National Treasure: Edge of History (2022) s01e10 Episode Script

Jess was supposed to call
when her and her dad
got across the border.
Billie's got her.
Well, what do we have here?
- Give me that medallion.
- Ah!
- What is that?
- It's a Wayfinder.
It's like an ancient compass.
Only it doesn't work.
But it will work.
When we're close to the treasure.
- What are you doing?
- You murdered Peter Sadusky.
That's why you were pushing
me to arrest Jess Valenzuela.
I've detained a murder suspect.
He'll be waiting for you.
My grandpa sent me this
book before he died.
He's trying to send me a secret message.
"All lost treasures, all
found, all destroyed "
Billie isn't a treasure hunter.
She's a treasure destroyer.
But the leader is Salazar.
We are about to find the
great Pan-American treasure.
Freeze! Your treasure hunt is
over. The police are on their way.
Salazar.
You killed her!
Jessita.
What are you doing here, Salazar?
I've been waiting for this
moment for the past 20 years.
Why are these two still alive?
We wouldn't be here without them.
I thought I'd keep them around
until we found the treasure.
I'm telling you
he killed your brother.
He's gonna stab you in the back next.
Rafael, I see you're still
the same liar you were
when you pretended to work with us.
He's an even bigger liar.
You two, guard the road.
Come on, let's go. We're wasting time.
Careful with this bag.
It's got C-4 in it.
The Wayfinder says to head south.
They killed Agent Ross.
And they have Jess, we
gotta call the police.
We haven't had a cell
signal since we got here.
Okay, so let's go find one!
Jess is on that boat.
We're not going anywhere.
Well, there's one of
them and four of us.
Yeah, but he has a gun.
We could sneak around his flank.
Right? Try to get him from behind.
- While you guys, uh
- Distract me?
Yeah.
The police will be here any minute.
If you let us go, we'll
tell them you helped us.
You're bluffing. No cell
phone service out here.
Who do you think called that FBI agent?
And there's more coming.
What do you wanna do?
Shoot them and dump them in
the swamp with the gators.
Starting with this one.
- No, wait, wait! No, no!
- Whoa, whoa, no!
You guys hear that?
Gunshot.
Betsy!
Oh, my God, those guys are
dead. They were gonna kill us.
She's been stabbed, we
need to put pressure on it.
Yeah, here.
We need to get her to a
hospital soon or she will die!
Let's get her into my van.
We'll find a highway.
As soon as we get service,
we're gonna call 911, okay?
You guys go ahead. Ethan and
I, we're going after Jess.
Go get our girl.
Go.
- We'll take that boat.
- Okay, come on.
You know what, Billie?
I was wrong about you.
Second-guessed you the whole way.
It's not your fault.
You're a man.
Cortes did the same to Malinche.
It's too shallow for the outboard.
All right, we're gonna
have to use the poles.
We're never gonna catch them.
We're pushing through sludge.
Just take it one stroke at a time.
Man, this is taking me back
to my Boy Scouting days.
Hey, you were a Boy Scout?
My dad signed me up.
Wanted me to be an adventurer like him.
If only he could see me now.
What rank did you get up to?
Doesn't matter.
You didn't make it past
Tenderfoot, did you?
Didn't make it past Scout.
Oh.
Huh, how far did you get?
Eagle.
I got a bar!
Wait. No, no, I don't.
- Oh, come on.
- Hey.
Don't you worry, we got you.
Okay? You just relax.
If I don't make it,
tell the police
Hendricks killed Sadusky.
Nope, I'm not gonna tell them that
because you're gonna tell them yourself.
Okay?
Oren.
I know, "drive faster."
No, I'm scared.
Me too.
What is that?
La Niebla de la muerte.
What now?
The Wayfinder says keep going.
Then we keep going.
I've never seen fog this thick.
I told you.
It's the fog of death.
He's right.
Hernando De Soto was rumored
to have written a letter
to the King of Spain about it
when he explored the
Mississippi in 1541.
He lost a lot of men.
Is that true?
I heard these waters are haunted.
They're just trying to spook you.
De Soto didn't lose any man in the fog.
Only in battles.
Even so, De Soto died
in these very waters.
Bad luck for conquistadors.
This place is giving me the creeps.
Ignore them.
Keep going.
What does the Boy Scout handbook
say about getting lost in a fog?
Stay put and wait for it to pass.
Can't do that.
I can't see a thing.
Bear left.
Whoa. Close, close.
We've run aground.
We've hit a sandbar or something.
See if you can push off.
You're an FBI agent.
You took an oath,
but you're nothing
more than a greedy treasure hunter.
Hector, see if you can
push off on your side.
You got it all wrong, Jess.
We're the good guys.
We're not here to get rich.
We're here for the greater good.
When secrets of the past get unburied,
it rewrites history.
It creates conflict. War.
People suddenly feel
cheated out of something that
they never even knew they had.
I'm gonna get out and
see how big this thing is.
You're going to destroy the treasure.
Nothing more dangerous than the truth.
The Pan-American treasure
is a political powder keg.
Cras Est Nostrum
keeps the status quo.
Cras Est Nostrum.
"Tomorrow is ours."
And tomorrow is ours
because yesterday is ours too.
There's no getting over this sandbar.
But it leads to a jetty
about ten yards away.
Seems we have to walk from here.
Hey, didn't we just pass that tree?
Yeah, I don't know.
Everything looks the damn same.
I feel like we just keep
going in circles, man.
I was thinking that.
I was hoping you wouldn't say it.
- I got a bar.
- Yeah?
Call 911.
Hello?
Hi. Hi, we have an FBI
agent that has been stabbed.
We need police and
paramedics right away.
Where? Uh, eh, somewhere
in the Devil's Swamp?
I don't know. There's,
there's no street signs.
We're on a swampy path.
I, I don't, I don't know!
Uh. Look, I know it's a big swamp.
Can't you just trace my phone?
Okay, okay. I'll keep driving
until I can tell you where we are.
Looks like ruins to
a temple or something.
How'd they get these heavy
stones all the way out here?
Indigenous people were
brilliant architects.
Whoa.
Check this out.
One of Hernando De Soto's men.
More than one. Look.
How did they find this place?
I'm guessing they tortured a
Daughter of the Plumed Serpent.
Conquistadors were pretty good at that.
Then why did they kill each other?
They got greedy.
No.
No, something's not right.
You don't get greedy and kill each other
until after you find the treasure.
Hey, it looks like there's
something over there.
A coyote.
The Coyote is a trickster.
It means it's a trap.
Death's just around the corner.
Are those emeralds?
In his eyes.
We're not here for the jewels.
Just a souvenir.
Hector, you okay?
I'm fine.
- Look out!
- This was a trap.
He's hallucinating.
They're everywhere!
They they're everywhere.
Hector?
Hector? Calm down.
Everyone, get down!
Hector!
- Jess.
- Let's hope not.
It came from over there. Come on.
Kacey.
You've been shot.
I'm okay.
I'm okay. I'm fine.
We lost Jess and Rafael.
They cut themselves loose.
They knew that coyote was a
trap, and they led us right to it.
Can you walk?
They got a head start on us.
It doesn't matter, we have the Wayfinder
and even if they get
lucky, we have guns.
They are not leaving with that treasure.
Okay. What do we do?
- Go back to the boats? Get the police?
- No.
We do that, they blow up the
treasure before the police get here.
Right.
We're gonna keep going where
the Wayfinder was pointing.
We're gonna get to the treasure first,
and we're gonna get out as much
as we can before they get there.
Okay.
What's that?
It's a Mesoamerican statue.
But which way?
- Left or right?
- Uh
Okay.
The Europeans considered
left-handed people evil and sinister.
But the Mesoamericans believed
that the left side of the body was
heavily charged with vital force.
You're right.
The God the Aztecs trusted the most
was Huitzilopochtli, which means
"left-handed hummingbird."
Left it is.
Any street signs yet?
No, nothing that's marked.
What's that?
It's Ross's phone.
I don't know how or why
but an actual doctor is
calling her right now.
- What?
- Hello?
Hey, Bets. The suspense is killing
me. Did you make your arrest?
Dr. Zeke, my name is Tasha Rivers.
And I need your help.
Please.
Looks like a shootout.
Yeah, but between who?
It's hard to tell.
At least it wasn't Jess and her dad.
Yet. We gotta find her.
Left or right?
What does the Wayfinder say?
It's saying both ways.
Why would it do that?
Because it's a test.
I know which way to go.
They went that way.
Sounds like Betsy's got
a tension pneumothorax.
It doesn't sound good.
Yeah, well, it's bad, but
we're gonna make her better.
Look, I need you to listen to
everything I tell you, okay?
Yeah, of course. You're a doctor.
Actually, I'm a coroner.
Aren't those the guys that,
that work on dead people?
Yeah, we are.
But I promise I know what I'm doing.
Okay. Okay, Dr. Zeke. Let's do it.
Great.
You're gonna need to
stab Betsy in the chest
with something sharp and hollow.
It'll relieve the pressure
and help her breathe.
You can do this, right?
Yeah. Yes, yes, I can.
Great. Find a pen.
A pen. A pen, uh
Uh
I, I don't have a
pen. I'm fully digital.
I've got an eco-friendly metal straw.
Perfect.
Now, look, you're gonna
have to be very precise.
Pull over.
All right.
We found it.
No one has set eyes on this
since the Daughters
of the Plumed Serpent.
What are we waiting for?
Jessita!
No.
We walked into a trap.
We must've missed a coyote?
- Well, help me lift it. Come on.
- Okay.
Okay. Okay.
I can see her collarbone,
so now I just
Just stab her right below it.
But, but whatever you do,
don't puncture her lung.
Just out of curiosity.
What happens if we
accidentally puncture her lung?
She'll die.
- I'm ready.
- Great.
I find it's best to center
yourself before making an incision.
Take a deep breath, exhale, and
Oh, my I don't know
Oh!
Oh, my God, it worked. It worked.
Yes!
Whoo!
Sorry. Yeah.
Oh, God.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my
Can I just tell you, you are the
biggest badass I have ever known?
Oren, me? You were gonna jump
in front of a bullet for me.
- I guess we're both badasses.
- Yeah.
- Oh, my God. Are you okay?
- Okay.
Ah, it's too heavy.
Maybe we can saw through
the bars with the multitool.
Good idea.
No, I gave it to you.
- You did?
- Yes.
I must've dropped it
when we were running away.
It's okay, come on.
Any sign of the ambulance yet, Oren?
They said they know
where we are now, right?
Yeah.
I'm gonna drive her
to the hospital myself.
No, we can't do that. Dr.
Zeke says it's too dangerous.
She's too unstable. We have
to wait for the paramedics.
The bleeding's not stopping, is it?
Don't you worry about
that, you're gonna be okay.
There's an ambulance on its way.
Agent Ross, I am so sorry.
It's not your fault.
I asked you to call me.
You hear that?
Over here!
Over here!
This way, over here!
I can't believe we're gonna die
so close to finding the treasure.
It's all my fault.
I should have listened to your mom.
She told me that this treasure
hunt was gonna ruin our lives.
And it did.
And you. You shouldn't even be here.
You should have your
whole life in front of you.
I was a fool.
You don't get to take all the credit.
I'm the one that stole
the boxes from Billie,
then found you in prison.
You'd still be there
if it weren't for me.
But I shouldn't have been
in prison in the first place.
I should have been with you.
And your mom.
I missed it.
I missed everything that
really mattered in life.
I missed your first steps.
Mom said I ate it.
- Your first words?
- Mm, hmm.
Mama.
Mama.
Your second word didn't
happen to be "papa," did it?
Caca.
Caca.
I get it now.
You were right.
This treasure represents our families.
Our heritage.
My mom used to tell me stories about it.
It was our family duty to protect it.
And I failed her.
That's not true.
Billie's found us.
- Jess?
- Jess?
- Jess!
- Liam?
Ethan!
Hey.
You both look strong.
Maybe together we can
lift this thing up, right?
- Okay, yeah.
- On three.
- One, two, three.
- One, two, three.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay. Okay, okay.
We're gonna make a lever.
Okay.
Wait.
Another coyote.
Whoa.
Okay. Coyote, bad.
Let's see if it's safe now.
No.
Jess tricked us with that bracelet.
We took the wrong path.
We have to go back.
Put it right there. Right on top.
Okay. Watch out.
Okay. You ready? Three, two, one. Go!
- Come on!
- Go!
Come on.
It's working!
Come on.
Go!
- Come on!
- Almost there, almost there.
Go! Go, go, go!
- Hold it.
- Okay.
- Come on!
- Come on. Hurry!
Hey, yeah. What's taking so long?
My friends are in danger.
I don't know.
That's why we need a search team.
Boats, choppers, dogs.
I am calm!
- I got it.
- Okay. Please just hurry.
I'll call ahead.
How, how long before the
search team gets here?
Half hour, at least.
All right, well, we can't wait
here. We gotta go help our crew.
How?
I don't know, maybe there's
another boat or something?
But I can't just do nothing.
We gotta do something.
All right, let's go.
That's where the treasure is, huh?
It's amazing it's still standing.
If Billie and Salazar get to it,
centuries of lost indigenous
history will be destroyed forever.
How'd you know that?
My grandpa figured it out.
That's why they killed him.
This cabal, they've been
doing this for centuries.
Okay. We stick to the plan.
We go in there.
We get as much treasure out
before Billie and Salazar show up.
Wait.
If Tasha and Oren were
able to get to the cops,
they'll only be able to
bring them to the dock.
I have to go back and lead them here.
Go back? We barely got here.
I'll just go west,
follow the setting sun
until I hit a bank.
There's a road not far from there.
Boy Scout.
Right.
Be careful.
One of us has to be.
Billie, hold on. Hold on.
I just need a second.
No!
No!
She was a liability.
Your brother was pinned under rubble,
begging for his life.
Salazar stood above him.
Called him a liability.
And then he shot him.
Rafael was right.
You did kill my brother.
The cause.
The cause is the most important thing.
Kacey was slowing us down.
That's why she had to die.
It's why Sebastian did, too.
Cras Est Nostrum
picked me to be Salazar.
Because I make the hard calls.
I earned that title.
I'm Salazar now.
There.
Huh.
Huitzilopochtli.
Not only is he the
left-handed hummingbird,
he's also the Aztec God of war.
The supreme protector God.
He's protecting the treasure.
There must be a latch
or something in here.
- Whoa, Dad!
- Ah!
What are you doing?
You called me "Dad."
You said Huitzilopochtli
is the God of war.
It could be a trap, it
could take your hand off.
Good point.
- I use my left.
- No, no, no!
There's something in here.
Yeah, it worked.
Get inside!
Come on, hurry. We gotta go.
The door's shutting.
The entrance to the treasure room.
Could it be?
Whoa.
Those things are moving.
Uh, is that good or bad?
Definitely bad.
Not another step.
It's the Jaguar.
He's protecting the treasure.
We have to get past him.
How?
And every time we move, they move.
There's just no way we're
gonna get to the door
before those arrows are shot at us.
It's a puzzle.
It's your favorite thing.
The Daughters of the Plumed Serpent
used three distinct serpent
symbols to identify themselves.
The rule of threes.
Three boxes
Three tiles.
Aztec, Inca, and Maya.
That's the Incan symbol.
On your side, Liam.
Five tiles in front of you.
Step on it.
You're sure about this, Valenzuela?
I am.
Then I am too.
Here goes nothing.
They're not stopping.
They won't until we step on all three.
The Mayan symbol
- is closest to you, Dad.
- Oh, yeah.
Four tiles to the right.
It will take you two jumps.
The Aztec is over there.
That's a lot of steps.
I don't think you have
more than one step left.
Neither do I.
You got this.
- Can't see anything.
- There.
What is it?
I read about this.
It's a lighting stone.
It needs a light source.
Help me turn this.
It's a skylight.
- Oh.
- Wow.
I can't believe it.
The Daughters of the Plumed
Serpent really did it.
I wish my dad were and
grandpa were here to see this.
Look.
It's Malinche.
Your mom was right about everything.
Oh, this is amazing.
We're locked in, wait. How are
we supposed to get all this out?
There has to be a way to open this.
This is personal now, Jess.
You led me into those traps.
Kacey is dead because of you.
Now you
and all this history
is going to burn.
Put that down, Billie.
Look out!
I told you I was coming for you.
Dad? No.
Go.
No.
Aargh!
No, no, no. No.
Dad, wake up.
Dad, please wake up.
I never told you.
You, you said you failed me.
But you mattered to me my whole life.
Papa?
Please.
You're alive!
- Oh!
- I was afraid it was
just a dream.
I thought you went to get help.
Yeah, I was going to.
But then I saw Billie,
so I followed her.
But I left a smoke signal.
Man, I should've stayed
in the Boy Scouts.
Hold on.
This lady has a bad habit of taking
things that don't belong to her.
You know, what you've done
it's gonna cost lives.
You were right about the
truth being dangerous.
It's gonna put you in
jail for a long, long time.
So
How'd you find me?
Found your bracelet.
That was a trick. For Billie.
Yeah, we know.
That's why we went the other way.
I guess I'm just getting to know you.
So
So
that was a crazy adventure.
I'd hate for it to end.
Me too.
You okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- I am.
- Yeah?
Yo, we just made history.
We found a real deal,
Holyfield treasure.
- Oren, you know we can't keep it, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Uh for sure.
- You knew that?
- Totally, yeah, of course.
Really?
Come on.
Let's take a selfie with the treasure.
Wait, you wanna take a selfie?
- Yeah.
- Let's do it.
Come on.
Hey!
Are you two
- A hundred percent.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Yeah.
Hey.
Ooh, this is heavy.
The mistake I made 20 years ago
is I tried to do this by myself.
Gracias.
Yeah.
It's good to have friends.
Yeah.
And family.
- Aww.
- Come on.
Here we go.
- Come on, yeah!
- Me? Sure?
My first selfie.
- Come on.
- Everybody say,
"triple cheese hottie!"
Triple cheese hottie!
Mi amor.
Incredible likeness.
Your mom.
Who drew this?
My dad.
Come on, man. You got some levels, dude.
Well
"Dr. Manuela Valenzuela."
Your mom is loving this.
It's what she deserved.
This whole exhibit is incredible.
Oh.
Hey. Guys, there you are.
Everything okay?
Sorry, I'm late.
Totally lost track of time.
I was cleaning out my grandpa's study.
And I, uh
I found this tape.
In a box of my dad's old stuff.
It's all about the
Pan-American treasure.
Maybe the curators can
add it to this collection.
Uh. Can't.
Why not?
Because
there's this other thing on it.
Other treasure-ish thing?
You could say that.