earlier today,
at Penticton City
Savings and Loan.
Can you tell us what was
going through your head
when you saw the young man
exit the bank?
- What? Right. Oh.
Well, yeah.
Well, you know,
I just thought, shit.
We gotta respect our banks,
right?
So, you know, I know someone
who absolutely has
a bank account,
that I wasn't going to put up
with any funny business
here at the bank that I love.
So, you know, I just did
what any regular person
would do in that particular
situation.
And I punched a man
in the face.
- Fantastic.
And I understand that the bank
and the people of Penticton
have gifted you $1,500
as a thank you
for your heroic deed.
Pretty incredible,
don't you think?
Right.
Well, I am sure that the people
of Penticton here
all feel that you're--
- Yeah, I gotta hit the road,
so thank you so much for-- bye.
- Oh! Oh! Okay
Back to you. Laurie.
- That was classic Grace.
Which Katherine did not like,
I think.
Sharon: Grace, they call you
"ruggedly handsome."
- Ooh!
- I mean
Sharon: You look like a young
Marlon Brando.
Look!
(Women laugh)
You have the same
bone structure.
The same nose.
(Women laugh)
Amy: It really seemed like
Gaion had provided for us
in our hour of need,
but that's not what
Truthmother said happened.
- You are all so blind.
So, so blind.
I just hope Gaion
can forgive you.
- What are you talking about?
- Grace, do you wanna tell them
why you were at that bank?
Speak your truth, Grace.
- Rob it.
- What was that?
- Rob it, I was gonna rob
the bank,
and take all the money.
- As a political statement,
right?
Like a, "down with
the capitalist engine"
kind of thing?
- Yeah, whoa, like,
are we gonna start protesting
banks?
'Cause if we are,
I am very on board.
Because, you know, money's
a construct, so
fuck them pigs!
- Oh, a political statement.
A protest.
What were you gonna do
after you robbed that bank?
Just wait around for the police
to come and arrest us all?
- No! No, of course--
I didn't think, I just
You said we needed
the money, so
- Grace, I
I never said that.
- I I don't understand.
- It was the Adams' greed
inside you
that made you choose violence,
wasn't it?
(Sighs heavily)
- You know, at least take
the money,
'cause that could really
help us out.
- No, I don't want your
deception money.
- It's not deception money.
I just punched a man--
- You lied to everyone though,
didn't you?
- Yeah, please?
- No!
- Please? I'm sorry, please!
- Okay. Stop pushing it
back at me!
- I want--
- I push it, you stop.
Okay, I'm taking it outside,
and I'm gonna burn it.
- No, don't take it,
don't burn it! It'll help!
It can help us!
- Stop!
It's gonna papercut someone!
Imagine seeing a papercut
with this?!
- I just
- Let go of it!
Max: That fuckin' bank thing.
- Move my chair.
Max: I have no doubt Katherine
told Grace to do it.
And of course, Grace did,
no questions asked.
I don't know if she hoped
Grace would get arrested,
or pull it off, or what,
but whatever her plan was,
it backfired.
(Banging)
- Do you want me
- I'm fine.
Max: And after that,
Katherine just became
more and more abusive to Grace,
and Grace became
(Sighs)
Women: Gaion sees you.
Gaion sees you
- Grace
you have betrayed your sisters.
You acted alone,
and without thought.
You must ask for forgiveness,
or feel the cold non-embrace
of Gaion's shadow.
- I'm so sorry.
(Sobbing) I'm so sorry!
I didn't mean to do it!
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
(Sobbing)
Women: Gaion sees you
- (Wailing sobs)
I'm sorry.
Women: Gaion sees you.
Gaion sees you
- I see you feel remorse.
In Gaion's eyes
you are forgiven.
(Grace sobs)
Women: We love you!
We love you! We love you!
So much! We love you!
We love you more than before!
You are Starmother.
We love you so much!
Aww! We love you so much!
We love you so much!
Forever!
- Well, I guess I'm making
dinner.
Donna, come help me
start the eggs.
(All sob quietly)
- Ohhh
♪ And we open our hearts
and minds ♪
♪ To a spirit of sisterhood ♪
♪ That welcomes all without
judgment or shame ♪
♪ No shame ♪
Yeah!
Ohhh
Interviewer: Did you have
any further contact
with your father
after Adam was born?
- Hmm, no.
The false bond
of our earthbound
biological connection had
long since been corrupted.
So there was nothing tying us
together anymore.
Interviewer: But Adam
was still his grandson.
- Not really.
- But--
- No.
Though I should've known
that once he had been spurned
from our garden, he would
start galvanizing
his army of Adams
to destroy us.
Grace: That fucking pig
had it out for us
from day one!
He was a bad egg,
and he hated everything
we stood for.
Course, back then, he didn't
like to get his hands dirty.
So he sent his fucking piglets
to do it for him.
(Camera shutter clicks)
(Glass shatters, women scream)
Sharon: Oh! What was that?
Max: I don't know!
(Women all shout at once)
Max: Hey! Hey!
- Our home was our safe space,
so to have it invaded
like that,
it was traumatizing.
Officer: Yeah! Come out!
Max: Grace!
Amy: To maintain their
dominance over Evekind,
Adams must display
their physical power.
Max: Grace!
(Men shout)
Hannah: Fuck!
Amy: Remind us sisters
of our fallen station.
And they do this
by creating fear.
(Women shout)
- Get that outta here!
Amy: And sometimes even
Mother Gaion cannot shield us
from that fear.
- They came in like they were
the fucking Gestapo.
Hannah: Hey! I-aah!
- They knew they could do
whatever the fuck they wanted.
And what could we do?
Call the cops?!
(Adam wails)
- Oh, look who we got here,
boys!
little Amy Neston
and her bastard.
You're lookin' good, Ames.
Grace: Arrrghhh!
(Glass shatters)
- What the fuck?!
- Shit!
Grace: You come back here,
I'll kill every last
fuckin' one of you!
You tell Neston I know
what he's up to!
Officer: Get up!
(Adam cries)
- Where's Katherine?
Katherine?
Where did where's Katherine?
Katherine?
Katherine!
Katherine!
(Sighs)
What happened that night
was my fault.
S-see, if I hadn't gone
to the bank
like I did,
and then brought all
that positive attention
on us like I did,
then those men would never
have gotten jealous,
like they did.
And come to the house,
and done what they did,
and Katherine
never would've gotten attacked.
(Katherine pants heavily)
- Oh my God.
What did they do to you?
Amy: Truthmother, no!
- Oh, is that you, Amy?
- Grace, what the hell
happened?
- Oh! Oh! Ah!
Grace: I've got you!
I've got you.
- Owwwww! (Moaning)
Put me here.
- Pretty sure that's
the first time
I've ever heard of a sprained
shin injury before.
- Oh! My shin.
It's in my shin.
Ohhh!
Stop it. Ohhhh!
Oh, put me here.
(Gasps)
Sharon: And they were up
there all night.
None of us knew what
was going on.
So, you know, naturally,
many of the women
turned to me for guidance
and leadership.
- What the fuck are we supposed
to do now?!
What the fuck are we supposed
to do now, huh?
What do we do now?!
Aaah! What do we do?!
- To this day, no one knows
what they spoke about.
But afterwards,
it was like the light in
Starmother had just gone out.
(Women whisper)
- (Gasps) Grace,
what's going on?
- Is Truthmother okay?
- Starmother,
are you all right?
(All talking at once)
- My sisters.
The Truthmother and I have
spoken at great length.
And much has become
clear to me.
As your Starmother,
I have failed in my duty
to protect you.
(Screams)
To protect this house.
Fuck off!
And because I have strayed
from Gaion's light,
we must now all live
in shadow.
There is no time to rest!
We have to remain vigilant!
These Adams will not stop
until they see us destroyed.
- Donna, that's
That's fuckin' crazy,
that's great.
- Watch your legs.
Grace: Now, our beloved
Truthmother is trying
as hard as she can to reconnect
to the cosmic spirit,
but I'm sorry to tell you
that our future looks dark.
(Slurping)
Ahem!
We must learn to protect
ourselves,
to fight for what is ours,
and to let no Adam,
no outsider, destroy Evekind!
That's it.
- (Sighs)
- What are we supposed
to do now?
Camilla: Stop it, Sharon.
- Stop what?!
- Asking.
- Asking what,
normal questions?
- Sharon
- I'm allowed to ask
a question, okay, Camilla.
I have an inquiring mind.
Max: Grace really had lost it.
I mean, Christ.
I know what people say
about New Eden,
but that was the first time
for us that it really did
start to feel like a cult.
Hannah: "The perimeter is to be
patrolled at all times.
No electric lights after dark.
No one is to walk the grounds
alone."
Max: It was like we were
preparing for a war.
Interviewer: With who?
- With men, I guess.
Even I think that's
a little extreme.
Hannah: "No outsiders to be
permitted onto the property."
- Get the hell outa here!
Hannah: "If you see something,
say something to Starmother."
"No one is to disturb
Truthmother."
Hudley, I think this last time
you're gonna hear from me
for a while. (Blows)
Wyatt: After that, nothing.
I mean, Grace had even cut
the phone lines.
So-so yes, I was worried,
of course I was.
but there was no way
I was gonna extract her
when that story was about
to hit its climax.
See, I knew I could trust her
to get it,
and get out of there safely.
Grace: I'm asking where
the hell you've been?!
Get that fucking thing
out of my face!
Max: Whoa! Hey, stop it!
You can't talk to her
like that!
- No one is allowed to leave,
Max!
No exceptions.
It's for our safety.
Don't you wanna know where
the fuck she's been?
- Uh look, enough
with this shit, Grace.
Look at yourself!
What the fuck is going on?!
You're carrying a gun around,
for God's sake!
I just reached my boiling
point.
What Grace had become,
how ,
what New Eden had become
as a result.
I-I just had enough.
This isn't you.
This isn't the Starmother
we all love.
She's lying to you, Grace.
She's hurting you.
- I think that if you feel
that way,
you don't belong here.
- (Gasps)
- I told you to get that
fuckin' thing out of my face!
Hannah: Okay! Okay.
It's off.
- We should've left,
we should've left,
we should've left when
we talked about leaving.
Hannah: I think I have to stay.
- What? What?
What are you talking about?
- It's complicated.
- Uh what?!
Babe, no.
No, no, no, no.
That's crazy.
We talked about this.
You're coming with me.
I love you.
- I know. I love you, too.
I- I I want to, I want to.
I really want to.
But um
(Emotional exhales)
I'm sorry. I am staying.
- What?
- I can't explain why.
Max, I just need you
to trust me, okay?
- What the fuck does
that mean?!
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
(Sobs)
- Fine. Whatever.
Fuck it!
(Sniffles)
(Claming exhale) Fuck.
(Sobs)
Oh shit.
Interviewer: So you never
suspected Hannah
was a journalist?
- I saw what she wanted me
to see.
I was-I was in love with her.
So, I um
I won't deny I got played
just like everyone else.
♪♪♪
- I just miss you.
(Women sobbing)
- I love you.
(All talking quietly, sobbing)
♪♪♪
- You know, it's not too late.
You could still come with us.
♪♪♪
- (Sighs)
- (Sobs)
Katherine: It was devastating.
Absolutely devastating.
And of course,
I had been recovering,
uh, so I had no idea
what could've happened
to make them all wanna leave.
Wait! Don't go!
Max! No, stop!
Stop! Stop!
Please stay,
and we can talk about it!
We can talk about it!
- Let me go!
Please! Please don't go!
You're my favorite one.
The wheelchair one!
(Sobs)
Owww! Stop!
I'll break your leg!
(Sobbing hysterically)
(Screaming) No!
- Run away!
- (Sobbing hysterically)
(Birds chirp)
I hope you're happy.
This is your fault.
You run around like some
deranged messiah!
You wanna turn them all
against me,
so that you can get all
the glory, well, that's fine,
because there are plenty
of places that I could go
where I would be appreciated!
- I've done everything
you've ever asked of me!
But I can't tell what
you want anymore!
Tell me what you want!
- You wanna know what I want?
You really wanna know
what I want?!
- Yes! Yes!
- I wanna be away from you!
I want to be away from you.
So congratulations!
Because I am not-aaaah!
Ohhh! (Gasping)
(Sighs)
- I'm sorry. Are you okay?
- (Sobs)
- Are you okay?
(Both sigh)
- Remember what it was like
when we first came together?
Remember how powerful we felt?
It was like
the cosmos really had aligned,
to forge our bond,
you know, and
and I know that we can
get back to that,
because I am the one
that sees you.
Okay?
I see all the greatness in you.
I'm the one that sees you.
And I'm the one that can
make everybody else
see you, too.
- How?
- Let's just say
that Gaion has a new plan
for us.
Hmm?
- She does?
She does.
- Yeah, she does.
She does.
Let's get you cleaned up, huh?
- What?
- Just like, a small shower.
- (reads) "According
to prophecy,
spoken by the Starmother,
and told to her
by the Truthmother
The Salvation of New Eden
shall come to pass,
and Gaion will be restored
on the occasion
of the sacred joining
under a twin moon."
♪♪♪
Grace: Yeah, I like that,
nice big sticks.
You know the saying, the bigger
the stick, the more
well suited it is to my design.
Amy: "Witnessed
by Eve's daughters,
the strength of the Starmother,
and the wisdom
of the Truthmother
shall become joined as one."
♪♪♪
(Shattering)
Amy: "Restoring the ancient
Seed Sisters
to their exalted state
as Gaion intended."
- Ah
(Bubbling)
Amy: "So joined,
the Seed Sisters' energies
shall merge into a singular,
perfect Supermother,
capable of defeating
the ancient Adams,
and liberating Evekind
into a new world."
- Momentum, momentum, momentum!
Sharon: In retrospect,
I always knew that
Katherine and Grace
had a codependent relationship,
dysfunctional, even.
But the whole joining thing
was kind of a
on the nose metaphor for how
weird things had gotten.
Grace: Momentum, momentum!
Oh shit!
Interviewer: Did anyone try
to stop it?
- We were on some pretty high
potency drugs at the time,
and for some reason we had
all stopped drinking water.
- (Sighs)
I'm ready.
♪♪♪
(Women laugh)
(Screaming wildly)
- I remember that night
of the joining
like it was yesterday.
Starmother had completed
preparations for the joining,
and showed her creation
to Truthmother.
- Woo! Woo!
And Truthmother seemed
um
(Women laugh)
- She completely freaked out.
She forced Grace off
the deep end,
and then when she realized
she'd have to go in after her,
well
♪♪♪
Wyatt: Cults always reach
a place of no return.
You know, where the leader
has no choice
than to double down
on their own crazy story.
I mean, Manson had
the race war.
Jim Jones, mass suicide.
Basically, you just gotta pray
that the feds show up
before anybody else
gets killed.
Women: Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done
(Chanting trails off)
- Is she coming, or what?
(Katherine giggles)
- Wait! I think I see her.
Women: Two are one.
Gaion's will be done!
- Look who I found!
Women: Two are one
Gaion's will be done.
- Weird party.
- Yes.
- Who in the f-fuck is that?!
- Want some of that honey?
There. There, she
She loves the honey.
(Laughs)
Anyway, I found a new follower.
It's fun. It is good.
Grace: Oh Jesus, fuck.
- Why is your car a bee?
- Oh, that's a whole thing.
(Laughs)
I just think that before
we get into this,
and I love it,
and I'm loving this,
that we should um,
get her in the mix.
- Woo! Woo!
- Oh shit!
- Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Katherine: Whoa!
- Fuck.
- What? What do you think
I'm gonna do? You scaredies!
(Laughs) Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
(Gunshot booms, all scream)
- Fuck!
(Thumps)
Katherine: Uh-oh.
- What happened?
Is she dead?
- Oh
Grace: Oh fuck.
(Wood creaks)
That's-that you see,
that sounds bad.
- Ah! Ohhh!
- Okay, 'cause of- because
of,
I need someone to come up
to help me come down.
♪♪♪
(Phone rings)
(Phone rings)
- Starmother and Truthmother
came home.
And told us to barricade
the doors.
And pray.
Women: Gaion is with us.
Gaion will protect us.
She is our strength.
She is our light.
Gaion is with us.
Gaion will protect us.
She is our strength.
She is our light.
Gaion is with us.
Gaion will protect us.
She is our strength.
She is our light.
(All gasp)
Hank: Party's over, girls!
(Gentle electronic music)
♪
Female voice: BNT.
Your Network.
(Reel rattles)
♪♪♪
Wyatt: It takes a very specific
kind of person
to be able to control
other people.
You know, on the surface,
they're-they're magnetic,
charming, so much so
that free-thinking people
are willing to follow them
without question.
See, of course,
under the mask,
they're narcissistic,
delusional,
manipulative, remorseless,
and uncompromising.
So in a sense, Kathrine had
all the qualities
of a terrifying cult leader.
You know, just minus
the charisma, or ideas.
For that, she had Grace.
♪♪♪
- Leadership.
I'd say that my greatest
strength was leadership,
which some would say
is equal parts charisma,
and ideas.
Interviewer: Can you describe
their relationship?
- (Chuckles, sighs)
- Codependent, with overtones
of delusion,
and patterns of deep-seated
dysfunction.
Grace: Feel Gaion's energy
making you calm,
putting you at peace
with nature.
Hummmmmm
feel Gaion's energy,
connecting you with
(Knocking)
- Grace, have you seen my hat?
- What?
- You know, my hat.
The hat I like to wear
when I go on my walks.
My walking hat.
- Katherine's vibe was always
a little tough,
but she and Grace kinda
complemented each other.
- What color is it?
- It's a walking hat, Grace.
It's brown!
Max: Eventually though,
I think Grace
just sorta naturally stopped
devoting all her energy
to making Katherine
the centre of attention
every single minute of the day.
- Uh, I'm kind of um
do you need help?
Max: I think Katherine saw that
as a massive betrayal.
- Okay, just hang tight for--
I'll be right there, okay?
I'm coming.
Ah! Right away.
I'm coming!
- The Seed Sisters were almost
like our parents.
You know, Grace was the warm,
nurturing mother.
- Why don't you guys just try
communicating, okay?
Why don't you both say
how you feel?
Katherine, you first,
what do you wanna say?
- And Katherine was the cold,
all-knowing stepmother.
(Adam wails)
- That hurts my teeth,
it's-it's
- Okay well, that hurts
his ,
okay?
I just don't know
what to do with you two.
Katherine: I mean, you can
imagine how difficult
it was for me, you know.
I mean, I was basically
running New Eden by myself,
you know, making all
the important decisions,
keeping us afloat.
And in order to focus on that,
I had to let Grace
get all the attention.
(Women laughing)
- Excuse me, do you mind?!
- So I'm in Perry Como's
tra.
- I lost count, okay.
The Perry Como story again.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight.
Bet you can't wait
to eat these.
- I mean, someone had
to receive all that adoration.
And-and
and Grace seemed to need it.
But eventually,
she had to realize
that she couldn't be the centre
of attention all the time.
Not if she cared about New Eden
as much as she said.
- Yeah
I I was a selfish,
selfish girl.
- Aww.
- To be fair,
by the end of 1980,
things were quite literally
falling apart.
(Creaking, splintering)
- Grace?
(Crashing, glass shattering)
Grace, the kitchen's broken!
Sharon: The more Katherine
felt pushed out,
the more she dedicated herself
to the practical management
of New Eden.
Which, because of who she is,
instinctively made people
want to push her out more.
I mean, it was a real
self-perpetuating cycle
of people not wanting
to be around her.
- What I am saying, Sharon,
is if everyone would just
stick to the meal plan
that I carefully laid out,
we wouldn't be in an egg
crisis, would we?
(Whispering)
- Okay, nobody respects
a snitch. Okay?
But Donna, Donna!
You've gotta cool it
on the eggs.
You're gonna choke on that.
All right. Next.
I would like to find a way
to desync the women,
because we are running out
of menstrual moss.
Grace: Hey, y'all,
what's going on?
- We were just wrapping up.
- Seems like you're right
in the middle of it.
- What are those for?
- Fires.
- Okay.
Katherine: I kept meticulous
notes.
When you're in charge
of a large group of people,
organization is key.
That's why I started
the ledger.
I started detailing
our food supply,
things that needed to be
repaired around the property.
The weather on any given day.
Very little wind.
(Women laughing and chattering)
- You're not getting
another thing out of me
for the rest of my life,
I swear! (Laughing)
Amy: She'd write it all down
in her special ledger.
She said the contents
were between her and Gaion.
But Sharon peeked once,
and she said it was mostly
just a record of times
any of us had slighted her.
Plus our body mass index.
- And to the side.
Katherine: I also kept a record
of all of our members,
which included their name,
age, and approximate weight.
Of course we did not have
a scale,
so I had to-to eyeball that.
Donna: Five, six
- Sorry.
- I mean, someone had to do it.
And Grace, well,
Grace is a little too silly
for that kind of thing.
- Yeah. Huh.
St-stupid, silly Grace.
Katherine: That-that's
completely understandable.
I, I-I hear you,
and I know that it's been
a really long time.
I mean, you said it yourself,
Daddy,
I mean, that-that money
is mine.
Fine.
Could I speak with Mummy?
Hello?
Goddamn it!
Grace: Everything alright?
- No. No, nothing is all right.
There's no more money, Grace.
It's gone. It's all gone.
Why don't you go tell that
to the girls
during the morning
energy slough.
- Come on, come on,
there's gotta be something.
- (Scoffs) I just
I don't, I don't know.
I mean, if you
if you have some kind
of bright idea
for how to get the money,
otherwise,
this
is gonna be over.
- Come on, shh, shh, shh,
shh, shh, come here.
Come here, come here.
It's gonna be okay, alright?
I'm gonna fix it.
I always fix it.
Okay?
Interviewer: Grace,
what happened in Penticton?
- I made a couple
of weird mistakes.
(Car door slams)
Hannah: What'cha doin' there,
Grace?
- Hah! Oh oh!
Ha ha, no. My um
my face gets cold.
Stupid, silly Grace.
Yeah, no, I'm just uh,
I'm just heading in
for a drive to town,
you know me, standard stuff,
I'm just
in love with a ride to town.
So
- What's the gun for?
- Okay, well,
I guess I should be going.
But um, here's a fun game
we could play.
Do not tell anyone
that you saw me.
Okay?
(Truck splutters)
Yeah, shit!
Oh! Just-I think you-
you're fine.
I'll see you later, okay?
- Okay.
- I'll see you later!
(Grinding noises)
(Engine splutters)
Don't you worry about me!
♪ Time is catching up to me ♪
♪ But I won't look ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna see ♪
♪ Yeah, times have taken
over me ♪
♪ Or it just seems to ♪
♪ 'Cause I can't see the face
perfectly ♪
- (Screams)
Do it!
Okay
(Alarm rings)
- Oh! Ah!
(Sirens wail)
- Huh! Ohhh fuck!
(News music sting)
- I am standing here
with a young woman
responsible for the brave
citizen's arrest
during a bank robbery
earlier today,
at Penticton City
Savings and Loan.
Can you tell us what was
going through your head
when you saw the young man
exit the bank?
- What? Right. Oh.
Well, yeah.
Well, you know,
I just thought, shit.
We gotta respect our banks,
right?
So, you know, I know someone
who absolutely has
a bank account,
that I wasn't going to put up
with any funny business
here at the bank that I love.
So, you know, I just did
what any regular person
would do in that particular
situation.
And I punched a man
in the face.
- Fantastic.
And I understand that the bank
and the people of Penticton
have gifted you $1,500
as a thank you
for your heroic deed.
Pretty incredible,
don't you think?
Right.
Well, I am sure that the people
of Penticton here
all feel that you're--
- Yeah, I gotta hit the road,
so thank you so much for-- bye.
- Oh! Oh! Okay
Back to you. Laurie.
- That was classic Grace.
Which Katherine did not like,
I think.
Sharon: Grace, they call you
"ruggedly handsome."
- Ooh!
- I mean
Sharon: You look like a young
Marlon Brando.
Look!
(Women laugh)
You have the same
bone structure.
The same nose.
(Women laugh)
Amy: It really seemed like
Gaion had provided for us
in our hour of need,
but that's not what
Truthmother said happened.
- You are all so blind.
So, so blind.
I just hope Gaion
can forgive you.
- What are you talking about?
- Grace, do you wanna tell them
why you were at that bank?
Speak your truth, Grace.
- Rob it.
- What was that?
- Rob it, I was gonna rob
the bank,
and take all the money.
- As a political statement,
right?
Like a, "down with
the capitalist engine"
kind of thing?
- Yeah, whoa, like,
are we gonna start protesting
banks?
'Cause if we are,
I am very on board.
Because, you know, money's
a construct, so
fuck them pigs!
- Oh, a political statement.
A protest.
What were you gonna do
after you robbed that bank?
Just wait around for the police
to come and arrest us all?
- No! No, of course--
I didn't think, I just
You said we needed
the money, so
- Grace, I
I never said that.
- I I don't understand.
- It was the Adams' greed
inside you
that made you choose violence,
wasn't it?
(Sighs heavily)
- You know, at least take
the money,
'cause that could really
help us out.
- No, I don't want your
deception money.
- It's not deception money.
I just punched a man--
- You lied to everyone though,
didn't you?
- Yeah, please?
- No!
- Please? I'm sorry, please!
- Okay. Stop pushing it
back at me!
- I want--
- I push it, you stop.
Okay, I'm taking it outside,
and I'm gonna burn it.
- No, don't take it,
don't burn it! It'll help!
It can help us!
- Stop!
It's gonna papercut someone!
Imagine seeing a papercut
with this?!
- I just
- Let go of it!
Max: That fuckin' bank thing.
- Move my chair.
Max: I have no doubt Katherine
told Grace to do it.
And of course, Grace did,
no questions asked.
I don't know if she hoped
Grace would get arrested,
or pull it off, or what,
but whatever her plan was,
it backfired.
(Banging)
- Do you want me
- I'm fine.
Max: And after that,
Katherine just became
more and more abusive to Grace,
and Grace became
(Sighs)
Women: Gaion sees you.
Gaion sees you
- Grace
you have betrayed your sisters.
You acted alone,
and without thought.
You must ask for forgiveness,
or feel the cold non-embrace
of Gaion's shadow.
- I'm so sorry.
(Sobbing) I'm so sorry!
I didn't mean to do it!
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
(Sobbing)
Women: Gaion sees you
- (Wailing sobs)
I'm sorry.
Women: Gaion sees you.
Gaion sees you
- I see you feel remorse.
In Gaion's eyes
you are forgiven.
(Grace sobs)
Women: We love you!
We love you! We love you!
So much! We love you!
We love you more than before!
You are Starmother.
We love you so much!
Aww! We love you so much!
We love you so much!
Forever!
- Well, I guess I'm making
dinner.
Donna, come help me
start the eggs.
(All sob quietly)
- Ohhh
♪ And we open our hearts
and minds ♪
♪ To a spirit of sisterhood ♪
♪ That welcomes all without
judgment or shame ♪
♪ No shame ♪
Yeah!
Ohhh
Interviewer: Did you have
any further contact
with your father
after Adam was born?
- Hmm, no.
The false bond
of our earthbound
biological connection had
long since been corrupted.
So there was nothing tying us
together anymore.
Interviewer: But Adam
was still his grandson.
- Not really.
- But--
- No.
Though I should've known
that once he had been spurned
from our garden, he would
start galvanizing
his army of Adams
to destroy us.
Grace: That fucking pig
had it out for us
from day one!
He was a bad egg,
and he hated everything
we stood for.
Course, back then, he didn't
like to get his hands dirty.
So he sent his fucking piglets
to do it for him.
(Camera shutter clicks)
(Glass shatters, women scream)
Sharon: Oh! What was that?
Max: I don't know!
(Women all shout at once)
Max: Hey! Hey!
- Our home was our safe space,
so to have it invaded
like that,
it was traumatizing.
Officer: Yeah! Come out!
Max: Grace!
Amy: To maintain their
dominance over Evekind,
Adams must display
their physical power.
Max: Grace!
(Men shout)
Hannah: Fuck!
Amy: Remind us sisters
of our fallen station.
And they do this
by creating fear.
(Women shout)
- Get that outta here!
Amy: And sometimes even
Mother Gaion cannot shield us
from that fear.
- They came in like they were
the fucking Gestapo.
Hannah: Hey! I-aah!
- They knew they could do
whatever the fuck they wanted.
And what could we do?
Call the cops?!
(Adam wails)
- Oh, look who we got here,
boys!
little Amy Neston
and her bastard.
You're lookin' good, Ames.
Grace: Arrrghhh!
(Glass shatters)
- What the fuck?!
- Shit!
Grace: You come back here,
I'll kill every last
fuckin' one of you!
You tell Neston I know
what he's up to!
Officer: Get up!
(Adam cries)
- Where's Katherine?
Katherine?
Where did where's Katherine?
Katherine?
Katherine!
Katherine!
(Sighs)
What happened that night
was my fault.
S-see, if I hadn't gone
to the bank
like I did,
and then brought all
that positive attention
on us like I did,
then those men would never
have gotten jealous,
like they did.
And come to the house,
and done what they did,
and Katherine
never would've gotten attacked.
(Katherine pants heavily)
- Oh my God.
What did they do to you?
Amy: Truthmother, no!
- Oh, is that you, Amy?
- Grace, what the hell
happened?
- Oh! Oh! Ah!
Grace: I've got you!
I've got you.
- Owwwww! (Moaning)
Put me here.
- Pretty sure that's
the first time
I've ever heard of a sprained
shin injury before.
- Oh! My shin.
It's in my shin.
Ohhh!
Stop it. Ohhhh!
Oh, put me here.
(Gasps)
Sharon: And they were up
there all night.
None of us knew what
was going on.
So, you know, naturally,
many of the women
turned to me for guidance
and leadership.
- What the fuck are we supposed
to do now?!
What the fuck are we supposed
to do now, huh?
What do we do now?!
Aaah! What do we do?!
- To this day, no one knows
what they spoke about.
But afterwards,
it was like the light in
Starmother had just gone out.
(Women whisper)
- (Gasps) Grace,
what's going on?
- Is Truthmother okay?
- Starmother,
are you all right?
(All talking at once)
- My sisters.
The Truthmother and I have
spoken at great length.
And much has become
clear to me.
As your Starmother,
I have failed in my duty
to protect you.
(Screams)
To protect this house.
Fuck off!
And because I have strayed
from Gaion's light,
we must now all live
in shadow.
There is no time to rest!
We have to remain vigilant!
These Adams will not stop
until they see us destroyed.
- Donna, that's
That's fuckin' crazy,
that's great.
- Watch your legs.
Grace: Now, our beloved
Truthmother is trying
as hard as she can to reconnect
to the cosmic spirit,
but I'm sorry to tell you
that our future looks dark.
(Slurping)
Ahem!
We must learn to protect
ourselves,
to fight for what is ours,
and to let no Adam,
no outsider, destroy Evekind!
That's it.
- (Sighs)
- What are we supposed
to do now?
Camilla: Stop it, Sharon.
- Stop what?!
- Asking.
- Asking what,
normal questions?
- Sharon
- I'm allowed to ask
a question, okay, Camilla.
I have an inquiring mind.
Max: Grace really had lost it.
I mean, Christ.
I know what people say
about New Eden,
but that was the first time
for us that it really did
start to feel like a cult.
Hannah: "The perimeter is to be
patrolled at all times.
No electric lights after dark.
No one is to walk the grounds
alone."
Max: It was like we were
preparing for a war.
Interviewer: With who?
- With men, I guess.
Even I think that's
a little extreme.
Hannah: "No outsiders to be
permitted onto the property."
- Get the hell outa here!
Hannah: "If you see something,
say something to Starmother."
"No one is to disturb
Truthmother."
Hudley, I think this last time
you're gonna hear from me
for a while. (Blows)
Wyatt: After that, nothing.
I mean, Grace had even cut
the phone lines.
So-so yes, I was worried,
of course I was.
but there was no way
I was gonna extract her
when that story was about
to hit its climax.
See, I knew I could trust her
to get it,
and get out of there safely.
Grace: I'm asking where
the hell you've been?!
Get that fucking thing
out of my face!
Max: Whoa! Hey, stop it!
You can't talk to her
like that!
- No one is allowed to leave,
Max!
No exceptions.
It's for our safety.
Don't you wanna know where
the fuck she's been?
- Uh look, enough
with this shit, Grace.
Look at yourself!
What the fuck is going on?!
You're carrying a gun around,
for God's sake!
I just reached my boiling
point.
What Grace had become,
how ,
what New Eden had become
as a result.
I-I just had enough.
This isn't you.
This isn't the Starmother
we all love.
She's lying to you, Grace.
She's hurting you.
- I think that if you feel
that way,
you don't belong here.
- (Gasps)
- I told you to get that
fuckin' thing out of my face!
Hannah: Okay! Okay.
It's off.
- We should've left,
we should've left,
we should've left when
we talked about leaving.
Hannah: I think I have to stay.
- What? What?
What are you talking about?
- It's complicated.
- Uh what?!
Babe, no.
No, no, no, no.
That's crazy.
We talked about this.
You're coming with me.
I love you.
- I know. I love you, too.
I- I I want to, I want to.
I really want to.
But um
(Emotional exhales)
I'm sorry. I am staying.
- What?
- I can't explain why.
Max, I just need you
to trust me, okay?
- What the fuck does
that mean?!
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
(Sobs)
- Fine. Whatever.
Fuck it!
(Sniffles)
(Claming exhale) Fuck.
(Sobs)
Oh shit.
Interviewer: So you never
suspected Hannah
was a journalist?
- I saw what she wanted me
to see.
I was-I was in love with her.
So, I um
I won't deny I got played
just like everyone else.
♪♪♪
- I just miss you.
(Women sobbing)
- I love you.
(All talking quietly, sobbing)
♪♪♪
- You know, it's not too late.
You could still come with us.
♪♪♪
- (Sighs)
- (Sobs)
Katherine: It was devastating.
Absolutely devastating.
And of course,
I had been recovering,
uh, so I had no idea
what could've happened
to make them all wanna leave.
Wait! Don't go!
Max! No, stop!
Stop! Stop!
Please stay,
and we can talk about it!
We can talk about it!
- Let me go!
Please! Please don't go!
You're my favorite one.
The wheelchair one!
(Sobs)
Owww! Stop!
I'll break your leg!
(Sobbing hysterically)
(Screaming) No!
- Run away!
- (Sobbing hysterically)
(Birds chirp)
I hope you're happy.
This is your fault.
You run around like some
deranged messiah!
You wanna turn them all
against me,
so that you can get all
the glory, well, that's fine,
because there are plenty
of places that I could go
where I would be appreciated!
- I've done everything
you've ever asked of me!
But I can't tell what
you want anymore!
Tell me what you want!
- You wanna know what I want?
You really wanna know
what I want?!
- Yes! Yes!
- I wanna be away from you!
I want to be away from you.
So congratulations!
Because I am not-aaaah!
Ohhh! (Gasping)
(Sighs)
- I'm sorry. Are you okay?
- (Sobs)
- Are you okay?
(Both sigh)
- Remember what it was like
when we first came together?
Remember how powerful we felt?
It was like
the cosmos really had aligned,
to forge our bond,
you know, and
and I know that we can
get back to that,
because I am the one
that sees you.
Okay?
I see all the greatness in you.
I'm the one that sees you.
And I'm the one that can
make everybody else
see you, too.
- How?
- Let's just say
that Gaion has a new plan
for us.
Hmm?
- She does?
She does.
- Yeah, she does.
She does.
Let's get you cleaned up, huh?
- What?
- Just like, a small shower.
- (reads) "According
to prophecy,
spoken by the Starmother,
and told to her
by the Truthmother
The Salvation of New Eden
shall come to pass,
and Gaion will be restored
on the occasion
of the sacred joining
under a twin moon."
♪♪♪
Grace: Yeah, I like that,
nice big sticks.
You know the saying, the bigger
the stick, the more
well suited it is to my design.
Amy: "Witnessed
by Eve's daughters,
the strength of the Starmother,
and the wisdom
of the Truthmother
shall become joined as one."
♪♪♪
(Shattering)
Amy: "Restoring the ancient
Seed Sisters
to their exalted state
as Gaion intended."
- Ah
(Bubbling)
Amy: "So joined,
the Seed Sisters' energies
shall merge into a singular,
perfect Supermother,
capable of defeating
the ancient Adams,
and liberating Evekind
into a new world."
- Momentum, momentum, momentum!
Sharon: In retrospect,
I always knew that
Katherine and Grace
had a codependent relationship,
dysfunctional, even.
But the whole joining thing
was kind of a
on the nose metaphor for how
weird things had gotten.
Grace: Momentum, momentum!
Oh shit!
Interviewer: Did anyone try
to stop it?
- We were on some pretty high
potency drugs at the time,
and for some reason we had
all stopped drinking water.
- (Sighs)
I'm ready.
♪♪♪
(Women laugh)
(Screaming wildly)
- I remember that night
of the joining
like it was yesterday.
Starmother had completed
preparations for the joining,
and showed her creation
to Truthmother.
- Woo! Woo!
And Truthmother seemed
um
(Women laugh)
- She completely freaked out.
She forced Grace off
the deep end,
and then when she realized
she'd have to go in after her,
well
♪♪♪
Wyatt: Cults always reach
a place of no return.
You know, where the leader
has no choice
than to double down
on their own crazy story.
I mean, Manson had
the race war.
Jim Jones, mass suicide.
Basically, you just gotta pray
that the feds show up
before anybody else
gets killed.
Women: Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one.
Gaion's will be done.
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done!
Two are one!
Gaion's will be done
(Chanting trails off)
- Is she coming, or what?
(Katherine giggles)
- Wait! I think I see her.
Women: Two are one.
Gaion's will be done!
- Look who I found!
Women: Two are one
Gaion's will be done.
- Weird party.
- Yes.
- Who in the f-fuck is that?!
- Want some of that honey?
There. There, she
She loves the honey.
(Laughs)
Anyway, I found a new follower.
It's fun. It is good.
Grace: Oh Jesus, fuck.
- Why is your car a bee?
- Oh, that's a whole thing.
(Laughs)
I just think that before
we get into this,
and I love it,
and I'm loving this,
that we should um,
get her in the mix.
- Woo! Woo!
- Oh shit!
- Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Katherine: Whoa!
- Fuck.
- What? What do you think
I'm gonna do? You scaredies!
(Laughs) Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
(Gunshot booms, all scream)
- Fuck!
(Thumps)
Katherine: Uh-oh.
- What happened?
Is she dead?
- Oh
Grace: Oh fuck.
(Wood creaks)
That's-that you see,
that sounds bad.
- Ah! Ohhh!
- Okay, 'cause of- because
of,
I need someone to come up
to help me come down.
♪♪♪
(Phone rings)
(Phone rings)
- Starmother and Truthmother
came home.
And told us to barricade
the doors.
And pray.
Women: Gaion is with us.
Gaion will protect us.
She is our strength.
She is our light.
Gaion is with us.
Gaion will protect us.
She is our strength.
She is our light.
Gaion is with us.
Gaion will protect us.
She is our strength.
She is our light.
(All gasp)
Hank: Party's over, girls!