[clock ticking]
[phone ringing]
- Hello.
STATION NIGHT OFFICER: Sir, Taba found Onias
up at the Dream Mine.
He needs you there. - Yeah.
[soft dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[whispering] Hey.
Gotta go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- If we're to see the light in His mine again,
we must keep the generators in its belly full.
If I'm not mistaken, your calling
is to protect and serve.
And who higher to serve than Heavenly Father?
You're a sturdy breed,
capable of carrying two filled gasoline cans at once.
- As fun as that'd be, Mr. Onias...
- Prophet Onias.
- Lives may be in jeopardy at this very moment.
- How can we measure the abbreviation of a mortal life
when considered next to one's eternal salvation?
[faint rustling]
- What was that?
- I'm not the only faithful shareholder up here,
but I do believe I told you...
no guns.
- If you're fucking with me...
- You'll never receive God's favor with such language.
BILL: Answer me this.
You say Ron started to unravel
when Dianna refused to come back to him.
Is that when he started slicing throats?
- Our prophets spoke of One Mighty and Strong
who would set the house of God in order in these end days.
My body, in this life, is not strong,
so I hoped it was Ron...
[soft music playing over speakers]
But in the fog of hope, I was blinded
to how the allure of being our One
might tempt even our strongest
to the delights of flesh and blood.
[indistinct chatter]
- You've been called.
- Called? For--for what?
- Heavenly Father calls you to take the rest of our money
to Nevada and bet it on a horse.
He's gonna whisper in my ear. - [laughs]
- I'm not certain the Lord
wants Zion built in such a manner.
- It will make our school strong,
and it will bring our families back together.
ROBIN: Uh...
Of course I'll go. I'll go.
- Of course you will.
Matilda...
Sam and Robin's wives
have been visited by missionaries
who are accusing us of apostasy.
[tense music]
No one's visited you?
MATILDA: No.
I told them what you told me to.
[sighs] I said, "Don't you send anyone to my door."
And I said, "Stop fornicating." RON: Right, right.
Who'd you say this to?
♪♪ ♪♪
- To Dianna.
You think that Dianna could have moved
our entire home alone?
♪♪ ♪♪
Who helped her?
♪♪ ♪♪
Who helped her steal my children?
♪♪ ♪♪
- The Lows gave her money,
and the Stowes helped pack the house.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Who else?
♪♪ ♪♪
It's okay. You can tell me.
- I can't know for sure.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Brenda?
♪♪ ♪♪
- She planned it all.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Okay.
♪♪ ♪♪
[ominous music]
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: Hey! Police!
Hey! Police, stop!
Hey!
[both grunting]
[Jeb panting]
- You have spilled my blood on holy ground.
A curse be on you and yours.
- Police, police! Don't shoot!
BILL: It's Officer Taba.
Care to dust yourself off and join me and the prophet?
- I'm sorry.
Prophet Onias, pleased to finally meet you.
I'm Brother Jebediah Pyre.
- Always happy to receive a faithful saint into His home.
BILL: The prophet was about to share the details
of Ron's revelations.
- Yes.
Ron brought forth a list,
a removal list.
JEB: Do you approve this list?
- No.
RON: Thus saith the Lord,
"Unto My servants, the prophets,
"it is My commandment that ye remove
"the following individuals in rapid succession
and that the"...
"And that the instruments that I delivered unto thee
"be consecrated, dedicated,
and set apart for this purpose."
Amen.
- Amen. - Amen.
- Ron, who is to be removed?
- Well, there's a list, a list of names. Here.
See, the names, they just tumbled out.
There may be more. I don't know.
- For He taught us, "Vengeance is Mine,
"and I will deal with Mine enemies
in Mine own time."
These words, Ron...
[dramatic music]
They're madness.
- Which is something that nonbelievers often say
about men who have revelations, isn't that right?
RON: Okay.
So we're gonna close our eyes,
and we're gonna feel that little voice inside
telling us that these are Heavenly Father's words, yeah?
And then we vote.
Where's--where's Robin?
♪♪ ♪♪
ONIAS: You didn't tell him, Dan?
DAN: Well--
[laughs]
- That Robin got to Nevada and heard the Spirit
tell him to bet on different horses?
That he lost the last of our money?
Seems like your own blood
is starting to doubt your wisdom, Ron.
RON: Brothers, there's a reason
why families 50 miles from here
have heard of the Lafferty name.
Together...
ALL: We can do anything!
[cheers and applause]
- Say a revelation includes instructions for a third party,
say Dianna, to return back to Ron
but she never hears it.
Must she still suffer its consequences?
- You must be confused. She heard it.
- How if Ron had received the revelation
after Dianna had already left him?
- He read it to her over the phone.
BILL: He told you that?
- I was there when he called her
and commanded her to return with his children.
- How did he find her?
- His son sent a letter from Florida
with a return address.
♪♪ ♪♪
Ron took it as a sign from God.
- Dianna's in Florida now?
ONIAS: Oh, I doubt that. - Where, then?
- Dead, I would think.
♪♪ ♪♪
Ron would've atoned Dianna before Brenda.
That was the order of his revelation.
♪♪ ♪♪
- And her six children?
- I suspect they met the same fate as Brenda's child
to secure their exaltation
and prevent them from growing up in apostasy.
I'd think you'd have figured this out yourself...
Brother.
♪♪ ♪♪
God's laws.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Aah! [inhales sharply]
Ah, shoot.
[inhales sharply]
- Listen, before I waste time digging through these--
You all right? JEB: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I just cut myself. What's up?
- Why Florida? Dianna was from New Jersey.
- Yeah, well, she was a convert,
and that tells me that she wasn't all that fond
of the home that she was brought up in,
so for now, we look for anything addressed to Florida.
- Is there some LDS law that says you gotta keep
every scrap of paper your kid ever snotted on?
- Pretty much.
So Ron would definitely have kept a letter from his son.
[knock at door]
- Sorry, sir. Wife's on line two.
- Okay. Hey, uh, just tell her I'll call her back.
She wants me to bear my testimony
in front of our congregation on Sunday.
[sighs]
- Public speaking a problem?
- Not when I believe the words coming out of my mouth.
If the brethren smell any doubt,
I'll be single maybe by fall.
♪♪ ♪♪
- After Dianna met Ron, she quit nursing school in Florida
so that they could get married.
I mean, that's the version that I've always been told.
- So you think she would have gone to Florida,
back to nursing school,
with six hungry kids and no family support?
That's what you think? - Sounds crazy, I know.
But it--it's exactly the kind of thing that Brenda would do,
would encourage, maybe.
I mean, for the past few weeks, I-I worried that--
- Brother Pyre,
I was impressed upon by the Holy Spirit
to speak with you.
May we? - Yes, of course.
Whatever you--you would like to share,
we can share with Allen as well.
- Allen, Brother Pyre,
we can all agree the church finds itself
fraught with challenges.
To put a delicate matter plainly,
the events leading to the revelation six years ago
that our priesthood be opened to Negroes,
all of the legal threats from the communists
in the NAACP,
we've been struggling with public perception.
We don't need any more detrimental press now,
like not publicly speculating about
FLDS connections to this case.
- Well, it's gone beyond speculation now.
- You're of the Paiute nation?
- The Shivwits band of the Southern Paiute.
- Oh.
Then I must thank you.
May I remind you of our shared history?
1857,
joining hand in hand
to defend Zion from annihilation.
[tense music]
PORTER: Fancher wagon train from Arkansas
will enter our territory within the week.
Oh, it is a wealthy, well-armed band.
BRIGHAM YOUNG: Indeed.
Whispers that they carry fugitives
from the mob that murdered our own dear prophet.
God Himself provides this.
Driven into the desert, it has taken ten years to rebuild.
If we are ever to survive, we must relieve ourselves
of the constant fear of invasion.
If so much as one Gentile steps into our territory,
we must make an example of him.
But we cannot wage war on multiple fronts.
Not alone.
Colonel, how stands the Southern Utah Indian Mission?
Are the Paiute with us now?
- According to Major Lee, they are now our brothers, sir.
- Good.
Send word to Major Lee.
We will fight as one...
Mormon and Paiute together.
- [laughs]
I'm sorry.
Us "Injuns" are taught
a very different version of that story.
Excuse me, I got a missing wife and kids to find.
- For some, truth brings discomfort.
- For others, lies do the same.
No one on that wagon train had a thing to do
with Joseph Smith's murder.
- The scholars disagree with you.
- The--the Mormon scholars employed by the church.
JEB: [whispering] Allen.
Allen.
- The old BYU arm twist.
- Brother Pyre...
Let us come together
for the sake of our church
and for the sake of your eternal family.
- Sorry, what does my family have to do with this visit?
- In the past, you have bent man's law
for the sake of the church.
When your ward considered elevating a member
to Boy Scout Master,
you volunteered investigative details
from that member's past
despite the fact
that you never charged the man with anything.
It's not how justice operates--
- He would have been charged with child abuse
if the church hadn't encouraged his wife
to stop sharing evidence with me.
- We were grateful, Brother.
- So...
now you want to sweep my wife and child's blood
under the rug for the sake of the church's reputation?
Have I got that right?
- Brother Pyre, would you please ask Mr. Lafferty
to mind his tongue?
I see.
Then that is all.
♪♪ ♪♪
Gentlemen.
♪♪ ♪♪
ALLEN: "Shake off the dust of your feet
"as a testimony against them
"and know that in the day of judgment,
"you shall be judges of that house
and condemn them."
- Did he just condemn us both?
ALLEN: I'm sorry.
♪♪ ♪♪
- [sighs]
- But know that good can grow
from the dust they leave behind.
- How? How so?
- When my testimony died,
I thought I'd die with it.
But a few weeks back, I got a late-night emergency work call,
um, so I drove there,
and there Brenda was.
Uh, she'd followed me.
She thought I was lying, still meeting with my brothers.
♪♪ ♪♪
But that night, I saw it...
[Erica crying]
The pain that I had caused,
and I knew.
I knew then that I belonged to her
and to Erica--
not to my brothers, not a church,
to them.
♪♪ A garden hoe ♪♪ What comes after?
And I could look her right in the eye and truly see her,
not for anything eternal
but for what we had right here.
♪♪ ♪♪
My family became my faith.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Detective, found it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Wait.
Don't turn a blind eye.
Find them for Brenda.
- Promise you I'm gonna find your brothers.
- I mean, if she saw it as her calling
to help Dianna and her children,
to keep them safe, keep them alive,
that's what you have to finish.
Don't let my family's death be in vain.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yes, ma'am. The zip code is 33010, Miami.
LOPEZ: That's a mostly Cuban area.
JEB: Mm-hmm, yeah, well, the apartment manager said
that the unit was rented to a white woman.
She used a different name, but she fits our description.
She paid cash. LOPEZ: Right.
Well, I can't really get a warrant
at this hour, Detective. - [mouthing words]
- Ma'am, if I'm able to get the manager to open the door,
can you call it a welfare check?
LOPEZ: It's Detective.
- Oh, I'm sorry, Detective.
So sorry. LOPEZ: Okay.
Now, you're telling me that her husband
may have killed a child in Utah?
- Almost decapitated her.
LOPEZ: [sighs] And you think
he's in Florida now?
- I'm afraid so, Detective.
LOPEZ: Okay, fine. Give me an hour.
- Thank you so much. Call us right back.
Appreciate it. Thank you.
[tense music]
[knocking] - Welfare check.
♪♪ ♪♪
OFFICER 1: Over left, clear.
- Cover me.
♪♪ ♪♪
OFFICER 1: Okay. We're clear here.
CAROLINE: I pray one day, Heavenly Father will bless me,
that I will be worthy to have a righteous priesthood holder
to take me through the temple,
and if I'm obedient to His covenants,
I can return to Him one day.
- Let's get this door.
♪♪ ♪♪
ANNIE: This I know to be true.
The pioneers' blood spilled out onto the ground,
but they kept their faith,
so I know my own suffering
will make my own faith stronger.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Clear. OFFICER 1: All clear.
OFFICER 2: All clear.
- No sign of violence or--or blood?
- We're still processing the apartment now, but, uh,
no, no visible blood.
We did find three coloring books
on a closet shelf; one of them's Mormon.
- If I send you prints for her sister-in-law Matilda,
can you check for those prints there too?
LOPEZ: Yeah, I'll, uh-- I'll run prints, and, uh,
I'll see if anybody got to know her in the building.
JEB: Thank you so much, Detective.
I really appreciate it.
- You bet.
[knock at door]
STORE MANAGER: Yes, sir, we found
the security footage of the family you asked about.
She was with her family full of white kids.
They're dressed like they just come from a funeral.
Everything was normal, then she saw something
or someone that scared her. DIANNA: Come on. Everybody out.
STORE MANAGER: They left the groceries on the counter.
They didn't even pay. DIANNA: I'm so sorry.
BILL: Around nine days ago or-- STORE MANAGER: No. No, sir.
She thinks it was just four days ago.
Maybe even less than that. BILL: Thank you so much.
STORE MANAGER: Yeah, no problem.
- You got an address? BILL: Yeah.
REPORTER: The area will be seeing highs in the upper 90s
combined with low humidity levels
and breezy winds further drying already parched soil.
If dry and hot weather persists...
MORRIS: Can I help you, sir?
Hey. You're not allowed back there.
Hey! Hey, stop!
Stop! Don't move.
Stop! Stop!
JEB: Jacob, Jacob!
Jacob, stay right there. - Jebediah Pyre?
- Jacob.
JACOB: Holy Spirit sent me to you.
- Jacob, get on the ground.
Get on the ground.
Jacob, get on the ground right now!
No, no! BILL: Hold your fire.
[both grunting]
BILL: Get in there.
- Got him? - Yeah.
- [crying]
Forgive me. I'm sorry.
Sam gave me Dan's journal.
He said, "Protect God's Word."
Then a voice s-said to run.
BOTH: Hey! Hey! OFFICER: Go, go, go!
Hey! Stop!
- So I did.
And I--and I saw the dogs lookin' for me,
but Holy Spirit kept me safe
till it told me what happened to my Brenda.
JEB: Your Brenda? JACOB: My angel.
[static crackling]
- So you heard our press conference
on--on the radio
and that's what brought you here
to--to see me?
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
So, um--
so where--where are Dan and Ron now?
- I don't know, but that's where they've been.
- Okay.
Officer Steven's gonna take good care of you, okay?
JACOB: Okay.
- Thank you, Jacob. - Okay.
Okay.
♪♪ ♪♪
DAN: "Unto My chosen son, Ron,
"I have commanded that he shall be
"the mouth of God,
"and his brother, Dan, shall serve as hand of God.
Like Nephi, commanded to cut off the head of Laban."
- Mm-hmm?
[Erica babbles] - Hmm?
[Erica babbles]
BRENDA: Sit like that, and this go here.
[Erica babbling]
DAN: Hi. - [gasps]
DAN: How's it going?
BRENDA: What are you doing in my house?
DAN: Oh, what am I doing here? Well, we're family.
Need a reason? [chuckles]
- I think you need to leave.
DAN: Oh.
[glass clinking]
Well, I think...
that you...
need to stop driving wedges.
That's what I think.
Allen must return to us.
And you, you will bring Dianna back to Ron's side.
Immediately.
- Please leave.
- Actions have consequences, Brenda.
You know that.
- Are you threatening me?
- No.
I am but the hand of God.
It is His mouth that commands me.
Now, if you obey, you will be forgiven.
Does that sound fair...
Sister?
Okay.
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: "And lo, his hand left her
to contemplate her transgressions."
It's like he thinks he's writing a sequel
to the Book of Mormon.
Okay, so the next one, this one's from Reno.
So when their school and their family
didn't come running back, it seems like
they went hunting for converts
to start their own new School of the Prophets.
They followed through with some contacts
from the--the last meeting of the minds,
a few potentials, some standouts.
In particular, someone named Sandy.
"And lo, how Sandy provideth
"a roof, warmth, and nourishment
"from the belly of the beast's abode,
Circus Circus."
Also, two fellas who happen to be roommates...
He wrote their whole names, Ricky Knapp and Chip Carnes.
BILL: Ricky and Chip?
Those are the two Doreen told us about.
And they crossed state lines.
We can pull in the FBI now, Jeb.
- Yeah. Wait, Dan wrote this ten days ago.
Ron said it was time to start killing ten days ago.
And then the next morning, Brenda receives a call
from a Florida payphone. That's Dianna.
Ten minutes later, she calls this number,
the office to the president of the church.
That is as bold as it gets,
for a woman to call the prophet.
- Women can't call him? JEB: No one does.
So something must have really scared them both
to the point where Dianna was scared enough
to run away from an apartment
that she knew that Ron had the address to.
When did, um...
Yeah, the cashier.
The cashier said that she last saw Dianna
four days ago in her store.
That's--that is the day
that Brenda was killed.
And if that's true, then Onias was wrong.
They went after Brenda first, so--
so Dianna might be out there still alive.
We gotta get to Florida.
Get us plane tickets.
REBECCA: I'm disappointed you won't be
bearing your testimony.
JEB: Bearing my testimony can wait
until next month's meeting.
REBECCA: I don't doubt there will arise
some fresh, new hurdle next month.
- This isn't a simple case, Becca.
- Jeb, he's my General Authority too.
- Just so you know, he told me that it was the Holy Spirit
that sent him and not you.
They're all liars.
- I went to him with my concerns,
and now he called to tell me how you resisted him.
- How could you go behind my back
and interfere like this? - Interfere?
- You're not to talk to him again, you understand?
Unless you have my permission.
- I must obey. Right, Jebediah?
My dad is coming up from Arizona
to get me and the girls.
I won't keep subjecting them to this.
- You know, Becca, our own founders, they, um...
They saw little girls and women, all of them,
as eternal servants.
They were taught to be obedient and submissive.
They were even abused,
some of them raped.
And you should see the things
that Annie is already writing in her journals.
- I ma--
I married a man of faith,
and that's who I plan to raise them with,
whether that's you...
or somebody else.
ANNIE: Mommy?
REBECCA: Yes, sweetie?
♪♪ ♪♪
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct chatter]
BILL: FBI's located Ron's car outside a home in Cheyenne.
The owner of the house is the brother
of a Mr. Chip Carnes.
- Okay, well, get your tails to Wyoming, not Florida.
Go on. Get going. JEB: Thank you, sir.
CHIEF: Jeb. JEB: Yeah?
- End this before it does any more damage to what...
I hope still matters most to you, Brother.
JEB: Thank you, sir.
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct police radio chatter]
OFFICER 1: Go. Go.
[indistinct chatter]
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
OFFICER 1: Go, go, go!
♪♪ ♪♪
OFFICER 1: Move! Move! OFFICER 2: Right there!
Where I can see them! OFFICER 3: Freeze!
- Don't shoot.
[panting] Please.
JEB: No. RICKY: Please.
OFFICER 2: Everything's clear.
BILL: Watch out, huh?
Stand up. I'll cover him.
JEB: Watch out.
- Stand up. Turn around.
[indistinct police radio chatter]
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: Anything? OFFICER 1: All clear.
OFFICER 3: All clear.
JEB: Where are Ron and Dan now?
Hey, you can make this as difficult as you wanna make it,
but in Utah, you're convicted of murder,
that's a death sentence.
BILL: You know what that means?
Four high-powered rounds that'll rip your chest open.
It's what Utah does to child killers.
- No, we left Ron and Dan in Nevada.
BILL: And when was this? - Four days ago.
JEB: Where in Nevada?
- Uh, at a motel room just over the state line.
- We got pulled over for a busted taillight,
and trooper let us go. - Ron got nervous.
Got us a motel room for the night.
I-I only started hangin' out with Dan 'cause he was
a good time at first. - So what changed?
CHIP: All of the heaven talk, man.
It just got so fucking crazy.
- I don't even believe in God.
Fuck God.
BILL: Where were they headed? - Reno.
RICKY: Reno.
That's where Ron
wanted to go make some quick cash.
- What'd they need cash for? - To, uh...
♪♪ ♪♪
- To finish their list. - Finish their list.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Why do you have Ron's car?
- We stole it, Chip and I, to get away from them.
The--the blood.
You don't understand.
There was so much blood, you could--
you could smell the iron in it.
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: So what happened on the day of the murder?
[indistinct chatter]
[saw buzzing]
- Are we six now, Ron?
If so, I ain't getting in the back.
DAN: Hey. [clears throat]
Sam. Sam. RON: Dan. Dan.
DAN: So Ron had a revelation last night,
and He says the Heavenly Father
says you and Jacob were not called on this.
SAM: No.
Ron, Ron, we can leave Jacob with Mom.
I'm your flesh and blood, Dan! DAN: Right.
Which is why the Lord has called on you
to stay here and to care for Mom and Jacob.
Heavenly Father wants you to do all that you can
to protect our family
while we go off and do His work.
RICKY: We left after breakfast, the four of us.
We went to, uh, Robin's house.
[soft dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[knocking]
- Go get your hunting rifle.
.243. Go get it.
- Uh, I don't have it here.
It's, um--I lent it to Allen.
Why? - Really?
ROBIN: What are you--
Look, Ron, I'm sorry I-I made a mistake about the horses.
I-I should have listened to you.
And I don't know what this is.
Whatever you're doing, you don't have to--
Ron. Ron, please.
♪♪ ♪♪
Ron, what--what--
what are you hunting for?
- Oh, anything that gets in our way.
♪♪ ♪♪
[knocking]
♪♪ ♪♪
[knocking]
[phone ringing]
♪♪ ♪♪
[ringing continues]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hello.
ALLEN: Hey.
- [sighs] ALLEN: Everything okay?
- Um, I, um--
I-I think there was someone at the door.
ALLEN: Okay. Do you need to go get it?
- I don't know, it's just, since Dan broke in...
ALLEN: Hey, hey.
Look, I can protect you from them.
- Okay.
ALLEN: I-I just really wanted to hear your voice.
- Really? ALLEN: Really.
Hey, sorry.
I-I gotta go. I gotta finish here.
I'll get home as soon as I can.
And maybe we could go watch the Pioneer Day fireworks.
- Yes, please. [laughs]
Okay, I'll see you real soon.
ALLEN: See you.
[indistinct chatter]
- [squeals]
[suspenseful music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Why'd you stop there?
- That's where Ron started to lose it, yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Maybe this was a test of our faith.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Have you lost your will, Brother?
♪♪ ♪♪
[Erica crying]
♪♪ ♪♪
Ron, what if... - One.
- Maybe-- - Not two.
[Erica crying]
- Ron, what if--
what if... RON: Fuck!
- You were only meant to lead us this far?
♪♪ ♪♪
I have long prayed for a sacrifice so great
that I might be able to prove that I will do anything
and go anywhere for Heavenly Father.
And I can hear Him. I can hear Him.
RON: One. - And it is His command
that I set His church back in order now.
- Six. [wheezing]
DAN: Do you hear Him say that?
He's saying...
that it is now I...
who is going to set His church back in order.
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[car horn honks]
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ And if that mockingbird don't sing ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
July 24th, 1984.
Dear Dianna, these past few months
have been the hardest of my life.
♪♪ ♪♪
[door clicks shut]
[ominous music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[knocking]
BRENDA: [gasps] No! No!
[door thumping]
Please! DAN: Get over here!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, my God. CHIP: Oh, man.
Oh...
♪♪ ♪♪
BRENDA: Please! [both grunt]
[Brenda wheezing]
RON: Daniel, what do we do?
BRENDA: Ron. Ron.
- We must start completing your revelations now, Brother.
BRENDA: Stop him, please.
DAN: If you've truly heard the voice of God,
then you will hand me the blades.
The blades, do you have them? BRENDA: Please stop him.
♪♪ ♪♪
No! DAN: You should knock her out.
BRENDA: No! No!
Please. Please, Ron. Please, Ron.
Stop him!
Please, Ron.
Ron, don't do this. Ron.
♪♪ ♪♪
[Erica crying]
♪♪ ♪♪
Please.
Dan, what do you want?
Ron. Ron, look at me.
Heavenly Father knows.
He knows this isn't who you are.
It isn't.
It isn't His voice you hear.
[Erica crying]
Please think of your own children.
DAN: God's will.
Take care. There's nothing you could've done.
[Erica crying]
[soft dramatic music]
- The selfish, the cowardly...
♪♪ ♪♪
The murderers and liars...
♪♪ ♪♪
Their portion will be in the lake...
♪♪ ♪♪
That burns with fire and sulfur...
♪♪ ♪♪
[Erica crying]
Which will be your second deaths.
♪♪ ♪♪
God will make me whole again...
♪♪ ♪♪
And send you both into everlasting darkness.
♪♪ ♪♪
No! No! No!
[crying echoes]
RICKY: Dan did it.
He cut Brenda's neck.
[dark music]
♪♪ ♪♪
Ron gave him a cord to tie around it
to make sure that it was done,
but then,
Dan cut her baby's neck too.
♪♪ ♪♪
Dan drove to another home after that,
but thank God no one was home.
♪♪ ♪♪
He missed the turn to their third target,
and, uh, Dan said it was a sign from God
that they needed to stop killing
till they made enough cash to keep going.
But if you ask me,
Dan knew he needed to get Ron focused again.
- Focused on?
- On Dianna.
Dan brought her up every minute on our way to Nevada.
Ron didn't say much, but when he did,
it was always about atoning his wife and kids.
♪♪ ♪♪
BILL: At the state sign, slow down.
Now stop. We got tracks over here.
♪♪ ♪♪
That looks like luggage.
♪♪ ♪♪
- It's the blades he wanted blessed
for blood atonement
all alone in a case with his name on it.
- Well, in the end, they want the credit.
- Or it's a threat.
It's a threat to any cop who dares to pursue God's warriors.
Problem is, is the--the coroner said
that they used something long and crude,
and so, these aren't the murder weapons.
Ricky and Chip said the murder weapon would be here.
Bill, if they were lying about this,
what if Reno is just a story too?
Maybe Dan and Ron are already in Florida
hunting Dianna and her kids.
A wrong turn here, Bill, and a lot more people die.
Kids die.
- Did Ricky claim to be an atheist?
JEB: Yeah. - Well, so did Chip.
So they got nothing to gain from any God
by protecting Ron or Dan,
and they both said Reno.
- When I was a boy, I-I was taught that atheists
were put on Earth to lead us astray,
and now you want me to entrust all these innocent lives
with a pair of 'em?
- Jeb, I'm very well aware
that your sporadically compassionate people
have an allergy to facts
because facts point toward truth.
Take your church leader's story
about our people saving Zion together.
My great-grandpa told it a different way.
The Fanchers were a wealthy wagon train from Arkansas,
not from anywhere near where Joseph was murdered.
They were no threat to your people.
There was no cannons,
no bluecoats.
They weren't an army at all.
- Heavenly Father will protect
His brave and loyal servants
from the Gentiles' bullets!
Attack!
[gunshot]
BILL: Your Mormon leaders wanted to send a message
to America
that any Gentile entering Utah
risked their lives,
and they planned to place the blame at my people's feet.
- What is this game?
Why are your men dressed up as Paiute?
MAJOR LEE: There's no time for questions.
You fight, or you starve. That's your choice.
BILL: My people knew that to refuse Brigham
was to make an enemy of their occupier,
a man unafraid to shed blood.
But they had been lied to.
- Your prophet lies.
You lie.
You want the shame of this day on our people.
[gunshot]
[shouting in Paiute] MAJOR LEE: No, no, no.
You can't abandon me! Get back here!
If you abandon God's army now,
your blood will stain His Earth next!
Paint your faces.
Use grease. Use mud.
You're all Indian now!
- Different facts.
MAJOR LEE: I mean no harm to my Christian brothers!
[dramatic music]
I bring you fresh water!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Any mention of that version of history
has vanished from BYU's libraries.
- State your name. - I'm Major John D. Lee.
I'm the Indian agent in these parts.
- We're only passing through.
We have no plans to take their land.
- These hills here are ringed with Indian fighters.
You're outnumbered, friend.
But I have ear of the chief,
and I've negotiated a compromise.
If you hand over your arms,
I'll pilot you past the Paiute,
who right now
are organizing a final push against you.
- I will consider it, Major.
- I would consider your children, sir.
♪♪ ♪♪
BILL: Only Gentiles and "Injuns" were killed,
so why risk the church's reputation for my dark skin?
If you aren't white, LDS, and a man in Zion,
your life is of little value.
Is that the way you see me?
Mormon myths?
Lies?
Is that what you want to keep puttin' your trust in?
Or do you think we can start trusting the facts?
Even if they do come from a pair of atheists?
♪♪ ♪♪
Right where Chip said they threw it from the car.
♪♪ ♪♪
They weren't lying.
♪♪ ♪♪
That's a skill particular to your ancestors, Jeb.
♪♪ ♪♪
[whistle blows]
- Saints, do your duty!
[gunshots]
♪♪ ♪♪
[people screaming]
♪♪ ♪♪
[cow moos]
[pensive music]
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: "And lo, how Sandy provideth
"a roof, warmth, and nourishment
"from the belly of the beast's abode,
Circus Circus."
STEELY DAN: ♪♪ In the mornin', you go gunnin' ♪♪
♪♪ For the man ♪♪
JEB: The last time we saw Dan and Ron,
they had beards like Brigham Young.
BILL: Think Old Testament,
Charlton Heston in Ten Commandments.
RENO COP: It's a problem.
They commit the crime looking like Moses,
shave it off, and your clue's dead cold.
- I don't think they wanna hide from this.
This--this may sound a little nutty to you both,
but I think they're proud of this.
- Right. We'll check with security.
JEB: Okay, that's all I'm asking. Thank you.
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
GARY: Right there. Is that your Sandy?
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: Could be. Let's keep an eye on her.
Don't wanna take her in too soon.
It might scare Dan and Ron off.
[exhales heavily]
Where is she going now?
GARY: Backstage.
Toilet break.
- That's where everyone goes? GARY: No.
I take all my shits at home.
- Can you share with me any more of her details?
Uh, full name, address?
- Not to tell you how to do your job,
but you need a judge for that.
- You know this case has crossed state lines now?
So if we don't solve it soon,
this whole place is gonna be crawling with FBI.
And I know there's one thing our people have in common,
is that we hate having the feds in our home.
So a little help, Gary? BILLY: Jeb. Jeb.
I'll get a warrant,
I'll search her house,
and if it's clear, I'll keep watch out outside.
All night.
I need you to get some sleep.
[soft rock music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[radio chatter]
[car approaching]
[radio clicks off]
[engine shuts off]
[car door slams]
[sirens wailing]
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[low radio chatter]
[door creaks]
DAN: And the Lord will send One Mighty and Strong,
holding the scepter of power--
[both grunting]
[Jeb gasping]
DAN: For this, I...
I am His One.
♪♪ ♪♪
[phone ringing]
JEB: Hello.
LOPEZ: Detective Pyre. - Yeah, it's me.
LOPEZ: [exhales heavily] I've been trying to reach you.
Listen, we found Dianna and her kids.
- Alive or dead?
♪♪ ♪♪
DIANNA: Everybody up. Come on.
Come with me like I told you.
You lock this door, and don't open it for anyone,
no matter what you hear.
♪♪ ♪♪
LOPEZ: Listen, it's not all good news, Detective.
[door bangs open]
♪♪ ♪♪
For very good reason, she understood
that she and her kids were being hunted.
♪♪ ♪♪
I'm Detective Lopez. Where are the children?
DIANNA: In the basement. They're locked in the basement.
LOPEZ: Okay.
We got to her first,
but she didn't know Brenda had already been killed.
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
OFFICER: Everyone, out.
♪♪ ♪♪
BRENDA: Dear Dianna,
these past few months have been the hardest of my life,
but knowing you're safe brings me such meaning.
♪♪ ♪♪
I just pray I'll reach the day
when I'll be away from this too,
that our homes can be united again.
I'd give my life for that,
for I believe that in order to stand proud
before our Savior on the last day,
we mothers must defend our families from evil,
to help men see past themselves,
and to stand up to those, even in our church,
who lead us astray
so we may stand glorified on the last day,
together with you, my eternal sister,
at my side.
♪♪ ♪♪
Love, Brenda.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Are the other wives safe?
LOPEZ: The detective in Utah asked
if a Matilda had been here with you.
DIANNA: No.
LOPEZ: Then no, not yet.
♪♪ ♪♪
The kids are in a safe house now,
but once they settled in,
Dianna disappeared.
Her purse is gone and her keys are gone,
so she left of her own accord.
I just don't know where to,
and her kids' lips are sealed.
♪♪ ♪♪
BILL: I searched Sandy's home discreetly.
Ron and Dan aren't there now, but it looks like
they may have been taken turns with Sister Sandy.
Lots of old condom wrappers.
JEB: Premarital sex is forbidden
by LDS laws of chastity, so maybe she's a, um--
- If your boys didn't mind committing a double murder,
why worry about forbidden sex?
- Well, they believed they were allowed to kill
by God's laws, not-- - Well, maybe they married her
by sexual consummation
like Brigham Young and all his wives, right?
Well, either way, looks like Dan and Ron
spent some more time with her.
That, or she's a hell of a fan.
PEPPERMILL DEALER: Oh. Stop there.
Yeah. Yeah, rewind.
All right. There you go.
There they are, hmm?
Your cops came to the Peppermill
asking about bearded men.
I remember them right off.
They won big, all right.
Thing is, most pray before I deal,
then they forget all about God if they win.
When they won, they got right down on their knees.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[both grunt]
DAN: I am His One.
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: The thing that Dan did with his hand?
♪♪ ♪♪
It's part of a sacred temple oath that we take.
Rather than reveal our covenants,
we'd have our throats cut ear to ear.
That wasn't meant for casino security.
That was meant for me.
♪♪ ♪♪
BILL: That video is two days old.
They've had all the money they need
to start killing again for over 48 hours now.
Why are we still in Reno?
I need you to use
every bit of your LDS knowledge you've got
and tell me where they are now.
Is it Utah? Florida?
According to your God, who dies next?
♪♪ ♪♪
[Dianna inhales, groaning]
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[engine turning over]
[birds chirping]
♪♪ ♪♪
BILL: So you think she headed back to Utah?
- I don't know.
A devout LDS wife would...
head back and help her eternal husband.
They got married in a temple. That means something.
[sighs]
- And Dan and Ron know this? - Yeah.
- So they'll just camp out and wait for her?
- I don't know, Bill. I don't know.
[sighs] Oh, my gosh.
How do you do this? How do you do it?
Just walking through life with no compass?
- You think I have no compass?
Jeb, are you the kind of man
who would pinch his own baby girl
so you could comfort them when they cry out?
- What? That's insane.
- So is trying to play hero to Dianna now.
Our job is to get the monsters off her back,
the ones you've helped feed
with all your good Mormon testimony bearing.
Your responsibility is to find the men who did this
and get them off her back.
Do that, and she'll do just fine without you.
So one more time, where are Dan and Ron?
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't know.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey!
What?
Can I ask what's happening?
Bill?
Bill.
Bill, what are you doing?
What are you looking for, a sign from God?
Some sort of pioneer trek into the desert?
Hello.
Bill!
What the fuck?
[echoing] What the fuck?
- Just take a moment.
Look out.
I'm not sure why folks need to call such things
a sign from God.
Why not just appreciate it?
If there is no God,
isn't this just all the more miraculous?
- [grunts] Oh!
[coughs]
- Breathe... - [panting] What?
- From here.
What I'm saying is, be here and listen.
The gut is wiser than most people think.
It's a compass.
It'll give you all the wisdom you need.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Dan was in a dream I had.
He said, "I am His One."
- Oh, Jesus fucking Christ.
Enough with the Holy Spirit shit, Jeb.
- For better or for worse, this is my gut.
The dream was born out of-- out of Dan's journals.
It was Allen's history books.
Every single Sunday school I ever had to sit through,
and he said One, not two.
- So Dan whispered "One" in a dream.
- This goes well beyond Dan.
After the Mormons massacred that wagon train,
U.S. troops started to advance on Utah,
and they--they came to arrest Brigham...
PERSON: Joseph.
- To seize all church assets,
and to end polygamy.
And it was very clear to our third prophet
that the church was in real trouble,
that the--that the church's days were numbered,
so he made a calculation.
JOHN: We must beat the devil at his own game.
JEB: He gathered the saints.
- We must deceive the Gentiles into believing
that we have disavowed His holy principle.
JEB: The principle of polygamy
had to be kept alive but in private.
He invoked the words of our first prophet, Joseph Smith.
- I will send One Mighty and Strong...
- And he said One Mighty and Strong.
"One day, One Mighty and Strong will come"...
- Holding the scepter of power in his hand
to set in order the house of God.
- And that seed, pushed into the earth,
has set the likes of Onias and Brady
and Dan and Ron and countless other men for generations
on quests to prove that they are God's One.
And it's One. It is not two.
There were two brothers in that casino.
They both got down on their knees.
They both know every rule,
so with that win began a new struggle
for that singular seat.
A singular seat next to Heavenly Father.
The pretender...
must be eliminated
if their list is to remain holy.
One must end the other before they set forth to kill again.
- It's a colorful theory based on scripture.
- Scripture is their facts.
So if you're asking my gut, right here, right now,
we call Reno's morgues.
And if they don't have Dan or Ron on ice,
we turn around, we head back,
'cause both brothers cannot leave Reno alive.
There can only be one.
[panting]
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[birds chirping]
♪♪ ♪♪
[floorboards creak]
[footsteps thud]
- [whispering] "We must stand up
to those who lead us astray"...
[floorboard creaks]
♪♪ ♪♪
"We must stand up to those who lead us astray
"so we may stand glorified on the last day,
with you, my eternal sister, by my side."
RENO COP: The only unidentified body
in any morgue in town is female.
There's no Ron or Dan Lafferty here.
JEB: Okay, so call every other casino.
It's lunchtime.
I need eyes on every single buffet.
Who knows how many other Sandys they've married?
Please. Thank you.
♪♪ ♪♪
BILL: All right. I got you, buddy.
- Hey. Bill. Bill. BILL: Yeah?
JEB: That looks like Dan to me.
BILL: Yeah, so where's Ron?
[suspenseful music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[iron sizzles]
♪♪ ♪♪
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: All right. That's not normal.
Is it? RENO COP: No.
- We need to shut this casino down
quietly and immediately.
- Get me FBI now.
- What's back there? What--what's beyond?
What's beyond that-- that hallway?
Do we have cameras on-- beyond that hallway?
OFFICER 1: No, Sir. OFFICER 2: No.
♪♪ ♪♪
[thud] [Dianna grunts]
MATILDA: Die! DIANNA: No, Matilda!
No, no!
It's me.
No. Matilda.
DAN: I will go anywhere!
I will do anything... DIANNA: It's me.
DAN: And go anywhere!
I feel it, Lord! Yes!
- It's me.
It's me. [breathing heavily]
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry. DIANNA: It's okay. No, Matilda.
It's okay, Matilda.
Are Ron and Dan in the house?
- Um...
uh, Dan, uh, called yesterday,
and he said he's coming back for me.
- We have to leave.
Right now. - No, I can't leave, Dianna.
They'll come and kill me.
- If you stay here, the same thing will happen.
Matilda, if we don't leave right now,
you'll never see your girls again.
- Dan says they're gone forever, Dianna.
- He's lying to you.
I promise you, he's lying.
Come with me. Come with me.
DOREEN: Matilda!
BILL: Guessing she's not handicapped.
- No, and she's just locked in the spot
closest to the back door. OFFICER: She's back.
- Dan Lafferty's back there right now.
FBI AGENT: Get your team to the back lot.
If necessary, we neutralize him.
Let's go!
- We try to take them alive if possible.
They sliced the mother's throat from ear to ear.
They did the same to her baby girl.
If one drop of their blood hits the ground,
they die thinking this is all God's plan.
♪♪ ♪♪
DIANNA: It's locked.
MATILDA: Only Mother has the key.
DOREEN: Dianna?
Okay, just stay.
You stay right there.
♪♪ ♪♪
It's not a woman's place to resist.
[dramatic music]
You can abandon Zion,
but you'll never escape His wrath!
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct chatter]
DANCER: Oh!
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Sandy, right? Detective Taba.
Come with me, please. - What's wrong?
- Just come with me. - What's happening?
Excuse me. What's happening?
[door bangs open]
[dancers gasp]
JEB: Okay.
Move, move.
♪♪ ♪♪
DIANNA: Okay, you stay down.
Don't let anyone see you.
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: Come on! Come on! Move!
Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!
OFFICER: Need one back here, guys!
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct shouting]
BILL: So why did you move your car closer to the door?
- I thought I was gonna get sick,
so I moved the car in case I needed to lay down.
I, um--I think I'm pregnant.
PERFORMER: Oh! OFFICER: Sit down!
PERFORMER: Hey. Hey.
JEB: Nothing? OFFICER: They're not here.
JEB: Police! Freeze!
Relax. Just relax. Everyone relax.
Stay calm.
FBI AGENT: All clear. Dressing rooms are all clear.
[indistinct police radio chatter]
I've got nothing in here, sir.
SAM: Hey!
Mom called.
Said you invaded our home,
stole my brother's property. DIANNA: No, no, no, no, no.
SAM: Out of the car, woman. DIANNA: No, no, no.
No, no, no. Sam, please don't hurt her.
Please help. Stop him.
Please help her. He's gonna hurt her.
Help her! - Gotta keep our girls in line.
- He's gonna hurt her! Someone help her!
♪♪ ♪♪
Bear your testimony, Sam!
Do you step on women's necks
because it makes you feel taller?
Because your mother told you you were a chosen one?
That our country is to blame for your failings?
Well, it's a lie!
You are not special!
You are not chosen!
You and your brothers simply failed!
You are a small, weak
child of a man.
This I know to be true.
♪♪ ♪♪
You show him how weak he is, Matilda.
Show him!
Go on. Show him now.
Yes. Okay.
Okay, come here.
Sara.
Sara, come with us!
You don't have to stay with him.
Come with us. Come.
♪♪ ♪♪
Get in the frickin' car, Matilda.
♪♪ ♪♪
Shame on all of you!
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[stall door clatters]
- Dan.
I've received another revelation.
It has been revealed to me that you're a false prophet,
and that in order for His will to be done,
you must perish.
- So you're going to blood atone me, then?
RON: No, Brother.
'Cause your deceptions are so wicked,
you shall not see your blood spill.
You shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.
♪♪ ♪♪
- How about we pray on it, Ron?
Together.
I think we should pray on it, don't you?
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
Dear Heavenly Father...
♪♪ ♪♪
- [panting] All right.
♪♪ ♪♪
[sports announcer speaking indistinctly over radio]
Anyone else come through here?
CUSTODIAN: People come through here all the time.
- I ask You that You may create a path for me
to be a vessel for You and...
a vessel for You through Ron,
and I will accept anything that You--
[clattering]
[both grunting]
[eerie music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[Dan gagging]
Shed my blood, Brother!
[grunting]
[choking]
RON: Stop it!
Stop resisting!
[breathing frantically]
JEB: In here! In here!
No! No, no, no, no, no!
[both grunting]
♪♪ ♪♪
[Dan gasps, coughs]
[Ron exclaims]
- Heavenly Father... RON: You heathen!
[wailing]
- Oh, Father, where are You?
- Grab him!
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct police radio chatter]
- Forgive them, Dan,
for they know not what they do.
Dan.
Dan?
[weakly] Dan?
♪♪ ♪♪
- I ask you,
was Abraham a criminal?
Or Brigham Young?
♪♪ ♪♪
What laws of heaven
have I broken?
None!
♪♪ ♪♪
I am Elijah.
[siren wailing]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What is that?
- It's the state line.
♪♪ ♪♪
MATILDA: Thank you.
BILL: Hey. JEB: Hey.
Gonna see if I can get a flight back
to Salt Lake or Miami.
BILL: Salt Lake. Morris checked in.
Dianna called her kids back in Florida
from a gas station just over the Utah border.
Matilda's with her.
They're safe.
- Better call Allen.
BILL: Allen knows.
Betty picked him up.
He's in Idaho now with Brenda's folks.
- With her Bishop dad?
- If it's what he needs, let him have it, Jeb.
Go home.
Angel of God, guardian dear,
to whom His love commits me here.
Ever this day, be at my side
to light and guard, to rule and guide.
Had to learn that whole Catholic thing
when my folks converted.
- Oh. [laughs] - Never shook that one.
[both laugh]
How 'bout this?
Dear Heavenly Father,
bless Jeb's return home to his family
and my return to TV dinners, midnight Marlboros,
and endless Diet Cokes.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
JEB: Yeah... BILL: Your last try.
JEB: [laughs] Oh, gosh.
BILL: You know, when the colonists
were wiping out my ancestors,
we received a prayer of hope
that one day, they'd all vanish
and the buffalo would return.
[singing in Paiute]
♪♪ ♪♪
- You think that holds some power?
- Nope.
When the white man saw us singing it,
they just mowed us down like blades of grass
with their Christ-sickles.
I like singing it anyhow.
Reminds me of home.
We all need a home, Jeb,
so I think it's okay to sing it now and then
even if I don't believe it has power anymore.
♪♪ ♪♪
JEB: Hi there.
- It's time to put this one in the drawer, Jeb.
Good job.
- Thank you.
[sighs] How are you doing?
[melancholy piano music playing]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Annie. [music stops]
ANNIE: Daddy.
- [chuckles]
CAROLINE: Daddy! JEB: Trouble! Aw!
- Hi.
- Hey.
Hey. - Hey.
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
Hey.
♪♪ ♪♪
- So who's gonna do the honors?
Caroline? - Yes, please!
JEB: Okay, go ahead.
CAROLINE: Dear Heavenly Father,
thank You for bringing Daddy home
and our family back together.
♪♪ ♪♪
[birds chirping]
[dramatic orchestral music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, it's just a gift from our Heavenly Father.
It's a miracle.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Or just to be here with you, Mom.
I think that may be miracle enough for me.
Is that okay, Mom? - Yes.
Oh, my God, yes.
♪♪ ♪♪