"The Almighty will lay his hands upon this nation."
"There will be more bloodshed, more ruin,
more devastation than they've ever seen."
John Taylor, president, prophet, seer, and revelator,
1876.
- '79, actually. - That's a matter of opinion.
He foretold the church would go into bondage,
and One Mighty and Strong would appear
to set it back in order.
- Is that you?
You the One?
- I'm but a soldier in this war.
- Soldiers follow orders, so who--
who told you to kill Brenda and her baby?
- What matters is that I spilled their blood
onto the ground.
- Is that why you--you moved the baby's body?
Killed her in the bassinet and then...
laid her body next to her mother's on the ground.
- That's right, to cleanse her. - Right.
You're breaking my heart.
The baby's body wasn't laid with her mother's.
- Then you're a liar.
- I'll ask the Lord to forgive me,
but you've been lying this whole time.
The blood on your clothes
wasn't Brenda's, wasn't Erica's,
wasn't even human.
It was squirrel blood.
- This...it's a sign.
The end of days has arrived.
The School of the Prophets has restored the one true church,
and Satan refuses to let you see the truth
because you are wicked.
- School of Prophets?
What's that?
Something you're a part of?
Something Allen's a part of?
- Maybe I don't have a brother named Allen anymore.
What about Robin?
- Oh, now you're gonna believe me?
- Sam, what are you doing? Who are you protecting
with all these lies?
- I will remove your family,
past and future,
from the kingdom of heaven.
I will cast the dust from my feet
and curse you for all eternity unless you show me
the respect Heavenly Father demands.
Respect me!
- School of Prophets. That LDS?
- No, and it's very, very specific.
Any word from, uh, Morris or, uh, the Lows?
- No, not yet.
Highway patrol's been notified
in case he left his car on the side of the road.
- What is the--their Stake President doing back here?
Looks like the chief's getting ready to release Robin.
- Probably Sam, too, if all we got on him
is squirrel blood.
- Gotta be kidding me. - I wish I was.
Can you slow that down?
- Yeah.
- Just remember,
honey works better than vinegar here.
- Charm. - Please.
Why am I still here, Pyre?
I thought we had a deal. - Yeah, we did.
And I remember saying that, uh,
elements of the truth are not the whole truth.
- I've told you what I know. - Everything?
- What about a School of the Prophets?
- Something the matter with my shoes?
- Sam? - Yeah.
It was not a school.
It was more like scripture study
that my brothers organized alongside a few others
to explore their areas of interest.
- I'm very, very curious
about what these areas of interest were
and if they would square away with our one true prophet,
Spencer W. Kimball,
or if you were all trying to unseat
President Kimball. - Brother.
- Yeah? - Please, I love our church.
That's why I have returned to it
with my family.
- Good, so you know there are worse fates than prison bars,
like ex-communication.
Which most likely means alienation from your family,
from your friends, your neighbors, clients.
You know, maybe I should release you
to your Stake President.
He is right down the hall right now.
I'm sure he'd be very, very curious
to hear about your school.
Or...
you can just tell me everything you know,
and it stays between us.
It started with a man named Bernard Brady.
He's from Provo. Businessman.
He was pals with Dan,
then he came around talking about a Dream Mine
up in Salem, near there,
these prophecies of hidden Mormon gold
that would "come forth from it and save the saints
in the end times."
- Fundamentalist Mormon folklore?
- That's right.
- Do you remember a day when you picked up Dan
from a tiling job?
- I picked him up a lot.
- There's a day that Allen was referencing,
one where, uh, you had two men in your car with beards.
One had a-- a white braided beard.
Uh, were these men part of your school?
- Yes.
Brady was one of them.
The other would have been Onias.
- O-N-I-A-S? - That's right.
- Is that a first name?
- He just called himself Prophet Onias.
- Pulled out the big guns with Mr. Stake
my own kids,
two unbaptized Paiute teens
living in the wicked city of Vegas.
Seemed quite taken with their potential salvation.
- Very sweet and absolutely perfect.
Is the chief releasing Robin to him?
And Sam. You were right.
- Yeah, well, even if we kept them locked up,
I'm afraid we'd still have
zero credible suspects in custody.
- Did you get anything new out of Robin?
- Yeah, two new names from their school.
- Names are leads, Jeb. - Yeah.
- Sir, Officer Morris on the radio.
He found the Lows.
You know, sir, I just--
I just, like, knelt, and I prayed,
and I listened for the Holy Spirit.
Good work, Morris. - Oh, thank you, sir.
You know, it was Heavenly Father
that found them, sir.
It wasn't me.
- You followed the evidence, Morris.
Just like a good cop does.
- Yeah.
Bishop Low, Sister Low, can you think of any reason
why you'd find yourselves on a list of names to be...
To be blood atoned?
- Are--are we, Brother? You're certain?
We have reason to believe so,
and the--the nature of this break-in reenforces that.
Unless I'm mistaken,
no items of value have been taken, right?
- No.
So it stands to reason.
- If I were to guess, I'd say this goes back to their...
church court.
The excommunication court of Dan and Ron Lafferty.
- Ron and Dan were excommunicated?
- Yeah.
Was Ron's case--did it-- did it have anything to do
with him being physical
with his wife, Dianna?
We know there was a threat of violence
and that this matter was turned over to you
by Mr. Bascom.
Confidence,
confidence between a bishop and his fold,
particularly in matters
as delicate as an excommunication,
is a sacred trust.
Surely you know this, Brother Pyre.
- Oh, I do, sir, but this is a murder investigation.
We have two faithful LDS members who are dead,
and one was a 15-month-old girl.
So I need you to think on that little girl
and what they did to her.
And we've already confirmed that the men who did this
had fundamentalist Mormon ties,
so please, tell me,
which kind of Mormons are you protecting
with your silence?
I'm honestly asking.
- Ron was not excommunicated
because of his choices with his wife.
This began with Daniel.
Mm-hmm.
See, this'll only take a second.
No, no, no, no, hold on.
Please, Dan, no.
I don't like it. It hurts.
Okay.
You're out of alignment.
Oh.
We're just giving her an adjustment.
- Cora, get out of the room now.
Hey, no, you have nothing to be ashamed of.
She has nothing to be ashamed of.
Listen, darling, sit down. Come and sit with us.
Cora, would you get your mother a glass of water?
Come sit.
What were you doing?
- I knew this day would come.
I knew it. When we were reunited, I knew.
God has given me a vigorous sexual spirit,
and now I know why.
I have been prompted to ask you
if you would accept our sweet girl
as your first sister wife.
- My love...
in our pre-Earth life,
we were all created with a soul mate,
and you are mine.
But we have been promised to be gods in the eternities,
which is why we have the sacred principle.
The more wives we marry, the more children we sire,
and the greater the glory in worlds without end.
Cora's far too precious to be married to an unholy man.
Same with Eilidh.
- No, you can't--I can't--
- Matilda. Matilda. - I won't let you.
- To deny your priesthood holder
is fornication.
You know that.
And fornication is punishable by what,
my love?
- Death. Death.
Do not make me imagine a life without you.
Don't do that to me.
Now, tell me,
what is it that you know to be true?
- Heavenly Father sent you to me.
I know this because...
I was moved by the Holy Spirit the day we met.
- That is good, and that is true.
- And I cannot...
complain because of your righteousness,
and now we follow God's will.
This is a momentous day for our family.
Tonight, Cora, you will sleep in your own bed.
And tomorrow we will begin something
so, so very special.
Matilda was horrified, of course,
and didn't want anyone to get hurt.
I want you to ask the Lord to guide you
and do as He commands.
Do you understand?
I love you both very much.
And we'll see each other again, promise.
No, it's fine.
It's just the dogs. - No, no.
- It's the dog breaking into the trash again.
You gotta catch a dog in the act.
- No, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah.
- But I want you now.
If you can't satisfy one wife, how will you please three?
Come here.
They ran right to their old church.
And it was their account
that led to Daniel's excommunication.
- Where are they now?
Did you call Child Services?
- We put them in a very good home.
And?
- And they ran away. Of course they did.
You know, there's a reason why even the state of Utah
has Child Protective Services.
Has anyone heard from them since?
- No.
- Well, now their mother's gone missing too.
But it's not your problem.
- Brother Pyre, a decision was made.
The Lafferty name had brought about enough spectacle.
To add fuel to that fire was not in our interest.
- Who's "our"? - The church's interest.
Our Heavenly Father's interest.
Hey.
- Thank you, Brother Pyre. Of course.
So how did this lead to Ron's excommunication?
- These issues, they came to a head at the--
the naming ceremony of baby Erica.
It was a beautiful day.
All the Lafferty men were there
except for Daniel.
Now invite all the worthy
Melchizedek Priesthood holders.
And the name by which she shall be known
is Erica Jean Lafferty.
It's all right.
Afterwards Ron, uh--
he, uh--he cornered me,
started asking me questions about Daniel's excommunication.
Politics of his nation.
It was a--a tax law,
yeah, that would hurt the flock.
And you excommunicate a man for that?
- Political issues were not at the center
of your brother's trial. - Right. What was?
- But that's all I can say. - What was?
- I can't say. That's Dan's private business.
- Was it his research? Is that it?
Research into the church scriptures, into our history?
- All right, listen, Brother Lafferty,
there's nothing of value to be learned.
- Nothing of value to be learned?
- Nothing of value from your brother's research.
That is the truth. - What are you so scared of?
Do you think that he was gonna get closer
to the Eternal Father than you?
You had a conversation with Dianna and Brenda?
- Yes, um...
Dianna, has he hurt you?
Okay, well, you have to talk to someone.
Right, Sister Low?
And if you won't, I'll do it for you.
Dianna, you do know Dan was excommunicated.
I mean, maybe that's what Ron wants too.
- Sister Lafferty. - How can you say that?
I'm not saying that he should be.
I don't know, maybe the threat of a trial
will zap him back into the 20th century.
He kept pressing.
Of course, I couldn't say anything.
You know what, Ron? Right now, you are scaring me.
What's going on here?
as your brother?
Let's not do this, Ron.
The church asks us to rely on faith
when we find seeming contradictions
in our history, in our scriptures.
- Four...
That we are to be humble
in the face of confusion.
- Six...
- Come on. - Seven...
- Ron. Dad, can we please go?
- That's right, can we please go?
This is a day for joy, Ron.
All right? - Okay. You want joy?
- And then he--
well, he threatened me.
- You mind your own family,
and you stay the hell away from mine.
My heart went out to Dianna.
I can see that your concern
stems from love for your sister.
But these solutions are not our role.
Our job is to dedicate ourself to...
- Creating a home and environment
to sustain and support our priesthood holder.
MRS. And no, it's not always easy,
even for a bishop's wife,
but it is our calling.
Wouldn't you agree?
- So you told a wife living under the threat of violence
to work harder.
- You will not come into my home and attack my wife.
Is that clear?
This falls under my stewardship.
- Okay.
Does a good steward encourage a wife to blame herself
instead of holding her abuser accountable?
- I did as the church instructs us to do, Brother Pyre.
When, uh, Dianna came to us again
a--a few months back,
um, with more bruises on her face...
I encouraged her to get to safety.
I even gave her some money to do so.
- Detective Pyre. - Wait.
W-where did Dianna go?
- In all honesty, that was the last I saw of our sister.
I don't know.
- We, uh, found Bernard Brady.
We think he's at his home now, for now.
- All right.
We'll post an officer outside your home.
I'll be back by morning. Thank you.
It's a nice neighborhood up in the hills.
Closer to the Lord, they say.
It's the nice neighborhoods
that worry me the most.
Mrs. Brady?
- Oh, my gosh. Hi.
Sorry to bother you, Sister.
I'm Detective Pyre. This is Detective Taba.
We were hoping we could speak with a Mr. Bernard Brady.
You got me, boys.
Uh, we're kinda--kinda busy with the kids
just at the moment.
But, uh, heck, how's tomorrow morning for you?
I'm a early bird.
No time like the present.
Shall we?
- Sure, okay. Uh, gosh. Come on in. Come on in.
Thank you.
Uh, you can meet the whole Brady brood. Ha.
MRS. Uh, everybody's just in here.
This is Jacob and Rebecca and Vanessa
and Isaac and Sarah.
Very nice to meet you all.
- Nice to meet you guys. MRS.Yeah.
W-we'll sit in the front room here.
All right, perfect.
Just make yourselves at home.
MRS. Please, come on in.
We understand that you have, uh,
some kind of connection to the Laffertys,
specifically Ron-- is that correct?
- Well, we know Ron. - Mm-hmm.
- We let him sleep right here on that couch.
Isn't that right, honey?
- Yeah, when--when he and Dianna were struggling.
MRS. And I was clear with him.
I said if he ever got physical with his wife again,
I would call the police myself.
- Physical. How'd he get physical?
MRS. Well, Ron, um...
After he got his letter...
- Brother Lafferty.
I think it's important
to understand the context of where he was at
at that time, you know?
He'd just been called into church court.
He'd been undermined as an authority figure, and...
So how is it that my beloved wife
is the one responsible for me being pulled into church court?
- It doesn't have to come to that.
You can--you can call the bishop, seek his counsel--
- I don't need his counsel.
I need you to stop mocking my authority.
I need you to stop shaming me to my--to my church.
I'm not saying I'm not without blame.
I'm--we could--we could go to counseling together.
Oh!
You will submit willingly.
Or I will starve you into obedience.
Mm-hmm.
- Oh! - All right, come on.
Come on, come here.
Leave him.
I said leave him!
I will not have you drag my children
into your madness.
Come here, David.
Come here.
Ron, leave him!
Come here, honey. Come here.
Go to your sister.
You get out of this house, and don't you ever come back!
He came here, ashamed.
He was really working on himself.
You know, scripture study, prayer,
uh, Old Testament, New Testament,
uh, Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price--
- Well, these boys will study just about anything
to get out of hosing my gutters.
- Well, she got me.
Uh, but, uh, Ron, no, he was taking it serious.
Yeah, a couple of his brothers came.
I think it really helped him.
- Sir, does the term "School of Prophets"
mean anything to you?
- Uh...no.
Uh, should it?
I'm just curious.
And was, um, one of the men in this group named Onias?
- Oh.
- Well, I don't think there's a scripture study in Utah
that he wouldn't feel at home at,
especially if there's a home-cooked meal involved.
BERNARD Yeah. MRS.Eccentric.
- Yup. - Heck yes.
And dang time-consuming.
How so?
- He won't get a car.
Okay, one time, one time,
Robin and I offered to pick him up.
Hours of my life, and let me tell you,
that man ain't a fan of bathing.
- Oof!
- W-when was the last time you heard from Mr. Onias?
- Oh, uh, it's been ages now.
It's not like you can call him up.
The man doesn't believe in telephones either.
MRS.- Mm-hmm. - Hmm.
You--you and Robin, did you happen to...
also pick up Ron's brother Dan on--on that day?
- Ha, you're good. You're good, yeah.
No, I completely forgot about that, right, yeah.
I was a regular scripture study taxi driver.
Is there, uh, anything else we can do to help you at all?
Honestly, just name it. Anything.
Uh, nothing at the time.
- Just so sorry that we've, um, barged in on you like this.
And, uh, I'm gonna leave you my, uh--my number
in case Mr. Onias, uh, reaches out
or if you think of anything else
that may be helpful.
We really appreciate your time today.
Sir.
- Honey, how--how about you make some of your lemonade
for these hardworking boys before they go?
MRS.Oh, well, they may have things to do, hon.
Well, I'm sure they do,
but, boy, would they love it.
It's the least we can do.
Uh, fresh-squeezed okay?
- I mean, that sounds-- sounds terrific
to--to me, Mrs.--
Sister Brady, if you don't mind.
- Okay. I'll be just a minute.
So why do you have a letter written to you, from you?
Certified mail.
- Look, it's just us, uh, men here, right?
Scripture study, uh, sometimes, um,
drifted a little, you know, toward--
we talked about-- - Toward the old ways?
Polygamy?
- Don't tell her.
Okay? Um...
you fellas can see it clear that I-I struck gold
with that lady in there.
You wouldn't want to break up a family.
- "I, Bernard Brady,
"do herby depose in this signed affidavit
"attesting that a group known as School of the Prophets
"is presently constructing a list of names
of those who must pay eternal consequences."
- A list. - "Eternal consequences."
Does that mean death, Brother Brady?
'Cause it certainly does in the Old Testament.
- Oh, I wouldn't know. - Oh, you wouldn't?
Even with all your scripture study?
You went through all the trouble of--
of writing this,
sending it to yourself, notarized--
- As a precaution. Please, can you keep your voice down?
- Your wife is the least of your problems right now.
There was a list made, but there are no names on here.
- I left the group the moment they even suggested
the idea of a list.
- So you wrote this in order to what?
- Well, in case they actually--
- Protecting your own backside would have meant coming to us,
not writing this self-serving, useless letter
that's been sitting-- - I will do anything you say.
Anything.
- Well, sit your doughy backside down.
- And you're gonna answer every single question
that I ask you fully and truthfully.
- Okay. Do you understand?
Before you left this group,
did you hear any other names being mentioned
as possible candidates for this list?
- No. - Brenda?
- No. Bishop Low?
- No, no, sir.
- How about Dianna, Ron's wife?
- Well, I mean--I mean, after what she wrote...
Look, she wouldn't be the first woman
to dash off something she had no right to
and have it...
lead to bloodshed.
Oh, yeah? Who else?
- Brother.
Our greatest loss can be traced back
to words written by a wife
who thought she knew better than her husband.
- No, no, we're not going there.
- You know, a minute ago, he was all caught up
about Dianna getting knocked around.
And now I'm hearing reversal.
I mean, as the only nonmember here,
I need an education.
Detective?
- Go ahead.
- Look.
Blood found our Zion
the moment Emma stuck her nose where it didn't belong.
She publicly aligned herself with a publisher
who defied the prophet's holy principle of polygamy.
- The lies he has printed are so wicked,
he shall spend his eternity in outer darkness.
Why is Uncle Hyrum so upset
with Brother Law?
- Mr. Law dared print the truth, Joseph.
Gather your brothers. We must find your father.
The U.S. government is not likely
to abide the destruction of the newspaper.
- I have a writ for the arrest of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
Anyone who protects them will also be hung.
Okay.
Don't waste any time, all right?
Brother Taylor.
Where is my husband?
- He is in the wind.
Running like a dog for defending the word of God.
- He ordered the destruction of a newspaper
for printing words that dare question
a revelation about collecting wives.
Are you all so very fragile now?
- The truth is, there is no doubt
about where your loyalties lie.
I am sending word for Brigham to return.
I have a writ for the arrest of Joseph...
- No need to send for Brigham, Brother Taylor.
In my husband's absence, our eldest son
will be placed in leadership.
- Your son does not yet shave.
In seeking to sway our true prophet
from God's path, witness what you've conjured.
Blood stains our street.
Soon Gentiles will march through Zion.
Brigham is His most faithful servant.
He will set us back in order...
Until your husband's return.
George.
I mean, could you blame a congregation
for wanting to remove her?
So if a wife objects to her husband's demand
for more wives,
then it's A-okay to blood atone her?
Where are the other members of this group?
- Uh, I swear, I-I don't know.
No, please, don't be dramatic! Brother--Brother Pyre!
Please, please, please! Okay, okay.
I'll cooperate, okay?
Okay, uh, when Dan--
when Dan got out of jail,
he talked about building a compound out in the sticks,
uh, an old house that he and his brothers
used to vandalize.
They called it the farm, and, um,
if I were to guess, I would start there.
- No time like the present.
All right. - Okay.
Well, um, thank you very much for coming, gentlemen,
and Heavenly Father be with you, Brother.
And, um...
you too, pal.
So darn brave.
MRS. Well, I had to use brown sugar,
so it's not as pretty,
but it's still dang delicious.
That's very kind, ma'am, thank you.
- Sweetie. MRS.- Yeah.
- Uh, I'm going to need to help these fine men,
uh, crack this case wide open now, okay?
- We--we'll get him back to you faster than you can say
"Lamanite" three times fast.
How's that, huh?
Shall we?
Dear Lord, God of Israel...
Uh, i-if we're really going to their farm, um...
could I get a bulletproof vest, please, Brother?
- See what we can do, sure.
- Thank you.
You think you could sketch the layout of the farm?
Whatever you can remember.
- Sure.
I mean, it's not really a farm.
Not for generations. It's a dump.
We used to shoot lizards there as kids.
- Remember the address?
- No.
But I could find it by sight.
- Yeah? Great.
Not the simplest layout to secure.
Why do we need the civilians?
Allen's our navigator, and Mr. Brady's gonna help us
ID whoever we may find.
They'll stay back behind the vehicles
until it's all clear.
- Well, these constitutionalist types,
they, uh, treasure their Second Amendment,
so I say we hit this at the crack o'
so we're not just target practice.
- All right, dawn it is. Thank you, sir.
Thanks, guys.
- I sent a patrol car down to Salem,
trying to lay eyes on this Onias character.
- Well, a braided beard should stick out down there.
8 1/2 hours.
- It's Monday.
Family home evening, right?
You could just make it.
Might even squeeze in a walk with your mom.
It's beautiful out. - Bill...
Careful, there may be a saint in you after all.
- No, no.
I'm afraid I'm a zealot in the Church of Caffeine.
Who's up tonight?
- Uh, Annie.
She's been, uh--
she's been making cutouts all week.
Apparently ancient Israel had kangaroos and pandas.
- I like it.
- Get outta here.
- You sure? - Yeah. I got this.
- Partner. - You bet.
- Hello.
Becca?
Okay.
Hello.
It's, uh, Brother Pyre.
Is--is, uh--is Becca there?
- I'll get her for you, Brother Pyre.
Oh, thank you. Thanks.
- Thank you.
Hi. Hey, sweetie.
- I-I figured you'd be still at work.
I, um--I-I didn't want to bother you
with our ever-changing plans.
- I gotta head back to work in a few hours anyway.
I just thought I'd try and catch the end
of Annie's lesson.
Oh, it was a hit.
The kids had so much fun,
and they built a fort for a sleepover.
- And, um, your mom's doing really well.
She just played a game of Clue, Jeb.
- She played Clue?
Yeah. - Really?
Yeah, I mean, it was her and Annie, but...
Hey, i-if you're not comfortable with us being here,
I can wake the girls up and-- No, no, no.
You're all settled in.
You stay. I'll, um--
Yeah, I trust you, honey.
Thank you. I love you.
I love you.
- Okay.
- School of the Prophets, plural?
If there is only one true church
with only one true prophet,
how could it be plural?
There can be only one.
Right? Remember?
I mean, when-- when the early saints
started splitting into camps,
monogamists versus polygamists,
Emma's camp versus Joseph's or Brigham's,
did they split the prophet seat in two?
No.
So with Joseph in hiding, who is steering the ship?
Brigham Young.
Take this to Joseph.
Once he returns to the true path of the Lord,
Heavenly Father's protection will be restored.
- What we've been taught, that Joseph gladly, willingly
surrendered himself to the state for a second time,
I mean, it makes no sense.
He was nearly executed when he tried that before.
So someone must have convinced him
to risk his life in that way again.
Give me the letter.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Joseph.
I've been sent with a letter...
From the prophet's wife.
- Bless you, Brother.
Oh, no, it's--
In case you were found.
- Only one living voice had real power over -
his first and truest love,
she who knew his secrets.
"Dear Joseph, you always said
"if the church stuck by you,
you would stick by the church."
- So one sentence, just a few words,
added to her letter, put into her voice,
"My sweet Joseph, you must surrender now."
"In order to save our church."
- Brigham Young, Taylor
already had beehives' worth of wives.
So do--do you think they would risk losing them all
for Emma's sake?
For a woman they likely feared
already had far too much power over Joseph?
Or was this Brigham's chance
to become the One,
the sole leader...
To take God's church in the direction
he felt it had to in order to survive,
even if that meant our prophet's blood
had to spill?
Hang him!
So...
a School of the Prophets, plural?
No.
There has only ever been one at a time.
So I wouldn't expect to find more than one prophet
still alive on this farm of theirs.
- You think your bishop was working on your wife
and kids last night?
- Wouldn't surprise me if, uh, they had the chief over
for some homemade ice cream.
Stake President brought the sprinkles.
Circling the wagons.
- With your own family, behind your back.
To what, keep you in line?
- Yeah.
My best guess is that they, um...
Feel more--more comfortable when they are writing
the official story.
Say, did, um, the church ever tell you, your family
or your school, why Dan was excommunicated?
- Uh, his anti-tax campaign,
uh, running for sheriff.
You know, he was just too-- too public for the church.
Hmm.
That's wrong.
Dan was planning on, um,
marrying his two stepdaughters
by sexual consummation.
12 and 14 years old.
Ron know that, Mr. Brady?
Well, i-if that's true, uh...
No. Uh...
he wouldn't have come to Dan's defense for that.
He went in to defend Dan's politics.
- It is the responsibility of every saint
to refuse the unjust taxations.
That's all he was saying.
I mean, Dan is a patriot.
The very soil of this land is in the fabric of his being.
He's a patriot, and for that, you...
give him the ultimate punishment?
- You're going over territory that we've already dealt with.
Your brother's case has no bearing on this.
This hearing is yours.
- It's mine? - Yes.
And its outcome will depend
on your showing contrition...
- Contrition? - For your own offenses.
- What offenses? Well...
- What offenses? Foremost of them...
- Yeah?
- Is your threatening your own bishop.
And, yes, the other business of violence in your home.
Now, can you see
that you have violated His teaching
when you have defied your priesthood leader--
- No, no, no, it is you.
It's you who has...
antagonized and bastardized the sacred teachings
of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
- Ron, don't do this.
- It is you who stink of hypocrisy.
When the Lord commands, you do it.
It is the decision of this council
that you, Ron Lafferty, be excommunicated.
But know that with repentance
comes the healing waters of rebaptism.
After his church court,
he went home
to reclaim his rightful place.
- Everyone, go. Hide. Hide.
Hide.
- Where you going?
Oh, where are my beauties?
Where are my beauties?
You gonna give me a hug?
Come give Daddy a hug.
- No! - Come here!
Hey, where you going?
Oh, my big boy. My big boy.
Come here.
His own daughter had cut the sacred markings
out of his garments.
Give Daddy a kiss.
Like, he lost everything:
his business, his family, his church.
Where's--where's your sister?
Huh?
Are you up here?
Are you hiding?
And yes, Mr. Taba, we can hear the Holy Spirit
as true saints, but I-I-I really worry that Ron...
Came to believe that he could hear a truer voice of God...
His own God...
Better than anyone else could hear him.
Pkew, pkew!
Hey, partner. Hey.
It's okay.
Howdy, Sheriff.
Don't shoot me.
I'm not a bad guy.
You know, I think that you're ready.
You know what that means?
Let it be a reminder.
Sometimes the closer we are to the Heavenly Father,
the more we're gonna be persecuted.
Okay?
Okay.
Clear.
It's--it's all right.
Police. We're here to help.
It's all right.
- They're Canadians, from a place up in BC
called Bountiful, an FLDS compound.
And who brought them down here?
Prophet Onias.
30 days ago.
They said none of the men have been back here for days.
They left them here with no food,
no money to get back.
- No running water, no electricity.
Heck of a prophet, this Onias.
I need you to find him,
- You bet.
- Hi.
You okay?
It's--it's all right.
You're not in-- you're not in trouble.
I just need to know the last time you saw
Ron and Dan Lafferty.
Do you know them?
Did--did they stay here, live here?
They slept here.
We don't know
They told us not to disturb that.
Okay.
It's okay.
"This is unto my maidservant Dianna.
"Nevertheless, if thou will repent,
"I will greatly bless thee.
Otherwise, I will remove thee."
They are after Dianna.
- If they haven't already gotten to her.
The list. Mm.
- Whose shirt is this?
- Our Ron's.
He left it here to watch over us.
Be right back with some food, guys, all right?
Just sit tight.
I didn't lie, okay? They--they were clearly there.
I-I can't help it if they left.
And if I was to ask those young ladies
if you were ever there with them?
- No, no, they'll say I never was.
I only ever went to the school
when it was at Ron and Dan's place.
- You used to meet at their parents' house?
Yeah, f-for a little while.
In the basement and, uh, sometimes in the park.
I mean, Dan's--Dan's mom made sandwiches.
It wasn't like this.
It was...simple.
- I'll get a search warrant.
My--my brother...
Couldn't have written this.
Give us some space. Thanks.
Everything okay?
- Yeah, um...
look, I-I couldn't say this in front of Allen,
not in the state that he was in,
but, uh, he's wrong.
His brother Ron
is capable of a lot more than just domestic violence.
We got the warrant. We should go.
Look, after his church court,
after what he did with his kids,
he went home.
Home to his mother.
- Stop it. Stop it. Stop it!
Stop it. - I--
I-I am a fraud of a man.
No.
You've come home...
After surviving all of the Lord's tests.
And you're one heartbeat away from your rightful place...
As head of this family.
You're the One.
- She called him the One Mighty and Strong.
I think, in her words,
he heard a calling to reclaim his rightful place.
Ronnie.
Shh.
Call Mother in.
I need a--
I need a doctor.
- Remember Jacob's appendicitis when he was young?
Hmm? Do you?
Or how you beat on Mom like you beat on me?
- Or when you beat our dog Roger with a baseball bat
'cause I didn't do the chores to your satisfaction?
- Yeah.
- Your mind has been... taken by evil.
No, no, no.
No, no, see, I remember it clearly.
And each time, you said that...
there was no need for a doctor
if we were close to Heavenly Father.
Yes. Yes.
And Mom survived.
- Yes.
And even when the bacteria got into his bloodstream
and stopped him from breathing...
Well, Jacob survived.
All but his mind.
But Roger,
he died looking into my eyes in incredible pain.
- I am a dead man.
I can't allow you to go against your principles,
not while it's your life that's in Eternal Father's hands,
can I?
Clear!
So there will be no doctor.
Why don't you try and pray?
- The business of patriarchy
isn't as simple
as you think.
It won't be any easier for you if I'm gone.
- Yeah, maybe not.
But there can be only one.
You taught me that.
- O Lord,
my God--
- No!
- The traitor Joseph Smith is dead!
John! John!
It's okay.
The Savior has commanded me
to defend His holy Word
unclouded by faithlessness or misinterpretation...
To lead His holy people to a new and greater Zion.
The keys of the kingdom are right here with the church.
- The spirit of Joseph is in him.
How could you know all this?
- Well, he told me
himself, all of it.
The proud new Lion of the Lord.
Ron left that list for us to find...
Because he believes...
Fully that he is the One...
A new Lion of the Lord...
A latter-day Brigham Young.
- Then there'll be more blood.