National Treasure: Edge of History (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

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I solved the clue.
Sacagawea hid the clue to the treasure
in one of the expedition's journals.
- It says here the journal is on display
- OREN: Is on display
at the Governor's mansion.
The bearded guy was here,
just across the street.
Maybe it was that Salazar guy.
Billie really is still
keeping tabs on us.
Zoom in on her necklace.
This changes everything.
So, uh, you got any suspects yet?
There's the grandson's girlfriend
who was the last
person to see him alive.
The last person to see a victim
alive is always a prime suspect.
Jess is going to that ball to
take a look at that journal.
Liam!
Freeze!
You stole the journal.
Shame on all of y'all.
- Ho, ho!
- Y'all need to leave.
Get in.
Did you have fun at the gala?
It's never really a party
until the cops show up, is it?
- How? Why did you
- Why did I rescue you? Well
I was just arriving and I
saw you running out barefoot
looking like a street
urchin, and I thought, huh,
this is a good opportunity to tell you
that we got off on the wrong foot.
On the wrong foot?
Yeah, kidnapping someone's
friend tends to do that.
Not my finest hour,
but I did what I thought I had to do.
Just like Rafael and I did
when we embarked on this
treasure hunt 20 years ago.
Wait.
You knew my father?
Yes.
And your mother, Manuela.
And if I'd known they were your parents,
I would have shown you this.
You're a Daughter of the Plumed Serpent?
Yes.
We're on the same side, Jess.
May I buy you dinner?
Of course, we have to
get out of these gowns,
put on some cocktail attire.
I know this is a lot.
I can take you home if you like.
Or I can tell you everything I know.
There's mad chatter everywhere
about a priceless historical
journal being stolen.
But zero arrests so far.
That's good news, right?
It means she outran everybody?
Why isn't she picking up?
See, she's fine.
Oh, Ms. Pearce. Good evening.
I have your usual table. Right this way.
We have a wonderful meal
prepared for you tonight.
Oh.
Enjoy your evening.
Last time I was here, he
tried to make me leave.
Oh, that will never happen again.
No, thank you.
I don't really drink.
It's a mojito mocktail.
No alcohol.
Isn't that your usual?
So you know my drink order
my shoe and dress size
my birthstone.
What can I say, when I dig, I dig deep.
Can I see the medallion?
Yes.
I know what you're thinking.
It's a fake.
She bought it on the black market.
You are an antiquities dealer.
Ah, a fellow deep-digger.
You're so much like your father.
That's my dad.
With my brother, Sebastian.
Sebastian and I first met your
father just outside of Mexico City.
We thought he was a treasure hunter,
and he thought the same of us.
But soon after,
we realized that we were both looking
for the treasure to protect it.
So where's your brother now?
He was murdered.
Oh.
We've both suffered loss.
The same man who killed my
brother killed your father.
A treasure hunter named Salazar.
Salazar?
I found a note warning me about Salazar.
Oh, he's still out there
looking for this treasure.
This medallion we both wear
is a promise.
A duty to keep the treasure
safe from men like him.
We can do this together, Jess.
Not to mention
validating your mother's life's work.
What don't you know?
Your mother was brilliant,
unjustly laughed out of academia.
This can be your chance to
have the last laugh, Jess.
Otherwise, your father and
my brother died for nothing.
That's exactly what I was trying to do.
But then Liam double-crossed me
and ran off with that journal.
Liam has been working against
you for quite some time.
He doesn't care about the treasure.
He's only in it for the money.
That's why he offered to
steal the journal for me.
If I hadn't taken him up on his offer,
he would have just
sold it to someone else.
You have the journal?
I have the journal.
I have the resources.
And with your skills,
we can find the third relic
and beat Salazar to the treasure.
So
where's the journal?
Thank you.
I take it you travel a lot?
I practically live on this.
Hi, Jess. I'm Kacey.
Not a real fed. I got that.
Yeah, sorry about that.
We were just trying to scare you guys.
I'm really glad that
we're on the same team now.
Yeah, me too.
And this is Dario.
Any hidden messages yet?
So far no.
Just a bunch of drawings and
a lot of tedious description
on how Lewis's dog
liked to chase squirrels.
Care to take a crack at it, Jess?
So Lewis liked to draw a
lot of portraits of his dog.
Oh, these weren't all drawn by Lewis.
I thought you said it
was Lewis's journal.
Yes, but he didn't make every entry.
Halfway through his expedition,
he got shot in the butt and
couldn't sit and write anymore.
Ouch.
So what, he handed it off to Clark?
Who hated journaling,
which is why he passed
the ball to other members
of the expedition like
Sacagawea and York.
This is the only entry
written in French.
Sacagawea spoke French.
Maybe she taught herself how to write.
"The twin-tongued serpent's tale
is revealed in fair weather
by the bend."
Maybe it's not a bend in a river.
- It's a bend in the strap.
- It's a bend in the strap.
It's a broken word puzzle.
Of course it's a broken word puzzle.
The question is, um
what is a broken word puzzle?
Something puzzle geeks know.
See these colored
strings around the strap?
Blue, green, and white were
commonly used by Sacagawea's tribe.
The Shoshone.
If we line up the
colors of the string
to the letters,
we spell out
A, L, A, M, O, W, E, L, L.
Alamo Well.
That's where the third box is hidden.
The well at the Alamo.
Oh, tell me the Alamo has a well.
It sure does.
Oh, wait.
The Alamo Mission was
built by the Spanish,
which are the very people that
the Daughters of the Plumed Serpent
were trying to hide the treasure from.
That doesn't make any sense.
It makes perfect sense.
The indigenous people helped
build the Alamo, right?
It eventually became one of
the most heavily guarded forts
in the territory.
It would be the last place the
enemy knew to look for the box
right under their own noses.
I love it.
I mean, the Spanish
unknowingly protecting the box
for the Daughters of the Plumed Serpent.
I mean, it's just genius.
Okay, but nowadays, the
Alamo is a giant tourist trap.
They're gonna frown on a few
visitors spelunking in their well.
And how are we gonna find it
unless we remove every brick?
With these.
The Jade box.
You have it.
Yes, I do.
Liam sold it to me.
What?
He told me it disappeared
when his dad died.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
So, we have the Aztec and
the Mayan pieces of the map,
and they are going to
lead us to the Incan piece.
Because
if I turn these boxes
to face each other
They're magnets.
Yes, magnetized lodestone.
When we take these boxes to the Alamo,
they're gonna be magnetically drawn
to where the third box is hidden.
All we have to do now is
find our way into that well.
We'll scout it tomorrow.
And thank y'all for all your vibes.
Your feedback on my gala protest has
reminded me exactly why I do this.
I represent you, the people,
and we're here to make change.
If you see something, say something.
It's what I live by.
It
And I gotta go.
Thank God.
You're back. Jess, where have you been?
Sorry, my phone died.
I can't believe Liam stole that journal.
Should've listened
to you the first time.
Well, listen to me now.
Forget Liam. We don't need him.
Forget him, forget his Clue
Room, forget the journal.
We don't need any of that.
Let's just plot our next move.
We cannot let him beat
us to the treasure.
The same man who killed my
brother killed your father.
A treasure hunter named Salazar.
He's still out there
looking for this treasure.
I think
from now on
I need to do this on my own.
Excuse me.
You would have been
worse than arrested
if it weren't for me.
I know.
But I thought you were gonna
get arrested because of me.
You took it way too far.
Jess, you asked me for a diversion,
and now you're criticizing me for it.
I asked you to make a scene,
not cause a revolution.
You didn't have to go
full Occupy Wall Street.
You could have knocked
over a tray of food,
but you chose to make
it about your agenda.
Are you being serious right now?
This is exactly why I
didn't want you to go
to the ball in the first place.
I am so done bailing you out.
Jess, from now on, you're on your own.
- Tasha.
- No.
Good timing.
I was just stalking social
media for signs of Jess.
Jess is home and she is fine.
Oh.
Cool.
What about Liam?
I'm not here for you
or treasure drama, Oren.
I'd like to spend some quality
time with my girl Buffy.
Wait.
You're in a fight with
someone who isn't me.
You're fighting with Jess, and
you did not come here at midnight
to be with Buffy. Mm-mm.
You came to talk to me.
I'll be right back.
You hate dark chocolate
and peanut butter.
But you love them,
so I keep them handy
in case you ever come over.
Hm.
I love you.
I love you.
The same man who killed my
brother killed your father.
A treasure hunter named Salazar.
I'm not gonna fight you.
You're my friend.
You're my mission.
See?
I mean, that's you and Jess.
I'm afraid to ask am I Cap or Bucky?
Doesn't matter.
It kind of does.
Uh, Bucky just spent the last
two hours trying to kill Cap.
That's my point, right?
Steve and Bucky were BFFs.
Right?
Bucky dies and comes back as
a brainwashed murder machine
who teams up with Hydra to bring
about the fall of democracy.
Oh, don't forget the brutal
slaying of Tony Stark's parents.
Right.
But Steve always has Bucky's back.
"Till the end of the line."
Exactly.
Best friends don't
give up on each other.
You and Jess are gonna get through this.
Just like Cap and Bucky.
Come on, shake your
body baby, do the conga ♪
I know you can't control
yourself any longer ♪
Feel the rhythm of the
music getting stronger ♪
Don't you fight it 'til you've
tried it do the conga beat ♪
Ah
Mm. Yeah.
Come on, shake your
body baby, do the conga ♪
I know you can't control
yourself any longer ♪
Feel the rhythm of the music ♪
What's the rule?
Only The Shins before eleven.
Yeah, sorry, buddy.
- Are you guys
- Nope.
Yes.
Um
Yeah, uh, Tasha and Jess
they got into it last night.
Wait, what?
- Like they had a fight?
- Yeah.
It was epic.
Like Buck and Cap.
I was just about to text
if you wanted coffee.
- Great minds think alike.
- Thank you.
What a night, huh? Heard
about you and Tasha.
Yeah. Long list of crazy.
Where do we start? How about
Liam stealing the journal?
Tasha and Oren almost getting arrested.
Your first DTR girlfriend
running out of the dance?
Yeah, the dance.
How's Meena?
It's complicated.
We should have never danced.
We were there for the
journal and I got distracted.
Tasha and Oren could
have gotten arrested.
I almost got arrested.
I got caught up in this
Cinderella fairy tale
and it turned out to be a nightmare.
I'm such an idiot.
Come on. No, you're not.
- Yes, I am.
- No, you're not.
You wanted to believe him.
We all did.
Have you talked to him yet?
I've called and I've texted.
He's not responding.
Well, the Jess I know
wouldn't take that.
Liam?
Come on. I know you're in here.
Liam?
Who would do this?
I won't let you find the treasure.
Let her go!
Are you okay?
I think so.
Of course, Peter Sadusky
has a secret Clue Room.
He took everything.
Was that guy Salazar?
No.
But he works for him.
He's been following us for a while now.
Wait, why are you here?
Were you following me?
Billie was worried about you.
She wanted me to watch your back.
Look, I get it.
You still have your doubts about
Billie, but she is not the bad guy.
Jess, she never was.
She's just very hard to get to know.
And she has had a very hard life.
Doesn't seem like it.
Her and her brother
were orphaned when they were kids.
Their parents were killed by a car bomb.
And after her brother was murdered,
she lost everyone that she loved.
Now her only family are her employees.
I was on the streets,
stealing purses.
And Billie took me in.
She paid for my education,
she gave me a job.
This woman saved my life.
And you just saved mine.
Thank you.
Are you sure it was him?
He grew a beard and looked
a little worse for wear,
but it was definitely Maddox.
Well, if Maddox is around, that
means Salazar is not far behind.
- We have to move fast.
- Yeah, on it.
You think Sadusky was murdered
for a clue to a treasure?
I know it sounds crazy, but
Okay, look, these are screenshots
from the security
footage from the USS Kidd.
I mean, I I think Jess
Valenzuela was telling the truth.
I mean, she said she
was talking to a woman,
she said her name was Billie.
Yeah. I can't make
out any of those faces.
Yeah, I'm having OTD
enhance all the footage.
I've got to figure out
who the Billie person is.
And, uh Elvis?
Oh, uh, yeah. There was
a break-in at Graceland.
The perps sounded a lot like
Valenzuela and her friends.
Also get this, Sadusky
and Elvis, both Masons.
Is this, uh, some sort of a, a
weird first coffee date test thing?
No.
Good.
'Cause you're not gonna chase me
off with that crazy Elvis story.
'Cause I love the King.
Uh, the orange dye you
found on Sadusky's hand.
What'd you find out about this?
Nothing in Sadusky's
medicine cabinet matched.
I asked the FDA for a
list of all food and drugs
that match orange dye number 47.
But I mean, it would go a lot quicker
if you called some of
your old DC contacts.
That's not really an option.
Look
I know what went down.
You made a bad arrest,
but that happens, right?
What matters is they
eventually caught the right guy.
But not before he killed again.
Sorry, I didn't, I didn't know that.
They left that part out
with the official report.
Made the whole division
look bad, but, yeah
that was all me.
Well, uh
since we're opening up on this
Yeah, well, coffee date
There's a reason why I'm a
coroner and not a surgeon.
All right, well, unless you've
killed someone on the table,
it's not gonna make me feel better.
I'm sorry.
Do you feel better now?
No.
Me neither.
Welcome to the Alamo.
South station, clear.
Those Rangers have guns.
And these tourists have phones.
We gotta watch out for both.
A couple more war bodies in the plaza.
Okay, so,
we have an iron grate that
looks pretty unliftable.
Mm. A rope pulley should do the job.
We're also gonna need tools
to chisel out the bricks.
We have a handheld
jackhammer we can use.
A jackhammer?
These bricks are over 200 years old.
We don't want to damage them.
Please bring something
more delicate, Kacey.
All right. If we do this after hours,
we're still gonna have these
armed rangers to deal with.
Don't worry. Davy
Crockett will get us in.
Who doesn't like playing dress-up?
I'm not following.
They do reenactments of
The Battle of the Alamo
every Tuesday and Friday.
If my history is correct,
the battle starts outside and
the courtyard will be empty.
Okay.
Let me check.
Oh, thank you. Right there.
You're right.
It says here the first phase of
the reenactment starts outside
and lasts 10 minutes.
That should be more than enough
time to get in and out of the well.
I'm gonna get us reenactor costumes.
We're not gonna need this anymore.
She's right. You know,
you should make sure
that makes its way back
to the governor's mansion.
Absolutely.
Tasha?
You home?
Jess.
Jess, you home?
I'm really, truly sorry I hurt you.
You know what hurt?
Thinking you actually liked golf.
I want someone who
who plays golf with me and loves it.
Or at the very least
tells me he hates it.
I hate golf.
Actually, golf hates me.
Good.
Tell that to the next girl.
Or not, um
Jess already knows.
Meena, I swear I wasn't
lying to you, I
I was lying to myself.
I'm glad I found out now and
not on our Hawaiian honeymoon.
I hate the beach.
I'm gonna say it. I
There's, there's too much sand.
- It's everywhere.
- Yes. Honesty. Progress.
But hating on the
beach? Total dealbreaker.
Mm.
No.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'm sorry.
Where is the patient
who was wearing this?
First time flying private?
First time flying.
That looks like it should
probably be in a museum.
Me or the sword?
No, it's a replica.
A replica of the sword
of Hernán Cortés.
That's like having
Darth Vader's lightsaber.
Just a reminder of all the atrocities
he and his conquistadors made
against the Daughters
of the Plumed Serpent
and all their people.
I wish my mom were here to see this.
Yeah.
Me too.
We were good friends.
She was
so smart.
She was just kind.
Yeah.
Unless you rooted against the
Mexican National Soccer Team.
Yes.
She was passionate about her soccer.
If by "passionate,"
you mean painting her face
for every World Cup match.
Okay.
- Are you ready to go over the plan?
- Yes.
Okay, I have watched dozens
of these reenactments.
Phase one we know lasts ten minutes.
That's when we go into the
well and we get the box.
When phase two starts, the
battle is gonna move inside
and we're gonna use
this to our advantage.
We're gonna blend in
and then we're gonna slip out.
Do we have a backup plan in
case something goes wrong?
I never leave home without one.
We land in less than 20 minutes.
Let's step back in time.
Game on.
Sorry, ladies,
the reenactment starts outside
in the corner of Alamo
and Houston Street.
The battle doesn't breach the wall
Don't worry, it's only a tranq gun.
Bad dreams at worst. He's not dead.
And wait.
Now.
- Attack!
- Get them, boys!
Right on time.
Okay.
This place is the beginning
of when Mexico lost Texas
- to the United States.
- I know.
And when we find that treasure,
we will restore glory
to all indigenous people.
Kacey, why don't you get out there
and make sure none of those
tourists goes off-script?
Hey.
- Ethan.
- Yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Take it easy.
You have a couple of bruised
ribs and signs of a concussion.
I, I need to call Jess.
Where's my phone?
I, I don't know, but you're
probably not gonna get through.
I've been calling her all morning
and it's just going
straight to voicemail.
Her battery's probably dead.
Her battery's not dead.
It's Billie.
What?
Billie came to the ball.
I saw her arriving.
Look, I had no choice.
You guys were dancing.
I had to get that journal out of
there so Billie couldn't see it.
So I took it.
Oh, when
Oh, when I got outside
Somebody jumped me.
He
She kicked my ass.
And dumped me in the river.
Last thing I remember
was sinking to the bottom.
I should be dead.
We need to find Jess.
It's not there.
- What do you mean?
- I checked every square inch.
The boxes didn't point to anything.
The battle will be coming in
here soon. We gotta get out.
No, no. No, no, no, wait.
It has to be down there.
This is like Comic-Con
for history nerds.
Except everyone looks the
same and I can't find Jess.
Yeah, maybe she's not here?
No, she's gotta be here.
Someone must've beat us to it.
- Give me the satchel.
- We don't have time.
I said give me the satchel,
I want to see it for myself!
I want the boxes.
I'm telling you, it's not there.
- I need to see for myself.
- Fire!
Jess!
We breached the wall. Go!
- Yeah, boss.
- She's got the boxes!
On it.
Rabbit on the run.
Sorry, sorry.
Hey.
There she is!
- Jess!
- Wait
You cannot beat those Tasha!
Get that satchel!
Long live Mexico!
Long live Mexico!
Long live Mexico!
Jess. It's this way.
Let's go!
Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no.
Get in! Get in! Get in!
Drive! Drive! Drive!
There's a horse!
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
No!
Go, go, go, go, go.
Go! Let's go!
I, for one, will never forget the Alamo.
Okay, everyone. Here. Phones in the bag.
It's a Faraday bag.
Blocks our cell signals
so Billie can't track us.
- How did you track me?
- I got your letter.
The one that said not to follow me.
You should have cleared
your browser history
'cause, boy, did it remember the Alamo.
Jess, what were you thinking
trying to do this without me?
I don't wanna keep
dragging you down with me.
So that's why you started the
argument. It was on purpose.
I didn't mean a word I said.
I know.
So, what's in the bag?
So let me get this straight.
You got to fly in Billie's private jet?
Jess is living out my dream life.
Billie pulling that
family pic out was low.
Actually, that's how
I knew she was lying.
The buttons on my dad's
shirt were on the wrong side.
I noticed my dad's shirt
buttons were flipped,
so that's how I knew the
image was photoshopped.
Men's shirts all have
buttons on the right.
Women's shirt buttons
are all on the left.
What?
Why?
Because, um, fashion?
Actually, it's because most
people are right-handed.
So getting dressed is
even easier for men.
Seriously?
Okay, what about Billie's secret
society necklace that matched yours?
Could have been a fake.
Either way, it's all pretty thin.
Yeah. That's why I
had to test the theory.
Science.
On the plane, I brought up
how much my mom loved soccer.
Your mom hated soccer.
Billie didn't know that.
Oh. Ah. You sneaky B.
Wait, so the entire time Billie
was trying to catfish you,
you were catfishing her.
Okay.
We just poked the bear.
We have to watch our backs.
Billie will show no mercy.
I know.
That's exactly why I didn't
want you guys to get involved.
Hey.
We're in.
So if that third box isn't
at the Alamo, where is it?
Oh, it's at the Alamo.
Alamo, Mexico.
There's this Mexican town called
Viesca that used to be called "Alamo".
There must have also been a well.
Yeah.
Well, then let's figure
out if it's still there.
That guy?
He's clearly drunk.
So you'll take his word over
mine? I can't believe this.
Have you got the package?
Yeah.
It's ready.
It's time to deliver it.
Will do.
On the surveillance
footage, there was a woman.
Blonde hair, about 5'8", well-dressed.
She was stopped by an MP.
Did that man by chance get her name?
Thanks.
For nothing?
Agent Ross.
Hi, I'm Myles. We met at, uh
Peter Sadusky's wake, right.
Um, I remember you were his nurse.
Yeah.
That is actually what I
need to talk to you about.
Um
Mr. Sadusky's grandson is
paying me to clean out his study.
- Mm.
- And
Well, I found this.
What is it?
It's a recording.
Mr. Sadusky was a paranoid
man and he recorded everything.
I think Jess Valenzuela murdered him.
So y'all want the good
news or the terrible news?
We're just skipping past bad
and going straight to terrible?
Well, the good news is Viesca does
check out right down to a well,
in the center of town.
And the terrible news?
Well, in the 1920s,
the area was developed
and a bank was built over the land.
So we'd have to rob a
bank to get to the well.
I have very mixed feelings about that.
That is pretty terrible.
Well, actually, that's
just the bad news.
Twenty years ago, someone
broke into the bank vault
and blew a hole into the floor,
- which revealed
- The well.
The bank robber was on
the treasure hunt too.
Which finally brings us to more news,
and I don't know if
it's good or bad or what,
but they caught the guy
and he's still in prison.
And his name is Diego Salazar.
As in "Beware of Salazar" Salazar?
I have to go talk to him.
Well, maybe you missed the
part where he's in jail.
In Mexico.
Salazar is the only one that
knows what happened to that box.
You don't know that for sure, Jess.
And why would you risk
going to Mexico for that?
Salazar killed my dad.
Why is this the first
I'm hearing of this?
I just found out from Billie.
Billie?
Catfish Queen?
- She told you and you believed her?
- Yeah.
No.
It makes sense. Why else
would my mom have that note?
Okay, right now, I don't
know what to believe.
But all I know is that Salazar
is the key to figuring it all out.
Jess.
Um, as previously stated, that
would require going to Mexico.
And you can never come back.
My bag's already packed.