Original subtitles

Is the PM gonna come after us?

You've got nothing to worry about

if you've done nothing wrong.

We are about to launch

into the biggest evangelical market in the world.

I am this church.

You were in a hotel room alone

with a woman who is not your wife.

My role of senior pastor here in Sydney

is going to be taken on by my firstborn son, Dion.

Whatever's going on,

you shouldn't have to carry the can for it.

[screams angrily]

[Taz] It's an enormous promotion for him.

I have to be worthy.

I want to go to LA.

I want you to come too.

[Jed] Mum, I have my own mouths to feed right here,

and I'm not going to abandon them again.

And I love your passion.

I just sometimes wish that your vision was bigger.

OK, don't ever let yourself be alone in a room

with any of the pastors, OK?

[sniffles]

Tayla?

[Eli] I'm done with God.

Light can't partner with darkness.

- I helped you build U Star. - I know you did.

You couldn't have done it without me.

[Cal] I couldn't have!

- I sacked Eli. - What?

Abi, what were you doing at the cliffs?

- You won't see him again. - He loves me.

You're not special to him, Rosa. You're just like everyone else.

I was cleaning up your mess!

By pushing her over the edge?

You pushed her over the edge, Cal.

[eerie music]

[jet engine hums]

[sombre music]

[Cal] She was just hanging on.

I was trying to help Rosa.

I don't know what you were doing.

But God certainly wasn't there.

[door slams]

[ominous music]

Hey, who wants to build a church?

[half-hearted cheering]

Look at us!

Quinn family holiday, huh? Just like the old days.

[pilot] ...14 hours, arriving...

Where's Moses?

He didn't want to come.

Probably didn't want to be 'miracle boy'.

Feels weird without Eli, huh?

Maybe Eli and Moses aren't the only ones

who shouldn't be coming to LA.

I need people I can depend on.

[sighs]

[pilot] Cabin crew, please prepare for take-off.

[message sent whoosh]

[phone vibrates]

[Rosa on video] Cal Quinn, AKA...

[Cal inhales deeply]

Cal Quinn, AKA...

[Cal inhales deeply]

...super nostrils.

[Rosa laughs]

- [Juno] That's... that's my mum. - [Jed] Oh, my god.

[Juno] What the fuck?

[Jed] I know.

- [Juno] Oh, my god. - [Jed] I'm sorry.

[Juno] Oh, my god. What the fuck?

[jet engine rumbles]

[Rosa] Cal Quinn, AKA...

[jet engine roars]

[theme music]

[jet engine hums]

[Kasey] Hi!

[Mitch] Hey. Welcome to LA.

- Kasey, Mitch, hi. - Hey, Abi.

Thanks so much for coming. Cal's just on his way.

We'll get going and catch up with you later,

if that's alright.

Jed, Juno, you two come with me.

- Hey, welcome to LA. - Thank you, thank you.

Longest 14 hours ever.

- Hi. - Hey.

- Hi. - Hey!

Here he is, the man of the moment.

Thanks, driver. We're good to go.

- Mitch. - Cal. Welcome, welcome.

Great to see you. Thank you.

Kasey, lovely to see you.

Thanks for coming, yeah.

Everything alright?

Yeah, yeah, just a... just a rough flight.

Sure.

Very excited.

[Dion sighs]

This is a nightmare.

[scoffs]

- Did you know about this? - Dad's an addict, Taz.

And you heard him -

you're in recovery for the rest of your life.

Yeah, OK, but the real question now is

how are we going to get him through the launch?

- That's your real question? - Yeah.

- After seeing that video? - Yes.

Are we even sure Cal is still fit to lead this church?

And you are?

[Taz] Shall I get Eli on the phone, Dion?

What is the point of calling Eli? Dad just sacked him.

Yeah, and now the wheels are falling off, Issy.

- It's ringing. - Thank you.

You've called Eli. Leave a message.

[recording beeps]

Eli, it's Dion. Don't listen to Dad, OK?

I need you on the first flight to LA.

Call me as soon as you get this.

- Who left you in charge of LA? - Well, someone's got to do it.

You saw your mum and dad. 14 hours and not a single word.

Look, we're in too deep. We can't afford to fail now.

He was her fucking pastor, Mum.

- Yeah, I know that. - She was in his care.

I know she was, Juno.

And I'm sorry you had to see that.

Look, clearly Cal isn't fit to lead this church right now.

But, Jed, we need to get through this opening.

Your father was weak and he gave in to temptation.

And he will destroy this church if we let him.

We can't let that happen.

[gentle choral music]

[Cal] What do you do when you've fallen?

[inhales deeply]

When your sin has separated you from God?

[laughs]

[Mitch] Here it is.

Cal, you're gonna love this. On your right.

Wow.

Up to 120,000 cars pass that each day.

[Kasey] The community here's really buzzing about Sunday.

That's... that's great.

Dean Santos and his wife, Peggy,

are coming down all the way from Fresno.

You met him at the convention...

[sombre music]

[Cal] Thanks, Mitch. I'll call you later.

Whose place is this?

Oh, it's friends' of the Leeways.

They're on some cruise in the Bahamas apparently.

I'll be taking the master bedroom.

I just...

I want you to know

that the second you want to leave,

you let me know and we'll leave, OK?

Yep.

I was hoping I could have a word with Juno.

I need Jed here.

OK.

You don't trust me.

I completely understand.

You paid no respect to her, to her faith in you.

Doing lines with her, you call that pastoral care?

No, I don't.

You didn't push her off that cliff,

but you took her to the edge and you left her there.

The church was her salvation.

You didn't help her.

I...I accept that.

As the instrument of God,

I have a weight and a responsibility

for people's lives in my care.

And I failed miserably and--

Where am I supposed to go now?

I thought I belonged somewhere.

- Juno, you do. - No.

OK, look, I can't change the things

that I did and didn't do for Rosa.

These are just words.

But I need you to know that I cared for your mum.

I really cared for her.

I tried to help her, I tried to give her counsel,

um, to give her advice.

She didn't need advice, she needed an example.

I was trying to do the right thing.

Until you didn't.

Yes, until I didn't.

Because Satan...

Satan was there.

Satan...

Satan was there.

I let the... I let the Devil in.

So did my mum.

[Juno sobs]

[car approaches]

[keys jangle]

[recording beeps]

[Dion] Eli, I need to know numbers on LA.

How much has Dad actually spent?

[recording beeps]

Eli, it's Abi. We need you here.

Please, just forget about Cal. This is my call.

[phone vibrates]

[woman sniffles]

[knock at door]

Tayla, what are you doing here?

I'm not going to sign an NDA like Alice did, Eli.

You know what I've seen.

When they would take me on those overseas trips to babysit,

I saw them with the company card -

shopping, first-class flights,

charter jets, fancy hotels, helicopters.

All of it. That's... not charity.

Right?

Do you have evidence?

I have me. I have my word.

They'll come for you.

Yeah, well, I'm not scared of them.

[eerie music]

[eerie music intensifies]

[chattering]

[gentle music]

[man's voice in distance]

[unsettling music]

[drill whirrs]

[sighs]

[Cal] Where do I go from here, God?

[foreboding music]

What would you have me do?

[Rosa] No! Please, Cal!

[snaps fingers]

[man] No, further upstage.

Bit more.

Hold it there.

[woman] We need to secure that rostrum down front.

[man] I'm on it.

[woman] Where are we at?

Thought you weren't coming.

It's our church too.

It's in your best interests to remember that.

[Taz] Cal, we need to run through the media schedule

between now and Sunday.

- Yes. - Is that OK?

Yep.

So Good Morning LA is confirmed.

That's going to be with Maddox, Issy and Benji.

And then later that morning, you and Abi have an interview

on Daytime with Bryan and Becky.

Yep.

[doorbell rings]

[door opens]

Has Moses been behaving?

We have a deal -

no police, no problem.

- Eli. - Hey, Mo.

Why aren't you in LA?

Why aren't you?

Hey, I got you a little gift.

Not as dangerous as jumping off roofs,

except for the sharks.

Oh, yeah. [laughs]

You're a good kid, Mo.

[phone vibrates]

Gascoigne.

[Dan] I heard you got fired.

[laughs] Bad news travels fast.

Can we meet?

[eerie music]

[knocks gently]

[door opens]

- Hi. - Hi.

Can I come in?

Of course.

I thought you were saving yourself.

Why? Because U Star want me to?

So that's it?

You're done with... you're done with U Star?

I guess I found God.

But I'm done with your dad.

The only real thing I've found here

is that feeling when I sing...

and you.

[up-beat music]

[floor manager] We're back in five, four, three...

My next guest is a Grammy-winning DJ

and record producer,

worshipped by a worldwide army of fans.

But he is a man of faith,

devoted to a new church here in Los Angeles.

- Whoo! - And there he is!

M.Dox, thank you for being here.

[Maddox] Have you met my friends?

Why is he wearing rabbit ears?

Um, because he hasn't been to bed yet.

[Maddox] ...and his dope wife, Issy.

[Issy] Morning, Jenna.

Issy, tell the folks at home about U Star.

Well, Jenna, I think they can expect

to have the most fun they've ever had at church.

[Maddox] I just love it when people meet God.

God is... God loves U Star.

God is, like, doing awesome,

and He wants us to as well.

- Amen. [laughs] - Amen.

[whispers] "God's doing awesome"?

[whispers] Well, we should definitely use that line.

[Maddox] We invest.

People are going to think our church endorses substance abuse.

I don't think people would notice.

He was nibbling on a carrot, Benji.

On live TV.

Benj, you're going to have to babysit him till Sunday.

Issy's right. And no more all-nighters.

And no drugs, please.

Come on, Dion.

We've got to get back to the church.

- Bestie. - Besties!

Thank you.

[clears throat]

[Taz] We're not far away here, guys.

Standing by.

Just so you know,

I've asked Taz to organise a dinner tonight for the family.

OK.

Try to rally everyone together for tomorrow.

I'll be on my best behaviour.

[Taz] Here we go. In 10...

- Bryan and Becky. - Ryan and Becky.

- Bryan and Becky. - Bryan and Becky.

- Five, four... - [clears throat]

[Becky] Good morning, Pastor Cal and Abi Quinn.

- Morning! - Morning, Becky.

[Bryan] Sure is a long flight from Down Under.

- I couldn't do it. - We're used to it, Bryan.

We love it over here, yeah.

[Becky] So, husband-and-wife team working together.

Be honest, do you ever get sick of each other?

Oh...

Well, look, you know, Becky, I guess,

it's, you know, no different to you and Bryan, really...

Mmm.

...you know, working together every day.

I mean, Abi's... she's my right hand and I love her.

- And we make it work. - We do.

[Bryan] And even though you've got your doubters,

I'm sure you'll make U Star in America work too.

♪ And nothing can divide us ♪

♪ Divide us ♪

[Issy] I'm just going to need some more foldback.

- Um, and a band. - [Benji] Yeah, yeah.

Alright, and introducing Pastor Cal Quinn.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Pastor Benji.

Uh... humble origins.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Come such a long way.

Uh, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.

And let's take a trip down memory lane.

[woman] And cue the video screen.

[machinery whirrs]

Lori, what's going on?

[Lori] We've got some mechanical issues up here.

- OK. - Stand by.

[woman] I'm so sorry, Pastor.

OK, do you know what? Just cut the package.

Cut the package. Cut it!

[Abi] Yeah, alright.

Lori, can we just jump ahead to the offering?

[Cal] I mean, what the fuck am I paying for?

[Abi] One-tenth of the produce of the land...

[softly] Hey.

People always talk about memory lane

like it's this beautiful thing.

You know, you have a stroll,

you take a little trip.

Like...I...

cannot get out of memory lane fast enough.

[chuckles]

You know, they do say we are what we try to forget.

Do they?

Oh, man.

When we started out, it was so simple.

You know, it was a beautiful, little thing.

And then...

I don't know, it got big on me, you know?

The dreams got bigger and it got bigger.

Then you can't control it.

You know, Dad, maybe this feeling

that you're having about memory lane,

it's probably trying to tell you something.

I don't think it would be the worst thing in the world

if you kind of went back to where you started.

[scoffs]

[laughs softly]

[gentle music]

[door opens]

[Dan sighs]

Maybe this isn't bad news, Eli.

Maybe it's for the best.

Dan, I'm over 60.

That was the only job I've ever worked.

Who's going to hire me?

All those times I could have left,

opportunities not taken.

I stayed because...

I felt a sense of mission.

You need to look at the big picture here, Eli.

Storm's rolling in.

The charity bill has passed,

and any day now we'll get a federal warrant

to enter the premises for a court-approved audit.

While the Quinns are distracted in LA,

we'll be kicking the doors in.

But...

you know where the bodies are buried, Eli.

You dug the holes.

If you co-operate, you get immunity.

You don't owe Cal Quinn anything.

Think about it.

[door closes]

[birds chirp]

[water trickles gently]

What are you reading?

My book.

[laughs] Oh, right.

Wow.

What, we can't learn from ourselves, our own lives,

our own mistakes?

You mean like sacking Eli?

Because sacking Eli was not a mistake.

He... he doesn't... He's lost his belief.

- OK, we're a church. - Right.

Faith is the bottom line.

So why are you so angry?

Eli's gone, you got what you wanted.

I'm not angry, I'm...

I'm disappointed.

I'm disappointed because he should be here.

He should be helping us. He's always been...

You just cannot admit when you're wrong.

- Abi, we need to stick together. - [sighs]

Because this is childish. It's ridiculous.

[Abi scoffs]

How's it going to look if we keep going like this?

How do you think the video with you and Rosa looks?

[sighs]

This is never going to end, is it?

I confessed! I confessed!

I failed you. I failed Rosa.

I let you down. What do you want?

God has forgiven me. Why can't you?

I'm not sure He has -

and that's a problem for our church.

[sombre music]

[grunts]

[man] Hey.

- Hey. - [customer coughs]

Can I get a beer, please?

- Yes, sir. - Thank you.

[beer pouring]

[plaintive string music]

[waves crash loudly]

[snaps fingers]

No, no, no, no, no! No!

[Juno] My mum let the Devil in.

[Cal] For 40 days and 40 nights,

Satan came to Him every day and tempted Him,

promised Him the world if He renounced His faith.

And Jesus said to the Devil, it is written,

"You shall not tempt the Lord, your God."

[crickets chirp]

[door opens]

[Benji exhales heavily]

[Abi clears throat]

Thank you.

[Benji] Yum.

[Abi] Now, thank you all for coming.

I know it's been a difficult time.

But before we open our doors and our hearts

to the good people of Los Angeles,

I'd like us to say grace.

Lord, we thank you for this food and this fellowship.

We know that we are strong when we are in your hands.

And we ask you to watch over us

here in the City of Angels.

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

Hey, you good?

[quiet chattering]

[Abi] What about you, darling?

[unsettling music]

"I'm only a man...

with...

a galaxy of faults and flaws."

"And while I have tried to trace those holy footsteps,

I know that I have sinned,

and I will sin again."

You know where I read those words recently?

In my first book.

- He's quoting himself. - Yep.

"Sin is a weight we carry

that separates us from a holy God."

Isaiah 59:2.

And so tonight...

I confess mine to you...

my family.

[exhales sharply]

When my daughter was 15,

she fell pregnant with Moses.

And instead of celebrating new life,

I turned it into a secret shame

that she would carry with her forever.

When my son, my eldest son, was 16,

and he was, um...

struggling with his sexuality,

I sent him to get treatment inside the church.

And I can see now that that has consigned him

to a life of pain and confusion.

My younger son

I was so desperate to bring back to the family

that I bought his community centre

and I sent in a developer,

who, to force Jed out,

burnt it to the ground.

I betrayed my wife and the sanctity of our marriage

by having a sexual relationship with Rosa Adebayo.

- This is bullshit. - Sit down. Sit down!

Son, sit down. I'll tell you when we're done.

You...

I paid a fortune for your little DJ pal

so that his underage liaison would go away.

But you're no stranger to NDAs, are you, Benji?

Dad, Alice made that all up.

This family is...

It's mired in sin.

Issy, my angel, you blackmailed your own father

to get your hands on U Star LA.

We are drowning in sin.

Sex before marriage.

Lusting after men.

Betraying your own father.

And let's not forget my wife.

Whoever is without sin here...

cast the first stone, huh?

You look within,

and you're gonna see like I do.

That the Devil has a hold of this church.

The Devil has always had a hold of this church, Dad!

[foreboding music]

[foreboding music intensifies]

[breathes heavily]

[music distorts]

[Dion gasps]

[Taz] Dion, what are you doing?

[Dion laughs]

Are you crazy?

Dion...

[laughs]

What are you doing?

[breathes heavily]

I don't blame them, Taz.

Dad and Abi.

You know, they were just doing what they thought was best.

[laughs]

[grunts]

But I deserved to know.

I was ashamed.

There's a towel here.

Come on.

I...I, um...

I kissed Jonathan.

He didn't kiss me back.

Is that what you want?

Um...

[gentle music]

I...I... I want you to be happy.

I think that's what I really want.

I just want you to be happy.

[Benji] Shit, that was wild.

Even for your old man.

What's up?

Nothing.

Just thinking about Alice.

[bird calls]

[Jed] What do you mean he's gone, Mum? Gone where?

- Everything's still here. - His passport.

- [phone dials] - Still no answer.

- Do we call Mitch? - No. No, no.

We can't risk this getting out.

- You don't think that he's... - Oh, god.

Call the hospitals. And the police.

Hey, I just spoke to the gardener.

Apparently Cal drove off in a taxi early this morning.

Right.

[excited chattering]

[suspenseful music]

Mum, Benji and I are ready.

It's the same plan that Dad agreed to.

Let Benji do the launch.

[suspenseful music continues]

[phone dials]

[recording] You've called Cal Quinn.

Leave a message. [recording beeps]

[sighs]

Where is he?

What's going on?

He's still not answering his phone.

Well...

I think it should be you that goes out there, Mum.

Darling, I know what this church is.

It can't be me.

- Well, don't look at me. - I'll do it.

- I'll do it. - [Mitch] Abi!

Have you seen the queue out front?

Glory to God, Cal was right!

Mitch, we have some news.

And, Lord, we ask you to bless our man of God

as he prepares to take his father's place...

and lead our worship here today.

We ask this in Jesus's name.

[both] Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

[phone vibrates]

[phone ceases vibrating]

[mysterious music]

[Mitch] Thank you, everyone,

for joining me and my beautiful wife, Pastor Kasey.

[cheering]

To welcome a new star shining above our city.

[exhales sharply]

None of this would be possible without Cal Quinn,

who sadly can't be here today...

[chuckles nervously]

...to lead us in worship and praise,

but in his stead...

[whispers] What's up?

This isn't me, Jed.

This... this isn't me.

My friends, I give you U Star's very own...

Jed Quinn!

[cheering and applause]

[exhales sharply]

[eerie music]

What is a church?

I've been asking myself this question a lot recently.

I've come to the realisation that the true church is...

It's not a building.

No, the true church is invisible.

It's within.

It's a universal body of believers everywhere...

[man] Yes!

...united in Christ...

[worshippers] Amen!

...following Him in the ways He taught us.

[exhales shakily]

- He exalts us, lifts us up. - Amen.

Gives us the strength to look the Devil in the eye.

[man] Gives us strength!

Stare him down.

[applause]

Before turning our gaze into the light

so that God's grace might shine down on us all.

Amen.

♪ Your life before ♪

♪ Had come undone ♪

♪ When you were the lonely one ♪

♪ But we can rise above all this ♪

♪ At last we found our happiness ♪

♪ You know when something's right ♪

♪ Because inner words will guide us ♪

♪ Guide us ♪

♪ United in one love ♪

♪ Nothing can divide us ♪

♪ Divide us... ♪

[up-beat riff]

[song fades]

[ominous music]

[tyres squeal]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music continues]

[eerie music]

[foreboding music]

[foreboding choral music]

[foreboding choral music intensifies]

[theme music]