01x07 - Forbidden Fruit

[bunniefuu]

(Gentle electronic music)

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Woman: BNT.

Your network.

(Reel rattles)

(Low hum of laughter,

glasses clink)

- I get it, man.

I f*ck' get it.

Why they were so reluctant to

talk to us in the first place.

Like why would they trust us?

W-why would they think

that we're any different

from any of the guys

who came before,

and screwed them over?

f*ck' male gaze.

That's what it is.

We're actually guilty of that.

We are.

We need to rethink

this whole thing.

'Cause this-this right here,

this is the hook.

This-this is the doc.

Camera Operator: Totally.

How, though?

- f*ck.

We gotta rethink

this whole thing.

Female Reporter: I'm here

on the New Eden property,

where just behind me,

the body of former cult member,

Tabitha McNurtt,

was discovered,

with Katherine Wryfield,

and Grace Lee behind bars,

and charges of evidence

tampering laid

against Staff Sergeant

Hank Neston.

The question remains,

what became of Miss McNurtt,

and who was her k*ller?

We-holy God!

- Hi, what's this?

- Sorry. Are-are you

Miss McNurtt?

- I might be, what's it to you?

- I- uh, Miss McNurtt,

where have you been

all this time?

- Just kinda in there.

- M-Miss McNurtt?

Miss Mc--

Uh, back to you, Jim.

- A bizarre end

to anticlimactic case.

- Lee and Wryfield's

alleged second victim

proves to be alive and well,

more or less.

- Tabitha McNurrt claims

to have wandered off

the New Eden property

- She says she simply went

on a nature walk,

and returned to find

a huge barricade

had been erected around

the property.

Reporter: Quote,

"I wasn't in any danger.

I was just sick of hearing

those stupid f*cking women

talk about space aliens."

And I don't think I can say

that tonight on the broadcast.

- Uh, Sergeant Neston,

Sergeant Neston?

You accused Miss Lee

and Miss Wryfield--

- Yeah, I got no comment.

- While Lee and Wryfield were

already exonerated at trial

for McNurtt's alleged m*rder,

Investigating officer

Hank Neston now faces

a dishonourable discharge

on charges of evidence

tampering,

perjury,

and in an ironic twist,

indignity to human remains.

- Did you deliberately mislead

the public?

- I said I got

no f*cking comment!

- What the hell, where's

all the man reporters?

It's like a slap in the face

having to talk to you!

- Oh.

Did you get that?

- Miss Mill says the outcome

of the Neston inquiry

will have no effect on Lee

and Wryfield's verdict,

both of whom remain

behind bars.

- Grace, Katherine,

is this the end of New Eden?

- How do you feel about

the amount of prison time

you've been given?

- Roughly 106 million Americans

tuned in to watch

the final episode of "M.A.S.H."

on CBS.

Significantly less people

tuned in to watch

the verdict coverage

of Katherine and Grace's case

on the same day.

The way their case ended

kind of ensured that people

lost interest,

they didn't get off,

which would've been exciting.

They didn't go down for m*rder,

which would've been

even more exciting.

Um, they got eight to ten

in a provincial prison,

for a couple of felonies,

which was

well, less exciting than

Haw.

- By the time the media ban

had lifted,

there was no more story

left for us to tell.

No one cared anymore.

Even here, yeah,

it's almost like the whole

country felt ashamed.

I mean, Hannah barely even

spoke to me after the trial.

You know, last I heard,

she moved to Portland,

I don't know, or something.

This was supposed to make her

career - I mean, our career.

But instead it ruined us both.

♪♪♪

- (Reads) "My great thought

in living is himself.

If all else pa"

Still listening?

Okay, okay.

"If all else perishes"

Lacey: Katherine and Grace

just kind of disappeared,

people forgot about them.

(Buzzer sounds)

Out of sight, out of mind,

I guess.

- "The universe would turn

to a mighty stranger."

Lacey: And once Tabatha McNurtt

reappeared,

well

that was the final punchline.

New Eden had come and gone.

Another cultural phenomenon,

forgotten.

Ah Heathcliff!

Ruff! Ruff!

Lacey: And two more women's

names, lost to history.

- Ah! I'm a girl one.

I love you.

- But I guess not everyone

forgot.

I mean, you two are what, 23,

just out of film school?

Too young to remember much

of the trial.

So

what brought you to their

story?

- It's time to come clean.

Camera Operator: Time to come

clean?

- Yeah.

(Sighs) I feel much better

talking about this.

Thank you.

(Door buzzes, lock clicks)

- Thank you, Gary.

Hey, fellas!

- Where do I sit?

Just kidding. I remember.

Grace: No, I know. I know.

I know, I don't do that.

I'm not gonna do that.

That's crazy.

- Thank you, Trina.

- sh*t, I'm gonna miss this,

you guys.

When's this thing come out,

anyway?

Interviewer: Can you speak

to how you felt

in the wake of what you were

put through at the trial?

- Relieved.

- Forgotten.

- (Laughs)

We were under a lot

of media scrutiny.

Scrutiny?

- Scrutiny, yep.

- We were under a lot

of media scrutiny.

Uh, and then just like that,

we weren't.

We were scrutin-free.

- I-I think what Grace

means by that

is that after the trial,

our lives changed drastically.

I mean, obviously.

But our lives also became

a lot more quiet, in a way.

- Yeah, you know, it was like

.

People had to move on,

I guess,

and so did we.

- Yeah.

I mean, it's-it's not like

I expected the fanfare

to continue,

or even wanted it to.

God, no! No.

But suddenly, it did seem

like nobody cared.

- Hey, I care.

- Okay, well, I guess it seemed

like nobody else cared.

- Huh!

- Not that I care

if people care.

Who cares? I don't.

You know. No, I like to think

of myself as quite blase.

And you know, I've got bigger

things to think about.

- Oh, yeah.

Katherine's always been the big

thinker of this little outfit.

- Oh.

- Yeah well, and as for me,

well

- Oh! Uh, well

Grace has really flourished

here

in prison.

- Yeah.

Oh, you guys are already

on dessert.

Where the hell have you been?

I thought they let you out.

But you are still in jail.

I'll see you guys later.

Hey! Leslie!

What the hell,

I thought you died!

Grace: I've recently won

most enthusiastic inmate

at the Lady Jailbird Awards,

which are an awards show that

I started a few years back.

Hey-hey-hey, Ann!

Woo-oooh! Whoosh!

(Laughs) Yeah, okay.

Yep. Okay, let's have a seat.

Grace: Warden said we can't

give out trophies

anymore though, 'cause uh,

on account we just stab

each other with 'em.

Uh, which is fair, 'cause uh

'cause that did happen

one year.

Okay.

Oh, I've been learning

all kinds of new skills

here in prison.

You know what they say,

idle hands are the devil's

party sticks.

Oooh! (Coughs)

Hah! She looks good.

Ooh, I've also been learning

a couple of languages.

French, uh German,

and Mandarin.

Ni hao.

- Remember, posture,

diction.

- Okay.

Hello, I am here for

the employment opportunity.

Was that good?

- Yeah. (Applause)

- Right? Yeah!

Yeah! Alright!

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah!

f*ck yeah! Yeah! Unhhhh!

Interviewer: So what have you

been doing your time?

Katherine: I keep myself busy.

I uh, work in the library.

(Book thuds)

(Grace laughs)

- It had three rings!

Katherine: I exercise.

Grace: She didn't even know!

Katherine: And on Thursdays,

we do community outreach.

But you could say that

I'm always a little

preoccupied these days.

Ever since I bagged myself

a beau.

(Laughs)

Yeah, we uh, we write letters

.

And it's uh

it's very consuming.

When we first arrived,

we received all kinds of mail,

some good, um, a lot bad.

I took it upon myself to try

to respond to everything.

But as time marched on,

uh, people stopped sending

us things.

I guess they had better things

to do with their time.

- And, you know, that was

really hard on Katharine.

She really loved getting

that mail.

It let her imagine a world

outside this place.

Uh, she-we were really lost

without it.

Katherine: That's when

my Harvey started writing me.

And our romance quickly

blossomed.

Would you like to see

some of his letters?

- No, I don't think

we should do that.

- (Laughs) So these

are just a few

of our sweet B A dos.

(Laughs)

Uh, it's been a few years.

Our correspondence.

He um, he said that he saw me

on the television,

and that he just couldn't get

me out of his head.

God, his letters,

sometimes it's

it's just like he's known me

for years.

Interviewer: Has he sent you

a picture?

- Mhmm, yes.

That's my Harvey.

Interviewer: Uh,

isn't that Harvey M--

(Grace coughs loudly)

- (Clears throat)

- Ah

(Katherine giggles)

(Sighs)

Interviewer: And he's never

come to visit?

- Huh? Oh, no, no.

He's-he's very busy.

You see, ah,

he owns a hospital.

And between that and getting

his pilot's licence,

well, it's difficult for him

to get away.

Grace: Mhmm, yeah.

Yeah, 'cause um uh,

owning a hospital, psssh!

That's gotta be

a lot of work.

Right?

Katherine: Yeah

God! I mean, he has been

through so much.

His uh, his entire family

died in a yacht fire.

But we will rebuild

our lives together.

- Yeah. So how--

- You know, really, really be

there for one another.

- How are the other girls

doing?

Are they good? Do you talk

to them at all? Or

- Uh, yes. Sorry. Yes.

How is the old g*ng?

Amy: It hasn't always been

so easy.

But my faith always

kept me going.

After the trial, we had to put

our lives back together.

I love her.

And for me, that meant devoting

myself to my role

as Seed Mother,

and protecting my darling Adam.

He's my little angel, and--

- Can I eat these?

- Honey, honey!

That's a handful of pennies.

- (Bleep)!

- Even (Chuckles)

♪♪♪

Adam, honey?

(Plate shatters)

Interviewer: And how are you

managing as a single mother?

- By Gaion's light,

there will always be a way.

Gaaiioooonnn

And I've been doing

part-time bookkeeping

for a small textile company.

When Adam undergoes

his cosmic transformation,

I know I'll have to stop

working,

so that I may focus all

of my spiritual energies

on the impending w*r against

the ancient Adams.

(Ripping sounds)

But that's still a while away.

(Clattering, glass shatters)

Okay. What are you doing?!

Sharon: What has New Eden

taught me?

Uh, the same thing life

has taught me.

It's that you have to learn

from your experiences,

and then transform them

into something positive.

Let's explore an idea,

shall we?

I try to avoid bringing up

my time at New Eden.

I wouldn't want to take away

any focus from the

real victims.

When uh

I was in a cult

Yes, what I went through

was harrowing.

I had been separated

from myself.

While I was a high functioning

member of the group,

I was no longer a high

functioning member of Sharon.

But I am a survivor,

and I've moved on.

I've worked very hard to

transform my experiences

at New Eden,

and shape them into a career.

I was in one!

If people wanna call

that brave

well, I guess I can't stop

them, can I?

(Chuckles)

Max: After the trial,

yeah, I was angry.

I was really f*ck' angry.

I needed to do a lot

of healing.

And a lot of forgetting.

But at some point, I just

I couldn't keep that hate

in my heart anymore.

And I still believed in a space

r

in a supportive

and productive way.

I just realized I shouldn't

trust anybody else

to get that right.

So I moved out east,

and I started dreaming up

this place.

So this is "Sister Kisser."

Interviewer: Is the name

an homage to Katherine?

- I like to think of it

as more of a

reclamation.

♪♪♪

Don't say anything stupid.

Camera Operator: Uh, sure.

- Look at you,

you look so good!

Max: These women have been

through a lot.

And this is their time

to be around

the only other people

who have been through

what they've been through.

That's why I started these

little gatherings.

It's nice to see everyone.

We laugh a lot.

Reminisce.

And it's cool to see

what all these women

have done with their lives.

No, you didn't!

Donna: Its like a mix

of martial arts.

I call it kick-wrestling.

It',

and deal with some of that

lingering anger.

Trinity: I don't really know

why I'm here.

Well, I guess I felt nostalgic.

I guess, I just

New Eden Women: ♪ No shame! ♪

- (Laughs)

Can I have another double

Chardonnay, please?

Sharon: What was your name,

again?

- Oh, Anna.

- Hannah?

- Anna. Why does everyone keep

calling me Hannah?

- I'll be right back, okay?

Muah.

- Huh.

Max: I know. Just leave it!

- I'm just saying,

it's interesting.

- Just, I see it,

and I'm working on it.

- Okay, fair enough.

What does she do?

- She's a photographer.

- What kind of photography?

- Photojournalism.

- (Laughter, women chatter)

(Music plays)

Sharon: Having everyone

here like this,

it's a fascinating

opportunity to examine

the individualization

that occurs

after the forced sense of group

has been disbanded,

due to the subversion

and ultimate removal

of the leader-leader type.

We're allowed to truly flourish

as to who we truly are.

You know what I mean?

Hello?

Interviewer: Actually,

are you aware

that some of your former

members still get together?

- Uh, what are you

talking about?

What do you mean?

Interviewer: Well, earlier

this summer,

they had a gathering

at Max's bar.

They've done it a couple

times since the trial.

- So what? They just,

they-they get together,

and they-and they what?

They talk?

What do they talk about?

What do

what do they

what do they get up to?

- I'm Katherine, and we're

gonna take our power back.

I'm Katherine bathroom.

Pay attention to me instead!

(Grunting)

- Well, isn't that just another

reason to be excited

to-to be getting out soon?

Won't they be happy when,

when we show up

to one of their gatherings.

- Yeah

- Everybody loves

the Seed Sowers.

- Seed Sisters.

- The Seed Sisters.

Right, yes.

- I think most of us would be

happy to see Grace again,

to be honest. I know some bad

things happened,

but there's still a lot of love

for her here.

Interviewer: And what about

Katherine?

- (Coughs) God, no.

- You know what?

I bet that they already did

invite me to the next one.

Probably my invitation

got lost in the mail.

- That's it. That's it.

And I-you know what?

I bet I can-

I bet I can find an invitation

in the mail.

- Yes. Thank you.

- Yeah, you see, mail

is another thing

that I excel at here in prison.

- What? How is that a skill?

- It isn't.

Stupid, silly Grace.

- Aww. Hey?

No.

Be proud of yourself.

- Thank you.

- The story of New Eden,

it doesn't end with Grace

and Katherine.

It doesn't end

with their trial.

That's why we do this.

After everything we've endured,

we still have each other

to turn to,

to bear witness to one another.

Now, more than ever.

We're all different people now.

- Oh God, yes.

I mean, look at us.

We have very little in common.

- But what we do have

in common is New Eden.

The bond we created there

was real.

Our sisterhood

is real,

and that's something that

can never be taken from us.

(Women cheer raucously)

Women: Donna! Donna! Donna!

(Cheering)

- Never, ever.

Max: Donna! Donna!

Sharon: Okay, I've gotta go,

I gotta-I'm comin!

I'm comin'!

(Women cheer)

♪ I am woman, hear me roar ♪

♪ In numbers too big to ignore ♪

- When it's all said and done,

yeah.

It's made me the Donna Henderson

I am today.

(Blows out forcefully)

♪ And I've been down there

on the floor ♪

♪ No one's ever gonna

keep me down again ♪

- Yeah, it was totally

f*cked up,

but it was ours to f*ck up,

and that's power.

And I guess in a way,

we kind of took our power back.

♪ I can do anything ♪

♪ I am strong ♪

(Strong)

- Initially, New Eden

was an escape from my life,

and then eventually,

escaping with New Eden

had become

really allowed me

to return to my life.

♪ You can bend but never break ♪

♪ Cause it only serves

to make me ♪

♪ More determined to achieve

my final goal ♪

(All laugh)

- So you get what you need,

or what?

♪ 'Cause you deepen

the conviction ♪

♪ In my soul ♪

- Only Gaion knows what's

to come for all of us, but

it'll be nice for someone

to know where we've been.

♪ If I pay the price ♪

♪ But look how much

I've gained ♪

♪ If I have to ♪

♪ I can do anything ♪

♪ I am strong ♪

(Strong)

♪ I am invincible ♪

(Invincible)

♪ I am woman ♪

- Sweet, sweet Amy.

- Ohhh!

- Beautiful, beautiful Sharon.

- I know.

♪ See me standing toe-to-toe ♪

♪ I as spread my love

and arms across the land ♪

- You know, after all

that's happened,

I'm glad those girls still

get together,

remember their sisterhood,

reminisce

even after all they've been

through.

It means New Eden meant

something to 'em.

You know, it means it

won't just be forgotten.

- I want to thank you all

for being here,

for making the journey.

Women: Thank you!

- For better or for worse,

we are are the women

of New Eden.

(All cheering)

Here's to all

we've been through,

and all we will be.

And um

yeah, f*ck it.

Praise Gaion!

All: Praise Gaion!

- I guess that counts

for something.

I mean, look how quickly

the world forgot about us.

Forgot what our story

represented

to women everywhere.

At least our devoted followers

are still commemorating

what we built.

- I mean, yeah.

Before you two showed up,

it's not like anybody else

was doing it, right?

Interviewer: Yeah.

Uh yeah.

- What?

- Yeah, what?

- Wait, before we wrap up,

there's just a couple others

that I wanna mention.

The proverbial c*ck

in our henhouse.

Uh, I was not totally sold

on these guys at first.

Believe it or not.

But these days, I'm trying

to be more trusting

to see the good in people.

So to Travis and Jake,

I'd like to thank you.

Thank you for wanting

to tell our story.

And we trust you to honour

the truths that come with it.

Cheers.

(Women cheer and applaud)

- (Sighs) If I've known

what am I doing?

What am I doing?

I don't know.

I don't know, man,

I just like

it hit me.

I-I-I was there,

and I saw all their faces,

and it was like

all their stories

just flooded at me at once,

and they all hit me,

and I f*ck-f*ck off with that.

Camera Operator: No, it's good,

it's good, just keep going.

- This isn't just a story

about women, right?

It's not.

It is, but it's also

like, they're not just

those women, right?

They're flawed, yeah,

and we're gonna show that.

But they're strong.

They're so strong,

and they're resilient,

and-and they're funny.

And what happened to them

was just humiliating.

Humiliating,

and-and demeaning,

and belittling, and wrong.

And that's-that's what

the doc's gotta be about.

It's gotta be about us,

you know,

as men, realizing that.

For them.

Huh.

Grace and Katherine.

We gotta tell Grace

and Katherine

about why we started this

whole thing to begin with.

♪♪♪

Grace: Huh! What is all this,

guys?

Why all the mystery?

- Yeah, just uh,

just tell us what this is.

Interviewer: What can you tell

us about "Forbidden Fruit?"

- Is that actually what

all this has been about?

- We have to show you

something.

Something that we should've

shown you the first time

we interviewed you.

(Sighs)

Lacey: If you've read my book,

you'll know it's not something

that I focussed on.

At all.

It's a footnote

in the overall context

of their history.

Yeah.

But clearly,

it's significant to you.

(Audience cheers and applauds)

Lacey: Two cine freaks

like you?

Of course that's how you found

out about Katherine and Grace.

- Are you ready to taste

the "Forbidden Fruit?"

Hey, whoa! Easy!

Get outta here!

Alright!

(Audience cheers and applauds)

- Katherine? Grace?

Katherine?

(Katherine and Grace giggle)

- (Screams)

- Join us, Aunt Agnes!

Movie Grace: Thought you could

spy on us?

- You're a bad little

journalist, aren't you?

(Cackling laughter)

Movie Hannah: Oh, the honey

tastes so funny!

Film Narrator: It was a

fri.

(Women giggle)

- Groovy dress.

- Thanks, Grace.

Wanna try it on?

- Yes!

(Women in movie giggle, moan)

- Let's be friends.

- Best friends.

Film Narrator: But everything

changed when their innocence

was taken from them.

- I'll teach you to like men.

- Ohh! No!

- (Laughs manically)

- (Screams)

(Glass shatters)

Film Narrator The crime

that would make them

innocencents no more.

Not once they've tasted

"Forbidden Fruit."

- So, in 1988,

Elizabeth Mill sold Katherine

and Grace's life rights

without their knowledge

to a low-budget production

company,

who made a straight-to-video

movie,

loosely based on their story.

- You've got to get out

of here!

They're not what they seem!

- (Giggling maniacally)

Oops!

Film Narrator: From writer/

producer Mario Santalini,

comes a true story

of carnal desire,

and supernatural sin.

Get ready for the most chilling

cinematic event of the decade.

- (Screams)

- We're joining!

We're joining!

We're joining!

We're joining!

(Movie characters moan, squeal)

Movie Katherine: Take a chill

pill, Auntie Agnes!

(g*nsh*t booms)

Film Narrator: Once you've had

a taste,

there's no escape.

♪♪♪

"Forbidden Fruit."

- So

what the f*ck is this?

- We wanted you to know

how much we wrestled

with the idea of showing

this to you.

- Why?

Did you guys make

this skin flick?

Are you writer/producer

Mario Santalini?

- No. No, no.

No, but we knew how hard

it would be for you

to see what your story

had been reduced to.

- Reduced to?

I mean, is this what you think

that our story is about?

I mean, after everything

that we've shared with you?

- Of course not.

What you shared with us

has been inspiring,

and humbling.

It's why we felt we owed it

to you to come clean.

We needed you to know that

this was the reason why

we came to interview you

in the first place.

But what we've realized

is that

the male perspective

on your story

has always been what's robbed

it of its truth.

I mean, case in point.

But we want to overcome that.

We want to show your truth

the way that you see it.

And we want to show what

your truth has taught us,

as men.

- So

you guys gotta forgive me,

'cause I'm a little slow.

You came and interviewed us

for months and months

about our pain,

our friendship,

all our dirty f*ck' laundry,

and at the end of that-huh!

You thought you'd reward us

by showing us a porno about us

that you used to jerk off to

in college.

Is that about it?

Am I following the bouncing

ball here, fellas?!

Interviewer: No, that's-

I mean, well (Chuckles)

the-the point is that

you've shown us our mistakes.

You've taught us.

Does that makes sense?

- Um, um, um

are we supposed to be grateful?!

Honoured that you realized that

we are more than just a joke?

Because maybe we do not want

t.

- (Scoffs) Frankly, Katherine,

I mean

we were the only ones who came

knocking for your story,

and you did sign your releases

a couple months ago,

so you might want

to reconsider

how we want to tell your story.

(Laughs) Maybe.

That's not what I meant.

I um

what-what I mean to say

is that

our idea--

- No. Okay, you know what?!

You have done nothing for us.

Nothing!

This interview is is over.

- Please, if you'd just

give me a second?

(Door buzzes)

(Sighs)

Uh ahem.

I'm so sorry.

Things got heated.

I-I get that.

I get that they got heated.

It's just

we know how powerful

your truth can be.

We're-we're living proof

of that.

And, you know, Katherine

can be sensitive.

She- she can be, but she'll

come around, and--

- We're done.

- But you can talk to her,

right?

I mean, you can-you can,

you can go talk to her,

maybe talk her back into coming

and meeting with us?

O-kay!

- Don't f*cking touch me.

You don't come near me.

- Ah!

- You don't come near

Katherine!

You don't f*ck' come near us,

do you understand me?!

- Okay, Jesus!

- Nod like you f*ck'

understand me!

- Okay, Jesus! Guard! Guard!

- No touching.

- Aah!

(Whimpers)

- Grace.

- What the f*ck?

what the f*ck?

(Loud crash)

- You two need to leave.

- Okay!

(Door creaks)

- Aaaah!

Camera Operator: f*ck, you okay?

- No!

That was scary!

That was so scary.

- Why didn't you help me?

- I was scared, too!

Interviewer: Right there!

There! There they are.

(Fence creaks)

(Car rumbles)

(Brakes squeak, car shuts off)

(Door slams)

- Yeahprobably,

I'll call you, I'll call you.

I'll call you when

you get there.

(Door slams)

Drive safe, okay?

(Door slams, car starts)

- Bye bye.

Bye.

Bye bye, Katherine.

Bye.

(Birds chirp)

♪♪♪

♪ Love has gone forever ♪

♪ My has been forever ♪

♪ We make own jokes ♪

♪ That make us laugh ♪

♪ When she has candy

she gives me half ♪

♪ Sometimes when I start

to cry ♪

♪ She's the only one ♪

Narrator: And now,

stay tuned for

"Helen Lafayette,

a k*ller among us."

Grace: You've always thought

you were so clever.

But you don't know sh*t!

- Well, if Hannah Cafwell

hadn't gone digging,

Helen Lafayette would've

gotten away with m*rder.

Hannah: I had no idea how close

to death I really was.

♪♪♪

Narrator: Coming up next

on BNT.

♪ She's my best friend ♪

♪ Forever ♪