# Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2016)

> Actress Leah Remini hosts a docuseries in which former Church of Scientology members and their families recount how the organization harmed their lives.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/60425

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 35
- Episode runtime: 47 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Created by: Leah Remini
- Network: A&E
- Cast: Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Marty Rathbun, Shannon Farrara, Paul Haggis, Mimi Faust
- TMDB rating: 8.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6244192/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: indignant, intimate, somber, confrontational, heartbreaking

## What critics say

Viewers broadly acclaim the series for its candid, emotionally direct accounts from former members and its investigative seriousness.

## Synopsis

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2016-2019) is an American investigative documentary docuseries created by Leah Remini for A&E. Remini, the former Church of Scientology member and host, sits down with high-level former executives and rank-and-file ex-members, including Mike Rinder, Marty Rathbun, Paul Haggis, and Mimi Faust, to hear how the organization shaped their lives. Across three seasons and 35 episodes, each installment is built around the individual accounts of former members and their families, following how the group's practices kept reaching them long after they walked away. Remini's personal stake gives the interviews an intimate, confrontational edge, while the testimony carries a grave, indignant and often heartbreaking tone. Rather than a single case, the format moves from one story to the next, so the show accumulates a portrait of institutional harm. Viewers drawn to the documentary investigations of Going Clear, the survivor-focused Wild Wild Country, and the confessional true crime of The Jinx will find the same blend of exposé and personal reckoning here, with a host who has her own history inside the story.

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