01x04 - Party's Over Girls

[bunniefuu]

(Gentle electronic music)

♪

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?

g*dd*mn 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 g*n 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, sh*t!

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 f*ck!

(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, sh*t.

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

f*ck 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 f*ck' 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 a*usive 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 f*cking 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 f*cking 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: f*ck!

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 f*cking Gestapo.

Hannah: Hey! I-aah!

- They knew they could do

whatever the f*ck they wanted.

And what could we do?

Call the cops?!

(Adam wails)

- Oh, look who we got here,

boys!

little Amy Neston

and her b*stard.

You're lookin' good, Ames.

Grace: Arrrghhh!

(Glass shatters)

- What the f*ck?!

- sh*t!

Grace: You come back here,

I'll k*ll every last

f*ck' 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 f*ck are we supposed

to do now?!

What the f*ck 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.

f*ck 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 f*ck' 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 w*r.

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 cl*max.

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 f*cking 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 f*ck she's been?

- Uh look, enough

with this sh*t, Grace.

Look at yourself!

What the f*ck is going on?!

You're carrying a g*n 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

f*ck' 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 f*ck does

that mean?!

- I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

(Sobs)

- Fine. Whatever.

f*ck it!

(Sniffles)

(Claming exhale) f*ck.

(Sobs)

Oh sh*t.

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 sh*t!

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 w*r.

Jim Jones, mass suicide.

Basically, you just gotta pray

that the feds show up

before anybody else

gets k*lled.

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-f*ck 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, f*ck.

- 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 sh*t!

- Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Katherine: Whoa!

- f*ck.

- What? What do you think

I'm gonna do? You scaredies!

(Laughs) Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

(g*nsh*t booms, all scream)

- f*ck!

(Thumps)

Katherine: Uh-oh.

- What happened?

Is she dead?

- Oh

Grace: Oh f*ck.

(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!