Dig (2015) s01e01 Episode Script

"Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish and on which a yoke has never come.
" - NUMBERS XIX - "It's the end of the world as we know it" - R.
E.
M.
- OPPLAND, NORWAY Has it started? Is she pure? Not a single black hair.
It is done.
The prophecy has begun.
Bless you God, the Creator of the World.
On small shoulders rests immense responsibility.
God be with you along the way.
I will not let you down.
It won't just be me you'd let down Take this, from the Rabbi.
2 MONTHS LATER JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Oh, God.
Ah.
You think we'll ever do this without our clothes on? I'm too shy.
Sure you are.
Oh.
I should go.
Whatever you say.
You're the boss.
You know, in hotels nowadays, they let you unpack your suitcase when you've stayed for more than six months.
Seven months on Tuesday, but who's counting? And don't touch my stuff.
Don't touch it.
Jesus, Peter, it must be the middle of the night there.
Why aren't you sleeping? You okay? I was just thinking about us.
You have to stop doing this.
Please.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yussef Khalid, the Palestinian-American who fled the U.
S.
after the alleged murder of an antiques dealer in Chicago, is now believed to have entered Israel, just as a new wave of unrest is flaring in Jerusalem over the current peace talks.
At the heart of the unrest is rival Israeli-Palestinian claims to the Temple Mount, Jerusalem's central holy site that has been the world's most hotly contested piece of real estate for the last 2,000 years.
In other news Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal is made by Messi! And the crowd goes completely indifferent.
I gotta go.
I gotta go, fellas.
Ah, I gotta go Gotta go arrest a bad guy.
See you later.
Is he there? It's confirmed.
Nice job finding this crappy car.
We'll blend right in.
You're learning.
Thanks.
It's mine.
Are you sure this is legal? I mean, don't we need a warrant or something? That's the beautiful thing about extraordinary rendition.
The man he killed back in Chicago was just lucky enough to be the son of an important senator.
That's all the legality we need.
So what, we just gonna Eichmann his ass out of the country? Not we.
Me.
You wait here.
You didn't see anything.
You don't know anything.
You're a local employee.
I'll not get you into trouble.
A local employee? And here I thought we were going to be friends.
Hold that thought.
Hey! Hey, what the hell you doing here? Police business, my job.
You tried to go around my back.
- Now, I'm gonna go around yours.
- No, no, no.
You guys are meant to be giving us a pass on this.
Hold on a second.
Ah! You want to lose your hand, do that again.
You can stay out here and direct traffic.
I'm going in.
The hell you are.
He's my suspect.
My country.
Who the hell do you think you are, huh? I'm the FBI.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Move! Stop! Stop! Shh.
Got anything on you, huh? Where are you running to? NEW MEXICO, USA Maybe he's not ready.
He turns 13 tomorrow.
It's time.
Yes, uh It's just, he's He's such a sensitive boy.
He's still convinced he's hearing other children at night.
He's lonely.
And maybe if he had someone else to talk to Isn't that what you're here for? Hello, Josh.
I need to tell you something very important, and I want you to listen to every word carefully, do you understand? I know you have been told all these years that your parents are coming for you someday, but the truth is, they're not.
They're dead, Josh.
They're not coming for you.
You're not gonna cry now.
You hear me? Right now, you have to focus.
You've been studying all these years for a very important reason.
That time is upon us, you understand? That time is now.
Jesus, Peter, chasing him through a goddamn market, pulling a weapon? But it's over my head now.
It's with the State Department.
The ambassador's on her way to see us.
This detective has a personal grudge against me.
Oh, I'm sorry, a personal grudge? Yeah.
You, you understand the problem with that statement? The operative word being personal? This is their jurisdiction, Peter, not ours.
I can't have you fighting with the locals.
You sanctioned this operation, remember? That's because you promised me it was gonna work out.
Ambassador.
Ambassador.
I'm seated next to the prime minister tonight at a banquet.
So imagine how thrilled I am to discover that you've now added a jurisdictional battle to the list of shit I have on my plate.
We are talking to our contact at the INP about handing over Yussef Khalid.
Please tell me he wasn't doing anything more than hiding out here.
Well, they want to question him about a robbery.
A robbery in Israel? Details are a little sketchy.
I made a personal promise to Senator Sinclair that I would have Khalid on the next plane back to Chicago, do you understand? Good.
Nice work.
What robbery? He never mentioned anything about a robbery.
I would have stood down.
Look, let me go talk to the INP.
No, forget the INP.
I can handle them.
You should go home and take a shower.
Sleep.
You will need energy for our Journey Tonic water for the sulking Peter.
Thanks.
Bad day? Uh, I had better.
What about worse? Had my fair share of them as well.
Here.
No one can complain about their day once they had our famous kibbe soup.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Okay.
Wow, this, uh, smells - Yeah? - Good.
It smells good.
Oh, God.
Are you okay? Yeah.
Yeah, I, I Uh, I don't know, the crowd or The fire or something.
Yeah, some people can't handle that much spiritual energy.
You're American.
You're the one I saw earlier today with a gun, chasing that guy.
You a cop? Yeah, well, uh, sort of.
Did you get him? Sort of.
Good.
Wait, wait, wait.
Where Where you headed? Mmm, just walking.
I like the old city at night.
You want to join me, or Sure.
Are you going to the prayer meeting? In a minute.
Did you know? Yes.
Josh, we all love you.
We'd do anything for you.
We'd die for you if we had to.
You are that important.
Why does it have to be me? Because you're special.
It's what you're being raised for.
It's your destiny.
Oh.
I heard him again.
That same dream you had before? It wasn't a dream.
I heard him talking.
Okay.
Josh I can assure you, there are no other children here.
Can you take me to that spot again? I was never supposed to take you there in the first place, okay? It's dangerous.
- Please? - We could both get in a lot of trouble, okay? They're all in a prayer meeting anyway, so it's safe.
Okay.
Okay, but we have to hurry.
What's behind that door? I don't know.
Storage? Then why can't lever go in there? Josh, come on, I told you we really need to hurry, okay? All right, that's enough now Come on, come on.
Come on, let's go back.
This has got to be the most magical patch of real estate on the planet, right? And it's not just because it's old, or that the three religions are all stacked one on top of the other.
It's, it's that Every corner of it, every little stone means something, you know? It's imbued with history and power and Crazy people who think this place is gonna bring 'em salvation.
I don't know.
Maybe believing is all you need.
Where I'm from, back in Illinois, we don't have any place that means that much to anyone.
That thing's sacred, you know? Yeah, I know.
You're married.
Yeah.
Well, no, I mean, yes, I'm married, but we're not Not anymore.
I'm sorry, it's too personal.
I do that sometimes.
It's fine.
We haven't even met properly yet.
I'm Emma Wilson.
Hey, Emma Wilson.
I'm here on a fellowship with the University of Pennsylvania.
- Mmm-hmm.
- Archeology.
I'm working on a dig, - right here in this neighborhood, actually.
- Here? - In the tunnels beneath us.
- Really? See, I read this book when I was a kid by an archeologist from Cambridge named Ian Margrove.
It was all about the Temple treasures buried under Jerusalem.
I just dreamed about coming here ever since.
Then, not only did I get my wish, but guess who's leading the dig? Uh, Ian Margrove, by any chance? Yeah.
And, uh, has it lived up to the dream? Are you kidding? 3,000 years of history right under our feet just waiting to be discovered.
This place is so full of energy.
It's like the generator of the world.
Sorry.
No, yes, it's Your enthusiasm is endearing.
Hmm.
Is that another word for naive? Maybe.
- Close your eyes.
- Why? Humor me.
Go on, close your eyes.
Okay.
If you concentrate, you can feel it all around you, vibrating.
Sorry, I'm I'm not big on vibrations.
To me, it's It's, you know It's just a place I work.
Then maybe that's why we met tonight.
Come on.
I'll show you what I mean.
This is where you live? For, like, 12 hours a day, yeah.
Huh.
No security? It's a back entrance.
Not many people know about it.
Margrove would totally fire me if he knew we were sneaking in like this.
Maybe we shouldn't be sneaking in.
Maybe we should just make sure we don't get caught.
Welcome to my office.
I can stay here all night.
No wife to go home to.
But you do and a four-year-old son.
Family man.
No criminal record, no arrests.
You're an impressive guy on paper.
Associate professor in structural engineering.
A deacon in your church.
So I'm asking myself, "Why would someone like you "kill an antique dealer, then escape your own country?" Maybe it has something to do with this.
It disappeared a month ago from the vault in the basement of the Rockefeller Museum here in Jerusalem.
A lot of people have been looking for it.
What are you up to? We are small men.
In the end, we mean nothing.
Seriously, the Ark? As in the Ark of the Covenant? Yup, and if it's here, - it'd be the most important find in human history.
- Wow.
- As in Indiana Jones.
- I knew you'd make fun of me.
No, no, I just, I thought that stuff was a myth.
Maybe, but it hasn't stopped people from looking for the last 2,000 years, and a lot have died trying.
- Seems a little futile to me.
- I don't know.
Bury something in the ground that means that much to that many people, someone's gonna want to find it.
Well, if they've been searching that long, how come no one has found it? Because they've all been looking in the wrong place.
It's all about the water.
The Dead Sea Scrolls described a fountain in the original sanctum of the temple, where the Ark was kept.
The theory's simple Follow the ancient water to its source, and you'll find the fountain.
Yeah, this is, uh It's breathtaking.
Yeah.
I know.
Okay, where is the water coming from? Exactly.
What is this place? It's called the Mikveh.
Place where people would purify themselves, wash away their sins, heal, before going up to the Temple Mount.
This is pretty much as holy as water gets, if you believe in that sort of thing.
Are you coming in, or not? Um Guess not.
Why did you follow me tonight? You You remind me of someone.
Someone you loved? Someone I lost.
Someone's here.
It's almost 4:00 in the morning, no one's supposed to be down here, - and they're in the wrong place.
- What do you mean? This is tunnel seven.
We had to close it because we got too close to the Temple Mount.
No one's allowed to dig near there.
Are you sure this is the right tunnel? Those initials there, those are mine.
I carved them there before we were stopped by the Wakf.
What are you doing? - Calling the police.
- No, no, no, don't.
I don't want to lose my job, please.
Where we're digging, it's so holy to so many people.
I'm sure it was just that.
People spending some time in a place that means so much to them, you know? Maybe this is something that happens all the time.
I think I might have overreacted.
Are you sure? Okay.
I should walk you home.
No, I'm fine.
But thank you.
Wait, will I see you again? If I don't see you first.
What did you say? Hmm? What? Nothing.
Oh.
I don't even know your name.
Peter Connelly.
Peter Connelly.
Hi, Daddy.
It looks like I'm coming home this weekend.
Some friends from the dorm are going to this concert on Saturday night.
I'll text you the details.
Tell Mom, okay? So, I guess you'll be seeing me in a couple of days.
If I don't see you first.
I love you.
Good morning, Red.
Ready for your morning walk? You need to get strong for our journey to Jerusalem Come on.
Hey! I'm going fishing.
I'll be back in a few hours.
Wish me luck.
Fish for dinner.
Okay.
Yeah.
Be careful.
Shit.
Yeah! Yeah? She's been looking for you all morning.
What does she want? I'm just a local employee, remember? - I asked for extra strong.
- Three minutes.
Nice of you to join us.
What's going on? - They found a body.
- American? The body was found in the Kidron Valley this morning by two Arab teenagers walking their sheep.
Don't even think about smoking.
Our officers are canvassing the neighborhood, asking neighbors if they saw anything, but don't expect much cooperation from the locals.
You know how it is.
Notify the family.
Organize the transfer of the body and coordinate it with Tel Aviv.
Sure, I'll get onto it.
- Do we have any suspects yet? - Oh, yeah.
The security camera caught her with this man a few hours before her death.
They seem friendly.
The image is for shit, so don't high-five yourselves yet.
I don't know, I have no I don't even know what I'm looking at there.
Guess I can't stop you, huh? Do you have an ashtray? Give me the file.
Peter? Peter! - Huh? - Is everything okay? Yeah.
Excuse me.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
Look, I gotta talk to you about that photo.
I know.
I saw it, too.
Bright red hair and, um, sweet, young face.
I'm not stupid, I know that's why you ran out of here.
I'm really sorry, Peter, I know how hard this is for you.
No, Lynn - I think it's best if the locals take care of the case.
- What? I've already talked to Detective Cohen - and asked him to leave you out of it - No, no, no.
- report his findings directly to me.
- Why? - Why? - "Why?" Well, for one, you two can't stand each other, but two I'm just not sure you're in any condition to be able to handle it.
I can do my job, Lynn.
You don't have to worry about me.
I do worry about you.
Grief is complicated.
It can come out in ways you don't intend.
- I'm trying to be helpful.
- Just because we sleep together every now and again, you have some great insight into my mental state? Do you feel better? Look, I'm sorry.
You've already screwed up one case this week.
I'm not gonna let you jeopardize another.
That's it.
Okay.
Detective Cohen, where are you going? - Going to the victim's apartment, why? - I'm coming with you.
- Your boss said that - She changed her mind, and you're stuck with me.
But I don't like you, and you don't like me.
Is that gonna be a problem, partner? Did she have a boyfriend? Roommates? She paid me the rent in cash every month.
That's all I know.
- Excuse me, sir? - Yes? No frequent visitors at all? You never saw anyone more than once? They don't pay me to spy on them.
Is it just me or are all you guys obsessed with spying? Everyone needs a hobby.
We'll take it from here.
Lock the door on your way out.
Yes, yes, we'll handle it.
Ian Margrove.
I know that name.
Ah, from her work permit.
He was her sponsor.
Hmm.
Hmm, says here Margrove is overseeing a dig near the Southern Wall.
Let's pay him a visit.
Wait here.
It's very sad, but what has this got to do with me? You sponsored her work permit.
Along with four dozen other interns who come here every summer.
I'll try and get her application form.
Refresh my memory.
If you can get us a list of the people she worked with, friends.
I try and keep track of everybody, but they come and go.
You know how it is.
Mmm.
She seemed very excited to be working with you.
Oh? There's a copy of your book at her apartment.
You signed it for her, personally.
Did I? Truth is, as tragic as this young woman's death is, I have bigger problems to deal with.
Twenty years of work is now being jeopardized by a bunch of crazies out there who care more about their myths than the truth.
I'm finally on the brink of making a discovery which might change the course of history, and a handful of cowardly politicians might stop me from getting there.
Excuse me if I don't remember autographing an intern's book.
You called? Get me a copy of her application form and a list of the people that she worked with.
Thank you.
This is a map of this place? More of a blueprint, really.
So that would be us there? - We're here.
- Mmm-hmm.
So what's that? An underground pond.
Part of a complex series of tunnels that brought water into the old city from the Gihon spring down in the valley 400 meters below us.
Where they found the girl's body.
What about that? What are you digging there? Tunnel seven? No, we're not.
It's too close to the Dome of the Rock, the Temple Mount.
The Wakf The Muslim authority won't allow us to dig there.
Like I told you, politicians only care about their jobs, not about history.
If that's all you need from me, gentlemen, thank you very much.
Thanks.
So, what are you not telling me? What do you mean? What do you mean, what do I mean? All those questions you asked him.
I just wanted to make him feel uncomfortable.
I don't buy that he didn't know her.
Yeah, me too.
- I don't like him.
Let's arrest him.
- Shit.
My sunglasses, I left them on his desk.
You go ahead.
No, I'll wait.
Aw, no, you go smoke yourself stupid and honk your little horn.
I'd rather walk back.
Catch you tomorrow.
Yes, darling No, no No preamble.
Yeah, there were two of them.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Who's there? Police Yeah? - Your neighbors reported strange people walking around with a calf It's not calving season That's why we're here Can we have a look around? What do you mean 'strange' people? 'Jews! The neighbor said that they've seen one walking in the woods nearby.
In the morning.
All right.
All right now.
Huh? Fish soup? Hi.
Thanks.
Your lady friend is waiting for you.
Right.
Could I get an envelope, please? - Yes.
- Thanks.
Here you go.
You keep that safe for me.
Yes, no problem.
You lied to me.
You told Detective Cohen I assigned you to the Emma Wilson case.
So, technically, I lied to him.
You want to come up? As your boss or your occasional sex buddy, we don't have to be close.
I get it, those things are easy.
They don't require anything, but the fact is, lam your friend, and that requires a little bit more.
Especially since I'm the only one you've got.
I know.
Solving this case is not gonna bring your daughter back.
Don't you think I know that? You called me.
You asked me to bring you over here.
You said you wanted to get away from anything that reminded you of her.
I'm trying to help you out.
Then let me do my job, Lynn.
It's the only thing that makes sense to me.
It's the only thing that keeps me sane.
Please? The Israelis have approved the expedition of Yussef Khalid.
They're releasing him at 10:00 p.
m.
tonight.
I want you to escort him to the airport and make sure the hand-off goes smoothly.
Be discreet.
No convoy.
And as for the girl's case, I will think about it.
We're expecting the last shipment in tomorrow.
After 20 years of planning, it is indeed all gonna work.
You think I dyed my hair too dark in that photo? No, sir.
I think you look very handsome.
Rabbi Lev, how good to hear from you.
The cow will be picked up tomorrow.
Right on time.
No signs of breach, no leaks? The farm is 60 miles from the Arctic Circle.
I think we're safe.
Not many Essenes up there, I suppose.
We can't be too careful, so we have a young man watching her, but tomorrow, he will be relieved of his duties.
We will erase any trail of him, just to be safe.
And our Bar Mitzvah boy? Ready and onboard.
Pastor Billingham.
Rabbi, I'm gonna need to call you back.
What happened? How the hell did this happen? We have reason to believe she might have let him out to smell the Outside? Pastor Billingham, I Well, he can't have gotten far.
He's just a kid.
He's never been out there.
- He wouldn't know what to do.
- I want everyone to fan out, take the cars, and find him.
Everyone.
Except you.
Come and take him.
Mmm, so, how long did you think you were gonna get away with it? Taking a case that wasn't yours? Your boss called me.
Figured I'd ride the wave till it broke.
Finally found one thing about you I like.
Golan! Yes.
gorgeous? If you're done with the evidence I need to take it down to the evidence locker.
I'm here to see the Rabbi.
What's going on down there? Someone broke down.
All right, let's go around.
Ah.
It's good to see you.
You look-- Old? That's what happens when you visit your uncle once every ten years.
Your mother misses you very much.
You should come on Friday for Kiddush.
I'm more than willing to come.
But not alone.
That's for others to judge.
I'm just happy to see you.
How can I help you? Where did you find this? I thought it had been stolen.
Yes, and I caught the thief.
The stones are missing.
There should be twelve here.
What do you know about it? Bless you God, the Creator of the World.
Shimon "And thou shalt make a breastplate" "and set in it four rows of stones" "And the stones shall be" "the twelve names of the children of Israel.
" What?! You should have spent more time studying Torah and less time on the soccer field.
This is the 'Urim Ve Thummim' The high priest's breastplate.
He used it to communicate.
Communicate?! With whom? With God.
You serious?! This breastplate in the right hands Imagine the possibilities.
And in the wrong hands? Where are you? Just on our way out of Jerusalem.
Had to take a small detour.
What's going on? The breastplate.
It's supposed to be worn by some high priest.
He uses it as some kind of a device to communicate.
With? With God.
What? I know how it sounds.
Listen, you should bring him back so I can question him about No, I'm not bringing him back for questioning.
It's too late.
Behold, he who watches over Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord will protect you.
The Lord is your shelter at your right hand.
The sun shall not burn you by day, nor the moon by night.
Stop! Oh, God.
Josh? Josh? Josh, are you in here? This isn't a game.
Josh? Josh.
Josh, where have you been? Everyone's looking for you.
Looking for me? Who? Everyone.
How did you get in here? Who are you? I'm Joshua.
I live here.
It's very nice to meet you.
Mr.
Billingham is very upset.
I'm sorry.
I'll come back.
I'll be good from now on, I swear.
It's too late for that, Josh.
Your feet have touched the ground.
They're soiled.
Come out of the car! Get out of the car with your hands up! Lynn, he got away.
It was an ambush.
They knew the route, the timing, everything.
I think the driver's dead.
Send some people to pick him up.
He's at the I'll call you back.
Hands up.
Hands up.
Empty your pockets.
Now the other pocket.
Good.
Now turn around.
You don't have to do this.
Turn around.
Now get on your knees.
Just do it.
Let's get it over with.
It's about time.
Give me that form.
- Golan? - Huh? You're gonna want to see this.
We enhanced the suspect's image we've identified him.
And? Come see for yourself.
Come on.
Give me something.
- Hey.
- It's me.
I'm sorry about the other night.
You sounded drunk and I reacted badly, so I just thought I'd cal and I No, it's fine.
No, it's not.
Nothing's fine.
Whenever you call, whenever I hear your voice I know.
I know, I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do this anymore.
What are we gonna do, Peter? I gotta go.
I'll call you back.
It's open.