Relic Hunter s03e15 Episode Script

Relic Hunter Put up your blade, amazon queen.
I came for the war belt, not your life.
You must take one To have the other, hercules.
You fight well For a girl, hippolyte.
Careful, lest you feel The wrath of our goddess, hero.
(nigel:)that's the last Of the pagan deity handouts.
Would you like me to take them Up to the lecture hall for you? No.
It's all right.
The walk'll do me good.
Has professor evans called yet? No, sorry.
Oh, two things about alan evans.
One, you can set your clock by him, And two, if he says he's calling about a relic, He calls about a relic.
Try his cell for me, would you? Sure.
[whistle.]
[cell phone ringing.]
(karen:)professor evans? Hello.
That's odd.
It cut off.
Sounded like a struggle.
Where is it? [phone ringing.]
Ancient studies.
Oh, wait.
That's his number.
Professor evans, it's sydney.
Alan? Alan! (karen:)sydney? Your car's out front.
Thanks, karen.
(nigel:)are you sure we shouldn't wait And just see if evans calls us back? I mean It could be just his battery went dead, Or you know, he was pressed for time, or Wha We're really going All the way to istanbul? It's just not like him.
Something's wrong.
Guess so.
You know, it was evans That brought me here To head up ancient studies? He left three years ago To pursue his passion, The hercules project.
Hercules project? His quest to prove that hercules' Legendary 12 labours Were based on fact, not fiction.
Weren't his theories that the augean stables Actually were cleaned? And that the golden fleece was real.
Wait.
What about that guy from engineering? "hello, this is ed.
I need to the see the relic storage room, please?" Oh, handle it for me? He's called three times.
That's almost stalking.
Has karen ever seen Inside the storage room? No.
Is there a problem? Just don't let him touch Anything.
(karen:)but how's he going to do his inspection? (natasha:)get this out of here, dani.
Hurry.
No.
We can make it.
Go.
I'll catch up.
(police:)hey! Stop that car! (syd:)this is what I'm trying to tell you.
Alan evans was never an armchair quarterback Like most department heads.
He did his own fieldwork.
It seems he started a tradition.
Well, after we worked at tanis, We discovered the foundations of (nigel:)cleopatra's palace.
Yes, I remember reading the monograph.
I wrote it with his help.
That treasure crypt was a major find.
But, not without its share of danger, As I recall.
Yeah.
There was a cave-in.
Alan was in the lead.
He got us both out of there in one piece.
He was smart and careful.
It's not too much longer.
Hey.
Morning.
Morning, right back.
You must be? Ed.
You sound different on the phone.
Karen.
Well, I guess we should be getting To the relic storage room.
No, it's Actually, too late.
Ah, is there a problem? Cause, if you need to reschedule No.
No, no.
No, you don't need to reschedule or It says there right at the bottom.
"time expired"" The inspection was supposed to be Completed last month? Yes, it was.
No one told me.
Well, I'm afraid you're just going To have to move those relics out of there.
I want to speak to your supervisor.
You're looking at him.
Huh.
There must be some mistake.
I mean You haven't even inspected it yet.
Right? Okay.
You got me.
Don't make me hurt you, ed.
I was just pulling your leg, there, karen.
It's just a joke.
Let's go.
Are you ready? (nigel:)one- twenty-four.
One-twenty- five.
It's gotta to be this one on the left.
Yeah.
One- twenty-six.
Evans set this place up after he left trinity.
He lives on the upper floors.
Doesn't look like anybody's home.
What are you doing? Turn around at the first locked door You must be kidding.
(nigel:)oh, so we're going to break in? Are you sure this is wise? We can't ignore that call, nigel.
Evans needs our help.
I doubt it.
Silverware, please.
Why Doesn't professor evans need our help? Professor evans is dead.
Protect him from our hardware.
What's this? What's this? What's this? Okay, who are you? Oh.
Syd.
Just kidding.
(police:)I got this one.
What exactly happened to professor evans? We're colleagues.
I'm sydney fox.
Professor of ancient studies.
This is my associate, Nigel bailey.
He was murdered During a robbery.
When? Last night, on the train from athens.
I knew there was something Wrong when he called.
You don't think we had anything To do with his death, surely? No, those date stamps In our passports are telling The detective we don't.
Why were you watching his office? Knowing of evans' involvement With the world of antiquities, We thought the killer, Her accomplices would come Here looking for more.
Wait a minute, The killer was a woman? A most remarkable woman.
Remarkable in what way? Took nearly a dozen officers to bring her in.
A rival relic hunter? Did she say why she killed evans? She would say nothing.
This crime has all the indications Of a falling out among thieves.
No.
I want you to understand something.
I would give alan evans My back any day of the week.
He would never be Involved in anything criminal.
Knowing alan, he probably died Protecting whatever relic These thieves were after.
And there's probably a clue As to what it was inside.
Come on, let's go.
I need your name for the book.
Please, they're too tight.
You have to sign.
[screaming.]
The sum of a life's work.
I don't see anything Relating to the dig site.
Evans was meticulous, But he would have kept it all in his head.
(nigel:)what he did leave behind Was cryptic to say the least.
Take a look at this.
Maybe he knew he was being followed.
There's a map of the black sea coastline.
Wasn't evans searching in greece? He was looking for ancient mycenae.
Where the relics from the 12 labours Were supposedly taken.
But, these are a thousand miles In the opposite direction.
What's this? It's the cartouche Associated with hippolyte.
The amazon queen.
A piece of jewellery, Bearing the symbols Found at the crime scene.
(syd:)nigel, it's been a long time, But, wasn't one of the 12 labours.
The ninth I think it was the ninth The retrieval of the war belt From hippolyte.
Yes.
War belt? It's a golden relic that signifies The virtue of a race of female warriors.
(syd:)if it exists, It would be one of the greatest treasures Of the ancient world.
I have to see this rival of ours.
He wasn't kidding.
What? It's a little full.
Uh huh.
Now, there can be some definite Health hazards lurking about in here.
Come out, come out, Wherever you are, You little hazards.
Whoo, we really shouldn't Be touching anything.
Looks like somebody broke it already.
Could do with a little organizing.
Hey, this is cool.
What is it? It looks chinese.
So, when's the inspection going to start, Cause I have a lot of work Piling up back at the office.
Already started.
Fire extinguishers Fully charged? Check.
Aisles free and clear of debris? Check.
Smoke detectors Online and active? Check, check And check.
So what did you say these things were? Pieces of relics sydney and nigel Bring back but haven't been identified.
Wow.
Real, live ancient history, huh? Ed, the stuff is all really, really Really fragile.
You're not trying to influence the The outcome of my inspection, are you? Could I? Well, people have tried, but Do I take that as a yes? [beeping.]
What's that sound mean? This reads interior air quality.
Wow, I've never seen it Like that before, karen.
That's bad, isn't it? Yeah.
Bad.
I guess we missed her.
(sergeant)Don't worry sir, We'll find her.
(sergeant:)you'd better.
This relic hunter, as you call her, Overpowered her guards and fled.
She must have had help.
No.
None.
Do you recognize her? She's not one of our usual suspects.
Is she as large As she appears in the photograph? (police:)detective ochman.
The vehicle she stole has been found A few blocks away.
Abandoned.
(police:)she make us look foolish.
We've got to find her.
Where to? There's a little relic bar In town called the valkyrie.
Named after the, uh, large And famously fierce warriors.
(syd:)if she's still in istanbul, That's where she'd be Hanging her breastplate.
Breastplate? [.]
(dani:)all hail.
[together.]
all hail.
Wow.
You made it.
Welcome back.
I told you not to worry.
Do I look worried? The writing.
Were you able to translate it? No.
But I found someone willing to.
For a price.
What? What? There was a woman Sniffing around evans' place.
She seemed powerful.
A rival.
A relic hunter evans called.
What should we do? Word amongst our friends Is she's a fierce enemy.
What if she can't be won over? Dani, how well do you know me? If she becomes a problem I'll take care of her.
Gina.
How goes it? Well, she may look like a volkswagen, But inside, she's all benz.
Good.
We're installing some upgrades, Compliments of our former soviet hosts, But I need time And I need women and I need Gina.
Look.
You had us worried.
And they're all excited about what's going on, But not without you.
Go.
You have a deadline to meet.
(karen:)woah, you can't just seal that up.
Sydney and nigel need access to those relics.
Ah, you got freon, you got argon, You got radon.
You got a definite trace gas Problem in there, karen.
And the last one, radon, Is the worst.
We call it the silent killer.
Well, isn't that carbon monoxide? You get my drift.
With this one test you can tell? Well, you see, radon is an odourless, Colourless gas that's produced By the natural breakdown Of radium and earth, Rock and water, And actually decays into Radioactive particles.
Yeah, oh, this measures Radioactive half-life.
What about my life? I'm sorry, karen? You got 24 hours to get Those relics out of there.
University policy.
[.]
There's marj.
(nigel:)the valkyrie? (syd:)one and the same.
Well, she seems friendly enough.
Sydney.
I've been missing this place.
Oh, get to the point.
You're not much fun for chatting.
Neither am I.
Oh, my associate, nigel bailey.
He your breeder? I beg your pardon? Well, what else is a man good for? We work together at the university.
Ah.
Just as well.
Doesn't look like he has Much under the hood.
Now, see here.
I We're just here For a little information, marj.
You seen her? (lady:)hey, marj.
Two double scotches.
Just a minute.
What does she mean by "breeder"? I believe it was self-explanatory.
Yes, of course.
I know that you Surely, she can't have meant it.
Does she look like a woman Who doesn't mean what she says? No.
Well, in some matriarchal societies, Men were kept solely for the purpose Of breeding and domestic activity.
I know.
But that was thousands of years ago.
Perhaps marj believes It's overdue for a comeback.
[.]
She was in here the other day.
Name's natasha trepova.
Out of one of the republics.
You don't want to mess with her.
She killed a friend of mine.
I'm messing.
One of her girls was in here the other night, Looking to hire herself A translator, ancient greek.
What do they need to translate? There's someone here who Might be able to help you.
He a local? (marj:)name's tikanys.
He's a bottom-feeder from athens.
He's waiting for someone.
Keeps checking his watch.
Recognize him, nigel? No, but I've I've heard the name.
Come on.
(marj:)syd.
Word on the street Is that natasha t.
And her girlfriends Are antianeirai.
Women who go to war as men.
(marj:)she's looking to carve out A little real estate And start a society of warriors With herself as the head of it.
Great.
Just what the goddess movement Needs a militant fringe group Adopting an ancient and venerated name.
They have friends here.
Don't wreck the place.
[.]
Ladies? I'm looking for a friend of yours? (gina:)got a name.
Forget it.
(marj:)get back, all of you.
Out.
We got nothing to say to you.
Nigel, why don't you take a? Get out of here.
Hey.
Nigel! So, tell me, What is it you do for her? Sydney? A little of this, A little of that.
Reading, research.
No breeding, I assure you.
So your plan was to translate The headpiece, give me false information, While she got the belt? Headpiece? Ah.
Now you'll translate it for me.
[screaming in pain.]
Where did they take my friend? Please, you don't know Who you're dealing with.
Wrong answer.
Okay.
You do, you do.
In fact, now that I think about it, You're worse than they are.
Feel better? Where did they take him, tikanys? I don't know.
I swear.
Oh, I think you do.
They just hired me to translate.
What? Ancient greek on the Headpiece of a staff.
That's all I know.
How much are they paying you? Ten thousand.
Oh, tikanys! Okay.
Two hundred plus expenses.
I'll match it.
You will? And I'll guarantee your safety If you tell me everything you know About these antianeirai And where they're headed.
These are dangerous people.
They wanted me to go to an ancient site.
Where? I don't remember.
I swear.
I think I heard one of them Mention "kapru kale".
Kapru kale.
An amazon place.
On the thermodon river.
That empties into the black sea.
There was a mark On one of my friend evans' maps.
Marj, hold on to this for me, would you? Hey Hey.
Where's my money? Hey.
Oh.
Oh.
What is this place? The ruins of kapru kale.
We're still in turkey.
If the legend's correct, the The war belt should be mycenae, in greece.
Well, hercules took it As part of his heroic quest.
Evans discovered otherwise? Evans discovered that the belt Was recaptured by hippolyte's sisters And brought here for safe-keeping.
Until a worthy successor came along.
You? With the belt, I will restore the goddess To her true place of power.
Create a haven for all daughters Of the moon to worship her in peace.
This is what I need you to translate.
A headpiece.
This belonged to hippolyte? (natasha:)it's the key to finding the belt.
In a secret chamber under these ruins.
Well, the headpiece is useless Without its staff.
I wouldn't know what height to place it Or where in the ruins to place it Evans claimed he didn't know How to help me either.
We'll give you as much time as I gave him.
Right then.
Hey! What are you doing? Come on, come on, Where are you? Kapru kale, here I come.
(natasha:)well? (nigel:)well, I The inscription reads, "the moon is my mother.
Follow my chariot across the sky To where my silver paces the The heart of the stag.
" I've translated it correctly.
There are whole chunks of it missing.
The amazons worshipped the moon.
Why build a key to finding their Secret chamber based on sun worship? Their enemies, the greeks, Worshipped the sun.
Make a device, look like it was Meant to follow the sun, But in reality intend it for use Without any sun.
Therefore, if it fell into the wrong hands Never be any danger of The belt every being found.
Okay.
The moon rises roughly in the east.
She travels in her chariot Across the sky and sets There.
An outcropping of stone.
And my silver paces the heart of a stag.
There's no entrance here.
If experience has taught me anything [.]
Take it easy.
Arrows.
What? Barrows.
I said barrows.
Underground graves, Been in hundreds of them.
Most unpleasant.
What's the matter? UmThere's something I could use your help with.
Basically, what we're looking at is a Is a cimmeric dirken trap.
And very dangerous if we go Beyond a certain point.
You're a bit taller than me.
You'll be able to see better.
We need to see the If it's going to be dangerous, If we go too far.
You're safe to step up, You know, one or two steps, Just look up above, Is either to the left or the right.
I just need to know where it is So that we can, you know, judge A safe passage through, without getting Doinked.
Just step up a bit more.
That's right.
Just don't worry about it.
You can't get hurt.
Do you see them? No.
Oh my.
Look at that.
Oh, thank god.
I mean, that's That's a stroke of luck.
I mean.
Whoo.
One more step and War belt's probably just a Little bit further.
Watch your step.
[.]
It's magnificent.
Only daughters of the moon Can enter this chamber.
I'll stay here then.
[.]
Going somewhere? You found it.
Praise the goddess.
Kill him.
It's the relic hunter.
Go.
We'll meet at the novosibirsk.
Go.
(dani:)you want him? Come and get him.
You all right? Yeah.
I will be.
Natasha.
Oh.
These two just bought her time, that's all.
You don't mean to go after her? Since when do we give up On a relic so easily? Since that monster almost Ripped me limb from limb.
Do you know where she was headed? I don't know.
You spent time with them.
They weren't exactly chatty-chatty When it came to their plans.
Nigel? You know something, don't you? She won't hesitate to kill you or me.
Maybe this is a relic we should let go.
She mentioned novosibirsk.
Say it again.
Novosibirsk.
It's a city in russia.
Well, she actually said "the" novosibirsk.
Call kate hemphill, Have her check the interpol database.
Let's see if there's a connection.
(nigel:)okay.
Thanks, kate.
There's an abandoned naval yard Two miles over the turkish border, In georgia, where the decommissioned boats Are cut up and used as scrap metal.
And the novosibirsk is one of them.
A ship.
[.]
It's not exactly the love boat.
I thought these ships were decommissioned.
Well, kate says there isl't anything You can see which can't be Bought from the russian mob.
Natasha.
(syd:)she's not wearing the belt.
Okay, let me guess.
Our plan is we sneak on board, Avoid being captured behind Enemy lines, of course, And see if we can find the relic.
I tried dani.
She's not answering.
I don't see any way on board Except that gangplank.
I do.
(natasha:)check starboard, guys.
[.]
How long? Half hour, tops.
What about dani and stasha? They knew the risks.
They're not here, we leave without 'em.
Leave them? The island's not going anywhere.
As soon as the engine repairs Are finished, we sail.
Natasha.
Half an hour, g'.
You heard me.
[.]
Natasha, there are intruders aboard.
[.]
[bell ringing.]
We're getting underway.
[.]
We don't have to be enemies, sydney.
You let evans lead you to this relic And you killed him in cold blood.
Just another hercules.
Just another quest.
Alan evans was a man of honour.
We're sisters.
Don't let a man come between us.
Not if being part of the family Means taking a life.
[.]
All All hail.
[together.]
all hail! [.]
(karen:)this is so great.
Just put it over there.
Yeah.
Careful.
Perfect.
That ought to do it.
Hey, syd.
Nigel.
How'd it go in turkey? Well, we lost a good friend and colleague.
But gained a fabulous relic in his honour.
This place looks amazing.
Catalogued and organized by era.
There's more to do, but it's a start.
Good work.
And with ed's help, We averted a serious radon gas problem.
How serious? Okay, ed.
Hit it.
That's some serious ventilation.
See, the oldest relics Give off the most radon gas.
Ed's scintillator measures the rate, So I used it to figure out Which ones were the oldest.
This one in the case here, sumerian.
It's over five thousand years old.
Yeah, professor evans discovered this one.
It seems we should leave you to clean The stables more often.
All hail Karen? Subtitle by: Kiasuseven