Previously on the Cult.
I think they're after me now.
- Who's after you? - The TV show.
It's called Cult. But it's not just a TV show.
It goes beyond that.
You have no idea how much I don't want to get you mixed up in this.
Nate!
Is there any reason for me to believe
that my brother's disappearance is related to this show?
Some of the fans
seem to have some sort of sick connection to what we're doing.
You don't know Cult!
Not like Nate does, not like I do!
Another photo from 25 years ago.
Moon Hill.
Was the house being used as home to some sort of commune?
Or a cult.
There are 20 of us.
20 children lost and alone.
Was Steven Rae a part of this cult?
I got some definite ideas
on how to course-correct Cult
so it doesn't just end up...
A cult show.
It would be in everyone's best interest
for Steven to hear what I have to say.
Are people really that crazy they'd kill
because of a television show?
Billy?
Kelly...
My Kelly.
What's with this look on your face, Kelly?
Ever since Meadow got home,
she just seems so lost.
Well, you've only had her back a few days.
She spent five weeks as the prisoner of a madman.
Give her some time.
Hey, you risked everything.
You risked your job to get her back.
She'll come around.
Anything I can do to help?
No. Just relax, sis.
No, no, no. You know,
I think Carol could use a hand in the kitchen.
You okay?
Yeah.
Hey, Robin, tell your sister and Andy that the burgers are ready.
Okay, but I don't know where Andy is.
What do you mean?
He left.
Andy? Andy?
Andy?!
- That's Billy's car! - Maybe not.
We can't be sure. Meadow, stop!
- Andy! - Stop, stop, stop!
So?
It's about that network exec, Segal.
Disappeared a few weeks ago, still hasn't shown up.
Police finally are thinking it may be foul play.
Well, Steven's the one in charge of everything.
I mean, they should make him come in here.
Good luck with that.
Besides, Steven knows nothing about this.
How do you know that?
I've been talking with Steven.
He asked me to keep my eye open around the office.
See if I could identify any leaks.
You know, I've got some research for Marti.
I'll see you later?
Yeah.
Hey, Skye. Are you okay?
Yeah, fine. I'm fine.
I, um... I talked to that woman from Center Regional Detention.
Asked her those booking procedure questions.
Oh, yeah, that's right. Thank you.
Um, Avi, can we take a minute?
Yeah. Okay, okay.
Well, that looks pretty intense.
After that psycho tried to kill me at the studio party,
my managers have been insisting I get a full-time bodyguard.
Well, with the kind of fans that this show attracts,
it might not be such a bad idea.
No. No, I refuse to let working on this show
invade my life like that.
I-I still want to be able to protect myself, you know?
Yeah.
Did you hear about that network exec?
He started working on the show,
and now the cops are trying to figure out
what could have happened to him.
What?
Nothing.
You're clearly thinking something.
Does it have something to do with the show?
What?
Ah, sorry. It was nothing.
Jeff, what is it?
Slow down. Where are you?
I haven't talked to her yet.
Carey Mandeville from the college?
Her dad called me.
Said she wouldn't talk to anyone else, only me.
I guess she got picked up two days ago
skipping out on a motel bill.
Apparently, there was six of them in one room.
Six in one room?
You think she managed to hook up with the true believers after all?
Uh, we'll see.
You came!
You got ten minutes.
Carey, did you make contact with the true believers?
Well, what have they done with Nate?
I am in very big trouble.
Yeah, you murdered a girl.
No.
I got caught.
Everything I believed about the show
is true...
and so much more.
Do you know where Nate is?
I never saw him.
But they talked about him.
He's...
special to them in some way.
Special, how?
I never should have let myself get caught.
The leaders don't trust that I'll keep my mouth shut.
They'll think that I'm gonna tell about the show,
about the true believers.
- The leaders? - They guide us!
They know the most about the messages in the show.
These leaders, what do they ask you to do?
Anything necessary to protect the show.
Why did you demand to see Jeff?
Because the two of you are the only ones on the outside
who have any idea what I'm talking about.
I need to get a message to Steven Rae.
I need to make him understand
I am loyal.
How are we supposed to get a message to Steven Rae?
I can tell you how.
You know how to get to Steven?
I've met him.
Who else do you think is behind all this?
He's having trouble breathing!
Somebody call the set medic!
What happened?
He was in my trailer.
I thought he was gonna attack me.
Thought? He's one of our extras.
Oh, my God.
Looks like he was scavenging stuff from the show.
This guy really needs help.
A meeting with new true believers?
Where they're greeted by Steven Rae himself?
Greeting people who are willing to do anything.
Willing to kill to protect his show.
Is he that crazy?
If his fans are that crazy, why not him?
There's a network executive named Segal
who was threatening to screw with the show.
Just today, the police officially designated him a missing person.
Tell me that doesn't sound like true believers.
What the hell is Steven Rae doing with Nate, anyway?
I mean, why is Nate so special to him?
Okay, I found the web site Carey gave us.
All right, now what?
I give them a name.
"Alice...
has just made contact."
I mean, how can we believe what Carey told us?
Believe any of this?
It's a chance to get to the man.
I can't pass that up.
Okay.
Then sign me up, too.
You don't know the show like a true believer does.
Like I do.
Yeah, because you work on the show.
But Steven Rae is your boss.
Yeah, but he's never met me.
I'm willing to take that chance.
Listen, I am not letting you anywhere
near this insanity without me.
I'm not letting you out of my sight.
I got a reply.
That is perfect.
Right there, I love that.
Great.
Oh, great.
Now that face is gonna be on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.
Evidence to the world of just how much I... adore you.
Okay, I just want to get a couple more shots
with you holding this.
You're now going all Billy on us.
I'm never ever be seen with any Billy prop,
unless I'm in full wardrobe.
The publicist never said there was such a rule.
My rule.
Billy isn't to be made light of.
Ever.
Exactly.
How about some with a tie?
You know, all loose and...
sexy?
Excellent idea.
Okay, let's do it.
How about the blue tie with the pattern?
I think we'll go with this one.
My baby knows what's best for me.
I'd trust her with my life.
I was expecting you 15 minutes ago.
Can I fill you in later?
I'm running late for work.
Is everything all right?
Everything's fine.
Kirstie?
My sweet, this will all be over soon.
You won't have to endure it much longer.
What you're doing is important.
I can befriend him.
I can play on his expensive tastes.
Only you can secure his full trust.
I understand, dad.
Roger Reeves is an egocentric, callous swine.
Every second I see him dressed as Billy Grimm,
I want to gut him, throat to groin,
with that pretender's knife of his.
He's a means to an end.
He's beneath contempt.
And he'll end up nothing more than collateral damage.
Remember that.
No turning back.
There's nothing about this plan that I like.
Plan? There is no plan.
Meeting place is here.
This is the exact same train station
that Billy meets his new members in the show.
And we do have a plan.
Yeah, a great plan.
You connect up with a bunch of crazies,
go off God knows where while I try and follow.
Try to follow?
Total clue. Believe me.
Here.
GPS tracking...
Set.
Bring you Steven's autograph?
You get us on track to Steven Rae,
and I'll get my own damn autograph.
Welcome.
Welcome, one and all.
You're him.
I'm merely Billy.
Billy Grimm.
We had a deal!
I gave you the evidence that could put you away,
and you gave me Meadow!
But you wouldn't let it go, would you?
What are you...?
What have you done with Andy?
Andy?
Meadow's son?
Yes! A child, Billy!
He's a kid, like your son!
Like Michael.
You gave Andy back to me before,
because I know you don't like to hurt children,
So why the hell are you doing it now?
I've done nothing with him.
Yes, you have!
Back off! I'm a cop!
I'm not gonna let you do this. Not to Andy.
Are you true?
Yes, yes, I am.
Alice.
Miller.
This is amazing, isn't it?
I don't know.
Aren't you excited?
I'm not big on... groups.
Well, yeah, but this is different.
Yeah.
Very different.
Well, we should probably get over there, right?
You'll get it back.
This isn't about stealing your phone.
Skye.
Welcome to the true believers.
It all begins for you now.
Welcome to where Steven Rae lives.
They want us back within an hour.
Good. The sooner we get out of here, the better.
I'm still angry.
Anger bleeds you and then kills you.
Bastard.
Yeah?
They want us over at the Steven Rae meeting place.
Take the Valiant.
You shouldn't be touching those.
These are from the show.
They're real.
Of course they're real.
I mean, this is his desk.
His actual desk.
Hello. Welcome to my home.
My name is Steven.
The fact that you are here tonight proves
that you are indeed very special.
No one matters more to me than the fans of my show.
And the most dedicated of fans, you,
matter most of all,
because it is you,
the true believers,
who understand the deeper significance,
the real importance of the show.
You see the world differently,
or you wouldn't be here.
Online, you were able to seek each other out,
to seek out contact with me.
Bravo.
Brava.
Your journey here wasn't an easy one;
it can't be.
This show, the meaning in this show,
my show, it...
is everything to me.
It is my vision that fills every frame,
every syllable spoken by the characters,
and I want you
to share that vision with me.
Help protect
that vision.
By reaching me here, you will now be privy
to the show's even greater secrets.
The journey I have planned
is so far beyond anything you could possibly imagine,
but I can't complete it without you.
You are my partners.
And you will be called upon
to do your part
to keep this show from interference.
So the question you'll have to answer
for yourself tonight is, "Are you ready...
to do whatever I ask?"
What do you think he means when he says
"Do whatever he asks"?
I'm ready.
Are you?
You heard what he's offering.
Everything inside about the show.
I mean, we'll know what nobody else knows.
But he could ask us to do anything.
Yeah, so?
I made it here.
I am standing in Steven Rae's house.
The man himself is right over there.
And I have thought of nothing else but this show
since it came on.
Haven't you?
Nothing else.
The show...
...and him.
What if he asks us to harm somebody?
I got no problem with that.
You got a problem with that?
No.
Yeah, you don't seem so sure.
I'm sure.
Hello
We haven't met.
No, we haven't.
I'm Alice.
It's an honor to meet you,
Mr. Rae.
Did you travel far tonight, Alice?
No, not far.
I'm from Sacramento,
and I moved to Los Angeles
once I made contact.
Are you prepared to stay in Los Angeles now?
Of course.
If that's what you want.
Well, it's up to you.
But all my true believers are here.
That way, they can learn the most,
do the most good.
What exactly is it that you want us to do for you?
All in good time, hmm?
You need a refresher.
Allow me.
Oh, and...
...I'm sorry, but no souvenirs from my desk.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Oh, it's understandable.
But not permissible.
I love the show.
The show is everything.
But I'm also very interested in you.
There's so little known about you.
I've worked very hard to keep it that way.
You really should try one of these,
they're especially good.
I've never read anywhere about that.
This is so cool.
It's not like the full Billy tattoo, either.
Well, that only belongs to Billy.
Yeah, but is this tattoo
the inspiration for Billy's?
No, one has nothing to do with the other.
And I, uh, I should probably take my leave.
It's almost midnight.
Right.
Your writing schedule.
You only write at night.
Midnight to dawn every day, without exception.
Skye.
Just make sure she doesn't get out of the building. Go!
- Skye. - Jeff?
Yeah, let's go.
I thought I lost you for good back there.
That man isn't Steven Rae, I know he isn't.
Where are we?
Come on. This way.
Let's go.
Jeff!
Come on. Let's go.
Mrs. Harris from next door called.
Said the Crockers are on vacation,
but her dog keeps barking at the fence
like somebody is in the Crockers' backyard.
Andy! Andy!
Hey, come on. It's me.
Oh, God. I've got you now.
You're safe. You're okay.
Who did this to you?
Did somebody bring you here?
What are you doing here?
I ran away.
You ran away?
Why did you run away, Andy?
Because of Mommy.
Your mommy?
She's different now.
She scares me.
Okay. Okay, come here.
I hear you got a little physical
with one of the extras yesterday.
Not today, Roger. I'm not in the mood.
Tell me what happened.
Doesn't it get to you?
This show?
You and I are the face of it, in every scene,
on every billboard.
Comes with the territory.
Yeah, but I mean this show.
The kind of fans it attracts.
With great fame comes great responsibility.
I'm paraphrasing, of course.
You really do handle all of this very well.
I've learned when to let the fans in
and when to scare the crap out of them so they'll back off.
You can do that. I can't.
I don't know how long I can keep this up.
Not with the fans of this show.
You're a damn fine actor, Marti,
and your talent landed you
the lead in a TV series that's getting a lot of attention.
Nothing bad about that.
Mm, I wish it were as simple as that.
You've never actually spoken to me like this before.
Something's... changed.
I got some good stuff going on in my life right now.
Look, all I'm suggesting
is you put your worries in perspective.
Don't ignore them, but don't let them consume you.
They're only fans.
Well, I'll keep telling myself that.
Heard there was a break-in
in the taxidermy shop last night.
They took the vest.
And the knife.
I know.
Yeah, and that girl who got in here last night
was spying on us.
But you told her nothing, correct?
Nothing.
As far as she knows, she met the real Steven Rae.
And there's nothing here for her to come back to,
to show anyone.
Just as I've had the taxidermy shop swept clean.
Just in case.
This is the kind of thing
Sakelik used to take care of for us.
I'm taking care of it now.
Nobody knows the connection between Moon Hill
and the messages in the show.
I'm making sure of that.
Now is not the time to lose faith.
Trust me, Cameron.
You and the others always have.
I know Steven Rae's writing schedule,
and that's just the point.
He doesn't have a schedule.
He'd just come into the office
at all hours of the day and night.
It drives everybody on the show crazy.
But the man you met last night
says he writes every night from midnight to dawn.
A publicist released that story when the show first started.
She just made it up.
Thought it added to Steven's mystique.
But it's not true.
But that is the story the public knows.
Meaning the man that I met last night wasn't Steven Rae--
the real Steven Rae.
So, true believers are using someone
to pretend to be Steven Rae?
To incite a certain kind of fan.
Like Carey.
Fans who are willing to do anything for the show, for him.
That man had one of those three-line tattoos.
Like Annabelle Creusen, like Louis Beale.
Wait, so the bogus Steven Rae
is part of the old Moon Hill cult?
See, Sakelik was Moon Hill.
She was like their enforcer.
The fake Steven Rae is Moon Hill. So, what,
are the survivors of the Moon Hill cult just-- I don't know--
using true believers to, what, to-to manipulate them
into doing what they need them to do?
And then there's this.
Some man wearing the same vest and knife as Billy Grimm.
Yeah, that was taken up at the Moon Hill property
a long time ago, too.
So, is he the leader of Moon Hill cult?
Or the original Billy Grimm?
Steven Rae's inspiration for Billy?
Or the real Steven Rae?