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Amy: Thousands of years ago,

Gaion, the alien goddess of creation,

gave birth to the Earth.

And in a most sacred garden on that Earth,

Gaion's first daughter, Eve,

was gifted with Mother Gaion's ability to create life.

Gaion cherished her Eve daughters,

as they cherished the Earth she created for them.

But not all was well in the Cosmos.

A jealous, wicked alien god called Mascularus

grew envious of Mother Gaion's creation,

and sought to steal it for himself.

Mascularus sent an emissary

to steal the life-giving power from Gaion's Eve daughters,

so that his sons, the ancient Adams,

could forever enslave Evekind.

(Shouting, fires crackle)

Gaion fought fiercely for her daughters,

but the damage was done.

The Seedgift had been ripped ,

and was now controlled by the Adams,

who used this power to oppress Evekind.

(Women scream)

Gaion knew she must sacrifice herself to defeat Mascularus.

But first, she imparted Evekind with a final gift.

Starmother Eve, the Protector of Wombs,

and Truthmother Eve, the Knower of Truths.

Two Seedsisters to act as sentinels

of Gaion herself.

Through the first daughters' final sacrifice,

Gaion foresaw that Starmother and Truthmother

would finally awaken to their ancient purpose,

and would together hold the power to reclaim

the sacred Seedgift,

and free Evekind once more.

♪♪♪

Does that answer your question?

♪♪♪

- We were all feeling something very powerful.

(Pee splashing)

(Women scream and howl)

(Whooping and howling)

- Very powerful.

(Insects buzz, birds chirp)

(Frogs croak)

♪♪♪

- We purify,

and we cleanse the space.

Sage...

All: Sage...

- Sage...

♪ But the satisfied saints with dime store visions ♪

♪ Don't even begin to see ♪

♪ The paradise lost was paradise gained ♪

♪ I know I claimed it graciously ♪

♪ Step right through the gates to the city ♪

♪♪♪

♪ Step right through the gates to the city ♪

- Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve!

All: Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve...

♪ When I first came to the city of the angels ♪

♪ No man was left alive ♪

Grace: Let Gaion's spirit move through your bodies!

Let her energy course through your veins.

That feeling in your chest, that's Gaion.

Linking you to the spirit of every other Eve.

Of every other woman!

Interviewer: When did Grace and Katherine

first tell you about Gaion?

- Oh, it's not something I was told.

It's something I just realized I had always known,

once I was told.

♪ Step right through the gates to the city ♪

♪ Step right through the gates to the city now ♪

♪ Step right through ♪

♪ Step right through the gates into the city now ♪

♪ Step right through ♪

- It's not like one day we all just suddenly

started to believe all this crazy shit,

it wasn't like that, it was...

more organic, and there were just certain... moments,

certain happenings.

Things I couldn't explain,

and it made us believe in...

well, all that crazy shit.

- They sacrificed an old lady,

and turned that shit into a cult.

That is textbook cult shit!

Katherine: I mean, does ever?

Grace: I mean, I think if we're gonna sell it.

Yeah, we should-the more, the more, the better.

- Okay. - So I figurm

to do one of their classic circles.

- Yes. They seem to want to do that a lot.

- They love that. Maybe they're holding hands.

Maybe you and me are holding hands.

- That's good. Okay.

So we're in the middle. We're doing this.

And maybe we're... - Do a spin?

- Let's spin around. - Yeah, that's good.

And then um, when I hold it up, that's when they break,

and kinda, hands up. - To the sky.

- Hands up to sky, Gaion, Gaion, yeah.

- Right. - Should they spin?

- If we're gonna spin, let them spin too.

- Let them spin, make 'em a bit dizzy.

I feel like that always sells it.

- Alright, let's do it.

- Alright ladies, here's what we're gonna do!

Interviewer: Can you describe ss

that took place at New Eden?

- I suppose I could let you in on a few to try to see--

- No, no, I don't-I actually don't feel comfortable

speaking about that at this time, so.

(Sighs heavily)

- Well!

- Tell us your name, sister.

- Camilla Argento.

- Before you walked in Gaion's light,

you were married, yes?

Amy: The Tellings were a way

of naming our shame before Gaion.

Of holding nothing back,

so that no secrets could divide us.

- Hey, Camilla, check in with me.

This, this is a safe place.

- Right, okay, yeah. - Okay? Yeah.

But if you don't tell the truth,

people are gonna hate you.

- Okay, uh...

fine, yes, I... I was married.

- Good. And you uh, you had children, yes?

How many?

I'll hold my fingers, and you just,

you tell me when to stop, okay? This many?

Okay, I'm gonna add another. Hmm.

More than that. - (Sighs tearfully)

- Okay. Three.

Three... - I-I have three children.

(Women gasp, murmur)

- Three whole kids.

Max: The process was...

intense.

- Where's Mom?

Where's Mom? Hey?

Hey? You don't know where they are.

- (Sighs tearfully)

- Or maybe you don't care! - Of course I care!

- Oh, really? I'm not feeling that.

- I care! - Oh, you do?

- I do! - You need to say it!

You need to say it. You need to take what's inside

and say it out! - I can't! I can't!

- Everyone's gonna hate you, Camilla!

- I didn't wanna just be a mother anymore, okay?!

I-I never wanted to be a mother in the first place!

(Gasps, sighs)

And I just, I woke up one morning,

and I have three boys,

and a husband who won't even look at me,

and I don't know whose life I'm living, so...

I just-I needed a break, okay?

So yes, yes! I left!

Okay?!

(Sobs)

Yeah. Okay. - Yeah.

It's good to say it, isn't it?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- You're a bad mom.

- What?

- You left the kids, it's gonna screw 'em up.

- You're right. - Yeah.

- You're... (sobs)

And they're probably so sad!

- Yeah, you made a mistake. Grace: You know what?

Scream into my mouth! - What?

- Scream into my mouth, let it out in here!

- What? What? - (Screaming)

(Grace and Camilla scream)

- Yeah! Yeah! - (Laughing)

- Doesn't that feel good?

Yeah, just let it out!

Go with Gaion, eh?

(Grace and Camilla scream)

(New Eden laugh and chatter)

Camilla: Wow!

- Yay! There she is, there she is!

Katherine: Oh, that's good, see, yes. Hey? See?

There she is, Gaion sees you! - You're welcome.

- Thank you, Grace. Katherine: No, you're welcome.

Yeah. Oh, let me get over here. Nope, I'm in the hug too.

- It was a way to get shit on people.

You make them spill their guts.

You've learned your secrets,

and then they're all yours.

- When group confession is used as a means of control,

the leader deliberately elicits feelings of shame,

so that only he can replace them

with feelings of euphoria, and release.

It's a form of emotional ownership.

But...

well, at New Eden, it wasn't like that.

We were just expressing ourselves... as women.

(All screaming)

- I'll dumb this down for you if I can,

because it's a bit complex,

but basically a release of your negative

inside toxins is extremely important.

Extremely important.

(All screaming)

- You know, because we're all trying to become enlightened,

right, but how can we, when we're being dragged down

by all those negative thoughts and feelings?

- Men have always been attracted to me.

But it's not my fault.

I look like this naturally.

- My greatest ambition is to be the first

Black female Pippin on Broadway!

(Applause)

- I'm not even wearing makeup.

(Women murmur quietly)

(Scream turns into sobs)

Grace: Yeah, we're gonna work on it, that was great.

- Yeah? - That was really good.

- Oh, you know, ancient tribes, and you can look them up,

they used to um... release all that negative energy uh,

with a series of religious mouth sounds.

(Loud grunting)

(Moaning)

- Okay, and that's a practice as old as time.

And science.

- I kinda stabbed a guy.

He... survived.

Yeah. It's not great.

(All screaming)

- So we were basically just employing

that ancient scream science

to bring our own tribe together,

with acts of crying, and shouting,

and screaming,

and throwing in chairs.

(Crashing, women gasp)

(All cheering)

- And that, if you think about it,

is literally the definition of spirituality.

- It was probably the first time anyone had encouraged

any of those women to express their anger in a healthy way,

or at all.

Honestly, it was the most exciting feeling

I've ever experienced in my life,

better than any drug.

And then we'd also...

add a lot of drugs, so it was...

(Women laugh and shout)

(Muted screaming)

- You're very nice, Camilla.

(All laughing)

Sharon: The Tellings and the Showings

were meant as a healthy bonding exercise for the group.

Interviewer: And were there any other practices

that were common at that time?

- What exactly are you referring to?

♪♪♪

Amy: The openings were a way of connecting directly

with Gaion's spirit.

It's an extremely powerful experience.

Interviewer: Can you describe it?

- It's an intimate happening between you and Gaion.

Interviewer: And Grace.

- Well, of course.

You can't navigate that kind of cosmic energy

without a guide.

And Starmother...

was a very skilled guide.

- Very good, my sister, you did very good!

Do you feel Gaion's spirit?

Yes! Yes, you do. Yes, you do!

Oh, yes, you are connected to the stars!

You are connected to the sun!

- The openings were um...

uh... (laughs)

ah...

Max: All I'll say is,

you'd drink some Eve's blood,

and you'd go into these beautiful woods with Grace,

and then you'd come back...

open to just about anything.

- (Laughs)

Oh...

I'm sorry, could we take like, a little break?

- So-so here's the thing.

After their opening, each woman was asked

to make a material gift to Gaion.

Grace: There's my sister, there's my sister!

There's my sister.

You are connected to the stars, yes!

- Yes!

- You know, they would make their way out of the woods,

you know, not thinking straight,

not-not themselves,

and there Katherine would be, waiting for them.

Uh, you can say it was their decision,

but I don't know many women that would voluntarily

sign over their possessions and life savings,

you know, without some very persuasive uh...

openings.

Grace: Yes! Yeah!

Okay, go with Gaion, come on, you.

Let's get you cleaned up. Yeah.

- Like I said, textbook cult shit.

- I would just, I would really like to,

to make something clear here.

Uh, that was all completely voluntary.

Okay? Our followers were very enthusiastic

about what we were um...

talking about.

Okay, so they wanted to contribute to our cause.

There is nothing wrong with that.

- Nothing wrong. Nothing.

You know, just two consenting adults,

spending some time in the woods with a divine being.

Hmm?

If that's a crime, lock me up.

Again.

Interviewer: And how was Hannah

reacting to everything at that time?

- I mean, she was in deep cover.

You understand, like, the story was suddenly changing.

She had to immerse herself to keep up with it.

♪♪♪

- Go with Gaion!

(Chuckles)

Sister Hannah.

Hello.

You know, I don't think you've had a crack

at an opening yet, have you? Hannah: Ah...

- Why don't we do something about that?

Uh-uh, don't need this for that.

(Hannah laughs)

- The first thing you learn going undercover,

is you gotta believe your lie as much as you can.

You know, and she'd already been there so long.

Maybe she just believed it a little to much.

♪♪♪

All: Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother, blood of Eve.

Hannah: Oh!

Oh!

(Gasping)

(Laughing)

♪♪♪

Interviewer: So she was lying to you that whole time.

- (Sighs)

- Hannah, it's your turn.

Hannah: Uh...

- Here, give that to me.

Oh, good. Ah!

Oh...

All right, now, tell us your name.

- It's...

(coughs) excuse me.

It's Hannah Weir.

- And do you have anything to confess before Gaion

and your sisters?

- Yeah.

- (Sighs)

(Buttons click)

Hannah: And I actually believed we were going to be together.

Isn't that funny?

So...

Aaaaaah!

(Sobs)

(Women murmur quietly)

Katherine: Mhmm, open your face up a bit.

- Okay. - Pretty.

- Yes, Hannah and I became very close.

And uh,

it eventually developed into a romantic relationship.

- We hadn't talked in a couple months,

she hadn't sent any tape.

You know, and it was getting to be uh,

a lot longer than an undercover journalist should be embedded.

You know, especially a rookie like she was, you know?

- You know what? I think we should get the camera on you,

and see how you feel in front of the camera.

Hannah: Mm, I'm good, actually. - No, I think we should.

I think we should, come on. - I mean, okay. Uh...

Interviewer: Why didn't you extract her?

Wyatt: Well, at the time, I didn't see a reason to.

She was there to do an assignment,

and clearly she'd given up on that, so, I mean,

what was I supposed to do? I was her boss, but...

she decided to stop working.

Interviewer: Yeah, but didn't you worry

she might be in trouble?

- Not in any kind that I could do anything about.

I mean, we hadn't talked for a while,

see, but I always knew that she was a smart girl.

And if anything happened,

if Grace and Katherine slipped up, you know,

if they endangered any of those women,

I knew that she would wake up,

and remember why she was there.

(Phone ringing)

- Okay, really good. Really good.

- I have a truth to reveal.

- Always time for one more. - Okay well, let's just...

- And it comes straight from Gaion herself.

Wyatt: Neston was ex-navy.

A real by-the-book kinda guy.

I mean, not the most equipped to raise three daughters

on his own.

So uh, I think he was pretty strict with them.

- Before Gaion came into my life,

I always felt like I was on a very narrow path.

a path designed by the will of Adams.

And so I knew from a very young age

that I would have to stray far from that path

in order to achieve the full scope of my destiny.

- Alright, do you wanna start with your name, or?

- Gaion came to me in a dream.

- Okay...

- And she told me of an ancient prophecy

that would forever change the fate of my sisters.

And me.

(Birds chirp)

Wyatt: Sam Aarons was always pretty close

with the Neston family.

I mean, sorta like the son Hank Neston never had.

You know, but I think old Hank was hoping that Amy

would follow in her mother's footsteps with a man

that he had handpicked for her.

- Uh, I'm here to speak um...

with the deed owner, um... a Mrs. Agnes Wryfield.

- Uh, yes, um...

she is, uh, she's indisposed at the moment.

So um, you come back another day.

- Oh! Amy: Oh!

- Yes. Uh...

- Hi, Sam. - Hey, Ames.

- Are you here to see me?

- Uh, well, Sarge wanted me to do a-a property check.

- You mean he wanted you to check on me?

- Yeah. Uh, no! No, no, no, no.

No, I volunteered. Well, no, I-I wanted um, to...

(Laughs) How are ya?

- I'm great, Sam. How are you?

- Can I talk to you for a second?

- Okay, of course.

- I'd like that.

(Both chuckle)

- It's good to see you. - You too.

- (Giggles)

- Ma'am. - Officer.

- Hi.

Isn't she great?

- (Sighs)

(Sighs)

Sharon: Do you think he knows she's dead?

Katherine and Grace: Sharon! What the hell?!

Wyatt: I think they knew exactly who Amy was

when they recruited her.

You see, but that is the problem

with Grace and Katherine.

They consistently delude each other into thinking

that they can control everything,

and then they prove themselves wrong,

and spiral out very, very quickly.

And that is exactly what happened with Amy Neston.

- Amy's need to reject the restrictive social mores

of the '70s,

to resist against the traditional and oppressive

roles of motherhood and marriage,

to find your place as a woman in this world,

these were common narratives that women had

at New Eden, I mean, it's why New Eden existed.

That being said, if Amy wanted to escape

the shackles of patriarchy,

she probably should've left her own father's jurisdiction

to do so.

- Some people seem to think that we benefited

from Amy's relations with local law enforcement.

- We did not.

This is private property. We !

And you don't have a warrant!

So guess what? You're fuckin' trespassing!

- Where is Amy?!

We have not seen her anywhere in months.

- You've been watching us, pig?

- You bet your white trash ass I have.

- Look! Hey, look, look! Come on!

Look, let's just invite her outside,

and then she can tell us for herself that she's okay.

- Amy! Get out here!

- He's wasted out of his tree! Katherine: Stop it.

- I swear to God, if you hurt my daughter,

I will burn this place to the fuckin' ground!

- Will you? Oh, I'm shaking in my fuckin' boots.

- And I'll make sure you're inside it, too.

- Yeah. Oh wow, what a threat. Maybe you shouldn't worry

about me hurting your daughter, huh? You fucking pig!

Maybe she ran out of your house for a reason!

I wonder what kind of nasty shit you did to her

make her want to get away from you!

- You wanna... - Hey!

(All screaming at once)

Hank: Shut your fucking mouth, how about that?!

- Stop!

- Amy?

- Amy, is that... is that--

- It's Gaion's!

- Gaion's?!

Look, I don't know what these people have been telling you,

okay?

But it's time for you to come home now.

Come on.

- Amy.

- (Whispering)

- That's right. You say goodbye.

Okay, just say goodbye, and that's it.

Come on. Come on, baby.

Sam: Amy?

Grace: Get inside.

Hank: What the fuck did you say to her?!

Sam: Come on, let's go. Hank: Shut the fuck up!

Get the fuck in the car.

(Spits) I'm not done here.

- Hannah, stop.

Enough.

- Amy getting pregnant was...

I mean, obviously it wasn't hard to put together

what had happened. Interviewer: What happened?

- They had sex.

Amy and Sam had sex.

They had intercourse together like real people do.

- Okay.

Max: I don't know, we all just kind of followed

Grace and Katherine's lead,

and agreed to believe.

I thought that was best for Amy at the time, but...

- I have miraculously become pregnant

with her sacred seed!

(Giggles)

- Surprise!

I'm so glad you brought that up.

Yes, yes, of course, the Truthmother and I

have been aware of this prophecy for quite a bit,

haven't we, Katherine?

Amy: Of course, you know everything.

- But we wanted to make sure that every one of our sisters

was ready to receive the news

of this great miracle,

given the sheer...

magnitude of change

it will mean for our whole community.

It's so exciting. It really is.

Mazel tov.

But now it is my Gaionic privilege to reveal

to all of you

that Amy has become our Seedmother.

Yes, she has, just like the book foretold!

And she will give birth to the Seed... Redeemer.

Let's go with that. Yeah! Mhmm.

Amy: The Seed Redeemer.

Blessed be she!

- Yep, why wouldn't it be a girl?

So let's all take this moment to celebrate

this joyous Gaionic gift.

It's really, it's a gift.

I'm jazzed about it. - It's a girl?

- Excuse me.

Amy: And she's telling me it won't hurt.

She's gonna just fade out from the belly,

like a mist. - Yeah, it will hurt.

- I mean, obviously,

psychologically it was...

a delicate situation.

For all of us.

But we were a proud sisterhood,

and we had a baby on the way.

So we did what anyone would do.

Or... what we would do.

- But all is not lost, my sisters,

for Gaion, blessed be she,

foresaw a time when the seed would be returned to Eve,

and her daughters.

Amy: A great miracle shall pass,

and Gaion saw- oh!

Grace: Shit! (Women laugh and exclaim)

- Okay, you all right?

- Hi! Hello.

She's okay. - Is she?

- Oh, she's strong.

- Okay, back to "once," back to "once."

Oh! Okay, alright.

(Bees buzzing)

Grace: Let Gaion's creatures bless the coming

of the Seed Redeemer.

(Buzzing)

- (Laughs)

Katherine: This is bad. Let'.

- Is it working?

Grace: Um... yeah,

yeah, that feels blessed enough.

Okay, let's go inside. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- I- I... - You're fine.

Everything's fine. Everything's okay.

- Okay. Oh!

- Okay, no, everybody scat! Everybody scatter!

No, you come-come this way. Come to me, honey.

Katherine: Grace, Grace, leave her!

- No, we can't leave her. God! Oh! Come here.

Interviewer: And even after everything that happened,

you still believe that your child

was the prophetic spawn of an immaculate conception?

- Yes.

Why wouldn't I? I-I don't understand the question.

Women: Go with Gaion. Go with Gaion...

Grace: Ohh, that's good. That's good, push!

Push!

(Amy screams)

- You're almost there, Amy, you're almost there.

Oh! I can see the head! I can see the head, Amy!

I can see the head! Okay, you ready?

You ready? You ready to finish this?

You ready to finish this?

Okay, ready, one last big push, here we go,

one, two, three, puuuush!

(Amy screams)

Women: Go with Gaion...

(Baby wails) Amy: Oh! She's here!

Grace: Oh... shit.

(Baby cries)

Amy: Is that the umbilical cord?

(Baby wails)

(Amy gasps)

- So...

the good news is,

Amy has given birth...

to a beautiful,

bouncing baby boy,

which is all part of Gaion's great plan.

- I'm not cutting the fucking cord!

- Excuse me.

Katherine, did you throw up in here?

- Yes!

Interviewer: So the sex of your baby

was always part of the prophecy?

- Yes. As it turned out.

Interviewer: How did Grace and Katherine justify

the sex of the baby?

- Grace told me that he was a chosen Adam,

who on his 21st birthday would ascend

to the cosmic plane to defeat Mascularus,

and free Gaion,

because every feminist religious ideology

should culminate with the women being rescued

from an epic space battle by a male savior.

Right?

- I think they told me that his...

penis would become engorged

with the sins of ancient Adams,

and then ceremoniously fall off

on his 21st birthday,

making him our new Eve savior.

Mm, I remember it sounding...

plausible.

- Well, come here, honey.

Come on. (Laughs)

After he was born, the Starmother revealed

our true task was to ready the Seed Redeemer

for his 21st birthday,

when he would experience a binary ascension

that would save Evekind.

- You dumb (bleep)! You're a stupid (bleep)!

(Bleep) (Bleep) (Bleep) (Bleep)!

- Only 10 more years to go.

- I think there were many points

when Grace and Katherine dou.

But you could see the stress start to eat away at them.

Whenever it did, things always got a lot worse.

Wyatt: Yeah, Neston always had it out for them.

Obviously.

I mean, but the Amy thing put him over the edge.

I mean, he became obsessed with bringing them down.

After the failed drug charge in '77,

he tried everything.

See, but nobody wanted to believe that these women

were worth investigating,

until Amy's pregnancy.

He went around town telling just about anyone

who would listen that these evil feminists

were keeping Sam Aarons from his unborn child,

and keeping him from his grandson.

Huh! Suddenly...

the community was out for blood.

(Radio static)

Reporter: Sgt. Neston, you're on the air.

What are we to make of all these feminists

invading our community?

Is this all cause for panic?

Hank: Let me be very clear, Jerry.

These women are dangerous. Plain and simple.

This little commune of theirs, this "New Eden,"

don't be fooled, this is a cult.

With very possible satanic proclivities.

Its members and its leaders are a menace to our community.

They wanna recruit our daughters,

and corrupt life in this town.

I want to caution that parents of young women

in this community to be extremely vigilant,

extremely vigilant.

Reporter: Strong words from our man in blue.

But, what's the solution?

It sounds like something's gotta be done.

Hank: Oh, believe me, Jerry, something will be done.

This is my town,

and I will do what I have to to protect it.

Wyatt: Never underestimate the anger

of a middle-aged white cop who feels powerless.

Or what he'll do to take his power back.

♪♪♪