The Path (2016–2018): Season 2, Episode 6 - For Our Safety - full transcript

- Previously on "The Path"...

We are not free.

Even when they unlock
the door to this prison,

we are still prisoners.

- Is it okay if I listen?

- What's your book
got to say about

what's happening in America?

- I'm in here because
I stood up for people.

Outside of our Movement.

People whose water
was being poisoned.

- Oh, I'm so glad you're here.



Can you look at my baby?

- Go back to the van and get her
some more water, okay?

- I love our life,
I love this house.

But we can have more.

- Now that I'm becoming
a father, I have needs

for my individual family.

- Like?

- A new refrigerator
for the guest house.

- I am so sorry, Eddie.

The stuff that Dekaan
puts in that water

isn't gonna show up
on your average tests.

- Can you find it?
- Yeah.

But it's not cheap.

Libby Dekaan
had my son arrested.



I have to pull the funding
for the water testing.

- Don't need to have
the water tested.

I know what's in
the fuckin' water.

That's not what
blood looks like.

That's poison.

I want to be clean again.

I want to be purified.

Are you fucking crazy?

Okay, do you want to
run through it again?

You don't have to, okay?

Fine.

- Uh, no, no, let's do it.

- All right, all right, hit it.

- So there is Alexa...
- Yes.

- Who's a newscaster
from Phoenix.

- Right

- Um, and then there
are the Chrises,

Chris X, T, B, and S.

- Yes, the final four
are all Chrises this year.

It's never happened before.

- I cannot believe
how stupid this show is.

- I know, it's so dumb.

But if you can talk
"The Bachelorette,"

you can get through this
or any barbeque.

And, not to mention,
my cousin's wedding coming up.

Wink, wink.

Just sayin'.

Uh, this is actually it
right here, on the left.

We don't have to go in.

If you think it's too much.

No, it's...
It's gonna be fine.

I want to.

- I'm moving into the city.

I don't want to talk about it.

I've already decided.

It's a done thing.

Um...

don't be mad.

- I'm not mad.

When did you decide this?

- In jail.
- Juvenile detention.

There is so much need...

and injustice in this world,

and I'm just sitting here,

in this big,
warm comfortable house...

- We live simply,
according to our values.

The fact there are
a few comforts here...

- No, I need to do the work.

Not just learn about it,
pray about it...

- I'm glad you feel
that way, Hawk.

I felt exactly the same way
when I was your age.

- And you got to do it.

You got to help
build something new.

That's what
the city center is now,

and I want to be a part of it.

- Can I just say that we are
doing important work

at the compound, too?

- Like the water project
in Clarksville?

That was outside the scope
of our Movement.

- No, you just didn't
want me locked up.

- What's wrong with that?
- Sometimes there's a price.

And you have to be willing
to pay it.

I mean, what's your Vision, Mom?

Where do you see The Light
taking us in the years to come?

- I'm doing the work
that Steve wants me to do.

- Steve's gone!

He wrote "The Ladder" in the
'70s... the world has changed.

- What is this?

- I have to get my bus.

- Oh, it is so good
to see Chloe.

I haven't caught up
with her in forever.

- Mm.
- She seems...

happy.

Really happy.

Even if she doesn't give you
credit for that, I do.

Kidding... she gave you
all the credit.

- Well, no...

no need to give any credit.

- Come on,
there's always credit.

- And if there's not,
make some up and take it.

I'm rattlin'.

Baby, you mind getting us
another round from the cooler?

Eddie?

Eddie?

Beer?

- Uh, sure, yeah.
- Thanks.

If my dad were still alive to
see PBR be a "cool beer,"

it would've killed him
faster than the cancer did.

- Cheers.
- Thanks.

- So tell us everything
about yourself.

Where ya from, what do you do?

Ever been married?

- Um...

Are you guys watching
"The Bachelorette"?

- Of course.

- I hate it,
but Chris is gonna win.

- Come in.

Hey.

What're you doing here
on a Sunday?

Everything okay?

- Yeah, uh...

uh, I... I was hoping...

I know I should've said
something in advance.

- No, no, hey.

What?
What is it?

- I want to continue my climb.

Here.

In the city.

- What'd your mom say about it?

- She gets it.

Or... or she will.

Eventually.

- Ah, she can't be, uh...

happy to see you go.

- Is her happiness
the most important thing?

I mean, I don't remember...

her being happy being
a rung on The Ladder.

- Well, her happiness
is important to me

and it is important to you.

So I will just talk to her

uh, at this afternoon's
security meeting

and, uh, confirm that
this is what's best.

- My God, I was so happy
to get your text.

- I couldn't stop
thinking about you.

- I had to ditch a barbeque.
- I'm sorry.

- Don't be, I was...
- I was having a panic attack,

discussing "The Bachelorette."

- Who's "The Bachelorette"?
- It does not matter.

- I still can't believe it.
- I mean, Shelby?

I feel so betrayed.

- Did you hear she was working
with Eddie Lane?

- Eddie Lane wasn't a traitor.

He stopped believing.

Come on.

Good afternoon, everyone.

I know that we are all
still reeling from the news

that Shelby was, uh...

trying to hurt us.

We all loved and trusted her.

I was a regular attendee
of her group,

so, um...

this hits especially hard.

Uh, fortunately,
our community is equipped

to process this.

And, uh, Sarah and I...

um, Sarah and I are putting
new safety measures

into place that will ensure
that our community

is never vulnerable again.

All right... many of you
know Sam Field.

Sam worked in security before
he came to us,

and we are very lucky
to have his expertise.

Sam?

- What happened with Shelby
was a wake-up call.

The FBI is just one of the
threats that we face with IS.

Mass shootings happen
every other week.

The government attacks
faith organizations.

So as of tomorrow,

we will all wear badges to get
in and out of the compound.

- Where's Sarah?

- ID badges?

Seems a little extreme.

- Well, times have changed,
Hank.

I hope you will
cooperate and understand.

- The snake's poison is finally
hitting our bloodstream.

- It's for our safety.

- Repealing rights is always
done in the name of safety.

- Cal!

You know who's never
missed a meeting?

Russel.

The other Armstrong.

Look, Sarah is Co-Guardian
of The Light.

But I guess the rules
don't apply.

Russel follows all of the rules.

- I know, you're right.
- Yeah.

Russel's...
He's a dedicated man.

Sometimes we, uh, we overlook

those who are closest to us.

Thank you for
reminding me of that.

- Thanks, Cal.
- Yeah.

- I mean, Sarah definitely
takes him for granted.

Yeah, but then again, she's all
over the place these days.

You know,
letting the kids see Eddie...

- Yeah, I'm aware that she has
struggled with that in the past.

- Well, let's hope
it's still in the past.

- You're a good wife.

- Thank you.

You've reached
Sarah Lane's voice mail,

please leave a message
after the beep.

I didn't believe 'em.

But here you are all bruised.

- Thought I'd get
more done here.

Compound's great, but it's all
I've ever really known.

Comfortable there.

Too comfortable.

It's like everyone
is colorblind.

- You say that like
it's a bad thing.

- We should be forcing people
to see color.

All color.

To see the difference about how
people are treated still.

I mean, to see the disparity
in schools

and in prisons and...

I mean, I know I'm not
saying anything new.

I get that.

But it's like
James Baldwin said,

"The impossible is the least
that one can demand."

Uh, Baldwin was this writer
and activist...

- I know who he is.

You're sweet, Hawk.

But you spend two nights
in juvie and suddenly

you're breaking free
of your gilded cage,

appropriating black leaders.

- I'm not... I'm not...

I'm sorry if I offended you.

I-I wasn't trying.

- Oh, it's fine.

We're good,
I've just got to be...

somewhere else.

- No.

Actually, I'm not sorry.

I care and I'm not going to
apologize for that.

- The boy's woke.

Come find me later.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, I'll... I'll try.

I'll try.

- Are you thirsty?
- Starving.

- Starving?

Chocolate?

- Yeah.

Mmm.

I know I should feel guilty...

- What, about the chocolate?
- Please.

But I don't.

Not at all.

This needed to happen.

- One last time.

- Hey.

Don't let it in.

Whatever real life thought
you were thinking,

don't... don't let it in.

Okay?

- Have a moment?

- So you talked to my mom?

- You honor The Movement
with your dedication.

We should honor you in return.

- So I can stay?

- Yeah, no...
- Yeah, not only that,

I would like to invite you
to climb

to 2R with me.

You'd do that?

I mean, it's just 2R.

Are you serious?

- I'd be humbled
to be your guide.

- Thank you.

Why do you feel
guilty about that?

Just feels like I'm...

keeping a dirty little secret.

- Can you say more?

- Um, well I'm just not used to
being dishonest

with people that I care about.

And I care about Chloe.

You know, and her friends say
that she's happy

because of me, and that makes me
feel even worse.

Um, and now,
she wants me to go to

her cousin's wedding.

But, I mean, how am I supposed
to go when I'm not

telling her that
I'm thinking about...

That I'm thinking about
people from my past?

- You're allowed to have
private thoughts.

I know you're coming
from an environment

where that isn't true, but...

- Yes, but she would be hurt
if she knew.

- Why do you think?

- Because I'm supposed to be
moving forward.

- You can have a relationship
that's moving forward

and still make space
for yourself.

- That's "hive mind."

- Thanks, Chelsea.

Uh, we try to
point out to each other,

when we're thinking from
the "cult mind, hive mind,"

as we call it,
because that mind tells us

our private thoughts can hurt.

But the truth is, Eddie, we're
entitled to our own thoughts.

What do you want
your baby to know, Mary?

- I don't know.

- Sure you do.

Go ahead.

Tell him.

- I'll always be there for you,
no matter what.

- That's good.

What else?

- I'll never let you have
a childhood like mine.

- Of course you won't.

Okay.

That's good for today.

You were late
to our session today

and I'm really moved by the work
that you're doing here,

but part of that work
is to show up on time.

- I overslept.

The pregnancy makes me tired.

- I know it makes you tired.

But I'm asking you
to respect our time.

Must be nice, knowing
you're never gonna mess up.

- What do you mean by that?

- Well, I mean,
you know what you do is right.

You're never gonna mess up
your kids, or other people.

Must be why you're worthy
of so much love.

- None of us are
without Damage, Mary.

We all Transgress.

- Even you?

- Is there something else
that you want to say?

- I'm envious.

I'd like to be like you.

- I'm intuiting that you have
anger towards me.

- No.

- But you're at the beginning
of your journey,

so to pass judgment...

- I wasn't...

- Perhaps we should rethink
these sessions

and find a guide that you can
project less onto.

- Well, maybe I'll ask Cal
what he thinks.

He's been super helpful.

Our refrigerator broke, and he
was right there with a new one.

It's the nicest refrigerator
I've ever seen.

Can I see your ID?

Yeah... the line was too long,
we'll get 'em tomorrow.

- I can't let you out
without your ID.

- What do you mean
you can't let me out?

I've been in there all day.

I didn't blow anyone up, did I?

- Hank, it's not his...
- No, no, this is bullshit.

We built this place!

Uh, where's Isiah?

- He's off today.

- Our daughter is Sarah Lane.

You know who Sarah Lane is?

She's The Guardian of
the fucking Light!

This is Cal Roberts, I look
forward to speaking with you.

- Uh, hey, it's me again.

Um...

I was just calling
to see how Hawk is doing.

And I haven't spoken to you
for a while, so...

Anyway, call me.

And I will speak to you then.

What're you suggesting we do?

- Tell the people the truth!

Cal wrote the final rungs.

And we believe he killed Steve.

- I will not make that kind of
accusation without proof!

- You want proof?

It's right here,
in Steve's journals.

We were never meant
to have ID badges

and buildings in New York.

Steve was just lookin'
for a way out.

- A way out of what?
- And the boy knew it.

- What boy?

- He's probably hung it over
Steve's head from childhood...

- You're not talking sense.

- This isn't about
The Movement anymore, Richard.

It's about how I'm gonna
live with myself

for the next 30 years
if I don't do something.

- Wait, what're you saying?

- And I'm the one to do it,

because I've done it before.

- I should never have
gotten you involved.

- Richard.

Richard!

Richard!

Richard!

Okay, got to be honest
and tell me

if I look like Barney
in this thing.

- Barney?

I forget, you have, like,
no cultural references.

Barney's like this, um... it's
like this purple dinosaur

that's, like, kid's show...
It's on TV.

Barney's like this, um... it's
like, what do you think?

- Well, I don't know
who Barney is,

but you look beautiful.

- You're so sweet.

- Hey, what's wrong?

- Nothing.

- Look, I know that you have

social anxiety
and if you don’t want to

come to the wedding with me,
it's... it's totally fine.

I understand.

It meant a lot to me that
you came to that barbeque.

Even though
you had to leave early.

- I miss The Movement.

I miss being there.

Living there that way.

- Yeah, so, what're you saying?

Like, you want to go back?

- No, no, no, it's not about
wanting to go back.

It's just, I miss my life there.

- Okay, so, uh...

how much of this
is about your wife?

- I'm not talking about my wife.

Hey.

I'm talking about
just other things.

- Okay, but you know I can't
help but ask about her, right?

- Uh, yeah, sure...
- I'm sure some of the missing

is tied into her.

- "Some of the missing"?

You still talk to her, Eddie?

Eddie, do you see her?

- Look, I shouldn't have
brought this up.

- No, it's fine.

I... I'm glad you did.

I just...

I don't want to be blindsided,
you know?

If you're thinking...

- I'm allowed
to have thoughts, Chloe!

Hey, I'm... I'm sorry.

- Who is a servant?
- One who serves.

- And what is it to serve?

- To give freely without
expectation of return.

- And to what end?

- To no end.
- Serving is an end in itself.

A circle of giving that frees us
from the cage of ego.

- A cage of whose devising?

- The self.
- The "Neo-self."

Right.

The Neo-self.

Sorry.
Which...

- Hi.

Sorry, I've been calling.

- Yeah, I'm sorry,
I've been so busy.

- Wow, 2R.

When did you decide this?

- Cal said I was ready.

- He's killing it, Sarah.

- You'll be the youngest 2R
in our history.

What... did I say wrong?

- Nothing, Mom.

I'll see you later.

- Wait, you want to grab lunch?

- I have have garden duty.

- Thanks.
- Great job today.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- You want to get some tea?

He's doing so well, Sarah.

- Really?

I can't help but think
this whole moving to the city

is teenage angst.

- I don't know.

We talked deeply,
and I think he's gifted.

- I think he's gifted, too,
but I just...

want to make sure he's ready.

- Well, I believe he is,
but if you feel otherwise...

- No.

I'm sure he is.

- You missed the, uh...
- the security meeting.

- Yeah, I had a Possible.

Uh, a woman in
an abusive relationship.

She needed me.

- Well, I trust that you know
what's the most

important use of your time.

- I had an interesting session
with Mary yesterday.

- Uh, which Mary?

- Cox.

- Right, we have, uh, three now.

It's a popular name.

- She mentioned that
you got her a refrigerator.

- Sean and Mary, yeah.
- Yeah.

She seems to feel that she has
special favor with you.

- Huh.

I don't know that
a refrigerator qualifies

as special favor.

Uh... huh.
Thank you for letting me know.

I appreciate it.

- What're we doing here, Sarah?

- I don't know.

You feeling guilty?

About the girl,
the woman, that you see?

Why are...
Why are you here?

- What do you mean,
why am I here?

I'm here because of you.

'Cause I saw you
and now I can't stop seeing you.

- Okay, but...

I mean, if you were happy,
or content,

you wouldn't be doing this.

Just like I wouldn't
be doing this, so what...

- Okay.

So I admit,
things haven't been easy.

You know, things have changed.

Steve left, you left.

Hawk left.

- Wait, where... where's Hawk?

- He went to live
at the center in the city.

- With Cal?

You let this happen...

- You know what, stop it.

I'm not the only one
to blame for this.

- What the hell
is happening here?

What is this?

You want to know how
I got hit by lightning?

- Yes.

- I went to Peru.

- You said you didn't go.

- Yeah, well, I lied.

I went to Cuzco
when shit started

going down between us.

Because I had this vision...

of Steve dying of cancer.

- What vision?
- Look, I don't know.

Just this...
This feeling, okay?

That something wasn't right.

And guess what?

I was right!

He was.

He wasn't some magic,
immortal Light.

- He was a goddamn man.
- I know.

- You know?
- I found out about it later.

After you left.

- Wait, so if you knew
he was dying of cancer,

then how can you still
believe all this shit?

- Even though Steve had cancer,
he still went

into the Light, Eddie.

It makes him more of a miracle.

Unless there's something else?

Is there something else?

Eddie?

- No.

That's it.

- That's it.

- When we're committed,

when we put the whole above
our individual selves...

we make the group stronger.

That is what this week
has been about.

Strengthening our community,
for our own safety,

for the safety of
our loved ones.

Today, I would like to take
a moment to acknowledge

two people who have stood out
to me this week

for their commitment.

Russel... Russel Armstrong,
where are you?

Yeah, get on up here.

- You're welcome.

- Russel, as you know,
grew up in The Movement.

His commitment is in his DNA.

Sometimes we forget to
acknowledge and reward that.

Eh, better late than never.

Russel, if you are
willing to accept

the challenge of 8R,

I would like to guide you
through that climb,

so that you may join
the ranks of a select few.

Including your sister.

- Yeah.

- Commitment is
particularly inspiring

when it comes from
someone young.

And this week,
a young man came to me,

wanting to know what he could do

to better serve The Movement.

Hawk Lane.

Hawk Lane is ready to serve.

Those words are so full of power
and meaning.

- Hey.

I'm so proud of you.

- Mom.

- Sorry, I won't do that again.

- How're you doing, Mary?

- Good.

- Hear, uh, you're enjoying
your refrigerator.

Leave Sarah out of this.

You know, whatever this is,
it's between you and me.

Bring Sarah into it, and, uh...

and you lose me.

Understand?

Have a good day, Mary.

Hey.

- You know, I was thinking of
taking a walk through the city.

It's just a walk, Gaby,
since we're here.

You're welcome to come.

- No, I'll head back
with the others.

I'm good.

- Okay.

- It's a beautiful day.

- Very.

Congratulations on
your son's Ascension.

And your grandson.

- Thank you.

You haven't seen Kodiak,
have you?

- No.

You are clean.

You are yourself
before the Neo-self.

- I can't...

We are not our Transgressions.

I can't...
You don't understand.

If you can't feel
the Light's forgiveness,

then I can't because of
what I did to you...

- You had to do those things.

If the man you murdered

came back to murder you,

what would you do?

- Let 'em.

- How long have you been there?

My boy.

How long have you been there?

Cal?

- Doesn't work if
you don't do the work.

Purification.

I thought we weren't
keeping secrets anymore?

- Dad.

Is everything okay?

I thought you weren't gonna be
doing this anymore.

- No, I wasn't,
I was... I shouldn't.

You shouldn't be smoking.

- You shouldn't be seeing me.

- Can I have one?

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

Trouble in paradise?

- Nothing's right
now that Steve is gone.

- Nothing was right
when he was here, either.

You just couldn't see it.

- Hey.

I need you to run this for
industrial pollutants

and chemicals, okay?

- Sure.
- Bill it to the Meyerist case.

- Under what?
- Offset.

Hmm.

- Uh, how long have you
been standing there?

- Long enough to see the newest
2R is really feelin' himself.

I was, um...

Can you help me with something?

Cut it off.

- What?

Hawk, I was kidding before,
I don't really think

you're too high
on yourself or anything.

- I-I get that.

But...

this isn't me anymore.

- But it's so pretty.

- Uh... yeah.

- You really want me to do this?

- I've lost vision
for The Movement.

I'm stuck, and I'm having
trouble moving forward.

- What do you think
is holding you back?

- I've been sleeping with Eddie.

- Love is often more powerful

than faith.

It can be a prison
that holds us hostage

from who we could be.

It weakens us.

I want you to
close your eyes, Sarah.

I want you to think about Eddie.

I want you to imagine him.

Hold his image.

You have it?

Tell me what you see.

His beautiful eyes.

Looking into me.

- Good.

Yes.

Now he's going to
turn away from you.

You're going to turn him away.

Can you do that?

I want you to let him walk away.

Tell me what you see.

He's walking away from me.

I can, um...
only see his back now.

Where the lightning hit him.

The tangle of red lines.

- He was struck by lightning?

- He's walking away.

- He was struck by lightning
in Peru?

- How did you know?

Richard.

Richard.

Richard?

- Kodiak?

Wait, please!

It wasn't Cal that was
on the mountain with Steve.

It was Eddie!
Eddie Lane was there

when Steve died!

It was Eddie Lane!

Commitment to
another human being

in this day and age

is an heroic attempt

to overcome incredible odds.

There's no point in reinforcing
frothy emotionalism.

There is enough of that
out there in the world.

I read somewhere
that when you promise

fidelity to your beloved,

you are promising it
to yourself.

All of our relationships,
all of our loves,

need that daily attention
and care.

Okay, so tell me...

- What?

- Tell me about all
the things that you miss.

Look, no judgment, okay?

I just...

I just want to know.

- Well, my... my kids.

- Obviously.
- Yeah, of course.

- And, uh, the people.
- You know?

They're just...
They're open,

they're receptive.

Like you.

I mean,
I-I love that about you.

Come on, Chloe!

- Come on, Chloe.
- Oh, my God.

No!

You promised you'd
sing our song for us.

- Whoa.
- Oh, my God.

- I guess I go up stage.
- Get up there.

- Come on.
- Oh, Lord.

Here we go.