The Lost Symbol (2021) s01e09 Episode Script

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LANGDON: Da Vinci experimented
with vibrations.
ZACH: A dagger touched
by the heavens.
Previously on
The Lost Symbol
We got to figure out
what Blake's been up to.
He's been on the phone
with Istanbul.
OSTERMAN: A long-range
antipersonnel technology.
He could wipe out our accounts.
KNOPP: All those in favor
of turning the device over?
ISABEL: I'm his mother.
- You're my mother, too.
- Then you need to leave.
ISABEL: He's hidden something
in the barn.
My boy.
(screams)
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(insects trilling)
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(engine hums)
- (phone buzzing)
- (sniffles)
- Hey.
- Hey, are you there yet?
I still got a half hour left.
Some bridge closed,
and I got rerouted.
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She's still not answering.
You said she never answers.
Yeah, uh, I did. I did say that.
Call me when you get there,
and be careful.
- Will do.
- Okay. Bye.
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KATHERINE: This muffle furnace
tops out at 1,400 degrees Celsius.
Hot enough to turn anything
to dust.
Including the pyramid,
whatever it's made of.
What? W-Wait a minute.
That would destroy it.
- Exactly.
- I thought we were here to do X-rays on it
or run it through
the mass spectrometer.
No. I'm done.
He's done.
We are going to stop him
by obliterating the path
to the only thing
he seems to care about.
What about what you care about?
Since this started,
you've been talking
about the wisdom
as if it was real.
I mean, God, l-look around.
Everything you've built.
If this could, on some level,
validate your theories,
then wouldn't you want to know?
You need to get
your own material.
What?
I used that line on Warren
to get him to help us.
(stammers) Okay. Regardless,
uh, the point is
The point is,
this isn't about me.
Admit it, it's you.
You've changed.
Now you're the one
who needs to know.
I-I study history,
I don't destroy it.
S-Sure, if there's something
buried out there,
a-an ancient instruction manual,
a psychic lesson plan,
h-however is it that this wisdom
actually, tangibly presents,
then, yeah,
I-I would like to see it.
So this is purely
an academic pursuit for you.
Basically, yeah.
Then you'll get over it.
- Your dad's gonna be here soon.
- (beeping)
(clicks, beeps)
He's got ten minutes.
(birds singing)
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(engine revs)
(engine starts)
(scoffs softly)
What?
Oh, no, it was nothing.
What?
I was just thinking
this isn't the type
of "morning after" ritual
couples usually engage in.
"Couples"?
Oh, you know what I mean.
We could not talk about it,
if
I mean, maybe not,
like, right now.
Yeah, exactly. With-- Yeah.
Whenever. Or not, even.
Uh
(door opens)
(door closes)
KATHERINE: Dad
I don't understand.
It was at your mother's?
- He hid it there.
- What?
Dad.
Mom knew he was alive.
She's the one who's been
giving him money.
She's she's known all along.
That can't be.
She would never
He's been manipulating her,
and she doesn't understand
what he's become.
So now, we are going
to destroy that pyramid,
and end this once and for all.
No.
I fear his plan is far
more complex than we knew.
He has something.
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(device beeps)
(crackling)
(pulsing low hum)
(high-pitched ringing)
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(water sloshing)
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So you handed over
this device to him.
- I was outvoted.
- Outvoted.
From what you've told us,
this thing
could cause serious damage.
And if that comes to pass, I
will be forced to live with it.
I think there may be
another reason he wants it.
A device that creates
vibrations,
I have to believe
it's about resonance.
Exactly. He was writing
about it in his journals.
- PETER: Yes.
- Vibrational phenomena,
cymatics, how sound can
create patterns and
And symbols.
The Leviathan Cross,
the circumpunct.
Symbols have been
opening doors all along.
It makes sense that the final
door would be the same.
(phone buzzing)
It's Nuñez.
Hey, you there yet?
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
What's going on?
Did he talk to your mom?
No, he never made it.
He saw
Zach testing
the device, I think.
And it did something to him,
to Nuñez.
He was bleeding from his ears
and he blacked out.
- Is he all right?
- He says he is. I don't know.
(clicks, beeps)
We can't destroy
the pyramid now,
it gives him nothing to lose.
So what do we do next?
We get there first.
We find the ancient wisdom.
That is the way we stop him.
He's right.
Langdon, you have been
trying to find it.
Over and over again.
Never with the three
of us together.
(sighs) Okay.
What was the last clue
you guys figured out?
LANGDON: It was a pseudonym.
Uh, Isaacus Neutonuus.
- Newton. He was a Freemason?
- PETER: A Rosicrucian.
An alchemist.
Alchemy.
You said there was a clue
about the 33rd degree?
"All will be revealed
at the 33rd degree."
We used my 33rd degree ring
to open the box
that revealed the Rose cross.
What if there's another meaning?
Temperature, on an older scale.
Not Fahrenheit or Celsius.
- The Newton scale.
- And on the Newtonian scale,
the boiling point of water,
which is the quintessential
alchemical process, occurs at
33 degrees. Brilliant.
It's telling us to boil it.
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Look, the capstone.
Something's happening.
LANGDON: "Eight Franklin Square."
The pyramid has its alchemy,
and we three, it appears,
have our own.
Let's look up the address.
I think I know how to end this.
TOWNSEND: So, your son's
gone from kidnapper
to murderer
to domestic terrorist.
And now, thanks
to this Leviathan group,
he has classified
government technology.
So you understand, Mr. Solomon,
every one of your members will
be held accountable for this.
- Even you.
- PETER: So be it.
But right now, I am just here
to help you apprehend
- the real threat.
- TOWNSEND: Don't take this the wrong way,
but you don't look like you're
in a position to help anyone.
I assume you know
why he's doing this.
The portal. It's been a topic
of curiosity here for years.
Never put any stock in it,
personally.
Others have developed
a bit of a fetish.
LANGDON: It doesn't matter
if you think it's real.
- Mal'akh does.
- And how is it
you're going
to help us catch him?
They figured out where it is.
We'll give you the location.
You'll use it to lure him
and, uh, take him out.
Okay. Where is it?
- KATHERINE: We have a condition.
- Hmm?
If we unearth this wisdom,
whatever form it takes,
- we share it.
- With whom?
- Everyone.
- PETER: We go public.
Demystify it.
You'd be acting
against your sacred oath.
PETER: If we make it public,
then no one will ever again
mount such a destructive mission
to find it.
If you truly believe
there's a power in this wisdom,
what's to prevent others
using it for evil?
PETER: I have to believe
that, in the end,
the good in us will triumph.
You're being naïve.
- Deal.
- Charlene.
Oh, let's face it, Ellison,
you've become
obsessed with this.
In some ways you're no better
than this Mal'akh.
I need to focus
on what's real here,
and in this case,
it's eliminating the threat.
So how do we tip him off
about the location?
Don't suppose
you have his number?
SATO: No.
But he has ours.
(resonant ringing)
Sounds nice.
Kind of like a cosmic cowbell.
This is
the vibration written of
in the Vedic Brahmanas.
The frequency of creation.
That'll work, too.
Okay. The frequency
is locked and loaded.
(beeping)
Chatter on the network.
(keys clicking)
ZACH: The Almas Temple.
8 Franklin Square.
Where are you going?
To end it.
(insects trilling)
Hero 1 to Sandman,
what is your status?
Sandman Actual,
in position and ready.
BLAKE: Copy.
Langley?
Langley sees you.
Now we wait.
Can't even see
the temple from here.
Safer that way. Just be patient.
Do you think
he's even gonna show?
How would I know?
It's your plan.
(sighs)
Hey. You okay?
Do you think, if they catch him,
we'll be allowed to see him?
I have no idea.
Would you want to?
I feel like I owe it to him,
maybe to myself,
just to see if there's any
of him left in there, you know?
God, is that crazy?
No. It's not crazy.
BLAKE: I might have something.
Possible target,
heading up the temple steps.
ADAMU: Sandman Actual.
I have eyes on the target.
It's him.
- Weapons hot.
- (guns click)
(doorknob clicking)
Go on my signal.
Go.
(Zach grunts)
ADAMU: Get down!
(men grunting)
Sandman Actual to Hero 1.
Target secure.
TOWNSEND: Nice work.
Let's get him to his new home.
You're welcome.
Understood.
They got him.
- Y-You're sure?
- I'm sure. This is what we do.
KATHERINE: Oh, my God.
What are you doing?
- Calling Sato.
- No calls.
Give it to me.
I'm not giving you my phone.
Hand it over.
Wow. So that's the state of
civil liberties in this country.
You know, I don't even know
why I'm surprised.
BRIGGS: Just following orders.
KATHERINE: What orders?
We're supposed to be
partners on this.
Is there something
you're not telling us?
(exhales)
Site's secure.
- We can bring them in.
- Who?
Langdon. The Solomons.
That's no longer happening.
What the hell is going on?
Who's that?
Is that
Benjamin York.
You know him as Samyaza.
What the hell is he doing here?
Blake tracked him down
off the intel you collected.
Found him in a Chechen prison.
Real shithole.
Clear the room.
AGENT: Yes, sir.
(quick, patterned breathing)
You're making a mistake.
You must have known that
we'd want first crack at this.
And if there's wisdom
in the temple, Mr. York
is going to help us find it.
(inhales deeply)
(exhales)
(breathing deeply)
It's not here.
Anything down there?
TECH: The foundation
is on solid bedrock.
Nothing is buried here.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
I saw the capstone
with my own damn eyes.
It said "Eight Franklin Square."
Briggs, put Langdon on.
- Briggs?
- NUNEZ: (over phone) Sorry.
Briggs can't come
to the phone right now.
BLAKE: Who the hell is this?
They played you.
LANGDON: "Eight Franklin Square."
PETER: The pyramid has
its alchemy, and we three,
it appears, have our own.
KATHERINE: Let's look up the address.
I think I know how to end this.
Here, look at this.
(grunts)
There was some kind of wax
hiding this grid.
Here, I'll-I'll draw it.
No, no, um, I have
a better idea. Hang on.
PETER: It's a blend
of astrological, Masonic
and alchemical symbols,
all of which seem to connect
to the ancient mysteries.
It's an eight by eight grid.
Franklin Square.
The secret hides
within the Order.
It's not a religious order.
It's the "Order Eight
Franklin Square."
- Which is what?
- It's a magic square.
Just like
in the Dürer engraving.
But created by Ben Franklin.
LANGDON: The secret hides
within the Order Eight
Franklin Square.
KATHERINE: So we arrange
these symbols
according to these
numbers, right?
- Yeah, exactly.
- Great, hang on.
Masons and their math, huh?
PETER: Well, math is the language
in which God wrote the universe.
LANGDON: If you go by the Bible,
His math is pretty bad,
actually.
(quietly)
All right.
- Done.
- So, what do you see?
A pictogram.
- An allegory.
- PETER: That's all,
from the symbologist?
I'd interpret it as a picture
of heaven and Earth.
Heredom, the holy house sitting
above the visible planets.
Moon, Sun, the circumpunct,
also the universal symbol
for God.
The arrow pointing down
indicates
that it is above Earth,
where we see,
filled with the representations
of modern religion,
a pyramid stretching
toward heaven,
the enduring symbol
of lost wisdom.
And below that, the Winding
Staircase of Freemasonry.
PETER: Very good.
But we have to look
beyond the allegory
to get a location.
Right. It's a map. Of course.
There are two spaces
on the third line.
Is that deliberate
or are there symbols missing?
Could be.
Uh, "Au" from the Latin aurum.
The symbol for gold.
Sigma, delta.
Sum and difference.
And that E is one of the
alchemical symbols for mercury.
So it's describing
the alchemical process,
- but how does that help us?
- Yeah, I have no idea.
The symbols that are missing
could be telling us
where to look,
or maybe how to look.
Heredom, a holy house, yes,
but what is missing
is that it is also the code name
that we use
for our grandest building,
the House of the Temple.
LANGDON: So,
8 Franklin Square
isn't the right address.
We know that,
but Mal'akh doesn't.
- So we can use that to trap him.
- Yeah.
And we're gonna need
Sato's help to do it.
We realized this address,
it points to the Almas Temple.
If Mal'akh is led to believe
that's where the portal is,
he'll come for it.
We have your people waiting,
and this time, we do it right.
If it's there,
Blake won't let you near it.
It won't be.
There's another location.
It's probably best
you don't know where it is.
As for Blake,
we need to go over his head.
Can you get us in
to see the director?
We'll give you the location.
You'll use it to lure him
and, uh, take him out.
- Deal.
- Go.
They got him.
Hand it over.
(door creaks,
closes in distance)
Stay put.
Hey, what's going on, Officer?
Got a complaint
of a Peeping Tom.
You look like a Tom.
I'm with the management company.
You got ID?
Check my pocket. I'm CIA.
Yeah, I know. Now don't move.
- LANGDON: We good?
- Yep.
- What do you think you're doing?
- Shut up, Tom.
Figure you got about 15 minutes
till the rest of the CIA
gets wise.
Don't worry about me. Go.
(engine starts)
(tires screech)
There she is.
House of the Temple.
Modeled on the great tomb
of King Mausolus
- at Halic
- KATHERINE: Halicarnassus.
One of the Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World.
Literally, every time
we drive past it.
Do we just knock
on the front door?
Pull around the north side.
I have a way in.
(beeping)
(beeps, clicks)
Guess they haven't revoked
your access code.
Leviathans be damned.
I'm still a Master Mason.
They can't take that from me.
Follow me.
LANGDON: This must be
the Temple Room.
PETER: The beating heart
of Heredom.
This is where
33rd degree Masons
hold our most sacred rituals.
Incredible.
There's nothing
at the Almas Temple.
So either Langdon got it wrong,
or he duped us.
Thoughts?
Like I said; you had to know
we wanted first crack.
So I guess you did.
I don't know whether to have you
renditioned or buy you a beer.
Where's the actual location?
He didn't tell me.
He knew you'd ask me that,
and he knew
I'd have to tell you.
So you let Langdon
keep you in the dark?
- I trust him.
- Trust?
Yeah. You should try it
some time.
(door opens)
Listen up. The tranqs
will be wearing off by now.
- Don't take any chances.
- Copy.
Oh, shit.
Now look up.
It's the inside of a pyramid.
And we're directly
underneath it.
Stairway out the front,
pyramid above,
and the eye of God looking down.
It could be here.
Where?
KATHERINE: "From the light
of the divine word,
the Logos"
"Comes the wisdom of Life."
Well, I've never seen
a portal to godhood before,
but I'm gonna take a wild stab
and say it's the giant altar
in the middle of the room.
The altar,
symbolic of the Masons' quest
to commune with the Creator.
Dad, does it open somehow?
It's solid marble.
Well, maybe it's under
the altar, then?
No. This isn't right.
Here? The altar?
It's too easy.
We're missing something.
Show me the grid.
There. To the right of Heredom.
What's that symbol?
- KATHERINE: A down arrow.
- I don't think so.
LANGDON: I was wrong.
It's-it's not an arrow
pointing down, it's
it's a sword pointing up.
So now we're looking
for a sword?
And not just any sword.
The Tyler sword.
The Tyler sword.
It's kept it in a display case
downstairs,
but that is just a replica.
The real one
is behind that throne.
(grunting)
Look. On the hilt,
a Mason's square.
What about the other side?
An ouroboros.
It's another Masonic symbol.
Yes, but no.
They don't belong together.
The square is normally paired
with the compass.
So maybe these are
our missing symbols, then.
Possibly, yes.
Pen.
What's the order, though?
The Square is an L.
Laus Deo.
- "Praise be to God."
- The map is complete.
This tells us
the final location.
A staircase under a pyramid,
inside an Egyptian obelisk
rising 555 feet above the city.
- (beeps)
- (indistinct radio chatter)
Security guard.
Stay here. I'll deal with this.
Good evening. Would you mind?
Oh, Mr. Solomon.
Didn't recognize you.
I know, I-I've lost
a bit of weight recently.
You shouldn't have come here.
I'm sorry, I know
it's after hours.
No, there's a federal alert
out on you.
I'm going to have
to detain you, sir.
(chuckles)
You're joking, right?
Is there anyone else with you?
- I heard voices.
- No. No, no, I'm sorry.
I was praying.
Come on, l-let's get this
sorted out, shall we?
Thank you
for understanding, sir.
That's quite all right.
"Laus Deo" is inscribed
on the pyramidion
atop the Washington Monument.
That's where we need to go.
So it all comes back
to George Washington.
Full circle.
The father of Freemasonry
in America,
and they buried the wisdom
under the monument
that immortalizes his memory.
We're so close.
Okay.
Maybe it isn't just
an academic pursuit.
I know.
I'm gonna go check on your dad.
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(grunting)
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Langdon?
Hey, sis.