- Ryan is taken prisoner by the trio who kidnapped Joey Matthews and he immediately starts to create a wedge between them. The farmhouse is quickly surrounded by the police and Ryan convinces them they have no way to escape. Emma, the coolest of the three in a tense situation, contacts another follower, Roderick, who is keeping Claire Matthews captive. It's soon apparent that Joe Carroll's influence goes very deep, and he has a great many acolytes. Meanwhile Debra Parker, FBI agent in charge of the kidnapping case, recalls her own personal experience of life in a cult. As the scene unfolds at the farmhouse, Joe Carroll tells his lawyer that a new part of the story is about to begin.—garykmcd
- In the farmhouse, Paul holds a gun to Ryan's head and both men tell Joey to go to his room. Jacob and Emma come in to see Ryan, who tells them pretty much every law enforcement agency is on the way.
"This is the end, none of you are making it out of here. Not alive anyway," he says.
Claire is driven to an abandoned warehouse and escorted into a large caged area in the basement. It's a command center with weapons and computers and research. She demands info on Joey but gets threatened instead.
Mike arrives at the farmhouse with the local police.
Paul tells Jacob to tie up Ryan, but Ryan says he'll break Jacob's neck before Paul can shoot him. Jacob is totally freaked out. Ryan's cell phone rings.
2010 Claire's captor Charlie tells Joe about his four tours in the Army with cyber surveillance and that he can set up a secret server at the prison for him. He's killed nine people, including four people he just "wanted dead." Joe thinks he'll come in handy.
Back in the basement, Claire sees a file of surveillance photos of her. Charlie tells her he doesn't intend to hurt her because he's her "follower."
In the farm house, Ryan toys with Jacob and Paul. They see the cop cars surrounding the house. Emma comes downstairs after drugging Joey with his "special milk." Ryan says he's not worried about what happens to him, so Emma Tasers him, which throws his Pacemaker for a loop. He convulses.
Later, the FBI is on the scene in droves.
Mike briefs Debra Parker. They intercept an encrypted email from inside the farm house, but can't decode it.
Inside, Emma tells Jacob she emailed Roderick about Hank being killed and hopes he sends more help.
Federal Detention Center
Olivia visits Joe, telling him Ryan is at the farm house and Claire is missing. He tells her that her press statement triggered a plan that led to Claire being kidnapped.
At the farm house, Ryan is tied up, but eyes a knife that Paul puts down. Emma tells Ryan to call the FBI and tell them to fall back, she brings up Megan from the basement as leverage.
Ryan calls Mike. He tells them about his three captors and Megan and that Joey is asleep upstairs. Debra addresses Emma, complimenting her on the art in her attic and the fact that all of the faces look like her mother. Emma says she killed her and Debra says she understands, there are times she wanted to kill her mother, too.
Ryan deduces that Jacob and Emma are together. He keeps his eye on the knife on the table.
In the FBI van, Debra explains that bringing up her mother was a way to remind Emma she's human. She thinks Emma is wracked with grief for killing her. Debra says parental influence defines us.
Serenity Hills, Iowa 2004 Debra visits a commune to see her family, who she hasn't seen in 15 years. She's greeted by a man named Dale.
1989 Young Debra goes into Dale's room late at night. There are candles and he clearly plans to take her to bed. But she resists and runs into her mother's arms in the hallway.
2004 She sees her parents.
In Charlie's basement , he assures her that the plan was for her to be reunited with Joey but it's been delayed. As her follower, he's been watching her for years and taking notebooks full of notes. He says it was important for Joe to be part of her life because he loves her. There's video footage of her with Joey and some of her asleep in her bed at night. He says Emma didn't know about him because each person plays their own part.
Emma gets an email from Roderick, telling them to stop emailing and be ready for a call.
The police back off outside and Emma plans to make a call to delay the FBI until Roderick gets in touch. Paul asks Emma how Jacob is doing with everything.
Ryan tries to play guess-the-sexual dynamic and figure out who's sleeping with whom. He toys with Paul, saying Emma's trying to control them both.
Emma calls Debra Parker and says she does miss her mother. Parker asks what's really going on. Emma says she killed her mother because she tried to control her. Parker suggests that's exactly what Joe's doing now. Emma hangs up.
2004 Debra's parents tells her she never should have left.
In the FBI van, Parker can tell Emma's stalling.
In the farmhouse, Jacob comes downstairs and Ryan asks how the three-way is going. He taunts Jacob until Jacob starts to choke Megan to prove he can. Ryan stands up and covertly grabs the knife as Paul pulls Jacob off Megan. When the men leave the room, Ryan shows Megan that he got the knife.
In the van, Mike unscrambles an email referencing Claire.
Parker tells SWAT sharp shooters to be ready.
In the basement, Charlie calls Roderick, saying he hasn't heard from Hank. He goes out of earshot of Claire and she grabs the keys to the basement cage from his pocket and runs. She gets the door open but he's right behind her. She hides in the basement in the dark, but he finds her.
At night outside the farmhouse, SWAT surrounds it. Inside, Emma goes to take a call. She tells Paul and Jacob that everything is fine, but won't tell them what's going on. She goes to check on Joey, so Ryan takes the opportunity to taunt the men for her keeping them in the dark. Paul decks Ryan. Emma wakes Joey up.
Claire tries to relate to Charlie, apologizing for running off. She knows Roderick is an alias from a Poe story. She gets close to Charlie, asking why he listens to Joe. "He's teaching me to feel my life," he says.
2011 Charlie briefs Joe on Claire's movements throughout the week. Joe can tell that Charlie has fallen for her.
In the basement, Charlie impulsively kisses Claire, then freaks out, saying it was impure. He bashes his head against the wall.
At the farmhouse, Paul sends Jacob upstairs to check on Emma. Ryan starts sawing his hands free. Jacob comes downstairs and says they're gone. Ryan gets free and lunges at Paul, stabbing him repeatedly in the stomach. He punches Jacob and unties Megan, ushering her out the front door to safety. She runs and a SWAT guy helps her.
Ryan grabs his phone and runs outside, calling Mike with directions on where to look for Emma. Mike is outside with Officer Marsden, the local deputy.
In the dark, a man distracts two SWAT guys while another comes up behind them and shoots them both.
Emma runs with Joey in the dark. Mike and Marsden find them. Mike orders them to stop, but Marsden turns on him and shoots him. She tells Emma she's with Roderick.
In the basement, Charlie tells Claire he's going to take her to Joey. His alarm system goes off. The FBI busts in and gets Claire but Charlie gets away.
At the farmhouse, Parker gives SWAT the OK to go after Jacob and Paul. Inside, they surrender, but the two men who jumped SWAT outside shoot the real SWAT agents, saying Roderick sent them.
Ryan finds Mike in the woods. His vest stopped the bullet, he's OK. He tells Ryan that Marsden is in on it and points him in the right direction. Ryan finds the two dead SWAT agents.
Marsden leads Emma and Joey to a waiting SUV, but Ryan catches up with them. He shoots Marsden. Joey is confused and gets in the SUV with Emma, who drives off. Ryan's heart starts to go haywire and he can't stop them.
Jacob stops a car on the road and he and Paul get away.
Back at the farmhouse, they take stock. Four dead SWAT agents and Marsden was a plant. Ryan needs a minute to come to grips with the failure.
"How did Joe Carroll bring all these people together? Where do they come from?" Mike wonders.
"Cult mentality is one of unity, it's human nature. We all want to belong. It's a primal need," Debra explains.
2004 Debra tells her parents she came to see them because they're family. Her mom thinks she came out of guilt and says that Debra leaving almost destroyed them and they nearly lost their standing. Debra calmly explains she came to forgive them and tell them she loves them.
With Dale lurking nearby, Debra gets up and leaves.
1989 Debra runs crying to her mom in the hallway and her mom drags her back to Dale's room, saying she has to. She leaves her young daughter alone with the much older man.
Federal Detention Center Olivia updates Joe, saying the FBI doesn't know where Joey is. "And now it's time for the next part of the story," Joe says.
Olivia holds a press conference, saying Joe has been abused by the FBI.
Claire is back at home. Ryan comes to see her. She mad at him for not bringing Joey home.
Back at HQ, Debra looks at the amulet from her parents' cult.
On a wooded road, Emma gets a call from a frantic Jacob, asking why she left them. Paul is still bleeding profusely from his stab wounds and Jacob promises him he'll get him help.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content