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(Gentle electronic m

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Female voice: BNT.

Your Network.

(Reel rattles)

♪♪♪

Wyatt: It takes a very specific kind of person

to be able to control other people.

You know, on the surface, they're-they're magnetic,

charming, so much so that free-thinking people

are willing to follow them without question.

See, of course, under the mask,

they're narcissistic, delusional,

manipulative, remorseless, and uncompromising.

So in a sense, Kathrine had all the qualities

of a terrifying cult leader.

You know, just minus the charisma, or ideas.

For that, she had Grace.

♪♪♪

- Leadership.

I'd say that my greatest strength was leadership,

which some would say is equal parts charisma,

and ideas.

Interviewer: Can you describe their relationship?

- (Chuckles, sighs)

- Codependent, with overtones of delusion,

and patterns of deep-seated dysfunction.

Grace: Feel Gaion's energy...

making you calm,

putting you at peace with nature.

Hummmmmm...

feel Gaion's energy, connecting you with...

(Knocking)

- Grace, have you seen my hat? - What?

- You know, my hat. The hat I like to wear

when I go on my walks. My walking hat.

- Katherine's vibe was always a little tough,

but she and Grace kinda complemented each other.

- What color is it?

- It's a walking hat, Grace.

It's brown!

Max: Eventually though, I think Grace

just sorta naturally stopped devoting all her energy

to making Katherine the centre of attention

every single minute of the day.

- Uh, I'm kind of um...

do you need help?

Max: I think Katherine saw that as a massive betrayal.

- Okay, just hang tight for--

I'll be right there, okay? I'm coming.

Ah! Right away.

I'm coming!

- The Seed Sisters were almost like our parents.

You know, Grace was the warm, nurturing mother.

- Why don't you guys just try communicating, okay?

Why don't you both say how you feel?

Katherine, you first, what do you wanna say?

- And Katherine was the cold, all-knowing stepmother.

(Adam wails)

- That hurts my teeth, it's-it's...

- Okay well, that hurts his ,

okay?

I just don't know what to do with you two.

Katherine: I mean, you can imagine how difficult

it was for me, you know.

I mean, I was basically running New Eden by myself,

you know, making all the important decisions,

keeping us afloat.

And in order to focus on that,

I had to let Grace get all the attention.

(Women laughing)

- Excuse me, do you mind?!

- So I'm in Perry Como's tra.

- I lost count, okay.

The Perry Como story again.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Bet you can't wait to eat these.

- I mean, someone had to receive all that adoration.

And-and...

and Grace seemed to need it.

But eventually, she had to realize

that she couldn't be the centre of attention all the time.

Not if she cared about New Eden as much as she said.

- Yeah...

I... I was a selfish, selfish girl.

- Aww.

- To be fair, by the end of 1980,

things were quite literally falling apart.

(Creaking, splintering)

- Grace?

(Crashing, glass shattering)

Grace, the kitchen's broken!

Sharon: The more Katherine felt pushed out,

the more she dedicated herself

to the practical management of New Eden.

Which, because of who she is,

instinctively made people want to push her out more.

I mean, it was a real self-perpetuating cycle

of people not wanting to be around her.

- What I am saying, Sharon,

is if everyone would just stick to the meal plan

that I carefully laid out,

we wouldn't be in an egg crisis, would we?

(Whispering)

- Okay, nobody respects a snitch. Okay?

But Donna, Donna!

You've gotta cool it on the eggs.

You're gonna choke on that.

All right. Next.

I would like to find a way to desync the women,

because we are running out of menstrual moss.

Grace: Hey, y'all, what's going on?

- We were just wrapping up.

- Seems like you're right in the middle of it.

- What are those for? - Fires.

- Okay.

Katherine: I kept meticulous notes.

When you're in charge of a large group of people,

organization is key.

That's why I started the ledger.

I started detailing our food supply,

things that needed to be repaired around the property.

The weather on any given day.

Very little wind.

(Women laughing and chattering)

- You're not getting another thing out of me

for the rest of my life, I swear! (Laughing)

Amy: She'd write it all down in her special ledger.

She said the contents were between her and Gaion.

But Sharon peeked once,

and she said it was mostly just a record of times

any of us had slighted her.

Plus our body mass index.

- And to the side.

Katherine: I also kept a record of all of our members,

which included their name, age, and approximate weight.

Of course we did not have a scale,

so I had to-to eyeball that.

Donna: Five, six... - Sorry.

- I mean, someone had to do it. And Grace, well,

Grace is a little too silly for that kind of thing.

- Yeah. Huh.

St-stupid, silly Grace.

Katherine: That-that's completely understandable.

I, I-I hear you,

and I know that it's been a really long time.

I mean, you said it yourself, Daddy,

I mean, that-that money is mine.

Fine.

Could I speak with Mummy?

Hello?

Goddamn it!

Grace: Everything alright?

- No. No, nothing is all right.

There's no more money, Grace.

It's gone. It's all gone.

Why don't you go tell that to the girls

during the morning energy slough.

- Come on, come on, there's gotta be something.

- (Scoffs) I just... I don't, I don't know.

I mean, if you...

if you have some kind of bright idea

for how to get the money, otherwise,

this...

is gonna be over.

- Come on, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, come here.

Come here, come here.

It's gonna be okay, alright?

I'm gonna fix it.

I always fix it.

Okay?

Interviewer: Grace, what happened in Penticton?

- I made a couple of weird mistakes.

(Car door slams)

Hannah: What'cha doin' there, Grace?

- Hah! Oh... oh!

Ha ha, no. My um... my face gets cold.

Stupid, silly Grace.

Yeah, no, I'm just uh,

I'm just heading in for a drive to town,

you know me, standard stuff, I'm just...

in love with a ride to town.

So... - What's the gun for?

- Okay, well,

I guess I should be going.

But um, here's a fun game we could play.

Do not tell anyone that you saw me.

Okay? (Truck splutters)

Yeah, shit!

Oh! Just-I think you- you're fine.

I'll see you later, okay? - Okay.

- I'll see you later!

(Grinding noises)

(Engine splutters)

Don't you worry about me!

♪ Time is catching up to me ♪

♪ But I won't look ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't wanna see ♪

♪ Yeah, times have taken over me ♪

♪ Or it just seems to ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't see the face perfectly ♪

- (Screams)

Do it!

Okay...

(Alarm rings)

- Oh! Ah!

(Sirens wail)

- Huh! Ohhh... fuck!

(News music sting)

- I am standing here with a young woman

responsible for the brave citizen's arrest

during a bank robbery earlier today,

at Penticton City Savings and Loan.

Can you tell us what was going through your head

when you saw the young man exit the bank?

- What? Right. Oh. Well, yeah.

Well, you know, I just thought, shit.

We gotta respect our banks, right?

So, you know, I know someone who absolutely has...

a bank account,

that I wasn't going to put up with any funny business

here at the bank that I love.

So, you know, I just did what any regular person

would do in that particular situation.

And I... punched a man in the face.

- Fantastic.

And I understand that the bank and the people of Penticton

have gifted you $1,500

as a thank you for your heroic deed.

Pretty incredible, don't you think?

Right.

Well, I am sure that the people of Penticton here

all feel that you're--

- Yeah, I gotta hit the road, so thank you so much for--bye.

- Oh! Oh! Okay...

Back to you. Laurie.

- That was classic Grace.

Which Katherine did not like, I think.

Sharon: Grace, they call you "ruggedly handsome."

- Ooh! - I mean...

Sharon: You look like a young Marlon Brando.

Look! (Women laugh)

You have the same bone structure.

The same nose. (Women laugh)

Amy: It really seemed like Gaion had provided for us

in our hour of need,

but... that's not what Truthmother said happened.

- You are all so blind.

So, so blind.

I just hope Gaion can forgive you.

- What are you talking about?

- Grace, do you wanna tell them why you were at that bank?

Speak your truth, Grace.

- Rob it. - What was that?

- Rob it, I was gonna rob the bank,

and take all the money.

- As a political statement, right?

Like a, "down with the capitalist engine"

kind of thing? - Yeah, whoa, like,

are we gonna start protesting banks?

'Cause if we are, I am very on board.

Because, you know, money's a construct, so...

fuck them pigs!

- Oh, a political statement.

A protest.

What were you gonna do after you robbed that bank?

Just wait around for the police to come and arrest us all?

- No! No, of course--

I didn't think, I just...

You said we needed the money, so...

- Grace, I...

I never said that.

- I... I don't understand.

- It was the Adams' greed inside you

that made you choose violence, wasn't it?

(Sighs heavily)

- You know, at least take the money,

'cause that could really help us out.

- No, I don't want your deception money.

- It's not deception money. I just punched a man--

- You lied to everyone though, didn't you?

- Yeah, please? - No!

- Please? I'm sorry, please!

- Okay. Stop pushing it back at me!

- I want-- - I push it, you stop.

Okay, I'm taking it outside, and I'm gonna burn it.

- No, don't take it, don't burn it! It'll help!

It can help us! - Stop!

It's gonna papercut someone!

Imagine seeing a papercut with this?!

- I just... - Let go of it!

Max: That fuckin' bank thing.

- Move my chair.

Max: I have no doubt Katherine told Grace to do it.

And of course, Grace did, no questions asked.

I don't know if she hoped Grace would get arrested,

or pull it off, or what,

but whatever her plan was, it backfired.

(Banging)

- Do you want me... - I'm fine.

Max: And after that, Katherine just became

more and more abusive to Grace,

and Grace became...

(Sighs)

Women: Gaion sees you. Gaion sees you...

- Grace...

you have betrayed your sisters.

You acted alone, and without thought.

You must ask for forgiveness,

or feel the cold non-embrace of Gaion's shadow.

- I'm so sorry.

(Sobbing) I'm so sorry!

I didn't mean to do it!

I'm sorry.

Please forgive me.

(Sobbing)

Women: Gaion sees you...

- (Wailing sobs)

I'm sorry.

Women: Gaion sees you. Gaion sees you...

- I see you feel remorse.

In Gaion's eyes...

you are forgiven. (Grace sobs)

Women: We love you!

We love you! We love you!

So much! We love you!

We love you more than before!

You are Starmother.

We love you so much!

Aww! We love you so much!

We love you so much! Forever!

- Well, I guess I'm making dinner.

Donna, come help me start the eggs.

(All sob quietly)

- Ohhh...

♪ And we open our hearts and minds ♪

♪ To a spirit of sisterhood ♪

♪ That welcomes all without judgment or shame ♪

♪ No shame ♪

Yeah! Ohhh...

Interviewer: Did you have any further contact

with your father after Adam was born?

- Hmm, no.

The false bond of our earthbound

biological connection had long since been corrupted.

So there was nothing tying us together anymore.

Interviewer: But Adam was still his grandson.

- Not really.

- But-- - No.

Though I should've known that once he had been spurned

from our garden, he would start galvanizing

his army of Adams to destroy us.

Grace: That fucking pig had it out for us

from day one!

He was a bad egg,

and he hated everything we stood for.

Course, back then, he didn't like to get his hands dirty.

So he sent his fucking piglets to do it for him.

(Camera shutter clicks)

(Glass shatters, women scream)

Sharon: Oh! What was that? Max: I don't know!

(Women all shout at once) Max: Hey! Hey!

- Our home was our safe space,

so to have it invaded like that,

it was traumatizing.

Officer: Yeah! Come out! Max: Grace!

Amy: To maintain their dominance over Evekind,

Adams must display their physical power.

Max: Grace! (Men shout)

Hannah: Fuck!

Amy: Remind us sisters of our fallen station.

And they do this by creating fear.

(Women shout) - Get that outta here!

Amy: And sometimes even Mother Gaion cannot shield us

from that fear.

- They came in like they were the fucking Gestapo.

Hannah: Hey! I-aah!

- They knew they could do whatever the fuck they wanted.

And what could we do? Call the cops?!

(Adam wails)

- Oh, look who we got here, boys!

little Amy Neston and her bastard.

You're lookin' good, Ames. Grace: Arrrghhh!

(Glass shatters) - What the fuck?!

- Shit! Grace: You come back here,

I'll kill every last fuckin' one of you!

You tell Neston I know what he's up to!

Officer: Get up!

(Adam cries)

- Where's Katherine?

Katherine?

Where did... where's Katherine?

Katherine?

Katherine!

Katherine!

(Sighs) What happened that night...

was my fault.

S-see, if I hadn't gone to the bank...

like I did,

and then brought all that positive attention

on us like I did,

then those men would never have gotten jealous,

like they did.

And come to the house,

and done what they did,

and Katherine...

never would've gotten attacked.

(Katherine pants heavily) - Oh my God.

What did they do to you? Amy: Truthmother, no!

- Oh, is that you, Amy?

- Grace, what the hell happened?

- Oh! Oh! Ah!

Grace: I've got you! I've got you.

- Owwwww! (Moaning)

Put me here.

- Pretty sure that's the first time

I've ever heard of a sprained shin injury before.

- Oh! My shin.

It's in my shin.

Ohhh!

Stop it. Ohhhh!

Oh, put me here. (Gasps)

Sharon: And they were up there all night.

None of us knew what was going on.

So, you know, naturally, many of the women

turned to me for guidance and leadership.

- What the fuck are we supposed to do now?!

What the fuck are we supposed to do now, huh?

What do we do now?! Aaah! What do we do?!

- To this day, no one knows what they spoke about.

But afterwards,

it was like the light in Starmother had just gone out.

(Women whisper)

- (Gasps) Grace, what's going on?

- Is Truthmother okay?

- Starmother, are you all right?

(All talking at once)

- My sisters.

The Truthmother and I have spoken at great length.

And much has become clear to me.

As your Starmother,

I have failed in my duty to protect you.

(Screams)

To protect this house.

Fuck off!

And because I have strayed from Gaion's light,

we must now all live in shadow.

There is no time to rest!

We have to remain vigilant!

These Adams will not stop

until they see us destroyed.

- Donna, that's...

That's fuckin' crazy, that's great.

- Watch your legs.

Grace: Now, our beloved Truthmother is trying

as hard as she can to reconnect

to the cosmic spirit,

but I'm sorry to tell you that our future looks dark.

(Slurping)

Ahem!

We must learn to protect ourselves,

to fight for what is ours,

and to let no Adam,

no outsider, destroy Evekind!

That's it.

- (Sighs)

- What are we supposed to do now?

Camilla: Stop it, Sharon. - Stop what?!

- Asking.

- Asking what, normal questions?

- Sharon...

- I'm allowed to ask a question, okay, Camilla.

I have an inquiring mind.

Max: Grace really had lost it. I mean, Christ.

I know what people say about New Eden,

but that was the first time for us that it really did

start to feel like a cult.

Hannah: "The perimeter is to be patrolled at all times.

No electric lights after dark.

No one is to walk the grounds alone."

Max: It was like we were preparing for a war.

Interviewer: With who?

- With men, I guess.

Even I think that's a little extreme.

Hannah: "No outsiders to be permitted onto the property."

- Get the hell outa here!

Hannah: "If you see something, say something to Starmother."

"No one is to disturb Truthmother."

Hudley, I think this last time you're gonna hear from me

for a while. (Blows)

Wyatt: After that, nothing.

I mean, Grace had even cut the phone lines.

So-so yes, I was worried, of course I was.

but there was no way I was gonna extract her

when that story was about to hit its climax.

See, I knew I could trust her to get it,

and get out of there safely.

Grace: I'm asking where the hell you've been?!

Get that fucking thing out of my face!

Max: Whoa! Hey, stop it!

You can't talk to her like that!

- No one is allowed to leave, Max!

No exceptions. It's for our safety.

Don't you wanna know where the fuck she's been?

- Uh... look, enough with this shit, Grace.

Look at yourself! What the fuck is going on?!

You're carrying a gun around, for God's sake!

I just reached my boiling point.

What Grace had become, how ,

what New Eden had become as a result.

I-I just had enough.

This isn't you.

This isn't the Starmother we all love.

She's lying to you, Grace. She's hurting you.

- I think that if you feel that way,

you don't belong here.

- (Gasps)

- I told you to get that fuckin' thing out of my face!

Hannah: Okay! Okay. It's off.

- We should've left, we should've left,

we should've left when we talked about leaving.

Hannah: I think I have to stay.

- What? What?

What are you talking about? - It's complicated.

- Uh... what?!

Babe, no.

No, no, no, no. That's crazy.

We talked about this. You're coming with me.

I love you. - I know. I love you, too.

I- I... I want to, I want to.

I really want to. But um...

(Emotional exhales)

I'm sorry. I am staying.

- What? - I can't explain why.

Max, I just need you to trust me, okay?

- What the fuck does that mean?!

- I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

(Sobs)

- Fine. Whatever.

Fuck it!

(Sniffles)

(Claming exhale) Fuck.

(Sobs)

Oh shit.

Interviewer: So you never suspected Hannah

was a journalist?

- I saw what she wanted me to see.

I was-I was in love with her.

So, I um...

I won't deny I got played just like everyone else.

♪♪♪

- I just miss you.

(Women sobbing)

- I love you.

(All talking quietly, sobbing)

♪♪♪

- You know, it's not too late.

You could still come with us.

♪♪♪

- (Sighs)

- (Sobs)

Katherine: It was devastating.

Absolutely devastating.

And of course, I had been... recovering,

uh, so I had no idea what could've happened

to make them all wanna leave.

Wait! Don't go!

Max! No, stop!

Stop! Stop!

Please stay, and we can talk about it!

We can talk about it! - Let me go!

Please! Please don't go! You're my favorite one.

The wheelchair one!

(Sobs)

Owww! Stop!

I'll break your leg!

(Sobbing hysterically)

(Screaming) No!

- Run away!

- (Sobbing hysterically)

(Birds chirp)

I hope you're happy.

This is your fault.

You run around like some deranged messiah!

You wanna turn them all against me,

so that you can get all the glory, well, that's fine,

because there are plenty of places that I could go

where I would be appreciated!

- I've done everything you've ever asked of me!

But I can't tell what you want anymore!

Tell me what you want!

- You wanna know what I want?

You really wanna know what I want?!

- Yes! Yes! - I wanna be away from you!

I want to be away from you. So congratulations!

Because I am not-aaaah!

Ohhh! (Gasping)

(Sighs)

- I'm sorry. Are you okay?

- (Sobs) - Are you okay?

(Both sigh)

- Remember what it was like when we first came together?

Remember how powerful we felt?

It was like...

the cosmos really had aligned,

to forge our bond,

you know, and...

and I know that we can get back to that,

because I am the one that sees you.

Okay?

I see all the greatness in you.

I'm the one that sees you.

And I'm the one that can make everybody else...

see you, too.

- How?

- Let's just say...

that Gaion has a new plan for us.

Hmm?

- She does?

She does. - Yeah, she does.

She does.

Let's get you cleaned up, huh?

- What? - Just like, a small shower.

- (reads) "According to prophecy,

spoken by the Starmother,

and told to her by the Truthmother...

The Salvation of New Eden shall come to pass,

and Gaion will be restored on the occasion

of the sacred joining under a twin moon."

♪♪♪

Grace: Yeah, I like that, nice big sticks.

You know the saying, the bigger the stick, the more...

well suited it is to my design.

Amy: "Witnessed by Eve's daughters,

the strength of the Starmother,

and the wisdom of the Truthmother

shall become joined as one."

♪♪♪

(Shattering)

Amy: "Restoring the ancient Seed Sisters

to their exalted state as Gaion intended."

- Ah...

(Bubbling)

Amy: "So joined, the Seed Sisters' energies

shall merge into a singular,

perfect Supermother,

capable of defeating the ancient Adams,

and liberating Evekind into a new world."

- Momentum, momentum, momentum!

Sharon: In retrospect,

I always knew that Katherine and Grace

had a codependent relationship,

dysfunctional, even.

But the whole joining thing was kind of a...

on the nose metaphor for how weird things had gotten.

Grace: Momentum, momentum!

Oh shit!

Interviewer: Did anyone try to stop it?

- We were on some pretty high potency drugs at the time,

and for some reason we had all stopped drinking water.

- (Sighs)

I'm ready.

♪♪♪

(Women laugh)

(Screaming wildly)

- I remember that night of the joining

like it was yesterday.

Starmother had completed preparations for the joining,

and showed her creation to Truthmother.

- Woo! Woo!

And Truthmother seemed...

um...

(Women laugh)

- She completely freaked out.

She forced Grace off the deep end,

and then when she realized she'd have to go in after her,

well...

♪♪♪

Wyatt: Cults always reach a place of no return.

You know, where the leader has no choice

than to double down on their own crazy story.

I mean, Manson had the race war.

Jim Jones, mass suicide.

Basically, you just gotta pray that the feds show up

before anybody else gets killed.

Women: Two are one.

Gaion's will be done.

Two are one. Gaion's will be done.

Two are one.

Gaion's will be done.

Two are one.

Gaion's will be done.

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done.

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done!

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done!

Two are one.

Gaion's will be done. Two are one.

Gaion's will be done.

Two are one.

Gaion's will be done.

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done!

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done!

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done!

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done!

Two are one!

Gaion's will be done...

(Chanting trails off)

- Is she coming, or... what?

(Katherine giggles)

- Wait! I think I see her.

Women: Two are one.

Gaion's will be done!

- Look who I found! Women: Two are one...

Gaion's will be done. - Weird party.

- Yes.

- Who in the f-fuck is that?!

- Want some of that honey? There. There, she...

She loves the honey. (Laughs)

Anyway, I found a new follower.

It's fun. It is good. Grace: Oh Jesus, fuck.

- Why is your car a bee?

- Oh, that's a whole thing.

(Laughs)

I just think that before we get into this,

and I love it, and I'm loving this,

that we should um,

get her in the mix. - Woo! Woo!

- Oh shit! - Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Katherine: Whoa!

- Fuck.

- What? What do you think I'm gonna do? You scaredies!

(Laughs) Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang! (Gunshot booms, all scream)

- Fuck!

(Thumps)

Katherine: Uh-oh.

- What happened? Is she dead?

- Oh...

Grace: Oh fuck. (Wood creaks)

That's-that you see, that sounds bad.

- Ah! Ohhh!

- Okay, 'cause of- because of,

I need someone to come up to help me come down.

♪♪♪

(Phone rings)

(Phone rings)

- Starmother and Truthmother came home.

And told us to barricade the doors.

And pray.

Women: Gaion is with us.

Gaion will protect us.

She is our strength. She is our light.

Gaion is with us. Gaion will protect us.

She is our strength. She is our light.

Gaion is with us. Gaion will protect us.

She is our strength. She is our light.

(All gasp)

Hank: Party's over, girls!