01x03 - Go with Gaion

[bunniefuu]

(Gentle electronic music)

♪

Amy: Thousands of years ago,

Gaion, the alien goddess

of creation,

gave birth to the Earth.

And in a most sacred garden

on that Earth,

Gaion's first daughter, Eve,

was gifted with Mother Gaion's

ability to create life.

Gaion cherished her Eve

daughters,

as they cherished the Earth

she created for them.

But not all was well

in the Cosmos.

A jealous, wicked alien god

called Mascularus

grew envious of Mother Gaion's

creation,

and sought to steal it

for himself.

Mascularus sent an emissary

to steal the life-giving power

from Gaion's Eve daughters,

so that his sons,

the ancient Adams,

could forever enslave Evekind.

(Shouting, fires crackle)

Gaion fought fiercely

for her daughters,

but the damage was done.

The Seedgift had been ripped

,

and was now controlled

by the Adams,

who used this power

to oppress Evekind.

(Women scream)

Gaion knew she must sacrifice

herself to defeat Mascularus.

But first, she imparted

Evekind with a final gift.

Starmother Eve,

the Protector of Wombs,

and Truthmother Eve,

the Knower of Truths.

Two Seedsisters to act

as sentinels

of Gaion herself.

Through the first daughters'

final sacrifice,

Gaion foresaw that Starmother

and Truthmother

would finally awaken

to their ancient purpose,

and would together hold

the power to reclaim

the sacred Seedgift,

and free Evekind once more.

♪♪♪

Does that answer your question?

♪♪♪

- We were all feeling

something very powerful.

(Pee splashing)

(Women scream and howl)

(Whooping and howling)

- Very powerful.

(Insects buzz, birds chirp)

(Frogs croak)

♪♪♪

- We purify,

and we cleanse the space.

Sage

All: Sage

- Sage

♪ But the satisfied saints

with dime store visions ♪

♪ Don't even begin to see ♪

♪ The paradise lost

was paradise gained ♪

♪ I know I claimed it

graciously ♪

♪ Step right through

the gates to the city ♪

♪♪♪

♪ Step right through

the gates to the city ♪

- Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve!

All: Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve

♪ When I first came

to the city of the angels ♪

♪ No man was left alive ♪

Grace: Let Gaion's spirit

move through your bodies!

Let her energy course

through your veins.

That feeling in your chest,

that's Gaion.

Linking you to the spirit

of every other Eve.

Of every other woman!

Interviewer: When did Grace

and Katherine

first tell you about Gaion?

- Oh, it's not something

I was told.

It's something I just realized

I had always known,

once I was told.

♪ Step right through

the gates to the city ♪

♪ Step right through

the gates to the city now ♪

♪ Step right through ♪

♪ Step right through the

gates into the city now ♪

♪ Step right through ♪

- It's not like one day

we all just suddenly

started to believe

all this crazy sh*t,

it wasn't like that, it was

more organic, and there were

just certain moments,

certain happenings.

Things I couldn't explain,

and it made us believe in

well, all that crazy sh*t.

- They sacrificed an old lady,

and turned that sh*t

into a cult.

That is textbook cult sh*t!

Katherine: I mean, does

ever?

Grace: I mean, I think

if we're gonna sell it.

Yeah, we should-the more,

the more, the better.

- Okay.

- So I figurm

to do one of their classic

circles.

- Yes. They seem to want

to do that a lot.

- They love that.

Maybe they're holding hands.

Maybe you and me

are holding hands.

- That's good. Okay.

So we're in the middle.

We're doing this.

And maybe we're

- Do a spin?

- Let's spin around.

- Yeah, that's good.

And then um, when I hold it up,

that's when they break,

and kinda, hands up.

- To the sky.

- Hands up to sky,

Gaion, Gaion, yeah.

- Right.

- Should they spin?

- If we're gonna spin,

let them spin too.

- Let them spin,

make 'em a bit dizzy.

I feel like that always

sells it.

- Alright, let's do it.

- Alright ladies,

here's what we're gonna do!

Interviewer: Can you describe

ss

that took place at New Eden?

- I suppose I could let you

in on a few to try to see--

- No, no, I don't-I actually

don't feel comfortable

speaking about that

at this time, so.

(Sighs heavily)

- Well!

- Tell us your name, sister.

- Camilla Argento.

- Before you walked

in Gaion's light,

you were married, yes?

Amy: The Tellings were a way

of naming our shame

before Gaion.

Of holding nothing back,

so that no secrets

could divide us.

- Hey, Camilla,

check in with me.

This, this is a safe place.

- Right, okay, yeah.

- Okay? Yeah.

But if you don't tell

the truth,

people are gonna hate you.

- Okay, uh

fine, yes, I I was married.

- Good. And you uh,

you had children, yes?

How many?

I'll hold my fingers,

and you just,

you tell me when to stop, okay?

This many?

Okay, I'm gonna add another.

Hmm.

More than that.

- (Sighs tearfully)

- Okay. Three.

Three

- I-I have three children.

(Women gasp, murmur)

- Three whole kids.

Max: The process was

intense.

- Where's Mom?

Where's Mom? Hey?

Hey? You don't know

where they are.

- (Sighs tearfully)

- Or maybe you don't care!

- Of course I care!

- Oh, really?

I'm not feeling that.

- I care!

- Oh, you do?

- I do!

- You need to say it!

You need to say it.

You need to take what's inside

and say it out!

- I can't! I can't!

- Everyone's gonna hate you,

Camilla!

- I didn't wanna just be

a mother anymore, okay?!

I-I never wanted to be

a mother in the first place!

(Gasps, sighs)

And I just,

I woke up one morning,

and I have three boys,

and a husband who won't even

look at me,

and I don't know whose life

I'm living, so

I just-I needed a break, okay?

So yes, yes! I left!

Okay?!

(Sobs)

Yeah. Okay.

- Yeah.

It's good to say it,

isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- You're a bad mom.

- What?

- You left the kids,

it's gonna screw 'em up.

- You're right.

- Yeah.

- You're (sobs)

And they're probably so sad!

- Yeah, you made a mistake.

Grace: You know what?

Scream into my mouth!

- What?

- Scream into my mouth,

let it out in here!

- What? What?

- (Screaming)

(Grace and Camilla scream)

- Yeah! Yeah!

- (Laughing)

- Doesn't that feel good?

Yeah, just let it out!

Go with Gaion, eh?

(Grace and Camilla scream)

(New Eden laugh and chatter)

Camilla: Wow!

- Yay! There she is,

there she is!

Katherine: Oh, that's good,

see, yes. Hey? See?

There she is, Gaion sees you!

- You're welcome.

- Thank you, Grace.

Katherine: No, you're welcome.

Yeah. Oh, let me get over here.

Nope, I'm in the hug too.

- It was a way to get sh*t

on people.

You make them spill their guts.

You've learned your secrets,

and then they're all yours.

- When group confession is

used as a means of control,

the leader deliberately

elicits feelings of shame,

so that only he

can replace them

with feelings of euphoria,

and release.

It's a form of emotional

ownership.

But

well, at New Eden,

it wasn't like that.

We were just expressing

ourselves as women.

(All screaming)

- I'll dumb this down

for you if I can,

because it's a bit complex,

but basically a release

of your negative

inside toxins is extremely

important.

Extremely important.

(All screaming)

- You know, because we're all

trying to become enlightened,

right, but how can we,

when we're being dragged down

by all those negative

thoughts and feelings?

- Men have always been

attracted to me.

But it's not my fault.

I look like this naturally.

- My greatest ambition

is to be the first

Black female Pippin

on Broadway!

(Applause)

- I'm not even wearing makeup.

(Women murmur quietly)

(Scream turns into sobs)

Grace: Yeah, we're gonna work

on it, that was great.

- Yeah?

- That was really good.

- Oh, you know, ancient tribes,

and you can look them up,

they used to um release all

that negative energy uh,

with a series of religious

mouth sounds.

(Loud grunting)

(Moaning)

- Okay, and that's a practice

as old as time.

And science.

- I kinda stabbed a guy.

He survived.

Yeah. It's not great.

(All screaming)

- So we were basically

just employing

that ancient scream science

to bring our own tribe

together,

with acts of crying,

and shouting,

and screaming,

and throwing in chairs.

(Crashing, women gasp)

(All cheering)

- And that, if you think

about it,

is literally the definition

of spirituality.

- It was probably the first

time anyone had encouraged

any of those women to express

their anger in a healthy way,

or at all.

Honestly, it was the most

exciting feeling

I've ever experienced

in my life,

better than any drug.

And then we'd also

add a lot of drugs,

so it was

(Women laugh and shout)

(Muted screaming)

- You're very nice, Camilla.

(All laughing)

Sharon: The Tellings

and the Showings

were meant as a healthy bonding

exercise for the group.

Interviewer: And were there

any other practices

that were common at that time?

- What exactly

are you referring to?

♪♪♪

Amy: The openings were a way

of connecting directly

with Gaion's spirit.

It's an extremely powerful

experience.

Interviewer: Can you

describe it?

- It's an intimate happening

between you and Gaion.

Interviewer: And Grace.

- Well, of course.

You can't navigate that kind

of cosmic energy

without a guide.

And Starmother

was a very skilled guide.

- Very good, my sister,

you did very good!

Do you feel Gaion's spirit?

Yes! Yes, you do.

Yes, you do!

Oh, yes, you are connected

to the stars!

You are connected to the sun!

- The openings were um

uh (laughs)

ah

Max: All I'll say is,

you'd drink some Eve's blood,

and you'd go into these

beautiful woods with Grace,

and then you'd come back

open to just about anything.

- (Laughs)

Oh

I'm sorry, could we take

like, a little break?

- So-so here's the thing.

After their opening,

each woman was asked

to make a material gift

to Gaion.

Grace: There's my sister,

there's my sister!

There's my sister.

You are connected to the stars,

yes!

- Yes!

- You know, they would make

their way out of the woods,

you know, not thinking

straight,

not-not themselves,

and there Katherine would be,

waiting for them.

Uh, you can say

it was their decision,

but I don't know many women

that would voluntarily

sign over their possessions

and life savings,

you know, without some

very persuasive uh

openings.

Grace: Yes! Yeah!

Okay, go with Gaion,

come on, you.

Let's get you cleaned up.

Yeah.

- Like I said,

textbook cult sh*t.

- I would just,

I would really like to,

to make something clear here.

Uh, that was all completely

voluntary.

Okay? Our followers were

very enthusiastic

about what we were um

talking about.

Okay, so they wanted

to contribute to our cause.

There is nothing wrong

with that.

- Nothing wrong. Nothing.

You know,

just two consenting adults,

spending some time in the woods

with a divine being.

Hmm?

If that's a crime, lock me up.

Again.

Interviewer: And how was Hannah

reacting to everything

at that time?

- I mean, she was in deep

cover.

You understand, like, the story

was suddenly changing.

She had to immerse herself

to keep up with it.

♪♪♪

- Go with Gaion!

(Chuckles)

Sister Hannah.

Hello.

You know, I don't think

you've had a crack

at an opening yet, have you?

Hannah: Ah

- Why don't we do something

about that?

Uh-uh, don't need this

for that.

(Hannah laughs)

- The first thing you learn

going undercover,

is you gotta believe your lie

as much as you can.

You know, and she'd already

been there so long.

Maybe she just believed it

a little to much.

♪♪♪

All: Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve.

Blood of the Mother,

blood of Eve.

Hannah: Oh!

Oh!

(Gasping)

(Laughing)

♪♪♪

Interviewer: So she was lying

to you that whole time.

- (Sighs)

- Hannah, it's your turn.

Hannah: Uh

- Here, give that to me.

Oh, good. Ah!

Oh

All right, now,

tell us your name.

- It's

(coughs) excuse me.

It's Hannah Weir.

- And do you have anything

to confess before Gaion

and your sisters?

- Yeah.

- (Sighs)

(Buttons click)

Hannah: And I actually believed

we were going to be together.

Isn't that funny?

So

Aaaaaah!

(Sobs)

(Women murmur quietly)

Katherine: Mhmm,

open your face up a bit.

- Okay.

- Pretty.

- Yes, Hannah and I became

very close.

And uh,

it eventually developed into

a romantic relationship.

- We hadn't talked

in a couple months,

she hadn't sent any tape.

You know, and it was getting

to be uh,

a lot longer than an undercover

journalist should be embedded.

You know, especially a rookie

like she was, you know?

- You know what? I think we

should get the camera on you,

and see how you feel

in front of the camera.

Hannah: Mm, I'm good, actually.

- No, I think we should.

I think we should, come on.

- I mean, okay. Uh

Interviewer: Why didn't you

extract her?

Wyatt: Well, at the time,

I didn't see a reason to.

She was there to do

an assignment,

and clearly she'd given up

on that, so, I mean,

what was I supposed to do?

I was her boss, but

she decided to stop working.

Interviewer: Yeah,

but didn't you worry

she might be in trouble?

- Not in any kind that I could

do anything about.

I mean, we hadn't talked

for a while,

see, but I always knew

that she was a smart girl.

And if anything happened,

if Grace and Katherine

slipped up, you know,

if they endangered any

of those women,

I knew that she would wake up,

and remember why she was there.

(Phone ringing)

- Okay, really good.

Really good.

- I have a truth to reveal.

- Always time for one more.

- Okay well, let's just

- And it comes straight from

Gaion herself.

Wyatt: Neston was ex-navy.

A real by-the-book kinda guy.

I mean, not the most equipped

to raise three daughters

on his own.

So uh, I think he was pretty

strict with them.

- Before Gaion came

into my life,

I always felt like I was on

a very narrow path.

a path designed by the will

of Adams.

And so I knew

from a very young age

that I would have to stray

far from that path

in order to achieve the full

scope of my destiny.

- Alright, do you wanna start

with your name, or?

- Gaion came to me

in a dream.

- Okay

- And she told me

of an ancient prophecy

that would forever change

the fate of my sisters.

And me.

(Birds chirp)

Wyatt: Sam Aarons

was always pretty close

with the Neston family.

I mean, sorta like the son

Hank Neston never had.

You know, but I think old Hank

was hoping that Amy

would follow in her mother's

footsteps with a man

that he had handpicked for her.

- Uh, I'm here to speak um

with the deed owner, um

a Mrs. Agnes Wryfield.

- Uh, yes, um

she is, uh, she's indisposed

at the moment.

So um, you come back

another day.

- Oh!

Amy: Oh!

- Yes. Uh

- Hi, Sam.

- Hey, Ames.

- Are you here to see me?

- Uh, well, Sarge wanted me

to do a-a property check.

- You mean he wanted you

to check on me?

- Yeah.

Uh, no! No, no, no, no.

No, I volunteered.

Well, no, I-I wanted um, to

(Laughs) How are ya?

- I'm great, Sam.

How are you?

- Can I talk to you

for a second?

- Okay, of course.

- I'd like that.

(Both chuckle)

- It's good to see you.

- You too.

- (Giggles)

- Ma'am.

- Officer.

- Hi.

Isn't she great?

- (Sighs)

(Sighs)

Sharon: Do you think

he knows she's dead?

Katherine and Grace: Sharon!

What the hell?!

Wyatt: I think they knew

exactly who Amy was

when they recruited her.

You see, but that

is the problem

with Grace and Katherine.

They consistently delude

each other into thinking

that they can control

everything,

and then they prove

themselves wrong,

and spiral out very,

very quickly.

And that is exactly what

happened with Amy Neston.

- Amy's need to reject

the restrictive social mores

of the '70s,

to resist against the

traditional and oppressive

roles of motherhood

and marriage,

to find your place as a woman

in this world,

these were common narratives

that women had

at New Eden, I mean,

it's why New Eden existed.

That being said,

if Amy wanted to escape

the shackles of patriarchy,

she probably should've left

her own father's jurisdiction

to do so.

- Some people seem to think

that we benefited

from Amy's relations

with local law enforcement.

- We did not.

This is private property.

We !

And you don't have a warrant!

So guess what?

You're f*ck' trespassing!

- Where is Amy?!

We have not seen her

anywhere in months.

- You've been watching us, pig?

- You bet your White Tr*sh a*s

I have.

- Look! Hey, look, look!

Come on!

Look, let's just invite

her outside,

and then she can tell us

for herself that she's okay.

- Amy! Get out here!

- He's wasted out of his tree!

Katherine: Stop it.

- I swear to God,

if you hurt my daughter,

I will burn this place

to the f*ck' ground!

- Will you? Oh, I'm shaking

in my f*ck' boots.

- And I'll make sure you're

inside it, too.

- Yeah. Oh wow, what a threat.

Maybe you shouldn't worry

about me hurting your daughter,

huh? You f*cking pig!

Maybe she ran out of your house

for a reason!

I wonder what kind of nasty

sh*t you did to her

make her want to get away

from you!

- You wanna

- Hey!

(All screaming at once)

Hank: Shut your f*cking mouth,

how about that?!

- Stop!

- Amy?

- Amy, is that is that--

- It's Gaion's!

- Gaion's?!

Look, I don't know what these

people have been telling you,

okay?

But it's time for you

to come home now.

Come on.

- Amy.

- (Whispering)

- That's right.

You say goodbye.

Okay, just say goodbye,

and that's it.

Come on. Come on, baby.

Sam: Amy?

Grace: Get inside.

Hank: What the f*ck did you

say to her?!

Sam: Come on, let's go.

Hank: Shut the f*ck up!

Get the f*ck in the car.

(Spits) I'm not done here.

- Hannah, stop.

Enough.

- Amy getting pregnant was

I mean, obviously it wasn't

hard to put together

what had happened.

Interviewer: What happened?

- They had sex.

Amy and Sam had sex.

They had intercourse together

like real people do.

- Okay.

Max: I don't know,

we all just kind of followed

Grace and Katherine's lead,

and agreed to believe.

I thought that was best

for Amy at the time, but

- I have miraculously

become pregnant

with her sacred seed!

(Giggles)

- Surprise!

I'm so glad you brought

that up.

Yes, yes, of course,

the Truthmother and I

have been aware of this

prophecy for quite a bit,

haven't we, Katherine?

Amy: Of course,

you know everything.

- But we wanted to make sure

that every one of our sisters

was ready to receive the news

of this great miracle,

given the sheer

magnitude of change

it will mean for our whole

community.

It's so exciting.

It really is.

Mazel tov.

But now it is my Gaionic

privilege to reveal

to all of you

that Amy has become

our Seedmother.

Yes, she has, just like

the book foretold!

And she will give birth

to the Seed Redeemer.

Let's go with that. Yeah!

Mhmm.

Amy: The Seed Redeemer.

Blessed be she!

- Yep, why wouldn't it be

a girl?

So let's all take this moment

to celebrate

this joyous Gaionic gift.

It's really, it's a gift.

I'm jazzed about it.

- It's a girl?

- Excuse me.

Amy: And she's telling me

it won't hurt.

She's gonna just fade out

from the belly,

like a mist.

- Yeah, it will hurt.

- I mean, obviously,

psychologically it was

a delicate situation.

For all of us.

But we were a proud sisterhood,

and we had a baby on the way.

So we did what anyone would do.

Or what we would do.

- But all is not lost,

my sisters,

for Gaion, blessed be she,

foresaw a time when the seed

would be returned to Eve,

and her daughters.

Amy: A great miracle

shall pass,

and Gaion saw- oh!

Grace: sh*t!

(Women laugh and exclaim)

- Okay, you all right?

- Hi! Hello.

She's okay.

- Is she?

- Oh, she's strong.

- Okay, back to "once,"

back to "once."

Oh! Okay, alright.

(Bees buzzing)

Grace: Let Gaion's creatures

bless the coming

of the Seed Redeemer.

(Buzzing)

- (Laughs)

Katherine: This is bad.

Let'.

- Is it working?

Grace: Um yeah,

yeah, that feels blessed

enough.

Okay, let's go inside.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- I- I

- You're fine.

Everything's fine.

Everything's okay.

- Okay. Oh!

- Okay, no, everybody scat!

Everybody scatter!

No, you come-come this way.

Come to me, honey.

Katherine: Grace, Grace,

leave her!

- No, we can't leave her.

God! Oh! Come here.

Interviewer: And even after

everything that happened,

you still believe that

your child

was the prophetic spawn

of an immaculate conception?

- Yes.

Why wouldn't I? I-I don't

understand the question.

Women: Go with Gaion.

Go with Gaion

Grace: Ohh, that's good.

That's good, push!

Push!

(Amy screams)

- You're almost there, Amy,

you're almost there.

Oh! I can see the head!

I can see the head, Amy!

I can see the head!

Okay, you ready?

You ready? You ready

to finish this?

You ready to finish this?

Okay, ready, one last big push,

here we go,

one, two, three, puuuush!

(Amy screams)

Women: Go with Gaion

(Baby wails)

Amy: Oh! She's here!

Grace: Oh sh*t.

(Baby cries)

Amy: Is that the umbilical cord?

(Baby wails)

(Amy gasps)

- So

the good news is,

Amy has given birth

to a beautiful,

bouncing baby boy,

which is all part of Gaion's

great plan.

- I'm not cutting

the f*cking cord!

- Excuse me.

Katherine, did you throw up

in here?

- Yes!

Interviewer: So the sex

of your baby

was always part

of the prophecy?

- Yes. As it turned out.

Interviewer: How did Grace

and Katherine justify

the sex of the baby?

- Grace told me that

he was a chosen Adam,

who on his 21st birthday

would ascend

to the cosmic plane

to defeat Mascularus,

and free Gaion,

because every feminist

religious ideology

should culminate with the women

being rescued

from an epic space battle

by a male savior.

Right?

- I think they told me

that his

p*nis would become engorged

with the sins of ancient Adams,

and then ceremoniously fall off

on his 21st birthday,

making him our new Eve savior.

Mm, I remember it sounding

plausible.

- Well, come here, honey.

Come on. (Laughs)

After he was born,

the Starmother revealed

our true task was to ready

the Seed Redeemer

for his 21st birthday,

when he would experience

a binary ascension

that would save Evekind.

- You dumb (bleep)!

You're a stupid (bleep)!

(Bleep) (Bleep)

(Bleep) (Bleep)!

- Only 10 more years to go.

- I think there were

many points

when Grace and Katherine

dou.

But you could see the stress

start to eat away at them.

Whenever it did, things

always got a lot worse.

Wyatt: Yeah, Neston always

had it out for them.

Obviously.

I mean, but the Amy thing

put him over the edge.

I mean, he became obsessed

with bringing them down.

After the failed drug charge

in '77,

he tried everything.

See, but nobody wanted

to believe that these women

were worth investigating,

until Amy's pregnancy.

He went around town telling

just about anyone

who would listen that

these evil feminists

were keeping Sam Aarons

from his unborn child,

and keeping him

from his grandson.

Huh! Suddenly

the community was out

for blood.

(Radio static)

Reporter: Sgt. Neston,

you're on the air.

What are we to make

of all these feminists

invading our community?

Is this all cause for panic?

Hank: Let me be very clear,

Jerry.

These women are dangerous.

Plain and simple.

This little commune of theirs,

this "New Eden,"

don't be fooled,

this is a cult.

With very possible

satanic proclivities.

Its members and its leaders

are a menace to our community.

They wanna recruit

our daughters,

and corrupt life in this town.

I want to caution that parents

of young women

in this community

to be extremely vigilant,

extremely vigilant.

Reporter: Strong words

from our man in blue.

But, what's the solution?

It sounds like something's

gotta be done.

Hank: Oh, believe me, Jerry,

something will be done.

This is my town,

and I will do what I have to

to protect it.

Wyatt: Never underestimate

the anger

of a middle-aged white cop

who feels powerless.

Or what he'll do to take

his power back.

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