(mysterious music)
(julia): The society of the flourishing self.
It's an unusual name for a health retreat.
- Trust me. You're going to love it.
(chuckles) - I'm certainly curious.
I have to say, though,
Place like this, effie,
It seems like an unusual fit for you.
- I'd have said the same a month ago.
It's hard to describe, but ever since I started
Coming here, I just feel upbeat!
- Well, it could be partially due to being out of the city.
- I believe some of it's due to the country air,
But it's mostly this teacher and the practices he's invented.
- I wouldn't trust 'em if you asked me.
- Oh, why do you say that?
- Well...
They ain't very considerate neighbours, for a start.
- Oh, you live around here?
- Next property over. - Oh.
- Them folks ain't nothing but a bunch of misfits.
(curious music)
- The society is a bit unorthodox,
But, uh, the practices speak for themselves.
Come, julia.
- I fear we may be overdressed.
- Yes, the attire does require some getting used to.
- Detective watts?
- I didn't realize you were a member of the society.
- Well-- - I've never seen
You here before.
- I'm not a member, though I have visited
A number of times.
I'm intrigued by the teacher's idea of a unified self.
- What exactly is that?
- A self with no secrets.
- Good morning, everyone!
My name is setia.
I'm serigalo's assistant.
A welcome session with the teacher
Will begin shortly in the hall,
But in the meantime,
Non-residents should change into their whites
And choose seeker names.
- Non-residents? People live here?
- Those who require a more intensive experience
Can stay as long as they like.
- Like a sanatorium?
- No, like a retreat.
- And what exactly is a seeker name?
- A word you choose that embodies
What you're looking to gain here.
It's how the teacher and everyone else
Will refer to you.
- How fascinating.
(soft magical music)
(indistinct chatter)
- I never thought I'd miss the structure of a corset.
- It does take some getting used to,
But you'll be grateful for the freedom of movement
Once classes begin.
- Welcome.
- Thank you.
- Welcome.
- He's here.
- Oh my.
- Yes, he cuts quite a figure, doesn't he?
- What on earth is he wearing?
- Serigalo says it's a...
Traditional garment from india.
- It is hot there.
I suppose it's designed to keep them cool?
- Ah!
My dear joy. Welcome back.
(breathing deeply)
(chuckles)
- And harmony.
Wonderful to see you.
- The pleasure is mine. (serigalo chuckles)
- And you are? - Oh! Dr. Julia ogden.
- Oh. I mean your seeker name.
- Oh! Uh...
- Come, julia. You get to choose a name.
- Oh, oh, well. Uh, I'm-I'm here--
- Ah! Seeking presence in the present.
(scoffs) a lofty aspiration.
Welcome!
Here.
And welcome, seekers.
I am serigalo.
I founded this society after traveling the world
For many years
In search of a means of unifying my heart...
And mind,
Which were often at odds.
The teachings I offer are practices I created,
Which gave me the unification I was seeking.
Movement to strengthen the body. (all inhaling)
Guided contemplation...
To centre the mind.
(inhaling deeply)
Breathwork...
To unleash the spirit
And unbosoming...
To know the heart.
Learn these practices and I promise you, too,
Can be unified.
(woman whimpering)
(breathing heavily)
(julia): Dear god!
- Setia, get help.
- She's not breathing.
Dear god.
She's dead.
(gasping)
(tense music)
- I'm so sorry that such an upsetting occurrence
Has marred your first visit to the society.
- Had she been ill at all?
- Not that I know of.
- And what was her legal name?
- So many questions. What are you? A detective?
- Yes. Outside this community,
I'm a member of the toronto constabulary.
- Oh! I see.
Do you suspect foul play?
- I'm just gathering information to help local authorities.
- Her name was alison becken.
- When was the last time either of you spoke to her?
- Uh, this morning.
She was planning on foregoing the welcome ceremony
To... Practise her breathwork.
- And what exactly is breathwork?
- It's a form of deep and rapid breathing.
It's beneficial for self-awareness,
Emotional release and clarity.
- Speaking of, we need to plan for the rest of the day,
Considering what happened.
You'll call the police?
- I will.
(indistinct murmurs)
Though I doubt anyone will make it out today.
- Then I suppose it's up to us
To determine what happened to miss becken.
- I'm curious about this breathwork.
It sounds akin to controlled hyperventilation.
- Mm. I've tried it once or twice.
That's a fair definition of it.
- Well, it sounds like it could be dangerous.
- N-no, not at all.
Serigalo would never teach something that would cause harm.
- Well, perhaps not knowingly,
But bodies can react in surprising ways
To extreme experiences.
I'd like to do a more thorough examination.
- In the meantime, I'll ask around,
Try to get a sense of alison's movements this morning.
- I think we should inquire into her state of mind, as well.
There must have been a reason why she chose to do
This breathwork instead of attending the welcome session.
- How long did you know alison?
Oneness.
- Six weeks.
We've shared a cabin since I arrived.
- Did you get on well?
- We were very close.
The society is like a family.
- And how did she seem this morning?
- She'd returned to the cabin
After I'd gone to sleep last night and...
Was up and out when I woke up.
- Is that unusual?
- She'd been having extra sessions with serigalo.
- What-what kind of sessions?
- I wouldn't know.
- How long had she been here?
- Seven or eight months, I think.
(julia scoffs) - that's a long time
To be removed from the world.
- May seem so.
But it can be necessary for a sensitive soul
Like oneness.
That's why I created the society.
To give people solace.
- Society has changed my life, serigalo.
Truly.
- Ah, but what is the goal?
Do your teachings
Strengthen these sensitive souls
So as to return to the real world?
- You don't think this is the real world?
- Well, uh...
- That tells me that you're not yet
Present in the present,
Here.
(indistinct chatter)
(brackenreid): Ah! Just the man I wanted to see.
- Morning, sir.
I just came by to get this.
- Is that right?
- Yes. Julia is at a health retreat in huntsville,
So I thought I would take the opportunity
To give my bicycle a tune-up.
- That'll be quick work.
You'll have more than enough time for this.
- Nathaniel ryther,
3 gracevale street.
What's this about?
- Ryther is a friend of mine from the masons.
His wife's disappeared.
You're to find her and bring her home discreetly.
Is there a problem, murdoch?
- Not at all, sir.
- Good. Because ryther's expecting you
In half an hour. Good luck.
(curious music)
(sighs)
- Are you all right?
- As long as we live, we are blessed.
But I must admit I am feeling the loss
Of oneness very acutely.
- Perhaps you should try some stretching?
As you said, intentional movement
Is a good way to process-- - process emotions. Yes.
How wonderful to have your teachings
Reflect back from your students.
- That's a beautiful ring.
Is it significant in some way?
- It is a reminder...
Of why I-I do this work.
Freedom will miss sharing a cabin with oneness.
Perhaps you could stay with her?
She could use your energy.
(water trickling)
(door opens)
- Hm. You've gotten right to it.
(sighs) - I didn't intend
On doing an internal examination,
But... Once I found this...
- What's this?
- It's a mix of blood and saliva.
I found it in the victim's mouth and throat,
Which got me curious.
It suggests she died of asphyxiation.
- She choked on something?
- That's the interesting thing.
I found no signs of a foreign body in her windpipe.
I believe the asphyxia was due to poisoning.
- Poisoning? By what?
- The spasms before she died
Suggest some kind of paralytic,
Perhaps water hemlock, or strychnine?
- Neither of which is something someone would ingest willingly.
- Well, exactly. Meaning this was a murder.
- Eleanor took a trip to niagara falls
A month and a half ago but never returned.
- May I ask, mr. Ryther,
Why you've waited until now to look for her?
- I presumed she'd come home eventually.
- But something's changed your mind?
- A wire transfer withdrawing funds
From our household account earlier this week.
- And you took that as a sign
That your wife wasn't planning on coming home?
- I took it as a sign eleanor's being held under duress.
She knows better than to make a transaction
Like that without my permission.
- Very well. I'll do my best to get to the bottom of this.
- Yes, see that you do.
Here's a photograph of eleanor for your reference.
- Thank you.
I'll begin by having a detailed look at this room.
- Do as you please.
(effie): Someone poisoned her?
- Keep your voice down.
- We're alone in the woods, julia.
- Well, be that as it may, we don't know anyone here
Well enough to know who we can trust.
- I spoke to two people who said our victim
Had an argument with serigalo last night.
- You're not suggesting he killed her, are you?
- I'm not suggesting anything.
- Well, this serigalo does have an intense sway over people.
- That's not evidence of wrongdoing.
- True, but it's not very healthy,
Especially for those susceptible to undue influence.
- People believe in his teachings.
That doesn't mean he's bewitched them.
- Well, I didn't say that it does,
But if he fought with alison, then--
- And what was this supposed fight about?
- We don't know, as of yet.
- Then I suggest we not get ahead of ourselves.
- Mm.
- Forgive me, effie, but I'm not sure
You're entirely objective
When it comes to the matter of serigalo.
- Excuse me?
- I've seen the way you look at him.
- And what is it you're suggesting, julia?
- Movement class begins in ten minutes.
- Oh.
- Thank you, stillness.
Think I'll go and freshen up first.
- Surely you see it, too.
She's enamoured with him.
- She was rather passionate in her defense,
But it's george she's truly enamoured with.
- Well, george is away
And we all have moments of weakness.
(birds chirping)
(sighs)
(knocking)
This will be a nice step up
From the tent we were meant to share.
- Well, I sincerely hope you don't think
Serigalo's undue influence
Had anything to do with me agreeing
To room with freedom.
- I didn't mean to suggest
That you would really let your fondness
For him blind you. I-I...
- I should hope not.
- I just wonder...
Whether you've come to the society
Seeking to fill the hole left by george's absence.
- This has nothing to do with george, julia.
This must be freedom's.
(curious music)
Julia.
- What is it?
Strychnine.
- You don't think--?
- What are you doing in my things?!
Those are mine.
- Strychnine is quite poisonous.
- Not according to my doctor.
He gave these to me as a tonic for my nerves.
Not that I need them now, thanks to serigalo.
- Did oneness ever have any of those tablets, freedom?
- Of course not.
A nerve tonic was the last thing she needed.
- She wasn't an anxious person?
- The farthest thing from it.
Why are you asking these questions?
- Oneness was poisoned.
Possibly with strychnine.
- And you...? You think I...
Did it?
- Well, I'll have to test these tablets to be sure.
- Do you really think she could have poisoned alison?
- Luckily, there's a simple way to find out.
Strychnine is insoluble in water.
The more this tablet dissolves, the less strychnine is present.
- It's disappeared completely.
- Freedom's tonic doesn't contain enough strychnine
To harm anyone.
- Then I believe an apology is in order.
- I assume you are familiar with this room, miss...?
- Franklin, sir.
And I am. I've been with the rythers for two years.
- Does anything appear to be missing or out of place,
As far as you can tell?
- No, sir.
It's just as it was when mrs. Ryther left on her trip.
- And you've kept up your cleaning duties
Of this room while the lady of the house has been gone?
- I dusted just the other day.
- Oh!
Well, if that is the case, miss franklin,
Then perhaps you can explain to me
The significance of this.
Something has clearly been removed
From this mantle since you last dusted
Just the other day.
- Oh.
How strange.
- Hm.
Perhaps we should ask mr. Ryther about it?
(breathing deeply)
(serigalo): Good.
Good.
And arms wide as if to capture the sun.
And release.
Bringing your hands together and clasp...
In the centre.
And breathe.
(all breathing deeply)
May peace be in your mind
And in your hearts.
- For those of you here for the first time,
Recordings of serigalo's guided contemplations
Are available for purchase in the office.
- How entrepreneurial.
- Shh.
- Our apologies, calm.
He's still working on coming into alignment
With his seeker name.
- Clearly.
- I noticed you two were late to class. Did
You find something?
- Yes. Some tablets in freedom's room
That contained strychnine.
- Oh? - But not enough
To kill anybody.
- So not her.
- No, but I'd still like
To search the area where alison does her breathwork.
Perhaps there's something there?
- I want to speak with serigalo,
Find out what he and alison argued about last night.
- I really don't think th--
You know what? Never mind.
You'll realize eventually he has nothing to do with this.
- Serigalo?
(knocking)
(sighs)
(suspenseful music)
(serigalo breathing deeply)
(effie clears throat)
- Joy. Here.
- Sorry for interrupting you.
- No, not at all. Please, sit.
- I understand this is where oneness
Did her breathwork this morning.
- Yes. I was hoping to feel some of her energy.
- I also understand that you two argued last night.
- We had a constructive conversation
Rooted in passion.
- And what was this constructive conversation about?
- Oneness had plateaued.
That's why we were having private sessions.
She struggled...
With not progressing more quickly.
- I bet you had some wise words for her.
- No, actually.
When in a moment like oneness was in,
All a teacher can do is listen and be supportive.
Pushing only causes more pain.
- Speaking of teaching,
Ah, are you about to start another breathwork session soon?
- Not for a few hours. - Oh.
- Well, in that case,
Would you guide me through a breathwork session?
- Of course.
(suspenseful music)
- It isn't what you think, detective.
I didn't steal, or anything.
(murdoch): But you do know what's happened
To the missing item from the mantle.
Miss franklin, my duty is to locate mrs. Ryther.
I've no wish to bring you any trouble.
- Swear you won't tell mr. Ryther?
- That depends what you tell me.
- It's a vase...
What's missing.
A very valuable one.
Mrs. Ryther asked me to bring it down
To crawford's pawn shop to be sold.
- You've had contact with her?
- A telephone call the other morning.
I think she waited until she knew
Mr. Ryther would be at work.
- What happened to the money from the sale?
- She asked me to leave it with the clerk;
Said she would pick the money up herself.
I know how it sounds, detective,
But it's the truth. I swear!
(birds chirping)
- Did you find anything? - Possibly.
There's a ledger in the office;
Students are donating large sums to the society.
- Even alison?
- She gave five hundred dollars.
- That's a lot of money.
- Especially to learn teachings that are,
When you look closely, nothing but a mishmash
Of traditions from other cultures.
- Well, yes. I suspect serigalo
Invented unbosoming after reading dr. Freud.
- Hm. - But if you know this,
Why do you still come?
- Serigalo's idea of the unified self
Is intriguing, regardless of where his teachings originated.
- Are you still...
Trying to reconcile your private proclivities
With your work?
- Yes.
- And you think serigalo can help you with that?
- Ah, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- Well, maybe not everyone feels the same way.
- What are you suggesting?
- Well, what if alison discovered that she'd paid
To learn something that she could find for free
In the library?
Serigalo might do a lot to keep that quiet.
- Did you find anything of note
Where alison was practicing breathwork?
- I did. - Mm.
Incense.
- What if alison didn't ingest strychnine,
But inhaled it?
- From the incense, you mean?
Wouldn't she have realized?
- Not necessarily.
Strychnine burns colourless and odourless.
- We need to find out where that incense came from,
And I have an idea where to start.
(breathing rapidly)
- And relax.
(breathing slows)
Wonderful... Work.
(breathing heavily)
How do you feel?
(sobbing)
- I-I feel...
I feel like there's a...
A storm in my heart and--
(sobbing)
I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
(breathing deeply)
I'll give you time to process.
This might help.
Light this...
Practise your contemplation.
And we can speak later.
(effie sighs)
(curious music)
(exhales deeply)
- If serigalo gave alison the incense that killed her,
There may be remnants of strychnine in here.
(suspenseful music)
- Llewellyn?
I believe this is strychnine.
- We may have found our killer.
- And he's with effie right now.
(coughing)
- Wh-what? What? Ow!
(coughing)
What's going on?
- Take deep breaths. We'll explain later.
(effie gasping) - where's serigalo?
- I don't know. I, he... (stammers)
(coughs) he left five minutes ago.
(coughing)
- Just breathe.
(groaning)
- Why would someone attack you?
- I don't know.
- Vengeance is an obvious motive.
- What? No! I can't be held responsible for what happened.
Oneness' death was clearly an accident.
- Uh, no. It was incense laced with strychnine.
Presume this is yours?
- Yes, but I-I-I share that with others
Who need extra support.
- Such as oneness?
- Yes. And joy, earlier.
- Why do you think that I need extra support?
- Your heart and mind are at war, joy.
You love and yet you despair
And you want to escape those feelings
By any means necessary,
But I did not know that incense was laced with anything!
- Please, try to sit back.
- If that's true,
The killer could have been targeting you all along.
(panting) - I heard what happened.
We must send everyone away to protect serigalo.
- I don't think that's advisable.
If someone's targeting him,
Everyone here is a suspect.
We need to keep them in our sights.
- My mala, where is it?
- Ah, it was broken in the attack.
- No. - Judging by the marks
On your neck, the attacker may have tried
To strangle you with it.
- I must have the ring that was strung upon it back.
- I'll try to find it for you.
- And how do you plan to ferret out the scoundrel
Trying to kill serigalo?
- For starters, I'd like to know if anyone might have had motive.
- Yes. Our neighbour, percy delwyn.
He hates us.
- Then I'll speak to him first.
- Wait! I may have more luck.
He drove us in from the train station.
Here. Apply pressure until the bleeding stops.
(groans)
- Very well. I'll check alibis of the other fellowship members.
- Wait!
Setia can do that with joy.
Please, stay here.
I need you to keep me safe.
(tense music)
(knocking)
- Mr. Crawford. - Detective murdoch.
Can I help you? - I have a few questions.
I believe a woman came in a few days ago
Looking to collect some money for a vase.
Perhaps you recognize her from this photograph?
- I'm afraid I can't help you. (chuckles)
One of the chief reasons for my success
Is the discretion I show my customers.
- I happen to be familiar with the owner of said vase
And I suspect that he would not appreciate
Knowing that you purchased it
Without proper documentation of ownership.
- Vase? Hm. What vase?
(clears throat)
I don't know anything about a vase.
(crawford clears throat)
- Mr. Crawford, I-I just need to know
If you recognize the woman from the photograph.
(sighs)
- She was in a few days ago.
- How did she seem?
- Fine.
- Not under any duress?
- None that I saw.
She was in a real hurry, though.
- Did she say why?
- Something about a train.
She had to get back to a social
Something-or-other in huntsville.
- Might she have used the word society?
- Yes! That was the exact word!
(laughing)
You should be a detective.
- That's a list of everyone here.
Should make checking the alibis easier.
- Thank you.
- Have you found the teacher's ring?
- No, no sign of it.
- That's a shame.
Well, everyone should've been doing their chores
When serigalo was being attacked.
- Sorry to bother you.
- Not at all.
- Thank you, freedom.
You go by calm, is that correct?
- Yes. - A-and your legal names are...
Your legal names are nora and david.
Is that right? - That is. What of it?
- Were you working here together all afternoon?
- We have been.
- What's with all the questions?
- If you must know, we're looking into the--
- Joy was just helping me to confirm
Everyone's set up with chores.
(curious music)
- There was no need to lie.
- And even less need to worry
Those who are innocent with the truth.
(gasps)
(grunts)
(gasping)
- What on earth?!
- Apologies. Ah, I didn't recognize you in that getup.
- That is no excuse.
- Sure it is. I don't let any of that society lot
Trespass on my property.
It's not my fault you got indoctrinated so fast.
- I did no such thing.
In actual fact, I'm quite suspicious of the whole thing,
Especially that serigalo.
- Is he the one that runs around in his underthings?
- Actually, it's... Traditional undergarment
But... That's beside the point.
Uh... (sighs)
You said that you don't trust the group.
What do you think's going on over there?
- Ol' underthings is nice enough, I guess.
It's that lady I don't trust.
- Setia? What has she done?
- She's buying up all the land,
Blocking my access to my best fishing spots.
She's a bully and she's a criminal.
- Criminal? Why would you say that?
- I got proof. I'll show you.
(sighs) - to know someone
Thinks me a fraud.
It's devastating.
- But perhaps not entirely wrong?
- What do you mean?
- You're charging students handsomely to teach them
Little more than adaptations of ancient practices.
- I know nothing about the money.
Setia handles all that.
- Hm.
And your teachings?
- If you are familiar with them, why are you here?
- That's not relevant at the moment.
- Oh, please. Humour me.
- Very well.
(sighs)
I've been searching for a means
Of unifying the public and private parts of myself.
Thought you may have something to offer.
- A unified self does not necessarily present itself
In its fullness at all times.
- I'm not sure I follow.
- You can be unified within...
Without sharing that fullness with others.
For example,
I am serigalo, the teacher.
But outside the society, I am simply steven lukas.
- Ha.
So, you admit you're a fraud.
- No.
No.
I believe in my teachings.
And I am serigalo,
But it's not my whole self.
It's a persona I adopt to...
Encourage my followers to believe in my teachings.
- Does that make it any less a lie?
- If it is a lie,
Then it is a useful lie for those I serve.
Harmony,
The only thing that matters is that you know,
And are comfortable with,
Your true self.
That's what frees us
And truly unifies the heart and mind.
(soft music)
(birds chirping)
(sheep bleating)
- Lovely garden you've got here.
- Oh! Yes, it is.
I can't take credit for it. I'm just in charge
Of pulling the weeds.
- Have you been working out here alone all afternoon?
- Yes! My own personal bit of heaven.
Setia and serigalo saw what I needed
When I came a few months back.
It's been a balm.
- Your name's joseph, correct?
And you go by the seeker name peace?
- Yes.
I came seeking it after the loss of someone close to me.
- Have you found it?
- Hm.
I'm working on it.
You go by joy?
- Yes.
- Have you found the joy you're looking for here?
- No. I-I think I'm...
Beginning to understand why that is.
- Where did you get this?
- Percy delwyn, the man who lives
On the next property over.
Apparently setia is a confidence woman
By the name of alice shen.
- Says here she was jailed for several months
After attacking someone who found her out.
- Do you think this could be related
To the attempts on serigalo's life?
- Perhaps he uncovered her past misdeeds
And wanted her out?
- She does handle all the financial dealings
For the society, and judging by the sums
In the ledger, she had a lot to lose.
- Does she have an alibi for the time of his attack?
- I didn't even think to ask.
- I think it's time we did.
(gasping)
- Setia! Stop!
- He attacked me!
(panting) - she's blackmailing me.
- Blackmailing? - How?
- I'm leaving the society
And she won't give me back the money that I paid!
- No, those were donations!
- Donations for living expenses
That I no longer require!
- What does this have to do with blackmail?
(panting)
- She has recordings of my unbosoming sessions
And she said if I went to the police about the money,
She's going to give that to my family.
(panting)
- Is that true?
- Does serigalo know?
- No! He would never.
Please don't tell him. I beg you.
- You're exploiting someone's innermost secrets.
You deserve no favours.
- Well, it turns out that you were right
About serigalo, and I owe you an apology.
- You were right, too.
About me using this place
As a way to fill the hole left by george.
- You shouldn't feel badly about that.
It's a completely understandable reaction to missing someone.
- I'm just so worried about him.
And angry! He left without so much as asking me!
- He'll be back before long,
Safe and sound. I'm sure of it.
(murdoch): Julia?
(julia): William?
- Thank you, julia.
- What on earth are you wearing?
- Well, uh, hello to you, too.
The more pertinent question is what're you doing here?
- Oh! The inspector has me looking for his friend's wife
That's gone missing.
- You think she might be here?
- I do.
Do you recognize her?
- Oh, that's freedom!
- Freedom, you say?
- Ah, well, it's the name that she goes by here.
- Ah!
And where might she be?
- Shameful.
Recording unbosoming sessions.
And blackmail.
- So you didn't know?
- Of course not.
- Were you aware of this?
- Yes.
Setia had told me that she had turned over a new leaf.
Clearly, that's not the case.
May I speak with her? - Yes.
For all her many faults,
It seems as though setia isn't our killer.
- How can you be sure?
- She has no motive. Serigalo knew about her past.
- But the-the blackmail and the recordings?
- Were both news to him.
She may have attacked calm to keep her secret,
But she had no reason to kill serigalo.
- Then who in heaven is trying to?
- Something tells me those recordings may give us a clue.
- Strange. It's already unlocked.
- Good lord! There must be two dozen recordings in here.
- Blackmailing students.
I can't believe you'd do such a thing.
- I was trying to protect you.
And the society.
In case we were ever faced with questions.
- You've been making them that long.
- Ever since well began to struggle.
I was worried that something terrible would happen.
And I was right.
- I'm sorry. Who is well?
- Uh, joey knight,
Former student.
He killed himself six months ago.
- Those initials, jk,
It was his ring on your mala?
- And his ring that disappeared when you were attacked.
The two things must be related.
- Perhaps there's something of interest
On one of well's recordings?
But one of them is missing.
- None were missing earlier.
I checked before I spoke to calm.
- Which means someone's taken it in the last hour.
Is anyone currently at the society
Connected to joey?
- Ah, I don't believe so. - Hm.
- None of the current students were here before he died.
- It's peace.
- How do you know?
- His legal name, it's joseph.
- He did arrive shortly after joey died.
- And he told me that he came here seeking peace
After the loss of someone close to him.
- I've an idea where to find him.
(joey on recording): I try to let go of bad thoughts,
But they just come back stronger.
It's as though there's a monster...
- Peace. - ...Inside of me
Telling me I'm worthless.
(recording stops)
- Joseph.
(sighs)
(sniffles)
- I never meant to hurt oneness.
- I know.
The incense was intended for serigalo,
But when that failed, you tried a more direct attack.
- He pushed my son to take his own life.
He deserves to be punished.
- Maybe.
But not by you.
(sniffles)
- I know I'm going to jail,
But please...
Just give me...
(sniffles) ...One more minute...
To hear my joey's voice.
This was recorded just a few days before... He...
(recording plays)
(serigalo on recordig): You're not trying hard enough,
Joey. If you wanted to be free of these thoughts,
You would be!
(joey): I don't know what to do!
- I am... (joey): Please.
Help me, serigalo. - So terribly sorry, peace.
- I won't have peace until you pay for my son's death.
- Hey, hey. Hey, hey.
(sobbing)
- You came all this way to find me?
- At your husband's request.
- Nathaniel does nothing for six weeks,
But the minute I touch the household accounts...
- Why didn't you tell your husband where you were?
- If I told him,
He would probably have had me committed.
- So you wish to stay?
- I do.
I finally know what it is to be at peace.
I'd like to keep it that way,
If you'll keep my secret.
- Seems you're losing some students.
- Well, even if only one remains,
That's reason enough to carry on
The work of the society.
- You plan to stay on?
- Of course.
And I hope to see you both back sometime soon.
- Oh, I-I think it's time that I...
Return to being just...
Effie.
- But you're still so conflicted. I can see it.
- I am, but...
I think it's time that I learned to face
The despair I'm feeling rather than chase some impossible joy.
- That is so brave.
- Thank you.
- And harmony...
Will I see you again?
- Oh...
I don't think so.
Though I am grateful for what you've taught me.
I used to believe I was lying
If I wasn't bringing my full self
To my job and my public life.
- And now?
- Well, our conversation earlier
Made me realize some separation
Between my public and private selves
May be a benefit...
To all parts of my life.
- That is wonderful to hear.
(door closes)
(julia): Is that you, william?
- It is indeed.
- How did it go with the inspector?
- Oh, I don't think he actually
Believes that I haven't found eleanor yet.
Oh!
Am I interrupting something?
(julia chuckles)
- Not at all.
I'm just practicing the stretches
I learned at the society.
It turns out I am a lot more flexible than I imagined.
- Is that so?
- Yes.
I could show you if you'd like.
(soft music)
(mysterious music)
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