WHOM
SHALL I FEAR
A priest and a private investigator who share a complicated past reconnect to solve the disappearance of a teenage girl, uncovering a sadistic cult with far-reaching influence.
WHOM
-
Story by: Jennifer Andrews,
Jason Wright, & Sean Berube
Directed By: Andrew Rosenfeld
- Next
The
Premise
Ezra King is a military veteran who, after a tragic mistake in Afghanistan, has turned to a quiet life of service as a Catholic priest. When one of his teenage parishioners goes missing, he feels compelled to help her and her family, leading him to reconnect with Logan Dubois, who served alongside him. Logan was like a brother to Ezra, but his involvement in the mistake that caused Ezra to leave the military leads to lingering resentments. Logan has since become a private investigator and family man, although unlike Ezra, a quiet life does not appeal to him. What appears at first to be a simple disappearance uncovers a sadistic cult with influence that reaches far beyond what Ezra and Logan could have imagined.
SEason Summaries
Episode ONE
Ezra learns about the disappearance of Izzy Perez, one of his teenage parishioners. When the police prove unhelpful in finding out what happened, he teams up with Logan, his old friend from their time in the military. The two discover that Izzy was kidnapped by Preston Mills, an aspiring model who gave her to a cult to be sacrificed. Through flashbacks, we see Izzy’s sacrifice at the hands of the cult. Ezra and Logan are too late to stop her death, and as they arrive at the scene, Preston dies in the trunk of Logan’s car, appearing to be strangled by an unseen force. The police arrive on the scene.
Episode TWO
Logan and Ezra face charges for negligent homicide. Preston appears to have died of natural causes, and Logan and Ezra are left questioning what they saw at the end of the last episode. It seems easier to believe that the death really was natural. Gia and Bishop Whitman bail Logan and Ezra out of jail, respectively. Neither of them are happy about this, and we’ll explore the conflicts that the arrest causes. Despite this, Ezra and Logan continue to investigate. Logan has a connection with an evidence custodian who has been interested in him for years. Although Logan is faithful to Gia, he isn’t above using this situation to his advantage to get Preston’s phone out of police custody.
Episode THREE
Along with his cell from from evidence, Preston's body goes missing from the morgue prompting Detective Herrera to try calling his number. When Logan and Ezra pick up, it’s obvious that they’ve continued interfering in the case. The evidence custodian is caught up in this conflict, and ends up calling Logan for help, much to Gia’s annoyance. We’ll also start to see glimpses in the daily lives of Logan, Ezra, and Michelle.
Episode Four
Logan and Ezra continue going through Preston’s phone and it leads them to another location with the symbol. At this point, Preston confronts them. A fight ensues, and Preston is much stronger than before. While Logan was easily able to handle Preston during their previous confrontation, he puts up much more of a fight, and it takes both Logan and Ezra to fight him off. Preston takes his phone back and leaves. Herrera tracks the phone and finds Ezra and Logan. He’s prepared to take them into custody for interfering with evidence, but they tell him they don’t have the phone and that Preston took it back. Herrera doesn’t believe them, but then he gets a call from the police station that changes his perspective…
Episode FIVE
Izzy shows up at the police station, looking disheveled but very much alive, with no evidence of the sacrifice we saw in the first episode. She has no memory of what has happened to her. The last thing she recalls is meeting up with Preston. Between the reappearance of Izzy and the disappearance of Preston’s body, the charges against Logan and Ezra are dropped. Although everyone pushes for Ezra and Logan to accept the case as complete, they can’t let go of how strange the situation is.
Episode SIX
Izzy makes a connection with Michelle at school. We’ll see a friendship start to develop between these two as well as Jennifer. This concerns Logan, and prompts him and Ezra to keep trying to research leads and look into the strange symbol. Desperate for help, Ezra asked Bishop Whitman for guidance. Bishop Whitman mentions that a group of Satanists are known to meet in town. Ezra and Logan find their next meeting and burst in, expecting to stop a sacrifice.
Episode Seven
The Satanists are revealed as a false lead. They are LeVeyan-inspired occultist nerds, and while their rituals appear odd at first, they explain their views to Ezra and Logan, prompting some humor and discussion. They form an unlikely alliance with Ezra and Logan, helping them research the occult background of the symbol and the other facts Logan and Ezra have uncovered about the cult. Meanwhile, Izzy continues to act strangely, bringing Jennifer and Michelle back to the location where she was “sacrificed.”
Episode Eight
With the help of the Satanists, Ezra and Logan get a lead on a location that the cult is headed toward. They follow them here, leading to a chase scene and confrontation where one of the cult members falls, or is seemingly pushed, off an overpass.
Episode NINE
Ezra and Logan feel they are closing in on the cult, but they suddenly get a call from Michelle’s school. There’s been an explosion, and several students are injured. Ezra and Logan will eventually realize that Michelle is not at the school because she left with Izzy. During this episode, the incident triggers flashbacks for Ezra, and the full storyline of what occurred in Afghanistan between Ezra and Logan will be revealed. During a confrontation with a high-value target, Ezra accidentally shot a hostage. Logan stepped in and shot the target, then called in for an evacuation. Ezra wanted to stay and help the hostage, but Logan told him there was no time, and this has led to lingering resentment and pushed Ezra to leave the military. At the end of the episode, Logan and Ezra will get a text with Michelle’s location, taunting them to come watch the sacrifice.
Episode TEN
During this episode, it will be revealed that Izzy and Preston have both been possessed by the demon that the cult follows. They will take over leadership of the cult. The season will end ambiguously, with viewers wondering whether Michelle has been saved or if she has been sacrificed.
Future Storylines
Spending more time around Logan will bring Ezra’s trauma to the surface, and he’ll begin to slowly unravel, losing some of his priestly values and turning back to his old ways. This will be subtle during the first season, but will continue to worsen as the show progresses. Conversely, Logan, when faced with threats to his family, will realize that what matters most to him isn’t being a bad-ass, but protecting the people he loves most.
