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Season 3  "Buying A Town"  3x9

Aired 5 years ago - Jan 22, 2019

In 1974, operating under an alias, the Church of Scientology moved into Clearwater, Florida, and proceeded to make the city its spiritual headquarters. In 1977, an FBI raid uncovered the Church's secret plans to take over the city. In this episode, Leah and Mike visit Clearwater and speak to some of the city's most prominent Scientology critics.

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Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 1
I do. I don't like it.
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and sell everything that we had
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And, you know, there's people at Flag right now
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 5
and people are screaming out of their car windows.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 6
standing out here trying to talk to your son.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 7
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 8
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 9
He tried to bring "The Apollo" to the United States in 1974,
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 10
to find a location to move to.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 11
and turn it into a Scientology city.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 12
Which nobody really understood, because it didn't exist.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 13
there were armed security guys
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 14
They have chosen us to be their spiritual headquarters,
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 15
that sparking Clearwater is not for sale.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 16
that explain and detail the activities
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 17
Uh, they detail the exact steps that were to be taken.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 18
Operation Italian Fog was intended
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 19
These documents are perhaps only the tip of the iceberg.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 20
You should hire me to handle this case".
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 21
They then activate their policies of
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 22
And that... wasn't that the objective
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 23
Scientology wants the police department
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 24
What group behaves like that?
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 25
And he considered it a criminal enterprise.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 26
always asked by a prosecutor was
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 27
That city commission hearing was a major watershed
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 28
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 29
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 30
had the city then not over-reached,
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 31
At that point, the city of Clearwater basically decided
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 32
additional properties that they were buying.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 33
They purchased vacant land.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 34
but because it sits across the street
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 35
than what it is.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 36
To try and rescind his funding,
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 37
He's punishing David Yates and the aquarium
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 38
The do that because they want to
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 39
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 40
and I met her and her husband,
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 41
They said "we are sent here by the Church of Scientology"
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 42
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 43
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 44
And I said I was going to take it myself.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 45
We had the criminal trial.
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 46
This is what a tax-exempt organization
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 47
that would come back on her, and the financial obligations
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 48
And I think, partly, it's because of... they do understand
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 49
If Scientology really cared about our community,
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 50
- Yeah. - "I don't want

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Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 2
and sell everything that we had
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And, you know, there's people at Flag right now
#4
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 5
and people are screaming out of their car windows.
#5
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 6
standing out here trying to talk to your son.
#6
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He tried to bring "The Apollo" to the United States in 1974,
#9
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 10
to find a location to move to.
#10
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 11
and turn it into a Scientology city.
#11
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 12
Which nobody really understood, because it didn't exist.
#12
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 13
there were armed security guys
#13
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 14
They have chosen us to be their spiritual headquarters,
#14
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 15
that sparking Clearwater is not for sale.
#15
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 16
that explain and detail the activities
#16
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 17
Uh, they detail the exact steps that were to be taken.
#17
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 18
Operation Italian Fog was intended
#18
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 19
These documents are perhaps only the tip of the iceberg.
#19
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 20
You should hire me to handle this case".
#20
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 21
They then activate their policies of
#21
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 22
And that... wasn't that the objective
#22
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 23
Scientology wants the police department
#23
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 24
What group behaves like that?
#24
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 25
And he considered it a criminal enterprise.
#25
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 26
always asked by a prosecutor was
#26
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 27
That city commission hearing was a major watershed
#27
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 28 #28 Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 29 #29 Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 30
had the city then not over-reached,
#30
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 31
At that point, the city of Clearwater basically decided
#31
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 32
additional properties that they were buying.
#32
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 33
They purchased vacant land.
#33
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 34
but because it sits across the street
#34
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 35
than what it is.
#35
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 36
To try and rescind his funding,
#36
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 37
He's punishing David Yates and the aquarium
#37
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 38
The do that because they want to
#38
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and I met her and her husband,
#40
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 41
They said "we are sent here by the Church of Scientology"
#41
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And I said I was going to take it myself.
#44
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 45
We had the criminal trial.
#45
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 46
This is what a tax-exempt organization
#46
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 47
that would come back on her, and the financial obligations
#47
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 48
And I think, partly, it's because of... they do understand
#48
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 49
If Scientology really cared about our community,
#49
Recap of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 50
- Yeah. - "I don't want
#50