The Path
TV Show • 2016 • Drama
ReportThe Path explores the unknown and mysterious world of the cult-like Meyerist Movement in upstate New York. At the center of the movement lies Eddie, a conflicted husband; Sarah, his devoted wife; and Cal, an ambitious leader. We follow each as they contend with deep issues involving relationships, faith, and power.
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It is revealed that Cal was sexually assaulted, talked about not shown.
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It is revealed that Cal was sexually assaulted, talked about not shown.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Sorta - Hawk and Noa have a relationship. He is 16, she is in her early twenties. Could be upsetting based on the viewer’s country/law/culture. It’s also mentioned that Mary was molested as young as 11, but this is never shown. Several references to child sexual abuse, discussed not shown.
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Is there a dead animal?
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In season 2 episode 1, Sarah accidentally hits a fawn with her car. She tries to help it by stopping the bleeding, but she can’t. She looks up and sees the mother watching and then cries. Eddie sees a dead bird in a vision, not graphic or lingered on. A skinned rabbit is briefly shown in season 3.
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Mentions of children being molested at a young age. A boy’s (15) mother is prepared to disown him for doubting the beliefs of the cult.
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Is rape mentioned?
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It is talked about how Mary was sold into prostitution by her father at a very young age. A woman admits that she allowed a man to molest her son.
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Is someone tortured?
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A lot of psychological torture - people are kept in a cell for days, weeks being relentlessly questioned
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Is there domestic violence?
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In season 2 episode 13 a man commits suicide by setting himself on fire (offscreen). There’s mention of Eddie’s brother committing suicide throughout the series.
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A very intense storyline towards the end of the series where a character prepares to commit suicide, writing letters to his family and tying up loose ends. He takes a gun into the woods, but other characters intervene in time and are able to stop him. A woman walks on ice over a lake with the intent to commit suicide. The ice cracks beneath her feet. However, she decides against this and makes it safely off of the ice to get help.
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A woman deliberately holds her hand over fire until it starts to burn, then quickly pulls it away.
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Are there jump scares?
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Minimal, but yes - some of Eddie’s visions come on very suddenly and unpredictably
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Cal is punched in the face repeatedly and his mouth bleeds, but, if I’m remembering correctly, it does not show any teeth specific damage. In season 3 episode 6, a man is hit in the face with a baseball bat. His mouth bleeds, but no teeth specifically are shown.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Infrequent, but yes. A scene where Mary is shown completely nude except for underwear in the first episode. After that, I don’t think there’s nudity, maybe blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, but nothing severe.
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Is there shakey cam?
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End of season 2 episode 3 - when Richard is chanting in the woods the camera begins to shake
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Is someone burned alive?
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No, but a cult member has burn scars on their hands.
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Is there a large age gap?
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It seems like there might be a large gap between Cal and Mary, but it isn’t said explicitly. Hawk and Noa have a brief relationship, even though he’s 16 and she’s in her early 20’s.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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A bottle is thrown at a wall, and shards of glass hit Cal in the face, cutting him. This isn’t shown in detail and it doesn’t show him pulling the glass out or anything like that.
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Is someone drugged?
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Characters are made to drink smoothies with drugs in them. It seems that they are aware of what is in the smoothies. The cult drugs people with something like a truth serum.
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Sort of; Cal uses Mary for sex, then Mary uses someone else sexually to get drugs. This storyline isn’t glamorized in any way and is resolved within a few episodes. Cal is a victim of the cult as a child then grows up to victimize others in the cult.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Season 2 episode 8, an unconscious man is injected with something. This is easy to see coming before it actually happens with the needle appearing on screen before the injection happens.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is someone restrained?
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Season 2 episode 8 Eddie is tied to a chair. Season 3 episode 1, a woman is violently restrained, however, she explicitly asks for this to happen.
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Is there childbirth?
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In season 1 there’s a childbirth scene. A woman is in a tub as her family surrounds her. There are brief shots of her body underwater but it’s dark and difficult to see anything graphic.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Mary cheats on her boyfriend with another woman.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Yeah, pretty frequently. Eddie is seen screaming and freaking out after being locked in a cell and questioned for 2 weeks. Cal frequently has nervous outbursts of some sort.
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Is someone stalked?
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Allison is stalked early on. She tries to go home to her grandparents but cult members follow her there to try to bring her back. A character is followed after they leave the cult.
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Is there addiction?
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Mary is a recovering drug addict. Cal is an alcoholic who relapses several times.
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Does someone cheat?
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Several affairs and incidents of cheating happen throughout the series. A woman is pregnant with another man’s baby.
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Does the black guy die first?
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No, I don’t think it would count in this category, but let me elaborate in case I’m wrong - the first person to die (offscreen) is a white man. The first person to die onscreen is a man of, I believe, indigenous origins.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Some bruised knuckles after fights, but nothing severe.
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Are there bedbugs?
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No - while lying in a bed in a shelter, Hawk says something about feeling like bugs are crawling over him. But none are.
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Are there snakes?
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Eddie has a recurring vision of a comatose man with a large snake on him. The snake reappears in Eddie’s visions, once in a room with him, and once crawling on him while he is asleep. A snake attacks a bird, presumably to eat it.
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Is someone choked?
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Yes, with a rope, but it’s willingly.
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Does someone overdose?
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A character is high. Another character intentionally gives him more heroin so he overdoses.
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Is someone stabbed?
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A man suddenly stabs another man in the neck with broken glass in a fit of rage.
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Does someone spit?
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Mary’s father spits in Cal’s face. It happens a few episodes in when Cal and Mary go to confront her father in a trailer. Look away for a few seconds after Cal confronts him.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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It is mentioned several times that a man either jumped off or fell off a mountain. In season 2 episode 1 a man is struck by lightning and falls off a mountain.
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Mary is seen taking LSD. Cult members take psychedelics as part of cult rituals.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Characters are shown individually taking showers at points in the series, no nudity.
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Is someone homeless?
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Cal hands out flyers to homeless people advertising the cult. A man talks about being kicked out of his own building to the man who bought the building.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Cal is knocked unconscious at least once. Eddie is knocked unconscious in season 2.
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Does someone have cancer?
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It is mentioned that a group of people are facing illnesses, one of which being cancer, from toxic water.
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Does a parent die?
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Not onscreen but it’s mentioned that Ashley’s father died from drunk driving. Cal’s mother dies after being sick for a long time.
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A young deer dies early in season 2.
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Is religion discussed?
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Frequently - a main storyline throughout is about Eddie having a crisis of faith
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Is an animal sad?
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A mother deer sees her dead baby. Quick but sad shot.
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Is there incarceration?
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A teenager is put in juvenile for 48 hours.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there BDSM?
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In season 3 episode 1, a man and a woman engage in some sort of bizarre ritual. The woman feels guilty, so she has a man bind her chest/throat/upper abdomen and slowly pull to “choke the transgress out of her.” It is later implied that this was a somewhat sexual experience for the woman.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Cal’s mother is, I believe she has liver failure due to alcoholism.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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In season 3 episode 1, dead rabbits are seen skinned. The deaths are not seen, just the aftermath. Some rabbits are captured in a cage because they are eating vegetables from a community garden, however, nothing suggests that anyone harms them.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Sarah has an intense nightmare that her kids are almost hit by a car.
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Is there gun violence?
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In the series finale, a character is fatally shot by accident. The shooter was aiming for a different character. In season 3 episode 6, character is held at gunpoint and is told he will be shot if someone else doesn’t win a bet. However, the person wins, and the character is let go. Some gunshots are heard in this scene as a person practices shooting at a target on the wall, no people are injured.
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Does someone vomit?
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Cal vomits in season 1, but it’s not shown just heard. A man vomits onscreen beginning of season 2 episode 8. He is tied up and then says something like, “you dosed me?” he vomits right after saying that so look away for a few seconds then. In season 3 episode 1 a man vomits offscreen, not shown but heard.
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