The first four subliminal sequences, transcribed below, are similar in style and content to the ones I located in earlier episodes. The last sequence consists of rapidly flashing photographs that relate to a story on the next episode.
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[Screen: The Church challenges the credibility of the contributors appearing in this program, and their statements.
As of the airing of this episode, the Church has not agreed to participate.
Information the Church provided about matters discussed in this series can be viewed at:
aetv.com/aftermathletters]
[00:00:03.841]
[The Church disputes many of the statements made by Leah Remini.
…viewers should know the duplicity at work when Ms. Remini stage-managed her departure from the Church of Scientology…
…she desperately tried to remain a Scientologist in 2013, knowing full well she was on the verge of being expelled for refusing to abide by the high level of ethics and decency Scientologists are expected to maintain…
…her transgressions were so egregious she was expelled, which remains the source of her bitterness today…
(Excerpt from letter received from the Church of Scientology 09/09/2016)]
[00:00:25.135]
LR (in studio, dark background): Okay. Here’s what the Church has to say about Marc and Claire Headley.
LR (reading): “The Church disputes many of the statements made by Marc and Claire Headley. They filed two ill-founded lawsuits against the Church, seeking millions in damages. The issue of Mrs. Headley’s pregnancy was part of the Headley’s failed lawsuits and was aimed at generating hostile inflammatory press toward the Church to accompany their frivolous litigation.”
[Scene: airplane; MR coming out of an airport; LR follows]
[Screen: DENVER, Colorado]
[00:00:59.888]
[Screen: Leah and Mike have traveled to Denver to meet former Church of Scientology executives Marc and Claire Headley
Their journey has been noticed]
LR: You see these two cars parked in the parking lot there?
MR: Yeah.
LR: Yeah, I just want to keep an eye on them when we pull out.
They seem to be together, cuz they’re talking. Do you see how they’re talking to each other?
MR: Yup.
Yeah, the guy on the right’s got his left window open.
LR: Yeah, like they’re just totally staring at us. You know what I mean?
MR: They’re moving! There he is.
LR: Oh, there he is. There! No! Let him go! Stop! Let him go. Here you go. Go ahead. No, we’re good. Go ahead. No we’re good. Go ahead. No we’re good, go ahead. No we’re good, go ahead. No, we’re good, go ahead!
MR: Watch this.
[Scene: MR turns right into parking lot where other car is exiting; engages driver of the vehicle they’re focused on.]
MR: Hey Buddy.
Driver: How’re you?
MR: I’m good, who you working for?
Male (driving away): TMZ.
MR: Yeah, right.
LR: Yeah, okay. Piece of sh–.
MR: Yeah, they’re not TMZ.
LR: Because TMZ and photographers, they would, they follow you only to get the shot.
MR: Where’s your camera? You don’t want a shot? You’re from TMZ and you don’t want a shot?
LR: Yeah.
MR: Hah. Right.
[00:02:11.002]
Producer (off camera): Mike how do they find us?
MR: By tracking your airline reservations.
Producer: That’s legal?
MR: No. But you can do it.
Producer: But it’s an intimidation tactic, right?
LR: Well, it doesn’t intimidate me. Makes me want to retaliate. You know? Cuz I’m not going to f—ing stand for it. It’s one thing if it’s paparazzi. Because that’s the business that I’m in.
But I’m not in the business of being stalked by f—ing ass—– I don’t know.
[00:02:38.392]
[Black screen]
[Screen: 1950
SCIENCE FICTION WRITER L. RON HUBBARD PUBLISHES “DIANETICS”
LRH: I am the writer of the textbooks of Scientology. The aim and goal is to put man in a, a mental condition ah, where he him- can solve his own problems.]
[00:02:44.012]
[Screen: THE BASIS FOR A NEW RELIGION. Scientology cross; geometric embellishments; montage of Hubbard photos coming into focus and zooming in from the four screen corners]
LR (in studio): It offers you a sense of purpose in life.
[Screen: Large 3D grayscale Scientology cross, zooming out. Geometric embellishments behind cross.]
LR: Not only are you fixing yourself. But you’re also helping mankind.
[00:02:59.971]
[Screen: Transition frames (“horizontal blinds”) Image desaturates over a few frames.]
[Black screen, white wavy lines on left]
[Screen: Faint cross in a circle, lower left. Wavy lines left and right.]
FOR 35 YEARS (fading in)
FOR 35 YEARS
LEAH REMINI WAS A DEVOUT SCIENTOLOGIST
[Scene: Scientology promotional video
LEAH REMINI
Celebrity Centre Annual Gala, 1999
LR: Without any Scientology organization things are going to change on this planet.]
[Transition frames. Horizontal blinds, wavy lines left and right. Image desaturating.]
[Transition frames. Horizontal blinds effect on text and background cross image.]
[00:03:13.341]
[Screen: 2013
LEAH PUBLICLY SPLIT WITH THE CHURCH
Female reporter: After years of slowly questioning Scientology…
[New York Post: TV star quits Scientology]
Male reporter: Leah Remini in her very public break with Scientology….]
[People: Leah Remini: MY ESCAPE FROM SCIENTOLOGY]
[00:03:21.231]
[Scene: Black bird lights on Scientology cross atop the Super Power building in Clearwater. Scene fades to black.]
[00:03:21.831]
[Black screen]
LR (in studio): I didn’t want to find out that what I had done my whole life was a lie.
[Black screen]
[00:03:26.851]
[Screen: Scientology cross over a geometric design; grayscale. Low opacity, blurred.]
NOW LEAH WILL EXPOSE [fading in]
[Screen: centered Scientology cross; geometric embellishments]
NOW LEAH WILL EXPOSE
[Scene: LR and MR approach a white door]
[Scene: LR and MR approach a gray door]
[Scene: LR and MR at a blue door. LR rings the bell]
[Scene: LR hugging blonde woman wearing a blue blouse; restaurant setting]
[00:03:32.841]
[Screen: No text. Dark screen, low opacity grayscale Scientology cross left of center]
[00:03:33.814]
[00:03:36.183]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR [fading in, zooming in]
Subliminal Sequence
[00:03:36.216]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR RELIGION
[00:03:36.250]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR
[00:03:36.283]
[00:03:36.316]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION
[00:03:36.350]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR
[00:03:36.383]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR CULT
[00:03:36.416]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR
[00:03:36.450]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR RELIGION
[00:03:36.483]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR
[00:03:36.516]
[00:03:36.550]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION
[00:03:36.583]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR
[00:03:36.617]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR CULT
[00:03:36.650]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR
[00:03:36.683]
[00:03:36.717]
THE ABUSES OF THIS BILLION DOLLAR RELIGION
LEAH REMINI
SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH [fading in]
[00:04:09.216]
[Black screen]
[…]
[00:43:58.923]
LR (in car with MR): It’s one thing to tell a story, for me. It’s another thing to actually do something that’s actually going to help people.
LR (in studio): What can we do?
What can you do?
What can you do?
What can our lawyers do here? I don’t know what those things are. But I have to find a way to, to bring justice to some of these people who’ve been victimized, and to prevent anything in the future from happening from this cult or another cult.
LR (in studio): I don’t want people to feel powerless because something seems more powerful than you.
Do something. You can do something.
[00:44:34.913]
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.34.913
[Screen: ON THE NEXT EPISODE]
[Scene: Aaron Smith-Levin in a living room setting]
ASL (crying): We’re twin brothers, we spent every day of our lives together.
ASL (in studio): I characterized my state of mind at that time as being similar to the Hitler youth.
ASL (crying): They said, “There’s been an accident, and your brother has died.”
[Scene: family photos]
LR (in studio): Do you know the pain of this mother and this brother, going, “we gave up a relationship to the Church of Scientology.” And now he’s gone.
ASL (crying): Unconditional love does not exist in Scientology.
LR: Right.
Subliminal sequence
[Black screen]
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.604
Photo: Collin Smith-Levin (67 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.638S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.671
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.705
Photo caption: COLLIN SMITH-LEVIN (33 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.738
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.771
Photo: Collin in a course room scene (67 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.805S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.838
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.871
Sea Org member group shot; Flag SO members (34 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.905
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.938
Smith-Levin family photo (67 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.44.59.972S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.005
S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.038
Photo: Collin (34 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.072
S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.105
Photo: Aaron and Collin in a course room (67 ms.)
S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.138S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.172
S1E5(YT) | 00.45.00.205
Notes
Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath: Golden Era (Season 1, Episode 5). (2016-12-27). IMDB. ↩
