National Treasure: Edge of History (2022) s01e08 Episode Script

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Jess, you're wanted for
Peter Sadusky's murder.
- But I have her confession on tape.
- It's a fake.
The right word here is "farther."
But that's not what the fake
Jess on your fake tape said.
Do hope your next lead doesn't take
you even further away from home.
Liam's not the bad
guy we thought he was.
I should have known Billie framed him.
All these people are
here to see you play.
You helped her throw me in the river.
No, no, I I saved you.
But, Jess, if you cross the
border, you can't come back.
Valenzuela's guilty. We need
to get her off the street.
You're the only chance
I have to save Jess.
Salazar knows where that relic is.
He's not gonna want Billie
to find the treasure either.
I'm Rafael. Your dad.
Dad?
Look, I went to the well in Viesca.
The lapis lazuli's relic was missing.
I've had 20 years to figure
out where it was hidden.
"The place where the
first Queen of Spain
and Saint Jerome met and passed notes."
Like, musical notes.
Aztec, Incan, and Mayan.
We finally have all three of them.
It's like it's written in code.
Your dad probably knows
how to read that map.
Well, look who came back from the dead.
If Billie figures out
it's my father in there,
she's gonna find a
way to get him killed.
I'm gonna break my father out of prison.
Billie.
I knew I wasn't gonna
find the real Salazar here.
But I had no idea I would
find my brother's killer.
What?
No.
No. Is that what Salazar told you?
Well, of course, that's
what Salazar told you.
I didn't kill Sebastian.
Salazar did.
You lied your way
into our group, Rafael.
You betrayed us.
Are you expecting me to believe you now?
You have to believe me.
Your brother was pinned under
rubble, begging for his life.
And Salazar stood over
him, called him a liability.
- And then he shot him.
- Enough
of your stories, Rafael.
Stick to the facts.
You robbed that bank in Viesca
under the name of Salazar,
and you were arrested.
And now,
your daughter has two of the relics.
She has two?
And I'm guessing either you found
the third relic in that well,
or you know where it is.
Either way, your
daughter's going after it.
Tell me where it is
and I'll spare your daughter.
Well, you can't get to her.
She's long gone.
Oh, we'll see about that.
You're about to find out how it
feels to lose the person you love
more than anything else in the world.
Jess, I know he's your dad,
but breaking him out of prison?
That's insane.
He's the only family I've got.
If I don't break him out,
Billie's going to kill him.
Okay, so let's go to the Federales.
The Federales? What
are they supposed to do?
And what do we tell them? That
a prisoner is gonna get killed?
Do you honestly think they'd care?
Plus, we have no proof.
Okay, so you do realize
what you're saying, right?
Breaking into a prison in Mexico.
This isn't an escape
room, this is real life.
Dude, come on, back me up on this.
Tell her she can't do this.
Oren's right.
That's why I'm not asking
any of you to do this.
You don't have to.
I'm in.
- What?
- And I'm in too.
What?
Oren, Jess is gonna do this either
way, whether we help her or not.
Out of all people, I did not realize
I would be the voice of reason here.
You guys realize that this
is a next-level felony, right?
- I am begging you not to do this.
- I have to.
Okay. Well
I'm not just gonna sit around
and watch my best friends
make the biggest mistake of their lives.
You're right.
I think you should go home.
Because if we get caught
they'll think you're an accessory.
Yeah.
If something happens to us,
we're gonna need someone stateside
fighting for our extradition.
- Trackers.
- Mm-hm.
Billie tracks everyone.
Even people that work for her.
She was tracking your grandfather
with his SIM chip, too.
But I thought that was your job.
Yeah, she doesn't take any chances.
She's had her eyes on him for ten years
while they were trying to
finish the treasure hunt.
Were you there when
Billie killed my grandpa?
I had the night off.
No witnesses.
Okay, so
what's the plan?
How do we find Jess?
Okay, we gotta get one of the
phones from Billie's security team.
That'll give us access
to Billie's trackers.
And it'll show us where Jess is.
And how are we supposed to find
the security person's phone?
That
that's where you come in.
So in 2013,
the prison was upgraded from the
old podular-direct building design
to podular-remote model.
Upgraded surveillances and
less direct interactions
between the inmates and guards.
- Sounds sophisticated.
- Yeah, well, not for us.
High tech has more
exploits than low tech.
Can you shut the power
off to the building?
And I mean everything.
No lights, no locks,
- none of the security cams?
- Mm-mm.
The generators will just kick in.
But what about the cell locks?
Can you open all of them up?
Let all the prisoners out.
Start a riot. We can get
your dad out in the chaos.
Like in the Mission: Impossible movie.
It's a great idea, but
all of the cells are manually locked.
My taxi's here.
Here's the keys to my van.
- You gotta
- Pump the brakes twice.
I know.
And do me a favor?
- Don't turn this on until you
- Cross the border.
Yes.
You be careful, okay?
You know me better than that.
I hope you guys pull this off
and get back to Baton Rouge.
Thanks, Oren.
You know, I was thinking.
In Katrina, when the prisons
flooded, it led to prison reform.
Now a flood leads right into
automatic drainage ducts.
America finally caught up to
the international standard.
Feels very relevant now.
Well, good luck.
Katrina?
What is he talking about?
He just told us how to
break into the prison.
SANTIAGO APOSTOL PENITENTIARY
Manuela.
Salazar.
How do I look?
Why don't you let me do this?
I mean, if you get caught,
the consequences are a lot worse
for you than they are for me.
I'm an American citizen.
I have the American
government behind me.
You don't.
It's my dad.
My problem.
But seriously, Ethan.
Thanks for being here.
No, thank you.
You learn a lot more about the law
when you're actually breaking it.
My algorithm's working, y'all.
Check out this beauty.
I repurposed it from
a piece of ransomware.
Great, but I didn't think the plan
was to take the prison hostage.
It was developed by pirates
to stop oil from running
through American pipelines.
But with a little
tweak in the parameters,
I can disrupt the water
run-off system instead.
There's a culvert off the
road outside the prison
that'll lead you to
the main water run-off.
Then I will run my algorithm
and the system will react
to what it thinks is a flood.
The water levels will go down
and you have ten minutes to get in
and get your dad out.
What happens after ten minutes?
The whole thing refills.
Flood city. No way out.
Sewer leads to a silo.
It has an iron rung ladder that
leads straight up to the showers
where there are no
guards and no cameras.
Once you get past the showers,
your dad's cell is at
the end of the hall.
How do I unlock his cell?
Prison uses standard Worrell
wafer locks on all its cells.
You'll have to pick the lock.
Huh, the door's open.
Rafael.
Rafael.
Rafael.
Hey.
You know, if something happens
to her, we're not leaving, right?
Not a chance.
Salazar!
Hey!
- What are you doing?
- What am I doing? What are you doing?
Billie was gonna kill you.
- I broke in to save you.
- You did?
- Yeah.
- No.
Billie was gonna kill you. I
was breaking out to save you.
- You were?
- Yes, I was.
What is taking her so long?
She should've been back by now.
The water's filling.
She can't come back this way.
Okay, well, do you
have a way to get out?
Because I just ran out of time on mine.
Of course, I have a way out.
- Follow me.
- Okay.
They must've caught her.
But that's impossible.
No alarms have gone off.
Yeah. He's coming.
Americans?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
Sorry, we got lost.
Mm.
IDs, please.
- Okay.
- Yup.
And here you go.
Okay, once we get out, if we get
out, we have to get the third relic.
- I already got it.
- You did?
That's great.
Then I was right.
So you have all three relics?
Yeah, but not on me.
Never let them out of your sight.
Keep watch. The guards will
do the rounds any minute.
- Get a hand?
- I got it.
- What is this place?
- It's the old prison wing.
They renovated it around years
ago, and they just sealed it off.
Don't be afraid.
They're just rats.
I'm not afraid.
I had a pet rat as a kid.
No, prison rats are not like that.
Hope you have all your shots.
- You just told me not to be afraid.
- I was trying to be a good dad.
It's a little late for that.
Okay. You go first.
How about you go first?
It's fine.
I have to tell you something.
I tried to escape many times but
I never made it past this part
because of that sniper tower.
For that, you need two people.
I never trusted anybody until now.
Okay.
You run, you cut the fence.
I'll blind the sniper
when he tries to shoot you.
You'll blind the sniper
as he tries to shoot me?
It's a good plan, no?
Here you go.
I know what you're doing here.
I was young once, but
this is a restricted area.
This is not a place for romance.
You two need to move on.
Oh.
Officer.
Yes, you're so right.
Honey. We should go.
- We should go.
- We should go.
- Definitely, honey bear.
- So sorry.
- Mm.
- Yeah, we'll get out of here.
Yes.
All right, off we go.
Thank you, Officer.
Your plan's crazy.
You have to trust me.
Trust you? I just met you.
I'm your dad. We have the same blood.
You need to go. Now.
The alarms.
That must mean they
know somebody escaped.
But how?
The run-off is flooded.
Where did she go?
Come on, come on. Start.
Run! Go!
Run!
Cut the fence!
Jessita!
Cut the fence!
Hurry.
Let's go.
Come on!
Go, drive!
You guys were supposed to
leave if anything went wrong.
Yes, we're still leaving, but with you.
- We heard gunshots.
- What happened, Jess?
- Wait, you didn't shoot the sniper?
- I
- No, what?
- There's a sniper?
Okay, I don't understand.
If you didn't shoot the
sniper, then who did?
- I didn't shoot anybody. I don't know.
- By the way, who are you two?
Rafael, these are my
friends, Tasha and Ethan.
Okay, they helped you
break me out of prison?
- Yes.
- You have good friends.
I'm Jessita's dad.
Yes, we know who you are.
So where are the relics?
- Right here.
- You just broke out of prison.
Is that seriously what you're
thinking about right now?
The treasure is the
only thing that matters.
You know, it's not too late
to take him back, right?
Okay, now what?
They're gonna be searching everywhere
for your dad, a sniper got shot.
This is not how we planned it.
Ethan is right and now the police
and Billie are gonna be after us.
No, the police are only
after me. They didn't see you.
That one guard saw me.
Oh, good point.
No, don't worry.
I know exactly where we need to go.
Turn left up here.
Hey, if you had the number
to this burner phone,
I guess I gave it to you.
Leave your message, but not your name.
They're listening.
Tasha.
Come on, Tash.
I just wanna make
sure you guys are safe.
Safe from what?
Who are you?
I'm Agent Ross. FBI.
I'm looking for your friends.
The ones you're clearly worried about.
Where are they?
Ah
I don't know. I've, I've been
trying to get a hold of them.
I was
at a shoe convention.
A shoe convention?
In Mexico?
It's, it's a It's a big market.
Look.
Ever since your friends showed up
in my office to report your kidnapping,
it's been a tidal wave of crazy.
I've got a crypto queen,
a murdered FBI agent,
a break-in at Graceland,
a stolen historical journal about a dog,
an incident at the Alamo.
And now a recording
of your friend, Jess,
threatening Peter Sadusky has surfaced.
Am I leaving anything out?
It doesn't ring a bell.
Oh, why do you guys keep lying to me?
Jess Valenzuela is in a lot of trouble.
I'm trying to help.
So I'll ask you one last time.
You wanna tell me what crazy
thing might be happening in Mexico?
Like I said, I'm
shoe convention.
Thanks for your time.
Dario, right?
I'm Myles.
I know who you are. You can
tell me what the situation is?
I'm a busy man.
Uh, Liam Sadusky's alive.
It's impossible. Kacey took him out.
Then why is he all over Instagram
playing at Squeaky
Pete's the other night?
Then why didn't you call the
cleanup crew to finish the job?
Because we don't know who
he talked to about Billie.
I figured you'd wanna question him.
I've got him tied up inside.
Wait here.
Good work.
Should've left town
when you had the chance.
But now
You're gonna have to answer
a couple of questions.
He brought a friend, so we gotta hurry.
Here.
Okay. Okay.
You sure you can activate
those tracker things?
Uh-huh.
Wait.
"Cras est Nostrum."
I've seen that before.
You know what that means?
No, no clue. It's like their
company motto or something.
All right, we're in.
All right, so these dots represent
all the people Billie's tracking.
Oh, that's a hell of a lot of people.
Uh-huh.
Okay. There's Kacey.
Uh, who's Kacey?
Uh, she's the one who took you out.
Wherever she is, Billie is.
Not Mexico.
There's no way Jess would be there.
I don't see Jess anywhere.
All right, well, keep looking.
If they're tracking all these people,
they've got to be tracking her.
You seeing this, Ross?
This world is falling apart.
I have enough stress in my
life, I don't watch the news.
Sir, I think I found Jess Valenzuela.
- Where?
- Mexico City.
- Mexico City?
- Mm-hmm.
She made a run for it.
Maybe she has family down there.
I'll get the extradition papers.
Excellent work.
This girl lived her whole life
with a go-bag under her bed.
She didn't take it.
Don't second guess yourself, Ross.
You found Sadusky's killer.
Thanks.
You two have gotta get
back across the border ASAP.
The longer you're here, the more
chance you have of getting caught.
You can't be seen with us.
Rafael, you're sure your
guy can get you and Jess
- back across the States?
- Absolutely.
My guy got Manuela and
Jessita across 20 years ago.
He's the best.
We'll see you tomorrow.
Take this.
You make a right at the main road.
That's North.
Border's a few hours from there.
We'll see you soon?
So, where's your friend?
Patience.
First, we gotta get my book.
Book? What book?
A book that only your
mother and I knew existed.
Come on, it's not that far of a walk.
I can't walk out ♪
Because I love you too much, baby ♪
Who's that guy, huh?
Let's just go get your book.
What's it say?
I have no idea.
That's, that's a whole another thing,
it's a whole another
alphabet. I don't know.
That's Dario's friend
outside. We need to hurry.
What's taking so long?
I don't see Jess's name anywhere.
Neither do I.
Hold on.
I see mine.
My dad.
They were tracking him for years.
That was the day he disappeared.
This is nowhere near the
river he supposedly drowned.
Wait, did Billie kill my dad too?
I don't know. I don't know.
But if she did, she
didn't do it herself.
She doesn't get her hands
dirty. Too smart for that.
Huh.
Dario is in our tracking system
and he just opened the Sadusky file.
That doesn't sound like Dario.
Don't answer. Don't answer it.
Dario? What's going on?
Hey, sorry to disappoint,
but Dario's a little
tied up at the moment.
Liam Sadusky.
I threw him in the
river. He should be dead.
Yeah, well, I'm not.
Did Myles fish you out?
I'm guessing he's with you.
Tell him he's fired.
He'll know what that means.
I know you killed my grandpa, and
I'm pretty sure you killed my dad.
And I'm coming for you.
Your father tried that once.
- Didn't turn out so well.
- Yeah?
Hey, hold on, what are you doing?
She can track us.
Find out where Dario is and send a team.
I told you not to answer it. Now
we got to get out of here, man.
She's gonna rain hellfire on us.
Dario.
Myles! Hey.
Myles.
Go around the back. Come on, let's go.
Okay, okay.
Hey, I heard something over here.
Go, go, go.
Come on, come on.
He's dead.
Help!
You hear that?
Help!
- Are you sure?
- It's gotta be here somewhere.
That tree?
It's hundreds of years old.
It's sacred.
Very important.
It's the tree from my mom's picture.
What picture?
Of you, me, and Mom when I was a baby.
Your mom kept that picture?
Yeah.
But she kind of folded you out.
At least she kept it.
Did she not tell you about this tree?
No.
It's a religious site.
Used for weddings, funerals.
It's always protected.
Which makes it a perfect place
to hide something.
It's my journal.
Years and years of my
research on the treasure.
It's, uh, how I met your mom.
I went to her because she
was an expert on Malinche.
And I showed her my necklace,
which was given to me by my mother,
who was a Daughter
of the Plumed Serpent.
I told Manuela the story.
She was the only one
that didn't laugh at me.
She already knew about the
Daughters and the treasure.
Made it across the border.
Let's hope Jess does too.
She'll be okay.
It's Jess. She's the
smartest person I know.
No offense.
Yeah, me too.
Freeze!
FBI, hands up!
Hands up!
- Don't move.
- Target located.
Right there.
They were waiting for us.
Liam.
Dude, where have you been?
Look, more importantly, where's Jess?
In Mexico.
Mexico.
Why would she be in Mexico?
- Long story.
- It's not good.
- I know.
- No.
- I mean, Billie's in Mexico.
- I know.
I haven't been able to
get a hold of anyone.
I was supposed to hear from them by now.
We gotta get help.
What are those?
Where are the relics?
The relics were puzzle boxes.
The treasure map was
hidden on the inside.
Eighteen total pieces.
Puzzle boxes. You figured that out?
Wasn't that hard.
No, no, no, this one.
This one goes
Yeah, right where you put it.
No, but this one definitely goes
Wow, you're really good at this.
I used to be good at puzzles too,
but guess I'm a little rusty now.
I already put it together once.
But I couldn't figure
out what any of it means.
There it is.
- You did it.
- Where?
See that tree with an X?
- X marks the spot. I know, but where?
- No.
No, it does not marks the spot.
X is a Mayan symbol for the sky.
This isn't a map of the ground.
That's not a river.
This is a map of
sky.
The Daughters of the Plumed Serpent
are showing us the locations of the
treasure with the constellations.
The river is the Milky Way, and
all these dots are the stars.
The Big Dipper.
Orion's Belt.
Ursa Minor.
They're reference points.
Yes.
The Aztecs, the Mayans, and the Incas.
The one thing they had in common
was their mastery of the stars.
What's that?
It's a star map app.
What's an app?
It's a GPS triangulation
software application
used to pinpoint the
topographic position on the land
based on the stars in the sky.
Oh, yeah, of course.
An app.
It's saying it needs
more reference points.
Why is that star so different?
Because it's not a star.
It's a planet.
Venus.
Quetzalcoatl was associated with Venus.
"God of the Morning Star."
It was essential for the Daughters
of the Plumed Serpent to navigate.
It's the brightest thing in the
sky besides the sun and the moon.
It's pointing to a place
called the Devil's Swamp,
off the Mississippi River.
It's only 50 miles outside
of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Of course, the Daughters
took it up to Mississippi
before the Spanish even
knew that the river existed.
Where in the Devil's Swamp?
Swamps are pretty big.
Don't worry. When we get there
Is that your friend?
Jessita. Get the map.
I know him.
- What?
- He attacked me.
He stole all of Sadusky's clues.
- I'm not here to hurt you.
- You work for Salazar.
No, I don't.
Salazar's who I'm trying to stop.
- Wait, you know where Salazar is?
- Yeah. No.
I mean, he's everywhere all the time.
It's not just one man.
The name Salazar is a mantle.
The leader of a group of
treasure hunters over time,
dating back to ancient Egypt.
You need to stop
searching for the treasure.
- You're gonna lead them right to it.
- He's lying.
You need to believe me.
Look, I, I came all this way to stop
Oh, my god!
- Jessita, we have to go.
- We have to help him!
We can't, he's dead!
- Here, take the map. Go, now!
- No, what about you?
I don't matter! Go!
- Hey, hey, hey. Hey!
- Move.
Jess?
Valenzuela!
I have your father here.
So you have two choices.
Come out with that treasure map.
Or live with your father's
blood on your hands.
Jessita, no! The treasure
is more important.
You have to run.
You think you got out of
that prison by yourself, Jess?
Nope.
I paid off a guard to turn a blind eye.
And that mysterious gunshot
that took out that sniper?
Well, that was Kacey.
I put a tracker in your father's
shoe and I heard everything.
I know about the Devil's Swamp.
So you have to know by now,
I'm always one step ahead.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
Good girl.