Under the Banner of Heaven
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Joseph Smith started the Mormon Church in 1830, but polygamy wouldnt be practiced publicly for another 20 years.
The two detectives arrive at the Lowes home to find it empty.
The place looks like its been trashed.
The prophet is praying for your investigation, the secretary tells Pyre, who smiles with palpable relief.
Thats all were gonna need, he says.
Rons pissed, but as Bascom later tells Pyre, his anger was directed at Dan, not Diane.
But if Dan knew about it, he didnt pay attention.
Hmm, something tells me thats gonna backfire.
And should the law come around, the faithful will be arranged under the banner of heaven against them.
That last quote is from early Mormon prophet John Taylor, and Dan digs it, man.
Dan gets one last bit of recommended reading: a pro-polygamy pamphlet calledThe Peace Maker.
Starting to think maybe this guys about as unhinged as the rest of his fam.
Pyres reaching a breaking point.
So he tells the press he suspects fundamentalist Mormonism to be at the root of it all.
Honestly, it was hard for me to keep up with all of it.
Ive seen recurring concerns that the dialogue in the show is a bit stilted.
But in cases like these, the underlying emotional reality is pretty much always accurate.
