Strange Angel

None of us were much familiar with this Aleister Crowley.

I'm just glad he lives so far away.

He's not as far as you'd think.

Be careful with the pages

and be sure to close them when you're done.

Keep pure

your highest ideal.

Strive ever toward it without allowing aught

to stop you or turn you aside,

even as a star sweeps upon

its infinite and incalculable

course of glory.

Love is the law.

Love under will.

Your minerval has earned the right

To partake of the workings.

It means you can stay.

The key of the rituals is in the secret word,

which I have given unto you.

Love is the law.

Love under will.

Do what thou wilt, Jack.

That's why we're here.

Are you ready?

What is it I should be ready for?

Sacrifice and ascension.

Love is the law.

Love under will.

By uniting with the eternal force of creation,

we bend the world to our will.

I've put everything on the line now.

The master tells us sacrifice is what's required.

Don't tell me you didn't enjoy it.

That's not the point.

When's the world gonna start bending to my will?

Well, it was only your first time with a high priestess.

You've barely scratched the surface.

General Braxton's only in town till the end of the week.

You keep trying to play a game that's rigged against you.

Doesn't matter.

I still need to win.

But you don't get it. Why suck up to a general

with only two stars when there's a million of 'em

out there waiting for you?

- All right. - Careful.

Susan.

I was just thinking,

I've barely seen you since our camping trip.

Oh, I know. I've been so busy.

It'd be nice to catch up, just the two of us.

Figure we're overdue.

I brought lemonade with a little something extra.

Please.

- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.

Sorry, sir. Demonstration in progress.

I'm looking for my partner.

How long is the demo gonna be?

Jack. Jack. Wait.

- What's going on? - We've got a meeting

- With Professor Mesulam. - That's on Tuesday.

It is Tuesday, Richard.

Oh.

Goddamn it.

I'm sorry.

Working both these projects... it's just killing me.

- Is General Braxton in there? - Yeah.

Why don't you show him our film?

We had our chance.

Braxton has written our project off.

He hasn't seen any of our latest work in the arroyo.

- Mr. Onsted. - Yeah?

The general is asking if you'll be much longer.

Um, I'll be right there, sir.

Is there any way we can reschedule?

No. I can see you're busy.

It's incredible, right?

Please tell me what is incredible?

You just witnessed gas exhaust speeds

in excess of 5,000 miles an hour.

Would you like to watch it again?

- Yeah, yeah. - No need, Alice.

Where is Richard?

He's splitting his time with another project.

And without Richard,

the rest of the team's not showing up, either.

But the work you are doing is very dangerous.

You shouldn't be out there alone.

I'm not. There's the guy holding the camera.

The project needs to keep moving forward with or without Richard.

Back in Europe,

I too worked with a friend.

Max Schull.

We shared our love of aeronautics,

worked on PUZ 1 together.

But as the Nazis rose in power,

suddenly my university was worried, uh,

they had too many Jewish professors.

Max had already secured a chair,

but I was denied mine.

And no one protested.

Not even Max.

I called him coward.

I said many horrible things.

He and I haven't spoken since.

Given state of the world, we may never speak again.

Why are you telling me this?

Uno Ne Peleya Sino Dos.

It's an old Ladino saying meaning,

"it takes two to have argument."

Without Richard, you are like

car with gas pedal

but no brake.

The military is about to pick the projects

they're bringing to D.C.

Now is not the time to slow down.

There will be other opportunities.

When?

I'm not about to give up on this chance.

These equations prove a solid-fuel rocket

can burn stable.

But you will need to work with Richard to understand them.

Look at you...

Making cocktails in the middle of the afternoon.

I knew there was more to Susan Parsons than met the eye.

Perhaps.

But I'm not the only one keeping secrets.

Forgive me.

What secrets are you referring to?

What's this?

I know Jack's been going.

Going where?

To that house, with Ernest.

Question is, do they know what they've been going to?

It's about the man who started Thelema,

this Crowley.

The paper makes him out to be a monster.

They say he's seduced young girls,

that he practices animal sacrifice,

even bestiality.

Mm, I know what it says.

Is it true?

Ernest would say

it's all propaganda spread by Crowley's enemies.

People who are afraid of freedom.

What do you think?

Does it matter what I think?

Why not ask your husband?

Because I need to know what I'm up against first.

The truth is even worse.

That mass you saw...

That's just the beginning.

The high priest... Alfred... he...

he claims monogamy's a form of slavery,

that no one owns anyone else.

He separates couples,

makes them switch with each other.

It's not just husbands with other wives.

It's... wives with wives

and men with men.

Three at a time. More.

How do you know all this?

How do you think?

You've been going?

Ernest can't seem to live without it.

And I can't seem to live without him.

So... now that you know what you're up against,

are you gonna confront him?

Susan?

- What are you two doing? - Mm.

Oh, just catching up,

talking about how we've been

spending our evenings.

You, me, Jack.

You're drunk.

So?

What if I felt like being drunk?

Sorry, Susan, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

I was just going.

What'd you tell her?

Maggie.

What do you think?

I see the way you look at him.

Who?

Don't play dumb. You know.

Or do you really expect me

to believe that you suddenly care so much about rockets?

You wouldn't understand.

Then explain it to me.

Alfred thinks that Jack

could be the key to unlocking my true self.

He thinks he...

might be my liberation.

From what?

All of this time,

everything I've done for you, for us...

I never wanted you to do anything you did not want to.

What choice did I have?

Be true to yourself!

That's the whole goddamn point!

If you're feeling unhappy...