The Lost Symbol (2021) s01e10 Episode Script

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Previously
on "The Lost Symbol"
Cascade is a long-range acoustic
antipersonnel technology.
KATHERINE: He was writing
about it in his journals.
- Sound can create patterns and
- And symbols.
This is the frequency
of creation.
Where is it? This portal
that I've heard about.
It's not here. They played you.
This tells us
the final location.
The Washington Monument.
I'm going to have
to detain you, sir.
(gasps)
Hey, sis.
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(gasping)
(breathing shakily)
Oh, God.
Help! Help!
- God.
- MAN: Keep going.
Hello?
MAN: Keep going.
I can't see.
MAN: Open your eyes.
(exhales)
(groans)
Oh, God.
Katherine!
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BLAKE: So, thanks to
a very helpful security guard,
we're together again.
You know, you really should
have honored our agreement.
And you really should
have honored ours.
Got to hand it to you.
You guys are smart.
You, your daughter, Langdon.
The three of you
working together
to find the portal.
Impressive team.
So, did you figure it out?
Ask your questions.
You'll get nothing from me.
I know.
So why don't we let him
take a run at you?
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- KATHERINE: I'm not going in there.
- ZACH: Keep moving.
No.
It's me, Zach.
It's Katherine.
Special K.
Zach, it's me.
(screams, panting)
You won't do it.
You tell that to your father.
And your mother.
What does that mean?
What did you do?
I took her last breath.
Then I laid her in the fire.
You will go into the tunnel
or you'll join her.
(Katherine grunts)
Do you know who I am?
No.
I know you.
Your story was told to me
in the dark of Ag Gecidi.
You were the one in the prison.
You and I have much in common.
We're both teachers and fathers.
You were Zachary's.
I was Mal'akh's.
You did this to him.
I played my role,
you played yours.
And what role do you play now?
CIA lackey?
I'm helping them
to find the ancient wisdom.
And you are going to help,
as well.
I withstood the torture
of your student.
I'll withstand you.
Mm.
There are things
I never showed Zachary.
But today I will show you.
I fall
To pieces
How can I be
Just your friend?
He'll kill Katherine
if I don't bring Peter
to the Monument,
but bringing Peter
has its own risks.
He's the final instrument.
Might be moot anyway.
He disappeared from the temple.
I have
I have no idea where he is.
I do.
Blake has him.
Blake?
Where?
Not far from here.
I'm not even supposed to know.
Adamu told me.
Thank you.
Well, can you get him out?
If he wants Peter
as some kind of sacrifice
I'll figure it out.
I just want to be clear
about what you're suggesting.
I'm not suggesting anything.
I
I'm not gonna let that happen.
I-I just need to get Peter
to the Monument
to buy Katherine time.
The director has started
sweeping up Leviathan members.
Wants to hang the Cascade thing
around their neck.
- Good.
- I'm pretty sure
they got the one
that went after you
and Katherine at the cemetery.
Name's Knopp.
Lobbyist.
Apparently,
they found a stockpile
of gas grenades at his place.
I don't really care
about any of this.
You should.
Might be exactly what we need.
Zachary shared things with me.
His anger.
His memories.
His life in your shadow.
His first instruction in death.
You'd taken him to a lake.
There was a bucket
to catch minnows.
A pail, a tin pail.
It was his sister's.
Do you remember
what was in the bucket, Peter?
No.
You do.
You remember then
as if it was now.
(grunts)
Because then
is now.
(Samyaza exhaling sharply)
See it, Peter.
See me, Father.
- I just
- found him like this.
- I didn't do it.
- (Zach mouths)
It's not moving.
It's an owl.
It's a barn owlet.
It must have fallen
from its nest.
- Is it dead?
- Dead?
It is, yes.
I don't want it to be.
Bring it back.
Please, bring it back.
Zachary, I can't do that.
Yes, you can.
You die, and you come back.
You told me that.
- We can take him to the portal.
- (Samyaza mouths)
Tell me where it is.
- (Samyaza mouths)
- Tell me where the portal is.
(grunts)
NUNEZ: Going on a trip,
Dr. Osterman?
Your timing
is a bit conspicuous.
Look, please,
I wanted no part of it.
- This is not what I stand for.
- Relax.
I don't care.
I'm not CIA,
but I need your help.
How'd you find me?
I read your puff piece
in that tech magazine,
connected a few dots.
I've seen
what that Cascade device can do.
I felt it.
He used it?
At a lake.
Killed a bunch of fish,
made me bleed from my ears.
He'll do worse
if we don't figure a way
to shut him down
or shut your weapon down.
Mr. York, let's take five.
(door closes)
Where'd he go?
I don't know.
What did you tell him?
I'm not sure.
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- (lock rattles)
- Open the door!
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(coughing)
Breathe.
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(beeps)
(beeping)
(grunts)
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You have come far, haven't you?
Why are you here?
You and I together,
seeking the stolen wisdom.
This was the plan.
Your plan was with Zachary,
whom you left in a cell to die.
Hmm.
Birth. Death.
Rebirth.
Do you not understand?
That was your final lesson.
And look at you now.
The angel. The messenger.
Mal'akh.
This tunnel will lead us
to the Monument,
but this device.
What are you planning with it?
It will play the frequency
of creation,
reveal the Lost Symbol
upon the portal,
and the wisdom
will come into me.
I did not teach you this.
I am not you!
Join with me.
I don't need you.
Then pass me.
(grunting)
SATO: Hang on.
LANGDON: Peter.
Where's Katherine?
(grunting)
We need to go.
- Good luck.
- You, too.
(grunting)
(phone vibrates)
Did you find Osterman?
NUNEZ: Yeah. And get this.
I found out Mal'akh's
got three of these things.
If they're all triangulated
towards one spot,
it creates a safe zone
in the middle
where they overlap,
but for everything
outside that zone,
it creates what he called
a resonance catastrophe.
So if they're all aimed
at the Monument
NUNEZ: It could bring it down.
(grunting)
Now,
they're all networked together,
so if we knock one out,
we can knock them all out.
Now we just need to find one.
(grunting)
(gasps)
(panting)
- (phone vibrates)
- Uh, hang on.
I'm getting a text.
It's Katherine.
Katherine.
She's in the service tunnels
under the Memorial fountains.
I'll meet you there.
- (grunts)
- (bones crack)
(panting)
(screams)
(grunting)
PETER: I suppose it's fitting
if the mystery should end here
at Washington's Monument.
Beginning with his apotheosis,
ending with his monument.
Where do you think he is?
When he first called, he said
I should open a portal
buried in the city.
That's what he thinks, at least.
As above, so below.
The basement.
No. No. No.
(grunts)
(grunts)
SATO: She said the service tunnels,
but there are miles of them
down here.
We'll just have to keep looking.
(sighs) The Monument's
about to open to the public.
Someone needs to get there
and keep people away.
All right, I'll just stay here
and look for this thing.
Oh, take these earplugs.
Osterman says they might help.
What about you?
- (whimpers)
- Sit.
(grunts)
(groans)
Did she suffer?
Mom?
She made her choice.
If you won't listen to me
as your sister,
then hear me as a scientist.
We are decades away
from learning
how to use resonance
like you're talking about.
This cosmic download apotheosis,
it's not possible.
You used to believe
in the impossible.
That's why
you were his favorite.
Jesus could heal.
But there were many others.
Peter healed
a man crippled from birth
with a look.
Paul resurrected
the boy Eutychus.
These men were in tune.
(breathing deeply)
(breathing quickening)
(breathing quickening)
(breathing deepening, slowing)
(breathing normally)
When we are in tune
with the vibration,
our consciousness
touches the source of knowledge,
and we remember.
Today,
I remember how to be a god.
PETER: You okay?
Uh, uh, w-wait, we need
to come up with a plan.
What are What are we gonna do
once we find him?
- Just gonna talk to him.
- Talk to him?
I'm his father.
- Peter.
- I'm not gonna let Katherine get hurt.
Trust me.
(elevator thuds)
- What are you doing?
- I'm sorry. I have no other choice.
LANGDON: No, no, no.
No. Peter.
No, no. No.
No, you can't do this.
He will kill you.
- He wants me. There's no other way.
- No! Peter,
do not do this!
You can't do this!
- Peter, please!
- Look after her, please, Robert, will you?
Peter!
God! No!
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PETER: I'm here.
Dad, what are you doing?
You're alone.
Where's Robert?
He brought me.
That's all you asked of him.
If I am to be your instrument,
so be it.
Take what's left of my life,
but let Kate go.
You still don't understand.
- Hey. I just called it in to Metro.
- They won't get here in time.
- We need to get these people out.
- You got it.
(grunts)
DRIVER: All right,
ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the Washington Monument.
- As you disembark
- Everyone, sit down.
You need to get out of here
right away.
What are you
What are you talking about?
- Who the hell are you?
- CIA.
- There is an imminent threat
- (laughs) CIA.
Yeah, right. And I'm Tom Hanks.
Show me.
(beeping)
(beeping quickens)
- (tone pulsing)
- (vibrating)
(groans)
- (high-pitched whirring)
- (all groan)
- (tone continues)
- (grunts)
Damn it!
- (high-pitched whirring)
- (passengers whimpering)
- (grunts) Go. Now.
- Yeah, yeah.
(tone pulsing)
No!
(overlapping shouting)
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Triquetra?
What is it?
It's the oldest symbols
of spirituality.
The power of three.
A trinity.
You've studied the ancient ways
your entire life.
You know the power
of the mysteries
relies on sacrifice.
A soul must be released.
If there is any shred of honor
left in you,
let her go.
No, I'm not leaving.
Then watch.
This is iron from heaven.
A blade forged from a meteorite
and touched by God
the day Abraham submitted
to the volitions
of the supreme being
by proffering Isaac.
The Akedah dagger?
It was never used
for its true purpose.
Until now.
(breathes deeply)
You are not the offering, Peter.
I am.
Upon the portal,
I will die
and be reborn
imbued with wisdom beyond.
MAN: Keep going.
Open your eyes.
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(panting)
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(grunts)
You must end me.
- Son
- You must take responsibility!
Finally! Ultimately!
Do it.
(loud vibrating, whirring)
- Do it now!
- No! No!
You're doing this for nothing.
Here is your ancient wisdom.
Buried in the cornerstone,
w-what you might call a portal.
It's a Bible,
just a King James Bible.
It was all just a myth,
a metaphor.
- (tone continues pulsing)
- (grunting)
Your stalling will
only delay the inevitable.
I'm not stalling.
That is all there is.
You expect me to believe that
after all these safeguards
all the secrecy
Was for that?
No!
That makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense.
(tone stops)
No. No!
- (blade pierces)
- (gasps)
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NUNEZ: What do you think?
Makes me look
distinguished, right?
Like I'm ready to hang
with this guy.
How long do they think
you'll need it for?
Doc says a few weeks, maybe.
I guess until
the dizziness goes away.
And what then?
Back to the Capitol?
Nah, I promised Zoe
I'd find something
with less drama.
I owe that to her.
You owe it to yourself,
I would think.
I suppose we could all do with
a bit of simplicity
in our lives right now.
So, after all that,
the wisdom turned out to be
an old Bible?
Yeah, just a book.
Only a skeptic would say,
"It's just a book," Robert.
The Bible has a profound message
for us.
We all possess the ability
to become godlike.
Jesus, Yeshua, said as much.
"The works that I do,
you can do, and greater."
- So the wisdom
- Lies within us all.
Metaphorically.
(phone vibrates)
Ah, yeah, it's Zoe
reminding me about PT.
- Sir, real pleasure.
- Absolutely.
Sorry.
So glad I got to
see you off, man.
Take care.
No, uh, tracking
devices, I hope.
Far as you know.
Everything all right?
You locked me in a barely
operational antique elevator,
so we should probably talk
about that at some point.
I'm sorry, I had to do it.
Is that really what's
bothering you?
Maybe there was a part
of me that wanted
the ancient wisdom to be
more than just
a metaphor.
And what if it is more
than that?
You know of the stories
of a code in the Bible.
Francis Bacon, William Blake,
all those luminaries thought
there was something hidden
in those pages.
- Sure, but
- But think of it.
It's a bizarre book of stories
filled with contradictions,
with outdated beliefs,
with outright absurdities.
Peter, you're trying to
argue that there could be
some ancient wisdom
encrypted within the Bible?
The Torah, the Qur'an,
the Upanishads,
there's a reason why these
ancient texts have endured.
People sense there is
a power in them
that we have yet to understand.
We just stopped looking for it.
Of course, it's never too late
to start looking again.
Zach and I used to ride our
bikes here when we were kids.
You know how something can feel
like yesterday
and a lifetime ago
at the same time?
You mean our capacity for
- autonoetic consciousness or
- No, I don't mean
I'm just talking.
At least now I know
you've been listening.
- How's the arm feel?
- It's okay.
X-rays showed a microfracture.
Maybe that's all it ever was.
You had to do what you did.
I know.
Necessity is harsh.
Fate has no reprieve.
There's just so much I wish
I could ask him.
You don't need him.
You've devoted your life to
finding answers in places
others wouldn't dare look.
Your intuition has been right
at-at every turn.
Sorry for
the moments I doubted it.
So, what, now you
believe in my field?
I believe in you.
(sighs)
- I don't have to go.
- Yes, you do.
If this is gonna work,
we have to take it slow.
Figure out who we are
outside of everything.
I'll be back in two weeks.
That slow enough?
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Time, pulling like
a feather
From your eyes
Try, try to live it better
Bide your time
Desire
I am barely thinking
In the dark
And life,
life is what you wanted.
LANGDON: What is this
yearning in us to believe?
We believe in things we cannot
see and things for which
there is
insufficient evidence.
We call that faith.
Allegedly, it's a virtue.
In the Abrahamic religions,
the forefather Abraham
was revered for his faith.
Nearly kills his son Isaac,
'cause God commands it.
Then, when God reverses himself,
says that it was just a test
of his faith.
Here's my question.
If Abraham is having
conversations with God,
he has evidence of God.
What does he need faith for?
This weekend you will all
imagine you hear
the voice of God.
It may or may not sound
a lot like my voice.
- (laughter)
- Up-up to you.
Then you'll write a thousand
words on why you believe it
or why you don't.
See you Monday.
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Brushing up on your
Genesis?
Something like that.
How are you?
I was worried you were in
some secret prison.
Something's come up.
I need your expertise.
I'm not sure how useful
I can be to the CIA.
Not the CIA.
I was recruited by a private
outfit, Global Reach.
- Nationless spies.
- Something like that.
We're looking into a bombing
in Europe.
No one's claimed
responsibility, but
whoever it was left this.
Do you know what it means?
Sure.
How fast can you pack?
Depends.
Where am I going?