The Path (2016–2018): Season 2, Episode 2 - Dead Moon - full transcript
With Meyerism facing dire financial straits, Cal and Sarah attend a fundraiser thrown by the Ridges where Cal embarrasses the organization. Eddie goes on a date with Chloe, the old girlfriend of his brother Johnny. Hawk experiences a transformation on a 1R retreat. Sarah continues to struggle with the knowledge of Silas' manner of death.
Previously on "The Path"...
- Eddie Lane?
Chloe.
It's Chloe Jones.
- Hey, it was great
to see you the other day.
- Bidding will begin
on the building
at 899 Bradbush.
Do I hear 3.5 million?
4.8, I have 4.8.
- No, okay, just leave it
at that, please.
You're not gonna believe this.
- What did he buy it for?
- Five.
- How could you let this happen?
I'm not a good person.
You're pregnant.
How far along?
- About five months.
- I have learned to live
with most of your lies,
but I won't accept
your story about Silas.
- You,
you're the son.
Who was this?
The man who killed Steve.
What do you see?
A body.
Mangled.
Innocent.
What are you feeling now?
Cold.
Frightened.
Can you tell me
where that lives,
in your body?
In my hands.
They're shaking so bad,
and I don't know what to do.
Stay with that.
Your hands.
I bury it.
I put its body in the hole.
Head pointing east
to receive the sunrise,
as is our custom.
It's the only way.
But the weight of it.
Can you locate that?
In my chest.
My heart.
- Are you available for me
to share an opinion now?
- Yes.
- Your empathy
for the animal is real.
But I'm intuiting some leakage
from the damage
of your break-up.
- Not everything has to do
with my split from Eddie.
- And what about
his trip to Peru?
After your split?
That must have
stirred things up.
Were you aware of
his trip to Peru?
- Eddie didn't go to Peru.
- Maybe I'm mistaken.
- It was something I heard.
- I don't understand.
Who would say that?
- One of the locals
described seeing someone.
I thought it might be him.
- It wasn't.
If Eddie went to Peru,
I would know about it.
- Are you speaking with him?
- Of course not.
Eddie's a Denier.
Deniers are shunned.
That's our way.
- We can get ice cream?
- You just had a snow cone.
- It's hot.
- You want to be as pumped
full of sugar and chemicals
as the rest of these
I.S. kids?
- Hey, maybe later,
sweetie, all right?
Maybe you should have
an ice cream.
You haven't eaten
anything all day.
- I'm fasting.
- My AL retreat's this week.
- Wow.
You're moving along.
- It's not a competition, Dad.
We all walk together.
- They won't tell us
what happens on it.
- Yeah, how it works.
- Dad.
Dad, come here.
Yeah?
- Please?
- Oh, you want that?
Oh, all right.
Um.
But you got to promise
you're not gonna ask me for
anything else
for the rest of the day, okay?
- I promise.
- Okay.
- You're the best dad
in the whole world.
- You're the best.
All right, here you go.
Thank you.
Summer.
Here you go.
Oh, you know what?
Uh...
We should actually
probably get going.
I didn't realize
how late it was.
We don't want to
miss the train, come on.
Come on, kid.
They're increasing
their presence in the city.
Not just with bodies,
but with real estate.
- They're buying property
in the city?
- They grabbed a building
in Canarsie
at an auction
through a holding company
that we were able to link
to Cal Roberts.
- This is the new leader?
- Yes.
He's become the focus
of my investigation.
- It's not a federal crime
to buy real estate.
It's just smart.
- We know that this man
is capable of
violent assault.
We suspect
he's capable of murder,
but we can't get him
on any of that.
- Right, so we'll go after him
on the financial side.
Easier to track.
- He just filed an application
for tax-exempt status
with the IRS.
- Of course.
- As a religion.
- Right.
Well, if that goes through,
he'll be hard to stop.
But if it doesn't,
we put him up against a wall,
we force him into
financial impropriety.
And with his ego,
with his arrogance...
- Oh, but we can't let it
go through, can we?
I'll contact our friends
over in Internal Revenue.
- I appreciate that.
- You can count on
the full support
of the US Attorney's Office.
And me, personally,
I consider this a huge priority.
You're a sharp guy.
It's a shame you let the Bureau
keep you in the basement
for so long.
- Yes, it is.
- I love you so much, kiddo.
- You too, Dad.
- Fiercely and forever.
- Fiercely and forever.
Hey, uh, thank you
for, uh...
Hey.
Are you, uh...
Is everything all right?
What is it?
- Nothing.
- I'm fine.
- You don't look fine.
Sarah, come on.
What's going on?
- Just, um...
Had a session with Richard, so.
You know, it stirred things up.
- Okay.
What... what things?
What is it?
- I can't.
Eddie.
- Yes, you can.
- Come on.
What?
Hey, what?
- No, this.
This is.
Okay?
We're standing
in the middle of a fucking park,
exchanging our kids
like it's a drug deal.
And I am supposed
to be running things.
I am a Guardian of The Light,
but instead
this is happening.
Isn't this enough?
- Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, Sarah.
Good morning, Cal.
It's Lisa Jackson.
I'm so sorry
to be calling with,
uh, not-so-good news.
But I'll go ahead and
just rip off the Band-Aid.
Uh, I'm afraid your application
for tax-exempt status
has hit a bump,
well, uh, more than a bump.
It's going to be, uh...
more complicated than I thought.
I'm sorry if I overpromised,
but they're telling me
it's a no-go.
Okay.
Uh, hope you're great.
Um, bye then.
- Aren't you busy in the city?
- I...
- Yeah, I needed to see you.
Um...
How are you?
- I don't know.
I had an unburdening session
with Richard.
And of course,
it was incomplete.
I wanted to tell him everything.
- Well, yes.
- That... that impulse is...
It's understandable, but
to act on it
would be catastrophic.
You know that.
- Every time I close my eyes,
I relive it.
- Our tax-exempt status
was denied.
- You said that you were sure,
that it was all but approved.
- No, it... it was...
- It was supposed to be.
Um, it's
religious discrimination
- is what it is.
- Jesus Christ.
- And we will fight...
- This is why Steven said
never to get involved
with the government.
- Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
- I told you this.
- Steve may have been right,
and... and you
may have been right.
But in the meantime,
the... the money situation,
uh... is critical.
- How critical?
- Um...
Kerry Ridge is throwing together
a fundraiser in the city.
A flashy thing.
You know, all her rich friends.
Uh...
We need it.
And I need you there.
- No.
I am not good at these things,
and especially not now.
- I know you are suffering.
But we... we have to
put the needs of The Movement
above our needs.
We... we... we have
a responsibility.
- You're talking to me
about responsibility?
- They will turn the lights off.
They will take the compound.
That is... that...
That is how critical it is.
Please.
- I can't.
- Please.
- Once you decide on a size,
then we, uh, got to start
looking at 4K,
HDR, Rec 2020...
If you're going for that
cinematic experience,
I suggest the one
that's in front of you, sir.
1216...
Smart TV.
So it has a 4K resolution...
Totally sharp...
Or playing games with it...
- Stop!
I'm sorry, I... sorry.
Just trying to
get a TV for my kids, and I...
just been away for so long,
and...
there are so many choices.
I didn't realize that, uh...
- You were...
- You were locked up?
- Uh...
No, it wasn't, wasn't...
- My uncle was locked up
for 30 years.
- Well, actually, yeah.
Kinda, I guess.
That's pretty much it.
- Are you sure about this?
- No problem.
Are you kidding?
Take them off my hands, please.
I'm not doing this anymore.
Oh, I love you,
but Mommy is done.
- I only need one.
Nothing fits me anymore.
- Oh, that's nice on you.
- I like it.
- Yeah.
- I just don't know
if it's appropriate.
Never been to
a fancy fundraiser before.
What are you wearing?
- Uh, we're not going.
- I'm in charge of
the AL retreat tonight, so...
No can do.
- Yeah, also,
we weren't invited.
So Russel is stuck babysitting
the 1Rs on their camp-out,
and I'm stuck babysitting
everybody else.
- It's not babysitting,
it's awesome.
You'll get just as much
out of it as the 1Rs do.
- All right, sweetheart.
- I know, I know.
I know, buddy.
There you go.
- Sorry.
It's just,
that's the craziest thing.
- I know.
When you haven't done it before,
it's like magic
what the body can do.
You forget.
- Can I ask you something?
- Sure.
- Your kids, you're...
you're a mixed race.
Um...
Do the kids look...
I don't know how to say it.
Um...
- Asian?
You can say it.
Now, just don't say "oriental"
'cause that's for rugs,
not people.
I know they...
They all have
a different mix of us.
And this one,
she's all Russel.
Holy cow.
- You look like a movie star.
- It's just a dress.
- Has anybody seen my daughter?
I swear she went upstairs
a few minutes ago
and then this femme fatale
appeared.
- You're embarrassing me.
Is it too much?
I was wondering about the hair.
- I love the hair.
- You look gorgeous.
- Don't sweat it.
- I just want to
feel like myself.
- You always look gorgeous
to me, honey.
No matter what you're wearing.
- Um...
- I'm gonna take this outside.
What are you doing?
My parents are just inside.
- Are you...
you going somewhere?
- It's work.
There's a fundraiser
in the city.
- Uh-huh.
You going with Cal?
- What do you want, Eddie?
- Look,
I was worried
about you.
You seemed off
to me.
But clearly,
you are fine.
Right?
I mean, you're more than fine.
I am sorry.
- In my session with Richard...
- What?
What are you saying to him
about us?
- Did you go to Peru?
- What?
- Richard said that there's talk
that you were there.
- Richard is a goddamn liar.
I shouldn't have come here.
Have a good night.
You've heard a lot about light
in The Movement.
The Light is what we strive for,
what we aspire
to bring to the world.
Light's pretty much our favorite
metaphor around here.
But light isn't just
a figure of speech
we Meyerists happen to like.
It's a material thing.
A necessity,
light is what we rely upon
to move through the world.
Without it,
we lose our bearings.
And we can even lose our minds.
The truth is,
we can't always count on light
to be there for us,
to soften the corners
of our dangerous world.
But tonight,
the big secret of the AL
is finally out.
Tonight, on the darkest
night of the year,
the dead moon,
I will need
your matches, your flashlights,
your lanterns, your candles,
anything you might
have brought with you
to give you warmth
or light, to ease your journey.
Tonight,
you'll have to find the light
inside of you.
Good luck.
And I'll see you
on the other side.
These are the people
who saved my son's life.
They are angels on Earth.
- Our practices
are very effective
- in combating addiction.
- Mm.
- Mary here was heavily addicted
when she joined us.
Exploited and abused,
now she's clean and stable
thanks to our program.
- And the love of my husband.
Still a struggle though.
- Ah,
it's a one-day-at-a-time thing.
- Mm.
Well, we're also, uh,
heavily involved in
social justice issues.
Uh, right here in the city,
we have an epidemic
of homelessness.
Now, some of that
is connected to mental illness,
but an awful lot of it
is simply lack of access
to things the rest of us
take for granted.
- Oh.
- Thank God.
- I was dying for a drink.
- Oh, me too.
- No, thank you.
- I'll have one, thank you.
If you don't mind.
- Yes, as I was saying, uh...
I'm so happy
you finally called me,
eventually.
Yeah, you know, it's just, uh...
it's pretty busy, and...
And with the kids, it's just...
- Yeah.
Well,
I was starting to think that
maybe I was coming on
a little too strong.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
- Something like,
- I was too forward or something.
- No.
It wasn't that.
- Good.
And then I thought
you, maybe, uh...
you thought it would be
a little weird because
I was with your brother, and...
I mean, we were so young,
you know, we were just kids,
but I wasn't sure if you...
- I mean... hone...
Honestly, everything feels
a little weird.
Um...
But it's nice to do something
that feels right.
And calling you up
felt right.
- Yeah?
- You know, imagine not being
able to drink water
from your own tap, you know,
not being able to bathe
your children in it.
- It's terrible.
- Just terrible.
- I can't imagine.
- I don't want to.
- We were able to
bring safe water directly
to the residents of Clarksville,
but hopefully
that's just the beginning.
We want to be advocates
for a long-term solution.
But that's gonna require
more resources.
- Suzanne, Matthew,
I'm so glad you could come.
Sarah.
Listen,
I have a question for you.
- You are exquisite.
How is it
we've never met before?
Been to a lot of
these functions.
- I've already told you,
it's a no.
And it will be all night.
- Excuse me.
- Hi.
- Hi, it seems to be
getting pretty late.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I'm wondering,
when we should get to the ask.
- I'm sorry?
- Asking for contributions.
- Everyone seems to be gathered...
- Oh, no, we weren't
going to do an ask tonight.
This is more of, um...
more of a friend-raiser
than a fundraiser.
- I'm sorry?
- Trust me, you don't want to
seem desperate with this crowd.
It'll only scare them off.
Where are we?
We're not that far.
It's just like... steps.
But how do you know that?
We can't see shit.
We could be anywhere.
This is a nightmare.
What was that?
Nothing.
A... far away... a... a dog?
That's not a dog.
It's a fucking
spider... get it off me!
No, it's not... it's not...
It's not a spider.
It's not a spider.
We have to use our other senses,
like... like touch.
It's just a branch, see?
I can't fucking see anything.
I meant feel.
What are you doing?
That... that's cheating.
- I can't do the dark.
That's... that's why...
We do this.
Darkness is the scariest thing.
That's no reason to
give up on ourselves.
- I'm not like you, Hawk.
- What does that mean?
- You were brought up here,
in this loving
circle of paradise.
When I was eight years old,
my mom used to leave me
with a German Shepherd
as a babysitter
for days.
She would say,
"If something happens,
you know where
I keep the gun."
- That's really horrible.
- It was fine in the day,
but at night...
So I'm sorry, but I'm terrified.
- I'm... I'm... terrified too.
- No, you're not.
This is like your DNA.
No.
No, I'm completely freaked out.
I mean, nothing in my life
makes sense anymore.
My parents are a mess.
Everything's just ripped apart.
I... found someone
that I loved and I lost her.
And I just thought
that this night would...
I don't know,
being out here in the dark...
If I could survive this,
then maybe I'd wake up...
somewhere
or pass through something
or figure shit out.
I-I don't...
It's dumb.
I don't know what
I was thinking.
Nothing's gonna happen.
- Give me gratitude.
Show me Light.
Surround me with love.
- Make me...
- Make me a vessel of The Truth
so I may find my Light
in all my days.
Hey, you keep looking at it.
You want to touch him?
You can.
You hate them, don't you?
Those people in there.
- I wouldn't say hate.
- You need their money, so
you have to make them feel good,
treat them like
they're not the assholes
they know deep down
they really are.
- That's not...
- It's not
quite how it works.
- Really?
- Excuse me.
There's a pregnant woman here.
- I brought you a, uh, water.
- Thanks, I'd love some.
- I'll let you two, uh...
Excuse me.
- You like
doing construction, huh?
- Yeah.
- No, it's great.
You know, I get to...
I get to work with my hands.
It's simple work.
- Mm.
- I... uh, watch something go up.
- Yeah, Johnny did
construction, didn't he?
- Yeah, our old man taught us.
Yeah, he could build
a house from studs.
He could put in everything from
electrical to plumbing.
You know, until the...
The drinking got bad, but...
Um, yeah, you know.
Still getting
back into the swing of it,
- but, yeah, it's nice.
- Right.
There's a couple things
that I'm dying to ask you.
- Go ahead.
- What?
- Okay, um...
In your, like,
- movement, the thing...
- Mm-hmm.
- Did you have any, like,
rituals that
you had to do, like,
any, like,
sex stuff or anything?
- I mean,
it was a religious, uh,
community.
It wasn't...
- Wasn't that weird.
- Hm.
Well, the girls at the salon
told me
that there was this group
that if you disobeyed
their leader,
he'd make you lick the floor
with your tongue.
So, I mean,
it's no wonder
you'd get a little...
- A little what?
- A little jumpy.
- I mean...
- I mean, not that you're...
- A little jump?
- No I'm not saying that...
- A little jumpy.
- You're not jumpy, I'm just...
- Is that what this...
- You could be.
- Is that what this is?
- You...
Are you trying to find
dirt on me so you can
trade it at the salon?
I mean...
- No.
- What?
- Absolutely not, Eddie, no.
- What is it then?
- No, I...
I just... I want to know
what you've
gone through, you know?
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry, I shouldn't have
- said anything.
- No, it's...
What are you doing?
- I'm not gonna be
your sideshow.
This was a mistake.
- Eddie.
Eddie?
Eddie!
Please.
Wait, please.
Eddie, just stop, please.
I'm sorry.
I'm just...
I didn't mean that stuff.
I shouldn't have said
any of that stuff.
- Listen,
I can't explain the world
I was in, okay?
I know it's different.
It always will be.
- You don't have to
explain it to me, okay?
Look, after Johnny died...
- No, can we please not do this?
- I don't want to do this.
- Listen to me.
Eddie, listen to me, please.
When Johnny died, I had nothing.
I had no answers
as to why it happened.
I had no one, I just...
I had nowhere to go.
And you?
You found somewhere
to go.
I mean, you...
you found a place
that has the answers
that you need, you know?
It probably saved your life.
- Yeah.
- It did.
- Yeah.
Who's gonna judge you
for that, huh?
Not me.
- It... they, uh...
did save me.
And it was beautiful
for so long to have a story
that just contained it.
You know, it just
held it all.
But it only works
when you believe.
Because once you pull
that thread,
it just turns into nothing
right in your hands.
- Uh, what exactly is
private equity?
- You sure you want to know?
- I'm asking.
- I'm just afraid it might be
a little too interesting.
You might not
be able to handle it.
I can handle a lot.
- If I could get
your attention, please.
Ladies and gentlemen, please.
Now, don't worry, you can
all go back to drinking
and complaining about
the commute to your summer homes
in just a second.
- I want to talk to you
for just a moment
about the purpose
of this evening,
why you're here,
other than the fact that
someone you consider
socially desirable
invited you.
Half a mile from here
in Canarsie,
there are 30 young Novices
sleeping on a concrete floor,
dedicating themselves
to the social mission
of our movement.
They are sacrificing
and slaving
to make a haven
for the homeless of this city,
the sick, the disabled,
the forgotten,
uh... people you walk past
every day in the street
and avert your eyes.
We are intervening,
making a difference,
uh, saving lives.
It takes conscience.
It takes commitment.
An unwillingness to turn away.
That's why I'm asking you
right now, all of you,
to reach into
your pockets and give.
Give deeply.
Um...
Consider...
Consider how little
that money means to you.
It's another status handbag,
some obscenely expensive
bottle of wine
you buy and show off
at a dinner party.
To the people we're helping,
it could mean the difference
between life and death.
- All right.
- Thank you, Cal.
That was illuminating
for all of us.
Now it's my job to ask you all
to go back to enjoying yourself.
And just as a reminder,
the bar's still very much open.
- Couldn't take the guilt trip
in there either, huh?
- It was rough.
- It's okay.
Oh, God.
You know, I, uh...
I better clean up the place.
My God, I'm such a slob.
- It's fine, it's fine.
It looks... it looks good.
- I really...
I really wasn't planning on...
- Oh, no, good.
I wouldn't want you to think
I was a sure bet or anything.
- I mean, look I...
I would never as... assume
anything.
Uh, and, you know, you can leave
anytime you want.
- No.
- No.
Johnny's with his dad tonight.
This is happening.
- You okay?
- I can't do this.
- This is how
you talk to my friends?
My business contacts?
- I may have spoken
a little strongly.
- You can't ask people for money
while your indicting
everything they stand for.
- I'm sure he didn't mean it.
He was being rhetorical.
- My business
runs on relationships.
You threatened that in here.
- Honey, he's sorry.
Cal, you're sorry, right?
- You thought you had a big fish
reeled in, didn't you?
Well, you just lost
our business.
- I am not a business person.
I am a religious leader.
- I don't think
you're a leader at all.
- John.
- Oh, looks like someone
had fun tonight at least.
So the evening wasn't
a total lost.
- Should get you home.
- No, I'm...
Excuse me, I haven't
even said thank you
to our hosts.
Thank you for
the beautiful party.
- All right, I think that's
enough, come on, let's go...
- You know what, don't grab me,
I'm fine.
- Hey.
Hi.
Are you leaving?
You're gonna split on me now?
You going somewhere?
- Um...
- I have to go.
- Well, you can give me
your number or something.
- She's not giving you
anything, okay?
- Oh, really?
She was a few minutes ago.
She was a few minutes ago.
- Hey.
Can't sleep?
- Yeah.
- What's going on?
- I did not like that tonight.
Him just trotting us out
in front of all those people,
his little success stories.
That didn't feel bad to you?
- No.
I'm just so used to feeling
ashamed of everything
that's happened to me.
Felt good to have
someone show me off.
Be proud of
what I've been through.
- I don't want to
take that away from you.
All right?
I'm just...
I mean, what gives him the right
- to... to touch you like that?
- Like what?
- You know what I mean,
like he owns you.
- Hey, hey, I'm here with you,
and this is where
I want to be, okay?
Please come back to bed.
- It is not okay.
It's never gonna be okay.
Ah.
I got it, okay.
I just...
I got it.
It's...
- For you.
- Last night...
- We all made mistakes.
Myself included.
I got us into
this financial mess,
and when I had an opportunity
to help get us out,
I, uh...
I-I handled it poorly.
But I've been
thinking and making
alternate plans.
There are people
we can reach out to
to call on before
we let the counsel know.
- I could turn you in,
for Silas.
- You could.
You won't.
Because then it's over.
It's all over.
- How do you do it?
How do you
live with yourself, Cal?
I mean, the truth.
And not what you preach.
Because I'm having
a really hard time.
- It's hell.
Um...
It's a living, waking hell.
I'm never
without regret,
much as it goes against
everything we teach.
Um...
It's... just always,
always with me.
All I can do is...
Is try to make up
for it, but I...
That's why this place,
I didn't want to let it go b...
Come here.
I want to show you.
Source of Light,
we turn to you.
Help us to purify our spirits.
Forever bound to one another
in Light,
a circle of communion.
Let the bonding of these hands
be a symbol
for the bond they have
to each other.
Steer us from the darkness.
Free us from earthly cares.
Fill our hearts with love.
And help us become...
A perfect vessel of your Truth.
So that we may
continue the climb.
So it is witnessed.
So it will be.
- Eddie Lane?
Chloe.
It's Chloe Jones.
- Hey, it was great
to see you the other day.
- Bidding will begin
on the building
at 899 Bradbush.
Do I hear 3.5 million?
4.8, I have 4.8.
- No, okay, just leave it
at that, please.
You're not gonna believe this.
- What did he buy it for?
- Five.
- How could you let this happen?
I'm not a good person.
You're pregnant.
How far along?
- About five months.
- I have learned to live
with most of your lies,
but I won't accept
your story about Silas.
- You,
you're the son.
Who was this?
The man who killed Steve.
What do you see?
A body.
Mangled.
Innocent.
What are you feeling now?
Cold.
Frightened.
Can you tell me
where that lives,
in your body?
In my hands.
They're shaking so bad,
and I don't know what to do.
Stay with that.
Your hands.
I bury it.
I put its body in the hole.
Head pointing east
to receive the sunrise,
as is our custom.
It's the only way.
But the weight of it.
Can you locate that?
In my chest.
My heart.
- Are you available for me
to share an opinion now?
- Yes.
- Your empathy
for the animal is real.
But I'm intuiting some leakage
from the damage
of your break-up.
- Not everything has to do
with my split from Eddie.
- And what about
his trip to Peru?
After your split?
That must have
stirred things up.
Were you aware of
his trip to Peru?
- Eddie didn't go to Peru.
- Maybe I'm mistaken.
- It was something I heard.
- I don't understand.
Who would say that?
- One of the locals
described seeing someone.
I thought it might be him.
- It wasn't.
If Eddie went to Peru,
I would know about it.
- Are you speaking with him?
- Of course not.
Eddie's a Denier.
Deniers are shunned.
That's our way.
- We can get ice cream?
- You just had a snow cone.
- It's hot.
- You want to be as pumped
full of sugar and chemicals
as the rest of these
I.S. kids?
- Hey, maybe later,
sweetie, all right?
Maybe you should have
an ice cream.
You haven't eaten
anything all day.
- I'm fasting.
- My AL retreat's this week.
- Wow.
You're moving along.
- It's not a competition, Dad.
We all walk together.
- They won't tell us
what happens on it.
- Yeah, how it works.
- Dad.
Dad, come here.
Yeah?
- Please?
- Oh, you want that?
Oh, all right.
Um.
But you got to promise
you're not gonna ask me for
anything else
for the rest of the day, okay?
- I promise.
- Okay.
- You're the best dad
in the whole world.
- You're the best.
All right, here you go.
Thank you.
Summer.
Here you go.
Oh, you know what?
Uh...
We should actually
probably get going.
I didn't realize
how late it was.
We don't want to
miss the train, come on.
Come on, kid.
They're increasing
their presence in the city.
Not just with bodies,
but with real estate.
- They're buying property
in the city?
- They grabbed a building
in Canarsie
at an auction
through a holding company
that we were able to link
to Cal Roberts.
- This is the new leader?
- Yes.
He's become the focus
of my investigation.
- It's not a federal crime
to buy real estate.
It's just smart.
- We know that this man
is capable of
violent assault.
We suspect
he's capable of murder,
but we can't get him
on any of that.
- Right, so we'll go after him
on the financial side.
Easier to track.
- He just filed an application
for tax-exempt status
with the IRS.
- Of course.
- As a religion.
- Right.
Well, if that goes through,
he'll be hard to stop.
But if it doesn't,
we put him up against a wall,
we force him into
financial impropriety.
And with his ego,
with his arrogance...
- Oh, but we can't let it
go through, can we?
I'll contact our friends
over in Internal Revenue.
- I appreciate that.
- You can count on
the full support
of the US Attorney's Office.
And me, personally,
I consider this a huge priority.
You're a sharp guy.
It's a shame you let the Bureau
keep you in the basement
for so long.
- Yes, it is.
- I love you so much, kiddo.
- You too, Dad.
- Fiercely and forever.
- Fiercely and forever.
Hey, uh, thank you
for, uh...
Hey.
Are you, uh...
Is everything all right?
What is it?
- Nothing.
- I'm fine.
- You don't look fine.
Sarah, come on.
What's going on?
- Just, um...
Had a session with Richard, so.
You know, it stirred things up.
- Okay.
What... what things?
What is it?
- I can't.
Eddie.
- Yes, you can.
- Come on.
What?
Hey, what?
- No, this.
This is.
Okay?
We're standing
in the middle of a fucking park,
exchanging our kids
like it's a drug deal.
And I am supposed
to be running things.
I am a Guardian of The Light,
but instead
this is happening.
Isn't this enough?
- Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, Sarah.
Good morning, Cal.
It's Lisa Jackson.
I'm so sorry
to be calling with,
uh, not-so-good news.
But I'll go ahead and
just rip off the Band-Aid.
Uh, I'm afraid your application
for tax-exempt status
has hit a bump,
well, uh, more than a bump.
It's going to be, uh...
more complicated than I thought.
I'm sorry if I overpromised,
but they're telling me
it's a no-go.
Okay.
Uh, hope you're great.
Um, bye then.
- Aren't you busy in the city?
- I...
- Yeah, I needed to see you.
Um...
How are you?
- I don't know.
I had an unburdening session
with Richard.
And of course,
it was incomplete.
I wanted to tell him everything.
- Well, yes.
- That... that impulse is...
It's understandable, but
to act on it
would be catastrophic.
You know that.
- Every time I close my eyes,
I relive it.
- Our tax-exempt status
was denied.
- You said that you were sure,
that it was all but approved.
- No, it... it was...
- It was supposed to be.
Um, it's
religious discrimination
- is what it is.
- Jesus Christ.
- And we will fight...
- This is why Steven said
never to get involved
with the government.
- Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
- I told you this.
- Steve may have been right,
and... and you
may have been right.
But in the meantime,
the... the money situation,
uh... is critical.
- How critical?
- Um...
Kerry Ridge is throwing together
a fundraiser in the city.
A flashy thing.
You know, all her rich friends.
Uh...
We need it.
And I need you there.
- No.
I am not good at these things,
and especially not now.
- I know you are suffering.
But we... we have to
put the needs of The Movement
above our needs.
We... we... we have
a responsibility.
- You're talking to me
about responsibility?
- They will turn the lights off.
They will take the compound.
That is... that...
That is how critical it is.
Please.
- I can't.
- Please.
- Once you decide on a size,
then we, uh, got to start
looking at 4K,
HDR, Rec 2020...
If you're going for that
cinematic experience,
I suggest the one
that's in front of you, sir.
1216...
Smart TV.
So it has a 4K resolution...
Totally sharp...
Or playing games with it...
- Stop!
I'm sorry, I... sorry.
Just trying to
get a TV for my kids, and I...
just been away for so long,
and...
there are so many choices.
I didn't realize that, uh...
- You were...
- You were locked up?
- Uh...
No, it wasn't, wasn't...
- My uncle was locked up
for 30 years.
- Well, actually, yeah.
Kinda, I guess.
That's pretty much it.
- Are you sure about this?
- No problem.
Are you kidding?
Take them off my hands, please.
I'm not doing this anymore.
Oh, I love you,
but Mommy is done.
- I only need one.
Nothing fits me anymore.
- Oh, that's nice on you.
- I like it.
- Yeah.
- I just don't know
if it's appropriate.
Never been to
a fancy fundraiser before.
What are you wearing?
- Uh, we're not going.
- I'm in charge of
the AL retreat tonight, so...
No can do.
- Yeah, also,
we weren't invited.
So Russel is stuck babysitting
the 1Rs on their camp-out,
and I'm stuck babysitting
everybody else.
- It's not babysitting,
it's awesome.
You'll get just as much
out of it as the 1Rs do.
- All right, sweetheart.
- I know, I know.
I know, buddy.
There you go.
- Sorry.
It's just,
that's the craziest thing.
- I know.
When you haven't done it before,
it's like magic
what the body can do.
You forget.
- Can I ask you something?
- Sure.
- Your kids, you're...
you're a mixed race.
Um...
Do the kids look...
I don't know how to say it.
Um...
- Asian?
You can say it.
Now, just don't say "oriental"
'cause that's for rugs,
not people.
I know they...
They all have
a different mix of us.
And this one,
she's all Russel.
Holy cow.
- You look like a movie star.
- It's just a dress.
- Has anybody seen my daughter?
I swear she went upstairs
a few minutes ago
and then this femme fatale
appeared.
- You're embarrassing me.
Is it too much?
I was wondering about the hair.
- I love the hair.
- You look gorgeous.
- Don't sweat it.
- I just want to
feel like myself.
- You always look gorgeous
to me, honey.
No matter what you're wearing.
- Um...
- I'm gonna take this outside.
What are you doing?
My parents are just inside.
- Are you...
you going somewhere?
- It's work.
There's a fundraiser
in the city.
- Uh-huh.
You going with Cal?
- What do you want, Eddie?
- Look,
I was worried
about you.
You seemed off
to me.
But clearly,
you are fine.
Right?
I mean, you're more than fine.
I am sorry.
- In my session with Richard...
- What?
What are you saying to him
about us?
- Did you go to Peru?
- What?
- Richard said that there's talk
that you were there.
- Richard is a goddamn liar.
I shouldn't have come here.
Have a good night.
You've heard a lot about light
in The Movement.
The Light is what we strive for,
what we aspire
to bring to the world.
Light's pretty much our favorite
metaphor around here.
But light isn't just
a figure of speech
we Meyerists happen to like.
It's a material thing.
A necessity,
light is what we rely upon
to move through the world.
Without it,
we lose our bearings.
And we can even lose our minds.
The truth is,
we can't always count on light
to be there for us,
to soften the corners
of our dangerous world.
But tonight,
the big secret of the AL
is finally out.
Tonight, on the darkest
night of the year,
the dead moon,
I will need
your matches, your flashlights,
your lanterns, your candles,
anything you might
have brought with you
to give you warmth
or light, to ease your journey.
Tonight,
you'll have to find the light
inside of you.
Good luck.
And I'll see you
on the other side.
These are the people
who saved my son's life.
They are angels on Earth.
- Our practices
are very effective
- in combating addiction.
- Mm.
- Mary here was heavily addicted
when she joined us.
Exploited and abused,
now she's clean and stable
thanks to our program.
- And the love of my husband.
Still a struggle though.
- Ah,
it's a one-day-at-a-time thing.
- Mm.
Well, we're also, uh,
heavily involved in
social justice issues.
Uh, right here in the city,
we have an epidemic
of homelessness.
Now, some of that
is connected to mental illness,
but an awful lot of it
is simply lack of access
to things the rest of us
take for granted.
- Oh.
- Thank God.
- I was dying for a drink.
- Oh, me too.
- No, thank you.
- I'll have one, thank you.
If you don't mind.
- Yes, as I was saying, uh...
I'm so happy
you finally called me,
eventually.
Yeah, you know, it's just, uh...
it's pretty busy, and...
And with the kids, it's just...
- Yeah.
Well,
I was starting to think that
maybe I was coming on
a little too strong.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
- Something like,
- I was too forward or something.
- No.
It wasn't that.
- Good.
And then I thought
you, maybe, uh...
you thought it would be
a little weird because
I was with your brother, and...
I mean, we were so young,
you know, we were just kids,
but I wasn't sure if you...
- I mean... hone...
Honestly, everything feels
a little weird.
Um...
But it's nice to do something
that feels right.
And calling you up
felt right.
- Yeah?
- You know, imagine not being
able to drink water
from your own tap, you know,
not being able to bathe
your children in it.
- It's terrible.
- Just terrible.
- I can't imagine.
- I don't want to.
- We were able to
bring safe water directly
to the residents of Clarksville,
but hopefully
that's just the beginning.
We want to be advocates
for a long-term solution.
But that's gonna require
more resources.
- Suzanne, Matthew,
I'm so glad you could come.
Sarah.
Listen,
I have a question for you.
- You are exquisite.
How is it
we've never met before?
Been to a lot of
these functions.
- I've already told you,
it's a no.
And it will be all night.
- Excuse me.
- Hi.
- Hi, it seems to be
getting pretty late.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I'm wondering,
when we should get to the ask.
- I'm sorry?
- Asking for contributions.
- Everyone seems to be gathered...
- Oh, no, we weren't
going to do an ask tonight.
This is more of, um...
more of a friend-raiser
than a fundraiser.
- I'm sorry?
- Trust me, you don't want to
seem desperate with this crowd.
It'll only scare them off.
Where are we?
We're not that far.
It's just like... steps.
But how do you know that?
We can't see shit.
We could be anywhere.
This is a nightmare.
What was that?
Nothing.
A... far away... a... a dog?
That's not a dog.
It's a fucking
spider... get it off me!
No, it's not... it's not...
It's not a spider.
It's not a spider.
We have to use our other senses,
like... like touch.
It's just a branch, see?
I can't fucking see anything.
I meant feel.
What are you doing?
That... that's cheating.
- I can't do the dark.
That's... that's why...
We do this.
Darkness is the scariest thing.
That's no reason to
give up on ourselves.
- I'm not like you, Hawk.
- What does that mean?
- You were brought up here,
in this loving
circle of paradise.
When I was eight years old,
my mom used to leave me
with a German Shepherd
as a babysitter
for days.
She would say,
"If something happens,
you know where
I keep the gun."
- That's really horrible.
- It was fine in the day,
but at night...
So I'm sorry, but I'm terrified.
- I'm... I'm... terrified too.
- No, you're not.
This is like your DNA.
No.
No, I'm completely freaked out.
I mean, nothing in my life
makes sense anymore.
My parents are a mess.
Everything's just ripped apart.
I... found someone
that I loved and I lost her.
And I just thought
that this night would...
I don't know,
being out here in the dark...
If I could survive this,
then maybe I'd wake up...
somewhere
or pass through something
or figure shit out.
I-I don't...
It's dumb.
I don't know what
I was thinking.
Nothing's gonna happen.
- Give me gratitude.
Show me Light.
Surround me with love.
- Make me...
- Make me a vessel of The Truth
so I may find my Light
in all my days.
Hey, you keep looking at it.
You want to touch him?
You can.
You hate them, don't you?
Those people in there.
- I wouldn't say hate.
- You need their money, so
you have to make them feel good,
treat them like
they're not the assholes
they know deep down
they really are.
- That's not...
- It's not
quite how it works.
- Really?
- Excuse me.
There's a pregnant woman here.
- I brought you a, uh, water.
- Thanks, I'd love some.
- I'll let you two, uh...
Excuse me.
- You like
doing construction, huh?
- Yeah.
- No, it's great.
You know, I get to...
I get to work with my hands.
It's simple work.
- Mm.
- I... uh, watch something go up.
- Yeah, Johnny did
construction, didn't he?
- Yeah, our old man taught us.
Yeah, he could build
a house from studs.
He could put in everything from
electrical to plumbing.
You know, until the...
The drinking got bad, but...
Um, yeah, you know.
Still getting
back into the swing of it,
- but, yeah, it's nice.
- Right.
There's a couple things
that I'm dying to ask you.
- Go ahead.
- What?
- Okay, um...
In your, like,
- movement, the thing...
- Mm-hmm.
- Did you have any, like,
rituals that
you had to do, like,
any, like,
sex stuff or anything?
- I mean,
it was a religious, uh,
community.
It wasn't...
- Wasn't that weird.
- Hm.
Well, the girls at the salon
told me
that there was this group
that if you disobeyed
their leader,
he'd make you lick the floor
with your tongue.
So, I mean,
it's no wonder
you'd get a little...
- A little what?
- A little jumpy.
- I mean...
- I mean, not that you're...
- A little jump?
- No I'm not saying that...
- A little jumpy.
- You're not jumpy, I'm just...
- Is that what this...
- You could be.
- Is that what this is?
- You...
Are you trying to find
dirt on me so you can
trade it at the salon?
I mean...
- No.
- What?
- Absolutely not, Eddie, no.
- What is it then?
- No, I...
I just... I want to know
what you've
gone through, you know?
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry, I shouldn't have
- said anything.
- No, it's...
What are you doing?
- I'm not gonna be
your sideshow.
This was a mistake.
- Eddie.
Eddie?
Eddie!
Please.
Wait, please.
Eddie, just stop, please.
I'm sorry.
I'm just...
I didn't mean that stuff.
I shouldn't have said
any of that stuff.
- Listen,
I can't explain the world
I was in, okay?
I know it's different.
It always will be.
- You don't have to
explain it to me, okay?
Look, after Johnny died...
- No, can we please not do this?
- I don't want to do this.
- Listen to me.
Eddie, listen to me, please.
When Johnny died, I had nothing.
I had no answers
as to why it happened.
I had no one, I just...
I had nowhere to go.
And you?
You found somewhere
to go.
I mean, you...
you found a place
that has the answers
that you need, you know?
It probably saved your life.
- Yeah.
- It did.
- Yeah.
Who's gonna judge you
for that, huh?
Not me.
- It... they, uh...
did save me.
And it was beautiful
for so long to have a story
that just contained it.
You know, it just
held it all.
But it only works
when you believe.
Because once you pull
that thread,
it just turns into nothing
right in your hands.
- Uh, what exactly is
private equity?
- You sure you want to know?
- I'm asking.
- I'm just afraid it might be
a little too interesting.
You might not
be able to handle it.
I can handle a lot.
- If I could get
your attention, please.
Ladies and gentlemen, please.
Now, don't worry, you can
all go back to drinking
and complaining about
the commute to your summer homes
in just a second.
- I want to talk to you
for just a moment
about the purpose
of this evening,
why you're here,
other than the fact that
someone you consider
socially desirable
invited you.
Half a mile from here
in Canarsie,
there are 30 young Novices
sleeping on a concrete floor,
dedicating themselves
to the social mission
of our movement.
They are sacrificing
and slaving
to make a haven
for the homeless of this city,
the sick, the disabled,
the forgotten,
uh... people you walk past
every day in the street
and avert your eyes.
We are intervening,
making a difference,
uh, saving lives.
It takes conscience.
It takes commitment.
An unwillingness to turn away.
That's why I'm asking you
right now, all of you,
to reach into
your pockets and give.
Give deeply.
Um...
Consider...
Consider how little
that money means to you.
It's another status handbag,
some obscenely expensive
bottle of wine
you buy and show off
at a dinner party.
To the people we're helping,
it could mean the difference
between life and death.
- All right.
- Thank you, Cal.
That was illuminating
for all of us.
Now it's my job to ask you all
to go back to enjoying yourself.
And just as a reminder,
the bar's still very much open.
- Couldn't take the guilt trip
in there either, huh?
- It was rough.
- It's okay.
Oh, God.
You know, I, uh...
I better clean up the place.
My God, I'm such a slob.
- It's fine, it's fine.
It looks... it looks good.
- I really...
I really wasn't planning on...
- Oh, no, good.
I wouldn't want you to think
I was a sure bet or anything.
- I mean, look I...
I would never as... assume
anything.
Uh, and, you know, you can leave
anytime you want.
- No.
- No.
Johnny's with his dad tonight.
This is happening.
- You okay?
- I can't do this.
- This is how
you talk to my friends?
My business contacts?
- I may have spoken
a little strongly.
- You can't ask people for money
while your indicting
everything they stand for.
- I'm sure he didn't mean it.
He was being rhetorical.
- My business
runs on relationships.
You threatened that in here.
- Honey, he's sorry.
Cal, you're sorry, right?
- You thought you had a big fish
reeled in, didn't you?
Well, you just lost
our business.
- I am not a business person.
I am a religious leader.
- I don't think
you're a leader at all.
- John.
- Oh, looks like someone
had fun tonight at least.
So the evening wasn't
a total lost.
- Should get you home.
- No, I'm...
Excuse me, I haven't
even said thank you
to our hosts.
Thank you for
the beautiful party.
- All right, I think that's
enough, come on, let's go...
- You know what, don't grab me,
I'm fine.
- Hey.
Hi.
Are you leaving?
You're gonna split on me now?
You going somewhere?
- Um...
- I have to go.
- Well, you can give me
your number or something.
- She's not giving you
anything, okay?
- Oh, really?
She was a few minutes ago.
She was a few minutes ago.
- Hey.
Can't sleep?
- Yeah.
- What's going on?
- I did not like that tonight.
Him just trotting us out
in front of all those people,
his little success stories.
That didn't feel bad to you?
- No.
I'm just so used to feeling
ashamed of everything
that's happened to me.
Felt good to have
someone show me off.
Be proud of
what I've been through.
- I don't want to
take that away from you.
All right?
I'm just...
I mean, what gives him the right
- to... to touch you like that?
- Like what?
- You know what I mean,
like he owns you.
- Hey, hey, I'm here with you,
and this is where
I want to be, okay?
Please come back to bed.
- It is not okay.
It's never gonna be okay.
Ah.
I got it, okay.
I just...
I got it.
It's...
- For you.
- Last night...
- We all made mistakes.
Myself included.
I got us into
this financial mess,
and when I had an opportunity
to help get us out,
I, uh...
I-I handled it poorly.
But I've been
thinking and making
alternate plans.
There are people
we can reach out to
to call on before
we let the counsel know.
- I could turn you in,
for Silas.
- You could.
You won't.
Because then it's over.
It's all over.
- How do you do it?
How do you
live with yourself, Cal?
I mean, the truth.
And not what you preach.
Because I'm having
a really hard time.
- It's hell.
Um...
It's a living, waking hell.
I'm never
without regret,
much as it goes against
everything we teach.
Um...
It's... just always,
always with me.
All I can do is...
Is try to make up
for it, but I...
That's why this place,
I didn't want to let it go b...
Come here.
I want to show you.
Source of Light,
we turn to you.
Help us to purify our spirits.
Forever bound to one another
in Light,
a circle of communion.
Let the bonding of these hands
be a symbol
for the bond they have
to each other.
Steer us from the darkness.
Free us from earthly cares.
Fill our hearts with love.
And help us become...
A perfect vessel of your Truth.
So that we may
continue the climb.
So it is witnessed.
So it will be.