Pyre asked Taba how he lives life “without a compass”, but this is his compass. Taba looks out at nature while Pyre carries on with his freakout, and he asks Pyre to take it in. In Pyre’s moment of panic, Taba pulls their car over, walks out into the desert, and delivers what can be considered the thesis of the entire series. As he and Taba race against the clock to find Ron and Dan, Pyre reckons with generations of young men who believe themselves to be The One Mighty and Strong, and that trail is drenched with blood. Pyre reads in his daughters’ diaries the kinds of subservient language that he fears will condition them to a life under the reign of men like Ron and Dan or as Pyre learns from original Mormon texts, like Joseph Smith or Brigham Young. His testimony is failing, and his persona as the head of the household, the "priesthood holder," is coming under fire by the atrocities of the Laffertys. It’s a problem Pyre wrestles with in his own family. These are men who use their faith to misguide others toward their own intentions, who veil their fleshly and materialistic desires with the guise of God’s word – men who frighten and abuse their own families as a way to impose their supposed dominance. It’s a haunting revelation that shines a light on the horrors men like Ron and Dan are capable of. In a flashback, we witness Brenda’s final stand, and her fervent condemnation of them both. And according to Ricky and Chip, Dan killed Erica. Dan initiates the violence, though it is Ron's plan he enacted. Of the two brothers, both poisoned by their own self-importance, Dan committed. Traveling to Wyoming, Pyre and Taba interview Ricky and Chip and confirm by their accounts that Ron and Dan murdered Brenda and her daughter. What the book also reveals is the full names of the other two men who were with Ron and Dan the day that Brenda died: Ricky and Chip. Dan details a time he threatened Brenda in her own home as he calls himself the Hand of God. ![]() Pyre comments on the diary that Dan writes as if he is creating the sequel to the Book of Mormon. After a tense standoff, Jacob explains his heartbreak over the news of Brenda’s murder, and he gives Pyre Dan’s diary. ![]() Last seen stealing food on a convenience store security camera and heading towards Pyre’s neighborhood, Jacob finally surfaces in search of Pyre. Onias pushed Ron into believing something his mother already believed of him – that Ron is The One Mighty and Strong, who was prophesied by Mormon founder Joseph Smith to “set in order the house of God.” Ron became more and more radicalized, resulting in his ex-communication and his separation from his children and his wife, Dianna ( Denise Gough). With an economic downturn affecting his business, Ron became susceptible to his brother Dan ( Wyatt Russell) and his increasingly anti-government views. As the eldest son, Ron shirked his father’s wishes for him to stay in the family chiropractic practice and instead started a construction company. ![]() As a member of the Lafferty brothers’ School of Prophets, Onias was a first-hand witness to the corruption of Ron Lafferty ( Sam Worthington). The finale begins with Pyre’s partner, Detective Bill Taba ( Gil Birmingham) catching up with one of the murder suspects, Prophet Onias ( Dean Paul Gibson). ![]() RELATED: 'Under the Banner of Heaven': What Happened to the Laffertys?
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