National Treasure: Edge of History (2022) s01e07 Episode Script

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The Jade box. You have it.
Liam sold it to me.
The same man who killed my
brother killed your father.
A treasure hunter named Salazar.
This medallion we
both wear is a promise,
to keep the treasure
safe from men like him.
She kicked my ass.
The well at the Alamo.
Game on.
Jess!
- There she is.
- Have you got the package?
It's time to deliver it.
So if that third box isn't
at the Alamo, where is it?
Alamo, Mexico.
There's this Mexican town called
Viesca that used to be called "Alamo".
We just poked the bear.
We have to watch our backs.
Billie will show no mercy.
That tea you're drinking?
It's laced with poison.
If you want the antidote, you'll
tell me what I came here for.
Then this secret dies with me.
Judge Ramirez is sending over
the arrest warrant. Good work.
- Now go get Valenzuela.
- Sir.
- I don't know
- Ross.
We checked the witness
out, he's credible.
He was Sadusky's nurse for two years.
Yeah.
You remember when I
said I believed in you?
You can do this.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, uh, let's just, just take a minute
because, obviously, the adrenaline
rush has gotten to your sane mind.
Jess, Oren and I are perfectly
capable of going to Mexico.
How do you plan on getting the
location of the box from Salazar?
Neither of you even speak Spanish.
But, Jess, let's be real.
If you cross the border,
you can't come back.
Can't Ethan just do some lawyerly stuff?
- There's gotta be something for emergencies.
- There is.
For me to legally leave the country,
I'd have to apply for advance parole.
It's called parole?
It's not like you're under
arrest. Who is naming these things?
- Like, read the room.
- Yeah.
And even if it gets approved,
a big "if", it could take months.
Salazar knows where that relic is.
And I'm not gonna let him stop
me from finding that treasure
and proving my mom was right.
But how are you going to do that?
We have the same enemy.
Billie.
He's not gonna want her to
find the treasure either.
I'm gonna make an alliance with him.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Well, you're not going alone.
Oh, we're gonna need some food.
It's a long drive to Mexico.
Tasha, Oren, I can't ask
you guys to come with me.
Well, good, because
we're not asking, either.
We're coming.
The FBI.
- What?
- What?
Are they cleaning out your stuff?
No, they must have a search warrant.
- Jess, your suitcase!
- No, no, no, there's no way.
I scrubbed everything.
There's no way they linked you to
Graceland or the Governor's Ball.
Oh, God.
Jess, you're wanted for
Peter Sadusky's murder.
What?
So he was murdered.
Why do they think you did it?
Let's not stick around
to find out. Let's go.
All detainees remain in this room
until called for your court appearance.
Hey, come on, man. Give me a break.
You wouldn't arrest
Davy Crockett, would you?
- Hey, come on!
- It's David Crockett.
- Just sit down.
- He never called himself "Davy."
Nice costume.
Especially the authentic
barrel knot in the cravat.
You know your stuff.
Only those who truly appreciate history
care about its details, big or small.
Yeah.
Good luck hanging on to that ideology.
What are you detained for?
Me?
I'm just guilty of preaching the truth.
Nobody wants to hear the
real history of the Alamo.
I do.
I delivered it.
You don't sound too happy.
I did what I was told.
Good man. Sending payment now.
Anything on the police scanner yet?
They're still cleaning
out our apartment.
Oren, have you heard from Jess?
Really need to talk to her.
She really needs to talk to you, too.
Uh, I'm gonna go check on Oren.
What do you wanna talk about?
What did you need to talk about?
You first.
You don't need all these Nike
boxes to go visit a supervillain.
Well, Jess has her treasure boxes,
I have "in case of" boxes.
"In case of hurricane."
"In case of the tornadoes."
Uh
"In case of a zombie apocalypse."
It could happen.
And this is in case Jess ever
needed to use that suitcase.
You sold a lot to get all of this.
Yeah.
I can't believe you did all this, Oren.
And burner phones.
You thought of everything.
I do listen to you, you know.
So yeah.
Liam's not the bad
guy we thought he was.
I should have known Billie framed him.
Hey
Did I miss the moment you've
got the power to see all?
Come on.
Billie obviously framed
you for Sadusky's murder,
and the FBI fell for it.
The FBI!
Liam was a victim, just like you were.
Yeah, but
he could have died!
I wish I could tell him
how sorry I am, but
I have to go.
"Go"?
Go where?
There must be another well.
The well in the front
courtyard is the only one.
Unless you're talking
about the original Alamo.
The original?
Everybody thinks the Alamo is
named after the poplar trees.
Because the word poplar is
- Alamos.
- "alamos" in Spanish.
- Yes.
- Right?
But the trees were planted
after the mission became
what we know today.
All thanks to a couple
of Spanish soldiers
who named the Alamo after
their hometown in Mexico.
I love it.
I could sit here all
day talking about this.
I know, Mexico
sounds crazy.
You're gonna tell me not to go.
Two weeks ago, I would have said that.
But after everything we've been
through, it's crazy to say "crazy."
I know you need to do this.
Okay, all packed up.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
- If you see Liam
- Don't worry, I'll catch him up.
Jess, I
I want you to go find that treasure.
I'm gonna lawyer up and
clear your name, okay?
We'll see each other soon.
Pinky swear.
Pinky swear.
Come on, Jess. Party bus is leaving!
Coming.
Oh, my God.
- Ross?
- Mm-hmm.
There's someone here to see you.
Thank you.
I've known Jess my whole life.
There's no way she's capable of murder.
Sometimes, the people we think
we know turn out to be different.
Look, you seem like a good friend,
but I have her confession on tape.
That treasure belongs to my family.
My father gave his life for it.
So did my son.
And you'll give yours, too,
unless you give me that clue.
Are you threatening me?
That tea you're drinking?
It's laced with poison.
If you want the antidote, you'll
tell me what I came here for.
Then this secret dies with me.
You wouldn't let that happen.
Wouldn't I?
That's why I'm having tea
with your grandson next.
His apartment's just a little
further down the road, isn't it?
It's a fake.
It's been analyzed by our experts.
Jess got a perfect score on
her English ACT, first try.
It drove me nuts because
I missed one question.
Usage error.
"Further" versus "farther."
The right word here is "farther"
since it's a physical,
measurable distance.
But that's not what the fake
Jess on your fake tape said.
So you're suggesting
grammar as an alibi?
You've never heard of
"let's eat grandma"?
You forget to put the comma
in and Grandma's a goner.
Where did you get this?
It was Billie Pearce, wasn't it?
She's British.
They use "further" instead of "farther."
Actually, it wasn't Billie Pearce.
Then who?
Sorry, I can't divulge details
of an ongoing investigation.
And you know that.
Fine.
Here's the file report.
They've identified the blonde
woman on the USS Kidd for you.
Billie Pearce, and she was
just arrested at the Alamo.
Jess.
I cannot believe that Jess
lied to us about the Alamo.
She didn't lie to us about the Alamo.
Just which one.
Wait, there's a second Alamo?
Hi. Agent Ross, FBI,
Baton Rouge Field Office.
You're the reason why they
detained me for so long?
Must be a big case for
you to come all this way.
Actually, it is. We're
looking for a fugitive,
I was hoping you could help.
Her name's Jess Valenzuela.
I know you've had contact with her.
In fact, I have pictures of you and her
- at the USS Kidd.
- You don't need to show me pictures.
I know who she is.
She approached me for
some business advice
and I said she could
shadow me for a few days.
But no good deed goes unpunished.
She's the reason why I got arrested.
So now she's a fugitive.
May I ask, what did she do?
She's a murder suspect.
Wow.
Seems like I dodged a bullet.
Good luck.
Do hope your next lead doesn't take
you even further away from home.
This is it.
It's not too late, Jess.
Keep going.
Let's hope your name
hasn't hit Interpol yet.
Passports, please.
Bienvenida a casa.
Go ahead.
What did he say to you?
"Welcome home."
What's up, baby?
Hey! Sorry, I missed you,
but let me know what you need.
Hey.
I was really hoping to hear your voice.
Where are you?
Please, I need to know you're okay.
Been trying to call you.
I lost my phone.
Look, have you seen Jess?
Who has?
She missed her last four shifts.
Oh, and some guy named Ethan
came by looking for you.
Did he leave a number?
No.
What is he, a manager or something?
What? No. Uh
Look, I know it's not Friday,
but I really need my check.
I gotta get a new phone.
My old one took a swim.
Wow. You, uh you really have no idea.
What?
Your little stunt in Graceland,
it's all over the Internet.
All these people are
here to see you play.
- Really?
- Yeah, really.
I
Got, I got, I got something
more important to do, I'm sorry.
I'll give you a grand for one song.
Cash.
I
I wanna try something
I've never done before.
I, um
I wrote this about someone that
Well, I guess you can
just hear it in the song.
Wouldn't want nobody else ♪
Calling me up late on a Friday ♪
Talking all night
long in the driveway ♪
You could say my mind's made up ♪
No, it didn't take much ♪
Girl, you weren't a hard sell ♪
First look, first word, and I fell ♪
Knew I didn't want anyone else ♪
Beside me ♪
Besides you ♪
Nobody turns that
dial up quite as loud ♪
And rocks me like you do ♪
There's no finding a better view ♪
How's this?
It's giving Rachel Maddow. I love it.
Okay, so prison visiting hours
tomorrow are from 10 to 2.
Great.
My mom used to play
this for me all the time.
This must be so hard for you, Jess.
Yeah.
It's weird.
It's like everything feels
so familiar, but also not.
Em
I speak English if that would
be more comfortable for you.
Oh.
- Sure.
- I have the perfect blouse.
I'll be right back. Mm-hmm?
How did she know?
Your Spanish sounds
pretty Spanish to me.
I guess I'm too Mexican for the
US and too American for Mexico.
Hey, don't let her kill your vibe.
Okay?
We have to get our heads
in the game. It's fine.
Here you go.
That's perfect, thank you.
Do you happen to know
of any hotels nearby?
We're on a budget.
Beside me ♪
Besides you ♪
I wanted to talk to you in private.
Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey
You were with that red-headed woman.
You helped her throw me in the river!
I I saved you.
I pulled you out.
Come on, bud. Liam.
Liam, stay with me, bud.
Keep your eyes open.
Why did you save me?
Billie's gone too far.
I, I thought she'd just
beat you up for the journal,
I didn't think she'd try to kill you.
And now she's framing Jess for
the murder of your grandfather.
Wait.
My grandpa was murdered?
- I gotta find Jess.
- Let me help you find her.
Wait, you know where she is?
No.
But Billie will.
And that's why I came here today.
I think Jess is in trouble,
but I know how we can help her.
"We?"
Forget it, man.
You were the mole all along.
I'd be an idiot to trust you.
Hey!
You might want this.
It fell out of your pocket
when we loaded you in the SUV.
Sorry.
I didn't have a charger.
You did not just use your
toothbrush to clean your shoes, Oren.
- This is my backup.
- Mm.
Leading sneakerheads
recommend brushing twice a day.
She couldn't have found
us that fast, could she?
Never underestimate Billie.
- Oren.
- Hey, relax, my dudes.
Hey.
Ethan.
What are you doing here?
And how did you find us?
And were you followed, Ethan? Hi.
Oren texted me, and no.
I've been super careful.
I even booked the flight
with my buddy's miles.
I just figured we'd
all be safer together.
We gotta watch our backs.
Billie made a deepfake.
Of what?
Incriminating Jess.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
I'll see if I can
access that audio file.
Billie Pearce made a very specific
usage error in our meeting.
"Further" versus "farther."
That matches the one in the
tape incriminating Valenzuela.
She's British.
And the British don't
use "farther" at all?
- Right.
- Okay.
What's Billie Pearce's motive here?
Everything I've found
so far points to
Points to what?
Points to a treasure hunt.
I know how that sounds.
But I believe Valenzuela's innocent.
You have a taped conversation.
That's as good as a confession.
Right, but if I could just request
- more time, I
- I'm trying
to help you out here.
I know what happened in DC.
I know you made the wrong call.
I know you don't wanna
arrest the wrong person.
Valenzuela's guilty, we need
to get her off the street.
Just get your career back on track.
Hey, you're talented, Agent Ross.
Find her.
Make the arrest.
That tea you're drinking?
It's laced with poison.
If you want the antidote, you'll
tell me what I came here for.
Well, at least this confirms
Billie's really behind this.
Y'all, she has access to all
of the new technology out there.
I mean, voice mimicry, deepfakes.
I mean, she could have Santa Claus
saying he hates Christmas if she wanted.
That woman is ruthless.
That's it.
That's how we get Salazar to talk.
With the awesome but increasingly
frightening power of technology?
I was gonna try to convince Salazar
to align with me instead of Billie
but now I have a better idea.
I'm gonna use Billie as a threat.
Salazar killed her brother.
If she finds out where he
is, she'll have him killed.
Unless Salazar tells you the
location of the third box.
Well, let's hope he
doesn't call your bluff.
So I couldn't find
anything on Diego Salazar.
The man has zero digital footprint.
Yeah, there was nothing in
his court records either.
No family, no previous record, no ID.
- Mm.
- It's like he's a ghost.
Oh. One more thing.
I buy it.
Hey, look. Where is this guy going?
- Salazar has a visitor.
- Must be someone important.
Really?
Where are you going, Salazar?
My father died in a fire.
- No.
- Trying to get away from you.
No.
No, I got out of that fire.
I'm Rafael.
Your dad.
Your mom, Manuela, is my wife.
And you're my daughter, Jessita.
Really?
Because last time I checked,
your name was Salazar.
No
I got arrested for breaking into a bank,
but not to rob it.
They assumed I was Salazar.
But if you didn't know I was here
you came to talk to Salazar.
You're on the treasure hunt.
I came here
to confront the man
who killed my father.
And you have the nerve
to pretend to be him.
I'm not pretending.
Sleep, precious child ♪
We used to sing that
to you all the time.
It's from my mother's hometown.
Dad?
Yes.
It's me.
I see your mother gave
you the obsidian relic.
She didn't give me anything.
How did you know about
the relic in Viesca?
Why didn't you try to find us?
I couldn't.
I had to keep you safe
from the real Salazar.
But I knew your mother will come around.
I'm glad she told you all of this.
She didn't tell me anything.
I don't understand.
Where is she?
She died last year.
Of cancer.
I should have been there.
Yeah, you should have!
But you chose to be here.
Under an alias, a thousand
miles away from us.
We had no idea you were alive!
Jessita, I had no choice.
But you must understand,
this treasure is more important
than any one person's life,
- mine or your mother's.
- Really?
Because I was raised to believe
that nothing is more
important than family.
That's not true.
This treasure is thousands
of years of lost heritage.
Your heritage.
My heritage.
The truth of Malinche.
Your mother believed it, too.
My mother never mentioned the treasure.
But she did tell me that you
were a reckless good-for-nothing.
And I didn't believe her.
Jessita, you can't
give up on the treasure.
You can still find it.
It was my duty. And now, it's yours.
You haven't listened
to a word I've said.
Have you?
Look, I went to the well in Viesca.
The lapis lazuli relic was missing.
Treasure hunters got wind of it.
And then the Daughters of
the Plumed Serpent moved it.
I've had 20 years to figure
out where it was hidden.
Go to the place where
the first Queen of Spain
met with Saint Jerome and passed notes.
I said I'm done!
That's enough!
And if you made it this
far, then you're like me.
You don't quit, and you
finish what you started.
You don't know me!
You're like me.
Yeah, you won't quit. You
finish what you started!
Jessita, don't quit!
Finish what you started!
I can't believe your dad's
been alive all these years.
I can't believe he
never tried to reach you.
I can't believe I did exactly
what my mom warned me against.
I blew up my life for the treasure.
Just like he did.
No, maybe I should just turn myself
in for a murder I didn't commit
and get extradited.
What's the worst that could happen?
Consecutive life sentences?
Well, there's nowhere to
go but up after that, right?
What about the treasure?
That treasure ruined my life.
Billie can have it.
Go ahead.
Jess, come on.
You can't quit now. You
You've come too far.
No matter what I do or accomplish
there's always this
weight sitting on my chest.
Asking me if I'm living up to
what my mom sacrificed for me.
And finding the treasure.
And bringing Malinche's truth to light.
I finally felt like I was
honoring everything she gave up.
So what's changed?
I mean, yes, your dad
turned out to be
Everything my mom says he was?
Jess, listen.
Ever since you found that
relic in the Masonic Lodge,
you've had a sense of purpose
I haven't seen in you
since your mom died.
If you ask me
You were born to do this.
So we can do this, y'all.
We just need to find
the place where, uh,
what did your dad say?
"The place where the
first Queen of Spain
and Saint Jerome met and passed notes."
Well, that's impossible. They never met.
Saint Jerome died in a
monastery in Bethlehem in 420 CE.
And Queen Isabella wasn't
born until 1,000 years later.
Okay, hear me out.
What if the two names are an anagram?
Oren's right.
- I am?
- He is?
Not about an anagram.
My dad was probably talking in code
because the guards could hear us.
So he didn't mean Queen Isabella
and Saint Jerome actually met.
"Met" means something else.
Met.
Meet, connect, intersect?
Intersect. Yes, that's something.
An intersection, a place
where two streets meet.
And Mexico City
has a street named after Queen Isabella.
What about Saint Jerome?
No.
I'm sorry, not to repeat myself,
but we are skipping lunch, yes?
Okay, you're ghosting me. I get it.
But that dance wasn't
what you thought it was.
Listen.
I wasn't looking for a relationship.
I haven't been for a minute.
But since we started this treasure
hunt, everything's changed.
I know we just met.
Like, I'm not crazy, right?
There's a pretty deep connection here?
Anyways, I know I'm rambling.
But can we please just
finish what we started?
Find me.
Hey!
Sorry, I missed you, but
let me know what you need.
Try "San Jerónimo." That's
how he's known in Mexico.
Bingo!
And the two streets intersect.
What's that building on the corner?
That is the University of
the Cloister of Sor Juana,
formerly the San Jerónimo Convent.
Best known for having
been the home of a nun
named Sor Juana in the 1600s.
Okay, Sor Juana wasn't only a nun.
She was also an accomplished
playwright, poet.
And she was hailed by modern scholars
as the first feminist in the New World.
So maybe she was a Daughter
of the Plumed Serpent.
This has to be the place
my dad was talking about.
Hiding a relic in a convent
is the best hiding place.
What? All of the treasure-hunting
conquistadors were dudes.
No men allowed in convents.
Hmm Huh
Can we eat now?
My dad said, "Go to the place
where they met and passed notes."
Like secret notes, saying
where Sor Juana hid the relic?
I don't think my dad was being literal.
Good point.
"Passed notes" could be a
code for something else, too.
My family's pretty much the enigma
code I'm always trying to crack.
As a child, Sor Juana spent
most of her time in the library.
She taught herself Greek and Latin
and was even rumored to have
corresponded with Sir Isaac Newton.
Almost everything in
here could be a clue.
But by age 17,
Sor Juana was given a choice.
Marry a man or become a nun.
She chose God
and spent most of the remainder
of her life in the convent.
She eventually amassed the biggest
library in all of Spanish America.
She had a library.
It's the perfect place to hide a note.
But
Sor Juana's feminist writings
became a threat to the Church.
So she was ultimately exiled
and her writings were burned.
Fortunately, scholars have managed
to recover some of her writings,
as well as some of the
instruments she played.
Including the old organ in this chapel,
which was refurbished in the 1970s.
Now, if you would follow me.
Sor Juana played music.
"Passed notes."
Like, musical notes.
Secret societies like the
Masons hid clues in plain sight.
But maybe the Daughters
of the Plumed Serpent
hid a clue in plain sound?
Someone watch the door.
Mm.
On nun watch.
Think the relic's
hidden inside the organ?
It's the only thing big enough.
Yeah, but where?
The nun said the organ was
refurbished in the '70s.
What if the relic was found already?
Hold up!
Okay, we're clear.
Guys, this organ was played
for hundreds of years.
If one of these notes sets
off a secret compartment,
how could they make sure no
one accidentally opened it?
Right.
That's why it would have to be
a specific combination of notes.
A song that only the Daughters
of the Plumed Serpent knew,
like Sor Juana.
Your mom's lullaby.
Sleep ♪
Precious child ♪
Here, I got it.
Ten years of piano
lessons. Sing that again?
Sleep ♪
Precious child ♪
Sleep, precious child ♪
Rest, my love ♪
Y'all? There is a
There is a flock of nuns outside.
Well, stall them!
I can't lie! They're nuns!
Play it again.
They're coming!
Sleep, precious child ♪
Rest, my love ♪
What?
Whoa.
A secret compartment.
Anything?
Ah.
What is happening in there?
Who's playing the organ?
So, so you see?
My friends are just
trying to find a clue
to an ancient treasure
hidden by Sor Juana.
Okay. Um Oh
- Uh, don't keep me dancing, come on, hey.
- Uh, uh, mm-mm.
Sorry, yup, okay.
What do you have there?
Thank you!
Gracias.
Um, what just happened?
I can't believe it.
Aztec, Incan, and Mayan.
We finally have all three of them.
So what are we doing
just staring at them?
Jess, open them.
Okay. That's it.
Oh.
X totally marks the spot.
Yeah, but where is the spot?
Near a tree?
By the river?
What are these feet
going in circle mean?
It's like it's written in code.
Another code? Are you kidding?
There's an X.
Well, I don't recognize
any of those symbols.
I know you don't wanna hear this, but
your dad probably knows
how to read that map.
Hey.
I like the new song.
It's about Jess, right?
Look, let's make one
thing perfectly clear.
I'm not here to be friends.
Okay.
I'm here because somehow,
in this messed up
irony that is my life
You're the only chance
I have to save Jess.
End of story.
I think it might be better if
we just get to know each other.
Two days ago, I thought
you were my grandpa's nurse.
Now I learn you work for Billie?
I think I know you pretty well.
You can't be trusted.
I get that.
I get that.
But
you gotta trust me, Liam.
I might need another beer.
Me too.
Okay. Wish me luck.
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Calm down.
Jessita!
Well, look who came back from the dead.
We have to leave.
- What happened?
- I just saw Billie in the lobby.
What?
- What?
- She must've figured out Salazar is here.
And now she's gonna see it's
not Salazar, it's Rafael.
No, I gotta do something.
Jess, no.
I've seen that look before.
You're about to do something
crazy and out of pocket.
Billie tried to drown
Liam over a journal.
If she figures out
it's my father in there,
she's gonna find a
way to get him killed.
There's only one way to stop her.
You cannot be serious.
Jess, you can't do it.
I'm gonna break him out.
What?
I'm gonna break my father out of prison.