Under the Banner of Heaven

It should be right near here.

- If there is an anti-government group

camped out up here...

a police car would be a heck of a trophy.

Not to mention a detective.

Detective Pyre. Go ahead.

Salt Lake's police records arrived.

One for Dan Lafferty, second for Allen Lafferty.

Allen has a record.

Yep. Unpaid traffic citations.

Enough to get him arrested the morning after his wedding.

Served time on a related contempt of court charge.

- Well, if he tries to walk out of there,

charge him. Copy?

10-4.

There.

That's Taba's car.

See those?

Okay.

One of those vests.

You both-- you're gonna stay here.

Be a radio chain. All right?

Stay safe.

- Yes, sir. - Okay.

Get your boots off of this holy land,

or your blood will spill.

- Backup. Backup. Call in County for backup.

10-4. 10-4.

Might take some time for them to find us up here, sir.

Copy.

You have no authority here!

We'll defend our private property.

- Okay.

Get your boots off of this holy land,

or your blood will spill.

Ahh! - Ahh!

Oh.

- You scared the crap out of me.

Tell me you're not alone.

- I got deputies at the-- at the woods' edge.

Calling for backup.

Good.

- Detective Pyre. I'm here with Detective Taba.

He's--how you doing?

- Busted my ankle. Took my--my boot off

to check it out, and it won't go back on.

- Everyone knows you don't take your boot off

when you twist your ankle.

You're such a Boy Scout.

- Eagle Scout, thank you very much.

Gonna need help getting Taba back to safety

when that arrives. 10-4.

It'll take 40 minutes. Hold tight.

- Oh, boy, I'm happy to see you alive, Bill.

- Never been happier to see you, Jeb.

You have no authority here!

We will defend our private property.

Screaming that for an hour.

- Allen's got a record: contempt of court.

Seems he shares his brother's disdain for our kind.

It's all in the family, huh?

Really?

- Got a smoke? I'd prefer it.

Okay.

- Josie, it's Becca. I brought you some cake.

Josie?

Josie?

Josie!

You see that?

- I need eyes on the forest line

due north of our position.

I'm afraid we got company outside the cabin too.

All right. 10-4.

Backup's on the way.

I'm gonna go there.

- Check it. - Yeah.

Stay safe.

- Stop struggling. It's okay. -

It's okay. I got you. I got you.

Josie?

Josie? Josie?

Josie?

She's not there. I checked.

- The garage has been checked twice,

and there is no sign of his mother.

- Okay. - So I think it is time

that I open my address book

and call the brethren to service.

Please, I don't need this

turning into some sort of news story, okay?

Uh w--um...

Annie, Caroline, Mama's gonna take a walk around the block

with Sister Dorren, okay?

I'll be right back. I'll be right back.

Hi. Hi, honey.

These yours?

You out picking elderberries,

and then you find these out in someone's campsite, maybe?

I have two daughters of my own. They love stickers,

but these are something special.

Honey, if you want them back, you go right ahead.

Well, my name's Jeb.

And folks call me Pyre

or Officer Pyre or Brother Pyre.

I like the Brother.

What do they call you?

- Jenny. Jenny Lafferty.

- Well, that's a wonderful name.

You mind telling me your mom and your dad's names,

so I can get you back to them?

Unless you don't want to go back.

- I want to go back. - Okay, good.

So what are their names?

- My dad is Sam, and my mom is Sara.

Sam and Sara.

Are they--are they in the cabin waiting for you?

I don't know.

Okay.

Daddy sent me, my sister, and Mom

to go pick for food.

- I see. So where are they now?

Where's your sister and your mom?

I lost them in the forest.

I don't know who's in the fort now.

- So that's a fort up there, huh?

Is that a fort?

For--for an army?

With--with soldiers inside?

They come and go.

Who comes and goes?

The men.

- Hey. You know what?

I just remembered, I met a Lafferty once.

You know who?

Allen Lafferty and his wife Brenda.

- Auntie Brenda and Uncle Allen.

- Do they ever come around here?

Do you ever get to see them,

play with them, maybe on special occasions?

Special occasions.

- Hey, I mean, you wouldn't have been invited

to--to their wedding, would you?

You remember anything else about that day

or the morning after,

maybe something about your Uncle Allen?

- Jenny! Hey, hey, hey.

Hey! Liar!