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Just tell me what the problem is, nate.

I made contact with them last night.

They're after me now.

You made contact with who? Uh, the tv show.

It's called cult, but it's not just a tv show.

It goes beyond that.

You have no idea

How much I don't want to get you mixed up in this.

Nate!

You work on cult?

Yeah, researcher.

Be careful, daddy.

I'm ready to do everything

You want me to with roger.

Stuart: He'll end up

Nothing more than collateral damage.

Remember that.

Steven: Hello. Welcome to my home. My name is steven.

That girl who got in here last night

Was spying on us.

Stuart: But you told her nothing, correct?

Steven: Nothing.

As far as she knows,

She met the real steven rae.

The men that I met last night wasn't steven rae.

And then there's this.

Some man wearing the same vest

And knife as billy grimm, so is he

Steven rae's inspiration for billy?

Or the real steven rae?

(gentle melody plays) billy: Kelly.

Kelly...

The nights we'd spend together.

The smell of the earth below.

The sweep of the stars above.

(gasps)

Never lies.

Never leaves.

Never betrays.

(laughing)

Dogs are like that.

Until they die.

♪ the beast in me

(high-pitched whining) but not the earth.

The earth won't ever die!

(multiple explosions)

♪ the beast in me

♪ the beast in me.

Welcome.

Konnichiwa.

Mr. Grimm will be right out.

I can't tell you

How excited he is that you're all here

To lend your support and, well, your money.

(speaking japanese)

(continues speaking japanese)

(chuckling) billy: Gentlemen,

Ladies.

Welcome.

I trust glen

Has fully explained our little project?

The michael grimm center for children.

(speaking japanese)

A dream I have nurtured

Ever since my beloved son passed

From this lifetime.

(speaking japanese)

With your help,

We will see that dream become a reality.

(speaking japanese)

Please,

Let me welcome you to my home.

(speaking japanese)

I thought you were going to get the locks changed.

Thought about it, but what if nate shows up?

He'll still have his old key, and he won't be able to get in.

I think I'm just going to leave it.

Have you managed to find out who owns the building

Where you met that steven rae impostor?

Yeah, owned by the city of los angeles.

Various city agencies moving in at the end of the month.

It looks like somebody just broke in

And borrowed it.

Yeah, and built an entire fake apartment.

I mean, these true believers

Are going to pretty elaborate lengths

To convince potential initiates to join up.

This billy grimm guy,

In the photo from the taxidermy shop...

Yeah, he's got to be one of the missing adults

From the old moon hill cult.

He could be steven rae.

I mean, the real steven rae,

But without a name, this photo's useless.

You want to come over after work?

Sure, we wrap about 8:00.

I can bring something.

Do you want indian or thai?

Actually, I thought I'd cook tonight.

I just came back from the market.

(sniffling) okay. Sounds great.

Edie?

Hey.

Jeff, I'm going to have to call you back.

Edie, what's wrong?

It's nothing.

I am going to have to have makeup redo this.

Edie... What's the matter?

A prop on the set today totally freaked me out.

This is the prop?

I saw it on the set this morning and I freaked.

It looks like something

From your childhood?

Not like that-- those figures exactly.

Edie... It's crazy, I know.

My mom used to take me to visit her friends.

This long drive into the mountains.

I was like, three or four.

A big old house,

And a whole bunch of creepy people living there,

And those figures.

Do you remember where this big old house was?

On the way home, mom and I would always stop

At the arrowhead diner.

Lake arrowhead?

Mm-hmm.

And when you say a bunch of people,

Do you mean multiple families?

Parents and kids?

Yeah. How do you know?

Why would your mom go there?

Do you remember?

All I remember is she would sit me in a chair

Where I would stare at these creepy figures.

And the kids up there would try to scare me.

Then mom would come back very upset, crying,

Grab me by the arm, and we'd leave.

Any wonder I hate these things?

What I want to know is

(whispers): What the hell are they doing here?

Thank you.

(buzzer sounds)

Someone's in a hurry.

Just walking fast.

I saw you talking to edie on set.

Did you?

Everything okay with her?

Yeah, fine.

Listen, peter,

You worked on the pilot, right?

Of cult, yeah, why?

Do you remember how edie got cast?

What do you mean?

Was there anything unusual about it?

Anything special about her?

No, not that I can remember.

It was steven's call, just like everything.

Why?

I was just curious.

Later.

Wow.

Who's this guy?

Stuart reynolds.

He owns a knife company.

A very old, very big knife company.

I suppose he got tired of throwing hundred dollar bills

Into his fireplace; now he's dabbling in film producing.

He's a big fan of my work.

Should I be jealous?

My love, you have no competition.

(door opening)

Welcome.

Stuart.

Roger, it's so great to see you.

Allow me to introduce my very good friend,

Kirstie nelson.

Of course, I remember you

From that studio party a few weeks ago.

Yes. A pleasure to officially meet you.

Pleasure.

Please, come in.

(distant thunder rumbling)

So what did exactly did you tell this actress's mother?

That I was a friend of her daughter's from the show.

That I was worried about how edie's doing

And wanted to talk.

She was concerned to hear about edie,

Seemed eager to meet.

Mrs. Mcdonald?

Yes.

You're edie's friend, skye.

Yeah, skye yarrow.

This is my friend, jeff. Hi.

Hi.

So, what is this all about?

You mentioned that edie

Was in some sort of trouble on the show.

There was a prop

On the set today,

A pair of figurines.

She was very troubled by them.

They reminded her of something from her past.

Trips you used to take her on when she was very young

To a house in lake arrowhead.

I was hoping she wouldn't remember.

You're talking about the moon hill cult,

Aren't you?

It wasn't a cult.

Not when it started.

But yes, I was there.

So then you know how much the show cult

Resembles moon hill.

Why are you so interested in this?

We're trying to figure out who this man is.

His name was phillip.

Phillip kellian.

He and I w...

It's very clear that phillip

Is the inspiration for billy grimm.

And the detective character on the show...

...That would be me.

I am the inspiration for the detective.

I'm kelly.

(crickets chirping)

Phillip was such a brilliant man.

He possessed a wholly original mind.

And moon hill?

It wasn't called that when I was there.

It was just a group of good people

Trying to live a simpler life.

Phillip was its founder.

He was offering a place to hide

From the madness of modern society.

But you left.

Phillip was going to a very dark place.

I left him.

Eventually found a life away from him.

Joined the police to support myself.

Skye: It's just like the character of kelly.

What do you mean

Phillip went to a dark place?

He was beginning to lose touch with reality.

He was becoming more and more a cult leader.

I started to sense something terrible was gonna happen.

After I left him, edie came along.

For a few years I would travel back up there,

Take edie with me...

Try to talk to phillip, but...

There was no getting through to him at that point.

At some point I just gave up.

How does steven rae know you, know phillip?

Before arrowhead and before phillip dropped out,

They worked together, he and this steven rae.

Doing what?

Writing.

Phillip was a television writer when he first started out.

He was steven rae's mentor.

I know for a fact there's nothing on steven rae's

Résumé about working with anybody named kellian.

Well, I wouldn't know

About that, but I do know they wrote

At least one script together.

How do you know that?

I have it.

Phillip gave it to me.

It wasn't produced.

As far as I know,

It was the last thing phillip ever wrote.

Written with steven rae.

Stuart, that was extraordinary, really.

Is there anything you don't do to perfection?

(laughs) I can't take credit for the cooking.

Then you can and should take credit for hiring the chef.

Thank you, stuart. It was fantastic.

I'm just pleased to be able

To share my good fortune with friends.

Willing and ready.

Roger...

You know, there's something

I've been working up the courage to ask you.

I'm sorry, stuart, but you can't have her.

(chuckles)

I don't know, roger, I can get used to this.

Actually,

I was wondering if you might be able to do me a favor.

A rather significant favor, I'm afraid.

If I can.

How do I put this?

I...

I have been...

Lusting after an actual cult shooting script

To add to my collection.

I know they're guarded like state secrets,

But I was hoping...

Yes, they, they are.

You're right. They-they are very closely guarded.

Everyone, actors included,

Must return their one script after the episode shoots.

But you're resourceful.

You could get one for me if you really thought about it.

It would never leave my possession,

You have my word.

Stuart, I...

It would make us more than even.

Would it really be that hard?

I'll see what I can do.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

I have these rolled for me by a master torcedor

In pinar del río, on the western tip of cuba.

Is that legal? (clicks)

Does it really matter?

There isn't much on phillip kellian.

A few staff jobs on shows, nothing noteworthy.

Nothing at all on record after the mid-1970s,

And there's nothing tying him to steven rae.

I mean, there's got to be more to it than that.

Did you find anything in there?

It's a sci-fi script set in the distant future,

All the way in the year 2005.

Although it is about a man gathering

A worldwide following.

The header...

Yeah, "tposc."

It's the title: "the prophecy of st. Clare."

Those initials, tposc.

I've... What?

I've seen those letters before...

In my father's notes, but it didn't mean anything.

Hang on.

Here.

Tposc, the prophecy of st. Clare, highway 1?

St. Clare's church.

On highway 1 in ojai.

Your father must've made a connection

While researching the moon hill cult.

Skye: It says the property is condemned.

No owners of record.

There might not be anything here.

But is that a chance we're willing to take?

Let's take a drive up the coast.

(crickets chirping)

Look at that.

Skye: A tv antenna?

That explains why this place is abandoned.

Yeah.

Okay, "st. Clare.

"13th century nun,

"founded the order of st. Clare.

"in 1958, st. Clare was designated

The patron saint of television."

Television?

(phone line rings, beeps)

(phone line rings)

Hello.

Mr. Rae, it's... It's peter.

That is certainly suspicious.

Thank you, peter, job well done.

You'll let me know if you see anything else?

Your help is invaluable.

One of my staff

Says someone is researching phillip kellian.

It's steven rae's death, cameron, not yours.

Nevertheless, they've apparently found a place...

That kellian was associated with.

A church.

We have been searching for so long.

If this is true,

How could anybody else have found it?

It doesn't matter how.

If they found that church, it means everything.

♪

What's mommy doing?

She's saying a prayer for somebody.

For who?

For someone that she loves

As much as she loves you.

Did she hurt them?

Stay where we can see you, okay?

♪

Meadow: I said a prayer for douglas.

I'm... I'm so sorry, meadow.

If I had gotten to him an hour earlier...

Don't do that to yourself, kel.

You found andy, you saved me.

♪

Kelly: He's dealing with a lot.

He doesn't talk about his father at all.

He and douglas were so close.

Just give him time.

I just...

I wanted to just get back to normal, you know?

Yeah.

Did you, did you talk to your old boss?

Yeah. He didn't hire anyone,

So my old job is still there if I want it.

That's wonderful, meadow.

Yeah.

That's good.

♪

(coughs)

Are you looking at this?

It's the same as the true believer text

That was on the septic tank.

Jeff: Yeah, but it looks like no one has been here in a long time.

Skye: So what's the connection?

I don't know.

Vacuum tubes?

Looks like they're from old tv sets.

Call me crazy, but...

But does that look like the moon hill tattoo?

The three-dimensional box symbol.

Billy grimm's tattoo.

Another box symbol.

With the corners split apart.

Last week's episode,

Billy grimm blew up the cornfield.

It was just like this.

These are antennas.

The moon hill tattoo...

What, it's based on an old tv antenna?

Jeff: I mean, everything in here

Is based on television.

And the altar...

Billy's box symbol.

It could be a stylized tv set.

Jeff: All the writing on the walls.

What the hell does this all mean?

I have no idea.

What the hell?

Hey, look at this.

There's still a tape in it.

Wonder if this still works?

Play.

(man speaking indistinctly)

Sure don't make these like they used to.

(distorted): ...Works its web inside our minds.

It's him.

Hours, days, weeks... Who?

Phillip kellian.

...Peering into the inscrutable, indecipherable,

Comprehensible enigma that is television...

What's he saying?

...Television, relevision, neural fusion.

What was that?

Neural something.

(distorted): Neur... Neural fusion.

Neural fusion?

Control of the slavery of the mind. Maybe.

Coherent consciousness, that's what it is!

The people, the masses, the hope...

(vehicle approaching, tires screeching)

Freedom now...

All right. Let's go.

(door opens, footsteps echo)

Isn't that...?

Dustin wartell,

The guy from the cult party.

How did the true believers find us?

That's the guy...

The guy who pretended to be steven rae

For the true believers.

One of the moon hill kids.

Who is that?

I've never seen him.

Is this it, stuart?

Yes.

I remember this place.

My father's church.

My mother died in childbirth.

My father always kept me so close.

I can't remember a time I wasn't

In his arms or by his side.

He used to bring me here.

Stuart: I was just a toddler, but I remember.

This church felt like a dream.

Real, but not real.

I knew it existed, but...

But I could never find it.

♪

My father's desk.

Bring him in.

(wings fluttering)

(televisions whine)

Cameron: Is it possible?

You think the book is here?

My father would sit here and watch every channel

The antennas could pull in.

Hours.

Day and night.

Studying. Developing his ideas.

This is where he came to understand the truth

Behind those screens.

Where he came to believe

He had to protect us from that truth.

From that evil.

(door opens)

You brought him all the way here.

Do you honestly think

He'll be able to find it?

He's special.

Of all the readers I've gathered,

He's by far the most gifted.

(sighs)

Stuart: Sorry about the hood, nate.

You understand.

There's messages here.

But not like in the show, they're different.

Yes.

These messages have a very specific

Purpose, I believe.

They're meant to lead us to something hidden here

In the church, a book.

I need you to find it for me.

It's very important.

Am I making myself clear to you? Yes,

A book.

I-I-I need some time.

Of course.

Stay with him.

Dustin: You heard the man.

Make some magic, dog boy.

(typewriter keys clacking)

(tapping in threes)

(mouthing)

(bird squawks)

♪

Nothing here.

I could've told you that.

Nate: Maybe something out here.

Stuart: I'll hope so.

Put that back.

Exactly how it was.

Put it back.

(grunts)

Cameron: Stuart, what if he doesn't find anything?

He will.

Yeah, but maybe all this...

What-what if there's nothing to find?

My father discovered the truth, cameron.

A dangerous truth.

One that continues to be revealed in the show.

If we can find his book,

It may be our shortcut, our answers.

It's here. Somewhere.

I believe it.

I got it!

The book? Where?

Outside, in the church's cemetery.

Uh... (breathing heavily)

Stuart: Easy.

I'm pretty sure it's here.

(breathing heavily)

No games, sefton. It's it's not... It's not a game.

We gotta find a way to get nate away from them.

Jeff, come look at this.

Nate: It should be, it should be around here.

I think nate meant this for you.

Jeff: This must be where kellian's book is.

Yeah.

(wood creaking, snapping)

(quiet gasp)

It's all in code.

Nate: Stop pushing me-- it should be around here.

Come on, we got to go.

Oh!

(grunting)

Now's our chance.

Nate: I don't know why it's not here.

It's the only possible interpretation

Of the code-- I'm positive.

Stuart: It has to be here somewhere-- find it.

The book isn't here.

Nate. Jeff, you can't.

Take him away!

Come on, let's go.

Stuart: In here!

Search it, search everything!

We can't let them know we're following them.

Thought I saw something back there.

Maybe.

Can't tell.

He's speeding up.

It's the other guys-- call them.

(phone beeps)

You're about to pass us.

Could be someone's on our tail.

Oh, my god, jeff!

Jeff.

Jeff, they're coming. Come on, come on!

(shouting)

Where's nate?

(grunting)

You nervous?

Of course, I don't want to screw up.

You'll be fine.

It'll be like riding a bike.

You think I look okay?

You look beautiful, meadow.

Sometimes I think...

Andy doesn't recognize me anymore.

Give him time.

He'll bounce back.

Glen: My god.

Meadow. (laughs)

It's great to see you.

You must be her sister.

Glen nash.

Kelly collins.

Yeah.

(quiet laugh)

You ready to dive back in?

I sure am. Terrific.

Kelly, great to meet you.

You, too.

Come on.

Let's go, andy.

(sighs)

♪

(door creaks)

Stuart?

Stuart, my friend?

Anyone home?

Stuart?

(water splashes nearby)

(gasps)

(engine revs)

(tires squeal)

♪

Kellian's book is

Very similar to billy's book in the show.

You know, there's only three episodes left this season.

Maybe steven will reveal something to us

About billy's book.

Something that will help us.

Not right now, skye.

Jeff.

We got so close today.

We will again, we just...

We have to keep searching.

Down at the bottom.

Yeah, I saw this-- what is it?

It's a feather.

Well, why would nate put it there?

Do you think that it's something about the church?

Or-or, maybe that stuart guy that's holding him.

No.

It's, uh...

Something our mother would put on the napkins

When she made our lunches for school.

Just her thing.

A way of saying, "hi."

(quiet laugh)

Reminding us that she was thinking about us.

Loved us.

That's all nate meant by it.