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This is my resort property

on Kuta Beach.

I would like to convert it

into the first Meyerist Center in Asia.

To the Light in Bali.

He wants me to take things over for a couple of days.

Okay, but you're still gonna make it to Washington, right?

No, actually no. No, I can't.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

A waitress from a women's rights dinner.

- What are you doing here? - So nice to meet you.

Thanks for supporting a woman's right to choose.

Let's get the vote out in November.

Something happened, Cal.

- Happened? - To you.

With Steve.

- How did... - You don't have to tell me.

We are looking at the very first draft of Ladder,

and I believe that

there's a second author. Lilith.

She believes that Eddie will die.

- Why? - The Movement will crumble

without Eddie, and the world will crumble

without The Movement. Where is she?

I just knew you'd find me.

You never told me that Vera was your daughter.

Vera put me in here,

and she's the only one who can get me out.

I think you're right where you need to be.

Sarah!

The Meyerist Movement, until recently,

was a small fringe movement in upstate New York.

In the past year, they've increased their membership

70% and expanded to Europe.

You called it a "Second-generation phenomenon."

Uh, yeah, their... their founder, Dr. Steven Meyer,

recently died. Now...

It's very rare for a new religion

not to die with its founder.

In this case, their new leader, Eddie Lane,

tripled the base.

Now, he's a guy from a blue collar family in Brooklyn,

with a history of mental illness and abuse.

He married a woman high up in the faith in 1999.

Took over October of last year.

And, uh, has a mystical experience

in the first few weeks of his leadership.

He walks a pregnant woman

through fire

a video which conveniently trends on YouTube.

I've seen the video. Are you saying it was staged?

I'm not saying anything

I don't have the facts to back up.

You called your article

"The Fastest Growing Faith."

What do you think it is about Meyerism

that appeals to this younger generation?

The future is more uncertain than ever.

And young people are looking for something to believe in,

and Lane has an "everyman" quality.

He's a regular guy.

That is until he asked you to sign your life away.

He recently introduced a 25-page contract

for all members for their "security,"

um, that essentially requires them

to waive basic human rights.

Have you ever seen this guy before?

No.

Somebody's talked to him, obviously.

We'll check the log of Possibles and intake sessions.

We can look at security footage outside the city center.

I'm sure that's where he came in.

Yes, I was able to get my hands

on early notebooks of Meyer's,

notebooks that no one had seen before

or rather they'd been hidden away.

And these notebooks pointed to another writer.

A darker voice.

And my research showed her to have been a patient

of Steven Meyer's... What notebook?

When she was she was just 13.

Are they real? Is he making this up?

Meyerism is not a religion.

It is not a "movement" as they like to call it.

Lane is a dangerous man.

And this is a cult.

It's disgusting, and it's libel.

It's a direct attack on Steve. Yes, it is.

And what the hell was that bullshit

about someone else writing The Ladder?

How did he even find out about the contract?

- We're looking into it. - What about the article?

Can you get a retraction?

Um...

No.

No. But there is some good news.

I've been in touch with Ruben's producers,

and they got a great response to the segment

and would like to bring Eddie

on for a follow-up next Thursday.

You'll be able to go head to head with Professor Neill.

Eddie, we have plenty of time to prep,

and they've promised us an unbiased forum

for our response. It will not be unbiased.

Okay? He called us a cult.

Yeah, and you can explain why we're not.

Eddie, it's a... it's a very good show.

It's popular, and Ruben will moderate.

I...

I think it's a good move.

Eddie. You have to do this.

I agree.

You have to go on that show.

Defend us.

And Steve.

I can't do this.

Cal.

I mean, I...

Can go on and defend myself, but how can I defend him?

Um...

I'll do it.

He's taken enough from me.

It's time.

Are you sure?

I'd really like to do this.

Mary? Buck needs to see you.

I didn't read that article,

the exposé in "The New Yorker."

I mean, you spend your time reading magazines,

you don't get shit else done in your day.

But one of my interns, they have Google alerts

for everything. It's not true.

I did skim it.

Some other woman involved?

Always a woman behind the man, huh?

So, that's it?

I called your husband because I have a problem.

An impulse that I can't control.

An impulse that I know could destroy me.

And you are actually helping me.

Meyerism is effective.

You're effective.

You're a force, you know that?

What if you came to work for me?

Be on my staff.

- As what? - Executive Assistant

but you'd function as an advisor.

I want you on the team when I run for governor.

You'd get hands-on campaign experience, and...

Then when we move to Albany, you can transition to be

in my office there, if you wanted.

I'll admit it's enticing.

Health insurance for you and your family,

travel stipend, full-time salary.

I mean...

It's government so you're not gonna be rich,

but it'd be something like...

- What about Cal? - What about him?

He's the... the one with the insight.

I don't know.

He didn't charm the pants off

the ladies for reproductive rights,

and he didn't keep me

from getting a hollow blow job

from that waitress afterward.

You did.

And the fact that I'm a Meyerist?

Oh.

I believe in the separation

of Church and State.

Of course, if it came out on the campaign trail,

that would be annoying, but

personally it doesn't bother me.

What the fuck, Sarah?

I know. I'm furious.

How could you trust someone like that?

I met him at a vulnerable time.

I'm going to talk to him.

You're done with him, okay?

I need you now.

Everything that he knows I need to know and more.

Okay?

Let's go.

So you were one of Steve's patients.

Yes.

And The Ladder. You saw in your dreams?

Visions, yes.

So what happened on Huayna Picchu?

I don't know. I wasn't there.

But Steve had a wonderful imagination.

All right, so what's the difference

between Steve's imagination and your dreams?

My dreams come true.

So Eddie has to die for your apocalypse to happen?

Eddie doesn't have to die.

Eddie gets to die.

What if you're just a mentally ill person.

I'm not.

Why not ask the professor about all of this?