Begin the preparation.
I concur. It's time.
He who withstands the long night shall see the Dawning.
I told them you'd come back.
Your faith is strong, Mae.
You have always possessed…
fortitude.
Tonight, our people will be saved, if you are truly willing this time.
There's no greater love you can show your family
than by making yourself a willing sacrifice.
Brother, everything went as planned with the Mathis woman?
Noah hit her car, unseen.
He'll make a worthy successor. Someday.
Tonight is our salvation.
The ceremony must go according to custom this time
or people will lose hope.
We must regain their faith, Brother Wilkins.
We must rely upon.
The chain shall not be broken.
This is Amon-66 to Remmingham dispatch.
Checking on a hit-and-run on Commonwealth and Wallace
about an hour ago.
Any updates on the injured driver? Where'd they medevac her to?
Driver declined transport. Treated and released at the scene.
-What the hell is going on? Where's Mom? -Someone gave Mae white roses
-and it triggered her. -What?
Mom thinks they took Mae back to Amontown and she went after her.
Are you kidding me?
Let's get in the truck.
Hey.
Thanks.
-What'd she say? -Uh, she told me to drop the Dodd case.
Limited budget, uncooperative victim,
and to preserve a good and working relationship
with neighboring departments.
You think that Captain Peck is on the cult's payroll?
It could be they got something on her. It could be coming from above her.
Who knows how high these people are pulling strings?
I'm guessing you didn't tell Captain you have an eyewitness
who can implicate Wilkins in the unsolved arson cases?
-Um, hell no.
I can't prove it but--
-Sorry, I gotta check this. -Yeah.
Alex, it's Suzanne. They took Mae.
I don't have my phone but I'm gonna go get her.
Ah, shit.
-Night, Captain.
Caleb16.
"Yahweh, jealous and afraid,
conspired with his host against The Shining One.
They broke his wings and cast him down from heaven."
But Lucifer drew power from pain. Strength from suffering.
This covenant he made with men.
"Chain yourselves and suffer willingly in my name.
Endure the long night and behold.
Upon The Dawning of the Morning star I will send my devouring fire.
I will rise to rule for a thousand years
with my loyal portion by my side."
Lucifer demands suffering.
And what sacrifice could wound me more to the very core
than offering my own flesh and blood?
My daughter.
Let us walk the path of my grandfather, Caleb, who followed the messenger
so that we may endure until the Dawning.
The chain shall not be broken.
-Don't touch me!
Fuck!
Didn't anyone ever teach you to behave?
We gotta make this fast. You got five minutes
to get whatever you need for the night.
Got it?
Change of plans.
But I need my toothbrush.
We'll pick one up.
And thus, by Lucifer's own winged messenger,
and through his humble conduit, you are chosen to be a willing sacrifice.
The chain shall not be broken.
And now, we give our sacred offering to he who shines his light upon us,
oh, Blessed Morningstar.
Father will write about you in the Book of Covenants.
Your sacrifice will live on.
Do you sacrifice yourself willingly
to be married by flame to the first prophet?
I…
-Fire!
The church.
Everyone to fire stations.
We must save the church!
-We must hurry! -To the fire station!
Wh-- What about the ritual? Lucifer is waiting.
We must first save his temple and the book.
-Then we will complete the ritual. -Malachi, please.
You don't have your strength.
My strength is his strength.
-Noah, where are you going? -To help put out the fire.
-No, it's too dangerous. -But Father--
Our future relies upon you.
Go mind your sister, then we will make the sacrifice
and his light will shine upon us.
Everyone to your stations. All bucket brigades to the church.
-How did this happen? -The Mathis woman. She's here.
Find her.
Brother.
By blood we are born. By blood we are broken.
What is this place?
Model apartment. I'm managing the complex for Cheryl.
-We can stay here for the night. -Why can't we stay at home?
There's just a lot going on tonight.
All right, it's bedtime, girls. Bedrooms are upstairs.
And, Dani, there's a bunk bed.
I get the top.
Hey, don't worry, girls. The police are handling things with Mom.
How long do you think we'll be here?
However long it takes Mom to figure out her shit.
Mae.
You came.
-Leave us. -No, I'm not leaving without her.
You have no right to interfere with our family.
You're going to kill her.
You don't understand our ways. Mae's sacrifice is an honor.
No, I'm not letting her stay.
Leave us.
-You can't keep her. -You don't belong here.
Neither does she.
You need to get out of here. Leave us alone.
Please, let's just talk this out.
We are her family.
An abusive family is not a home.
You're her mother, you're supposed to protect her.
Mae came back because this is where she belongs.
Go, while you still can.
Let's slow down.
Do you wanna stay here, Mae, or do you wanna leave with me?
-Mae, you can be free.
Since Suzanne came for me…
maybe Lucifer wants me to go.
How dare you presume to know what he wants?
Mama, I don't wanna die!
There's a whole world out there, and a life for me.
Come with us. We can leave here together.
And be corrupted by their insidious world?
To beg selfish pleasures from an indifferent God?
-No, Mae, we know better than that.
We have to get down. The platform's on fire.
-You must be the willing sacrifice. -Mae.
You must save Sliocht an Diabhail.
We have to find a way down.
-No. Mae!
Mama, Suzanne, jump!
You gotta come down sometime, Suzanne.
I should have hit your car harder.
They told me to put you in the hospital but this is so much better.
Now I get to kill you.
You wanna play rough?
You should have protected me.
You deserve to be Chosen.
Never playing your part, always looking after yourself.
All I ever did was try to help you, and you betrayed me!
You betrayed all of us!
You've broken the chain for the last time.
Mama, hurry!
Please, Mama, come down!
Mama!
I am willing.
The chain shall not be broken.
Mama!
Let's go. This way.
-We have to go, Mae. Mae, we have to go.
-Come on.
Mama!
Put your hands up.
You have no jurisdiction here.
I found Enoch Walsh. He told me everything.
You can go down for it alone, or you can cut a deal and give up Malachi.
-I suggest you take the deal. -I'm sure you do.
Don't do it, man.
Look, if you cooperate, I'll tell 'em to go easy on you.
I don't need you to help me.
I have him.
Please don't make me do it.
-By blood we are born, by blood we are-- -Don't make me--
Alex!
The flames arise!
Behold.
A sacrifice so willing that she took the place of her own flesh and blood.
Witness the flames arise!
The Dawning of a Morningstar! We are saved!
We're saved!
-We are saved!
We are saved.
The chain shall not be broken.
We are saved.
The chain shall not be broken. The chain shall not be broken.
-Did you have a good time at the dance? -Yeah.
-I had more fun than I thought I would. -Bet you got some good photos.
I did, actually.
Uh, can't wait to get them developed.
Mae really screwed things up, didn't she?
She did. But, uh, there's more to it.
You mean Mom?
Your mother…
she didn't have a great childhood.
Things were…
hard for her.
She doesn't talk about it.
Jules…
I know it's easy to point fingers.
At Mae, your mom.
But, uh…
this is my fault, too.
I let it happen.
Dad, is everything gonna be okay?
I don't know.
Yeah, I don't know.
Mom, Grandma Helen sent us tickets for the bus.
We can go live with her.
It's okay.
-You're safe now.
You're safe.
Thank you…
for saving me.
You deserve it.
Are you seriously gonna document everything I do
-as Minister of Ecological Affairs? -Yes. This is a historic moment.
Please. Victoria just made up the title
as a consolation prize for me losing class president.
Thanksgiving volunteering tomorrow. Sign up for the early shift with me?
-Um… -There she is!
That column you did was so dope.
-And that self-portrait, so authentic. -Thanks.
Hey, so I was thinking for the next column we should do Fraser Hagen.
-He's really been pushing-- -I'm actually gonna do Tatiana Nelson,
with an angle on non-traditional post-graduate paths.
Sounds like a plan.
Great.
Uh, anyway, you can sign me up for the early shift.
-New Jules, indeed.
-Holy shit, it works. -Of course it does, we made it.
Jules, parking lot after school if you want a ride so we can pick up Dani.
-Okay. -See ya.
How's your mom?
You were right.
There was a part of myself that I kept hidden.
I was…
afraid to admit that things were more complicated.
What do you think changed for you?
I-- I think I had to lose a lot to see what was hiding behind it.
I had a buffer for…
…for my painful self.
I-I-I-- Work, and keeping myself busy,
and of course, taking care of my family.
And how is your family?
They're okay, all things considered.
Um, everyone understands that this is a temporary situation
until we can figure some things out.
Is that how your husband sees it?
Yeah, I think so.
I-- I hope so.
But this change has given me
the opportunity to take a break from my job
and spend some time working on myself.
How does that feel?
Uh… It's hard.
Doing the work to bridge that gap that you talked about,
between who I am and who I think I am.
But I'm-- I'm optimistic.
Uh, it's like you said, there…
there was a-- a childhood part of myself that…
really wanted to be saved.
And because I didn't deal with that, I unconsciously projected it onto Mae.
But I'm here and I'm ready to work.
And, um, I believe that if I…
try hard enough, and stay vigilant, that I'll be able to make progress.
Do you think that's the case for everyone?
That everyone who puts the work in is capable of change?
Well, if I can do it, so can Mae.
Nice office.
-Hey. Got promoted to Lieutenant. -That's great.
Few of the senior officers opted for early retirement.
-Hmm. -I think they got off easy,
considering how long they let those arson cases go unsolved.
You think they were getting paid off by the cult?
With Wilkins dead, I don't think we'll never know.
Well, hey, I just wanted to say, uh, thank you.
I, uh-- I finally got a check from the insurance company
and got squared up.
If you hadn't gotten to the bottom of that pig accelerant thing,
it may not have worked out. So, thank you.
Just doing my job.
-Yeah, congratulations on your promotion.
-Still got you working Thanksgiving, huh? -Party never stops.
Yeah. I bet. I bet.
Anyway, I gotta some food before the grocery stores close, so…
Hey.
Hope it all works out. Your family situation.
Yeah. You too. Take care.
Hey.
-Ooh. Nice blues!
How would RPD's newest officer like to serve her first search warrant?
You finally got it.
To search all of Malachi Dodd's properties in connection to Wilkins.
You wanna go?
Nothing I'd be more thankful for.
-Can you get that?
Sorry, girls. I burnt the stuffing.
-So…
Son of a--
That looks great, Mae.
Where'd you learn to weave the crust?
My mother taught me.
It's one of the only things I actually make from scratch.
The girls love it.
-I'm sure I'll love it too, Suzanne.
You got plans for Thanksgiving?
Westway Diner's got a Blue Plate Special with my name on it.
Uh, no, you are coming to my house. No objections.
-Oh, this is an invite? -Yeah.
Canned cranberry sauce, or fresh?
-Canned. Duh. -Oh, I'm in.
-All right, Rook. -Where do you wanna start?
Damn it. They're gone.
Judge dragged his feet on the warrant.
Where do you think they went?
-Hey. Hi. Look at you.
-Looks like you got a new friend. -Good boy.
-Here we go. Your hair looks nice. Yeah. -Thanks. Helen helped me with it.
Ah, cool.
All right. Well, hey, the stuffing's a little overdone…
-Yeah.
…but everything else should be good, so…
All right. I just want to say that, uh, this year,
things are a little different.
But I want you to know that, uh, I am so grateful for you three.
And there's nothing I won't do to keep you safe.
Thanks, Dad.
All right, enough sappy stuff. Let's eat, huh?
-Ah. Dig in, I'll get it. -Okay.
Hi.
Hey.
How are you?
Mmm. Holding up. You?
-Yeah.
I'm okay.
I brought this for the girls.
That's really nice of you, Suz.
Do you want to come in and…
You brought her here?
-She's just in the car. -We made an agreement.
Mae cannot come anywhere near these girls. She can't--
-She's not coming in-- -Suzanne.
How are the girls?
Uh, Dani's still flying high after her, uh,
Thanksgiving assembly solo.
-She was so good. -So good.
And, uh, Jules has decided to dye some of her hair red.
Okay. Tell her I can't wait to--
to see it when we go shopping this weekend.
All right.
I-I had a good session with Dr. Daniels.
I mean… …not like good. It's, um…
It kinda feels like going to the dentist, but, you know, good to do the work.
Good. I'm glad.
And Mae is really making progress.
She's gonna nail this GED and then we're gonna try to get her a job.
-Suzanne. -And a-a permanent place to live.
-Suzanne, this isn't about Mae. -I-I have some leads.
It never was.
You can-- You can give this to the girls.
I will.
Wait, Peter.
I love you.
-I'm not giving up.
Me neither.
Is that from Mom?
Yeah.
Dani, why don't you sing that song from the assembly?
You actually want me to sing?
Yes. Dani, I actually want you to sing.
Thank you so much for helping make all of this, Mae.
Looks delicious.
Shall I say a blessing?
Sure.
Bless us for these thy gifts
which we are about to receive from thy bounty.
And thank you for Suzanne…
whose patience and generosity…
saved my life.
Amen.
-Oh.
Hi.
Good news, you don't have to worry about the cult.
-Looks like they pulled up stakes. -That's quite a relief.
They went off looking for greener pastures, I guess.
Hey, do you know a Theodore Harrington the Third?
Um, yes, I do.
That is Helen's ex-boyfriend, Teddy.
Um, he went to the harvest dance with Mae.
-Why? -We just found his SUV
abandoned in the woods near Amontown.
Turns out he reported his car stolen two weeks ago,
same night as the dance.
Okay…
The cult was deliberately low profile.
They could've used the white rose trigger low key,
like the first time. No one but Mae would've known.
This happened publicly.
This might not be what you want to hear, but the cult didn't set those white roses.
-W-What? Um, then who did it? -I had them pull the security footage
from the high school.
Mae hid a bouquet of white roses behind a dumpster at the school.
She brought them inside.
I called the flower shop who said a girl placed an order
and picked them up earlier that day.
Mae set the roses to make it look like the cult triggered her.
She lifted Teddy's keys and drove herself out to Amontown.
Suzanne, Mae set the whole thing up.
I thought you should know.
I appreciate your call.
-Happy Thanksgiving. -Happy Thanksgiving.
Food's getting cold.
Let's eat, Suzanne.
We deserve it.