In an age of extremely satisfying television, Hulu’s The Path is a program that manages to stand out amongst the crowd as a powerful, foreboding piece of TV. The series digs into the inner workings of the cult-like movement of Meyerism, with the warped sense of faith and support being a major topic within the psychological series. While the series explores heady ideas like religion, belief, and redemption, The Path also features an enviable cast of talent with the likes of Hugh Dancy, Aaron Paul, and Michelle Monaghan who all sufficiently act their asses off in this show.

The Path’s first season took great strides to introduces the Meyerists and help determine what is and isn’t real about their belief system, but the show’s sophomore year turns the volume up on everything in such a satisfying way. Relationships get more incestuous, concepts get more complicated, and emotions hit such a boiling point that things perpetually feel like they’re on the cusp of exploding. With the premiere of season two upon us, I got the grand opportunity of speaking with the series’ creator and executive producer, Jessica Goldberg, about the changes that Meyerism experiences this year, how this season’s arc was conceived, and the evolution of the show’s characters.

DEN OF GEEK: At what point did you know where you’d be heading with this season? Did you ever consider different jumping off points for the year?

JESSICA GOLDBERG: Well I always knew what was going to happen with Eddie. So that I knew. That was even like a long-term goal since the conception of the show. I also knew it would be interesting to watch Michelle Monaghan’s character Sarah, who is such a zealot, have to face what it’s like to run a business. And then actually I did not know about Mary and Cal until thinking about it one day and deciding it would be a fun direction.