All language subtitles for The Deprogrammer

[chanting]

[intriguing music]

[music intensifies]

BEN: So your daughter
is shacked up

with a group called the
Church of the Starry Wisdom.

It's a new cult. We don't
know that much about it,

but it's growing rapidly.

They tend to prey on
vulnerable college students,

disenfranchised seekers--

people like your daughter.

What do they believe in?

Overpromising and
underdelivering.

[laughs]

[scoffs] You don't know?

BEN: Well, they believe in
the usual stuff, you know--

peace, love, unity, new
world order, I don't know,

all that crap.

Yeah, sounds like our Katie.

Look, I know I'm
not your first choice.

I'm nobody's first choice.

But you're here
now, and that means

this is your last port of call.

Have you tried any exit
counseling or anything?

Yeah, I mean, we
hired a therapist

to show up when
she came to visit,

but I mean she went crazy.

I've never seen
Katie like that before.

She was so angry.

Yeah, and Katie's
not been back since,

and she's not even
returned our calls.

That's not
uncommon for someone

like your daughter
to be so basically

brainwashed by this cult--

that any challenge
to her belief is

seen as a threat, and not
just a threat to her belief,

but a threat to her identity.

Mr. Green, what are
you going to do to her?

[mysterious music]

I'm going to break that
cult's hold over your daughter

in a process that I
call deprogramming.

[takes a deep breath]

[eerie music]

BEN: I mean, she's going to try
and do whatever it takes to get

back to that cult.
[takes a deep breath]

So that's why we have
applied this method where

we basically abduct
her, keep her off-guard,

and bring it to this place.

She's never been
here before, right?

KATIE'S FATHER (VOICEOVER): No.

This place belongs to
a coworker's family.

It's been abandoned
for years, but she'll

have no idea where she is.

BEN (VOICEOVER): That's good.

Well, I'll be here with
her the whole time.

We'll have no
phones, no internet.

Keep the doors locked.

No way in, no way out.

[tapping]

This is all so excessive.

BEN: I know it sounds
excessive, but trust me,

you just have to isolate her.

It's the only way.

What kind of
guarantees can you offer?

(LAUGHING) Guarantees?

Look, about 65%, 50-50.

But this isn't the hardest part.

It's getting her back home,
rehabilitating into normal life.

Relapses occur.

Mental illness issues.

She's going to
suffer depression,

anxiety, panic attacks.

And even the suicides
have been known to occur.

[intriguing music]

KATIE'S FATHER: How
long is this gonna take?

It takes as long as it takes.

It could be a few
days, a few weeks.

KATIE'S FATHER: OK.

How can we help?

The best thing you
can do is to stay away.

KATIE'S MOTHER:
But the books all

said that personal connection
can help with this kind of--

BEN: Yeah, I know
what the books say.

So right now, we've
just got to isolate her,

and you've got to
let me do my job.

[chain rattling]

Trust me.

KATIE'S MOTHER: No, no.

I'm-- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I can't stay quiet any longer.

I'm very concerned about this
so-called treatment, Mr. Green.

We have tried every
single other method, honey.

No, you're explaining
all of your methods,

and you're expecting
us not to realize

these are the exact same things
the cult did to brainwash

her in the first place.

But we can't judge what
he's going to try to do.

No.

Isolating her-- not feeding
her properly, not letting her

see her loved ones?

And don't think that
we haven't heard

all about your
personal track record.

We know about what happened
with your former clients,

and we know about
the criminal charges.

KATIE'S FATHER: Mr. Green.

Mr. Green.

Mr. Green.

[weeps]

We just want
our daughter back.

Whatever you got to do,
you just got to do it.

The last time we saw her,
she was not the same person.

We just-- we just
want our Katie back.

[sentimental music]

She's still your daughter.

People don't change.

Deep down inside,
she's still Katie,

and I will do whatever
it takes to find her.

[exhales] I promise you,
I will bring her home.

[thoughtful music]

Just in case.

[music intensifies]

What the hell, Paige?

You thought you could just
slip this in before I left?

PAIGE (ON PHONE): Don't
act like you didn't

see the divorce coming, Ben.

And if I'm being
honest, the reason

I didn't tell you in
person is because I

was afraid of how you'd react.

Afraid?

I'm your husband.

You don't have to
be afraid of me.

PAIGE (ON PHONE):
Come on, Ben, we both

know you have anger issues.

[sighs]

I've been getting
some help for that.

You know that.

I stopped drinking.

I'm seeing a therapist.

PAIGE (ON PHONE):
You saw them once.

Look-- you don't know what
it's like to do the job that I

do-- to sit there, counseling
these people, and the shit

that I have to go through.

And then you expect me to
sit-in a therapist's office?

I just can't do that.

PAIGE (ON PHONE): First
off, you're not a therapist.

What you do with these
people is illegal.

These people, they don't
know their right from wrong.

Their whole mindset is
completely screwed up.

PAIGE (ON PHONE):
Regardless, these people

need a professional, someone
with real training, not

some make-believe deprogrammer.

[intriguing music]

I wish this could be easier.

I wish there was a better way.

But you gotta understand,
I need to do this.

You understand that,
don't you, Paige?

You understand that
I need to do this?

[exhales]

This place is
rough as hell, Ben.

[scoffs] Yeah.

It'll do the job.

DARYL: Good news is,
if she tries to escape,

there's no one nearby
for her to run to.

Look at all this nothing.

Mm.

You sure you're
up for this, man?

Yeah, of course.

I mean, it's OK
if you need a break.

Look, yeah, I'm fine.

Well, when are you
meeting that other guy?

Soon as I leave here, we'll
be back within 90 minutes.

I've timed every drive.

OK.

As soon as you get her,
take her up the stairs.

The room's all set
up, ready to go

Yeah.

I know the drill.

BEN: You said you're going to
do something about the power.

DARYL: I thought
I took care of it.

Nothing's working in there.
There's no lights.

Fridge doesn't work.

Oven doesn't work.

There's no water.

The toilets don't even flush.

I don't want to be here for
weeks if I can't even run a fan.

Shit.

[sighs]
- Right.

Well, I'll make the
calls from the road.

Well, come on.

Time's wasting, man.

DARYL: I can tell
you're distracted.

You can't bring your
own shit into this.

You can't make this
about redemption.

It's not about that.
I'm fine.

I'm fine.

This is about Katie.

I'm just here--

I'm here for her.

I'm here to do my job.

All right?

DARYL: OK.

I better go make those calls.

It's not like you'll
be able to, right?

No phones allowed?

BEN: Yeah, that's right.

[thoughtful music]

MAN (ON RADIO): It is hot,
hot, hot in the North State

today with no signs
of letting up.

Drink your water, folks,
and stay in the AC

because there is no
relief otherwise.

It'll be 110 degrees in Redding
and throughout the north--

Hey, change the station.

The game is on.

MAN (ON RADIO): --this week.

111 in Anderson,
112 in Cottonwood.

[intriguing music]

[car starting]

[music becomes vibrant]

[music intensifies]

KATIE: No.

What the fuck?

[grunts] [screams] [grunts]

[screams] Help.

You sick freaks, get off of me.

[screams] [grunts]

That one's a firecracker.

Did you get anything
done with the utilities?

County says they're rechecking
everything on their end.

Should be back up
by tomorrow morning.

You know, I could stick around
if you need some help with her.

You know that's not
how we do things here.

I know, but if she's too
much for you to handle,

I was thinking maybe--

BEN: Here's the keys.

Consider yourself locked in.

Phone?

I gave it to you before.

You did?

Shit.
I must have left it in my car.

I'll check it tomorrow.

And I'll come back by
for the electric as well.

OK.

[footsteps receding]

[intriguing music]

Oh.

Easy.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I just want to take this off.

OK?

What the fuck is this?

Who are you?

What the hell is going on?

BEN: Calm down.
My name is Ben.

I'm just here to help you,
to talk to you, that's all.

I'm not going to hurt you.

To help me?

You fucking kidnapped me.

I know it looks like that, but
I'm not going to hurt you, OK?

My family is gonna
be looking for me.

Your family knows you're here.

They hired me to do this.

They hired me to talk to you.

They are not my family.

OK, then, if they're
not your family--

- They're not my family.
- All right, that's fine.

Who's your family The
Church of the Starry Wisdom?

Is that your family?

You don't know what the
fuck you're talking about.

BEN: Well, don't I?
I mean--

You don't know what the
fuck you're talking about.

BEN: They claim
to be your family,

but they're not doing
a very good of it.

[screams] Help me, please.
BEN: All right.

All right.

KATIE: Stop.

No.

Help me.

[static sounds]

Please help me.

Please.

[crickets chirping]

[SOOTHING BACKGROUND MUSIC
PLAYING]

[click]

[thoughtful music]

It's OK.

I'm just gonna take this off.

All right.

Where am I?

You're in a little farmhouse
in the middle of nowhere

without a paved road in sight.

Why did you bring me here?

BEN: Brought you
here so that we could

talk, so to get you away from
all the distractions out there.

KATIE: OK.

When can I leave?

Well-- [sighs]

Well, you can leave when, um,
we come to an understanding,

when you start to feel better.

I feel fine, Ben.

I feel fine.

That's good.

I wanted to talk to you about
the Church of Starry Wisdom.

I don't want to
talk about them.

Really?

You seem to want to talk to
everybody about it-- people

on the streets, the gas
station attendant, [laughs]

the supermarket.

So you've been spying on me.

BEN: No, no, I haven't
been spying on you.

I've just been trying
to understand--

understand you, I mean.

Don't you want to be understood?

[intriguing music]

Look.

This-- this only works,
Katie, if we come to--

Don't call me that.

BEN: Call you what?

That name.

Don't use it.

It's not who I am.

BEN: OK, so what
should I call you?

What does the church call you?

[sighs] We don't
use names like that.

We have a connection that
goes beyond all of that.

BEN: OK, so if you're out on the
streets, and one of your friends

see you, what do they--

So now you're mocking
me and my beliefs?

BEN: No, I'm not
mocking you, but I

do want you to maybe
question and admit the fact

that some of these beliefs
that your church believes in

is kind of a bit
weird, don't you think?

Why do you say that?

BEN: Because if it
really was your family,

they wouldn't force
you into doing

things you don't want to do.

They wouldn't make you say
things you don't want to say.

That's not how family works.

A family gives you freedom
to make choices in life.

Hmm.

[scoffs]

OK, um, let's
talk about college.

[sighs]

I didn't like it,
so I dropped out.

BEN: Was that something
you wanted to do,

or did the church
make you do that?

Can I have some tea?

BEN: Oh.

Tea?

Like--

Yeah, you know, to drink.

Well, the power
is not working.

I can get you some water.

OK, fine.

The hell?

[eerie sounds]

[music intensifies]

[suspenseful music]

What the hell?

Shit.

[clattering]

Katie, what are you doing?

Just come on.

Fuck you.

Fuck you, you psycho.

[thud]

BEN: Fuck.

What are you doing?

[screams]

BEN: Just stop it.

[thud]

Ah.
Ah.

Ah.

Fuck.

What the fuck?

Ow.

shit.

[thoughtful music]

[clattering]

Pull it together, man.

[mysterious music]

Ah.

Fuck.

[exhales]

[music intensifies]

All right.

[clears throat]

[intriguing music]

Who gave it to you?

Who gave you that lockpick?

Let me guess.

Was it church?

Church of Starry Wisdom?

Equip all their members with
a little lockpick just in case

they get picked up
to be deprogrammed?

[laughs]

They protect me.

BEN: Really?

They didn't do a very
good job, did they?

You're still here.

All right,
[takes a deep breath] so we

were talking about college.

No.

Yeah.

We were.

We're going to have a nice,
civil conversation about college

without any blood being spilled.

I'm sorry about that.

You're sorry?

KATIE: I didn't know
that it had a nail in it.

I wasn't trying to
kill you or anything.

I just want to get away.

BEN: Yeah, because
that's not who you are.

[thoughtful music]

You don't like to hurt people.

You like to help people.

I do.

That's why you were
going to college, right?

So you could study
something that you

could use to help people with?

I was studying to
be a nurse, actually.

My grandmother was a nurse, and
I remember growing up, listening

to all her war stories--

nursing.

And what changed?

Nothing.

I'm still helping people.

BEN: Through the church, right?

Yeah, "the" church.

But it's not really
a church, is it?

I mean, a church has to
meet certain requirements,

you know, IRS, taxes,
all that kind of stuff.

Well, you're talking
about paying taxes,

so you're just playing
with semantics.

BEN: [sighs] I
want to understand

what you see in this group.

Like, why would you give
up all your dreams for--

KATIE: My dreams--
my dreams are binary.

They're simplistic, childish.

But the church, the church
showed me a better way.

It remade me.

BEN: Why do you feel that way?

It's not about feelings.

It's about the truth.

BEN: The truth.

That's not really
the truth, is it?

I mean, you're still Katie.

You still have parents that
love you and care for you.

[intriguing music]

I'm not Katie.

Yeah, you are.

People don't change like
you think they do, kiddo.

I can see why you'd
say that, Benjamin Green.

You're that type
of man, aren't you?

Full of answers?

So self-assured.

But the world would
crumble beneath your feet

if you questioned it
even for an instant.

How'd you know my name?

How did--

KATIE: If only you
could see what I see--

the world behind this one--

the world that peeks
through the cracks,

probes at the weak spots--

the things that sneak through.

You don't scare me.

There are two of them--

two ghosts or spirits that
follow you around, two

dead people you can't escape.

[mysterious music]

They're young,
vulnerable-- lost.

But you made them trust you.

They trusted you
until they died.

BEN: Shut up.

I see one boy and one girl.

She's short for her age,
though, more like 12 than the 22

she's supposed to be.

But her hair is gold.

His is dark.

Oh, and he says
his name is Lewis.

His name is Lewis Richards.

And her name--

[music intensifies]

--is Grace.

Gracie.

Shut the fuck up.

Who told you my fucking name?

Who told you that?

[mysterious music]

I told you, Ben, the
cracks in this reality

can lead us to so
much more than you

are even open to knowing about.

You get comfortable, kiddo.

We'll pick this
up in the morning.

[footsteps receding]

You're wrong, kid.

He never trusted me.

[soft, thoughtful music]

Name's Lewis Richards,
Gracie Donahue.

Lewis Richards.

Gracie Donahue.

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

Let's get you some water.

[jangling]

All right.

Oh.

BEN: Whoa, whoa.

Not too much.

You'll get sick.

Mm.

No.

Again?

BEN: Yes, again.

Oh.

So you don't trust me.

[handcuff locking]

Isn't this all supposed
to be about trust?

[takes a deep breath]
Trust is earned, kiddo.

OK, how do I earn it?

Well, you start by not
hitting me across the head

with a piece of lumber, OK?

I apologized for that.

Yeah, you did.

Don't act so surprised.

My church-- the church--

It's not so hung up
on infallibility.

Mistakes happen.

What's important is that we
apologize for what we do wron.

Don't you agree?

[sighs]

Oh, the air is
so good out here.

It's already 80 degrees.

Yeah.

Any, uh-- any luck with
the electricity situation?

[scoffs] I called the county.

They weren't very helpful.

They said the problem with the
electric isn't on their end.

It might be the lines
leading out here

or the wiring in the house.

This place is ancient.

Yep.

What about the water?

Anything?

For that one, the
receptionist transferred me

to three different departments
before somebody was

kind enough to just hang up.

So--

[laughter]

Oh, man.

Yeah, a job like that right
now doesn't sound too bad.

[laughter]

I had a job like that once.

It is.

[laughs] Anyway, before
all this gets sorted,

I brought some more supplies--

a couple gallons of water in the
trunk and one of these bad boys.

BEN: Oh, wow, awesome.

[laughs]

DARYL: Yeah.

Never thought I'd be this
excited to see a portable stove.

Yeah.

Four-star accommodations, huh?

I got some more food, too.
BEN: Great.

Good.

We're going to need that.

DARYL: This gonna be a long one?

You think, is she gonna
be a tough one to break?

BEN: Yeah.

It's, uh-- hard to explain.

She's, uh-- she's different.

DARYL: Mm.

But, um--

I'm not going to give up.

I'm going to keep working on it.

Get through to her.

[mysterious music]

These are their clothes
your parents dropped off.

That's all you had
left at your apartment

[scoffs] I left those
behind for a reason.

Those belonged to me
before I went through--

Transformed and you became a
butterfly from a caterpillar,

like a snake shedding its skin.

[laughs] I've heard
it all before, kid.

Look, trust me.

Get washed up, put
some new clothes on.

You'll feel human again.

Maybe not washed up,
because there's no water,

but you know what I mean, me.
KATIE: Mm.

[rattling]

Windows don't open, do they?

[laughs]

KATIE: [sighs]

Can't you do anything
about this heat?

Yeah, we're working on it, but
at least right now we can cook.

What's on the menu?

Oatmeal.

I like to keep things simple.

Simple.

Yeah.

BEN: You're hungry, aren't you?

Starving.

Good.

[intriguing music]

Well, looks like we've come
to a place of understanding.

Hm, yeah.

Can't escape.

Oh, I wouldn't look
at it as escaping.

I would look at it as a
process of finding your freedom

through understanding.

Why do you do this?

Does this pay well?

Well, no, I don't
do it for the money.

Don't you have a
family to support?

Aren't you married?

[laughs] I'm the one
asking the questions here.

Now, who's not cooperating?

[laughs] OK, in the
spirit of cooperation,

how about I give you an
answer for every question,

and you give me an
answer for every one

of the questions I give you?

OK, deal.

OK, so what is it that the
Church of the Starry Wisdom give

you that your family doesn't?

Understanding.

My family never
understood me, but I

don't think I
really understood me

either-- not until I met them.

But now I'm honestly filled
with a sense of oneness.

So you were lost--

My turn.

Are you married?

Yes.

KATIE: Happily?

Yes.

So how were you recruited?

I don't like that
term-- recruited--

but I met some of the other
church members on campus.

Were they students?

No, I don't think so.

Well, don't you
think that's kind

of suspicious, that
they were on the campus,

but they weren't students?

My turn.

Children?

No.

So what is it that
the church believes?

KATIE: Unity-- with
yourself and others.

OK.

Others meaning
other cult members?

There it is.

[laughs]

For all this talk
of understanding,

you don't give a
shit who we are.

Look, I do.

I do care.

I do give a shit.

You're hiding behind
all these buzzwords

and this new-age mumbo jumbo.

My turn.

Why do you do this, really?

Why do you do this?

Tell me the truth.

[sighs] All right.

You really want to know?
KATIE: Yes.

All right.

Well, I'll give you
an honest answer.

If you can give me one about why
you believe what you believe.

KATIE: OK.

All right.

So I grew up in a cult called
the Church of the Shining Dawn.

My parents were members, and I--

that was my life.

I believed everything
they believed.

But my grandparents
wanted to get me out,

so they basically got a
deprogrammer to go and get me.

How old were you?

I was about 14
when they abducted

me, put me in a hotel room.

KATIE: Mm.

They, um-- they beat me around
a bit, but, um, things were

done differently back then.

I'm sorry.

No, I mean, it worked.

Here I am today.

[sentimental music]

The cult eventually fell apart.

My parents were never the same.

But, um, I got through it.

And now I want to spend
my life trying to help

others just like I was helped.

That's why I'm here.

I understand.

Well, help me to understand.

OK.

Well, I suppose
concepts like oneness

seem kind of strange
coming from the outside,

especially after so many
scams like that Shining Dawn.

But the church does
offer something real.

OK, well, what is it?

Connection.

Real connection to
yourself and to others--

and to worlds beyond.

Like what, other dimensions?

In a manner of speaking, yeah.

Yeah.

Through this connection, we
become the truest version

of ourselves.

You can attain your
full potential, and--

and you become this vessel.

And-- you remake the world.

OK.

So that's what you
wanted from the church

Yes.

And what is it that the
church wanted from you?

KATIE: What do you mean?

Well, you gave up your life
savings, your college fund.

You gave it all to
the church, right?

Yes, but--

No just like other people
before you have given up

life savings, their time,
everything, all their time,

and given it to the cults.

No, you're misunderstanding.

Am I?

Yes.

It sounds a lot
like a scam, Katie.

KATIE: It's not a scam.

No, no, a scam is a scam.

You were scammed into a cult--

Ben, no.

--just like my parents were.

Ben, no, you're not listening.

No, you have to admit--

KATIE: You're not
listening, Ben.

--admit that you
have had these doubts.

These doubts have
been in your head.

KATIE: No, Ben.
You're not-- you don't care.

Stop.

These doubts about this
church, they're in there.

Fuck you.

[laughs] All right.

Fuck you.

I'll give you some
time to think it over.

[thoughtful music]

Fuck.

[suspenseful tones]

What the fuck?

How'd that get there?

[clattering]

Fuck.

[clattering continues]

[suspenseful music]

[mysterious music]

[door opening]

What?

[intriguing tones]

What?

Something wrong?

Huh?

Um, yes?

I was just checking
up on you, that's all.

KATIE: [laughs] OK.

Thanks, I guess.

Can-- can you open the
blinds, this plastic stuff?

Plastic?

KATIE: Yeah, it's
gonna be night soon,

and it'd be nice
to see the stars.

BEN: The stars?

They're really important
to us in the church.

They're just stars.

They don't mean
anything to anyone.

They're just some dead
planet millions of years old.

Stupid.

[music intensifies]

[suspenseful sounds]

[chanting]

[strange rustling]

Paige, what are you doing?

You got to get out of here.

You got to get out of here.

What's happening?

[suspenseful sounds]

Oh.

[suspenseful tones]

What's going on?

What the hell is happening?

[shouts]

[gasps] [pants]

KATIE: [HUMS "HE'S GOT THE WHOLE
WORLD IN HIS HANDS"]

["HE'S GOT THE WHOLE
WORLD IN HIS HANDS"

PLAYING IN EERIE MELODY]

[suspenseful music intensifying]

BEN: [sighs]

Oh.

Ug.

Ugh.

[knocking]

Help.

Help me.

I'm upstairs.

Please.

[knocking continues]

I'm upstairs, and
he's kidnapped me.

Please help me.

Help me, please.

Somebody help me.

No.
No, Ben.

No.

No, help me.

Please help me.

I'm up here.

Please.

He takes me.

[loud , vibrant music playing]

[screams]

KATIE'S FATHER: That
was her, wasn't it?

That was her, wasn't it?
Why was she screaming?

Katie.

BEN: What the hell
are you doing here?

KATIE'S MOTHER: Why
was she shouting?

How did you even get in here?

I kept a set of keys.

If I found this house,
and she's my daughter,

surely I can keep a set of keys.

OK, why was she
shouting like that?

Look, I'm just in a very
sensitive stage of the process

right now.
- I want to see her.

BEN: You just can't be here.

Look, I understand, but you
just can't see her right now.

She's our daughter.

I want to see her.

And we are paying you.

I know you're paying me.

You're paying me to do a job.

So let us inside.

BEN: Trust me.

If we stop the process too
soon, she's gonna be worse

off than when she started.

Our Katie, she wouldn't
manipulate anyone.

BEN: I know.

She never has lied to us.

BEN: I know that.

[thoughtful music]

I want to find the
real Katie for you,

and I want to remind her
of who she really is.

I'll let her know that that's
how you feel about her.

But trust me, you
can't stop the process.

We're getting so close.

We just got to keep going.

Please, just trust me.

We're almost there.

[SOOTHING BACKGROUND MUSIC
PLAYING]

[click]

That was my
parents, wasn't it?

I thought you didn't
have any parents.

It's not that simple.

Well, then help
me to understand.

I really want to
understand you, OK?

Look.

Does the church
have a family or.

I mean, is their
sons, daughters?

No, no, not really.

No.

[intriguing music]

OK, what about
elders or deacons?

No, Ben, we don't
have any elders.

We're all one.

BEN: OK, is there a teacher or
someone who gives the orders?

[scoffs] So indicative
of your way of thinking.

BEN: Well, I just--

Orders.

I just want to
know who's in charge.

KATIE: Can I take a walk?

Look, I just want to know
who's in charge of the Church

of the Starry Wisdom.

It doesn't work
like that, Ben.

It doesn't work like that.

[music intensifies]

[sighs]

Can I take a walk?

So, were your, um,
parents strict on you,

give you a lot of
orders, you know?

[sighs] Yes, I
guess they could be.

I mean, that must have
been hard on you, you know,

growing up--

KATIE: This is not
about teenage rebellion.

No.

No, it isn't.

Sure, it's about you
wanting to find answers.

God, Ben, can I take
a walk now, please?

My legs are cramping.

BEN: I'm just saying,
because of all that--

I just need to take a walk.

My legs are cramping.

All right.

But you were looking for
something, weren't you?

Because your parents
weren't listening to you.

You're so annoying.

BEN: There they were, the Church
of Starry Wisdom, looking down.

Give it a rest, Ben.

[mysterious music]

So, uh, tell me
about your friends.

Do you have any friend?

Like friends at the church?

What about, um, nursing?

Is that something you still
want to pursue-- go to college

and be a nurse?

Where are you going, Katie?

I mean, the future,
it's all ahead of you.

You can make decisions.

Make choices.

You're young.

You can do anything
you want to do.

Go to a new town or country.

Work at a hospital.

There's so many
things you could do--

have a career, have a life.

Where are you going to
be in five years, Katie?

You going to have
a family, kids?

[eerie tones]

[crickets chirping]

Aren't you gonna
lock me up again?

No, I-- I think we've made
some good progress today.

How about we try trusting
each other for a while?

[laughs]

Good plan.

[thoughtful music]

You did good today.

KATIE: Does this work--

like, what we're doing here--

deprogramming?

Yeah, I mean,
it worked for me.

Yeah, but how
common is that really?

[sighs] Yeah, it varies.

It's hard to say, but it all
comes down to the aftercare,

you know-- how
well they [exhales]

get on when they get back home,
the support system back there.

Has it worked
for your clients?

For the most part, yeah.

But, um, yeah, I've
had some regrets.

[sentimental music]

But regrets are good, you know?

I learned a lot from
them, and with that, I

can pass that knowledge
on to people like you

and help prepare you
for the real world.

Because it's
horrible out there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The world is really lonely.

It's a horrible place.

And the church doesn't
prepare you for that.

It doesn't help you
to relate to people,

and they won't understand
what you've been through.

Yeah, I remember feeling
that way all the time

before I met the church.

BEN: You can feel
it deep down inside.

It's the real you, Katie.

I understand.

I've been there.

I know how you feel.

Don't let go of this feeling.

Dig deep and hold on to it
with everything you've got.

Emotional neglect?

What the hell?

That's bullshit, Paige.

Damn.

Where's my phone?

Shit.

Where the hell is my phone?

Have you been in my room?

[laughs] No.

When would I have done that?

Well, something's missing.

I don't know what's--

KATIE: So you
thought I stole it?

[laughs] Nice.

It was nothing.

It doesn't matter.

I just must have misremem--

remembered it.

It's fine.

So these are the clothes
your parents left for you?

Yeah, I remember these.

Buying them all seemed so
important to me at the time,

but [laughs] now it's
so inconsequential.

[mysterious music]

It's so damn hot in here.

BEN: Yeah.

Sorry about that.

I'm working on getting
the power put back on.

Are you sure you're
just not trying

to sweat the demons out of me?

[laughter]

[clears throat] If you're
not Katie, then who are you?

It's complicated.

We're individuals, but
we're part of a whole,

like cells forming a body--

a body dedicated to
planetary change.

BEN: Sounds like another
form of loneliness.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Well, maybe I can
help you understand,

just like you're helping me.

I'm sure that it must
seem so strange to have it

all explained to you in words.

Well, how was it
explained to you?

KATIE: Well, believe it or not,
I actually dreamed of the church

before I ever met them.

In the dream, I was
standing over my body, like

an out-of-body experience--

an astral projection.

But I wasn't alone.

The other members of the
church were already with me,

and we were all in
our ceremonial robes.

And there was this offering,
and my spiritual guide

was there, the person that I met
at the church a few days later.

And they were reaching out to
give me the most beautiful gift.

And it was a secret--

Shut the fuck up.

What?

How the fuck do you know this?

KATIE: Know what?

What the fuck?

What?

[laughs]

[laughs]

[HUMS "HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD
IN HIS HANDS"]

[intriguing music]

[humming continues]

[exhales]

What the hell?

How did this get in here?

Damn, that looks good.

BEN: No, no, I didn't pack this.

I promised my wife I wouldn't.

You've been holding out on me.

I haven't had a good,
stiff drink in ages.

The church was really
strict about that.

But there's no church
here, is there?

No wives either.

You get the glasses,
I'll get the music.

[vibrant, sensual music]

[music becomes intriguing]

[music builds up]

[music intensifies]

[ominous tones]

[moist sounds]

[grunts]

[suspenseful tones]

Oh, fuck.

[grunts]

[mysterious music]

What the hell-- is going on?

[grunts]

[mysterious music]

What the hell?

Oh.

[suspenseful tones]

KATIE: It's so pretty out there.

BEN: [exhales] What the
hell happened last night?

KATIE: Well, I told you about my
dream, and you were pretty rude.

And then you went to
bed like an old man

Oh, Ben, you look terrible.

BEN: Yeah, I'm fine.

Oh.

Seriously, though,
you look like shit.

No, I'm fine I
just can't sleep.

The heat, the
stale air in there.

DARYL: That's more
than that, man.

You look like--

I don't know-- spooked?

No.

I don't know.

Normally I know a
lot more about a cult

before I get into this,
but, I don't know,

this one, I just can't--

I can't figure it out.

It's-- it's-- it's different.

She hasn't told
you much about them?

No, not really.

I mean, I'm starting
to get somewhere.

I'm starting to wear her down.

[laughs] Looks more like
she's wearing you down.

No, it's not that I'm fine.

It's just-- the stale
air in there, man--

I can't sleep.

Yeah, I'm working on that.

Should we back up any hour now.

Did you, um-- did
you find my phone?

DARYL: You know, it's
the damnedest thing.

Maybe it slipped out of my
pocket or out of the car door.

I don't know.

But I figured we could go
look around on the grass just

to be safe.
- No, it's fine.

I-- I know where I put it.

I must be misremembering it.

Like you left it at home or--

I don't know.

My head's all-- fuzzy.

Just keep after it.

I'm sure the deprogramming
is almost done I'm you're

close to your breakthrough.

Yeah, any hour--

any hour now.

All right.

[takes a deep breath]

[mysterious music]

[suspenseful tones]

[vomits]

[vomits]

[suspenseful tones]

Hm.

What?

Oh, nothing.

KATIE: You're
staring at the bowl.

Have you eaten?

Uh, no, it's just, uh,
the oatmeal, I don't know.

KATIE: I kind of like it.

It reminds me of summer camp.

Can I see my parents today?

[laughs] Surprised.

I thought they weren't
your real family.

They are, and they aren't.

Part of the church
is outreach, and I

was thinking maybe
they can join us

and be part of my real family.

Yeah, I don't think
they'll go for that.

[laughs]

Well, maybe I
can convince them.

I just need to show them
what the church offers

and what they could gain.

[intriguing music]

You're not sleeping, are you?

BEN: No.

I mean, it's-- the heat.

I-- I don't know.

I can't s-- I don't know.
Maybe--

Bad dreams?

[suspenseful tones]

Yeah.

Have you had them?

[exhales] I'm not feeling well.

You aren't, are you?

When's the last
time that you did?

[music intensifies]

[mysterious music]

[thunder rumbling]

[train sounds]

[exhales]

Oh.

What the hell?

Wha-- what is this?

Like tai chi or something?

[laughs] No.

I'm just working out the kinks.

That bed is not
exactly comfortable.

I don't know you can
work out in this heat.

It must be a hundred
degrees in here.

KATIE: Have you ever
heard of hot yoga?

[laughs] No.

KATIE: [laughs]

Mmm.

Actually-- I'm feeling
better than ever, Ben.

BEN: Oh?

That's great.

Yeah.

I mean, it must be
because of you, right?

Well, I mean--

It must be because of this
whole intervention of yours,

Oh, I--

I guess.

What do you say?

[mysterious music]

Are you my Knight
in shining armor?

[laughs] Um, I should,
uh, go do something.

You just keep working out.

[sighs] Knight in shining armor.

[laughs]

[music becomes intriguing]

[music slowly intensifies]

What the fuck is this?

Is this your Bible or something?
- We don't use words like that?

BEN: And how the
hell did it get in?

It wasn't even with the clothes
that your parents dropped off.

KATIE: No, of course not.
They've never seen that.

BEN: Is somebody dropping things
and, like, smuggling things

in Here?

Because I mean, you got
this, and then the lockpick.

How'd you get that?

I didn't pick the lock.

Who the fuck has been outside,
scratching on the windows

and pulling the nails
out of the doors?

I mean, what the
hell's going on?

Ben?

What?

KATIE: Ben?

Yeah, I--

KATIE: I'm getting
worried about you, Ben.

I think that the
heat's getting to you.

BEN: What the fuck?

No, I'm fine.
I'm fine.

KATIE: Have you been
hallucinating or--

No, I'm fine.

--losing your sense of taste?

Fuck.

Shut up.

KATIE: Ben-- I'm really
worried about you.

I'm gonna have to
lock you up again.

OK?

OK, if you think
that would be best.

Yeah, I do.

OK.

Just--

[mysterious music]

Oh.

Fuck.

I found that life is
about balance, Mr. Green--

balance with our environment,
harmony with ourselves.

But you've lost that
balance, Mr. Green.

How are you supposed
to get my mind cleared

when yours is so cluttered?

And this calling of yours--

it's just shifting the pain
that you experienced as a chid

back onto the people
that you're supposedly

saving, forcing others--

Shut the fuck up.

Oh my god, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to do that.

I'm sorry.

[suspenseful music]

You've hit women
before, haven't you?

No, no, no.

I

KATIE: Children, then, because
that's how you see me, isn't it?

Just another helpless
child to save.

I don't hurt children.

KATIE: Yes, you do.

You hurt them.

And you blame yourself for what
happened to Lewis and Gracie.

I don't have to
explain myself to you.

We'll resume this tomorrow.

I'm going to break this--

this cult over you.

If you say so, Ben.

[sighs]

[thoughtful music]

[clattering]

[music intensifies]

Hey, what are you
doing out there?

I can see you.

I know what you're doing.

You don't scare me.

I'm not gonna stop
doing what I'm doing.

I'm gonna set her free.

I'm gonna set her free.

[music intensifies further]

Come back to me, Ben.

You're not done here.

You have so much left to learn.

[mysterious music]

You came back.

What happened?

KATIE: You tell me.

I found you passed out on
the floor this morning.

I was starting to think
you weren't gonna wake up.

They're gone.

KATIE: Who's gone?

Oh.

Was somebody out there?

BEN: No, it's nothing.

KATIE: Are you OK?

What happened
to your Handcuffs?

What handcuffs?

I put you in
handcuffs last night.

No, Ben, you took
those off days ago.

BEN: Oh.

In the spirit of trust
and cooperation, remember?

No I mean--

I don't know.

I'm trying to.

Man, my head is killing me.

This--

You must be so dehydrated.

This heat--

Come on, let's go--

let's go get you some water.

Let's-- come on.

[sighs]

[exhales]

Come on.

Careful.

Careful.

[coughs]

[intriguing music]

[vomits] [coughs]

Yeah.

It's OK.

Let it all out.

[vomits] [coughs]

[pants]

[music intensifies]

[vomits]

[suspenseful tones]

[groans]

[grunts] How did I get here?

Ben, you've been
in bed for hours.

I don't remember.

Yeah, you've been
in and out all day.

Even when you were awake, you--

you called me by a name.

Who's Paige?

That-- that's my wife.

I don't remember.

Don't you mean ex-wife?

Oh, yes.

I--
- Hey.

I don't want to talk about it.

[laughs] You say that now.

[laughs]

Hey, it's OK.

Why don't you just
get some sleep?

Get some rest.

Yeah.

[suspenseful tones]

Shhh.

[mysterious music]

[indistinct whispering]

[suspenseful tones]

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING
CONTINUES]

["HE'S GOT THE WHOLE
WORLD IN HIS HANDS"

PLAYING IN EERIE MELODY]

Katie?

(WHISPERING) Katie?

[intriguing music]

Katie?

KATIE: He's still weak.

He might not survive this place.

Katie?

Who are you talking to?

KATIE: I'm not giving
up on this one.

[eerie tones]

Katie?

[mysterious music]

[music intensifies]

Where's the book?

[exhales]

[intriguing music]

[exhales] What--
what-- what time is it?

KATIE: It's almost night.

We need to talk about you,
Ben-- about your health.

You're not doing well, and I
know that it's more than just

this heat and stale air.

You're sick, Ben,
and it's a sickness

that comes from inside of you.

And you've been sick
for a very long time.

Yeah, I know.

And you need to bleed
that sickness out of you.

Bleed it?

KATIE: Yes.

Talk about it.

Be honest.

Tell the truth.

You need to free yourself.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[slow, intriguing music]

Lewis-- and Gracie.

KATIE: Yeah.

You got them out of their cults,
but you couldn't save them.

I don't know--

I don't know if I was--

too hard on them
or not hard enough?

Their families, they-- they
really-- they dropped the bal.

No.

No, Ben.

It was your fault.
Those children are dead,

and it is your fault.

Yeah.

You're right.

It's my fault. I--

I just wanted to
help them, you know?

The same way I was helped.

Oh, sweetie, no,
I don't buy it.

This was about you.

This was about your redemption.

You've killed, and you don't
want to face the consequences.

Those were suicides.

KATIE: No.

They committed suicide, and
then I got a police record.

And then my wife leaves me.

Haven't I been punished enough?

I'm just trying to do--

No, Ben.

--do good.

Is that all it is about
for you-- your intentions?

Some hero you are.

Why don't I give you some
time to think about it?

[music intensifies]

[thoughtful music]

[music becomes intriguing]

What's going on?

What the hell?

[suspenseful tones]

Argh.

Katie, what the
fuck are you doing?

KATIE: [shouts]

[grunts] No.

No.

[screams] [snarls]

[suspenseful music]

[rattling]

BEN: Just open up.

KATIE: Ben?

Please, I'm worried.

Just put the knife down, OK?

BEN: Fucking open.

KATIE: Ben, can you hear me?

Please, I'm worried.

Please just put
the knife down, OK?

It's just a hallucination.

This is a hallucination.

This is real.

It's not real.

KATIE: Ben, just put
the knife down, OK?

[gasps]

Fuck.

Oh, shit.

Oh.

Oh.

KATIE: Ben?

Oh my god.

What did you do?

BEN: I think I need
to go to the hospital.

Well, we're locked in here,
so you're going to have to wat

till your friend comes back.

He-- should be here tomorrow

KATIE: I think you
can wait that long.

You're strong.

Why did you have a knife

I've never had a
violent client before.

I-- I just got it just
in case, you know.

Ironic, isn't it?

Well, I took it away,
so no more accidents.

[mysterious music]

Your eyes have
some blue in them.

It's lovely.

Blue is a really important color
to the Church of Starry Wisdom.

Do you know why that is?

No.

The sky is blue.

The ocean is blue.

Blue is the color of
limitless vastness,

of undiscovered species,
and untapped potential.

That's what I see in
you, Benjamin green.

BEN: What?

Potential, silly.

[laughs] Your heart's
in the right place.

I believe you really
want to help people.

I can help you
atone for your sins.

You said you trust me, right?

Yeah, I guess.

Good.

OK.

We need to keep
your strength up.

Is something wrong?

It's-- it's fine.

[music intensifies]

KATIE: Humans-- the hubris
of this whole planet.

[mysterious music]

Do you ever stop to
think about that?

We assume we're the height
of power and intelligence

because we haven't seen
anything more powerful.

But we're not smart enough
to assume something like that

must exist out there--

in the night sky.

That's what we learn in the
Church of Starry Wisdom.

We learn humility.

We learn perspective.

We know there's more to life
on this plane or any other,

and we accept this knowledge.

We welcome it.

And so we open ourselves
to possibilities.

[mysterious music]

We embrace our
potential, and we leave

the limitations of
conventional humanity behind.

[birds chirping]

And that's what I
want for you, Ben.

I want you to
truly open yourself

up to embrace the infinite.

So why did you come here?

What did you want?

I wanted to help
you, to save you.

KATIE: What else?

And-- I wanted to prove to
myself that I could do it--

to redeem myself.

You have to understand,
Ben, that the fulfillment

that you're looking for, it
doesn't come from others.

It comes from within you.

It all starts with you.

It's all about you and what
you can bring to others.

So let me help you.

Let me help you change,
Ben-- really change.

It's true, change
comes from within,

but it only happens
after you make

the first few changes yourself.

And then you get ready for the
very, very big transformation.

[laughs]

I want that.

KATIE: Yes.

And look at you, Ben.

You're not even asking questions
about the big transformation.

I'm so proud of you.

I trust you,

Yeah.

I think you're almost ready.

But you're not quite
strong enough yet.

[mysterious music]

So you get some rest.

Make your body the
best possible vessel.

Mm.

I think this was
a great session.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[birds chirping]

Katie?

[mysterious music]

[exhales]

[suspenseful tones]

KATIE: We're almost ready.

No, he's doing very well.

[suspenseful music]

No.

There's no time for that now.

The process has already begun.

Katie?

KATIE: Don't worry.

We're almost there.

Just wait.

You'll see.

Tell the others.

BEN: Who are you talking to?

Kate, what's going on?

[whoosh]

Katie.

I told you,
that's not my name.

BEN: Oh.

No Oh.

What the fuck is going on?

[rattling]

We're moving on to the next
phase of your treatment, Ben.

Who the fuck is this?

[intriguing tones]

Daryl?

The fuck are you doing?

KATIE: Your friend was
scared too at first.

These feelings will pass.

You'll become something
bigger than these emotions.

You'll be one with forces
you can't even comprehend.

KATIE: Soon you'll be reborn
as something truly great.

Reborn?

The seeds have
already been planted.

Once your current
weak self dies,

the new, stronger identity
will come and take

possession of your vessel.

Then once you've made the
changes that you seek,

Ben, you can make your
impact on the world.

You're fucking insane.

Daryl, how long you been
caught up with these fuckers?

Long enough.

KATIE: Don't let your
last thoughts be of hatred

and fear, Benjamin Green.

You have so much
to look forward to.

Fuck you.

[moist rumbling]

Ow.

[tearing]

Aargh.

No.

It's happening.

What the fuck is this?

We should leave the room.

After all, everybody dies alone.

KATIE: [whimpers]

There's something inside me.

There's something inside me.

[shouts] Fuck.

Benjamin green
is taking too long.

They take as
long as they take.

[intriguing music]

[rattling]

[thudding]

Argh.

We must be flexible.

DARYL: The brothers
are growing concerned.

Argh.

Aargh.

Fuck.

[grunts] Fucking
thing out of me.

Aargh.

[pants] Oh.

[music intensifies]

[moist sounds]

Our numbers must grow.

We must accept all suitable
candidates as hosts.

If we rush things,
we risk failure.

Failure is impossible.

This planet is full of
men like Benjamin Green,

who will be easy to absorb,
but only if we take our time

and apply the correct pressure.

[coughs] [groans]

Ah.

[spits]

[thudding]

[screams]

[thudding]

The human-- he
killed our brother.

Take care of things.

DARYL: You can't
escape this human.

We are inevitable.

Change is inevitable.

[grunts] These
delays mean nothing.

[thud]

[groans] Argh.

BEN: [shouts]

[grunting]

[music intensifies]

[thud]

[thud]

Shit.

[music intensifies further]

[crack]

Shit.

[pants] Daryl, what the fuck
did you get yourself into?

Oh, shit.

Oh.

[moist sounds]

What the fuck?

[mysterious music]

Oh, shit.

Fuck.

[squealing]

[crunching]

KATIE: Ben?

Ben?

Ben?

Mr. Green?

Please let me go.

Please.

[creaking footsteps]

Mr. Green?

Ben?

Katie?

Oh My god, Oh my god.

Please.

Please don't kill me.

Please.

This isn't real.

KATIE: Please don't kill me.

Please

BEN: This isn't real.

KATIE: I'll leave the church.

I'll go back to my family.
Please.

No.

This isn't real.

KATIE: I won't tell anybody
what you did, I promise, I

promise I won't say anything,
I won't say anything,

I promise you.

You kept me here, locked up.

This isn't real.

This is just a hallucination.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

(CRYING) Please let me go.

Just wake up.

Wake up.

(CRYING) Please.

Please let me go.

Please.

You haven't stopped me, Ben.

You haven't delayed anything.

Oh, shit.

Men like you never can.

[rumbling]

[moist sounds]

[rumbling]

[thudding]

Oh.

Oh, shit.

All right.

Come on.

It's over, Ben.

It's too late.

Aargh.

[suspenseful tones]

[thudding]

Get this thing out of her.

COP: Police.

Come on.

[moist sounds]

COP: Mr Green.

It's the police.

[shouting]

Come on/ Come on.

Get out of her.

[rumbling]

Come on.

Holy shit.

[music intensifies]

[growling]

[grumbling]

COP: Mr. Green.

Mr. Green, let us in.

[distant shouting]

Mr. Green.

[thudding]

[moist sounds]

OK.
OK.

Freeze.

Don't move.

I saved you.

I saved you.

I got the monster out of her.

KATIE'S FATHER: Katie?
Katie?

Is she breathing?

Is she breathing?

I saved her.

I got the monster out of her.

I saved her.

[suspenseful music]

I saved her.

Katie, come on, baby.

I saved her.

[shrieks]

Call the paramedics.

[gasps] [pants]

Oh.

Oh.

KATIE: Where's Ben?

[intriguing music]

[eerie music]