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EPISODE 2 STARTS NOW [Fades in]
[Screen: The Church of Scientology challenges the credibility of the contributors appearing on this program, and their statements.
As of the airing of this episode, the Church has not agreed to participate.
The Church disputes many of the statements made by Leah Remini and Mike Rinder.
…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… (Church of Scientology letter 09/09/2016)]
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[Scene: Los Angeles; Griffith Observatory; Celebrity Centre]
LR (in moving SUV): Hello?
Female: Hi.
LR: Hi, Baby.
Baby, I totally understand what predicament you’re in. I really do. They’re saying the only, the reason you’re feeling this way about the Church is because you are connected to suppression. Even though you’re saying–. No, cuz something happened to me. It’s gaslighting. It makes you absolutely insane. That’s the purpose of it.
And the purpose of my show is to validate these people’s stories who’ve been told that it’s their fault.
Okay, my love, we’ll talk. Okay. Bye, Baby.
LR (to MR): This makes me so sick. Like I want to cry. I want to cry from this phone call.
Somebody reached out to me and said they want to tell their story. But not on television. The story that she’s telling me was that she was molested when she was under age.
In a way I’m glad the cameras are here. Because this is what Mike and I do–.
MR: –Day in, day out.
LR: –all day, all night. When the cameras are not rolling. And, and our job is to simply be there for them. As much as we can.
And when we say “Are you willing to do anything?” A lot of times they say no.
MR: And we say, Okay.
LR: It says a lot about the people who are talking–
MR: Right.
LR: –who have talked. Not just to us, Mike. But to people who go on blogs and say “This happened to me.” But anybody coming on this show is taking such a big stand because of the repercussions. And, and it says a lot about the people who said, “Yes, I’ll talk to you guys on camera.”
MR: It sure does.
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[Screen: 1950
SCIENCE FICTION WRITER L. RON HUBBARD PUBLISHES “DIANETICS”
L. Ron Hubbard: I am the writer of the textbooks of Scientology.
Screen: THE BASIS FOR A NEW RELIGION]
[Scene: Montage of Hubbard and Scientology images.]
LRH: The aim and goal is to put man in a, a mental condition, ah, where he him- can solve his own problems.
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[Scene: LEAH REMINI
Celebrity Centre Annual Gala, 1999
LR: Without any Scientology organization, things are not going to change on this planet.]
[Screen: FOR 35 YEARS LEAH REMINI WAS A DEVOUT SCIENTOLOGIST]
[Screen: 2013
LEAH PUBLICLY SPLIT WITH THE CHURCH]
[Archive news clips:
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]
[Screen: 2016
LEAH EXPOSES THE ABUSES OF SCIENTOLOGY]
[Scenes from previous episodes: Amy Scobee; Tom DeVocht: Marc Headley; Claire Headley]
LR: Stop lying to people that they hold their eternity in their hands. Stop telling parents that it doesn’t matter what you do this lifetime, other than Scientology.
LR: If your religion is so amazing, and doing all these amazing things for the world, then it should stand up to some questioning.
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[Screen: NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO…
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LEAH REMINI
SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH [Fading in.]
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[Scene: city skyline; Blue buildings; PAC base; SUV on city street]
Source: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: The Ultimate Failure of Scientology (Season 2, Episode 2). (2017-08-22), Scientology and the Aftermath. IMDB. ↩
