The Path (2016) s02e01 Episode Script
Liminal Twilight
1 Previously on "The Path" I'm sorry for everything I have done that is wrong and everything wrong that I do next, but you weren't supposed to die.
ABE: I'm Looking into the Meyerist Movement.
I'm putting them on Cultwatch.
We're talking about a potential murder that these people have committed.
I mean, at least one.
Maybe more.
Silas, it's Sarah.
I've been calling you for days.
I hope you come back soon.
Is there anything between you and Cal? No.
SARAH: Let the bonding of these hands be a symbol of the bond that you have to each other.
Steve has finished writing the last three rungs.
He wants you to help shape the next phase of The Movement with me.
He wants us to be Guardians of The Light together.
- You wrote the rungs.
- What are you gonna do? I'm just gonna have to figure something else out, like where the fuck Silas is.
EDDIE: I believe in the work that we do, but the rest it's just fucking fairy tales.
You are talking about everything everything in my soul.
You don't actually believe that.
You don't know me.
Daddy's gonna be living somewhere else from now on.
I love you guys.
Ever since I left, I have been seeing things.
I think you're having visions, Eddie.
You have to find out what they mean.
[bell tolling.]
[thunder rumbles.]
[suspenseful music.]
[gasps.]
[hinges squeak.]
[breathing hard.]
[thunder rumbles.]
[thunder rumbling.]
[hinges squeaking.]
[suspenseful music continues.]
- You! - Doc.
- Why are you here? - You're sick.
Is someone else coming? - You're dying.
- Where is he? Look, I don't know what you're talking about.
I had visions that you were sick.
- Visions? - Yeah, so I came, and I was right.
We have to go.
We have to go.
Doc.
Doc! Doc! Doc! I am not letting you out of here.
The people don't know that you're sick.
They think that you are some immortal ball of light.
You have to tell them the truth! That is not the truth! Look at you! You are dead! You are dying! You have to end this! End this bullshit right now! We have to see what The Light asks! Doc! There is no fucking Light! CAL: We mark this sacred site, the place of Steve's transformation.
We humbly thank The Light for making him one with it.
[soft exclamations, murmurs.]
SARAH: And we will do our best to be Guardians of Steve's message.
[lightly tense music.]
FELICIA: I can't believe Steve's gone.
We were wrong to keep his illness from you.
But you understand why it's important the others don't know.
Maybe it was all a part of the plan.
Maybe Cal was meant to write those rungs.
Steve prophesied a miracle.
Sarah, people in the village saw him walk the streets, up this mountain, and completely vanish.
That doesn't explain where Silas is.
They say Steve walked with someone.
Maybe Silas became one with The Light too? Richard's agreed to stay in Cuzco to get things running again.
We're all dedicated to the transition.
Thanks, Felicia.
I also asked Kodiak to take on a bigger role.
We need someone with gifts to sit on the Council.
- Well, Sarah, he's - Controversial.
And has been living in Siberia for the last 12 years.
He's also a 10R who I can trust.
Decisions always went through Steve.
We did what we thought was best.
You'll see what it's like to have the weight of The Movement's future on your shoulders.
Yes I will, Felicia.
[somber music.]
[Cal sighs.]
How are we gonna do this if you can't even look at me? When the center opens in the city, I imagine you'll be spending most of your time there.
MAN: I'm sittin' down Sittin' down in my home Dear love of mine Please come here alone How many nights Were on burning snow Dear love of mine Please don't come so slow We're thankful for all you've done, but it's not just our livestock anymore.
It's us.
We're sick.
It's cancer.
I got it.
My neighbor's neighbor.
Babies being born with neurological problems.
Went to the newspaper says they can't do anything without proof.
They're in DeKaan's pockets.
Local government won't listen.
We don't involve ourselves in government or politics.
We look to The Light, and we will look to The Light for you.
GABY: Okay, what do you want to do about insulating the barn for winter? Let's discuss that at the next Council meeting.
Good.
You've got four new requests for speaking engagements in Schenectady, Saratoga, Harrison, and Oberlin College.
- Wait, Ohio? - Yeah, right? The mainstream.
[exhales.]
I know I shouldn't, but it's almost May 14th.
Firsts are rough with any kind of loss.
Are you asking me if I'm gonna let the kids see Eddie on his birthday? It's just they're finally adjusting, and everyone knows how deeply he insulted us.
It wouldn't reflect well on you I have been living according to the word for months now, Mom.
Let's bottle 200 more gallons of water and see what testing of the water at Clarksville will cost.
RUSSEL: If The Light is the fire, then we are the wood! Feeding the fire until we become one with it.
You've all been Possibles, and you've made the choice to take the next step.
Now we begin the real work, 1R, because when Steve received The Ladder, the climb began with shedding all connection to the Shadow World.
So we leave behind our possessions, our technology, our friends and family.
And it can be deeply painful some say the most painful rung of The Ladder.
But for everything that is left behind, something is gained, a deeper union with truth and yes! That's the process of letting go! We fall, but we get back up again.
'Cause when you finish 1R, no longer will you fall.
No longer will you straddle two worlds.
You will wake from your liminal twilight and live The Ladder! [tense music.]
MOTHER TERESA: How can you love God, whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor, whom you see? If you need a meal we can help.
If you're looking for another way.
MOTHER TERESA: Love, to be true, has to hurt.
It hurt Jesus to love us.
[dramatic musical sting.]
It hurt.
[dramatic musical sting.]
And so He made himself the bread of life to satisfy our hunger for His love.
[dramatic musical sting.]
[intense musical buildup.]
[ambient background sounds.]
Hi.
Mary.
What are you doing in the city center? I asked for a transfer to work here.
- Oh, great.
- Yeah, I think it's better for me to be close to Sean in my condition.
Your condition? Pregnant? [laughs.]
That's wonderful.
Uh, how far along? About five months.
Uh-huh.
You you doin' okay with it? Well, it's tough being in the dorms, sharing a bathroom and not being able to have food on hand.
- Mm-hmm.
- But, um, you know, we're making it work.
Hey, I was just hearing your good news.
- Oh, thanks.
- Yeah.
Congratulations.
Yeah.
SARAH: Sometimes the truth we hear inside of us is more truth than the one written in our book, and that's the message we have to listen to.
Don't worry, Mom.
I promise never to tell.
Get over here.
Ohh! It's so good to see you.
[soft music.]
- Happy Birthday, Dad.
- Thanks, kid.
Shall we? CAL: When Steve finished the word to us, he was exhausted, be because [laughter.]
To write the message was to live it.
He climbed for us, our transgressions, our damage.
And Steve wasn't alone when he made that climb.
Silas walked with him.
Our great shaman became one with The Light as well, and now our Light is more powerful than ever.
EDDIE: So how's everything? HAWK: Good.
How's your mom? [sighs.]
Okay, fine, I won't ask about your mom.
How's 1R? Did you start yet? I don't really wanna talk about that with you either.
Why not? Look, just because I'm not I wanna know what's going on in your life, kid.
[sighs.]
Really? 'Cause everyone thinks you hate us.
Hey.
I do not hate you.
You're a Denier.
I never signed that form.
It doesn't matter.
You walked out.
[Eddie sighs.]
So what kind of cake you gonna have for your birthday tomorrow? Mmm what kind of cake? I think I might skip out on the cake this year.
But you have to have cake.
It keeps you sweet for the rest of the year.
[Eddie sighs.]
Eddie? Eddie Lane? Yeah.
Oh, my God.
It[laughs.]
It's it's me.
It's it's Chloe.
It's Chloe Jones.
- Holy shit.
- [laughs.]
This is, uh, my son, Johnny.
BILL: We are growing at a thrilling rate.
We have over 15 people signing up for workshops and retreats a day.
We have new outposts in Upstate New York, Bethesda, Maryland, and outside Seattle.
- That's great.
- Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Uh, and, uh, now the opportunity to own a building in New York City.
Where are we with our finances? BILL: Well, excellent.
Current assets, not including the value of our real estate or the investments Cal made on our behalf, have us at about 4.
2.
The problem that I foresee is we need 800 grand to pay back taxes on this place.
Right, except that we are about to be a legitimate religion in the eyes of the nation! But we never intended to be a religion.
Well, no, it's semantics, Sarah But Steven didn't want us beholden to government regulations.
Religious status will not only legitimize us but free us from the shitload of property tax we have to pay, and we can thrive.
In three years, the building in the city will be worth a fortune.
All I need is the Council to come up with $2 million.
I have the rest.
Steve didn't want that.
Yeah, well, Steve isn't here.
[thumps table.]
All right? We have to make the decisions now.
We can't keep going on like this.
The Council thinks we're a mess, and soon everyone else will think that too.
Look, I have learned to live with most of your lies, but I won't accept your story about Silas.
People saw it happen, Sarah.
You should have just put yourself in charge, Cal.
It's what you really wanted.
Sarah [laughing.]
Mr.
Pinto.
Pinto.
He taught algebra, right? - Yeah.
- Yes.
Yes, I remember him.
Oh, my God.
We used to make all those fart sounds around him.
- We were so dumb.
- Remember that? Oh, my God.
We were so dumb.
I I don't I don't get it.
- It's - Oh, there's nothing to get.
- Yeah.
- It's like 'cause his name was Pinto, you know, like the bean, so we just We made so much fun of him.
It was so stupid.
Pinto and Butkiss got such crap, right? - Yeah.
- Remember Benson Butkiss? Yeah, I do.
I sure do.
I married him.
- No.
- Yeah.
- You married Benson? - Yes, I did.
Yes.
Wow.
He's the father of my child.
- Wow.
Wow.
- Yeah, I just, uh I needed something solid, I guess, after Johnny.
- Yeah.
- It was good for a while, but we just [sighs.]
We weren't soul mates, you know? Johnny, honey, you're getting all burned.
Can you come sit with us under the umbrella for a second, please? I didn't even pack anything for Summer.
- Oh, it's all right.
I got - You okay? I got some.
Here.
Thank you.
Guess your wife didn't pack your beach bag this morning.
[sighs.]
Actually I'm separated.
- Oh.
- Let's go in the water, Daddy.
- Okay.
- Come on, let's go! Come on, let's go in the water! Dad, what happened to your arm? Oh, it's, um accident, work.
EDDIE: How is it? SUMMER: Mm! HANK: We express deepest gratitude for this day and every day, for the gift of this passage and that we have found The Ladder.
All: There is one spirit whose name is Truth.
And let's send some extra Love and Light to Joy, who leaves tomorrow for 3R.
- Love and Light.
- We are so proud of you, hon.
- I'm gonna actually miss you.
- Actually miss me? [scoffs.]
Are you crying? - Who's crying? - I'm not crying! Mom, I'm gonna see you in three months.
No, I I am so happy for you.
It's just who am I gonna talk to now? Well, what about me? You can talk to me.
Jeez, thanks a lot.
[scattered chuckles.]
Are you going with Cal to the auction tomorrow? I'd like you to keep an eye on him for me.
I'm not your spy, Sarah.
What are you guys fighting about? Nothing.
I just found out my wife hates talking to me and my sister wants me to spy for her.
Oh, yeah? Who does she want you to spy on? Cal.
You have a problem with him, you deal with it.
Why don't you trust Cal, Sarah? I just asked Russel to keep an eye on him for me tomorrow at the auction, that's all You know, I'm starting not to trust him either.
I just can't shake Kodiak's words.
He said, "The building will consume us.
" Your mother's always had a thing for Kodiak.
That is so don't.
This is the worst send-off dinner ever.
It's hard to have two people in charge.
Steve should have just picked one of you.
Steve doesn't pick, Mom.
The Light picks.
You look like you got some sun, honey.
You got sun? What? Why are you looking at me like that? - I went somewhere.
- I took Summer to the beach.
Oh, that's fun.
Where'd you guys go? Down by the river.
So not not really the beach.
[clears throat.]
Just down by the river.
Cool.
[edgy music.]
Some people from the village found him two days ago.
- What about Silas? - The word was is that he became one with The Light with Steve.
Only Steve didn't become one with The Light.
[edgy music.]
He must have fallen.
This puts the entire Movement in jeopardy.
I paid the locals to keep it quiet.
We'll cremate him tonight, but I wanted you to see him first.
I don't know who else we can trust.
[dark music intensifies.]
[intense musical buildup.]
[baby fussing.]
Oh, I'm so glad you're here.
Can you look at my baby? Well, I'm sorry, ma'am, we're not doctors.
We're just came to bring water.
But look at her skin.
It doesn't look right, does it? Ma'am, if you'd like, we can take you to the hospital.
We've already been.
They sent us home.
Listen, don't let her drink from the tap.
Nowhere near it.
Not even baths, do you hear me? Go back to the van and get her some more water, okay? This is so messed up.
We should be doing more.
- Like what? - I don't know.
You're supposed to have the answers.
Distributing water is cool, but it's just a Band-Aid.
It does nothing to fix the wound.
If it were up to me, I'd blow up the DeKaan house or force them to drink their own poison water.
What? You're intense.
I got sick of just sitting around NYU talking about the shit wrong with the world, and I actually wanted to do something about it.
It must have been nice growing up in a family that was actually committed to the stuff that matters.
Oh, right, your dad.
I've heard the rumors.
He's like a heathen, right? I guess.
Well, at least you have one kick-ass parent.
AUCTIONEER: Bidding will begin on the building at 899 Flatbush, starting at 3.
5 million.
Do I hear 3.
5 million? 3.
5 million.
3.
6 million.
I guess there's another bidder.
Do I hear 3.
8 million? - All right.
That should do it.
- 3.
8 million.
I have 3.
8 million.
4 million.
4 million.
I have 4 million dollars.
- I think we should stop there.
- Do I hear 4.
2? 4.
2? - We don't have the cash.
- 4.
4? Do I hear 4.
4? This is it, all right? - Please okay.
- Stop, stop.
- 4.
6? - What are you doing, Cal? Do I have 4.
8? 4.
8.
I have 4.
8.
No.
Okay.
Just leave it at that, please.
- Okay, we're done.
- 5.
- We're done.
- $5 million, going once going twice, going three times.
Sold property at 899 Flatbush.
Sold to bidder number 137.
Next thing we have on our list are the Brooklyn Condominiums, property 8532.
[tense music.]
Hey.
What's going on? This isn't good for us.
Lying to everyone.
It's not good for me.
I don't think it's easy for you to live with, and it is definitely not good for Summer.
I don't know what's good anymore, Hawk.
That's not fair.
- Things got more complicated - No, you cannot say that to me, not after everything.
What do you want me to say? You want me to say that you can't see your father anymore? Because I can't do that.
Hawk? Hawk? [door slams.]
- Hey, Nicole.
- Hey.
- Nice dress.
- Thank you.
- Got the new T-shirts.
- Good.
Yeah, Cal wanted the collars.
I don't know.
- Oh.
- They seem so corporate.
No, I kind of like 'em.
I think they're cool.
- Yeah? - Yeah, if you play golf.
[chuckles.]
Do you want me to stock 'em? Oh, my God.
Would you? - Okay.
- I am comatose.
The baby kept me up all night.
I swear, I was this close to shoving a pillow over her face.
Oh, I I'm sorry.
I am so sorry.
No, hey, listen No.
It's Horrible.
Horrible to say that to you.
- Nicole - I love my children.
I should remember how blessed I am and not say stupid jokes.
I'm relieved that you make stupid jokes.
Really, I am.
The rest of the world treats me like they're on eggshells.
Well, I just think about you all the time.
What it must have been like.
[sighs.]
You leave the hospital, you think everything is better, and - I can't.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I just I feel so close to you these last few months.
No, I know.
I know, but Uh, it's it's not right.
I have to go.
Okay.
TOM: Man, I'm gonna need a beer after today.
You mind if I come join you guys? Hey, he wants to have a beer with us.
And I thought you were too good for us, being one with The Light and all that.
You know what? It's fine.
I don't need to.
And I'm not too good for anyone.
Dude, I'm fucking with you.
[laughter.]
All right.
Great.
And just so you know, I'm not one of them anymore either, so Come on.
I'll give you a ride.
It's not much, but our guests always find it comfortable.
I don't know where they'll stay now.
MARY: Look at this bed.
It'll actually fit the both of us.
- Thank you so much.
- Oh, don't thank me.
We got urgent word from up on high that the expectant parents needed to be out of the dorms.
Up on high? I guess someone's making an impression.
The thing you got to do, what's really important is to get back out there.
My first divorce, I let it wreck me.
I spent, like, two years just crying.
I think about that now, and I'm not gonna get that time back, you know? Yeah.
Anyway, that's my advice to you.
How many times you been married? He's on three.
See, I just get back out there.
There you go.
Well, thank you.
You know, on that note, I I'm gonna go make a call.
[pop music plays.]
Hey.
Um hi.
It was, uh it was great to see you the other day.
Um Sarah! Hey, I was just going to pick up Summer for dinner.
You're not gonna believe this.
I just came from the auction.
Cal Shit.
What did he buy it for? - 5.
- 5? $5 million? We don't have $5 million.
Jesus Russel, how could you let this happen? How could you put me in that position? I was trying to delegate some responsibility, Russel No, you were giving me your dirty work, and it's dirty.
All right, whatever the hell is going on between you guys, you need to figure it out because it's messing all of us up.
[phone chimes.]
- I have to go.
- Sarah, wait - Just - Who is it? Are you okay? EDDIE: Hey.
Um, hi.
It was, uh it was great to see you the other day.
Listen, I just wanted to call and say thanks for letting me see the kids.
I know it must be hard breaking the rules.
[inhales.]
I mean, it's not in your DNA, so I just wanted to just thank you, Sarah.
Anyways, I, um, you know [gasps.]
[thud.]
[tires screech.]
[Sarah breathing hard.]
[murmurs under breath.]
[deer puffing.]
Oh, no.
[panting.]
[sobbing.]
[dark music.]
[sobbing.]
[branches crackle.]
Sarah, are you okay? What happened? - I hit her.
- Okay.
I killed her.
Because of you.
- Because of me? - Yes, because of you.
Because you just spent $5 million that we don't have, because I don't know what I believe anymore, and I don't know who I am.
No, that's not true.
You know who you are No! You have turned me into a fucking hypocrite, and I'm standing there in front of people telling some story I don't even know is true.
No, I-I didn't know if it was true either.
Believe me, when when Steve got sick, I was terrified that it was all a story, that that I had devoted my life to a story.
But then Steve went into The Light.
He vanished! So it has to be true.
That's proof, isn't it? - What about Silas? - [groans.]
Look at me and tell me you believe Silas went with him.
I don't know about Silas, but as long as the work is real You sound just like Eddie.
[crying.]
You took the truth from me.
I am so lost now.
And I killed a fucking deer, and all I want is the truth, and I have this feeling in my gut [dark music.]
[sobbing.]
- Come on.
Get in.
- Where are we going? - Hey.
- Hi.
What's going on? Can I have a puff? Sure.
[coughing.]
[chuckles.]
Try again.
I don't think you got anything.
- [coughing.]
- [laughs.]
Since I was a little kid, I always, like, had too much empathy.
I would see pictures in the newspaper of people in an earthquake or a war and just obsess.
I can't stop thinking about that baby today.
I think that's maybe why I want to do something so bad, you know? Maybe if I do something, it'll keep me from feeling so much.
I can feel the lives of so many dead people under the ground.
You're totally stoned.
[both laugh.]
Let's do something.
[bird calls out.]
[tense music.]
NOA: They're gonna lose their shit.
[whispers.]
Hawk.
That is so messed up.
They get to live in this castle while their factories are poisoning people's water.
I mean, who gets to make these choices? Some of us are just like these pawns and just victims of everyone else's shit! Wait, Hawk, what are you doing? We're gonna get caught.
You can't do that.
[tense music.]
Fuck you, DeKaans! [alarms whooping.]
SARAH: Where are we going? Cal, stop.
We're almost there.
No.
I don't want to go any further.
Where are we going? You're scaring me.
[panting.]
Uh Silas is here.
It was an accident, but but he was already gone.
He was gonna end The Movement.
- What? - Um [exhales.]
He looked inside me and he was telling me that I was nothing, I was an alcoholic salesman, and I-I-I, um It was an accident Are you saying you killed - No, I didn't mean to - You My-my mind just went black with with rage, a-and Are you fucking crazy? I-I-it's complicated to explain, [crying.]
but I didn't mean to do it.
Now I live with it and it is hell.
I don't I don't want to live like this anymore.
[crying.]
Oh, my God.
I don't want to live with the way that you look at me.
[Sarah crying.]
He's here? Silas is here? I don't believe you.
Dig him up.
I need to know.
Dig him up! [Cal groans.]
[dark music.]
[Sarah sobbing.]
[dramatic musical sting.]
There's a boy who says his grandfather saw the fall.
The grandfather drew a picture.
[metal clinking.]
Hey.
You look good.
- Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! - Ohh! They got me! They got me! They got me! [laughing.]
Oh, I missed you guys so much.
Where's the baby? Ohh Hello, little love.
Mmm.
[whispering.]
Oh, my God, you've gotten so big.
I missed you so much.
I did.
I missed you so much too, baby.
I had to go back in.
They put me on a desk job, and I was just I was gonna die.
This was my shot to do something big with my life, with our life.
If we still have a life, Abe.
I promise it's almost over.
Okay? I promise you I will be home soon.
[Cal grunting.]
[grunting.]
[labored breathing.]
[thud.]
[dramatic musical flourish.]
[wheezy panting.]
[soft edgy music.]
He's deaf.
Who is this? Is this a shaman? He didn't fall.
He was pushed.
He says it was a white man.
The man who killed Steve.
[ominous music.]
You woke me! I was dead, and you woke me.
I picked a son, but he was the wrong son.
[thunder rumbling.]
I thought I was being punished, but it was a test.
It must have been a test.
And now I will receive the last three rungs! Doc! Doc! This is crazy.
The son would come and the message would be finished! And I would become one with The Light! What son? You.
You're the son.
[thunder crashes.]
You.
The chosen son! [echoing.]
Chosen chosen son.
[exhales.]
[panting.]
[intense musical buildup.]
[dramatic musical sting.]
ABE: I'm Looking into the Meyerist Movement.
I'm putting them on Cultwatch.
We're talking about a potential murder that these people have committed.
I mean, at least one.
Maybe more.
Silas, it's Sarah.
I've been calling you for days.
I hope you come back soon.
Is there anything between you and Cal? No.
SARAH: Let the bonding of these hands be a symbol of the bond that you have to each other.
Steve has finished writing the last three rungs.
He wants you to help shape the next phase of The Movement with me.
He wants us to be Guardians of The Light together.
- You wrote the rungs.
- What are you gonna do? I'm just gonna have to figure something else out, like where the fuck Silas is.
EDDIE: I believe in the work that we do, but the rest it's just fucking fairy tales.
You are talking about everything everything in my soul.
You don't actually believe that.
You don't know me.
Daddy's gonna be living somewhere else from now on.
I love you guys.
Ever since I left, I have been seeing things.
I think you're having visions, Eddie.
You have to find out what they mean.
[bell tolling.]
[thunder rumbles.]
[suspenseful music.]
[gasps.]
[hinges squeak.]
[breathing hard.]
[thunder rumbles.]
[thunder rumbling.]
[hinges squeaking.]
[suspenseful music continues.]
- You! - Doc.
- Why are you here? - You're sick.
Is someone else coming? - You're dying.
- Where is he? Look, I don't know what you're talking about.
I had visions that you were sick.
- Visions? - Yeah, so I came, and I was right.
We have to go.
We have to go.
Doc.
Doc! Doc! Doc! I am not letting you out of here.
The people don't know that you're sick.
They think that you are some immortal ball of light.
You have to tell them the truth! That is not the truth! Look at you! You are dead! You are dying! You have to end this! End this bullshit right now! We have to see what The Light asks! Doc! There is no fucking Light! CAL: We mark this sacred site, the place of Steve's transformation.
We humbly thank The Light for making him one with it.
[soft exclamations, murmurs.]
SARAH: And we will do our best to be Guardians of Steve's message.
[lightly tense music.]
FELICIA: I can't believe Steve's gone.
We were wrong to keep his illness from you.
But you understand why it's important the others don't know.
Maybe it was all a part of the plan.
Maybe Cal was meant to write those rungs.
Steve prophesied a miracle.
Sarah, people in the village saw him walk the streets, up this mountain, and completely vanish.
That doesn't explain where Silas is.
They say Steve walked with someone.
Maybe Silas became one with The Light too? Richard's agreed to stay in Cuzco to get things running again.
We're all dedicated to the transition.
Thanks, Felicia.
I also asked Kodiak to take on a bigger role.
We need someone with gifts to sit on the Council.
- Well, Sarah, he's - Controversial.
And has been living in Siberia for the last 12 years.
He's also a 10R who I can trust.
Decisions always went through Steve.
We did what we thought was best.
You'll see what it's like to have the weight of The Movement's future on your shoulders.
Yes I will, Felicia.
[somber music.]
[Cal sighs.]
How are we gonna do this if you can't even look at me? When the center opens in the city, I imagine you'll be spending most of your time there.
MAN: I'm sittin' down Sittin' down in my home Dear love of mine Please come here alone How many nights Were on burning snow Dear love of mine Please don't come so slow We're thankful for all you've done, but it's not just our livestock anymore.
It's us.
We're sick.
It's cancer.
I got it.
My neighbor's neighbor.
Babies being born with neurological problems.
Went to the newspaper says they can't do anything without proof.
They're in DeKaan's pockets.
Local government won't listen.
We don't involve ourselves in government or politics.
We look to The Light, and we will look to The Light for you.
GABY: Okay, what do you want to do about insulating the barn for winter? Let's discuss that at the next Council meeting.
Good.
You've got four new requests for speaking engagements in Schenectady, Saratoga, Harrison, and Oberlin College.
- Wait, Ohio? - Yeah, right? The mainstream.
[exhales.]
I know I shouldn't, but it's almost May 14th.
Firsts are rough with any kind of loss.
Are you asking me if I'm gonna let the kids see Eddie on his birthday? It's just they're finally adjusting, and everyone knows how deeply he insulted us.
It wouldn't reflect well on you I have been living according to the word for months now, Mom.
Let's bottle 200 more gallons of water and see what testing of the water at Clarksville will cost.
RUSSEL: If The Light is the fire, then we are the wood! Feeding the fire until we become one with it.
You've all been Possibles, and you've made the choice to take the next step.
Now we begin the real work, 1R, because when Steve received The Ladder, the climb began with shedding all connection to the Shadow World.
So we leave behind our possessions, our technology, our friends and family.
And it can be deeply painful some say the most painful rung of The Ladder.
But for everything that is left behind, something is gained, a deeper union with truth and yes! That's the process of letting go! We fall, but we get back up again.
'Cause when you finish 1R, no longer will you fall.
No longer will you straddle two worlds.
You will wake from your liminal twilight and live The Ladder! [tense music.]
MOTHER TERESA: How can you love God, whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor, whom you see? If you need a meal we can help.
If you're looking for another way.
MOTHER TERESA: Love, to be true, has to hurt.
It hurt Jesus to love us.
[dramatic musical sting.]
It hurt.
[dramatic musical sting.]
And so He made himself the bread of life to satisfy our hunger for His love.
[dramatic musical sting.]
[intense musical buildup.]
[ambient background sounds.]
Hi.
Mary.
What are you doing in the city center? I asked for a transfer to work here.
- Oh, great.
- Yeah, I think it's better for me to be close to Sean in my condition.
Your condition? Pregnant? [laughs.]
That's wonderful.
Uh, how far along? About five months.
Uh-huh.
You you doin' okay with it? Well, it's tough being in the dorms, sharing a bathroom and not being able to have food on hand.
- Mm-hmm.
- But, um, you know, we're making it work.
Hey, I was just hearing your good news.
- Oh, thanks.
- Yeah.
Congratulations.
Yeah.
SARAH: Sometimes the truth we hear inside of us is more truth than the one written in our book, and that's the message we have to listen to.
Don't worry, Mom.
I promise never to tell.
Get over here.
Ohh! It's so good to see you.
[soft music.]
- Happy Birthday, Dad.
- Thanks, kid.
Shall we? CAL: When Steve finished the word to us, he was exhausted, be because [laughter.]
To write the message was to live it.
He climbed for us, our transgressions, our damage.
And Steve wasn't alone when he made that climb.
Silas walked with him.
Our great shaman became one with The Light as well, and now our Light is more powerful than ever.
EDDIE: So how's everything? HAWK: Good.
How's your mom? [sighs.]
Okay, fine, I won't ask about your mom.
How's 1R? Did you start yet? I don't really wanna talk about that with you either.
Why not? Look, just because I'm not I wanna know what's going on in your life, kid.
[sighs.]
Really? 'Cause everyone thinks you hate us.
Hey.
I do not hate you.
You're a Denier.
I never signed that form.
It doesn't matter.
You walked out.
[Eddie sighs.]
So what kind of cake you gonna have for your birthday tomorrow? Mmm what kind of cake? I think I might skip out on the cake this year.
But you have to have cake.
It keeps you sweet for the rest of the year.
[Eddie sighs.]
Eddie? Eddie Lane? Yeah.
Oh, my God.
It[laughs.]
It's it's me.
It's it's Chloe.
It's Chloe Jones.
- Holy shit.
- [laughs.]
This is, uh, my son, Johnny.
BILL: We are growing at a thrilling rate.
We have over 15 people signing up for workshops and retreats a day.
We have new outposts in Upstate New York, Bethesda, Maryland, and outside Seattle.
- That's great.
- Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Uh, and, uh, now the opportunity to own a building in New York City.
Where are we with our finances? BILL: Well, excellent.
Current assets, not including the value of our real estate or the investments Cal made on our behalf, have us at about 4.
2.
The problem that I foresee is we need 800 grand to pay back taxes on this place.
Right, except that we are about to be a legitimate religion in the eyes of the nation! But we never intended to be a religion.
Well, no, it's semantics, Sarah But Steven didn't want us beholden to government regulations.
Religious status will not only legitimize us but free us from the shitload of property tax we have to pay, and we can thrive.
In three years, the building in the city will be worth a fortune.
All I need is the Council to come up with $2 million.
I have the rest.
Steve didn't want that.
Yeah, well, Steve isn't here.
[thumps table.]
All right? We have to make the decisions now.
We can't keep going on like this.
The Council thinks we're a mess, and soon everyone else will think that too.
Look, I have learned to live with most of your lies, but I won't accept your story about Silas.
People saw it happen, Sarah.
You should have just put yourself in charge, Cal.
It's what you really wanted.
Sarah [laughing.]
Mr.
Pinto.
Pinto.
He taught algebra, right? - Yeah.
- Yes.
Yes, I remember him.
Oh, my God.
We used to make all those fart sounds around him.
- We were so dumb.
- Remember that? Oh, my God.
We were so dumb.
I I don't I don't get it.
- It's - Oh, there's nothing to get.
- Yeah.
- It's like 'cause his name was Pinto, you know, like the bean, so we just We made so much fun of him.
It was so stupid.
Pinto and Butkiss got such crap, right? - Yeah.
- Remember Benson Butkiss? Yeah, I do.
I sure do.
I married him.
- No.
- Yeah.
- You married Benson? - Yes, I did.
Yes.
Wow.
He's the father of my child.
- Wow.
Wow.
- Yeah, I just, uh I needed something solid, I guess, after Johnny.
- Yeah.
- It was good for a while, but we just [sighs.]
We weren't soul mates, you know? Johnny, honey, you're getting all burned.
Can you come sit with us under the umbrella for a second, please? I didn't even pack anything for Summer.
- Oh, it's all right.
I got - You okay? I got some.
Here.
Thank you.
Guess your wife didn't pack your beach bag this morning.
[sighs.]
Actually I'm separated.
- Oh.
- Let's go in the water, Daddy.
- Okay.
- Come on, let's go! Come on, let's go in the water! Dad, what happened to your arm? Oh, it's, um accident, work.
EDDIE: How is it? SUMMER: Mm! HANK: We express deepest gratitude for this day and every day, for the gift of this passage and that we have found The Ladder.
All: There is one spirit whose name is Truth.
And let's send some extra Love and Light to Joy, who leaves tomorrow for 3R.
- Love and Light.
- We are so proud of you, hon.
- I'm gonna actually miss you.
- Actually miss me? [scoffs.]
Are you crying? - Who's crying? - I'm not crying! Mom, I'm gonna see you in three months.
No, I I am so happy for you.
It's just who am I gonna talk to now? Well, what about me? You can talk to me.
Jeez, thanks a lot.
[scattered chuckles.]
Are you going with Cal to the auction tomorrow? I'd like you to keep an eye on him for me.
I'm not your spy, Sarah.
What are you guys fighting about? Nothing.
I just found out my wife hates talking to me and my sister wants me to spy for her.
Oh, yeah? Who does she want you to spy on? Cal.
You have a problem with him, you deal with it.
Why don't you trust Cal, Sarah? I just asked Russel to keep an eye on him for me tomorrow at the auction, that's all You know, I'm starting not to trust him either.
I just can't shake Kodiak's words.
He said, "The building will consume us.
" Your mother's always had a thing for Kodiak.
That is so don't.
This is the worst send-off dinner ever.
It's hard to have two people in charge.
Steve should have just picked one of you.
Steve doesn't pick, Mom.
The Light picks.
You look like you got some sun, honey.
You got sun? What? Why are you looking at me like that? - I went somewhere.
- I took Summer to the beach.
Oh, that's fun.
Where'd you guys go? Down by the river.
So not not really the beach.
[clears throat.]
Just down by the river.
Cool.
[edgy music.]
Some people from the village found him two days ago.
- What about Silas? - The word was is that he became one with The Light with Steve.
Only Steve didn't become one with The Light.
[edgy music.]
He must have fallen.
This puts the entire Movement in jeopardy.
I paid the locals to keep it quiet.
We'll cremate him tonight, but I wanted you to see him first.
I don't know who else we can trust.
[dark music intensifies.]
[intense musical buildup.]
[baby fussing.]
Oh, I'm so glad you're here.
Can you look at my baby? Well, I'm sorry, ma'am, we're not doctors.
We're just came to bring water.
But look at her skin.
It doesn't look right, does it? Ma'am, if you'd like, we can take you to the hospital.
We've already been.
They sent us home.
Listen, don't let her drink from the tap.
Nowhere near it.
Not even baths, do you hear me? Go back to the van and get her some more water, okay? This is so messed up.
We should be doing more.
- Like what? - I don't know.
You're supposed to have the answers.
Distributing water is cool, but it's just a Band-Aid.
It does nothing to fix the wound.
If it were up to me, I'd blow up the DeKaan house or force them to drink their own poison water.
What? You're intense.
I got sick of just sitting around NYU talking about the shit wrong with the world, and I actually wanted to do something about it.
It must have been nice growing up in a family that was actually committed to the stuff that matters.
Oh, right, your dad.
I've heard the rumors.
He's like a heathen, right? I guess.
Well, at least you have one kick-ass parent.
AUCTIONEER: Bidding will begin on the building at 899 Flatbush, starting at 3.
5 million.
Do I hear 3.
5 million? 3.
5 million.
3.
6 million.
I guess there's another bidder.
Do I hear 3.
8 million? - All right.
That should do it.
- 3.
8 million.
I have 3.
8 million.
4 million.
4 million.
I have 4 million dollars.
- I think we should stop there.
- Do I hear 4.
2? 4.
2? - We don't have the cash.
- 4.
4? Do I hear 4.
4? This is it, all right? - Please okay.
- Stop, stop.
- 4.
6? - What are you doing, Cal? Do I have 4.
8? 4.
8.
I have 4.
8.
No.
Okay.
Just leave it at that, please.
- Okay, we're done.
- 5.
- We're done.
- $5 million, going once going twice, going three times.
Sold property at 899 Flatbush.
Sold to bidder number 137.
Next thing we have on our list are the Brooklyn Condominiums, property 8532.
[tense music.]
Hey.
What's going on? This isn't good for us.
Lying to everyone.
It's not good for me.
I don't think it's easy for you to live with, and it is definitely not good for Summer.
I don't know what's good anymore, Hawk.
That's not fair.
- Things got more complicated - No, you cannot say that to me, not after everything.
What do you want me to say? You want me to say that you can't see your father anymore? Because I can't do that.
Hawk? Hawk? [door slams.]
- Hey, Nicole.
- Hey.
- Nice dress.
- Thank you.
- Got the new T-shirts.
- Good.
Yeah, Cal wanted the collars.
I don't know.
- Oh.
- They seem so corporate.
No, I kind of like 'em.
I think they're cool.
- Yeah? - Yeah, if you play golf.
[chuckles.]
Do you want me to stock 'em? Oh, my God.
Would you? - Okay.
- I am comatose.
The baby kept me up all night.
I swear, I was this close to shoving a pillow over her face.
Oh, I I'm sorry.
I am so sorry.
No, hey, listen No.
It's Horrible.
Horrible to say that to you.
- Nicole - I love my children.
I should remember how blessed I am and not say stupid jokes.
I'm relieved that you make stupid jokes.
Really, I am.
The rest of the world treats me like they're on eggshells.
Well, I just think about you all the time.
What it must have been like.
[sighs.]
You leave the hospital, you think everything is better, and - I can't.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I just I feel so close to you these last few months.
No, I know.
I know, but Uh, it's it's not right.
I have to go.
Okay.
TOM: Man, I'm gonna need a beer after today.
You mind if I come join you guys? Hey, he wants to have a beer with us.
And I thought you were too good for us, being one with The Light and all that.
You know what? It's fine.
I don't need to.
And I'm not too good for anyone.
Dude, I'm fucking with you.
[laughter.]
All right.
Great.
And just so you know, I'm not one of them anymore either, so Come on.
I'll give you a ride.
It's not much, but our guests always find it comfortable.
I don't know where they'll stay now.
MARY: Look at this bed.
It'll actually fit the both of us.
- Thank you so much.
- Oh, don't thank me.
We got urgent word from up on high that the expectant parents needed to be out of the dorms.
Up on high? I guess someone's making an impression.
The thing you got to do, what's really important is to get back out there.
My first divorce, I let it wreck me.
I spent, like, two years just crying.
I think about that now, and I'm not gonna get that time back, you know? Yeah.
Anyway, that's my advice to you.
How many times you been married? He's on three.
See, I just get back out there.
There you go.
Well, thank you.
You know, on that note, I I'm gonna go make a call.
[pop music plays.]
Hey.
Um hi.
It was, uh it was great to see you the other day.
Um Sarah! Hey, I was just going to pick up Summer for dinner.
You're not gonna believe this.
I just came from the auction.
Cal Shit.
What did he buy it for? - 5.
- 5? $5 million? We don't have $5 million.
Jesus Russel, how could you let this happen? How could you put me in that position? I was trying to delegate some responsibility, Russel No, you were giving me your dirty work, and it's dirty.
All right, whatever the hell is going on between you guys, you need to figure it out because it's messing all of us up.
[phone chimes.]
- I have to go.
- Sarah, wait - Just - Who is it? Are you okay? EDDIE: Hey.
Um, hi.
It was, uh it was great to see you the other day.
Listen, I just wanted to call and say thanks for letting me see the kids.
I know it must be hard breaking the rules.
[inhales.]
I mean, it's not in your DNA, so I just wanted to just thank you, Sarah.
Anyways, I, um, you know [gasps.]
[thud.]
[tires screech.]
[Sarah breathing hard.]
[murmurs under breath.]
[deer puffing.]
Oh, no.
[panting.]
[sobbing.]
[dark music.]
[sobbing.]
[branches crackle.]
Sarah, are you okay? What happened? - I hit her.
- Okay.
I killed her.
Because of you.
- Because of me? - Yes, because of you.
Because you just spent $5 million that we don't have, because I don't know what I believe anymore, and I don't know who I am.
No, that's not true.
You know who you are No! You have turned me into a fucking hypocrite, and I'm standing there in front of people telling some story I don't even know is true.
No, I-I didn't know if it was true either.
Believe me, when when Steve got sick, I was terrified that it was all a story, that that I had devoted my life to a story.
But then Steve went into The Light.
He vanished! So it has to be true.
That's proof, isn't it? - What about Silas? - [groans.]
Look at me and tell me you believe Silas went with him.
I don't know about Silas, but as long as the work is real You sound just like Eddie.
[crying.]
You took the truth from me.
I am so lost now.
And I killed a fucking deer, and all I want is the truth, and I have this feeling in my gut [dark music.]
[sobbing.]
- Come on.
Get in.
- Where are we going? - Hey.
- Hi.
What's going on? Can I have a puff? Sure.
[coughing.]
[chuckles.]
Try again.
I don't think you got anything.
- [coughing.]
- [laughs.]
Since I was a little kid, I always, like, had too much empathy.
I would see pictures in the newspaper of people in an earthquake or a war and just obsess.
I can't stop thinking about that baby today.
I think that's maybe why I want to do something so bad, you know? Maybe if I do something, it'll keep me from feeling so much.
I can feel the lives of so many dead people under the ground.
You're totally stoned.
[both laugh.]
Let's do something.
[bird calls out.]
[tense music.]
NOA: They're gonna lose their shit.
[whispers.]
Hawk.
That is so messed up.
They get to live in this castle while their factories are poisoning people's water.
I mean, who gets to make these choices? Some of us are just like these pawns and just victims of everyone else's shit! Wait, Hawk, what are you doing? We're gonna get caught.
You can't do that.
[tense music.]
Fuck you, DeKaans! [alarms whooping.]
SARAH: Where are we going? Cal, stop.
We're almost there.
No.
I don't want to go any further.
Where are we going? You're scaring me.
[panting.]
Uh Silas is here.
It was an accident, but but he was already gone.
He was gonna end The Movement.
- What? - Um [exhales.]
He looked inside me and he was telling me that I was nothing, I was an alcoholic salesman, and I-I-I, um It was an accident Are you saying you killed - No, I didn't mean to - You My-my mind just went black with with rage, a-and Are you fucking crazy? I-I-it's complicated to explain, [crying.]
but I didn't mean to do it.
Now I live with it and it is hell.
I don't I don't want to live like this anymore.
[crying.]
Oh, my God.
I don't want to live with the way that you look at me.
[Sarah crying.]
He's here? Silas is here? I don't believe you.
Dig him up.
I need to know.
Dig him up! [Cal groans.]
[dark music.]
[Sarah sobbing.]
[dramatic musical sting.]
There's a boy who says his grandfather saw the fall.
The grandfather drew a picture.
[metal clinking.]
Hey.
You look good.
- Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! - Ohh! They got me! They got me! They got me! [laughing.]
Oh, I missed you guys so much.
Where's the baby? Ohh Hello, little love.
Mmm.
[whispering.]
Oh, my God, you've gotten so big.
I missed you so much.
I did.
I missed you so much too, baby.
I had to go back in.
They put me on a desk job, and I was just I was gonna die.
This was my shot to do something big with my life, with our life.
If we still have a life, Abe.
I promise it's almost over.
Okay? I promise you I will be home soon.
[Cal grunting.]
[grunting.]
[labored breathing.]
[thud.]
[dramatic musical flourish.]
[wheezy panting.]
[soft edgy music.]
He's deaf.
Who is this? Is this a shaman? He didn't fall.
He was pushed.
He says it was a white man.
The man who killed Steve.
[ominous music.]
You woke me! I was dead, and you woke me.
I picked a son, but he was the wrong son.
[thunder rumbling.]
I thought I was being punished, but it was a test.
It must have been a test.
And now I will receive the last three rungs! Doc! Doc! This is crazy.
The son would come and the message would be finished! And I would become one with The Light! What son? You.
You're the son.
[thunder crashes.]
You.
The chosen son! [echoing.]
Chosen chosen son.
[exhales.]
[panting.]
[intense musical buildup.]
[dramatic musical sting.]