S01E01 You're Next
Investigative journalist Jeff Sefton has learned to laugh off his younger brother Nate's relentless string of obsessions, especially his latest rant that a hit TV show intends to harm him. However, when his brother mysteriously...
Cult
Seeing is deceiving.
S01E01: You're Next
Investigative journalist Jeff Sefton has learned to laugh off his younger brother Nate's relentless string of obsessions, especially his latest rant that a hit TV show intends to harm him. However, when his brother mysteriously disappears, Jeff takes Nate's paranoia seriously, and in the process uncovers the dark underworld of the TV series "Cult" and its rabid fans, who are obsessed with the show's charismatic cult leader, Billy Grimm. As the show's gruesome plot twists begin to play out in the real world, Jeff enlists the help of a young research assistant Skye in a race to save Nate and unravel the mystery behind the TV series whose hardcore fans would literally kill to see what happens next...
Overview
After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, an inquisitive, young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult joins a journalist blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program, in real life.
Episodes
S01E02 In the Blood
Jeff enlists tech-savvy E.J. to help in his search for his brother Nate. Skye finally reveals to Jeff that she took the researcher job on “Cult” to learn more about Steven Rae. Meanwhile, at the...
S01E03 Being Billy
Jeff finds a surprise visitor in Nate’s apartment who tells him about a dangerous on-campus game that Nate had been hosting known as "Being Billy," which involves role-playing scenes from past "Cult" episodes. Jeff and...
S01E04 Get with the Program
Jeff tells Skye about Ama, a woman he met on a “Cult” fan site who claims that her husband is missing after becoming obsessed with the show. When they finally meet her, Jeff notices that...
S01E05 The Kiss
Jeff receives news that one of Nate’s friends might be planning something at an upcoming “Cult” fan costume party, so Jeff and Skye attend the party dressed as Billy and Kelly. At the party, Skye’s...
S01E06 The Good Fight
Skye collapses the morning after the “Cult” fan party, suffering a serious reaction to the drug she was slipped. The doctors urge Jeff to locate a sample of the drug so they can find a...
S01E07 Suffer the Children
E.J. slips Jeff a copy of Sakelik’s police personnel file which reveals that Sakelik was taken into custody by Child Protective Services 25 years ago after being found with other abandoned children at a house...
S01E08 The Devil You Know
Jeff and Skye struggle to find evidence against Sakelik to use as leverage to gain information on Nate. Stuart invites Roger to a weekend getaway at his Santa Barbara estate. Skye has lunch with her...
S01E09 Off to See the Wizard
Jeff and Skye learn about a new initiates meeting of the True Believers. Skye plans to infiltrate the meeting with Jeff following close behind. While Skye and her fellow newbie’s are being driven to the...
S01E10 The Prophecy of St. Clare
On the set of the television show “Cult,” Skye consoles Edie MacDonald, the actress who plays Meadow, after she confesses to being spooked by a pair of figurines she recognizes from her childhood. Jeff and...
S01E11 Flip the Script
Jeff and Skye question Dr. Kimble's teaching assistant, Allegra, and the three discover that Kimble's lab has been ransacked. Allegra identifies Phillip Kellian's manuscript as being almost identical to one of Kimble's. Skye discovers that...
S01E12 1987
Stuart tasks Nate with deciphering the copy of Kellian's manuscript but Cameron remains skeptical that Nate can uncover the answers about the Moon Hill parents. Nate reveals to Stuart that 32 followers disappeared from Moon...
S01E13 Executive Producer Steven Rae
Jeff promises to help Skye find answers about her missing father; Nate talks Jeff into solving the mystery once and for all.
Cast
Alona Tal
Kelly Collins
Robert Knepper
Billy Grimm
Jessica Lucas
Skye Yarrow
Matthew Davis
Jeff
Jeffrey Pierce
Stuart
Kadeem Hardison
Paz
James Pizzinato
Nate
Christian Michael Cooper
Andy
Shauna Johannesen
Meadow Roberts
Marie Avgeropoulos
Kirstie
