Relic Hunter s02e04 Episode Script

How many mid-terms did we grade? A hundred and twelve.
Sydney, you've got to start making your classes less popular.
I'll see you on Monday.
And don't forget we have the symposium first thing.
Right.
Good morning, sydney.
Good morning, claudia.
The timeline chart on the ur dynasty you requested, The research on babylonian irrigation methods, Your expse reports, the mail, your calls.
And might I mention what a lovely outfit That is you're wear Ah.
Your annual evaluation.
What? It's coming up, isn't it? Is it? (phone ringing) Ancient studies.
It's nigel.
We have a symposium.
Where is he? You have a symposium.
Where are you? New guinea.
New guinea? Nigel, what's going on? (over phone) nigel? Hello, sydney.
Who is this? An old friend.
(sydney:) lloyd? Is this derek lloyd? What have you done with nigel? Oh, he's fine for now.
In your top drawer, You will find us government satellite photos Of the okora forest preserve in new guinea.
Okay.
And a village, a village that may belong to people Who are believed to be extinct.
Oh, yes, sydney, the possibilities are amazing, aren't they? I want to talk to nigel.
Sure.
He's staying at the molendo hotel in khala.
We'll expect you within 48 hours.
(sydney:) lloyd.
Lloyd! I'm timo batta from the ministry of the interior.
I must speak with miss sydney fox immediately.
Just a moment, sir.
Sorry, she hasn't checked in yet.
Look, have someone contact me as on as she arrives.
Thanks.
Miss.
Where's nigel? Who do you think you are pulling a stunt like this? Where is he? Would you have come on your own? Where is nigel? Would you have come on your own? No.
Of course not.
You smell great.
(nigel:) hey, derek, look what I got for us.
Sydney? What've you done to him? Are you all right? Yes.
I thought you were being held hostage.
Show her the pictures.
Okay.
Sydney, Look at these.
Huts.
A bronze age burial cavern.
There were people in this one.
(sydney:) the lost tribe of kai nomata? (nigel:) supposed to be extinct.
They were destroyed by a volcano thousands of years ago.
What if they weren't? What if theyled in time, Migrated here to new guinea? A bronze age people untouched by the modern world.
Don't tell me the usgi is doing social studies now.
I was loaned out to the united nations department of cultural affairs, sydney, Simple as that.
Travel inside the okora forest is prohibited.
The local government, at my urging, agreed to allow one expert to come along To confirm that the kai nomata exist.
My friend, sydney fox.
Okay, we have to get to the ministry of interior to get our travel papers.
Nigel, now's our chance.
Let's get out of here.
Do we really want to do that? Has it occurred to you that you might be suffering from stockholm syndrome? Where the captive suddenly bonds with the captor? And forgets that the captor is an unprincipled usgi agent.
(whistling) He's for real this time.
You saw the photos.
Those could've been doctored.
Maybe.
What if they're not? What if there ally is a lost civilization? Let's go.
Come on.
(knocking) Yes? (derek:) mr.
Budur, may I introduce I know who they are.
Mr.
Budur does not approve of the expedition.
(mr.
Budur:) the okora preserve is a national treasure.
Travel is strictly prohibited.
An exception has been made for the venerated sydney fox.
I assure you If these people exist, they are untouched by the modern world.
Their integrity must be preserved.
Of course.
If you find the kai nomata, you will document them And then you will leave the okora forest immediately.
Your escort will make sure that you do.
Escort? The government representative who will accompany you.
The fewer people that come along, The less chance of contaminating the tribe With outside influences, mr.
Budur.
The government representative goes or you do not.
(mr.
Budur:) he will meet you at the plane.
(nigel:) it brings a whole new meaning to economy, doesn't it? Hello, miss fox.
My name is timo batta.
I'm your governmt escort for the journey.
(pilot:) set course two-thirty- five, levelling at altitude four-eight-zero-zero, over.
How much further to the airstrip, timo? (pilot:) that's a roger, tower.
We will keep you informed.
Over and out.
Kidnapping nigel was the only way.
You realize that.
And why would I realize that, derek? There you go again, sydney.
Always making things so complicated.
You know what, you're right, maybe I should keep it simpler.
Kidnap someone's assistant to get them to work with me.
We had quite the adventure once, sydney.
What do you say we put things behind us? (pilot:) approaching drop zone.
What does he mean, "drop zone"? It's time.
What does he mean, "it's time"? I thought you said the parachutes were just a precaution.
And you believed him? That information was on need-to-know protocol.
Telling you any earlier would have just needlessly upset you, my friend.
What? I'm upset now.
I'm very upset.
(pilot:) coming out final.
You can do this, nigel.
As soon as you clear the door, pull this rip cord here.
(pilot:) over drop zone.
Jump! (nigel:) I don't think I can do this.
Yes, you can.
I don't think I can.
Yes, you can.
How do you know? (sydney:) nigel, you're drifting.
Pull on your left toggle.
(nigel:) my left what? (sydney:) your left (sydney:) looks like nigel missed his mark.
He drifted east.
Guess you were out the day they taught survival packing.
It's okay.
I can handle it.
You ever drop the hard-ass act? Don't tell me.
Need-to-know protocol? (timo:) we should find your friend.
(nigel:) help! Help! Somebody help, please! Help me! It's okay.
I've got him.
Careful, you might sprain an ankle.
(derek:) how's the teaching going? (sydney:) pretty good.
Busy.
You know, between classes, exams, research, It's hard to find free time for yourself.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
You do? Yeah.
Just what do you do in your free time? I I have hobbies.
Derek lloyd has hobbies? Yes.
What do you do? Build model airplanes and blow them up? I collect stamps.
What? I collect stamps.
You collect stamps? Yes, I collect stamps.
Is there something wrong with that? No, no, nothing at all.
(nigel:) being a government observer must be quite interesting work.
All that observing.
Not a lot of time to talk, eh? Not a lot.
What is it? (nigel:) m not sure.
Some kind of kai nomata ritualistic symbol.
Maybe to mark out their territory.
I say we camp for the night.
Works better with bulls.
And a firing pin.
(gunshot) (nigel:) what's going on? Who's shooting? (derek:) it's okay.
(sydney:) I see him Don't let him get away.
(snap) (screaming) (choking sounds) (nigel:) his own government sanctioned this expedition.
Why would timo try and kill us? I guess someone doesn't want us finding the kai nomata.
The guy in government office? No, they could've simply denied us authorization.
(sydney:) he's got a battery factory in here.
Double a's triple a's, Flashlights.
Strobe light? Who brings a strobe light into the jungle? Someone with a real thing for disco? Cd's.
(nigel:) timo didn't strike me as The grooving-to-the-music- on-a-discman kind of guy.
Does this make any sense to you? No.
You know what really scares me right now? For the first time, I believe you.
(nigel:) stop.
What is it? These talismans.
You said they were here to mark territory.
No, these are more specific.
They're part of kai nomata lore.
Th represent guardians, A warning to anyone who's about to enter their sacred territory.
So, I guess there's more guarding this area than just these puppets.
(derek:) stayack.
(cracking) (dek:) jump! How's the view? Not bad.
(nigel:) sydney! Derek! Are you all right? (derek:) we're just fine.
Just fine.
Nigel, there There's some kind of tunnel down here With tribal markings on it.
What do they look like? Timbers, wooden beams with With tribal carvings.
You should bring your camera down here.
We need some shots of this.
Yeah, get some good close-ups on the carvings on the supports.
You know, by the looks of those beams, The structure of it could've been something kind of mine.
What? Copper? Possibly.
The kai nomata were renowned for their use of bronze.
The roll's almost done.
I'll get you another one.
Okay, it's in the pouch on the side of my pack.
Hey, lloyd.
Lloyd? Lloyd.
What's wrong? Lloyd's not here.
(nigel:) I'm sure he's fine.
What are you doing with a sniper's rifle? What's going on? Let go of me.
Settle down and let me explain.
Why? So you can lie again? Sydney, derek, What are you doing? Everything he's told us about the expedition's a lie, nigel.
Is that true? Not everything, no.
Hey, hey Here.
(derek:) jonathan quelch.
Doesn't sound like an indigenous name.
(derek:) he was a usgi agent Sent in to investigate the possible presence of chinese missile silos, But he disappeared.
Quelch never found the missiles, But he did find the kai nomata.
And appointed himself their king.
If you think I'm going to let you just take this guy quelch out, Do you know what that's ing to do to the tribe? I've got my orders sydney, okay? Quelch, he made a mess.
I'm here to clean it up.
You can stay with me or you can go on your own, sydney.
That's your choice.
(nigel:) this doesn't look good.
(sydney:) stay calm, nigel.
Where are they taking us? (grunting) Welcome.
We've been waiting.
Please forgive mudo, the ramblings of a condemned man.
You didn't happen to bring the batteries, did you? Never mind.
I'll send someone for them later.
You'll never pull this off, quelch.
Pull it off? I've already pulled it off.
In fact, If you'll excuse the bad analogy, I've pulled the blanket off your whole little world.
You know, there's something quite beautiful about this place.
Do you know what I mean? I could feel it as soon as I got here.
Yeah.
I mean, you spend your whole life sleeping, Thinking you're alive and then you come to a place like this.
Paradise.
A blank palette just waiting for someone to create, For someone to mould it, to shape it.
It called to me, quietly at first.
Now, it's quite comfortable, like an old friend.
It speaks in whispers.
Peaceful, so natural.
Reaching a part of me That's always been there, just waiting to emerge.
Now, we're becoming one.
You know they'll just send someone else.
Let them come.
Each will be dealt with in time, As will each of you.
Bye-bye.
There's got to be some way out of here.
This is the only way out, through this door.
How with him watching us? There's got to be an escape, some way.
There is no escape for any of us.
You speak english.
Yes.
What did quelch mean when he said we'd be dealt with? He knows you come here.
He plans big human sat Satki Sacrifice? (nigel:) human sacrifice? How did you learn to speak english? When quelch comes to village, He teaches me and others.
We think he help us.
But quelch does bad, Has pleasure with women if they want or not, Kills people who do not obey him.
People like you? I try and I try to turn kai nomata against quelch, But he is protected by gods.
He has magical powers.
Magical power? Boxes that That shout, sticks of light.
He gives our treasures to men who bring him his magic.
Boxes that shout? The cd's in timo's pack? Quelch rules with a boombox? Sticks of light.
Flashlights.
Which explain the electronics stored in timo's pack.
He was quelch's supplier.
(sydney:) as well as running interference for anyone that came after him.
Quelch has to be stopped, sydney.
Stopped, not shot.
What do you have in mind? I don't know yet.
(alarm sounding) Sydney, what are you doing? Flow, nigel, flow.
Ah, like this, huh? Fine swiss engineering.
Yeah, come take a look.
You can have it.
Just come and get it.
(alarm sounding) There you go.
(sydney:) sorry, bdy.
Very good, sydney.
What next? Well, I couldn't very well use this while he was watching.
Good.
Okay.
You too.
(nigel:) that's supposed to be us.
Fourth of July fireworks.
You see? Quelch has magical fire.
No, mudo, that's not magic.
Hose are an amusement, for celebrations.
Where we come from, many people have those.
The mantle quelch is wearing is a symbol of kai nomata kingship.
The tribal leaders would have wielded it for thousands of years.
Won't stop me from taking quelch out if I find my rifle.
Lloyd, I think this tribe has seen enough killing.
He's got a point, sydney.
(nigel:) with those bodyguards of his around, nobody can get close to him.
I know.
Well, what now? I'm thinking.
Bulodos.
What? Buludos.
We don't understand.
I not have word.
Under where we walk The tunnels.
Yes, of course.
There's a tunnel out in the forest.
It wasn't a mine, it was part of some primitive escape system.
There must be a whole network of tunnels running underneath the village.
If we could find another entrance.
You might be able to surprise quelch.
Let's do it.
Bring me mudo.
This must be where the ancient tribesmen buried their weapons.
The ancient tribesmen didn't hide these.
Quelch's magical powers.
But who's to say quelch is the only god in town with magical powers? Perfect.
It's time to give the kai nomata back to the kai nomata.
Search the huts.
Take the (♪) (speaking in a foreign tongue) Kill the outsiders now.
I said kill them! You're on, mudo.
You are not king of our people.
Only kai nomata rule kai nomata.
(sydney:) he's got a gun.
(derek:) come at me.
Kai nomata! Kai nomata! (nigel:) and just when it looked like mudo Was about to be defeated by quelch Sydney and derek saved him while you hid.
I d not hide.
I played an integral part In defeating quelch and saving the kai nomata.
By lighting a couple of sparklers.
Uh-huh.
They were not sparklers.
There were some very dangerous explosives in those fireworks.
The only fireworks I'm interested in Are the ones between sydney and lloyd.
Come on, syd', give.
Anything happen between you and secret agent man? Sorry to disappoint you, claudia, But lloyd is not my type.
Looks like I left my keys in the office.
I'll get them for you, as a little thank you.
Thank you for what? For the glowing evaluation that you gave me.
You filled out that form and signed my name to it? Well, you were going to miss the due date And I know how important you consider punctuality to be.
Go ahead.
I'll see you on Monday.
Did I tell you about that near-death experience I had When my parachute didn't open? Well Sydney, It is incumbent on me to extend an apology For all the deception I have put you through Over dinner.
Sorry, lloyd, personal policy: No socializing with underhanded espionage agents.
Well, perhaps I may convince you to reverse that polic hmm? (♪) Subtitle by: Kiasuseven