Under the Banner of Heaven (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - One Mighty and Strong - full transcript

♪ ♪

"The Almighty will lay
his hands upon this nation."

"There will be more bloodshed,
more ruin,

more devastation
than they've ever seen."

John Taylor, president,
prophet, seer, and revelator,

1876.

- '79, actually.
- That's a matter of opinion.

He foretold the church
would go into bondage,

and One Mighty and Strong
would appear

to set it back in order.

- Is that you?



You the One?

- I'm but a soldier
in this war.

- Soldiers follow orders,
so who...

who told you to kill Brenda
and her baby?

- What matters
is that I spilled their blood

onto the ground.

- Is that why you... you moved
the baby's body?

Killed her in the bassinet
and then...

laid her body next
to her mother's on the ground.

- That's right, to cleanse her.
- Right.

You're breaking my heart.

The baby's body wasn't laid
with her mother's.

- Then you're a liar.

- I'll ask the Lord
to forgive me,



but you've been lying
this whole time.

The blood on your clothes

wasn't Brenda's,
wasn't Erica's,

wasn't even human.

It was squirrel blood.

- This...it's a sign.

The end of days has arrived.

The School of the Prophets has
restored the one true church,

and Satan refuses
to let you see the truth

because you are wicked.

- School of Prophets?

What's that?

Something you're a part of?

Something Allen's a part of?

- Maybe I don't have
a brother named Allen anymore.

What about Robin?

- Oh, now
you're gonna believe me?

- Sam, what are you doing?
Who are you protecting

with all these lies?

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- I will remove your family,

past and future,

from the kingdom of heaven.

I will cast the dust
from my feet

and curse you for all eternity
unless you show me

the respect
Heavenly Father demands.

Respect me!

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- School of Prophets. That LDS?

- No,
and it's very, very specific.

Any word from, uh, Morris
or, uh, the Lows?

- No, not yet.

Highway patrol's been notified

in case he left his car
on the side of the road.

- What is the... their Stake
President doing back here?

Looks like the chief's
getting ready to release Robin.

- Probably Sam, too,
if all we got on him

is squirrel blood.

- Gotta be kidding me.
- I wish I was.

Can you slow that down?

- Yeah.

- Just remember,

honey works better
than vinegar here.

- Charm.
- Please.

Why am I still here, Pyre?

I thought we had a deal.
- Yeah, we did.

And I remember saying that, uh,

elements of the truth
are not the whole truth.

- I've told you what I know.
- Everything?

- What about
a School of the Prophets?

- Something the matter
with my shoes?

- Sam?
- Yeah.

It was not a school.

It was more like
scripture study

that my brothers organized
alongside a few others

to explore their areas
of interest.

- I'm very, very curious

about what these
areas of interest were

and if they would square away
with our one true prophet,

Spencer W. Kimball,

or if you were all
trying to unseat

President Kimball.
- Brother.

- Yeah?
- Please, I love our church.

That's why
I have returned to it

with my family.

- Good, so you know there are
worse fates than prison bars,

like ex-communication.

Which most likely means
alienation from your family,

from your friends,
your neighbors, clients.

You know,
maybe I should release you

to your Stake President.

He is right down the hall
right now.

I'm sure
he'd be very, very curious

to hear about your school.

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Or...

you can just tell me
everything you know,

and it stays between us.

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It started with a man
named Bernard Brady.

He's from Provo.
Businessman.

He was pals with Dan,

then he came around
talking about a Dream Mine

up in Salem, near there,

these prophecies
of hidden Mormon gold

that would "come forth from it
and save the saints

in the end times."

- Fundamentalist
Mormon folklore?

- That's right.

- Do you remember a day
when you picked up Dan

from a tiling job?

- I picked him up a lot.

- There's a day
that Allen was referencing,

one where, uh, you had two men
in your car with beards.

One had a...
a white braided beard.

Uh, were these men
part of your school?

- Yes.

Brady was one of them.

The other would have been
Onias.

- O-N-I-A-S?
- That's right.

- Is that a first name?

- He just called himself
Prophet Onias.

- Pulled out the big guns
with Mr. Stake President:

my own kids,

two unbaptized Paiute teens

living in the wicked city
of Vegas.

Seemed quite taken
with their potential salvation.

- Very sweet
and absolutely perfect.

Is the chief releasing Robin
to him?

And Sam. You were right.

- Yeah, well,
even if we kept them locked up,

I'm afraid we'd still have

zero credible suspects
in custody.

- Did you get anything new
out of Robin?

- Yeah, two new names
from their school.

- Names are leads, Jeb.
- Yeah.

- Sir, Officer Morris
on the radio.

He found the Lows.

You know, sir, I just...

I just, like, knelt,
and I prayed,

and I listened
for the Holy Spirit.

- Good work, Morris.
- Oh, thank you, sir.

You know,
it was Heavenly Father

that found them, sir.

It wasn't me.

- You followed the evidence,
Morris.

Just like a good cop does.

- Yeah.

Bishop Low, Sister Low,
can you think of any reason

why you'd find yourselves
on a list of names to be...

To be blood atoned?

- Are... are we, Brother?
You're certain?

We have reason to believe so,

and the... the nature of this
break-in reenforces that.

Unless I'm mistaken,

no items of value
have been taken, right?

- No.

So it stands to reason.

- If I were to guess, I'd say
this goes back to their...

church court.

The excommunication court
of Dan and Ron Lafferty.

- Ron and Dan
were excommunicated?

- Yeah.

Was Ron's case... did it...
did it have anything to do

with him being physical

with his wife, Dianna?

We know
there was a threat of violence

and that this matter
was turned over to you

by Mr. Bascom.

Confidence,

confidence between a bishop
and his fold,

particularly in matters

as delicate
as an excommunication,

is a sacred trust.

Surely you know this,
Brother Pyre.

- Oh, I do, sir, but this
is a murder investigation.

We have two faithful
LDS members who are dead,

and one was
a 15-month-old girl.

So I need you to think
on that little girl

and what they did to her.

And we've already confirmed
that the men who did this

had fundamentalist Mormon ties,

so please, tell me,

which kind of Mormons
are you protecting

with your silence?

I'm honestly asking.

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- Ron was not excommunicated

because of his choices
with his wife.

This began with Daniel.

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Mm-hmm.

See, this'll only
take a second.

No, no, no, no, hold on.

Please, Dan, no.

I don't like it. It hurts.

Okay.

You're out of alignment.

Oh.

We're just giving her
an adjustment.

- Cora, get out
of the room now.

Hey, no, you have
nothing to be ashamed of.

She has nothing
to be ashamed of.

Listen, darling, sit down.
Come and sit with us.

Cora, would you get your mother
a glass of water?

Come sit.

What were you doing?

What were you doing?

- I knew this day would come.

I knew it.
When we were reunited, I knew.

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God has given me
a vigorous sexual spirit,

and now I know why.

I have been prompted to ask you

if you would accept
our sweet girl

as your first sister wife.

- My love...

in our pre-Earth life,

we were all created
with a soul mate,

and you are mine.

But we have been promised
to be gods in the eternities,

which is why we have
the sacred principle.

The more wives we marry,
the more children we sire,

and the greater the glory
in worlds without end.

Cora's far too precious
to be married to an unholy man.

Same with Eilidh.

- No, you can't... I can't...

- Matilda. Matilda.
- I won't let you.

- To deny
your priesthood holder

is fornication.

You know that.

And fornication
is punishable by what,

my love?

- Death.
- Death.

Do not make me imagine a life
without you.

Don't do that to me.

Now, tell me,

what is it
that you know to be true?

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- Heavenly Father
sent you to me.

I know this because...

I was moved by the Holy Spirit
the day we met.

- That is good,
and that is true.

- And I cannot...

complain because
of your righteousness,

and now we follow God's will.

♪ ♪

This is a momentous day
for our family.

Tonight, Cora,
you will sleep in your own bed.

And tomorrow
we will begin something

so, so very special.

♪ ♪

Matilda
was horrified, of course,

and didn't want
anyone to get hurt.

♪ ♪

I want you
to ask the Lord to guide you

and do as He commands.

Do you understand?

I love you both very much.

And we'll see each other again,
promise.

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No, it's fine.

It's just the dogs.
- No, no.

- It's the dog breaking
into the trash again.

You gotta catch a dog
in the act.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Yeah.

- But I want you now.

If you can't satisfy one wife,
how will you please three?

Come here.

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They ran
right to their old church.

And it was their account

that led
to Daniel's excommunication.

- Where are they now?

Did you call Child Services?

- We put them
in a very good home.

And?

- And they ran away.
- Of course they did.

You know, there's a reason
why even the state of Utah

has Child Protective Services.

Has anyone heard
from them since?

- No.

- Well, now their mother's
gone missing too.

But it's not your problem.

- Brother Pyre,
a decision was made.

The Lafferty name had
brought about enough spectacle.

To add fuel to that fire
was not in our interest.

- Who's "our"?
- The church's interest.

Our Heavenly Father's interest.

Hey.

- Thank you, Brother Pyre.
- Of course.

So how did this lead
to Ron's excommunication?

- These issues,
they came to a head at the...

the naming ceremony
of baby Erica.

It was a beautiful day.

All the Lafferty men
were there

except for Daniel.

Now invite all the worthy

Melchizedek Priesthood holders.

And the name
by which she shall be known

is Erica Jean Lafferty.

It's all right.

Afterwards Ron, uh...

he, uh... he cornered me,

started asking me questions
about Daniel's excommunication.

Politics of his nation.

It was a... a tax law,

yeah, that would hurt
the flock.

And you excommunicate a man
for that?

- Political issues
were not at the center

of your brother's trial.
- Right. What was?

- But that's all I can say.
- What was?

- I can't say.
That's Dan's private business.

- Was it his research?
Is that it?

Research into the church
scriptures, into our history?

- All right, listen,
Brother Lafferty,

there's nothing of value
to be learned.

- Nothing of value
to be learned?

- Nothing of value
from your brother's research.

That is the truth.
- What are you so scared of?

Do you think
that he was gonna get closer

to the Eternal Father than you?

You had a conversation
with Dianna and Brenda?

- Yes, um...

Dianna, has he hurt you?

Okay, well, you have to talk
to someone.

Right, Sister Low?

And if you won't,
I'll do it for you.

Dianna, you do know
Dan was excommunicated.

I mean, maybe
that's what Ron wants too.

- Sister Lafferty.
- How can you say that?

I'm not saying
that he should be.

I don't know,
maybe the threat of a trial

will zap him back
into the 20th century.

He kept pressing.

Of course,
I couldn't say anything.

You know what, Ron?
Right now, you are scaring me.

What's going on here?

as your brother?

Let's not do this, Ron.

The church asks us
to rely on faith

when we find
seeming contradictions

in our history,
in our scriptures.

- Four...

That we are to be humble

in the face of confusion.

- Six...

- Come on.
- Seven...

- Ron.
- Dad, can we please go?

- That's right,
can we please go?

This is a day for joy, Ron.

All right?
- Okay. You want joy?

- And then he...

well, he threatened me.

- You mind your own family,

and you stay
the hell away from mine.

My heart went out to Dianna.

I can see that your concern

stems from love
for your sister.

But these solutions
are not our role.

Our job is to dedicate ourself
to...

- Creating a home
and environment

to sustain and support
our priesthood holder.

And no, it's not always easy,

even for a bishop's wife,

but it is our calling.

Wouldn't you agree?

- So you told a wife living
under the threat of violence

to work harder.

- You will not come into
my home and attack my wife.

Is that clear?

This falls
under my stewardship.

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- Okay.

Does a good steward encourage
a wife to blame herself

instead of holding
her abuser accountable?

- I did as the church instructs
us to do, Brother Pyre.

When, uh,
Dianna came to us again

a... a few months back,

um, with more bruises
on her face...

I encouraged her
to get to safety.

I even gave her
some money to do so.

- Detective Pyre.
- Wait.

W-where did Dianna go?

- In all honesty, that was
the last I saw of our sister.

I don't know.

- We, uh, found Bernard Brady.

We think he's at his home now,
for now.

- All right.

We'll post an officer
outside your home.

I'll be back by morning.
Thank you.

It's a nice neighborhood
up in the hills.

Closer to the Lord, they say.

It's the nice neighborhoods

that worry me the most.

Mrs. Brady?

- Oh, my gosh. Hi.

Sorry to bother you, Sister.

I'm Detective Pyre.
This is Detective Taba.

We were hoping we could speak
with a Mr. Bernard Brady.

You got me, boys.

Uh, we're kinda... kinda busy
with the kids

just at the moment.

But, uh, heck,
how's tomorrow morning for you?

I'm a early bird.

No time like the present.

Shall we?

- Sure, okay. Uh, gosh.
Come on in. Come on in.

Thank you.

Uh, you can meet
the whole Brady brood. Ha.

Uh, everybody's just in here.

This is Jacob and Rebecca
and Vanessa

and Isaac and Sarah.

Very nice to meet you all.

- Nice to meet you guys.
- Yeah.

W-we'll sit
in the front room here.

All right, perfect.

Just make yourselves at home.

Please, come on in.

We understand
that you have, uh,

some kind of connection
to the Laffertys,

specifically Ron...
is that correct?

- Well, we know Ron.
- Mm-hmm.

- We let him sleep right here
on that couch.

Isn't that right, honey?

- Yeah, when... when he
and Dianna were struggling.

And I was clear with him.

I said if he ever got physical
with his wife again,

I would call the police myself.

- Physical.
How'd he get physical?

Well, Ron, um...

After he got his letter...

- Brother Lafferty.

I think it's important

to understand the context
of where he was at

at that time, you know?

He'd just been called
into church court.

He'd been undermined
as an authority figure, and...

So how is it
that my beloved wife

is the one responsible for me
being pulled into church court?

- It doesn't have
to come to that.

You can... you can call
the bishop, seek his counsel...

- I don't need his counsel.

I need you to stop mocking
my authority.

I need you to stop shaming me
to my... to my church.

I'm not saying
I'm not without blame.

I'm... we could... we could go
to counseling together.

Oh!

You will submit willingly.

Or I will starve you
into obedience.

Mm-hmm.

- Oh!
- All right, come on.

Come on, come here.

Leave him.

I said leave him!

I will not have you
drag my children

into your madness.

Come here, David.

Come here.

Ron, leave him!

Come here, honey. Come here.

Go to your sister.

You get out of this house,
and don't you ever come back!

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He came here, ashamed.

He was really working
on himself.

You know, scripture study,
prayer,

uh, Old Testament,
New Testament,

uh, Book of Mormon,
Pearl of Great Price...

- Well, these boys will study
just about anything

to get out
of hosing my gutters.

Well, she got me.

Uh, but, uh, Ron, no,
he was taking it serious.

Yeah, a couple
of his brothers came.

I think it really helped him.

- Sir, does the term
"School of Prophets"

mean anything to you?

- Uh...no.

Uh, should it?

I'm just curious.

And was, um, one of the men
in this group named Onias?

Oh.

- Well, I don't think there's
a scripture study in Utah

that he wouldn't feel
at home at,

especially if there's
a home-cooked meal involved.

- BERNARD Yeah.
- Eccentric.

- Yup.
- Heck yes.

And dang time-consuming.

How so?

- He won't get a car.

Okay, one time, one time,

Robin and I
offered to pick him up.

Hours of my life,
and let me tell you,

that man ain't a fan
of bathing.

- Oof!

- W-when was the last time
you heard from Mr. Onias?

- Oh, uh, it's been ages now.

It's not like
you can call him up.

The man doesn't believe
in telephones either.

- Mm-hmm.
- Hmm.

You... you and Robin,
did you happen to...

also pick up Ron's brother Dan
on... on that day?

- Ha, you're good.
You're good, yeah.

No, I completely forgot
about that, right, yeah.

I was a regular
scripture study taxi driver.

Is there, uh, anything else
we can do to help you at all?

Honestly, just name it.
Anything.

Uh, nothing at the time.

- Just so sorry that we've, um,
barged in on you like this.

And, uh, I'm gonna leave you
my, uh... my number

in case Mr. Onias, uh,
reaches out

or if you think
of anything else

that may be helpful.

We really appreciate
your time today.

Sir.

- Honey, how... how about
you make some of your lemonade

for these hardworking boys
before they go?

Oh, well, they may
have things to do, hon.

Well, I'm sure they do,

but, boy, would they love it.

It's the least we can do.

Uh, fresh-squeezed okay?

- I mean, that sounds...
sounds terrific

to... to me, Mrs....

Sister Brady,
if you don't mind.

- Okay. I'll be just a minute.

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So why do you have a letter
written to you, from you?

Certified mail.

- Look, it's just us,
uh, men here, right?

Scripture study, uh,
sometimes, um,

drifted a little,
you know, toward...

we talked about...
- Toward the old ways?

Polygamy?

Don't tell her.

Okay? Um...

you fellas can see it clear
that I-I struck gold

with that lady in there.

You wouldn't want
to break up a family.

- "I, Bernard Brady,

"do herby depose
in this signed affidavit

"attesting that a group known
as School of the Prophets

"is presently constructing
a list of names

of those who must pay
eternal consequences."

- A list.
- "Eternal consequences."

Does that mean death,
Brother Brady?

'Cause it certainly does
in the Old Testament.

- Oh, I wouldn't know.
- Oh, you wouldn't?

Even with all
your scripture study?

You went through
all the trouble of...

of writing this,

sending it to yourself,
notarized...

- As a precaution. Please,
can you keep your voice down?

- Your wife is the least
of your problems right now.

There was a list made,
but there are no names on here.

- I left the group
the moment they even suggested

the idea of a list.

- So you wrote this
in order to what?

- Well, in case they actually...

- Protecting your own backside
would have meant coming to us,

not writing this self-serving,
useless letter

that's been sitting...
- I will do anything you say.

Anything.

- Well,
sit your doughy backside down.

- And you're gonna answer
every single question

that I ask you
fully and truthfully.

- Okay.
- Do you understand?

Before you left this group,

did you hear any other names
being mentioned

as possible candidates
for this list?

- No.
- Brenda?

- No.
- Bishop Low?

- No, no, sir.

- How about Dianna, Ron's wife?

- Well, I mean... I mean,
after what she wrote...

Look, she wouldn't be
the first woman

to dash off something
she had no right to

and have it...

lead to bloodshed.

Oh, yeah? Who else?

Brother.

Our greatest loss
can be traced back

to words written by a wife

who thought she knew better
than her husband.

- No, no,
we're not going there.

- You know, a minute ago,
he was all caught up

about Dianna
getting knocked around.

And now I'm hearing reversal.

I mean,
as the only nonmember here,

I need an education.

Detective?

- Go ahead.

- Look.

Blood found our Zion

the moment Emma stuck her nose
where it didn't belong.

She publicly aligned herself
with a publisher

who defied the prophet's
holy principle of polygamy.

- The lies he has printed
are so wicked,

he shall spend his eternity
in outer darkness.

Why is Uncle Hyrum so upset

with Brother Law?

- Mr. Law dared print
the truth, Joseph.

Gather your brothers.
We must find your father.

The U.S. government
is not likely

to abide the destruction
of the newspaper.

- I have a writ for the arrest
of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

Anyone who protects them
will also be hung.

Okay.

Don't waste any time,
all right?

Brother Taylor.

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Where is my husband?

- He is in the wind.

Running like a dog
for defending the word of God.

- He ordered the destruction
of a newspaper

for printing words
that dare question

a revelation
about collecting wives.

Are you all
so very fragile now?

- The truth is,
there is no doubt

about where your loyalties lie.

I am sending word
for Brigham to return.

I have a writ
for the arrest of Joseph...

- No need to send for Brigham,
Brother Taylor.

In my husband's absence,
our eldest son

will be placed in leadership.

- Your son does not yet shave.

In seeking to sway
our true prophet

from God's path,
witness what you've conjured.

Blood stains our street.

Soon Gentiles
will march through Zion.

Brigham is His
most faithful servant.

He will set us back in order...

Until your husband's return.

George.

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I mean,
could you blame a congregation

for wanting to remove her?

So if a wife objects
to her husband's demand

for more wives,

then it's A-okay
to blood atone her?

Where are the other
members of this group?

- Uh, I swear, I-I don't know.

No, please, don't be dramatic!
Brother... Brother Pyre!

Please, please, please!
Okay, okay.

I'll cooperate, okay?

Okay, uh, when Dan...

when Dan got out of jail,

he talked about building
a compound out in the sticks,

uh, an old house
that he and his brothers

used to vandalize.

They called it the farm,
and, um,

if I were to guess,
I would start there.

- No time like the present.

- All right.
- Okay.

Well, um, thank you very much
for coming, gentlemen,

and Heavenly Father
be with you, Brother.

And, um...

you too, pal.

So darn brave.

Well, I had to use brown sugar,

so it's not as pretty,

but it's still dang delicious.

That's very kind, ma'am,
thank you.

- Sweetie.
- Yeah.

- Uh, I'm going to need
to help these fine men,

uh, crack this case wide open
now, okay?

- We... we'll get him back
to you faster than you can say

"Lamanite" three times fast.

How's that, huh?

Shall we?

Dear Lord, God of Israel...

Uh, i-if we're really going
to their farm, um...

could I get a bulletproof vest,
please, Brother?

- See what we can do, sure.

- Thank you.

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You think you could sketch
the layout of the farm?

Whatever you can remember.

- Sure.

I mean, it's not really a farm.

Not for generations.
It's a dump.

We used to shoot lizards there
as kids.

- Remember the address?

- No.

But I could find it by sight.

- Yeah? Great.

Not the simplest
layout to secure.

Why do we need the civilians?

Allen's our navigator,
and Mr. Brady's gonna help us

ID whoever we may find.

They'll stay back
behind the vehicles

until it's all clear.

- Well,
these constitutionalist types,

they, uh, treasure
their Second Amendment,

so I say we hit this
at the crack o'

so we're not just
target practice.

- All right, dawn it is.
Thank you, sir.

Thanks, guys.

- I sent a patrol car
down to Salem,

trying to lay eyes
on this Onias character.

- Well, a braided beard
should stick out down there.

8 1/2 hours.

- It's Monday.

Family home evening, right?

You could just make it.

Might even squeeze in
a walk with your mom.

It's beautiful out.
- Bill...

Careful, there may be
a saint in you after all.

No, no.

I'm afraid I'm a zealot
in the Church of Caffeine.

Who's up tonight?

- Uh, Annie.

She's been, uh...

she's been making cutouts
all week.

Apparently ancient Israel
had kangaroos and pandas.

I like it.

- Get outta here.

- You sure?
- Yeah. I got this.

- Partner.
- You bet.

♪ ♪

- Hello.

Becca?

♪ ♪

Okay.

Hello.

It's, uh, Brother Pyre.

Is... is, uh... is Becca there?

- I'll get her for you,
Brother Pyre.

Oh, thank you. Thanks.

- Thank you.

- Hi.
- Hey, sweetie.

- I-I figured
you'd be still at work.

I, um... I-I didn't want
to bother you

with our ever-changing plans.

- I gotta head back to work
in a few hours anyway.

I just thought
I'd try and catch the end

of Annie's lesson.

Oh, it was a hit.

The kids had so much fun,

and they built a fort
for a sleepover.

- And, um,
your mom's doing really well.

She just played
a game of Clue, Jeb.

- She played Clue?

- Yeah.
- Really?

Yeah, I mean,
it was her and Annie, but...

Hey, i-if you're not
comfortable with us being here,

- I can wake the girls up and...
- No, no, no.

You're all settled in.

You stay.
I'll, um...

Yeah, I trust you, honey.

Thank you. I love you.

I love you.

Okay.

- School of the Prophets,
plural?

If there is
only one true church

with only one true prophet,

how could it be plural?

There can be only one.

Right? Remember?

I mean, when...
when the early saints

started splitting into camps,

monogamists versus polygamists,

Emma's camp
versus Joseph's or Brigham's,

did they split
the prophet seat in two?

No.

So with Joseph in hiding,
who is steering the ship?

Brigham Young.

♪ ♪

Take this to Joseph.

Once he returns
to the true path of the Lord,

Heavenly Father's protection
will be restored.

- What we've been taught,
that Joseph gladly, willingly

surrendered himself
to the state for a second time,

I mean, it makes no sense.

He was nearly executed
when he tried that before.

So someone
must have convinced him

to risk his life
in that way again.

♪ ♪

Give me the letter.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Joseph.

I've been sent with a letter...

♪ ♪

From the prophet's wife.

- Bless you, Brother.

Oh, no, it's...

In case you were found.

Only one living voice
had real power over Joseph:

his first and truest love,

she who knew his secrets.

"Dear Joseph, you always said

"if the church stuck by you,

you would stick
by the church."

- So one sentence,
just a few words,

added to her letter,
put into her voice,

"My sweet Joseph,
you must surrender now."

"In order to save our church."

♪ ♪

- Brigham Young, Taylor

already had
beehives' worth of wives.

So do... do you think they would
risk losing them all

for Emma's sake?

For a woman
they likely feared

already had
far too much power over Joseph?

Or was this Brigham's chance

to become the One,

the sole leader...

To take God's church
in the direction

he felt it had to
in order to survive,

even if that meant
our prophet's blood

had to spill?

♪ ♪

Hang him!

♪ ♪

So...

a School of the Prophets,
plural?

No.

There has only ever been one
at a time.

So I wouldn't expect to find
more than one prophet

still alive
on this farm of theirs.

♪ ♪

- You think your bishop
was working on your wife

and kids last night?

- Wouldn't surprise me if, uh,
they had the chief over

for some homemade ice cream.

Stake President
brought the sprinkles.

Circling the wagons.

- With your own family,
behind your back.

To what, keep you in line?

- Yeah.

My best guess is that they,
um...

Feel more... more comfortable
when they are writing

the official story.

Say, did, um, the church
ever tell you, your family

or your school,
why Dan was excommunicated?

- Uh, his anti-tax campaign,

uh, running for sheriff.

You know, he was just too...
too public for the church.

Hmm.

That's wrong.

Dan was planning on, um,

marrying his two stepdaughters

by sexual consummation.

12 and 14 years old.

Ron know that, Mr. Brady?

Well, i-if that's true, uh...

No. Uh...

he wouldn't have come
to Dan's defense for that.

He went in
to defend Dan's politics.

- It is the responsibility
of every saint

to refuse the unjust taxations.

That's all he was saying.

I mean, Dan is a patriot.

The very soil of this land
is in the fabric of his being.

He's a patriot,
and for that, you...

give him
the ultimate punishment?

- You're going over territory
that we've already dealt with.

Your brother's case
has no bearing on this.

This hearing is yours.

- It's mine?
- Yes.

And its outcome will depend

on your showing contrition...

- Contrition?
- For your own offenses.

- What offenses?
- Well...

- What offenses?
- Foremost of them...

- Yeah?

- Is your threatening
your own bishop.

And, yes, the other business
of violence in your home.

Now, can you see

that you have
violated His teaching

when you have defied
your priesthood leader...

- No, no, no, it is you.

It's you who has...

antagonized and bastardized
the sacred teachings

of Joseph Smith
and Brigham Young.

- Ron, don't do this.

- It is you
who stink of hypocrisy.

When the Lord commands,
you do it.

♪ ♪

It is the decision
of this council

that you, Ron Lafferty,
be excommunicated.

But know that with repentance

comes the healing waters
of rebaptism.

After his church court,

he went home

to reclaim his rightful place.

- Everyone, go.
Hide. Hide.

Hide.

- Where you going?

Oh, where are my beauties?

Where are my beauties?

You gonna give me a hug?

You gonna give me a hug?

Come give Daddy a hug.

- No!
- Come here!

Hey, where you going?

Oh, my big boy. My big boy.

Come here.

His own daughter
had cut the sacred markings

out of his garments.

Give Daddy a kiss.

Like, he lost everything:

his business, his family,
his church.

Where's... where's your sister?

Huh?

♪ ♪

Are you up here?

Are you hiding?

♪ ♪

And yes, Mr. Taba,
we can hear the Holy Spirit

as true saints, but I-I-I
really worry that Ron...

Came to believe that he could
hear a truer voice of God...

His own God...

Better than anyone else
could hear him.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Pkew, pkew!

Hey, partner. Hey.

It's okay.

Howdy, Sheriff.

Don't shoot me.

I'm not a bad guy.

You know,
I think that you're ready.

♪ ♪

You know what that means?

♪ ♪

Let it be a reminder.

Sometimes the closer we are
to the Heavenly Father,

the more
we're gonna be persecuted.

♪ ♪

Okay?

♪ ♪

Okay.

Okay.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Clear.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

It's... it's all right.

Police. We're here to help.

♪ ♪

It's all right.

- They're Canadians,
from a place up in BC

called Bountiful,
an FLDS compound.

And who brought them down here?

Prophet Onias.

30 days ago.

They said none of the men
have been back here for days.

They left them here
with no food,

no money to get back.

- No running water,
no electricity.

Heck of a prophet, this Onias.

I need you to find him,

- You bet.

- Hi.

You okay?

It's... it's all right.

You're not in...
you're not in trouble.

I just need to know
the last time you saw

Ron and Dan Lafferty.

Do you know them?

Did... did they stay here,
live here?

They slept here.

We don't know

They told us
not to disturb that.

♪ ♪

Okay.

It's okay.

♪ ♪

"This is unto
my maidservant Dianna.

"Nevertheless,
if thou will repent,

"I will greatly bless thee.

Otherwise, I will remove thee."

They are after Dianna.

- If they haven't already
gotten to her.

- The list.
- Mm.

♪ ♪

- Whose shirt is this?

- Our Ron's.

He left it here
to watch over us.

♪ ♪

Be right back with
some food, guys, all right?

Just sit tight.

♪ ♪

I didn't lie, okay?
They... they were clearly there.

I-I can't help it
if they left.

And if I was to ask
those young ladies

if you were ever there
with them?

- No, no,
they'll say I never was.

I only ever went
to the school

when it was
at Ron and Dan's place.

- You used to meet
at their parents' house?

Yeah, f-for a little while.

In the basement
and, uh, sometimes in the park.

I mean, Dan's... Dan's mom
made sandwiches.

It wasn't like this.

It was...simple.

- I'll get a search warrant.

My... my brother...

Couldn't have written this.

♪ ♪

Give us some space. Thanks.

Everything okay?

- Yeah, um...

look, I-I couldn't say this
in front of Allen,

not in the state
that he was in,

but, uh, he's wrong.

His brother Ron

is capable of a lot more
than just domestic violence.

We got the warrant.
We should go.

♪ ♪

Look, after his church court,

after what he did
with his kids,

he went home.

Home to his mother.

♪ ♪

- Stop it. Stop it. Stop it!

Stop it.
- I...

I-I am a fraud of a man.

No.

You've come home...

After surviving
all of the Lord's tests.

And you're one heartbeat away
from your rightful place...

As head of this family.

You're the One.

♪ ♪

- She called him
the One Mighty and Strong.

I think, in her words,

he heard a calling to reclaim
his rightful place.

♪ ♪

Ronnie.

Shh.

Call Mother in.

I need a...

I need a doctor.

♪ ♪

- ♪ A poor wayfaring man
of grief ♪

♪ Hath often crossed me
on my way ♪

♪ Who sued so humbly
for relief ♪

♪ That I could never
answer nay ♪

♪ I had not power
to ask his name ♪

- Remember Jacob's appendicitis
when he was young?

Hmm? Do you?

Or how you beat on Mom
like you beat on me?

- Or when you beat our dog
Roger with a baseball bat

'cause I didn't do the chores
to your satisfaction?

- Yeah.

- Your mind has been...
taken by evil.

No, no, no.

No, no, see,
I remember it clearly.

And each time,
you said that...

there was no need for a doctor

if we were close
to Heavenly Father.

Yes. Yes.

And Mom survived.

- Yes.

And even when the bacteria
got into his bloodstream

and stopped him
from breathing...

Well, Jacob survived.

All but his mind.

But Roger,

he died looking into my eyes
in incredible pain.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- I am a dead man.

I can't allow you
to go against your principles,

not while it's your life that's
in Eternal Father's hands,

can I?

Clear!

♪ ♪

So there will be no doctor.

Why don't you try and pray?

♪ ♪

- The business of patriarchy

isn't as simple

as you think.

It won't be any easier for you
if I'm gone.

♪ ♪

- Yeah, maybe not.

But there can be only one.

You taught me that.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- O Lord,

my God...

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- No!

♪ ♪

- The traitor
Joseph Smith is dead!

♪ ♪

John! John!

♪ ♪

It's okay.

♪ ♪

The Savior has commanded me

to defend His holy Word

unclouded by faithlessness
or misinterpretation...

To lead His holy people
to a new and greater Zion.

♪ ♪

The keys of the kingdom
are right here with the church.

- The spirit of Joseph
is in him.

♪ ♪

How could you know all this?

- Well, he told me

himself, all of it.

♪ ♪

The proud new Lion of the Lord.

♪ ♪

Ron left that list
for us to find...

Because he believes...

♪ ♪

Fully that he is the One...

♪ ♪

A new Lion of the Lord...

♪ ♪

A latter-day Brigham Young.

♪ ♪

- Then there'll be more blood.

♪ ♪