The Lost Symbol (2021) s01e07 Episode Script

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SATO: I want to locate someone.
You get me what I need,
I'll get you your pyramid back.
And the capstone.
Previously on
"The Lost Symbol"
SATO: Three years ago,
Zachary Solomon was
beaten to death in Turkey.
Intel points to this prisoner
as Zachary's killer.
He left this.
- Did you know my brother?
- He was smart.
Raw intellect can only
get you so far.
Raw intellect can
only get you so far.
- Stop!
- Wait. No, it's Zachary.
Zachary.
The architecture of this
building is inspired
by the tomb
of King Mausolus
in Halicarnassus.
Which is a country
now known as
- Turkey.
- Yes, indeed.
This room is a kaleidoscope
of culture;
Egyptian, Hebraic,
astronomical, alchemical,
all accessible only
to the 33rd degree.
How do you get to that?
The 33rd degree.
Years of commitment
and charitable works.
But why?
What's the point of it all?
Brotherhood.
Like minds in lockstep pursuit
of great wisdom.
Why do you need a brotherhood
when you have a family?
(sighs)
You'll understand one day,
Zachary,
when it's your turn to
begin that climb.
Dad?
This is a list that I've put
together of some specialists.
- They all come very highly
- I said I didn't want this.
You said you didn't want to
talk to me, and that's fine.
I just--
You know, what's the harm in
seeing someone?
Carl Jung said some wounds
are unhealable.
Would you stay with him?
I just need a minute.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
Jung also said,
"We don't get wounded alone,
and we don't heal alone."
You told me that once.
I used to lecture to
a lot of people
about things
I thought were right.
You know, when Zachary
was a young boy,
he used to make me
sit beside his bed every night
as he went to sleep,
holding my hand.
You were a good father, Peter.
"If thy right hand offend thee,
cut it off."
Mark, 9:43.
It's what he recited
when he sawed it off.
The hand he used to hold.
How did my boy
become that
monster?
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- (panting)
- (phone vibrates)
(engine revving)
(tires screech)
We are preservationists
sworn to guard what's
best left undisturbed.
Men of our word.
But you've made a bargain you
have yet to keep.
The pyramid and capstone.
I don't know what to tell you.
Mal'akh had them and took
a header off a cliff.
Without him, your best bet is to
start combing the Potomac.
And with him?
I told you, he's gone.
Dead, maybe.
No.
Not dead.
- (arm cracks)
- (man shouts)
- (electricity crackling)
- (crying out)
KNOPP: From darkness to light.
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KNOPP: The Leviathan membership
includes connections
to a certain
security contractor firm.
We've deployed those resources
and brought him in.
Why?
I told you.
We want the artifacts.
But he isn't talking.
In fact, he said
he'll talk only to you.
Go ahead.
He's sedated.
He'll behave.
(exhales)
Sato.
(softly)
Zachary.
Is that who you see?
Or who you wish you did?
You left him in prison.
A lost boy
with a belief in nothing
but his own limitations.
Beaten
within an inch of his life.
What he discovered
in that inch
was his true potential.
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(guard speaking Turkish)
(speaking Turkish)
(continues in Turkish)
(man panting)
(speaking Turkish)
You American or Canadian,
Zachary?
You got a lot of fans.
Half the prison, the guards.
I help keep things quiet here.
When something comes along
making too much noise,
I silence it.
What does it mean to you?
It's an owl.
I don't know.
Seemed like a good idea
at the time.
The owl is the harbinger.
A symbol of death, ruin
and transformation.
What you mark upon the body is
an invocation of power
or self-destruction.
(laughs quietly)
Sorry, it's just I get, uh
all of the symbolic,
quasi-spiritual bullshit
I can handle from my father.
And what does he believe in?
Everything but me.
He's a Freemason.
It's the pursuit of knowledge,
ancient mysteries,
untapped potential
(chuckles softly)
And a great wisdom that
will reveal man's highest self.
I, too, believe this.
Well
enjoy the Kool-Aid.
I like you, Zachary.
I think we were meant to meet.
But you are a noisy thing.
(distant clamoring, man yelling)
- (clamoring)
- (yelling in pain)
KATHERINE: We have to get
you out of here.
ZACHARY: You had your chance!
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Oh.
KATHERINE: I wouldn't have
even recognized him.
He's dressed in rags.
He's so thin.
Don't they feed him?
Of course they do.
Dad, you didn't see him.
He's broken.
- (gasps)
- Isabel
Dad, we have to do something.
Yes.
I will speak to Warren
and see what
the State Department can do
about securing his release.
That could mean months
of red tape.
That is diplomacy.
It takes time.
He may not have time.
Kat may have another solution.
I may know someone with a
contact at the Justice Ministry.
Money will move this faster
than the State Department.
Absolutely not.
Bribery is reckless.
It can backfire
and it is immoral.
They broke his feet, Dad,
so please don't lecture me
on morality.
I'm trying to do
what is right here.
- For whom?
- For everyone.
Peter, Kat's seen the situation
with her own eyes.
A backchannel may be the only
thing to save Zach in time.
(takes deep breath)
I will run it by Warren.
Off the record.
I need to get some air.
Robert, will you walk with me?
Sure.
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- (door closes)
- (shudders)
Is that your wife who was here?
Sister.
And is she like your father?
This man who believes
in untapped potential
yet cannot see yours?
Look what they did to me.
It's hard for you to understand,
but this was a necessary part
of your journey.
(gasps, cries)
Let me take your pain.
(panting)
(inhales deeply)
(exhales)
(rhythmic, huffing breaths)
What are you doing?
(huffing breaths continue)
What's happening?
(rhythmic,
huffing breaths continue)
(huffing breaths stop)
(Zach shuddering)
Today
your healing begins.
PETER: Your support
for Katherine back there
was very touching.
I don't want to get
between you two.
Thankfully, you already are.
I used to worry
you two wouldn't be able
to get over your differences,
but I was wrong.
A man is allowed
to be wrong sometimes.
Isn't he?
This family could do
with some good news right now.
So what are you waiting for?
You have the ring, don't you?
(chuckles softly)
- A lot going on, obviously.
- What did I tell you
about the timing of things?
You know, you could be waiting
for the rest of your life.
Maybe I think too much.
What-what if I'm not there
for her?
What if I'm not
What if I'm no better
than my dad?
You know, Jung wrote;
"We don't get wounded alone
and we don't heal alone."
I just think Kate would be
a wonderful woman to heal with.
(Samyaza chanting mantra)
(continues chanting mantra)
How does it feel?
I broke my hand in high school
punching a wall.
Took months to heal.
I don't know how you did this.
But I want to.
Could you show me?
No.
Why not?
"Man's highest self," huh?
Zachary.
The ability you seek
it does not come freely.
What do I have to do?
My childhood was a lecture.
Always the student,
never the son.
Your father was
the wrong teacher.
You have yet to learn
your power.
(whispers)
How?
Commit.
Embody your commitment
in every action,
every thought,
every inch of your flesh.
You must sacrifice your past.
You must erase who you were
in order to write
who you will become.
Burn it, Zachary.
I want you to burn it all.
All the mistakes you have made.
And all the mistakes
others have made against you.
All of your memories,
judgments, inhibitions.
Burn for me,
and I will teach you.
(screaming)
(continues screaming)
LANGDON: Thank you.
Apparently,
the duck here is great.
Can't see any duck, though.
Is this the right place?
Well, they checked
the reservation and greeted you
by name, so I think chances are.
Right.
Right. Of course.
Thank you.
What's going on with you?
Is there something
you're not telling me?
No. I mean
yes.
Katherine
I've been thinking, uh,
- about the future
- I got it.
I-I would say yes,
if I were you.
If you were me?
You mean Oxford, right?
Or are you fielding job offers
from multiple
world-class universities?
(chuckles)
Yeah.
I mean, uh, no, just that offer.
But
I'm not going.
I said no.
It's fine.
I-I mean, it's good.
You're starting the lab,
and I get to be there for that,
for you.
I don't want you making
a decision because of me
that you might regret later on.
- The only thing that I'd regret
- Any questions on the menu?
- Um
- No, I-I think we're good.
- Thanks.
- So, for tonight's special,
we have a delicious
lemon soy branzino
served with roasted cauliflower
and a lovely chateaubriand.
KATHERINE: Um,
and the chateaubriand,
- is that for one or two?
- Oh. There's a call.
Oh, wow. So sorry.
- I-I got to take this.
- Are you actually faking
- a phone call right now?
- Hello?
(mouthing)
You are. Okay.
Um
(sighs)
Uh
- I think we're just gonna need a minute.
- Sure.
Okay, what's the problem
this time, Robert?
Well, for one, you're a fool,
and she's not gonna marry
a fool.
Counterpoint; maybe she would--
you'll never know,
'cause you're a scared fool.
(phone vibrates)
(takes deep breath)
Kat.
What's wrong?
(exhales)
LANGDON: "However, speculation
amongst long-time observers
"of the region believe
"the imprisonment
of the younger Solomon
"raises the specter of Turkey's
dubious evidentiary standards
and questionable
human rights record."
Needless to say,
Zachary's situation
has just become
more complicated.
"The Turkish Justice Ministry
said that the full list
of charges and evidence
would be released in due time."
You were going
to keep this out of the press.
I tried.
Perhaps they got wind
of your visit.
So now this is my fault?
It doesn't matter
whose fault it is.
The story has embarrassed
the Turkish government,
and now they want
their pound of flesh.
What do you mean?
They have demanded that
Zachary make a public apology
and full confession
to the drug charges
and of espionage.
- What?
- That's ridiculous.
Yes, but that is the only way
they will let him go now.
What if he won't do it?
Well, he has to.
Have you told Mom about this?
No.
I didn't think
that would be a good idea.
The body is a canvas,
capable of great manifestation.
What does it mean?
Breithe, bás, athbhreithe.
Birth, death
and rebirth.
(whispers)
Birth, death and rebirth.
(Zach humming sustained tone)
- SAMYAZA: Focus on the hum.
- (humming stops)
- Its vibrations.
- (resumes humming)
(stops humming)
(resumes humming
sustained tone)
(stops humming)
(resumes humming)
- (stool legs clack on floor)
- (stops humming)
Resonance opens channels
within us, tapping into energies
that allow us to master control
of our bodies.
Concentrate on the vibration,
then push against it.
(inhales)
(humming sustained tone)
(both humming sustained tone)
(both inhale)
(both humming sustained tone)
(both inhale)
(both humming sustained tone)
(humming stops)
(shudders softly)
I believe you're ready for
the next stage of your journey.
But it will not be here.
Beneath this prison,
there's a waterway that connects
to the basilica near Ayasofya.
There, the aqueduct dries
into a tunnel
that runs beneath the museum,
where we will surface
and escape.
- Escape?
- I've set in motion a plan here.
This place will descend
into chaos.
It will allow us to run.
Travel away.
Then
you will get something for me
from your father.
Why?
What could you want from him?
The Knights Templar once stole
an ancient wisdom
from this land.
A set of psychic commandments
which, once learned,
can transform man into god.
From the Templars, it
changed hands to the Freemasons.
Your father's brotherhood
has something
that does not belong to them.
PETER: Zachary.
It's good to see you.
Looks like your feet
have healed up.
That's good.
It is.
I suppose you're wondering
why I'm here.
Was that a prompt?
Am I supposed to hazard a guess?
Warren has negotiated
an agreement for your release,
to come home.
This is home.
There are conditions.
You have to make
a full confession
- to some other charges
- You don't listen.
You never did.
I don't need your deal.
I made a mistake.
(softly)
I made a mistake.
You want to punish me?
All right, I deserve it.
But it isn't just for me.
It's your sister.
It's for your mother.
She just sits by the window
most days,
tearing at her hair.
Your family needs you back.
Come home.
Please come home.
Mom, what are you doing?
We could never get him
to believe in the tooth fairy.
After his first tooth,
even then he saw
right through it.
Dad's gonna bring him home.
You're so quick
to believe in your father.
That's how all this started,
isn't it?
Let's get some air.
It's nice outside.
No, I'm fine, honey.
You go ahead.
(humming sustained tone)
(stops humming)
(resumes humming)
Vibrations will only manifest
if you commit.
And you are not there yet.
You thought I wouldn't hear
about the deal your father made?
He still controls you,
just as he always has.
No.
He doesn't control me.
Do you really believe that?
- He manipulated you.
- No.
He made you do what he wanted,
because you're
still not free of him.
If I go back,
I can be more useful.
Through him,
I can find the ancient wisdom.
You must find yourself first.
(clamoring in distance)
It's begun.
(alarm ringing)
Today we both escape.
(grunting)
Breithe,
bás, athbhreithe.
(grunts)
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(phone vibrating)
Yeah?
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(flies buzzing)
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SAMYAZA: Will you commit?
You must erase who you were
in order to write
who you will become.
(clapping echoes)
(straining, gasping)
(labored breathing)
(grunting)
LANGDON: Hey.
- Hey.
- Sorry. Little early.
No, it's fine.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
Trying to feel him, I guess.
There's nothing.
No difference.
Like he's still here.
It's normal to not accept
the reality of death.
I'm sure it feels impossible
No, that's not what I mean.
I just have this feeling,
this
this sense.
I envy you, you know.
How black and white the world
must seem through your eyes.
I'm sorry. I'm-I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm not
I'm not angry with you.
I'm angry with myself.
Zach was right.
I could have done more.
I didn't do more
because I didn't trust myself
to do it.
I turned to Dad.
I turned to you.
Why didn't I turn to myself?
I'm
more than capable.
If I can't trust myself, I
I'm not ready to trust
somebody else.
Kat, please, can we just
I can't do this.
It wouldn't be fair to you
or to me.
I need to do this alone.
I have to figure out my way
through this.
We figure it out together.
I love you
Robert Langdon.
And I wish you
every good thing imaginable
at Oxford or
wherever you end up.
'Cause I just know
the most incredible future
- is waiting for you.
- No. Kat
I just can't be a part of it.
(men speaking Turkish)
(door opens)
Hello.
What do you think?
It will require
several surgeries.
Very expensive.
You'll get your money.
I'll need a photo from before
for reference.
There is no before.
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Zachary.
I told you.
He's gone.
(softly)
No.
It feels like you can't go back,
but it's not too late.
And what choice
would you have me make?
Start by telling me where you
put the pyramid and capstone.
So the CIA could have them?
So you can live.
After all that I've done
you would want that?
They're buried.
Near a bridge at the edge
of the Solomon property.
Zachary's bridge.
My bridge.
I'll let them know.
You're leaving?
No.
I'll come back this time.
(panting)
(rhythmic, huffing breaths)
KATHERINE: You think
he's gonna be okay?
He's got you, doesn't he?
And me.
I'm not going anywhere
this time.
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(rhythmic,
huffing breaths continue)
(breathing slows)
(exhales)
ZACH: They're buried.
Near a bridge at the edge
of the Solomon property.
Zachary's bridge.
My bridge.
(thud in distance)
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(choking)
(whispering)
Breithe
bás
athbhreithe.
♫ ♫
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