The Path

I want to know what's going on in your life, kid.

Really? 'Cause everyone thinks you hate us.

‐ I do not hate you. ‐ You're a denier.

‐ I never signed that form. ‐ Doesn't matter.

You walked out.

‐ Not everything has to do with my split from Eddie.

‐ What about his trip to Peru?

‐ If Eddie went to Peru, I would know about it.

‐ Are you speaking with him? ‐ Of course not.

‐ They grabbed a building in Canarsie at an auction

through a holding company that we were able to link...

Five million dollars.

To Cal Roberts.

‐ Sold property.

He didn't fall. He was pushed.

Man who killed Steve.

He says it was a white man.

‐ Listen, I can't explain the world I was in, okay?

But it only works when you believe,

because once you pull that thread,

it just turns into nothing

right in your hands.

They get to live in this castle

while their factories are poisoning everyone's water.

It's so messed up.

‐ Hawk, what are you doing? We're gonna get caught.

‐ Fuck you, Dekaan!

‐ I could turn you in for Silas.

‐ You won't, because then it's over,

it's all over.

‐ In the way that all living things must change and evolve,

Meyerism itself cannot remain static.

At last, here on the thirteenth rung,

I can reveal what I have known from the beginning,

that Calvin Roberts and Sarah Lane

will succeed me together as co‐leaders of the movement

and guardians of The Light.

‐ What... what did you do the last time

you were on St. Mark's Place?

What do you mean?

Nice work, Cal. Nice work.

Sadly my two stints in jail

gave me a one‐way ticket...

‐ How's that medicine feel?

‐ Oh boy. ‐ Dance!

It's your first time on the medicine, honey.

You need to keep moving.

Dance in the moonlight, that's right.

There ya go.

Dance with me?

‐ Richard!

‐ Oh!

Yeah. I like dancing with you, Richard.

‐ Hey, hey.

‐ How ya doing?

‐ Doc, I'm so scared! ‐ Where are you?

‐ Back in the orphanage.

‐ You're not there anymore, you're with us, right?

‐ But I keep seeing myself back there

because I know someday you'll be able to...

‐ Yeah, I'll have to go,

but the movement's gonna keep going.

‐ But who will be our guide?

‐ That's not a thing for me to decide.

That's for The Light, man.

That's not a thing for me to decide.

You may feel powerless.

You may feel overwhelmed.

You may feel out of control, but remember,

we are stronger than our damage.

‐ No, no. Please continue.

I'm actually here for group.

No, really.

I'm here for the same reasons as all of you.

I get stressed and when the pressure comes on,

I feel the destructive urges of my damage.

Please go on.

‐ Thanks, Cal.

No matter who we are or what rung of The Ladder,

we are vulnerable souls, but there's peace in that.

Not one of us is above the damage of the world.

So we meditate on what we need to change.

We look at the damage, not with anger or self‐hate,

but locate it.

Locate it.

Have you found it?

Who wants to talk about what they found?

‐ I guess I will.

I‐I thought that being pregnant would be this magical thing,

but mostly I'm so nervous of doing something wrong,

Of hurting the baby somehow.

Because before when I felt helpless,

I would just, like, take whatever drug I could get

my hands on and disappear.

‐ That's okay, Mary.

Everything you feel is completely normal.

And we're here to help you get through it.

This baby will be born into a community of Light.

Can we all send strength to Mary and her baby?

Om...

‐ Thanks, guys.

‐ No, no, no. It's fine. It's fine.

‐ Oh, God, I just thought... I thought we were done.

What did they want?

‐ Um...

Ms. Dekaan caught a couple of Novices

on a surveillance camera.

They broke into a yard.

They threw a rock through a window.

‐ What Novices would do that?

‐ Hawk and Noa.

He's the one who threw the rock.

It doesn't seem like

Ms. Dekaan's gonna press charges.

She wants an in‐person apology.

‐ I'll take him and apologize for both of them.

‐ I can go.

With you, I mean, if you'd like the support.

‐ No. Thank you.

He's my kid, I'll clean it up.

‐ Hey!

What are you doing here?

Come here. So good to see you.

Ah...

Everything okay?

‐ Yeah, yeah, I just, uh...

can I talk to you for a second?

‐ Yeah. What's up?

‐ So I‐I went on the AL retreat the other night.

‐ Yeah.

How was it?

‐ You know all the... all the confusion and anger

and frustration I've been feeling...

It... it all just became clear in the retreat.

I had it, Dad.

It happened.

‐ What? What happened?

‐ I floated. ‐ What?

‐ Like, two feet off the ground, I fl... I floated.

‐ Yeah, hey, no, that's...

that's AL for you, you know?

36 hours without eating, all your bearings are off

and the sun comes up.

You know, hey,

I remember feeling like I floated, too.

‐ No! No, I‐I didn't feel like I was floating.

I was floating.

‐ Right.

‐ See, it was just like everyone said.

And that... that was it. That was... that was my sign.

‐ Sign of what?

I need to commit fully to the movement

and seeing you right now is really confusing for me.

‐ What?

‐ Also, I‐I mean, it's against the rules.

I mean, technically you're a denier.

‐ Wait, wait, wait.

Are you seriously even saying this right now?

‐ I‐I‐I can't see you anymore, Dad.

‐ You can't see me anymore?

For how long?

Hey. Hey, hey.

‐ I'm not... ‐ Hawk.

Listen to me.

I get that you are feeling this right now,

but I am still your father, Hawk.

‐ I‐I‐I don't want to talk about this anymore.

‐ Oh, you're gonna talk about it...

‐ No, you don't understand, I‐I can't!

‐ Yes, you can. We have to, Hawk.

‐ You're not hearing me!

I'm ascending The Ladder now.

‐ No, you are not ascending anything, Hawk,

because there is no Ladder to ascend.

‐ See... see this? This is the problem.

‐ Hey, let's talk it out. ‐ No. No. No!

‐ I‐I‐I have to go. ‐ Hawk, no. Don't... don't go.

Hawk!

‐ You threw a rock through one of these windows?

‐ That one.

Look, I‐I've been all messed up but I‐I think I'm gonna be

a lot less confused, now.

‐ What makes you think that?

‐ You must be Sarah and Hawk.

Libby Dekaan.

Can I pour you some tea?

Thank you.

It's Da Hong Pao. Have you ever had it?

I don't believe so.

‐ It saved my life.

I used to be so wound up, I couldn't sleep at night

and then I started to drink this and it gave me calm.

‐ Mm. That's quite the endorsement.

Thank you so much for coming out.

I know that you're busy.

I've been watching some of the press on your group.

You do quite a lot of good work.

‐ Thank you.

‐ I...

I wanted to apologize for what I did.