Transcript: Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath (Season 2 Episode 05): Subliminal messaging (2017)

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[Screen: ON AUGUST 29
LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH
SHARED LIZ GALE’S FAMILY STORY]

LR: It’s not an easy thing to just walk away from something you’ve known your whole life.

[Screen: THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FIRED BACK]

[Scene: Scientology website
Highlighted: “Sacrificing good people like Marie Gale on the altar of Leah Remini’s ego shows that the empress of hate has no clothes–it’s Remini’s transparent goal to spread hate to the point where nothing is too tasteless, too shameless or too offensive to be considered off limits.]

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[Screen: BUT SURVIVORS CONTINUE TO COME FORWARD
EPISODE 4 STARTS NOW]

[Screen: The Church of Scientology 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.
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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[Screen: In 1986, David Miscavige announced the death of L. Ron Hubbard to Scientologists.]

[Scene: Scientology Briefing
January 24, 1986
DM: Thank you. At 2000 hours Friday, the 24th of January, AD 36

[Screen: A.D. (AFTER DIANETICS
The method by which Scientologists record dates in history. It is based on the year 1950, when Dianetics was written.]

DM: L. Ron Hubbard discarded the body he had used in this lifetime for seventy-four years, ten months, and eleven days. The body he had used to facilitate his existence in this MEST universe had ceased to be useful. And in fact had become an impediment to the work he now must do outside of its confines.]

[Scene: photo of Hubbard]

MR: After the death of L. Ron Hubbard, Miscavige set about consolidating his power as the undisputed heir to Hubbard.

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[Screen: In 1992, David Miscavige appeared on television to defend his leadership, and publicly denounce other high ranking officials.]

[Scene: Nightline
February 1992
Nightline: My guest is David Miscavige. Ah, you are now the head of the Church of Scientology.
DM: Yes.
DM: The one girl there that was complaining about it, a girl named Vicki Aznaran. This is a girl who was kicked out for trying to bring criminals into the Church.
Nightline: You say girl, I think we’re talking about a grown woman, right?
DM: A grown woman, excuse me. A lady. Vicki Aznaran was a lady.
Nightline: And you and she were at one point rivals for the leadership?
DM: Absolutely not.]

MR: He started removing from their positions anybody who was in the hierarchy and was a recognized figure in Scientology, starting with Mary Sue Hubbard. He subsequently got rid of Dede and Gail Reisdorf, Pat and Annie Broeker and everybody connected to them and everybody that might have been allied to them.

[Power chart:
L. Ron Hubbard
Mary Sue Hubbard
EXECUTIVE TIER DISPLACED BY DAVID MISCAVIGE

Author Services, Inc.
Terri Gamboa
Norman Starkey
Barbara Ruiz

Religious Technology Center
Pat Broeker
Annie Broeker
Vicki Aznaran
Jesse Prince
Steve Marlowe
Marty Rathbun
Bitty Miscavige
Shelly Miscavige

Church of Scientology International
Dede Reisdorf
Gale Reisdorf
Heber Jentzsch
Guillaume Lesevre
Ray Mithoff
Mark Yager

Church of Spiritual Technology
Russ Bellin

International Association of Scientologists (IAS
Janet McClaughlin]

LR: David Miscavige has two personas. One that’s you know the public persona, which is you know, hand-shaking and kissing babies. And you know, Scientologists are electrified meeting David Miscavige, because he’s the leader of the Church, and oh he’s so charming and he’s so powerful, he’s so charismatic. And then behind the scenes, he’s hurting people.

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[Scene: photo of David Miscavige
[Screen: David Miscavige
Current Leader of The Church of Scientology]

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[Black screen]

[Screen: 1950
SCIENCE FICTION WRITER L. RON HUBBARD PUBLISHES “DIANETICS”

LRH: I am the writer of the textbooks of Scientology.

[Screen: grayscale Scientology cross with geometric embellishments coming out of an erupting volcano.
THE BASIS FOR A NEW RELIGION]

LRH: The aim and goal is to put man in a, a mental condition ah where he him can solve his own problems.

[Scene: Scientology event video
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]

[Transition frames]

[Screen: 2013
LEAH PUBLICLY SPLIT WITH THE CHURCH]

[Scene: archive news clips
Reporter: After years of slowly questioning Scientology
Reporter: …Leah Remini in her very public break with Scientology…]

[Screen: 2016
LEAH EXPOSES THE ABUSES OF SCIENTOLOGY]

[Scene: 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 (in studio): If your religion is so amazing, and doing all these amazing things for the world, then it should stand up to some questioning.

[Scene: LR and MR knocking on a glass-paned door]

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[Screen: NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [zooms out]

[Dark background, blurred and low opacity Scientology cross symbol in background]

Subliminal sequence

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… SURVIVORS [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… VICTIMS [34 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… FIGHTERS [34 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… SURVIVORS [34 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… FIGHTERS [34 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… SURVIVORS [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [34 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… VICTIMS [66 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… [34 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO… FIGHTERS [33 ms.]

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NOW LEAH WILL GIVE A VOICE TO…

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[Scene: silhouette of Mirriam Francis]
VICTIMS

MF: I would repeat this line: “I want to die. I want to die.” That was my first idea of “I want to end my own life.”

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Subliminal sequence

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SURVIVORS [34 ms.]

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VICTIMS [33 ms.]

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HERETICS [34 ms.]

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SURVIVORS [34 ms.]

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VICTIMS [33 ms.]

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HERETICS [34 ms.]

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[Scene: silhouette of Mimi Faust]
SURVIVORS

[Scene: Mimi Faust talking with LR and MR in an office setting]

MF: You gave me up at thirteen years old. How could you think that this was okay? For me?

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[Scene: dark grayscale background. Blurred Scientology cross symbol in background.]

Subliminal sequence

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SURVIVORS [33 ms.]

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VICTIMS [34 ms.]

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HERETICS [33 ms.]

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SURVIVORS [34 ms.]

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VICTIMS [34 ms.]

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HERETICS [33 ms.]

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[Scene: silhouette of Paul Haggis.]
FIGHTERS

PH (to LR and MR): These people are doing extreme things. And they need to be held accountable.

[Scene: Lauren Haggis welcoming LR and MR into her home.]

LR (off camera): For us to do more of this, we wanted to do something that could help these people.

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[Screen: Grayscale blurred Scientology cross background fading in.]
AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [fading in]

Subliminal sequence

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR RELIGION [33 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [34 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION [67 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [33 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR CULT [33 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [34 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR RELIGION [66 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [34 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION [33 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [33 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR CULT [34 ms.]

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AS THEY CHALLENGE THIS BILLION DOLLAR [67 ms.]

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RELIGION
[Scene: Ideal Org chapel scene fades in]

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[Scene: different Ideal Org chapel]
RELIGION

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CORPORATION [34 ms.]

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EMPIRE [34 ms.]

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RELIGION [34 ms.]

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CORPORATION [33 ms.]

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CULT [33 ms.]

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RELIGION [67 ms.]

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[Scene: Ideal Org information kiosk]
CORPORATION

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[Scene: Bridge assembly line]
CORPORATION

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CULT [33 ms.]

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RELIGION [33 ms.]

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CORPORATION [33 ms.]

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CULT [66 ms.]

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RELIGION [33 ms.]

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CORPORATION [66 ms.]

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[Scene: KSW event]
EMPIRE

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[Black screen]

MR (in car to LR): We need to do more than simply document stuff.

LR (in driver’s seat, to woman beside her): You got this.

[Scene: Courthouse]

LR (to camera): People will continue to speak. People will continue to fight.

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[Scene: grayscale Scientology cross, zooming out.]

Subliminal sequence

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BELIEVER [33 ms.]

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ENEMY [33 ms.]

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SURVIVOR [33 ms.]

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OUTCAST [33 ms.]

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TRAITOR [67 ms.]

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BELIEVER [33 ms.]

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TRAITOR [67 ms.]

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BELIEVER

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TRAITOR [67 ms.]

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ENEMY [33 ms.]

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DEFECTOR [34 ms.]

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LEAH REMINI (zooming out)

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LEAH REMINI
SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH (fading in)

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[Scene: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; freeway scene]

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