God Friended Me

Previously, on "God Friended Me":

They're nominating you to become bishop of New York.

- I love you. - I love you, too.

- Pria? - It's nice to meet you.

You said you were looking for Henry?

Pria won some award in college.

Her name was on the trophy.

Pria Amar. Henry Chase.

Simon Hayes?

Look, Henry can't admit the fact

that I'm about to fulfill the dream

that he walked away from.

Okay, your team from Palo Alto.

I want to know what you're working on.

That's why I'm here.

It won't take me long to find your source.

I think FreeVerse can put

the "Millennial Prophet" on the map.

Only thing we ask for in return:

We wouldn't want anyone else talking about the God Account.

The God Account isn't just yours.

- It's all of ours. - But we had a deal.

Well, I'm sorry. Things changed.

Yeah, I guess they have.

What are you doing here?

I wanted to talk.

There's nothing to talk about.

Of course there is.

Please.

Look, Miles...

I'm sorry.

We had a deal.

I don't write about the God Account,

just the people that we help,

and I should've told you the minute my editor

asked me to write about Simon Hayes,

so we could've talked about it.

Talked about what, exactly?

Well, that the deal had to change.

That it had to, or that you wanted it to?

I mean, my editor asked me

to write a story. That's my job.

So you could've said no!

Okay, but I shouldn't have to.

Look, I am sorry that things changed,

but the God Account is all of ours.

So that makes everything you did okay?

No. It makes me human.

I made a mistake,

and we need to figure out a way to move past this.

I have to go.

I have a meeting at FreeVerse

that I should be excited about,

but like you said,

things change.

Rakesh. Hey.

Hey.

This is the new team from Palo Alto?

Mm-hmm, yeah.

Yeah, I'd love to meet them, get things started.

Yeah, actually, there's been a...

a bit of a development.

Okay. What kind of development?

Uh, a leak, actually.

Someone's been talking to a reporter.

Reporter, huh?

Yeah, you know her.

Uh, actually, I think you're quite good friends with her.

Cara Bloom?

Okay, Simon, I can explain this.

Can you? Because she knew that I was

bringing my entire team out here to work for you,

although that last part is no longer correct.

Wait, you're firing me?

I'm protecting my project.

Okay, all right, Simon, look.

Yes, Cara and I are friends, but you can trust me!

Okay? I was the one

who saved your project from being destroyed by Henry!

I implemented your security! I am your security,

- and you need me, Simon. - Rakesh, Rakesh.

I appreciate all that you've done,

okay, but we're at a critical phase right now.

After eight months of testing, I'm finally ready

to end the trial phase

and show everybody what we've been doing this entire time,

so if you'll excuse me,

I really need to get back to work.

Simon, hear me out. Just r...

You can drop your badge off at security on the way out.

Cara, I just checked my inbox.

Where's your story?

Uh, I just need to give it a quick polish:

dot i's, cross t's.

Look,

I know you've been struggling with this.

I understand your relationship with Miles,

but that article needs to go online

before Simon Hayes announces at the gala tomorrow night.

I know.

I'm trusting you, Cara.

Don't make me regret it.

As you know, we put your podcast episodes

on our platform last week,

and while that's obviously not a lot of time,

it's allowed us to get a sense of where things are.

And where are they?

The "Millennial Prophet"

is the number one new show on FreeVerse.

What?

Miles, it's blowing up!

Everyone wants to find out who's behind the God Account.

It's everything we could've hoped for.

Wow. I don't know what to say.

You should be thrilled. I'm thrilled.

No, no, I-I-I am,

I am. It's... it's just, um...

My friend, Cara, is a journalist at "Catapult,"

and she's planning on writing an article

about Simon Hayes being behind the God Account.

- Are you kidding? - I... I wish I was.

Miles, we had a deal.

I told you that FreeVerse

had to have exclusive rights to the God Account.

This... this is not what I want, believe me.

Whatever you tell me to do, I'll do it.

There's only one thing you can do.

Go home right now and record a new episode.

Announce that Simon Hayes is behind the God Account.

We'll get it up on FreeVerse

before her article drops and Simon announces.

If your listeners find out who's behind the God Account

from anyone other than you,

this has all been for nothing.

Welcome to a special episode of the "Millennial Prophet."

For the last eight months,

a single question

has driven this podcast:

who's behind the God Account?

Well, today, I can finally answer that.

You want to know what's really going on?

I think all of this is gonna come crashing down...

my podcast, my relationship with Cara, all of it...

and the worst part about it is

I don't know how to fix it.

I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

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Wait, so the God Account checked in

to Camp Mackinaw in upstate New York?

Has the God Account ever checked in anywhere before?

No, and so this must mean something.

You don't think that whoever's behind this

might actually be up there, do you?

Well, Simon Hayes is behind it,

so I think it's pretty safe to say no,

especially considering I just saw him

meeting with his team from Palo Alto

right before he fired me.

Rakesh, I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Well, he also told me

he's shutting down the trial phase.

Wait, what does that mean?

Well, I think you're the trial phase, Miles,

which means whatever happens next with the God Account,

I'm pretty sure we're not going to be a part of it.

- Dad. - Hey.

What are you doing here?

Um, the election results for the bishop's race

is supposed to come out in the next 48 hours,

so I needed to get out of the house,

find a distraction. So what's going on here?

Well, if you're looking for a distraction,

I give you exhibit A and B.

Want to fill me in?

Rakesh thinks Simon Hayes

is going to shut down the God Account

and take it away from us.

No more Friend Suggestions?

I mean, we're not sure. I-I got an alert earlier

about some camp in upstate New York,

and I figured, hey, I might as well

go ahead and check it out.

You're kidding.

No. Why?

I was planning on getting out of the city tomorrow,

clearing my mind, taking a drive,

and I thought I would head upstate.

Well, that is a hell of a coincidence.

Or maybe it's a sign, but what do you say, son?

Want to take a road trip?

You told Trish you loved her?

I did.

Well, that is great, Dad. I'm happy for the both of you.

Look at you!

You're in a great relationship, about to become bishop.

At least one of the Finer men

are headed in the right direction.

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That's the third text, by my count.