The first 200 lines.
Previously on "The Path"...
Why would you choose a religion
that would never choose you?
It's not just about the religion, Hawk.
It's about my family. I-it's everything.
I will lose everything!
Three women are accusing you of groping them.
You go.
I can't run a session like that.
Yes, you can help him more than I can.
It's time for the real work to begin.
Okay.
What happened with Steve... Eddie will end this.
I don't want it to end either.
All the memories are in there,
in the cave with he painted flowers.
I just need to find it.
Sarah and I have decided
that, uh... she will no longer be a part of The Movement.
Take this.
It's what The Light revealed to me.
I'm just asking you to sit down with her.
She has a different story of the beginning
and the end. Where is she?
She came out of surgery.
I'm worried something's happened.
Tell her I want to talk to her immediately, okay?
So she doesn't know that Eddie dies.
Lilith is my mother.
You're telling me that Steve is your father?
He's gonna die soon. I saw it.
This was amazing,
because three months earlier, I myself had had a dream
about a man carrying a pregnant woman through fire.
So, when I overhear this man...
This custodian in one of my hotels,
a man I have never spoken to or met in my life...
Talking about a man saving a woman from fire,
it was abundantly clear to me...
that something remarkable was presenting itself to me.
Two days later,
I attended my first Meyerist meeting.
There were hundreds of people there.
I was overjoyed and shocked.
There were villagers, shop owners, young kids,
and even a few stiffs in suits like me.
That night...
was the first time I saw images
of this mythical American...
Eddie Lane.
And when I was first introduced to The Ladder...
From that moment on...
all I have ever wanted was to climb.
But, um, we've never done any outreach
in Asia... none. I know.
Believe me, I know.
I've long been skeptical of these missionaries
preying on our people.
When I first encountered Meyerism,
I was looking for the scam... The illusion,
the explanation, the strings.
Every so often, things just happen.
It happened...
because it cannot be stopped.
The message is spreading...
which is why I...
invited you all here tonight.
This is my resort property on Kuta Beach.
I would like, with your permission,
to convert it into the first Meyerist Center in Asia.
The logistics are under way.
I was too giddy to wait, I must admit.
And if we stay on schedule,
I would like to unveil it to you...
To the world...
on the next hunter's moon, next month.
- - I'll go.
I mean, look at these beaches.
Right.
I would like our countrymen...
to learn everything that Steven Meyer learned
from The Light.
Um... well...
Everything, um, learned from The Light
belongs to Eddie Lane now.
Anything to be learned will be taught by Eddie.
Hmm.
To The Light in Bali.
To The Light in Bali.
My mother always told me that The Movement's growth
would lead to its collapse.
So you're saying that Bali is a bad idea?
No, um...
Look, Vera, you're not under your mother's thumb...
anymore.
Yeah, I know that.
It's hard to hear someone be
so 100% certain about something so terrifying.
Ah, I get that, but, hey, look,
whatever happens is going to happen.
I mean, I didn't have anything to do
with introducing Meyerism to Bali, but here we are.
I mean, we're going to fucking Bali.
All right?
Come on.
Hey, Eddie.
Do you... do you think we'll recover?
Vera.
Yeah, I know. I'm...
I'm sorry. It's just...
y-you look at me differently.
Hey.
Look, I just don't know how to look at you
and not make it...
you know, different.
You know, I don't know how to keep talking about this
or not keep talking about this.
I'm just...
processing.
That's all. Okay?
That's just gonna take some time.
Okay? So just give me that.
It's gonna be... great.
Yeah. It will.
It will.
Come here.
We're both wiped.
You have the AL tomorrow. Let's just get some rest.
Yeah, that'll be good.
Absolutely.
I think there's someone in there.
Wait, wait, wait.
Stay here. Okay?
- Yeah. - Good.
Jesus!
Hawk! I'm sorry.
I-I thought... What?
I need your keys.
I was looking for your keys to the Prius lot.
Why didn't you ask first before breaking in?
'Cause I thought you'd say no.
Say no to what?
I got a letter. It's from Caleb.
Well, I mean, it's not... It's "from Caleb,"
but it's not from Caleb. It's...
- Hey, Hawk. - Hi, Vera.
Look...
I can tell that you're...
very torn up about whatever's happening with Caleb.
But you have to promise me
that you will not do anything like this again.
Yeah. Okay.
- Okay? - Yeah.
Just... read it.
I mean, there's no way he wrote that.
"I ask you as a friend
to respect my decision to better myself."
"My commitment to The Light of this World, Jesus Christ."
What the fuck is that?
He's in trouble there, Dad, and I have to go help him.
Where?
Maryland?
I need a car.
Five minutes means five minutes.
500 bucks means five minutes.
How long did you say since she's been here?
I have no idea. Where are you going?
Hey! Hey, hey, hey.
Can you get in the mailbox?
Are you fucking kidding me, lady?
I'm serious. Don't push me on this, lady.
Lady, I swear to God...
Are you listening? Hey, I'm over here!
We're done. That's it.
Time's up.
I'm talking to you. Listen to me.
You're out. We're done.
Let's go.
Now.
Now! Right now! Out!
All right, so this is
what's on the schedule for the next couple days.
We rescheduled that podcast thing,
so don't worry about that. Uhhuh.
And I'm still getting some blowback
about the arbitration contracts.
So, if that flares up for whatever reason,
just give me a call.
No, if anything comes up, I'll call you.
Not because I need to know anything about it, but just...
I don't want you to feel
that you have to put out these fires on your own.
Not that there's gonna be any fires,
but just if there are. I understand.
All right, then.
Um, should be gone just a day, two tops.
- Just you and Hawk? - Yeah.
- Nice. - Well, it's, um...
it's Caleb-related.
His folks sent him
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