All language subtitles for Lou Grant s03e04 Charlatan

Hello, I'm calling from the trip. I'd
like to confirm a close... How much

was involved?

Was it over a thousand dollars?

Was it over ten thousand dollars?

to the word of God.

And as God said to the Israelites halt
ye not between two opinions I

say to you make your decision for God
now.

And so you have.

And it is with great pride that you
should look upon your labors of these

months.

It is appropriate that we pause in the
middle of our work week to give

celebration and to give thanks.

For the dollars you have raised will
soon be turned into nourishment for new

disciples, bread for their bodies and
Bibles for their souls.

Will you join us now, my friends, in the
singing of Hymn 324?

I'm telling you, Lou, the guy is
definitely naked.

Maybe some kind of fraternity
initiation.

Looks a little old for that.

He's carrying a sign, something about
God.

What's going on?

I can't tell from here. I'll get back to
you later.

Uh -huh. All right.

Prescott!

Religion writers.

Where are they when you really need
them?

Marcus is out on assignment.

Where? United Pilgrim Crusade. They
raised a lot of money to open up a new

mission in the Caribbean.

Oh, yeah?

City desk.

Lou Grant.

Yes, it is.

Arnold Zinner. I've seen you at the
press club.

Uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Zinner. I don't
recall.

I'm an editor and a publisher.

Oh. Look, Lou, I'm sure you agree that
freedom of the press is an important

issue. Newspapers have to fight prior
restraint wherever and whenever it crops

up. censorship of the news must be
nipped in the bud.

Well, sure, but... There you go, Lou.
Thanks a whole bunch for your

encouragement. You'll be hearing from
me.

Mr. Zinner, can you tell me what...

You ever hear of a guy named Zinner?

I think it was Arnold Zinner.

Yeah?

He publishes that cheap weekly with
nudes on the front page and headlines

15 secret places that drive women mad.

I think it's called Grabber.

Press guy.

Hey, Joe, what are you doing here?

Well, I was driving along, minding my
own business, and I see a naked guy

climbing a church. It's funny with me.

Whenever I see a naked guy climbing a
church, I get curious.

Think there might be a story here? Hey,
don't ask me. I'm just here doing a

profile on the crusade.

Maybe this gentleman's going to tell us.

Men and women of the press, my name is
Crosley.

Dr. Chamberlain has authorized me to
make the following statement.

We of the United Pilgrim Crusade are
saddened at the unfortunate events of

morning.

One of our brethren clearly has found
the strains of his life more than he

cope with.

The members of the Crusade and I join in
offering our sympathy and our support

and most of all our prayers.

Thank you for your time.

Can we have the man's name, please?

I'm sorry, but to answer any questions
would violate our brother's privacy.

Well, can you tell us what the sign
means?

The sign? The sign the man was carrying.
God sees all.

I'm afraid I don't know.

Our brother was under stress.

You men and women of the press have an
opportunity this morning.

An opportunity for restraint.

Our brother is a sad and disturbed
person.

By overexposing his story, you can only
make his life even sadder.

On the other hand, if you give the
events of this morning only the

they deserve, you'll be doing a service
both to your profession and to a fellow

human being.

Thank you.

You coming?

I'm waiting.

For what?

I'm supposed to meet someone here.
They're going to give me the grand tour.

You want to join us?

No, I think I'll nose around on my own.

No, I'm not lost. Just looking around.

Might be happy to be of help. Well, I
don't need any help.

How can you support that smut peddler,
Arnold Zinner? Who says I support Arnold

Zinner? Arnold Zinner does.

Now, this ad is appearing in the Tribune
tomorrow regarding freedom of the press

and Grabber magazine.

The Los Angeles District Attorney is
once again trying to stifle the free

and we must resist him.

And... I'm grateful for the support of
the city editors of each of our great

daily newspapers in this fight. At least
he didn't actually use your name.

Fight? What fight? Well, come on now,
Lou. I have no idea, Charlie.

But how can you agree to support
something like this if you don't know

issue is?

I didn't agree to support anything. He's
using me without my consent. What's

this all about?

You don't know?

No.

Apparently got hold of a list of the
names, addresses, and phone numbers of

every undercover narcotics agent in L
.A. and he was going to publish it in

week's issue of Grabber magazine.

And if the names and addresses of those
narcotics agents are made public, they

become targets.

They'll be sitting ducks.

Fortunately, the D .A. found out about
it before they were going to publish and

he got a temporary injunction.

Wait a minute.

Telling a newspaper not to publish
before it hits the streets, you're

about prior restraint. That's
unconstitutional. Maybe.

Well, to tell you the truth, I'm glad
you had nothing to do with this thing. I

was a little surprised you supported
Zinner about this.

I'll call Zinner and tell him we can't
run the ad this way.

Wait a minute, Charlie.

What makes you think I don't support
Arnold Zinner?

Our art group is open to the community.

One of our advanced students was just
accepted at the Royal College Park in

London. Mrs. Carson, can you add one
more gentleman to your tour? Sure.

I think you'll enjoy this much more than
just wandering around.

Okay, whatever you say.

Wonderful. I'm Agnes Carson.

Joe Rossi. How do you do?

This is Marcus Prescott of the L .A.
Tribune.

I've heard of you.

Right this way, gentlemen.

Quite a collection.

Looks expensive.

It is.

Well, this one, we outbid this big
museum in Europe.

It's from what they call the Rococo
period.

You know a lot about art?

At the center, I learned a great deal
about it.

And I love it.

You know, Mrs. Carson, someone might
ask, wouldn't all this money be better

spent on people who really need it? Hey,
Joe.

Joe.

If you were taking a tour of the 15
Chapel, is that the kind of question

ask the Pope?

Last year alone, Dr.

Chamberlain traveled over 100 ,000 miles
to bring his message to the rest of the

world.

We have a look in there.

Oh, I'm sorry. I don't have a key for
that room.

Oh, what's in there?

Just a classroom.

We train more than 50 seminarians a
year. They go to our missions in 33

different countries.

You keep all your doors locked?

Next month, Dr. Chamberlain goes to open
our new mission in the Caribbean.

Is that what the big fun drive is all
about?

You know, it's got to be easier for a
camel to get through the eye of an eel

than for me to get in one of your
classrooms.

Joe, right now, your own apartment, is
it locked?

Or your car door?

Thank you, Mr. Prescott.

We've contributed food, clothing, and
medical supplies to more than half a

million people just since last December.

You must be tired rather heavily to
support all those programs.

And we give gladly, Mr. Prescott. As the
Bible says...

Of those to whom much is given, much
shall be expected.

Mr. Rossi, are you coming?

I am telling you, Prescott, there's
something going on around here. Joe, I'm

doing a straight feature story on a
perfectly ordinary religious group. Did

see that plaque?

You don't find anything suspicious about
somebody rubbing out the names of all

those charter members?

About college boys popping out of the
bushes to lead you back every time you

wander away? About doors that you'd
expect to be open but are always locked?

-uh. Doors you'd expect to be open.

I think it was very sleazy of the guy to
get your support without you knowing

it. Zinner's a very sleazy guy.

Well, then why support him?

Pardon me.

Because we have to oppose prior
restraint, Charlie.

I just don't like being in bed with guys
like Arnold Zinner.

I'd rather fight this battle someplace
else.

The DA isn't giving us much of a choice.

Hi, Marcus.

Bring your piece down to Holy Rollers
Park.

They prefer to be called Evangelical
Protestants. There's the difference.

I can't say I ever thought much about
it.

Read the religion page, Charlie.

You know, Marcus, I was talking to Rossi
last night. He thought the whole

crusade operation was maybe a little
suspicious.

I think that's consistent for Rossi.

Guy climbs a church, no clothes on.
Obviously trying to get some point

Then he disappears completely.

You don't think that warrants some
digging?

Lou, it's tricky writing for the
religion page.

Every reader has an axe to grind.

You have to be careful what you write or
the first thing you know you have the

counter -reformation on your hands.

Excuse me.

How long has Prescott been writing
religion?

Oh, maybe six, seven years. I think it
took.

Hey, Lou, can I talk to you for a
minute?

Am I interrupting this to you? No, no,
Jerry. You want to talk to Lou? Well, to

the both of you.

Was something wrong downstairs?

No. It's about Mr.

Prescott's article on the United Pilgrim
Crusade.

Oh?

What about it?

I was a member once.

I mean, I can't believe this.

I worked with the Tribune.

12, 13 years. That's a long time, you
know?

It just kills me to see my newspaper
print a whitewash like this.

You want to see me about something, Lou?
No, Margaret, good. Come on in. I want

you to hear this, too. Go ahead, Jerry.

Okay.

For a long time, I was a member of the
United Pilgrim Crusade.

Everything looked just fine.

Then I began to learn a thing or two.
For example.

For example.

Dr. Chamberlain. Do you know how he got
started?

Selling baby pictures door to door.

That may not be very classy, but it's
not exactly a felony.

Before he started peddling religion, he
was in insurance.

Posted he'd make a million dollars by
the time he was 30 years old. He went

bankrupt. So he's no businessman.

What's he done that's illegal or
unethical? You think Chamberlain goes

advertising his scams?

It's a conspiracy, you know?

I mean, he and his cronies collect the
money from all those donations, one,

three, it's in a Swiss bank somewhere.

Look, Jerry, suppose a lot of what you
say is going on at the crusade. What

proof do you have?

Proof?

Documents, witnesses, something.

No, I don't have none of those.

Look, what I do have is what I know.

And I know Chamberlain's a crook.

Well, Marcus, what do you think?

Stories like that circulate about a lot
of evangelical groups.

The stories are lurid. That doesn't make
them true.

Doesn't make them false either.

Have you heard anything to support
Jerry? I haven't heard a thing.

The story's been published. This is the
first negative response I've had.

Jerry's really worked up about it.

Maybe there's something to it.

Lou, my daddy used to caution me.

Slow and careful.

Your daddy wasn't a city editor.

My daddy was just an old country
preacher.

I'll look into this if you like.

I like. And listen, I'll put Billy on
this with you. Maybe she can help, okay?

Okay, Lou.

My number, what are you going to do?

Nothing.

Hey, Jerry.

Yeah, Rossi, what do you want?

I couldn't help but open here. Are there
other people who feel the way you do

about the crusade?

Yeah, there's a lot of them. How can I
reach them?

I don't think they want to talk about
it.

Well, will you give me some of their
names?

I read all the background material on
Chamberlain. How do you want to split up

the work?

I think you should go to the church and
talk to a man named Crossley. Who's he?

One of the ministers?

No, he's a layperson. He runs the
church's business.

He's kind of second in command to
Chamberlain.

He's a base we should touch. Okay. What
are you going to do?

I'm going to go and talk to the man who
climbed the steeple.

What are you reading?

Grabber magazine.

Oh, boy.

You'll put a dollar in...

I could buy in that rag.

Of course not.

I stole it from the night guy.

Way to go.

Let me have a look at it before you give
it back.

I'd rather you didn't open that magazine
when I'm having my lunch.

I thought you were willing to die for my
right to read Bondage, the tie that

binds.

Hmm.

Despite the sleaziness of that magazine,
there is a critical principle here.

Some principle.

As soon as the dope trade gets a hold of
those names and addresses...

A lot of cops are going to get hurt or
worse. You can't just pick the easy

to support freedom of the press?

I just wish this thing were being fought
out over something a little more

worthwhile than Grabber magazine.

I know.

Every time I get the feeling okay with
what I'm doing, I catch a glimpse of the

front cover of that magazine and I
wonder, is my neck on the line just so

Arnold Zinner can keep undressing women
in public?

I think you'll find the film rather
straightforward, but if you have any

questions, feel free to ask.

In 1946, the world was reeling from a
traumatic war.

In these difficult times, the Lord
called upon one man, Thomas Chamberlain,

bring the light and hope of a new
doctrine to a troubled world.

He had just been discharged from the
armed forces of the United States with

country's highest commendations for
valor.

Three years later, Thomas Chamberlain
would be awarded his doctorate in

from the Ohio School of Christian Study
in Carbondale.

You have to understand, Chamberlain and
the others, they're dangerous men.

Dangerous? How do you mean that?

Well, for one thing, they tried to break
up our marriage.

I don't follow.

They told my husband to divorce me
because I wouldn't follow church

Well, it doesn't sound dangerous.

Heard of other churches do the same
thing. Other churches actually have

doctrine.

See, in the case of the Crusade,
doctrine is whatever Thomas Chamberlain

is, and that changes every 25 minutes.

In 1958, he came to Rosemead,
California, there to establish the first

Pilgrim Church.

I was the editor of the church magazine.

As a result, I was always digging into
the history.

Well, one thing I found out.

Instead of being a war hero, he was
discharged for asthma.

And he went to a school that was run by
a Bible salesman who wore a barber's

collar on him and handed out diplomas as
fast as they could print them.

It must have been tough on your faith
finding out these things.

I began to get curious.

What about?

Oh, money, expenses.

I began to ask questions, and before I
knew it, I was out.

And I mean out.

Our friends would start crossing the
street whenever they saw us coming. Even

Pam's own parents were told to avoid us.

Once you get on the bad side, you become
a non -person.

It's like you don't even exist.

Yeah, like those names missing from that
bronze plaque.

That's right.

We didn't just get social pressures.

The crusade hit us with lawsuits.

And thereafter, our house, our money.

I don't mind telling you, Mr. Rossi,
that we're scared.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

It was a memorable occasion when on
Veterans Day 1968, Dr. Chamberlain

more than 100 ,000 of the faithful
during a triumphal tour of the Midwest.

During the past decade, the tide of...
faith generated by the United Pilgrims.

understand that in Orange County last
year you had a crowd of over 150 ,000

that you took in over a million and a
quarter.

That's an accurate figure.

But we measure the success of a rally by
the number of souls brought to the

Lord. And in Orange County last year we
had 43 ,000 people come forward.

Then there are the love offerings.

To show how committed you are to
Chamberlain.

You're told to bring anything you've
got.

Money, cars, ice boxes.

I don't understand why people are
willing to pay all this.

You see, Chamberlain gets the people to
love him.

He's kind of like an Elvis or someone
like that.

You can't get enough of him.

And you do whatever he wants you to do.

After a while, you get to believe that
without him, you're not going to be

saved. You're going straight to hell.

One thing I'd really like to get across.

I'm not a religious fanatic.

And I'm not crazy either.

So that when I tell you that Thomas
Chamberlain is the single true road to

salvation, you can trust my words.

Believe in him, and you're saved.

Him? Chamberlain?

That's right.

And if you don't believe in it?

I'd like to talk about the church, Mr.
Smithfield.

About your climbing it.

about why you weren't wearing any
clothes.

Look at them.

Just look at them.

They have no idea.

Satan is lying in wait.

Mr. Smithfield, could we... Look, I knew
that when I tried to tell you about Dr.

Chamberlain, you'd just laugh.

I'm not laughing.

They should at least cover themselves.

Look, I think maybe this whole interview
was a bad mistake.

I mean, what do you know about
temptation?

I grew up in a small town in the South,
Mr. Smithfield, where hellfire and Satan

and damnation are very real things,
where man's religion still matters very

much.

And you talk about things like that to
most folks out here, and they'll laugh

you, all right.

But I'm not laughing, Mr. Smithfield.

The steeple... The steeple?

It was the only way to get through.

To Dr.

Chamberlain. We're running out of time.
We have less than a month.

For what?

Crosley and the others always keep him
surrounded.

Makes me a little crazy.

Crosley is using the crusade, you know,
to line his own pockets.

Crosley is skimming?

Tree skimming.

How do you know?

She weepeth sore in the night and her
tears are on her cheeks.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the
Lord thy God.

What?

Crosley and the others.

They're stealing.

Millions. How do you know?

Somebody's been playing tricks.

But it doesn't fool me.

The evidence is there.

I've known about it for months.

What evidence?

Have you tried to tell Dr. Chamberlain?

Is he in on it?

Dr. Chamberlain? Yes.

Something's got to be done for those
people.

And it's incredible.

This guy's mother moved into one of
their old age homes, right? Three months

later, the homes go bankrupt. Now they
won't even answer their letters.

Sounds good.

What's really incredible is what Rossi
got contradicts everything Crosley told

me. I didn't get a single straight
answer in two and a half hours.

Okay. We got Baldwin.

We got the husband and wife testimony.

The other people are Rossi has dug up.
And now Smithfield.

What do you think, Marcus?

I'm just not sure about Smithfield. I
wish I could be more certain.

More certain?

He talked about skimming. He talked
about Crosley stealing millions.

And about girls in bathing suits.

How's that?

The man is not stable. He really is kind
of distracted.

I'm just not sure how reliable he is as
a source.

Yeah, but if you take him with everybody
else... No, not so sure.

If this guy is nuts and these other guys
are just bitter, then... Lou, we're

having some trouble in the layout. I
could use your opinion.

Okay. I'll be right back.

What on earth are you trying to do,
Marcus? When we're pitching a story to

it's not the time to show your
insecurity about it. I just told him

I don't think we have enough.

Not enough?

How much do you need? I know guys who
have won the Pulitzer Prize on less than

this. It's hard enough to sell a story
without getting shot down by somebody on

your side.

We're not just busting up a numbers game
or a dope ring. It's bigger than that.

It certainly is. It's millions and
millions of dollars these people are

taken for. You can take away a man's
money or his property. They can be

replaced. But when you take away his
faith, you leave him with nothing. Look,

Marcus, if you don't want to run with
this, what the hell are you doing on

story? Okay, where were we?

We were talking about going after the
crusade.

All right, if there's a chance that
Billy and Rossi are right.

And Chamberlain is deceiving people.

It should be investigated and exposed.

I'm not sure that Chamberlain is
involved in this. And he's the man on

church is built.

Marcus, you don't think we have enough?

I see a lot of enthusiasm here, but I
don't see much evidence.

This is a difficult story for you, isn't
it?

I'm having some trouble working up the
same glee others seem to have.

Marcus, let me do us all a favor.

You're off the story.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

Poor Mark.

Can you imagine being bumped off a story
like that?

He must really be depressed.

I walked out of the building with him
this afternoon and he seemed fine.

Funny guy.

He kicked the best story he ever had in
his life right in the teeth.

Lou was right to take him off the story.
He wasn't going after it.

He's got too many years on the religion
page. He's waiting for the story to come

down from the mountain. Written on
tablets.

I think you guys are being unnecessarily
hard on him. He's having trouble with

his story because he happens to be one
of those people to whom religion has

meaning.

He believes.

Maybe he should be in a seminary.

He's a good writer.

But we're in the newspaper business. A
good reporter's got to have an instinct

for the jugular.

Oh, I don't know. Look at Rossi.

We're knocking the hell out of Marcus
Prescott.

Because he's gentle and cautious and
he's no killer.

Aren't we in a funny business?

The law says that any religious
organization which receives a California

exemption... For example, a crusade. For
example, a crusade, that such an

organization must meet the following
requirement that... that no part of its

earnings may benefit any private
shareholder or individual.

Which means a church leader shouldn't
get rich off their churches.

And if they do, the state can prosecute.

I wonder why they haven't.

This may come as a surprise to you, Miss
Newman, but you haven't told me

anything new.

You've heard all this before? You've had
people come forward with testimony

against the United Pilgrim Crusade?

Yes. Not the same people that you've
interviewed, but the stories are

I've been building a file.

Oh. Well, when are you going to move
against them?

Maybe never.

Why not?

Because.

Unfortunately, the other people in the
office don't feel the same way I do.

And in a way, I can't blame them.

Let's say you're a young attorney in the
office hoping to get ahead.

You have a choice.

You can spend your time going after a
religion that's encouraging people to

their taxes, be faithful to their
spouses and brush their teeth, or you

after murderers, thieves, and crooked
politicians.

What if the people behind the crusade
are thieves?

Let me put it like this.

When you go after religion, you run the
risk of appearing to attack God.

And that'll cost you votes in the
valley.

So if we go after the crusade and we can
prove all we're saying, we're still all

alone. Well, you may be alone for a
while.

But if the Tribune can make some noise,
maybe this file of mine will begin to

look more exciting to my boss.

Lou Grant.

Yeah. I'm Arnold Zinner.

I'll come right to the point.

I want to thank you for your support,
Lou.

Why thank me? I have nothing to do with
it. And to ask you if you'll appear in

court on the magazine's behalf.

You want me to testify?

Day after tomorrow.

No chance, pal.

There goes Western civilization.

I know we have a different approach to
journalism.

But if the courts are allowed to
exercise prior restraint in this case,

they going to use it against the Trib?

We'll fight that battle when the time
comes.

Look, Lou, what you may be forgetting...
I'm not forgetting anything.

I know all the arguments, and I'm not
biting.

Goodbye, Mr. Zinner.

My lawyer told me in our system of
justice, precedent is where it's at.

Once the courts make a decision in a
single case, that precedent becomes the

law.

Now, like it or not, all publications
are the same, whether it's Grabber

Magazine or the Los Angeles Tribune.

The way it was explained to me, if I
lose my case, you could be next.

Listen, Marcus, you mentioned a woman at
the crusade. You said she took you on a

tour, remember?

Agnes Carson.

I'd like to talk to her. I thought maybe
a couple of good quotes would give the

story a little more balance. A couple of
quotes?

Yeah, then I thought maybe I could
interview a lawyer who supports the

position. Do you think that a couple of
quotes would be enough to give

Chamberlain's side of the story?

I'm going to be fair, Marcus.

I can't find it. It's got to be here
somewhere. I'll keep looking, okay?

Thanks.

Yes, Art, what is it?

How you doing?

Fine.

Bishop Caldwell spoke on free will at
the Immaculate Heart, and the Interfaith

Council of L .A. has issued another
position paper in favor of people not

each other.

Mm -hmm.

I don't get it.

It seems to me that you had the best
story of your whole career, and you let

yourself get bumped off of it.

And what gives?

Yeah.

Everybody thinks that they... crusade is
a good story.

And you don't?

I just think I don't know.

It seems to me that people get an awful
lot of pleasure out of labeling a man of

God as a hypocrite.

But if he is a hypocrite, isn't he fair
game?

You know, my daddy was a preacher in a
small town.

When I was a little boy, we were coming
out of a market one day.

As we walked down the road, The clerk
came out of the store shouting, thief,

stop, thief.

Policeman jumped out of his car, grabbed
my father, and marched him all the way

back to the store.

I never will forget the look on people's
faces when they saw my father being

moved down Clay Street like that.

When we got back to the store, the clerk
said, oh, no, no, you've got the wrong

man.

And they released him immediately.

But the rumor got around town that
Reverend Prescott had been caught

Everyone wanted to believe it because my
father was a preacher.

So, I always think twice before I yell
thief.

Damn it, Marcus.

You should be on this story.

Dr. Bunning, what do you think of the
United Pilgrim Crusade?

I think they have a splendid art
collection.

Oh, but wait a minute. You're not going
to get off quite so easily.

I asked you to join us because we're
wrestling with a difficult, touchy story

the crusade.

We need the opinion of the established
clergy.

Okay, I'll be honest.

Their art collection is a little
pretentious.

What else?

Well, to tell you the truth, I don't
respect the leaders of the Crusade. Are

aware of charges that they've been
ripping off their congregation by

money into their own pockets?

Yes, I've heard that. Do you believe it?

It wouldn't surprise me.

What would you think if the Attorney
General decided to sue them?

I would be appalled.

Really?

I would think you'd support getting rid
of the charlatans in your profession.

Mr. Grant.

There aren't many things that trouble me
more than seeing the poor and the

helpless taken advantage of by the
clergy.

Right, exactly.

But there are one or two.

And one is the sight of a whole
religious movement under attack by the

Wait a minute.

Matters of faith and religious doctrine
aren't under attack here. We're talking

about money and the con game.

Isn't it the state's job to make sure a
tax -exempt organization conforms to the

law?

Now, I think there's a more important
principle at work here.

That the church's business should in no
way be the business of the state.

Nobody here is challenging that
principle.

I think you are.

I don't believe you would be tolerant of
state interference if it were the

press's First Amendment rights we were
discussing.

If the state can't look into a
charitable organization which is taking

of the people who donate to it...

Then we're left wide open to any self
-serving charlatan who throws a cloak

around his shoulders and calls himself a
religion.

Mr. Grant, I don't like the United
Pilgrim Crusade.

Sometimes in life you find yourself
having to defend somebody you don't

I don't know what I can tell you about
the details of the crusade.

Maybe you should talk to Dr.

Chamberlain or Mr. Cosley. Well, what
I'd really like to talk about are your

feelings.

What do you mean?

Lastly be coated in the paper? In black
and white.

I guess I'd just like to tell everyone
how grateful I am.

Grateful?

To Dr.

Chamberlain. To the crusade.

You should have seen me. Before I
joined, I mean, I was a mess.

All I used to do was sleep.

I mean it. I would just sleep away the
day.

And when was this, Mrs. Carson?

Two years ago.

And what changed?

One day I went to a rally.

I don't know what drew me there.

Must have been God watching out for me.

Dr. Chamberlain was speaking there.

What did he say?

He told me he loved me.

And I knew he meant it.

That was the day I learned how to pray.

And that changed your life?

I became a child of the church.

I did what Dr. Chamberlain told me. I
began to dress modestly.

I took care of my body and my house and
my family.

And what does the church ask in return?

I volunteer them my time because I don't
have a job.

And, of course, we pay the tithe.

How much is the tithe?

27 % of what Donald earns.

27 %?

Some people say that's too much.

But how can you put a price on
salvation?

Isn't it hard to make ends meet?

People think they need a lot of things
they really don't. We don't really need

car. We don't really need a TV.

Dr. Chamberlain taught us how to live on
a budget.

When I go to the market, I just have to
stretch our dollars.

We have to be careful because of the gas
bills, electricity, everything.

It's getting so expensive.

Now we'll have to keep up our loan
payments.

Loan payments?

On what?

The loan we took out for the new
mission.

The Crusades sent a letter from the
church explaining how to get a bank

Donald and I got our money just in time
to make our contribution.

What was the hurry?

Dr. Chamberlain and Mr. Crosley had to
leave for the Caribbean in less than a

month. We were running out of time.

And you gave them money that you didn't
have?

Oh, it's an investment.

Priming the pump.

That's what Dr. Chamberlain calls it.

One day, all our good work, all our
generosity will be paid back.

Got a minute, Lou?

Of course. What is it, Marcus?

I've been thinking about Chamberlain's
church.

What about it?

I remember Jeremiah.

Jeremiah?

In the Bible.

You know what he said?

Let not your prophets that are in the
midst of you beguile you.

I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

Mm -hmm.

Wish I'd said that.

You know something?

I think you did. I just wasn't
listening.

I want back on the story a little.

You do?

Really, Marcus, you want to go after it?

Yes, I do.

Very much.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here
on A &E.

And hold it. Oh, sure.

A &E return to Lou Grant.

Excuse me, Joe.

Yeah, what is it, Martin?

I need some help. It's about the
crusade. I'm back on the story.

Yeah, I heard. What can I do for you?

I went back to talk to Smithfield, but
he's being guarded by some young

type from the crusade.

Maybe if you could distract the
watchdog, it'd give me a chance to

Smithfield.

Why don't you just tell me where he is,
Billy, and I'll get to him. No, it's my

source. I can handle it.

You don't want to run with this thing.
What the heck are you doing on the

You really want this, don't you?

It's a good story.

Hey, what are you doing?

Hey!

Smithfield. It's Marcus Prescott.

I'm not supposed to talk to you. Please,
we don't have much time.

Please, go away.

Billy Newman, also from the Tribune.

The last time I was here, you mentioned
some things that might be helpful.

We won't use anything in the paper you
don't want us to.

We heard about what the Crusade is
doing. The closing of the old age homes,

foreign money exchanges.

When I was here, you said we had less
than a month.

For what?

It was all a mistake. I shouldn't have
talked to you. In less than a month, Dr.

Chamberlain is going to the mission.

Mr. Crosley is going with him.

Now, does that have anything to do with
your climbing the church steeple?

Is there something you should tell Dr.

Chamberlain before he goes to the
Caribbean?

I can.

You told me about the devil, Mr.
Smithfield.

The last time I was here, you told me
about Satan.

Now, if you hold back from telling us
the truth now, isn't it Satan who'll

profit from your silence?

Isn't it the thieves and the robbers,
the Crosleys of this world who'll profit

from your silence?

She weepeth sore in the night, Mr.
Smithfield, and her tears are on her

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the
Lord thy God.

Mr. Smithfield, return at last to the
truth.

The printouts.

What did you say?

Printouts. What printouts?

They're in the...

Closet, by the back door.

Open the door!

Everything's there.

All the details.

I was in the accounting department when
they made the... When they made the

computer program.

How they did it. Everything.

That was some

show back there.

Not for nothing was I a preacher, sir. I
noticed. You really got all that jargon

down. Billy, I believe all that jargon.

There.

That's it? The goods on the crusade.

It's a really clever way to cover up the
illegal transfer of millions of

dollars. How do they do it?

By setting up a separate fund for phony
missions, channeling all their donation

money through it into their personal
bank accounts.

You know that trip Crosley and
Chamberlain are planning next month?

It's not just to dedicate a new mission.

The real reason is to make a bank
deposit.

A rather hefty bank deposit.

These are copies, of course.

The originals are in safekeeping, and
there is another set we intend to send

the Attorney General's office.

Well, yes, these are our financial
records, but I can't imagine any legal

for you to have obtained them.

They were given to us.

And you don't deny they're yours?

No, why should I? They seem to be all in
order to me.

Apparently, even having read them, you
seem to have some doubts about the

crusade. To say I have doubts, Mr.
Crosley, is to put it too mildly.

Of course, you realize you have no right
to these documents.

Tell me then, Miss Pinchot, how can I
put your mind at rest?

Our financial people looked at your
records.

What they found was Swiss bank accounts,
Caribbean bank accounts, world travel,

excessive ties and donations.

Are they right or are they wrong?

Well, your accountants are absolutely
right.

It is true that we maintain large
accounts in foreign banks, but it is

that we have missions all over the
world, missions which must be funded.

It is true we travel in comfort, but we
deal every day with opinion makers and

world leaders.

They expect a certain standard of us,
and we maintain that standard out of

respect for them.

They'd be less open to our message if we
didn't.

Even if all that were true, does it
justify taking so much from people who

can't afford it?

Ask and it shall be given.

Mr. Grant, my people give willingly.

And look what they get.

They get faith.

They get hope.

They get something to believe in. They
get something to belong to.

And they get God.

We all sacrifice.

They give their money to the church.

I... I've given my life.

I expected raunchy. I didn't expect
gross.

I don't think they could do anything
worse than this.

What about printing the names of those
undercover narcotic agents?

What a scrimball. Do you think they want
to turn this guy into a hero of modern

journalism? You're well out of it, Lou.

I'm going to testify.

Your what?

I don't think I have a choice.

We have to resist prior restraint.

We have to defend our right to publish
even when it's in a cruddy magazine like

that. What about those narcotics agents
who'll be revealed?

By delaying this long with a temporary
injunction, the D .A. has had a chance

warn all those guys.

That should protect them.

This newspaper, the Tribune, has
vilified the good people of our crusade.

And this same newspaper has gone to
court.

to support this magazine in its effort
to debase, degrade, and destroy our

people.

Need you any further proof of how Satan
works?

We are being tested, my friends.

We are being attacked on all sides.

The government is moving against us. The
Philistine press is screeching its

hatred. Some of our brethren have turned
against us.

But we will hold together and we will
prevail because

we walk in the clear light of truth.

Good morning, Mr. Prescott.

I'm surprised you're willing to say
hello to one of the Philistines.

I've been reading your articles about
the crusade.

It's not how you make it sound.

Everything I wrote is the truth.

I know you mean well, even if you don't
know about the hand.

I think I do understand.

God bless you.

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