02x08 - Return

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Path". Aired: March 2016 to March 2018.*
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02x08 - Return

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Previously on "The Path"...

I won't let them
seize the compound.

- No. We have to sell the...
- The center.

- I have to watch Johnny now.

- I could watch him.

There was a man following us?

- He wanted you to go with him.

Next time we go to San Diego,

we need to stop by Los Angeles.

There is a very important donor

we need to talk to.

Noa... her mother's
some music mogul.

- I'm never asking her
for anything ever again, Hawk.

- To help Noa
live up to her potential,

we need to help her mother.

I had these tactics...

First money, then candy,

alcohol, dr*gs...

You need a jump?
Hey, what are you...

Eddie?

Eddie?

Eddie?

Eddie!

He's just a kid.

Okay?

A little boy!

God, you can't do this!

- It's already done.

Submit.

- Ugh! God!

- Come on, man!

- Is this who you are now?

Huh? Is this what you do?

- You have something
that belongs to us.

- I don't know what
you're talking about.

Okay? I don't have anything!

- What happened on the mountain?

- You pushed Steve.
- Tell us!

- This is Cal, isn't it?

Huh? He's doing this?

He's punishing me?

Cal doesn't know
anything about this.

Steve didn't become
one with The Light.

This is very disturbing
for those of us who believe.

We need to know
if you kept Steve

from fulfilling his plan.

- Look, let me just

go get the kid,

and then I will do
whatever you want!

- First, take us back.

- Take you back where?

I don't know what the hell
you're talking about!

You dosed me.

You dosed...

You f*cking dosed me.

- If you won't
submit willingly...

If you won't go willingly...

- We'll guide you there.

We'll guide you there.

- Up the mountain.

Up the mountain.

* I've got light in places *

* You didn't know
it could shine *

* I've got light in places

* You didn't know
it could shine *

* I've got

*

* I've got

- Jacqueline Richards?

- Yeah. I go by Jackie.
- Yeah.

- I'm Cal Roberts.

This must be fate.

I'm in town for 36 hours,
and I run into you.

You're a woman that I have been
dying to thank in person.

You contributed
on behalf of your daughter, Noa,

to our cause.

- Oh, you're one
of those Mayer people.

- Meyerists. Yeah. Look.
- I have to say it's been...

I don't know... it's been years
since I've come across a student

as promising as your daughter.

- That's great.

That's really great.

* I've got

- I'm sorry. Did...

Have I upset you?

- No, no.
- I am f*cking thrilled for her.

Really. Thank you.
Thank you for stopping by.

- Appreciate it.
- If I may, um,

you don't seem thrilled for her.

- Oh, no. I am.

I am. It's not that.
It's me. It's...

I just have all this...

Stuff going on.

I've lost someone kind of.

Luna.
She's my biggest client.

- Tell me.

I love my wife so much.

I come home sometimes
and just watch her

through the window
before I open the door.

And I'm, like...
I can't believe she married me.

She's so beautiful and so kind.

The love she has for me...

So when I think
about who I really am,

what I do, what I keep doing...

if she knew who I really was...

- Hello?

- Is this Sarah Lane?

- It is.

You're listed
as an emergency contact

for a patient of ours.

Brenda Roberts?

- Cal's mother. Yes?
- Is there something wrong?

- Well, we've been unable
to reach him.

He's traveling.

- I'm sorry to say, uh,

Brenda is suffering
from liver failure,

and she's been placed
in hospice care.

- How long does she have?

- We don't like
to make predictions,

but it could be any time.

If you could help us
contact him,

that would be very help...

- Yes, I'll do that right away.

- Where is he?
- Mom!

- Hi, baby.
- You're hurting me.

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.

I'm just so happy you're okay.

Let me see you, huh?
Are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm okay.
- You okay, bud? Huh?

- I fell asleep,
and when I got up,

Eddie was gone.

- Oh, God.

I'm so sorry this happened.

Well, relax.
We're gonna go home, okay?

We're gonna just talk
all about this later, okay?

- Okay.
- You better believe we will.

How could you leave our son
with that psycho?

- Benson.
- That's what he is.

His whole family is.

- Stop. Please.

- What the hell's wrong
with you?

- Did someone do something
to Eddie?

They had to, right?

- You know, honey, I don't know.

You and me,
we're gonna find out, okay?

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Okay.

I love you.

*

Where are you, Eddie?

You're a denier.

You're the son.

What's behind the door?

If you don't open it,
you'll never escape it.

Johnny?

- Get out of here, Eddie.

Call the police, Eddie!

Call the police!

Before your father kills me!

Come on, Dad.

Come home.

Come home.

- Eddie?

Eddie.

Eddie?

He's not breathing.

* Looking out at the road *

* Rushing under my wheels

* Looking back
at the years going by *

* Like so many summer fields

- She loved that song.

* In '65, I was 17...

- Hey. They have
the best carnitas here.

- I'm more interested
to hear about this Luna.

Anything you can share about her
is helpful.

- I can't believe
that you don't know who she is.

- All I know about her
is you said she's a musician.

- Luna is a pop star.
- I see.

- And we're getting ready
to do this world tour,

and she decides
that she needs a break

and decides that she's gonna go
to the beach.

We had these venues booked,
these stadiums.

We're talking
millions of dollars.

* Trying
not to confuse it... *

- Fear.

That's what I'm hearing.

The key is not to,
you know, excise the fear,

but you channel it.

Use it.

- Okay. So how?

- Well, we work with
a lot of troubled young people.

We have some
very effective techniques.

- All right, but Luna is not
like my daughter, you know.

- No.

- I mean, Noa's always wanted
something to believe in,

so she's easily brainwashed.

- You know, we don't...
- We don't brainwash.

We empower people.

- Of course you do.

I just mean
that I've never worked

with somebody this young
and this empty.

- Uh-huh.
- So how do you empower that?

*

- You know?
- Mm-hmm.

- Why don't I pay for this
and we'll get out of here?

*

- Is that what you were planning
to use to get her back?

- Only if I have to.

- You won't,

because what I have to offer

is a hell of a lot more powerful

than anything
that little handgun can fire.

* I don't know
about anyone but me... *

- Okay.

- We haven't yet discussed,
uh, my fee.

- Oh, right. Okay.

I'm willing to cut you in
on my part of the take.

Like, say, $50,000?

If you can close the deal.

* Looking out
at the road... *

All right then.

*

* I don't know
how to tell you all *

* Just how crazy
this life feels *

*

* Look around for the friends

* That I used to turn to
to pull me through... *

- Who... who's there?

- Sorry to wake you.

- It's all right.

I'm gonna be sleeping
soon enough.

So are you here
to poke me with something

or pray for me?

- Is that what's been happening?

That's pretty much all
that happens at the end.

I got rid of two priests
and a rabbi.

That sounds like the beginning
of a joke.

- I'm a friend of your son's.

- They called me.
- I...

I need to see him.

- I'm afraid he's out of town
on business.

- What? What business?

What business
could be more impor...

I need to see him.

There isn't much time left.
I'm...

This is it.

- I've tried to reach out
several times.

He doesn't want to talk to me?

Oh, God damn it.

I need to see him

before it's too late.

- If you need to unburden,

I can be your guide.

- You're one of them.

- I'm a colleague of your son's

and a lifelong friend.

- What's your name?
- Sarah Lane.

- Oh. I know you.

You're the one
he's so in love with.

*

- I'll try him again.

*

- Come on! Wake up!

- He needs medical attention.

We can handle this.

- There are people
we can call for help.

Our people.

- Wake up!

*

- They're trying
to bring me back.

Come on, Eddie.

*

Come with me, Eddie.

*

- Eddie, wake up, man.

- Come on, Eddie.

Come on.

- Doc?

*

*

What's my mother doing here?

- You're home, Eddie.

- I don't understand.

Am I dead?

It's so beautiful.

- You built it, not I.

I was too steeped in sin.

It's your Garden, Eddie.

*

- Doc?

*

Johnny.

*

*

- Well, first, I have to pee.

That was a long drive.

*

*

*

- Hi.

- Finally.

You're hard to reach.

Where are you?

- Um...

I'm in someone's idea
of oblivion.

- Everything all right?
- No.

I got a call.
It's Brenda.

She's not doing well.

- What does that mean?
- She's never doing well.

- Her liver, Cal.

It's...

It's the end.

- This isn't a surprise.

This is the least surprising
thing you could tell me.

- She says she has
something to say.

Are you with her?

Yes,

and she seems so small
and frightened.

And I have been with people
on the threshold before,

but this...
Something's holding her back.

- Yeah, well, that's...
- It's not possible.

I'm out here
on the other end of the earth,

trying to fix my fuckup.

Look. Can I, uh...

Can I just say that this...

this may have more of an impact
on you than you think.

You know, losing the parent

you've had
a terrible relationship with

can be harder
than losing someone

that you had a good one with,

especially if you haven't made
an effort toward closure.

- Whatever...

parting words of poison

my mother has to convey,

she can do it through you.

It won't, uh...

It won't hurt you
the way it will hurt me.

I'm sorry.

- You first.
- You first.

- No.
- You first.

Right now.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Hi.
- Can I ask what's so funny?

- Cal, this is Luna.

- This is Cal.
- Hi, Cal.

Aww. Think we've made him
a little sad.

- I think he was already sad.

- Get some. Yeah.

It's really good.

- No.
- Really. Come on.

Why not?

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

*

- Oh!
- Ooh.

Oh...
nice sh*t, right?

- Oh.

*

*

- We don't keep that kind
of cash in the building.

Maybe we can write you,
like, an invoice or...

Hawk... oh, don't leave.

- What's going on?

- The guys are here
with all the flooring,

and they refuse to give it to us

unless we pay them
in cash up front.

- That doesn't sound right.

- They say
the last check bounced.

- Okay, I'm... I'm sure
it's just a misunderstanding.

- Yeah.
- I'll check it out.

- Okay, 'cause they say
they're gonna leave,

so people are starting
to say things.

- I'm sure it's just a mistake.
- Okay. Yeah.

*

*

*

*

- I'm sorry.

I couldn't reach him.

- Easy.
- You're gonna pull out your IV.

- You're lying.

I can see it in your face.

He won't talk to me.

- You know, people grieve
in such different ways.

- Oh, f*ck you.

Just f*ck you.
Just...

- Brenda, I...
- f*ck.

f*cking wisdom, f*cking Light,

your f*cking leader...

f*ck all of you.

- If you need to release, fine.

Just release it to me.

- Oh-ho, you...

You have no idea

what I have to release,

what I have to say.

- I don't, but...

I didn't protect him.

I should have protected him.

- Didn't protect who?

- My son. Calvin.

He hurt him.

He hurt him,
and I didn't do anything.

I... I was his mother,
and I just walked away.

- Cal told me that
his dad could be violent...

His drinking...
But Cal has forgiven him,

and so should you.

- Wha... my husband...

He's a weak old drunk.

Bruises heal,

but what your leader did
won't heal.

Never.

Your doctor, Steven Meyer.

Oh, he loved my son.

But it wasn't right
how he loved him,

and I didn't do anything.

I just let it happen.

- No. You're not gonna do this.

I didn't want to hear it either.

- You are not going to poison...

- I didn't want to hear it,
but I saw it.

- No.
- I went...

- No.
- In the tent.

- I am not gonna listen
to these kinds of lies.

- He was holding him,
and it was wrong.

- These disgusting accusations.
- Wrong.

- You know, you are gonna leave
this world alone.

And it is exactly
what you deserve.

- Please.
- Tell him I'm sorry.

Please. I'm so...
I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

This place...

This is where you've been?

I don't know.
It's...

It's different.
It's...

It's more...

It's f*cking beautiful here.

It's like a paradise.

It's all so green.

Everybody's so happy.

- It's not finished.

- It's not...
- What happened?

- I was, uh, struck
by lightning.

- Jesus. You survived?

- Hey. Johnny.

Why did you...

- What?

Oh, yeah.

You know,
I don't even really remember.

Isn't that lame?

All I remember
is wanting to go so bad.

But you got struck by lightning

and you lived.

There has to be a reason
for that.

Something you've got to do.

- You know, uh...

I was trying to save someone.

But I couldn't.

A storm came in, and, you know,

I had ahold of him,
but I let go.

- You couldn't hold on?

- No, I tried so hard, but...

You couldn't save him.

There's nothing you can do.

There's nothing
you could've done.

You hear me?

Eddie,
you got to understand that.

There's nothing.

Eddie, come on.
It is not your fault.

These things are not your fault.
You're just a person, okay?

You have to understand that.

There is nothing
you could've done.

Look at me, Eddie.

It is not your fault.

There is nothing
you could've done!

Nothing!
Doesn't it feel good
to just run?

And not on that treadmill

with that stupid trainer
always yelling at me?

- That's right.
- Well, you just run

your little heart out
for me today,

'cause tomorrow morning...

- You know, when I was...
- When I was little,

my mom used to take me
to the mall

and let me do a full belt
at the top of the escalator,

just to hear my voice
echo around us,

and people would look up like,

"Oh, is that little girl
making all that sound?"

Now it's just a stupid job.
Who cares?

- Well, what if I told you...
- Wait, wait, wait.

People care. Sweetheart.

Your fans care.
They love you.

Millions of them.

- What if I told you that you
could feel that freedom again,

all right,
that you used to feel?

You know, playing,
but not only onstage...

All the time.

That level of freedom,

but every waking moment.

- f*ck, yes.

Yeah, I want
to feel joy all the time.

- Yes. Joy.
- Tell her. He knows.

- Well, that's... that's part
of the problem, right?

We always focus
on the immediate...

The things, the surface, right?

But what I'm offering you
is a chance

to feel unlimited fulfillment.

Not joy, all right?

When you take The Light
into your heart,

you unlock something infinite.

Mm-hmm.

- It's like an elevator
in a tower with no limits

that just keeps going
as far as you can imagine.

- Why do I feel like
I'm at some time-share place?

Who is he, Jackie?

- He runs a cult.

- No. No.
- Really?

- No, we're not a cult.
- But, listen...

Noa, my daughter,
has been there.

He has helped her so much,

and I thought
that he could help you too.

- Well, you guys are depressing
the sh*t out of me,

and I need a bump.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

Guys, come on!

Back to the house!

- First rule of sales?
- Got to believe your own pitch.

- It's not a pitch.

You people just don't want
to hear it

because it's not easy.

It's not
the immediate gratification

of shoving that stuff
up your nose.

- You're not convincing anybody,
Cal.

You're not even convincing
yourself.

Hello?

- Mom?
- Hawk?

What are you doing?

Summer will be so happy
to see you.

How bad is it?

- What's wrong?
- The money we owe.

- Oh...

- What?
- Don't deny it.

Just respect me enough
not to deny it.

- I cannot believe your
grandparents would involve you.

- They... they didn't.

And let me stop you from digging
yourself a deeper hole.

No one else did either.

I saw the bills myself.

And...

And that's... that's why

Cal wanted Noa's mom
to write the check.

Is it over?

- All of this?
- No.

Of course not.

We're handling it.

Cal and I together,
we're handling this.

- Lately, at the center,
when someone has a problem

or someone needs help
with anything,

they come to me,

and I help them if I can,
and if I can't,

I tell them straight-up.

Because they know
I'll be honest with them,

even when the truth hurts.

*

- The Movement

is stronger than ever.

In you, clearly.

And if the rest of us
just continue

to follow the path
of Truth and Light,

then we will continue
to be strong together.

Pray with me?

It seems we won't have answers.

No proof.

We'll have to take what we have
and make sense of it,

as so many have done before.

- He k*lled Steve.

He k*lled Steve!

- He was already dead!

*

The moment he had cancer,
it told you.

It told all of us
that he was a man.

Just a man!

I didn't do that.

That's the truth.

- I was with him.
- Yes, we know.

On the mountain.

- No.

In The Garden.

Just now.

He took me there.

I saw...

what it could be.

I felt love.

I felt forgiveness.

I felt peace.

*

- Eddie.

Come in.

- Is Johnny here?
- Please tell me.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- He's okay?

- He's fine. He's fine,

but where the f*ck were you?

Where did you go?
What...

- I'm gonna tell you
what happened.

I just need you to listen.

- No. No.
- Please.

- No. You know what?
- No. Just, you...

There's just nothing you can say
that's gonna make this better.

- Look, listen to me.
- They took me, okay?

- They forced me.
- Eddie,

- If you are hearing voices...

- It's not voices, okay?
- This happened.

The Meyerists, they took me.

They drugged me.
They tied me up.

I told them
that Johnny was out there,

but they did not care.

They wanted me back.

- What did you say?

- I told them
that it wasn't gonna happen.

- Okay, you need
to call the f*cking cops.

You need to report them
right now.

- No, no, no, no.

Eddie, why not?

They're f*cking criminals!

They need to be in jail,
all of them!

Look. Look.

My kids are there.

Okay?

They have my kids.

*

- Then I guess
it's never over, then, is it?

No matter what.

*

*

- Look like you could use
some company.

- I don't want to go back.

- No, I know.
- I know.

You shouldn't have to.

I didn't have much
of a childhood either.

Never went to school.

I wasn't a pop star,

but I was told I was special.

Held apart.

And, you know,
looking back, I...

- I just want to be gone.

- I know you do.

- I don't want to hurt nobody.

I just want to disappear.

- Well, then...

Disappear.

- Just take your keys

and go.

Just keep driving.

Till you're far away.

Till you feel safe.

- I can do that?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you can.

- I can do that.

- You should.

- I should.

I should.

*

*

- Cal.

I'm so glad it's you.

I have to tell you, um,

your mom, she passed.

They said that she went
quietly and peacefully.

Cal?

- Yeah.

I wanted you to know

the check
that we were hoping for,

I can't...
I can't get it after all.

- Did you hear what I just said?

I know that I'm failing you.

Wish there was another way,
but...

Sarah, I don't...
I don't think that I could live

with the person
I've become I-if...

- It's okay.

No. No, it isn't.

- Not right now,

but it will be.

I will see to it.

*

- What did she need to tell me
so badly anyway?

Did you find out?

- She wanted to apologize.

She knows that she wasn't much

of a mother.

She loves you,

and she's proud of the man
that you became.

*

Okay, so I should be back
at about 6:00.

- Yeah.
- Okay?

Love you.

Bye.

I'm not a bad person.

I know right and wrong.

There's just something
inside me...

it makes me do
these terrible things.

- Cal. Wake up.
- Wake up.

Where's Luna?
Do you know?

I got to get her ready
and go back to L.A.

- I let her go.
- What?

- She's gone.

I told her to get
as far away from you

as she could.

- Far away from me?

Why the f*ck?

- You'd tear that kid apart.

You're lucky

that your own daughter
had the courage

to get away from you.

- f*ck you.

- You're supposed to be
the adult.

Huh, you're supposed
to be the one

making the right decisions

for your child.

Not always thinking
about your own needs...

And your own desires.

Guilting everyone around you
into fulfilling them.

Don't wait until it's too late

to be a good mother.

*

*

- I have something for you.

- Was this Steve's?

- It was the first one
made for him

after The Ladder was revealed.

I took it off him
when we found his body.

I kept it safe.

Wasn't even sure why.

Until now.

- No, Richard.
- I... I can't accept this.

- The Light is in you.
- No.

- You're marked with it.

- Richard.

What, this?
Look, that's the lightning.

What?

- Is it?

You know.

- You know.
- No.

- You will build The Garden.

- Richard, I just...

- And we will follow you there.
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