Coroner (2019–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - LJND - full transcript
Suspicious deaths lead to uncomfortable truths as Jenny, Donovan and Malik come face to face with a monster in their midst.
Woman: I almost died.
My life imploded.
Until I found surmount.
For people who have
faced death and survived.
And now, I'm ceo
of a tech start-up.
The surmount instructors
picked me up.
And put me back together.
They pushed me to evolve.
Evolve! Evolve!
evolve! Evolve! Evolve!
evolve! Evolve!
evolve!
Evolve! Evolve!
Evolve!
Jenny: So, our
autopsies found nothing.
To refute the
findings of suicide.
This is our last body.
It's our last chance.
We need evidence to
prove this is murder.
Ljnd: Cassidy james.
Are you ready to evolve?
Alphonse: Here are the files
of the surmount members.
It looks like each one of
them died of an accident.
Or an injury that they
had previously survived.
Can you pull them up
for me?
Angelo was bitten by a
deadly banana spider in 2005.
- Yeah.
- He survived but was killed.
By banana spider venom.
In... 15 years later...?
Vishaya was in a brutal ski
accident in the alps at 16.
And she died in a
ski accident at 29.
Mm-hmm, right, and the case...
The case that I worked up north,
The decedent's bullies
carved an "I" in his leg.
And nicked his artery.
Almost killed him.
But a year later,
He carved letters into
the exact same leg,
Only this time, he died.
Rameen shirazi shot himself
in the exact same spot.
He was shot years prior.
And blake zelek was pushed
off the same bridge.
A serial killer tired to
push him off years before.
What is going on, jc?
I don't know.
I don't know, but that's
what I have to figure out.
hey, malik,
Have you heard from donovan yet?
Malik: No, but I'm
not panicking yet.
I went down the rabbit hole of
surmount's website archives.
To read up more on the
group's founder... Ljnd.
Ljnd?
Yeah, his real name
is tim whitman.
What do we know about this tim?
Well, surmount started
as tim's personal blog.
About five years ago,
After he almost died
cliff diving in jamaica.
He was freaked out
over his disfigurement.
Tim was posting
inspirational blog entries.
About recovering from
his catastrophic fall.
Well, then he started hiding
behind this mask get up.
His message board has
all these people posting.
About their traumas and
their own brushes with death.
Well, and three years later,
It got flashier,
And he started making
money off of it,
And he's certainly... He's
certainly come a long way.
'Cause now, you can book
one-on-one sessions with him.
Take self-improvement courses,
Sign up for member-led
exercise classes.
They-they even have merch.
Cassidy: Oh.
Jenny: Does this uh,
tim, have a record?
Malik: No! on paper...
The guy looks like a saint.
- okay.
Well, let's see what
fred wozniak can tell us.
Yeah, well I ran all the names.
Of the deceased surmount
members you exhumed,
And fred wozniak was
basically a con artist.
And petty criminal.
Busted for fraud, mostly.
- His body can't lie, so...
Let's see what it can tell us.
Ljnd: I have heard good
things from our instructors.
About your progress.
I have turned my life around
since joining surmount.
But there's a block.
I'm sober, work's good.
I have a relationship
with my family.
Hmm...
No. Something deeper.
From the time you almost died.
Your trauma.
What is it?
What's blocking you?
you won't evolve
unless you admit the truth.
Is it shame?
Guilt?
Blame?
Hmm.
What is it?
What has you blocked?
ljnd: What is it?
River: Fred wozniak drove
his car off a cliff.
Three years ago.
Coroner ruled it a suicide.
- Okay, previous accidents?
- Near-death experience?
Not according to
his medical records.
But he is another dead
surmount member so...
There's gotta be a link
back to tim, aka ljnd.
What are you doing here?
Y-you said you weren't
coming here, and then...
You just send me a message?
I worked really hard for
this! Of course I came!
I had to slip away.
I remember being married to you.
What, you don't think
you can talk to me?
I never got to make
my own mistakes.
You were all like,
"wear a bike helmet,
'cause I just came
from an accident.
Where I was picking
brains up off the road."
Well, that's actually
pretty good advice.
Cass...
I need this as much as you do.
- I wanna do this with you.
I feel like you're the only
one who gets me anymore.
- Really?
- Yeah.
I uh, completed the course.
And qualified to be here
with you this weekend.
Ha, impossible.
Ljnd: Nothing here is
impossible, cassidy.
No, donovan's test
results came in.
Very impressive.
You did a whole course
just to be here with me?
Jenny: Well, that's
weird. River: What?
You said that he had
no prior accidents,
But his body's telling
me a different story.
I swear I can feel
calcium build up right...
Feel?
dennis: Yeah.
Okay.
All right, I'm gonna
need a better look.
Donovan: Hi, uh...
Mira. Hi.
Just getting settled.
Hmm.
Thank you.
Dennis: Ugh! There
goes chicken soup.
Jenny: This is the best way
to remove decomposing skin.
Dennis: Wait a minute.
Something strange at
the bottom of the pot.
River: Hold on, I can grab it.
Dennis: What is it?
Jenny: It's another moonstone.
River: So, that's the
fourth surmount member.
To have a moonstone on
them, when they died.
Hmm. And now that we
found one in blake,
And in fred, I'm starting
to think this isn't merch.
This is a signature.
We're dealing with
a serial killer.
Jenny: Okay. You see this?
It's a complete fracture.
It's healed.
Fred died three years ago, but
these had to have happened.
At least two years
prior to his death.
- And this?
- That's a fractured humerus.
Proximal and mid-shaft.
There are at least two
dozen older bone fractures.
That have healed.
These are significant injuries.
And you said they're
nowhere in his medical file.
Only immunization
shots, flu, bronchitis.
I mean, his body is
telling me that he had.
A catastrophic fall
sometime before he died.
Catastrophic fall?
Tim's blog.
- Yeah.
- Hey, malik,
Remind me again when
tim had his fall?
Uh... Five years ago. Why?
I'm gonna need tim's
medical records.
Ljnd: I'm sure you're wondering.
Who is this crazy guy,
In the middle of
this crazy place?
Yes, I have
travelled, the world.
I have lived amongst many
cultures and peoples,
But I'm just like you.
Someone who faced death and won.
Group: Faced death and won!
I was 21.
and
partying in reach falls,
Jamaica, mon!
And I took a leap of faith...
Off of a 33-foot cliff.
And I hit rock bottom.
The doctors said that
I was lucky to survive.
Group: Lucky to survive!
- Guess what happened next?
- What?!
Ljnd: My friends abandoned me.
Work fired me.
I had nobody to love me.
No love left to give.
I was... Alone.
Disfigured.
Rejected.
But I reached out online...
And I found you.
My fall taught me...
That I could use my power.
To transcend
anything in my path!
But... I kept asking myself,
What is my true purpose?
Donovan! Come on!
Okay, so according to tim
whitman's medical records,
He... Fractured his humerus,
Proximal and mid-shaft.
Dennis: So did fred wozniak.
Tim fractured his left
femur, clean through.
Same as fred.
Resulted in 10 pins and a rod?
Dennis: These scars
suggest a long rod.
Fastened with 10 pins
inserted into wozniak's femur.
I'm guessing we're gonna
find the exact same thing.
On this skeleton.
River: You got it.
Ljnd: They said my left
leg would be deformed.
With 10 pins and a long rod.
They said I'd never walk again.
I'd say that walking.
Is just the beginning
of what I can do.
Ten ribs exactly.
Okay, so every old fracture
on fred's skeleton.
Exactly matches the
injuries in tim's file.
Who here has ever broken a rib?
Or two? Hmm?
How about 10?
I was healed...
On power of the moonstone.
Yeah, jenny, what do you have?
The skeleton we're
examining, it's tim whitman,
- The founder of surmount.
- Are you sure?
It has to be.
Well then, who the hell
is running surmount?
- Here, donovan.
You'll need this.
Ljnd: We are water, moon,
Earth, and stars.
When global warming
scorches the earth,
Everyone will die.
But you, my ljndaries,
Will harvest the power
of the moonstone,
And we... Will... Rebuild...
The... World!
Can I get an "evolve"?
Group: Evolve! Evolve!
Evolve! Evolve! Evolve!
Evolve! Evolve! Evolve!
Ljnd: Join me in achieving
the unachievable.
Reclaim,
Control your
near-death experience.
There is someone with us today.
Who knows all about that.
Today, she has been chosen.
Cassidy!
You've been invited to evolve.
To ljndary status.
I wanted this for so long.
I'm so glad you're
here for this.
Ljnd: Tell them.
I was drinking, taking pills,
Anything to make the pain stop.
I lost the love of my life.
The night I signed my
divorce papers, I uh...
I
was so tripped up.
I was...
I drew a bath...
Slid under water, and
took a deep breath.
I didn't think I
would be in a place.
Of happiness and peace again.
But then I found surmount.
I found surmount.
Ljnd: Evolve! Group:
Evolve! evolve!
evolve! evolve!
evolve! Donavan: Evolve!
evolve! evolve!
- evolve!
evolve! evolve!
evolve!
evolve! Evolve!
evolve!
evolve!
- power!
Ascend... Up!
- evolve!
- evolve!
evolve! evolve!
evolve!
What? It's a lot, right?
The ritual.
I kinda love it.
You look like you
did on our honeymoon.
Remember?
You wore that white hotel
robe for three days.
Actually was only
white the first day.
You spilled wine on it.
Spilled food on it.
- you just kept wearing it.
- It was so cozy.
- I should've stolen it.
That's the downside of
having a cop husband.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Are you?
You ready?
- Mm-hmm. I'm so excited!
Hmm.
donovan: What the...?
Jenny: Donovan,
where are you going?
I'm gonna go get
her outta there.
No, no, no, no, you're
not doing it alone, man.
I don't need anyone's help!
I'm sorry, but I'm not
taking no for an answer.
Malik: So, they're
brainwashed to commit suicide.
And how does that even work?
Okay, and what
would a cult gain.
By having their members
kill themselves?
Jenny: There is
this thing called.
A transfer of trust in cults.
It's used as collateral.
It's like a show of faith.
Donovan: Malik, put
cameras on the cabins.
And there's a large building
with lots of windows.
Malik: So, can we
trace the money, then?
Donovan: There's
nothing illegal.
About transferring
money to someone.
Yes, unless you caused the
death and you keep it all.
We need to catch him in the act.
Malik: I'll get
working on a warrant,
And an extraction team.
Come on, mac.
He sees us. Gotcha.
Ljnd: Welcome, friends.
Today is a sacred day.
Today we will have
one of our own ascend.
This is your time
of reclamation.
A chance to overcome the
very thing that almost...
Overtook you.
Conquering your chi.
We are here to take you...
To the highest of highs.
ascension.
I-I'm sorry, ascension?
Ljnd: A muscle tears
before it can rebuild.
This is the pillar of surmount.
The willingness...
To reopen a wound.
To heal.
And then, to soar
to the next level.
Next level? Ljnd: Cassidy...
You must recreate your
near-death experience.
In order to close
that circle of trauma.
This is so weird.
Hey, you sure about this?
Ljnd: If you really
love this woman,
You'll let her leave
the past behind.
yeah, yeah.
I'm-I'm down with
this. This is great.
Jenny: All right, so...
The theory is that fred
wozniak is a con man.
Who stole tim
whitman's identity.
And then used surmount
wellness group.
As a murder-for-money cult.
Dennis: But the bodies
show how hands-off he is.
He gets into their heads,
Convinces them to recreate
their near-death experiences,
Without leaving a
trace on their bodies.
The perfect crime.
River: A coroner's
worst nightmare.
But how do you
autopsy their minds?
Jenny: I don't know.
With blake, it was different.
With blake, it escalated.
He used his own hands
to strangle him.
Okay. All right,
so we're saying...
We're saying that the
moonstone is a signature,
And a signature is
like a calling card,
It's something you leave
after you kill someone.
We're now thinking that
ljnd... Or fred wozniak,
Shoved the moonstone
down blake's throat.
Before strangling him.
What if the moonstone
was placed after he died?
River: And if blake ceased
producing saliva at death...
Jenny: Then we may...
Still be able to get a print.
His teeth...
Are the perfect
surface for prints.
Dennis: They're smooth.
Hard and non-porous.
Gotcha!
Ljnd: Sleep. Slip away.
Ljnd: Stay.
Don't struggle.
That's it.
Donovan: Move!
I got you. I got you.
Okay. Come on, breathe.
- there you go.
What did you do?
- Did you drug her?
- I did it.
I did it. I ascended.
Ljnd: Rise up!
Breathe!
- I got you.
I got you.
Group:
Ljnd: How does it feel to
finally show up for her?
You weren't there for cassidy's
first near-death experience,
But now you are.
For the reclamation of her past.
How does it feel?
Group:
donovan:
I love you.
I was put on this
earth to love you.
Group:
Ljnd: Donovan...
What are you afraid of?
Cassidy: Answer him.
Donovan: Let's go.
Answer him.
he
can save you, too!
Come on, mac. Come
on, come on, come on!
Gimme a signal. Come on.
Ljnd: What weighs you
down with dread, donovan?
What plunges your
heart into fear?
Monsters.
Group: Monsters. He's
afraid of monsters.
What are you really afraid of?
My health.
I'm afraid of losing my health.
Group: Losing his health.
Cassidy: Losing his health.
Ljnd: What else?
Cassidy: Donovan, don't
look at him, look at me.
I'm afraid of...
Losing my job. Group:
Losing his job.
Go deeper.
What's behind that fear?
- Losing myself.
- Group: Losing yourself.
Exorcise those demons, donovan.
Are you brave enough to
admit what you're afraid of,
Or are you going to run again?
I'm-I'm afraid of my
cancer coming back.
Ljnd: Cancer coming back!
Of-of the false
promise of remission.
Ljnd: Remission!
The thought of being attacked.
- Ljnd: Being attacked!
- The hole in my spine.
Ljnd: Yes, tell it, brother!
That I won't be
able to protect you.
Every time I close my eyes...
I see the guns... And scars...
The wounds.
- Then, don't close your eyes.
- Stay with me.
I'm afraid every time you
look at me, you see...
You see me stuck in our past.
I'm-I'm afraid I'll die.
I'm afraid I won't die.
I'm afraid I'll live and
I'll always... Be alone.
Every time I find
a bit of happiness,
It, the ground just gets
ripped out from underneath me.
I'm afraid my fears
will never end.
Ljnd: The ground doesn't
move, donovan, you do.
Our sense of self...
Has to die,
In order for us to realize.
That it was never there
in the first place.
Now, donovan, you
are ready to ascend.
, malik, we're
running the partial.
That we found on
blake's tooth, now.
Come on, donovan's still
not giving me any signal,
And cassidy got outta
that damn bathtub.
- Like she won the lottery.
- What?
Just tell me you got
something. Please, jenny!
- How much longer, alphonse?
- Uh, still searching.
Okay. One second.
- Guys, I can't wait anymore!
- Something freaky's goin' on.
Down in there and we got
nothin' on this guy. Come on!
- Malik, I know. I...
- Alphonse: Bingo!
The fingerprint belongs to...
Jenny: Malik, we got him.
It's ljnd. Fred
wozniak killed blake.
Malik, go, get donovan now.
Ljnd: With this blade,
You will find the
death of your fears.
It is only in death...
That we might find new life.
Cassidy...
If you truly love this man,
You will help him ascend,
As he did for you.
- Ljnd: Woman up, cassidy!
- No.
You, ljnd.
Group: ljnd! Ljnd!
Ljnd! Ljnd!
Cassidy: No! No!
Group: ljnd! Ljnd!
Cassidy: nooooo!
No! Let me go!
Group: Ljnd! Ljnd!
Cassidy: No! Donovan, no!
Group: Ljnd! Ljnd! Ljnd! Ljnd!
group: Ljnd! Ljnd!
- Nooooo!
- Ljnd! Ljnd!
group: Ljnd! Ljnd!
Ljnd: Ah!
Ljnd: Ah!
Donovan: Hey. Got you a coat.
Cassidy: Thanks.
I handed blake over to ljnd.
He was gonna expose
surmount on the podcast.
I saw the consequences
when ljnd killed him.
He was my friend.
When I saw your phone,
I knew you were a cop,
And that you would help us.
I wish I could've done
the same for blake.
I wish I could've saved him.
You were brainwashed.
- yeah.
I mean...
So sorry, cass.
I feel so stupid!
Uh...
I just, I thought it was,
I thought it was good!
But... It's bad.
Look, it-it was a cult.
But it saved me.
No, you saved you!
No, it helped me so much.
It... It really did
so much good for me.
Okay, now, that's how they work.
But it was false.
Us? You? Me?
That's real.
Real?
You were working
undercover this whole time.
- No.
- Was anything today real?
Today, I mean there-there
were moments that...
- Oh, okay.
- No, no, moments... - oh, please, I can't.
Right now, donovan,
I just can't.
- Okay, okay, okay.
- Okay, okay. I know. I know.
I know. Okay. Okay.
Okay. I get it. I get it.
- )
- I get it. Look at me.
You don't get it.
I need to debrief
you, all right?
I'm gonna be there for you.
take care of her.
- Malik, I...
- I know, I know, mac.
I know.
Thank you.
I wasn't ready to
die.
Here, or at the pharmacy.
Today was risky but...
Took a leap of faith
of our own, right.
You know uh...
You know, I always
trusted you, man.
I was just afraid I
was losing my hero.
You did good.
Yeah, I did.
yeah, don't let
it get it to your head.
I did.
You wanna finally
grab that beer?
- Oh, hell yeah!
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Jenny. Hey.
- Jenny, I...
- I know.
- I know.
- But I need to...
I just, I want... No. You go.
- No, you, please.
- No.
you know...
You know I have a
six-pack in my car.
- If you guys wanna...
Wanna go and...
You two been talkin'
to each other?
My god, you scared me.
My life imploded.
Until I found surmount.
For people who have
faced death and survived.
And now, I'm ceo
of a tech start-up.
The surmount instructors
picked me up.
And put me back together.
They pushed me to evolve.
Evolve! Evolve!
evolve! Evolve! Evolve!
evolve! Evolve!
evolve!
Evolve! Evolve!
Evolve!
Jenny: So, our
autopsies found nothing.
To refute the
findings of suicide.
This is our last body.
It's our last chance.
We need evidence to
prove this is murder.
Ljnd: Cassidy james.
Are you ready to evolve?
Alphonse: Here are the files
of the surmount members.
It looks like each one of
them died of an accident.
Or an injury that they
had previously survived.
Can you pull them up
for me?
Angelo was bitten by a
deadly banana spider in 2005.
- Yeah.
- He survived but was killed.
By banana spider venom.
In... 15 years later...?
Vishaya was in a brutal ski
accident in the alps at 16.
And she died in a
ski accident at 29.
Mm-hmm, right, and the case...
The case that I worked up north,
The decedent's bullies
carved an "I" in his leg.
And nicked his artery.
Almost killed him.
But a year later,
He carved letters into
the exact same leg,
Only this time, he died.
Rameen shirazi shot himself
in the exact same spot.
He was shot years prior.
And blake zelek was pushed
off the same bridge.
A serial killer tired to
push him off years before.
What is going on, jc?
I don't know.
I don't know, but that's
what I have to figure out.
hey, malik,
Have you heard from donovan yet?
Malik: No, but I'm
not panicking yet.
I went down the rabbit hole of
surmount's website archives.
To read up more on the
group's founder... Ljnd.
Ljnd?
Yeah, his real name
is tim whitman.
What do we know about this tim?
Well, surmount started
as tim's personal blog.
About five years ago,
After he almost died
cliff diving in jamaica.
He was freaked out
over his disfigurement.
Tim was posting
inspirational blog entries.
About recovering from
his catastrophic fall.
Well, then he started hiding
behind this mask get up.
His message board has
all these people posting.
About their traumas and
their own brushes with death.
Well, and three years later,
It got flashier,
And he started making
money off of it,
And he's certainly... He's
certainly come a long way.
'Cause now, you can book
one-on-one sessions with him.
Take self-improvement courses,
Sign up for member-led
exercise classes.
They-they even have merch.
Cassidy: Oh.
Jenny: Does this uh,
tim, have a record?
Malik: No! on paper...
The guy looks like a saint.
- okay.
Well, let's see what
fred wozniak can tell us.
Yeah, well I ran all the names.
Of the deceased surmount
members you exhumed,
And fred wozniak was
basically a con artist.
And petty criminal.
Busted for fraud, mostly.
- His body can't lie, so...
Let's see what it can tell us.
Ljnd: I have heard good
things from our instructors.
About your progress.
I have turned my life around
since joining surmount.
But there's a block.
I'm sober, work's good.
I have a relationship
with my family.
Hmm...
No. Something deeper.
From the time you almost died.
Your trauma.
What is it?
What's blocking you?
you won't evolve
unless you admit the truth.
Is it shame?
Guilt?
Blame?
Hmm.
What is it?
What has you blocked?
ljnd: What is it?
River: Fred wozniak drove
his car off a cliff.
Three years ago.
Coroner ruled it a suicide.
- Okay, previous accidents?
- Near-death experience?
Not according to
his medical records.
But he is another dead
surmount member so...
There's gotta be a link
back to tim, aka ljnd.
What are you doing here?
Y-you said you weren't
coming here, and then...
You just send me a message?
I worked really hard for
this! Of course I came!
I had to slip away.
I remember being married to you.
What, you don't think
you can talk to me?
I never got to make
my own mistakes.
You were all like,
"wear a bike helmet,
'cause I just came
from an accident.
Where I was picking
brains up off the road."
Well, that's actually
pretty good advice.
Cass...
I need this as much as you do.
- I wanna do this with you.
I feel like you're the only
one who gets me anymore.
- Really?
- Yeah.
I uh, completed the course.
And qualified to be here
with you this weekend.
Ha, impossible.
Ljnd: Nothing here is
impossible, cassidy.
No, donovan's test
results came in.
Very impressive.
You did a whole course
just to be here with me?
Jenny: Well, that's
weird. River: What?
You said that he had
no prior accidents,
But his body's telling
me a different story.
I swear I can feel
calcium build up right...
Feel?
dennis: Yeah.
Okay.
All right, I'm gonna
need a better look.
Donovan: Hi, uh...
Mira. Hi.
Just getting settled.
Hmm.
Thank you.
Dennis: Ugh! There
goes chicken soup.
Jenny: This is the best way
to remove decomposing skin.
Dennis: Wait a minute.
Something strange at
the bottom of the pot.
River: Hold on, I can grab it.
Dennis: What is it?
Jenny: It's another moonstone.
River: So, that's the
fourth surmount member.
To have a moonstone on
them, when they died.
Hmm. And now that we
found one in blake,
And in fred, I'm starting
to think this isn't merch.
This is a signature.
We're dealing with
a serial killer.
Jenny: Okay. You see this?
It's a complete fracture.
It's healed.
Fred died three years ago, but
these had to have happened.
At least two years
prior to his death.
- And this?
- That's a fractured humerus.
Proximal and mid-shaft.
There are at least two
dozen older bone fractures.
That have healed.
These are significant injuries.
And you said they're
nowhere in his medical file.
Only immunization
shots, flu, bronchitis.
I mean, his body is
telling me that he had.
A catastrophic fall
sometime before he died.
Catastrophic fall?
Tim's blog.
- Yeah.
- Hey, malik,
Remind me again when
tim had his fall?
Uh... Five years ago. Why?
I'm gonna need tim's
medical records.
Ljnd: I'm sure you're wondering.
Who is this crazy guy,
In the middle of
this crazy place?
Yes, I have
travelled, the world.
I have lived amongst many
cultures and peoples,
But I'm just like you.
Someone who faced death and won.
Group: Faced death and won!
I was 21.
and
partying in reach falls,
Jamaica, mon!
And I took a leap of faith...
Off of a 33-foot cliff.
And I hit rock bottom.
The doctors said that
I was lucky to survive.
Group: Lucky to survive!
- Guess what happened next?
- What?!
Ljnd: My friends abandoned me.
Work fired me.
I had nobody to love me.
No love left to give.
I was... Alone.
Disfigured.
Rejected.
But I reached out online...
And I found you.
My fall taught me...
That I could use my power.
To transcend
anything in my path!
But... I kept asking myself,
What is my true purpose?
Donovan! Come on!
Okay, so according to tim
whitman's medical records,
He... Fractured his humerus,
Proximal and mid-shaft.
Dennis: So did fred wozniak.
Tim fractured his left
femur, clean through.
Same as fred.
Resulted in 10 pins and a rod?
Dennis: These scars
suggest a long rod.
Fastened with 10 pins
inserted into wozniak's femur.
I'm guessing we're gonna
find the exact same thing.
On this skeleton.
River: You got it.
Ljnd: They said my left
leg would be deformed.
With 10 pins and a long rod.
They said I'd never walk again.
I'd say that walking.
Is just the beginning
of what I can do.
Ten ribs exactly.
Okay, so every old fracture
on fred's skeleton.
Exactly matches the
injuries in tim's file.
Who here has ever broken a rib?
Or two? Hmm?
How about 10?
I was healed...
On power of the moonstone.
Yeah, jenny, what do you have?
The skeleton we're
examining, it's tim whitman,
- The founder of surmount.
- Are you sure?
It has to be.
Well then, who the hell
is running surmount?
- Here, donovan.
You'll need this.
Ljnd: We are water, moon,
Earth, and stars.
When global warming
scorches the earth,
Everyone will die.
But you, my ljndaries,
Will harvest the power
of the moonstone,
And we... Will... Rebuild...
The... World!
Can I get an "evolve"?
Group: Evolve! Evolve!
Evolve! Evolve! Evolve!
Evolve! Evolve! Evolve!
Ljnd: Join me in achieving
the unachievable.
Reclaim,
Control your
near-death experience.
There is someone with us today.
Who knows all about that.
Today, she has been chosen.
Cassidy!
You've been invited to evolve.
To ljndary status.
I wanted this for so long.
I'm so glad you're
here for this.
Ljnd: Tell them.
I was drinking, taking pills,
Anything to make the pain stop.
I lost the love of my life.
The night I signed my
divorce papers, I uh...
I
was so tripped up.
I was...
I drew a bath...
Slid under water, and
took a deep breath.
I didn't think I
would be in a place.
Of happiness and peace again.
But then I found surmount.
I found surmount.
Ljnd: Evolve! Group:
Evolve! evolve!
evolve! evolve!
evolve! Donavan: Evolve!
evolve! evolve!
- evolve!
evolve! evolve!
evolve!
evolve! Evolve!
evolve!
evolve!
- power!
Ascend... Up!
- evolve!
- evolve!
evolve! evolve!
evolve!
What? It's a lot, right?
The ritual.
I kinda love it.
You look like you
did on our honeymoon.
Remember?
You wore that white hotel
robe for three days.
Actually was only
white the first day.
You spilled wine on it.
Spilled food on it.
- you just kept wearing it.
- It was so cozy.
- I should've stolen it.
That's the downside of
having a cop husband.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Are you?
You ready?
- Mm-hmm. I'm so excited!
Hmm.
donovan: What the...?
Jenny: Donovan,
where are you going?
I'm gonna go get
her outta there.
No, no, no, no, you're
not doing it alone, man.
I don't need anyone's help!
I'm sorry, but I'm not
taking no for an answer.
Malik: So, they're
brainwashed to commit suicide.
And how does that even work?
Okay, and what
would a cult gain.
By having their members
kill themselves?
Jenny: There is
this thing called.
A transfer of trust in cults.
It's used as collateral.
It's like a show of faith.
Donovan: Malik, put
cameras on the cabins.
And there's a large building
with lots of windows.
Malik: So, can we
trace the money, then?
Donovan: There's
nothing illegal.
About transferring
money to someone.
Yes, unless you caused the
death and you keep it all.
We need to catch him in the act.
Malik: I'll get
working on a warrant,
And an extraction team.
Come on, mac.
He sees us. Gotcha.
Ljnd: Welcome, friends.
Today is a sacred day.
Today we will have
one of our own ascend.
This is your time
of reclamation.
A chance to overcome the
very thing that almost...
Overtook you.
Conquering your chi.
We are here to take you...
To the highest of highs.
ascension.
I-I'm sorry, ascension?
Ljnd: A muscle tears
before it can rebuild.
This is the pillar of surmount.
The willingness...
To reopen a wound.
To heal.
And then, to soar
to the next level.
Next level? Ljnd: Cassidy...
You must recreate your
near-death experience.
In order to close
that circle of trauma.
This is so weird.
Hey, you sure about this?
Ljnd: If you really
love this woman,
You'll let her leave
the past behind.
yeah, yeah.
I'm-I'm down with
this. This is great.
Jenny: All right, so...
The theory is that fred
wozniak is a con man.
Who stole tim
whitman's identity.
And then used surmount
wellness group.
As a murder-for-money cult.
Dennis: But the bodies
show how hands-off he is.
He gets into their heads,
Convinces them to recreate
their near-death experiences,
Without leaving a
trace on their bodies.
The perfect crime.
River: A coroner's
worst nightmare.
But how do you
autopsy their minds?
Jenny: I don't know.
With blake, it was different.
With blake, it escalated.
He used his own hands
to strangle him.
Okay. All right,
so we're saying...
We're saying that the
moonstone is a signature,
And a signature is
like a calling card,
It's something you leave
after you kill someone.
We're now thinking that
ljnd... Or fred wozniak,
Shoved the moonstone
down blake's throat.
Before strangling him.
What if the moonstone
was placed after he died?
River: And if blake ceased
producing saliva at death...
Jenny: Then we may...
Still be able to get a print.
His teeth...
Are the perfect
surface for prints.
Dennis: They're smooth.
Hard and non-porous.
Gotcha!
Ljnd: Sleep. Slip away.
Ljnd: Stay.
Don't struggle.
That's it.
Donovan: Move!
I got you. I got you.
Okay. Come on, breathe.
- there you go.
What did you do?
- Did you drug her?
- I did it.
I did it. I ascended.
Ljnd: Rise up!
Breathe!
- I got you.
I got you.
Group:
Ljnd: How does it feel to
finally show up for her?
You weren't there for cassidy's
first near-death experience,
But now you are.
For the reclamation of her past.
How does it feel?
Group:
donovan:
I love you.
I was put on this
earth to love you.
Group:
Ljnd: Donovan...
What are you afraid of?
Cassidy: Answer him.
Donovan: Let's go.
Answer him.
he
can save you, too!
Come on, mac. Come
on, come on, come on!
Gimme a signal. Come on.
Ljnd: What weighs you
down with dread, donovan?
What plunges your
heart into fear?
Monsters.
Group: Monsters. He's
afraid of monsters.
What are you really afraid of?
My health.
I'm afraid of losing my health.
Group: Losing his health.
Cassidy: Losing his health.
Ljnd: What else?
Cassidy: Donovan, don't
look at him, look at me.
I'm afraid of...
Losing my job. Group:
Losing his job.
Go deeper.
What's behind that fear?
- Losing myself.
- Group: Losing yourself.
Exorcise those demons, donovan.
Are you brave enough to
admit what you're afraid of,
Or are you going to run again?
I'm-I'm afraid of my
cancer coming back.
Ljnd: Cancer coming back!
Of-of the false
promise of remission.
Ljnd: Remission!
The thought of being attacked.
- Ljnd: Being attacked!
- The hole in my spine.
Ljnd: Yes, tell it, brother!
That I won't be
able to protect you.
Every time I close my eyes...
I see the guns... And scars...
The wounds.
- Then, don't close your eyes.
- Stay with me.
I'm afraid every time you
look at me, you see...
You see me stuck in our past.
I'm-I'm afraid I'll die.
I'm afraid I won't die.
I'm afraid I'll live and
I'll always... Be alone.
Every time I find
a bit of happiness,
It, the ground just gets
ripped out from underneath me.
I'm afraid my fears
will never end.
Ljnd: The ground doesn't
move, donovan, you do.
Our sense of self...
Has to die,
In order for us to realize.
That it was never there
in the first place.
Now, donovan, you
are ready to ascend.
, malik, we're
running the partial.
That we found on
blake's tooth, now.
Come on, donovan's still
not giving me any signal,
And cassidy got outta
that damn bathtub.
- Like she won the lottery.
- What?
Just tell me you got
something. Please, jenny!
- How much longer, alphonse?
- Uh, still searching.
Okay. One second.
- Guys, I can't wait anymore!
- Something freaky's goin' on.
Down in there and we got
nothin' on this guy. Come on!
- Malik, I know. I...
- Alphonse: Bingo!
The fingerprint belongs to...
Jenny: Malik, we got him.
It's ljnd. Fred
wozniak killed blake.
Malik, go, get donovan now.
Ljnd: With this blade,
You will find the
death of your fears.
It is only in death...
That we might find new life.
Cassidy...
If you truly love this man,
You will help him ascend,
As he did for you.
- Ljnd: Woman up, cassidy!
- No.
You, ljnd.
Group: ljnd! Ljnd!
Ljnd! Ljnd!
Cassidy: No! No!
Group: ljnd! Ljnd!
Cassidy: nooooo!
No! Let me go!
Group: Ljnd! Ljnd!
Cassidy: No! Donovan, no!
Group: Ljnd! Ljnd! Ljnd! Ljnd!
group: Ljnd! Ljnd!
- Nooooo!
- Ljnd! Ljnd!
group: Ljnd! Ljnd!
Ljnd: Ah!
Ljnd: Ah!
Donovan: Hey. Got you a coat.
Cassidy: Thanks.
I handed blake over to ljnd.
He was gonna expose
surmount on the podcast.
I saw the consequences
when ljnd killed him.
He was my friend.
When I saw your phone,
I knew you were a cop,
And that you would help us.
I wish I could've done
the same for blake.
I wish I could've saved him.
You were brainwashed.
- yeah.
I mean...
So sorry, cass.
I feel so stupid!
Uh...
I just, I thought it was,
I thought it was good!
But... It's bad.
Look, it-it was a cult.
But it saved me.
No, you saved you!
No, it helped me so much.
It... It really did
so much good for me.
Okay, now, that's how they work.
But it was false.
Us? You? Me?
That's real.
Real?
You were working
undercover this whole time.
- No.
- Was anything today real?
Today, I mean there-there
were moments that...
- Oh, okay.
- No, no, moments... - oh, please, I can't.
Right now, donovan,
I just can't.
- Okay, okay, okay.
- Okay, okay. I know. I know.
I know. Okay. Okay.
Okay. I get it. I get it.
- )
- I get it. Look at me.
You don't get it.
I need to debrief
you, all right?
I'm gonna be there for you.
take care of her.
- Malik, I...
- I know, I know, mac.
I know.
Thank you.
I wasn't ready to
die.
Here, or at the pharmacy.
Today was risky but...
Took a leap of faith
of our own, right.
You know uh...
You know, I always
trusted you, man.
I was just afraid I
was losing my hero.
You did good.
Yeah, I did.
yeah, don't let
it get it to your head.
I did.
You wanna finally
grab that beer?
- Oh, hell yeah!
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Jenny. Hey.
- Jenny, I...
- I know.
- I know.
- But I need to...
I just, I want... No. You go.
- No, you, please.
- No.
you know...
You know I have a
six-pack in my car.
- If you guys wanna...
Wanna go and...
You two been talkin'
to each other?
My god, you scared me.