The Path

Previously on "The Path"...

The only experience I've had is with one other

super-closeted guy at the church.

Is it Arnie Phillips?

Tonight I want to introduce the Guardian

who will tend this corner of the world, Felicia Pickard.

You should've left him in the ground.

I need you to find your way back.

You have to tell Eddie the truth about Steve.

Vera has found some old diaries of Steve's,

and she thinks you wrote "The Ladder," or part of it.

She claims Steve stole the religion from her,

but that's not what made us cut her off.

It was when she hurt her child.

The poor girl is probably scarred for life.

I don't need a secular liaison.

- Are you firing me? - I guess I am.

He loves me. The answer is to find more JPs,

make them my followers, and then take them with me.

We have grown tenfold in the last eight months.

Expanded into other countries.

Our message has spread digitally

all over the world.

And all that sounds great.

And it is!

It's an opportunity to do more,

to make a bigger impact.

But growth can be a distraction.

It can distract you from the growth that really matters.

The growth within.

You see, that is what I'm afraid is happening

here with us right now.

All of us.

So this is what I want you to share with everyone, okay?

Our new decree:

Refinement.

At the beginning of next week,

each and every one of us, all of us,

are going to extract something harmful from our lives,

and lay it before the light.

I'm not talking about giving up gin in favor of vodka.

I'm asking you to dig deep.

What is in your life that just doesn't need to be?

That should not be?

It could be a thing, a habit, a relationship.

Look, you are all here because you are the ones

that everyone here looks up to, okay?

So I need you to get the word out.

Lead by example.

Okay? Dig deep.

Because I am telling you if we do this,

The Light will shine so bright

that not a soul can deny it.

And all of those who are lost

will find their way back home.

Thank you all.

You definitely made your point.

- In a good way, or... - No, in the best way possible.

They weren't just listening to you, they heard you.

Yeah, well, you know, I'm convinced that we need this.

Well, message received.

Seriously.

Bold action will recalibrate, unify our membership.

It felt good, it feels right.

They'll get the message out to the membership.

Yeah, they will. We will.

I couldn't help notice, um...

Sarah wasn't... wasn't there.

Yeah, um... Sarah.

She is on her own personal journey right now.

I don't know why or where, or if it's even personal, but...

You know, I just don't have time to think about it.

You know? About her.

Look she...

"The Yellow Birch Inn," this is all she left me

in case of emergency with the kids.

Look... if there's anything you need...

It'll work itself out one way or another,

but thank you though.

Hey, what are you guys doing tonight?

If you're free, you want to come to my house,

have a family dinner with us?

Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great.

- Great. 7:00? - Yeah.

All right.

Hey.

I'll be out of here in just a moment.

Just had a few things of mine to collect.

Look, I'm not trying to rush you, I just...

I just never got a chance to apologize.

And I wish things could've gone down differently.

Don't be silly, it's, um...

It's just the business.

It's not meant to be nice.

You are incredible at what you do.

I really don't need a bunch of smoke blown...

I mean... I mean this.

You are a visionary.

You've helped us grow.

You took us to that next level, and, Vera,

I'm incredibly grateful for that.

I've just come to realize that your outlook,

your entire secular approach is just not a match for us,

for Meyerism.

Yeah, I um... I think you're right about that.

More than you know.

Oh my God, you have to see this.

This is amazing.

If it's another video, I don't...

No, it's an e-mail from JP,

and he says that he owes us a great debt of gratitude

for your wisdom and insight.

That's very kind of him.

Yeah, and he says that we should be receiving soon

a token of his esteem.

What do you think it is?

Whatever it is, we need to be discreet about it.

Eddie's showing me a lot of trust these days,

and cultivating my own patrons could threaten that...

I don't know about Eddie's trust.

He invited us to this dinner.

It's symbolic, I know... Yeah, dinner at the Lane's.

We've finally arrived.

Maybe they're just looking to fill some chairs.

Vera's gone. Sarah wasn't around today.

Did you notice that?

"Yellow Birch Inn." Uhhuh.

It's where Sarah is with, well...

Whoever she is with.

He pretended it didn't bother him, but...

"A bucolic bed and breakfast in the Amish country

"well-regarded by bird lovers

and those looking for a romantic escape."

Uh-huh.

So this guy that we're driving

to Pennsylvania to find now... John Kordjak.

Yeah, him.

You saw his name in one of Lilith's journals? That's all?

- I know how it sounds. - Oh, I don't think you do.

You think I'm on a wild goose chase.

No, I'm not. I don't. I'm with you.

I just need a little guidance,

like a GPS to the inside of your brain.

I saw his name on the diaries

that Steve and Lilith were working on together.

And it just spoke to me, so... The name? It spoke?

See, now it doesn't sound like you're with me.

I am. I am, I swear.

It resonated, and somehow I feel like he's got the answers

that I'm looking for, so I looked him up.

And he works at a hospital nearby, so... Oh.

I'll never be right.

What? I'm breathing. I needed to breathe.

I'm here, aren't I?

Can I get some credit for that?

Yes, I'm glad you're here. Thank you.

I'm really glad you asked me.

I wasn't sure I'd hear from you.

I mean a trip to France with your ex?

That's not the greatest sign.

That was work, all right? That's all.

Thank you.

Come back.

Push forward.

Come back, breathing in.

Push forward.

Now turn to center, keeping your knees bent.

Turn all the way.

Turn, turn, turn. There's John.

And push forward.

Come back.

Push forward.

How did you find me?

Well, you didn't make it that difficult.

You're living under your name you had

before you joined the Movement.

I wasn't trying to hide, just return to myself.

The individual I lost when I joined the many.

There's someone I want to learn more about.

Someone from the early days of the Movement.

Her name is Lilith.

A patient of Steve's. You know her.

Anything that you can tell me about her

would be very helpful.

These kids...

They're the poor people of our big, prosperous country.

We ship them off to fight our wars, and they end up here.

Broken.

Forgotten.

I came here to be of service to them.

And every day that I'm here, caring for them,

being with them, I know I'm doing good.

Sarah, so much of my life was wasted

worshipping someone who turned out to be nothing but a man

as mortal and as flawed as any of us.

You really think it was all a waste?

Don't ask me to go back to those days, Sarah.

It's too painful!

I'm not just here trying to help them,

I'm trying to heal myself.