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It should be right near here.

If there is an
anti-government group

camped out up here

a police car would be
a heck of a trophy.

Not to mention a detective.

Detective Pyre. Go ahead.

Salt Lake's police
records arrived.

One for Dan Lafferty,
second for Allen Lafferty.

Allen has a record.

Yep. Unpaid traffic citations.

Enough to get him arrested
the morning after his wedding.

Served time on a related
contempt of court charge.

Well, if he tries to
walk out of there,

charge him. Copy?

10-4.

There.

That's Taba's car.

See those?

Okay.

One of those vests.

You both... You're
gonna stay here.

Be a radio chain. All right?

Stay safe.

- Yes, sir.
- Okay.

Get your boots off
of this holy land,

or your blood will spill.

- Backup. Backup.
- Call in County for backup.

10-4.10-4.

Might take some time for
them to find us up here, sir.

Copy.

You have no authority here!

We'll defend our
private property.

Okay.

Get your boots off
of this holy land,

or your blood will spill.

- Ahh!
- Ahh!

Oh.

You scared the crap out of me.

Tell me you're not alone.

- I got deputies at the...
- At the woods' edge.

Calling for backup.

Good.

- Detective Pyre.
- I'm here with Detective Taba.

He's... how you doing?

- Busted my ankle.
- Took my... my boot off

to check it out, and
it won't go back on.

Everyone knows you
don't take your boot off

when you twist your ankle.

You're such a Boy Scout.

Eagle Scout, thank
you very much.

Gonna need help getting
Taba back to safety

when that arrives. 10-4.

It'll take 40
minutes. Hold tight.

Oh, boy, I'm happy to
see you alive, Bill.

Never been happier
to see you, Jeb.

You have no authority here!

We will defend our
private property.

Screaming that for an hour.

Allen's got a record:
Contempt of court.

Seems he shares his brother's
disdain for our kind.

It's all in the family, huh?

Really?

Got a smoke? I'd prefer it.

Okay.

- Josie, it's Becca.
- I brought you some cake.

Josie?

Josie?

Josie!

You see that?

I need eyes on the forest line

due north of our position.

I'm afraid we got company
outside the cabin too.

All right. 10-4.

Backup's on the way.

I'm gonna go there.

- Check it.
- Yeah.

Stay safe.

Stop struggling. It's okay.

It's okay. I got you. I got you.

Josie?

- Josie?
- Josie?

Josie?

She's not there. I checked.

The garage has
been checked twice,

and there is no
sign of his mother.

- Okay.
- So I think it is time

that I open my address book

and call the
brethren to service.

Please, I don't need this

turning into some sort
of news story, okay?

Uh w... um...

Annie, Caroline, Mama's gonna
take a walk around the block

with Sister Dorren, okay?

I'll be right back.
I'll be right back.

Hi. Hi, honey.

These yours?

You out picking elderberries,

and then you find these out
in someone's campsite, maybe?

I have two daughters of my
own. They love stickers,

but these are something special.

Honey, if you want them
back, you go right ahead.

Well, my name's Jeb.

And folks call me Pyre

or Officer Pyre or Brother Pyre.

I like the Brother.

What do they call you?

Jenny. Jenny Lafferty.

Well, that's a wonderful name.

You mind telling me your
mom and your dad's names,

so I can get you back to them?

Unless you don't
want to go back.

- I want to go back.
- Okay, good.

So what are their names?

My dad is Sam, and
my mom is Sara.

Sam and Sara.

Are they... are they in
the cabin waiting for you?

I don't know.

Okay.

Daddy sent me, my
sister, and Mom

to go pick for food.

I see. So where are they now?

Where's your sister
and your mom?

I lost them in the forest.

I don't know who's
in the fort now.

So that's a fort up there, huh?

Is that a fort?

For... for an army?

With... with soldiers inside?

They come and go.

Who comes and goes?

The men.

Hey. You know what?

I just remembered, I
met a Lafferty once.

You know who?

Allen Lafferty and
his wife Brenda.

Auntie Brenda and Uncle Allen.

Do they ever come around here?

Do you ever get to see them,

play with them, maybe
on special occasions?

Special occasions.

Hey, I mean, you wouldn't
have been invited

to... to their
wedding, would you?

You remember anything
else about that day

or the morning after,

maybe something about
your Uncle Allen?

Jenny! Hey, hey, hey.

Hey! Liar!

She's a liar!

Sister Lafferty.

I'm Brother Pyre. This
is Detective Taba.

You're Jenny's mother?

So first and foremost,

we need to know who
all is in that cabin,

'cause nobody wants
anyone getting hurt today.

My sons follow Heavenly
Father's commands.

He rewards them
with His protection.

So they're inside?

Hey, we heard there was
an army forming up here.

Looking to do battle with
the federal government?

Something about
taxes? Is that right?

There are tares
all around us now,

not just the feds.

Tares?

Heavenly Father's army
will separate Earth's wheat

from its tares in
the end of days.

By tares, you mean sinners,

and by wheat, you
mean the Lord's elect.

- Saints.
- Saints.

Who follow the covenants.

You follow all of your
covenants, brother?

He probably does, actually.

Me, on the other hand, um...

How much time do I have till
this judgment day, ma'am?

In the latter days, the
dark skin of the Lamanites

will blossom like the
rose and become white

and delight some again.

This invasion is one of
His final signs, so...

I'd get myself to a
baptismal font quick.

Why'd you call Jenny a liar?

She speaks about things
she doesn't understand.

She was only telling me
about her Uncle Allen

and Aunt Brenda's
wedding. That's all.

Unless there was something

she would have lied
about about that day.

You should ask Brenda
and Allen, not me.

Well, I... I've
never met Brenda,

so would she be more
of a wheat or a tare?

Your daughter said that,
um, Brenda fit right in

with the Lafferty family.

I was there.

Heavenly Father's laws
are black or white.

Brenda

she's an ugly shade of gray.

So what happened in the temple?

Are you all right?

We know what just happened,
don't we, Matilda?

A woman older than
Jesus' sandals

just put oil very, very
close to my private parts.

It took me by surprise too.

I thought they
kept me in the dark

because I didn't grow up IDS,

but I guess they
don't tell any of us.

The temple workers
are listening.

You're not supposed
to be talking

or making light
of sacred things.

Soon I will surrender to
Allen for time and eternity.

I'll be a Lafferty,
but when we covenant,

we don't give up our own minds.

Of course not.

It's important that
Brenda knows she doesn't

just earn a husband
today, but sisters, too,

forever,

to keep all of
our agency strong.

What do you mean, "agency"?

As in free agency.

Nothing holy is free.

I mean, I'm flabbergasted

that she would have broken

temple rules on her
own wedding day.

I... I imagine that would
have really upset you.

She's a pretender.

She's drawn to converts
like Dianna and Matilda

more than real IDS women.

The most high God,

to rule and reign in the
House of Israel forever.

Sisters, you have been washed
and anointed to become queens

and priestesses
to your husbands.

Names, signs, and penalties,

which you will receive
in the temple this day,

are most sacred,

and are guarded by
solemn covenants

and obligations of secrecy,

to the effect that
under no condition,

even at the peril of your life,
will you ever divulge them.

If I was a man

with the priesthood...

I'd call her a tare.

So what happens to tares
in the end of days, Sister?

According to Prophets
Joseph and Brigham,

there are some sins
beyond repentance.

Some say the only
way to forgive a tare

is through the doctrine
of blood atonement.

I'm sorry. I...

I must have missed that lesson.

It means

to cleanse one of their sins

by spilling their blood
out onto the ground.

Brother.

- Hey.
- Any more on who all's inside?

No, nothing exact,

but she made it sound like
all of her sons are in there,

and they're all
under 12 years old.

I gotta pray for their safety.

We got three or
four pioneer types

holding up inside, we may well

wrap this investigation
up right here.

Copy that.

Everyone's in place.

Bring your fire!

The wrath of God
will extinguish it!

We are ready to join
the true saints!

A flair for the dramatic.

I worry it's not an act.

You think they'd
martyr themselves

without the press
here bearing witness?

No, this type wants the glory.

No, my guess is
that Sam's army...

They consider themselves
totally devout,

willing to give up their
lives for their beliefs,

and their own sons included
in their sacrifice.

Well, let's get in there now.

What if that's
begging for bloodshed?

Allen told you that he feels
the key to solving this

is to look to the saints, right?

I'm pretty sure, to Sam,

this looks exactly like
the Haun's Mill massacre.

Missouri in 1838.

The saints were
working the fields

three days after the
Governor of Missouri

put out an extinction order

to kill all Mormons.

The mill looked exactly
like this cabin:

Made out of logs, but
with spaces in between,

so that light could sneak in.

And then, barrels come
in through those gaps.

Every single one
of them executed...

Apart from three Mormon boys,

seven, nine, and ten years old,

who'd hidden themselves

under the blacksmiths' bellows.

They're just boys, sir.

And nits make lice.

In Sam's mind, with our
guns all pointing at him,

we are those militiamen.

What are you doing?

Proving to those inside that
I'm a Mormon before I'm a cop.

Jeb, you have a family.

I know.

I wouldn't be able
to live with myself

if my daughters came
to think about me

as one of those militiamen.

I'm coming out.

I'm unarmed!

Lower your weapons!

Weapons down.

I'm unarmed, Sam.

Brother?

Sam?

Sam?

I'm Jeb. I'm Jeb Pyre.

Can we talk?

Brother to brother,
saint to saint.

Let my girls go.

Turn your men around,

and I'll forgive this.

Thank you, brother.

Thank you for your
understanding.

Thank you for sparing me.

Fine.

Get off my land

right now.

Now, I understand, and
you have every right

to feel invaded,

and to feel angry.

I know how the authorities

have treated our most faithful.

When they slaughtered
our kind at Haun's Mill,

our Prophet Joseph...
Did he ever fire back?

Did he ever resort to violence?

No. He... he surrendered.

He ensured the
future of our faith.

Brother Lafferty,

you can do the same
as our prophet...

And this can end
peacefully, Brother.

No one gets hurt.

I won't go down like Joseph!

I am heir to Brigham
Young, Lion of the Lord!

- Get down!
- Get down on the ground!

- Get down!
- I got two in here!

Your justice isn't Heaven's.

Like you did to Joseph,

you may sentence me to
death without trial,

but it is you who will
suffer come eternity.

Murderers!

Apostate pigs!

I suggested you disarm and
get your hands in the air

unless you want those
to be your final words.

Pull him out.

Tyrants. Tyrants.

- Tyrants!
- Hey! Hey!

Suspect running in the forest.

Back side of the cabin.

Who was that?

One of Heavenly Father's chosen.

He's got blood on him.

Looks like we got
ourselves a pioneer.

One of four.

Mama Pyre?

- Please help us, Sister.
- Josie?

- Please, Heavenly Father.
- Please...

Josie! Josie! Oh!

Oh, sweetheart.

Oh, you're okay.

She got on at a stop
ten blocks from here.

A good long walk. Impressive
for her age, really.

I tried explaining that
my route wouldn't take her

all the way up past
Sunset, like she wanted,

to farm country.

That's where she grew up.

I'm just so pleased

that I recognized her
from church, Sister.

From the church.

Thank you so much for
bringing her home.

- You're very welcome.
- Thank you.

You're very welcome, okay?

See you at church,
okay? You take care.

- Thank you so much.
- You're very welcome.

Oh. I'm so happy to see you.

A wonderful man.

And he belongs to the
church, our church.

- Yes, he does.
- Yeah.

And who are all these people?

It was the girls'
birthday, remember?

- Oh.
- Remember?

- It was the girls' birthday.
- Yes.

I-I-I need to go home now.

Yeah, o-okay. Yeah.

But they're all...
They're all leaving now.

Yes.

Go home, please.

Thank you.

Thank heavenly Father

that she has you
and that I have you.

Sister Dorren
offered to watch her.

If you can still make

the girls' baptism
meeting tonight...

Yes. Yes.

I will see you at the church,
at the bishop's office.

I love you so much, honey.

I love you too.

Thank you.

- Bye, honey.
- I'll see you soon.

Bye.

There you go.

It's gonna be okay.

Starved.

Well, let me tell you,
your family is A-okay.

Take a few big breaths
for me now, sweetie, okay?

Yeah.

Sounds to me like your
family's had a real tough time.

Is that right?

Yeah.

I'll bet that it's a
lot of responsibility

having a dad who's
such a big leader.

How did you help him?

To pick the food, the
berries or vegetables,

and bring it home

without any bad
people seeing me.

Who are the bad people?

People with uniforms.

My daddy isn't the
leader, though.

Please, please let him go.

Jenny, if your daddy
isn't the leader,

do you know who is?

Heavenly Father
chose the leader.

Well, you gotta remember
how to spell "just."

You can't wash it off.

Stand up.

Bit much to almost
destroy our life's work.

I've returned from what
should have been a joyous day

to find I am about
to lose my home

over unpaid taxes
and a license fee.

A license is an agreement
you enter with the government

to let them have
control over you.

The 12th Article of Faith
tells us to obey, honor,

and sustain the law.

You may be able to
hypnotize your brothers,

but you cannot hypnotize me.

Hands on the rail.

Whilst we live, we
must shame the Devil.

If God spoke to you and told you

that I was ready to run things,

don't you think you
owe me that chance?

Hands on the rail.

To be clear,

your grandpa gave Dan
lashings in front of everyone?

Like, real ones?

Or were they just
playing around?

It was real. I saw the blood.

That's enough. That's enough.

There's children here.

There's kids here.

There's only room
for one patriarch

in the family.

You give me back my belt.

Oh, you're a big boy now?

So let's settle this
like Lafferty men.

Come on, Ronnie.

Come on, Ron.

Need any help, Brother Lafferty?

I think we've got it
covered, Sister Wright.

See you in there.

You want to hurt me?

It's making your ears ring,
just like when you were a boy.

You got anger in your eye.

It's a dangerous defect.

Now, you count to ten,
like I taught you.

- One.
- Eh.

Two.

It's okay. We'll put the...

Put the cans on the back
of the truck there, huh?

So is your grandpa
the leader, then?

No, ma'am. Uncle
Dan and Aunt Matilda

had a party in the
room the next morning.

That's when heavenly
Father chose.

I got her! I got her!
I got her! I got her!

I got her. Okay.

Okay.

- Prayer time, is it?
- Prayer time?

We need our Lord's wisdom.

Okay.

Oh.

Our dear heavenly Father,

we ask that Thou would take
away my own personal desires.

Show me Thy path.

I will do anything
and go anywhere

to be worthy of Thy wisdom.

I will do anything
and go anywhere.

I will do anything
and go anywhere.

I will do anything
and go anywhere.

I will do anything
and go anywhere.

I will do anything
and go anywhere.

I will do anything
and go anywhere.

I will do anything
and go anywhere!

I will do anything
and go anywhere!

I will do anything
and go anywhere!

I will do anything
and go anywhere!

I will do anything
and go anywhere!

I feel it, Lord! Yes!

I feel it burning
inside of me to lead us!

I accept Thy will, oh Father!

I accept Thy will,
heavenly Father!

I accept!

Jenny...

Did you see Aunt Brenda or
Uncle Allen that morning?

The last time I saw her,

she was alone outside her
room, and all in black.

Black what?

A black robe.

Why was she wearing that?

I don't know. I don't know.

Shh. It's okay. It's okay.

It's gonna be okay.

I'm so glad you were
able to make it,

Brother and Sister Pyre.

Come in. Come in.

Why don't you two
take the middle seats

between your parents?

Haven't your parents done

a magnificent job with you both?

And now that you've
turned eight,

the time has come
for your baptism.

When your father baptizes you,

all of your old sins
will be washed away.

But from then on, any new
sins are yours to repent.

Now, that is a big
responsibility,

being so grown up.

But I know you can
do it, can't you?

Yes, sir.

Now, I need to ask you a
few questions first, okay?

- Yes, sir.
- Okay.

First, have you both paid
your full and complete tithe?

Now, that means you've taken
10% of any allowance or gifts

and given that to the church.

Annie, you first.

Yes, Bishop.

Great. And how
about you, Caroline?

Yes, Bishop.

Next, and this is
very important...

Do you believe this
is the one true church

on the face of our planet,

that Heavenly Father sent
His only son as our savior,

and that Joseph Smith
is a true prophet

here to restore His church?

Yes.

How about one at a time, please?

Annie? Yes, Bishop.

And you, Caroline?

Yes, Bishop.

Good. Good.

Anne and Caroline, I very much
look forward to your baptism.

And I understand your mother

has sewn you the most
beautiful dresses.

Oh. I try my best.

They're wonderful, yeah.

Great job.

Thanks. So good to see you.

So

How can I help you, Brother?

Well, there's a couple of
things going on right now.

And, um

well, one is my mom.

She, um...

So she moved in with us

almost ten years ago now.

And at that time, Becca and I...

We... we didn't think
we could have kids.

And my brothers already
had eight, ten kids each,

and so I...

We... we gladly, you
know, took her in, and...

Even though I was the baby.

But, um, couple years ago,

she... my mom... she
started to show signs, um...

Of dementia.

Yes, Brother, I know.

Sorry.

She stopped being able
to sleep at night.

And, um

she doesn't know the difference

between her nightmares
and what's real,

and, um, she gets...
She gets angry.

She gets very anxious. And...

You worry you can't
pass this test.

No. No, I don't.

It's more that...

The other night, she had
this really clear moment.

Just...

She was right there,
just like the old days.

Like my mom was back, you
know? And she says to me

that she doesn't want
to be here anymore.

She's in so much pain, Bishop.

And all the pain she's in,
what do... what do we...

What do I... what do I do?

To in any way help

abbreviate a life

is to interfere with
Heavenly Father's plan.

Of course.

Now, this life is a test,

and the challenges put before us

are not to be avoided.

They are to be overcome.

Yes. Hmm?

- Yeah.
- But

medication is not looked
down upon by the Lord.

Antidepressants, antipsychotics.

It's a fact.

Women struggle more
with feelings than men.

Many of the women in this very
congregation take medication

on a daily basis to help
with their feelings.

Heavenly Father created
pharmacology to help us,

and trust me, I've seen it work.

Thank you. Thank you, Bishop.

The second thing is, um...

It's this case that
I'm working on.

This... this will
stay between us.

- Of course.
- Sorry. I don't mean to...

It's a double murder case.

And so far, what we've found

isn't pointing outward...

If you know what I mean.

Most... most of
the evidence so far

points inward,

towards the early
days of our people,

to beliefs that I

only ever heard whispers of.

Be frank with me, Brother.

One of the suspect's wives...

She used a term,
"blood atonement,"

saying that some
sins were so wicked

that the only way one could

be cleansed of them

is by spilling

the... the sinner's
blood on the ground.

And she said that these ideas

came from the words
of our prophets.

What are you asking me?

I guess I'm asking, could
such things be a part of us,

from... from our...
our past, or today?

Brother Pyre, I'm
not an academic,

nor am I trained as a historian,

and so I never concern
myself with such deep dives.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

No, I'm not sure I do.

I don't go digging
in the past...

And neither should you.

You place your trust
in today's prophet,

Spencer W. Kim ball.

You leave the things
you do not understand

on a shelf.

And you trust that the prophet
will never lead us astray.

Are the girls asleep?

What about your mom?

She's fine.

Hey, um...

What did, uh, the bishop say?

Same old, antipsychotics.

I just still... I...

I get these moments
with her, Becca,

these moments of real clarity,

and... and... and
she's still there

when we go for a walk or
when we talk at night.

And I'm just concerned
that these medications

are just gonna

take away anything that's left.

You know it's temporary.

In the Celestial Kingdom,
you'll have her back,

restored.

Of course.

I've been thinking, um...

Warned you about that.

Oh. Oh, no.

I think it's wise if we
postpone the girls' baptisms.

Wh-why?

This... this... this case.

I... I need to just
get this case behind me

so I can clear my head

and so that my heart
can... can be fully in it.

But, I mean, my...

My parents are
coming from Arizona.

And our congregation. It
wouldn't go unnoticed.

It's highly unusual.

You don't think
I'm aware of that?

People will think that our girls

failed their interview.

It will be humiliating
for them, for us.

It's not just our congregation,
it's our neighbors,

our friends.

I have waited my
whole life for this.

I have worked so hard
to make it perfect.

I assure you, I... Don't...

- I've prayed on this.
- Just don't do this to me...

- Becca...
- And them.

The decision's been made.

And as our priesthood holder,

I need you to back
me up on this.

- And I am not asking.
- That old chestnut.

I would rather not have to.

You know what? You're right.

You're right.

Stop staring at me.

Stop.

You know what, Jeb?

What?

I acknowledge and accept

that you are indeed
the man of this house,

and as such, you are
our priesthood holder.

But don't you ever forget,

it's me who chooses when

or if I ever hold
your priesthood again.

Come here.

Whoa.

Honey, honey, honey. I
have to go back to work.

Don't you dare.

In the name of Jesus Christ.

He will slice your
throats from ear to ear

to cleanse you.

I hear his voice.

He wants this world back!

Hang in there.

Sheesh.

Open to the Lord's
interpretation!

- How much longer?
- 30 minutes.

Let's...

Open to the Lord's
interpretation!

Sam?

Mm-hmm.

Do you think he had...

That he had anything
to do with this?

I just feel like I should
be asking you that, Allen.

Never again!

Saw your police record.

You were arrested the
morning after your wedding?

And then you earned yourself
a contempt of court charge?

You know, for a second there,
Allen, just for a second,

I really felt like we
were on the same team.

Uh, I... I didn't think
it was consequential.

It's consequential, Allen.

You disobeyed a judge's orders
by recording his hearing.

And you were put in jail for it.

So that tells me

maybe you and Sam
are on the same team.

No, I...

So what else are
you not telling me?

Who else are you protecting?

- Brenda and I...
- We planned our wedding, um,

for the day before she was
due to graduate from BYU

so that her family could
do both in one trip.

I... I was on my way to
buy her some flowers.

I'll have to take you downtown.

Get out of the car, please.

But my brothers had pushed me

into refusing to
pay traffic fines.

They said it went against
separation of powers.

Brenda was angry that I had
put my brothers ahead of her,

ahead of us.

So she confronted Dan.

This country is in shambles,
and it needs our help.

And it starts by
resisting illegal taxes.

That's federal income
tax, traffic fines.

You see, we must start to
break these unlawful rules

in order to challenge them now,

because we cannot get a tax
lawsuit through the court

fast enough in order to save
our businesses and our homes.

Okay, but they say if Allen
doesn't pay the tickets,

they'll impound his truck.

I mean, your... your dad
helped him get that truck.

Does it scare you
to think that Allen

might disappoint Father,
say, more than disappoint me?

Or us?

Are we still talking
about tickets?

The truth is absolute, Brenda.

We cannot decide,
for convenience sake,

when we're going to honor it.

That's right.

And if a traffic cop

is acting as law
enforcement, judge, and jury,

then Allen's fines
must not be paid.

And if a tax defies the
original U.S. Constitution,

it must not be paid either.

Obeying unholy laws
for Daddy's sake

is not going to
make anybody happy,

not here or in the next life.

Okay, but, I mean,

there's gotta be a way to do it

where we won't all
have to go to jail.

Your husband made his decision.

Honor your priesthood holder.

Brenda, I can assure you

that if Allen gets
arrested again,

he will not go to jail.

No? Why not?

Dan's getting on the ballot.

He'll be more powerful
than any judge.

Yep.

For what office?

- For sheriff.
- I had a vision about it.

Sheriff of what?

Before we settled here,

our ancestors sought
refuge in Missouri.

Yeah, I know.

And did you also
know that one day,

without reason, without cause,

U.S. Government troops
appeared out of the woods,

and they fired on our ancestors,

and we sought refuge
in a log cabin?

Yeah, I know. Everyone knows.

Joseph Smith loved,

loved, the Constitution
more than he loved revenge.

And so, after heavenly Father
helped him escape from prison,

he was called on to
help protect our people,

to help protect
our Constitution,

by running for the presidency
of the United States.

And that is simply
all that I'm doing.

I'm just following
in his footsteps.

If a sheriff can
convene common law jury,

and court is where we
are ultimately headed,

then imagine how
helpful it will be

when I have become the courts.

So you just get rid
of the 16th Amendment.

Yeah. No more federal taxes.

No. Okay.

And, um... and what about
the other amendments?

Well, after the first
ten, yeah, they all go.

All? The 13th, too?

Slavery's back?

I mean...

It all sounds pretty
crazy, if you ask me.

But he didn't ask you!

And he wouldn't!

So if I was you, I
would keep my mouth shut

till I'd done my research
if you don't want to sound

like an idiot in front
of your new family.

You know, a lot of IDS husbands

might have been mad at
her for intervening.

But, you know, Brenda was...

She was trying to protect
me from going astray.

Our wives often see us

much clearer than we
can see ourselves.

Don't you find that
with your wife?

All the time.

And so did Emma, Joseph's wife.

Joseph. Joseph.

Perhaps the Lord provides
a bounty of new saints,

that we may raise up an army.

Don't be foolish, Brigham.

What Gentile would sell us
armaments in such quantity

that we might win such a fight?

A rifle aimed by God

will beat back 100 of
their arms, Sister Smith.

Brigham. Do we build
a Zion on Earth

for our pleasure?

For power?

Revenge? Bloodshed?

Enough.

But after Joseph escaped jail

and avoided execution
in Missouri,

he started to sound more
and more like Brigham.

We must strengthen our army...

That it might prove worthy
of our Heavenly Father.

For if blood must be spilt,

let it be theirs, and not ours.

And Emma was right, wasn't she?

I don't... that's enough, okay?

I mean, wasn't it Joseph's
turn toward aggression

that gave birth to our very
first destroying angel?

Isn't that how the
Missouri governor

got filled up with lead?

I don't want to hear it.

All right? I don't
want to hear it.

They got to you, didn't they?

How high up they go?

Bishop?

Stake president?

The office of the president?

Did they tell you to "put
your questions on the shelf"?

Let's get back on track.

Did you do anything to
try to heal this rift

between your brothers
and your wife?

With Sam, maybe?

- Yes.
- Okay.

More than anything, I... I
wanted Brenda to be happy.

So I offered her
what, at the time,

I felt was a
significant sacrifice.

Look, if God's plan
for... for this life

is for us to build
up an eternal family,

and

you want me to give
up most of mine

then I'm gonna need
something from you.

I'm gonna need to know that you
want us to start a new family,

one of our own.

And so that we'll
be able to do that,

I... I think both of us need
to give up a few things first.

You don't want me to
take that job, do you?

I just think it'll take up
too much of your energy.

It's...

It's Channel 11 News.

Look, let's... you know,

let's have a bunch of babies.

And then you can
be a newscaster.

You have your degree.

People are always
gonna want to hire you.

Okay? And then... And
then I'll do like Ron.

Okay?

I'll leave my brothers
to it themselves.

Our sweet wives
all being told that

by having dozens of children,

that would somehow
make them more holy,

more righteous.

Lately, I've started to wonder,

isn't that just
another surrender

that we push them into
in the name of God?

And I certainly didn't see
it like that at the time.

You know, that I was
building Brenda a new cage,

a prison.

But I was.

Wasn't I?

Hey, Sam. How you doing?

Once again, I'm Detective Pyre.
This is Investigator Taba.

I am the Lord God of
Israel's chosen servant,

my soul sent to Earth in these
latter days to earn a body,

these hands, this strength,

to separate the
wheat from the tares.

So we've heard.

Tell me, what kind of chosen one

cuts the throat
of a 15-month-old?

Hmm?

Heaven calls its
destroying angels.

I am thee,

sent to spill the blood
of those on His list

- onto the ground.
- There's a list?

A holy list,

revealed to Heavenly
Father's destroying angels.

I've heard his
voice. And now, I...

Wait, wait, wait, Sam.

You're saying there's...
There's an actual list.

Is that right?

Who all's on it?

The fornicator Brenda,
wicked and defiant.

Her spawn Erica,

the rotten fruit of fornication.

Heavenly Father demanded

their blood be
spilled to the ground.

It has been done.

Fornication?

As in sexual relations with
someone other than her husband.

What?

- Did... did she?
- Well, you said it, not me.

Not that fornication.

She disobeyed her husband,

and me

and God's chosen men.

That's fornication.
That's fornication!

Ever hear of that definition?

Mm-mm.

Sam, who else is on this list?

It's not given that
you should know.

So apart from you, uh

who are the other
destroying angels?

Ask ye of God, not me.

What about the man

that ran from your
cabin into the forest?

Ask ye of God, not me.

- All right.
- All right, tell me this.

Uh, where are the
rest of your brothers?

Where's Dan?

And Ron and Jacob?

Are they okay?

Or were they on your list, too?
Were their wives on your list?

The list is God's! Idiot!

How should I know how
dang long He wants it?

Yeah, I've done my work.

I feel His love and glory now.

I don't need yours.

Hey!

Pyre! Pyre, get in here!

Be right back, Sam. Thank you.

Hey, Pyre! Pyre!

I'm sorry, did we wake you?

Is all that true?

Is that true?

Are Brenda and my niece
Erica... Are they dead?

You tell us.

You know I'm not an idiot.

I know what you're
doing in there.

I know that you're in
there, trying to...

Trying to take advantage
of my little brother,

trying to trick him
into a false confession.

I see you. I know
what you're doing.

Robin, he's awful eager.

We hardly said a word.

Yeah, well, given his
current mental state,

none of what he says in there
will ever hold up in court,

and you know that,
so you tell me.

Tell me right now, are
Brenda and Erica okay?

That's a masterful
performance, Robin.

You can go to hell.

Not very IDS, Brother.

We call it outer
darkness, last I checked.

No.

Hey!

Spilling your blood
on my floor...

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Won't cleanse you of anything.

On my life...

On my family's lives,
I had no part in this.

- What about Sam?
- I don't understand.

I don't...

I don't know how things
could have turned to this.

It's not... possible.

- Well, it happened.
- Look at their bodies.

We need to know who
and why and now.

- Sam could not have done this.
- Please.

Robin, when you were
with your actual brothers

did they ever mention
a list of names?

If there was a list,

and if this little
girl's name was on it...

Then there would
be many more names.

Whose?

- Tell me.
- I can't be sure, I...

Robin.

You want me to extend
my trust to you...

Give me names.

The Lows.

And... and the Stowes.

Our bishop and our
stake president

and their wives.

- Why them?
- Sam was angry... with them.

They... they tried to intervene
in my brothers' research

into original IDS
teachings and documents,

into

our past, Brother Pyre.

Hey. Hey.

Get my car fueled,
vests on seats.

Call in Gray and Peters.

I need them to get to Stake
President Stowe's home,

pronto.

And get me an address
for a Bishop Low.

And I certainly didn't see
it like that at the time.

You know, that I was
building Brenda a new cage...

A prison.

And after I had
locked her in there,

once she became pregnant,

her heart changed shape.

I know.

I know.

But Dianna...

I heard the whispering
of the Spirit.

And... I felt impressed upon,

that we must do
whatever it takes

to keep all of our
family together...

To fight for each
member's exaltation,

no matter what it takes.

But I... I'm going to
need your help, Dianna,

to get them off
this wicked path.