The Path

Previously on "The Path"...

Sarah and I've decided

that she will no longer be a part of The Movement.

I talked to your Dad about it, and we're in agreement.

I will not let you not leave The Movement.

It's conversion therapy.

This cannot be the only way.

I'm sorry, man.

- I want to take the ODE. - That test is outdated.

You don't know the things I've done,

and the people I come from.

There's a tree, and there's a boy.

He's chasing me,

and has a head of sandy hair.

And then my father calls for me to come inside.

And it's over.

You are full of light.

Does he have to die?

Yes. Eddie has to die so we can live.

I never saw a Garden.

I can show you what I saw.

Easy. Easy. The enucleation went well.

You're gonna be fine... I saw it.

The end...

and finally I know.

I know how it's going to happen.

Are you sure? You've been heavily sedated.

I know The Light's message.

It is coming.

Any questions?

You know my people can read, right?

But you will find most won't. Or don't.

Frankly, I'm surprised that you even did.

Well, I care about them.

I have no interest in challenging

that assertion, Mr. Lane.

Well, it's important to me

that you know it.

- Okay. - Look, I hired you

to make sure that we don't get hit with bogus lawsuits,

but this basically says that you have to sign

your life away to walk through the door.

You are a growing corporate entity

which means... No. No.

We are a group of people

that are coming together to seek a better life...

Fine. A growing, faith-based, corporate entity then.

These people.

My people.

They trust me with their spiritual well-being,

their families, their best interests.

This document does not service those interests.

You hired us to keep you protected.

This keeps you protected.

Well, at the very least, I think we can remove

clauses 15 through 21, 23...

Do you want to know how the Scientologists

avoid scandal every other week?

Better lawyers.

Or the ever regenerating Catholic Church?

Better lawyers.

Have your people sign it or don't,

but this is why you hired me.

We're the better lawyers.

My next appointment is waiting.

The world is full of crap.

Crap you buy, crap you eat, crap you breathe.

We're gonna release all that.

All that toxic Damage... Let it out!

Now hold it. Hold it!

Breathe out. Light-headed, dizzy.

Making yourself completely empty

for one last refreshing breath in.

Gather it, good, pure, clean air.

And...

Yeah.

Hey.

Mind if I walk with you? Sure.

Vera. Vera Asan.

- Stephens. - Right, right, right.

What's going on?

- Follow me. - Why?

Did something happen?

No, no, no.

Just I have something to show you.

Recognize it?

Yeah, you were running.

Being chased.

Laughing like you rarely laughed.

Around a tree.

The only tree in an open field.

And, uh, the light

came through the leaves

making a kaleidoscope of patterns.

Here... that was here?

I didn't know where it was.

I didn't even know if it was real.

Most of my early childhood is just a blank.

Yeah.

But there was a boy,

boy with sandy hair chasing you.

Boy who rarely laughed.

You.

- Then your father... - Vera!

Called for you to come inside.

Steve is your father.

Who are you?

Steve's daughter.

Why are you here?

I was here the same reason you are.

Dad.

Are you gonna tell him?

It's a door.

Eddie walks through it,

he starts to know who Steve is,

questions are asked, and maybe they come round to me,

what happened with Steve.

Eddie will end this.

The Movement.

And it's going so well.

For me. For Mary.

It can't end, not yet.

No.

No... yes, you're right.

I don't want it to end either.

I should go.

But Vera.

I have so many questions.

Who's your mother?

Is she here?

She died.

A long time ago.

I have a daughter.

Where is she?

We had a falling out. She doesn't speak to me.

I'm sorry. What happened?

It's none of my business. You must be exhausted.

I wasn't the easiest mother.

I'm sure my kids feel the same.

Thank you for coming to get me.

I deeply appreciate it.

It's selfish on my part. I still have questions.

- Go on. - What I saw during the ritual.

The...

The black rain,

the darkness, the despair, is that where we're headed?

It is.

Steve told us about The Future, but seeing it...

I'd like to show you something else.

You're preparing...

For life after the end.

Yes. For those who know The Truth.

- How many are there? - Enough.

All over the world.

And the weapons?

In case we need to protect ourselves.

What happens to everybody else? Those who...

aren't ready to believe?

They die.

Who'd want to survive? Outlive everybody they love?

It's a difficult choice...

Shouldn't you be telling more people?

Everyone knows that the Earth is a ticking time bomb.

We're lucky if there's a handful of centuries

before the ice caps melt or the asteroids strike.

That's if the next world war doesn't get us first.

And many choose to turn their backs on The Truth.

When the fire comes,

those despicable forces that sicken and darken the thoughts

of the men of our planet will be consumed.

And the new world will be one

we wish our children would be born into.

It's a world without pain or suffering,

without war, without fear... That's what happens next.

That's the choice all of your followers make.

Yes. There may not be a Garden of eternity in the sky,

but there will be one here, on Earth,

and we will build it.

Read it and then sign here that you're cool.

It's a liability thing, everyone has to sign it.

It's just like the thing you sign

when you go to a new yoga or pilates studio.

Oh, okay.

Wait, this is like 25 pages of stuff you have to sign away.

Anything we write "in the building or on the compound,

is property of The Meyerist Movement?"

Eddie wouldn't ask us to sign something like that.

Would he?

Hey. What's going on?

Thank you for meeting me. I know this isn't ideal.

I don't understand

what couldn't have waited until later.

I found her.

I found Lilith.

Sarah. What are you doing?

You're not even a Meyerist anymore.

But I... I am in a way.

Of The Movement, before Steve went and changed

and modernized things.

Look, is that what you're doing here? Huh?