Relic Hunter s02e14 Episode Script
Eyes of Toklamanee
Relic Hunter (PAL) (natchez language) (screaming) (adam:) but the shape.
It definitely was similar to a cahokian monument.
It could've been but then it could've been Just some sort of eroded stone.
It wasn't defined enough.
Sydney, you saw the journal.
The eyes of toklamanee are down here And we're getting closer.
We just have to keep looking.
Adam, you're one of my best graduate students And I realize how important it is that you find this relic, But rome wasn't built in a day.
This could be the most important relic Of native american history ever found.
It's part of my heritage.
You just have to have patience.
I just didn't want you to come All the way out here for nothing.
I didn't come out here for nothing.
You've made some great progress And I'm impressed with the work you've ne.
When you get a little closer, I could come back and (guard:) hey, what are you doing down here? (sydney:) big guns.
Transit authority? (guard:) freeze, or we'll shoot.
(guard:) you, hold it! (sydney:) doesn't look like transit authority to me.
Come on.
(guard:) try again.
(hobo:) psst.
Hey! In here, quick.
(guard:) they're in here somewhere.
Check over there.
All right, this will take you up to the street, But you watch out.
There's jarheads all over the place.
Hurry.
We've got to get out of here.
(over radio) base to three.
Do you see them? (guard:) three to base.
They're in the air shaft.
(guard:) hands up.
(adam:) why were they shooting at us? I don't know.
But it's safe to say They're way over the top with their security here.
I'm moore, the site manager.
Police will be here in a minute.
Oh, good.
Then maybe you can explain to them Why your guards were shooting at us With machine guns in the tunnel.
What you talking about? Your goons tried to cut us to pieces down there.
My crew only carry sidearms.
I know it might be a foreign concept to you, But we try to obey the law around here.
And I haven't had a crew down there in 6 hours.
Well, maybe somebody didn't get the word because No, I've got a good idea.
Let's let the police handle it.
They're on their way.
(moore:) what is it about this site that brings out all the nutcakes? Lucky they weren't in the main tunnel.
They could've been killed by a deep digger.
Who are they? I don't know and I don't care.
Just get rid of them.
Bette ramer.
What's she doing here? What the hell is she doing here? You know her? Sydney fox.
Sydney fox? She's a history professor.
And a relic hunter, A very well-known relic hunter.
Who's she? An archaeologist, A famous one.
You know her? No, I know of her.
I studied her work when I was a student.
How well known? Archaeology journals, magazines.
She makes the papers from time to time.
Bill, call the police back, Tell them we're not going to press any charges.
They don't have to send anybody out.
Uh huh.
Right away, sir.
All right.
Talk to them, find out what they're doing here, Then get rid of them.
All right.
Long way from chaco canyon.
Yes, it is.
And your reputation precedes you, too, sydney.
Which is why I'm surprised you're trying to ruin it.
As an archaeologist, I'm sure you realize There are always obstacles to important discoveries.
(sydney:) adam grant, one of my graduate students.
Oh, and you're conducting a seminar on what? The finer points of trespassing? We didn't get very far through the usual channels.
I signed off on that project.
I can't imagine what you think you're going to try and find.
You're positive that there's nothing Of historical value down there? That's right.
Nothing unusual.
Just a few middens Where previous generations dumped their garbage.
(sydney:)what if I told you that I have reason to believe The eyes of toklamanee are down there? Toklamanee? Two mysterious discs of enormous power.
They're a fabled piece of prehistory americana -- And a wild goose chase for relic hunters.
Now, that myth is about as bogus As the existence of the ghost dancers of the plains indians.
(adam:) the eyes exist.
They're buried within a sacred mound near the river.
And why hasn't anyone found them before now? Well, maybe because there's a major city Of 2 million people built on top of it.
Well, you certainly don't disappoint.
We have proof.
Wait.
You said we wouldn't show it to anyone Until after we found the eyes.
Adam, it's just a copy And if anyone can appreciate your journal, it's dr.
Ramer.
What journal? It belonged to a french explorer, dated 1605.
Has it been authenticated? It's out for c14 dating right now.
Security, could you please escort ms fox (bette:) and her friend out the front gates? Thank you.
You're not even going to take a look at the journal? I'm going to let you go, On the condition that you do not come back.
I believe there's an important relic buried down there.
Well, the site archaeologist report says there's not.
And if I do come back? You don't look stupid to me.
Neither do you.
That went well.
Do you find it strange That a world-renowned archaeologist wasn't even curious To take a look at a journal That might lead to a major historical discovery? Kind of seems to me like her adventure days are over.
I mean, she is doing work for a city construction project.
Well, maybe.
What are you doing? Looks like some kind of bone fragment.
That pile's from the subway So this definitely came from the tunnels.
When we get back to the university, Good idea.
(phone ringing) Moore.
Yeah, we had them here.
No, I let them go.
She's a big-time relic hunter.
The last thing you need is something like that all over the media.
No, no, they didn't see anything.
I'm sure they weren't anywhere near it.
Look, everything's under control.
Okay.
Claudia, I'm expecting a call from sydney at any minute.
Did you get the lab results back from adam's journal? Oh, yeah, they should be ready any time.
I'll just give them a call, give them a little push.
Good idea.
Sometimes their c14 dating gets a little backlogged, (nigel:) due to all the other lab work.
Number should be on the messenger receipt.
Is something wrong? You just said c14.
Did you just say c14? Well, of course I said c14.
That's what you sent it out for.
Right? Not exactly.
Well, what exactly did you send it out for? (claudia:) well, see, That is actually a very funny story.
Well, how funny is it? Well, you see, I met this guy Who said that you can tell a lot about someone by By their handwriting.
(claudia:) and, well, I had all these letters so I You sent adam's journal out to have the handwriting analysed? Yes.
Dan, this is my professor, sydney fox.
Sydney, this is dan bernstein, my office mate.
Hello.
Why are the convergence poles at variable angles? They're supposed to be To maximize the magnetic field.
Dan.
Hello.
I'm having impedance problems.
Okay.
Pretty decent-sized space they give you grad students here.
It actually belongs to some junior professor, But he's on sabbatical for a few months.
Nice of him to let you use it.
They didn't exactly let me.
Adam.
I'll be out before he comes back.
He'll never even know I was here.
Hey, are these the ceremonial mounds? (adam:) the cahokians were amazing.
They had a calendar like the mayans And mathematics like the aztecs.
What exactly were the eyes of toklamanee used for? No one really knows.
Legend just tells them being a powerful force in the community, Revered like a god.
(adam:) they were said to provide food, let the crops grow.
Wonder how they did that.
Maybe we'll get to find out soon.
Oh, can I use your phone? Ugh.
It was a Slight mistake.
A slight mistake is ordering blue pens When you should have ordered black pens.
This is an absolute catastrophe.
(phone ringing) Ancient studies.
Nigel, how's the carbon dating going? Syd, hi.
How's st.
Louis? Have you seen the arch yet? (nigel:) I understand there's a really nice little rib place Down by the river.
Nigel, the journal.
Is it being tested? The journal? Right, of course, Well, there's a funny thing about that.
Funny, how? Well, it It is being tested, in a sense, And I'm sure the results when they come through Will be very, very interesting.
I mean You don't have it, do you? It got mixed up with claudia's handwriting analysis.
Sorry.
Okay, just get it back.
However you do it, get it to the lab, asap.
Right.
Slight delay in the carbon dating of the journal.
Oh, right.
That's too bad.
(electronic noises) What is that? What is that? What is going on? What is What is this? No, no, no, no.
No, don't bang, never bang.
(dan:) what is going on? There's probably a very, Very simple explanation for all of this, (dan:) but I will figure it out.
So just leave me and my equipment alone.
Thank you.
Hold on.
What is that? We found it at the construction site this morning.
What are you trying to do, fry us? What are you talking about? There's only one reason that my metres would go Into the red like that.
That thing is radioactive.
Radioactive? (dan:) yes.
You know, like, chernobyl or hiroshima, cell phones.
It's not lead, but it'll have to do.
I thought it was a relic from a project I'm working on.
(adam:) was hoping to have it tested.
I know some nerd over in the physics lab Who might be able to do a compositional analysis.
That is if I'm not glowing in the dark by the time I get there.
Guys with machine guns, radioactivity.
What's going on down there? I don't know, but I have a hard time believing That bette ramer overlooked a possible radiation source.
Can you get on the web here? Yeah.
I'd like to take a look at a report, See if there's any mention of radiation in it.
City of st.
Louis Public works rapid transit.
There's nothing in the city site about an archaeological survey.
(adam:) there's a link to the construction company's home page.
(sydney:) password rotected.
I don't know whether to be impressed or frightened.
Don't worry, we'll be off before anyone can trace us.
Oh, that makes it better then.
(adam:) there it is.
Well, that's a rather concise report for such a large project.
(adam:) "no evidence of significant historical or archaeological findings".
What about radioactive ones? Doesn't exactly look like miss ramer Went over the place with a fine-toothed comb.
No, it does not.
I think I'll pay her a visit.
See what else you can find out about the project.
I'll call you later.
You know, she's not going to be any different than she was before.
Hey, adam, what was it That made you want to get into archaeology so badly? I don't know.
I started reading some things About some ancient sites and that got me reading some more.
Before I knew it, I was all sucked in and whacked out.
I never quite heard it described like that before, but yeah.
(sydney:) I'll tell you a secret: It never goes away, not if you're doing it right.
I'm sorry to drop by unannounced.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear the last time we spoke.
I will leave and I won't come back If you just take one look at the journal.
No firsthand account of the eyes exists In the literature of native america.
The legends are all oral history.
The journal was written by a french surveyor.
He made it all the way back to France After having witnessed the eyes of toklamanee firsthand.
That compo's going to take a few days.
(dan:) typical.
It turns out we'll live to see the results.
The radiation levels were pretty much harmless.
I just wonder what it was down there that caused it.
Could've been a small uranium deposit in the soil.
Natural source.
Or maybe it was a cia/alien plot To develop a subterranean arsenal, (dan:) overtake the country and use human glandular fluid As a hyper-efficient alternative fuel source.
You've been drinking yohimbe tea And watching x-files marathons again, haven't you? (sydney:) adam traced it through the court of France records.
It not only describes the eyes But the cultural advances of the cahokians.
The mound-builders of the mississippi valley.
They built using the same techniques as the mayans.
An oral migration legend of the natchez indians.
You believe only primitive savages Inhabited north america prior to the europeans? One civilization always built upon the previous one.
If there'd been any evidence, I would have found it.
The subway project poses absolutely no threat To anything of archaeological significance.
Adam found something that came out of the tunnels.
It's radioactive.
Was it the money? Or did you just get tired of fighting the fight? (phone ringing) Moore.
(councilman:) our security's been breached.
Someone's hacked into the files.
We need to speed things up.
We're not ready to pour concrete.
Get ready.
(moore:) covering up the radiation source is not as simple as you think.
Here's simple: There's a lot at stake.
Of course.
(councilman:) deals have been made, favours owed.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
I've got everything under control.
I thought you would.
Even if someone got down there, They wouldn't be coming back.
Let's hope so, For both our sakes.
Doesn't look like we're going in the front door.
There's got to be another way down.
Okay, where? I don't know.
I'll bet he does.
(adam:) that's the guy who helped us in the subway.
I don't know how it works in your trailer, But in my office, the protocol's known as knocking.
Oh, sorry.
(bette:) what do you want? That's a pearson, huh? The old double-mast, gaff-rigged.
That's pricey.
It's a good thing your career's going so well.
But that's the problem with your job is you work so hard, You don't have any time to enjoy it.
You know, I think you should start spending A little more time on this boat.
You'd be amazed what Keep an eye out for security.
Last time, they came out of nowhere.
We have to get lower.
Ladies first.
Thanks, adam.
This must be part of an old sewer system.
Take a look at this pipe fixture.
Turn of the century.
Deeper we go, closer we'll get.
One of the work crews must have put this up.
Why? I don't know.
Could be dangerous or unstable.
Maybe they're trying to keep people out for another reason.
This is new, been blocked off recently.
Whoa.
I'm getting some radioactivity here.
You okay? Yeah.
You? Yeah.
Well, you wanted to get lower.
There's more radiation down here, (sydney:) but we should be okay for a while.
Look at these.
Yeah.
They go down here with absolutely no light.
(sydney:) well, wherever we are, Looks like some kind of natural rock formation.
One that was hollowed out a long time ago.
Doesn't seem to be any evidence of the cahokians here, though.
Wait a minute.
That wasn't a sinkhole we fell through, It was a floor trap of some kind.
(sydney:) I've seen the same design in mayan temples.
This means we're getting closer.
Let's see what else is around here.
If it's anything like the temple at teotihuacan, The most important chamber is down at the bottom.
I'm not seeing any way down, though.
(adam:)there's something over here.
(sydney:) adam? Adam? Found another opening.
(adam:) unfortunately, it goes up.
Looks like it's the only way out.
Don't worry, you were right.
We are getting closer.
Get back.
What was that about? I don't know.
But someone's drilling.
Get your hands off me.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Follow me.
This way.
Right through here.
Watch your head.
All right, got to move, got to move because they are coming.
How long have you been living down here? A week.
No, maybe two.
Of course I can't stay in one place too long, Not since they started coming down.
No, I mean, down here under the ground.
Since the sun went bad.
(hobo:) you can't stay out in it no more, it poisons you.
Of course, I know they did it on purpose So as I'd come down here.
Oh, yeah, yeah, they knew I'd come down.
They? Yeah, they wanted me to find paradise.
The drillers are trying to destroy me, and all of it.
Yes, the drillers.
Now what are they doing down here? See, I can hear them in the tunnels.
Pretty soon, they're just going to wipe it all out.
Wipe out what? How? Sh.
Sh.
They're coming again.
See, it's not safe here.
We've got to go.
No, no.
You, you take the first stairs you come to.
That That'll take you out.
And hurry.
They're almost here.
Sorry about the mix-up, but I got them to put a rush on it.
The c14 results.
Claudia, if I find Jean dixon's astrological predictions for leo dicaprio in here Nigel, they're in there.
I checked them myself.
God, you know, you make one little mistake This is unbelievable.
I still don't understand how those plants could flourish with no light.
Well, the geiger counter readings went up as we dropped.
Now, I remember something about radiation stimulating flora growth.
But that still doesn't explain all the drilling.
Drilling, radiation, the plants, heavily-armed security -- If all this is connected to toklamanee, It must be one spectacular relic.
That's why we have to go back.
There has to be something on the other side of that blocked-up area.
Well, with all the added security, We'd better be really careful.
Yeah.
(phone ringing) Hello.
Are you alone? No.
(nigel:) adam there? (sydney:) yes.
We just got the results back from the lab.
And? It's off by about (nigel:) the journal's a total fake, syd.
What? (nigel:) it's bogus.
Sydney, it's not what you think.
You said you got it from the relative of the explorer's servant.
You said that it was lost and forgotten in France For years before you found it.
Okay.
I did it.
I created the document myself.
Unbelievable.
Look, the journal's a fake, but toklamanee is real.
You know that, sydney.
I don't know that.
I don't know anything right now, adam.
The academic world gives no credence to the natchez legends.
It's It's an oral history And it's viewed with the same kind of derision That bible scholars view the kabbalah.
So, to prove your point, You decide to make things up to fill your agenda? No, my research was genuine.
There was a servant who survived the 1605 expedition.
His stories of cahokian culture Were recorded in court of France ledgers.
You could look it up.
Please, don't be angry.
I'm more disappointed than angry, adam.
You didn't trust that I would believe you If you brought me the oral histories And the facts about the french explorer.
You might have, but would you have dropped everything To come all the way here to check it out? I couldn't find it by myself.
I needed you.
I understand if you don't want me involved.
But But there's so much at stake now.
We've no idea what's down there, But it must be something important.
Right under the mississippi river.
We're going to need tools to break down that wall.
Anything else down there? Huh? Can't see anything.
There's got to be something.
What do we do now? Find another homeless guy? Make sure you've got your light on down there, all right? (adam:) maybe we can try to sneak back into the site.
Yeah.
With their lax security, I'm sure it's no problem.
(bette:) maybe I can help you out.
Don't Don't worry, I'm not going to turn you in.
It's very impressive.
It's quite a piece of forgery you have here, mr.
Grant.
How did you know without sending it to a lab? Yeah, how did you know? I was in china once on a dig.
We were looking for the lost golden buddha.
I had an idea as to its location that conflicted With those of the lead archaeologist.
He wouldn't even look at my evidence Until I showed him a piece of statuary that confirmed my opinion.
Did you ever tell him it was a fake? Oh, yeah, yeah.
But not until after we located the relic.
Come on, let's go find your eyes of toklamanee.
(bette:) you'll see it was set up just like a mayan pit trap.
Once we're in the subway, There's an access to the old sewer level.
That's what led us to it.
If we see any security, keep your heads down.
Let me do the talking.
(bette:) you're right, it's just like the traps In the jaguar temple at chichen itza.
You've never been down to this level? No.
Well, we're here now.
Okay, let's see what's behind that wall.
Yeah, you're right.
Ramer didn't leave.
She took them down the tunnel.
Where are they now? They're at the sewer level and they're trying to get down below.
Want me to take them out? No.
Let's see if they can get to where our situation is.
Then we can pour the concrete, take care of both problems.
Okay.
(bette:) that's definitely cahokian.
(adam:) it's probably the entrance of the main temple mount.
(sydney:) these levels are getting a little high.
We should keep an eye on it.
(sydney:) paradise.
(adam:) no wonder he didn't want it destroyed.
Some of these plants are herbs.
You know, it's possible they could have been planted for medicine.
All this has been here for 400 years.
How does it survive? Radiation.
Levels much higher in here than it was in the tunnel.
We shouldn't be here much longer.
(adam:) the eyes of toklamanee have to be near.
We can't go back now.
Through here.
(sydney:) adam, the radiation.
(sydney:) adam? Look, adam, I know you want The eyes of toklamanee.
(bette:) this chamber's got to be at least 50 feet high.
This is as massive as the inside chamber of teotihuacan.
We'd better document this quick.
These levels are starting to worry me.
They must be the source of the radiation.
That's what's making all the plants grow.
(bette:) look at the spear in his hand, shaped like the atlatl Throwing spears of the mayans.
Look, this one depicts a shaman and 2 discs.
(adam:) this isn't just ceremonial.
The eyes are placed with some other purpose.
(sydney:) it looks like they're emitting some sort of energy.
Energy to destroy an enemy? (rumbling) (sydney:) what is going on? Earthquake? There's no active fault anywhere near here.
Whatever it is, it's activated whatever that is.
(bette:) a reactor.
They've developed a primitive nuclear reactor.
There must be some kind of uranium source inside those discs.
The cahokians' trade routes gave them access to it As well as carbon and copper.
(sydney:) maybe we could discuss this later.
We're trapped! Look for another door.
Over here.
(bette:) they're pumping concrete into the mound.
They're trying to cover it up just like in chernobyl.
They must not realize the discs are a reactor.
If they try to seal it in Explosion? (sydney & bette:) big! (bette:) I'm shutting down construction, moore.
On whose authority? As site archaeologist, I'm declaring this an historic site.
(bette:) all activity will be suspended Until an independent review is completed.
There's not going to be a review -- not now, not ever.
I have a great idea.
Why don't we let the police sort it out? They should be here any minute.
(councilman:) that's what I pay you for.
I don't even want my name mentioned in the same edition Of any paper that covers this mess.
(agent:) fbi.
We'd like to ask you a few questions, councilman.
Oh, hi, adam.
How did it go in st.
Louis? Bette was like a pit bull with the city officials.
I'm so happy for you.
It's all your research.
You deserve all the credit.
The cahokians deserve that.
And I wouldn't be anywhere without your support, sydney.
I know bette feels the same way.
You saved her reputation.
Just got your photos back from the lab, adam.
Unfortunately, film doesn't react too well to radiation.
Must've been enough down there to fog out your camera.
There's enough to melt his camera.
That's not all we got back.
Due to claudia's mix-up, We have something very interesting to tell you about Your personality based on your handwriting.
Hey, that's not fair.
I was trying to simulate the style of the 17th century french servant.
Subtitle by: Kiasuseven
It definitely was similar to a cahokian monument.
It could've been but then it could've been Just some sort of eroded stone.
It wasn't defined enough.
Sydney, you saw the journal.
The eyes of toklamanee are down here And we're getting closer.
We just have to keep looking.
Adam, you're one of my best graduate students And I realize how important it is that you find this relic, But rome wasn't built in a day.
This could be the most important relic Of native american history ever found.
It's part of my heritage.
You just have to have patience.
I just didn't want you to come All the way out here for nothing.
I didn't come out here for nothing.
You've made some great progress And I'm impressed with the work you've ne.
When you get a little closer, I could come back and (guard:) hey, what are you doing down here? (sydney:) big guns.
Transit authority? (guard:) freeze, or we'll shoot.
(guard:) you, hold it! (sydney:) doesn't look like transit authority to me.
Come on.
(guard:) try again.
(hobo:) psst.
Hey! In here, quick.
(guard:) they're in here somewhere.
Check over there.
All right, this will take you up to the street, But you watch out.
There's jarheads all over the place.
Hurry.
We've got to get out of here.
(over radio) base to three.
Do you see them? (guard:) three to base.
They're in the air shaft.
(guard:) hands up.
(adam:) why were they shooting at us? I don't know.
But it's safe to say They're way over the top with their security here.
I'm moore, the site manager.
Police will be here in a minute.
Oh, good.
Then maybe you can explain to them Why your guards were shooting at us With machine guns in the tunnel.
What you talking about? Your goons tried to cut us to pieces down there.
My crew only carry sidearms.
I know it might be a foreign concept to you, But we try to obey the law around here.
And I haven't had a crew down there in 6 hours.
Well, maybe somebody didn't get the word because No, I've got a good idea.
Let's let the police handle it.
They're on their way.
(moore:) what is it about this site that brings out all the nutcakes? Lucky they weren't in the main tunnel.
They could've been killed by a deep digger.
Who are they? I don't know and I don't care.
Just get rid of them.
Bette ramer.
What's she doing here? What the hell is she doing here? You know her? Sydney fox.
Sydney fox? She's a history professor.
And a relic hunter, A very well-known relic hunter.
Who's she? An archaeologist, A famous one.
You know her? No, I know of her.
I studied her work when I was a student.
How well known? Archaeology journals, magazines.
She makes the papers from time to time.
Bill, call the police back, Tell them we're not going to press any charges.
They don't have to send anybody out.
Uh huh.
Right away, sir.
All right.
Talk to them, find out what they're doing here, Then get rid of them.
All right.
Long way from chaco canyon.
Yes, it is.
And your reputation precedes you, too, sydney.
Which is why I'm surprised you're trying to ruin it.
As an archaeologist, I'm sure you realize There are always obstacles to important discoveries.
(sydney:) adam grant, one of my graduate students.
Oh, and you're conducting a seminar on what? The finer points of trespassing? We didn't get very far through the usual channels.
I signed off on that project.
I can't imagine what you think you're going to try and find.
You're positive that there's nothing Of historical value down there? That's right.
Nothing unusual.
Just a few middens Where previous generations dumped their garbage.
(sydney:)what if I told you that I have reason to believe The eyes of toklamanee are down there? Toklamanee? Two mysterious discs of enormous power.
They're a fabled piece of prehistory americana -- And a wild goose chase for relic hunters.
Now, that myth is about as bogus As the existence of the ghost dancers of the plains indians.
(adam:) the eyes exist.
They're buried within a sacred mound near the river.
And why hasn't anyone found them before now? Well, maybe because there's a major city Of 2 million people built on top of it.
Well, you certainly don't disappoint.
We have proof.
Wait.
You said we wouldn't show it to anyone Until after we found the eyes.
Adam, it's just a copy And if anyone can appreciate your journal, it's dr.
Ramer.
What journal? It belonged to a french explorer, dated 1605.
Has it been authenticated? It's out for c14 dating right now.
Security, could you please escort ms fox (bette:) and her friend out the front gates? Thank you.
You're not even going to take a look at the journal? I'm going to let you go, On the condition that you do not come back.
I believe there's an important relic buried down there.
Well, the site archaeologist report says there's not.
And if I do come back? You don't look stupid to me.
Neither do you.
That went well.
Do you find it strange That a world-renowned archaeologist wasn't even curious To take a look at a journal That might lead to a major historical discovery? Kind of seems to me like her adventure days are over.
I mean, she is doing work for a city construction project.
Well, maybe.
What are you doing? Looks like some kind of bone fragment.
That pile's from the subway So this definitely came from the tunnels.
When we get back to the university, Good idea.
(phone ringing) Moore.
Yeah, we had them here.
No, I let them go.
She's a big-time relic hunter.
The last thing you need is something like that all over the media.
No, no, they didn't see anything.
I'm sure they weren't anywhere near it.
Look, everything's under control.
Okay.
Claudia, I'm expecting a call from sydney at any minute.
Did you get the lab results back from adam's journal? Oh, yeah, they should be ready any time.
I'll just give them a call, give them a little push.
Good idea.
Sometimes their c14 dating gets a little backlogged, (nigel:) due to all the other lab work.
Number should be on the messenger receipt.
Is something wrong? You just said c14.
Did you just say c14? Well, of course I said c14.
That's what you sent it out for.
Right? Not exactly.
Well, what exactly did you send it out for? (claudia:) well, see, That is actually a very funny story.
Well, how funny is it? Well, you see, I met this guy Who said that you can tell a lot about someone by By their handwriting.
(claudia:) and, well, I had all these letters so I You sent adam's journal out to have the handwriting analysed? Yes.
Dan, this is my professor, sydney fox.
Sydney, this is dan bernstein, my office mate.
Hello.
Why are the convergence poles at variable angles? They're supposed to be To maximize the magnetic field.
Dan.
Hello.
I'm having impedance problems.
Okay.
Pretty decent-sized space they give you grad students here.
It actually belongs to some junior professor, But he's on sabbatical for a few months.
Nice of him to let you use it.
They didn't exactly let me.
Adam.
I'll be out before he comes back.
He'll never even know I was here.
Hey, are these the ceremonial mounds? (adam:) the cahokians were amazing.
They had a calendar like the mayans And mathematics like the aztecs.
What exactly were the eyes of toklamanee used for? No one really knows.
Legend just tells them being a powerful force in the community, Revered like a god.
(adam:) they were said to provide food, let the crops grow.
Wonder how they did that.
Maybe we'll get to find out soon.
Oh, can I use your phone? Ugh.
It was a Slight mistake.
A slight mistake is ordering blue pens When you should have ordered black pens.
This is an absolute catastrophe.
(phone ringing) Ancient studies.
Nigel, how's the carbon dating going? Syd, hi.
How's st.
Louis? Have you seen the arch yet? (nigel:) I understand there's a really nice little rib place Down by the river.
Nigel, the journal.
Is it being tested? The journal? Right, of course, Well, there's a funny thing about that.
Funny, how? Well, it It is being tested, in a sense, And I'm sure the results when they come through Will be very, very interesting.
I mean You don't have it, do you? It got mixed up with claudia's handwriting analysis.
Sorry.
Okay, just get it back.
However you do it, get it to the lab, asap.
Right.
Slight delay in the carbon dating of the journal.
Oh, right.
That's too bad.
(electronic noises) What is that? What is that? What is going on? What is What is this? No, no, no, no.
No, don't bang, never bang.
(dan:) what is going on? There's probably a very, Very simple explanation for all of this, (dan:) but I will figure it out.
So just leave me and my equipment alone.
Thank you.
Hold on.
What is that? We found it at the construction site this morning.
What are you trying to do, fry us? What are you talking about? There's only one reason that my metres would go Into the red like that.
That thing is radioactive.
Radioactive? (dan:) yes.
You know, like, chernobyl or hiroshima, cell phones.
It's not lead, but it'll have to do.
I thought it was a relic from a project I'm working on.
(adam:) was hoping to have it tested.
I know some nerd over in the physics lab Who might be able to do a compositional analysis.
That is if I'm not glowing in the dark by the time I get there.
Guys with machine guns, radioactivity.
What's going on down there? I don't know, but I have a hard time believing That bette ramer overlooked a possible radiation source.
Can you get on the web here? Yeah.
I'd like to take a look at a report, See if there's any mention of radiation in it.
City of st.
Louis Public works rapid transit.
There's nothing in the city site about an archaeological survey.
(adam:) there's a link to the construction company's home page.
(sydney:) password rotected.
I don't know whether to be impressed or frightened.
Don't worry, we'll be off before anyone can trace us.
Oh, that makes it better then.
(adam:) there it is.
Well, that's a rather concise report for such a large project.
(adam:) "no evidence of significant historical or archaeological findings".
What about radioactive ones? Doesn't exactly look like miss ramer Went over the place with a fine-toothed comb.
No, it does not.
I think I'll pay her a visit.
See what else you can find out about the project.
I'll call you later.
You know, she's not going to be any different than she was before.
Hey, adam, what was it That made you want to get into archaeology so badly? I don't know.
I started reading some things About some ancient sites and that got me reading some more.
Before I knew it, I was all sucked in and whacked out.
I never quite heard it described like that before, but yeah.
(sydney:) I'll tell you a secret: It never goes away, not if you're doing it right.
I'm sorry to drop by unannounced.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear the last time we spoke.
I will leave and I won't come back If you just take one look at the journal.
No firsthand account of the eyes exists In the literature of native america.
The legends are all oral history.
The journal was written by a french surveyor.
He made it all the way back to France After having witnessed the eyes of toklamanee firsthand.
That compo's going to take a few days.
(dan:) typical.
It turns out we'll live to see the results.
The radiation levels were pretty much harmless.
I just wonder what it was down there that caused it.
Could've been a small uranium deposit in the soil.
Natural source.
Or maybe it was a cia/alien plot To develop a subterranean arsenal, (dan:) overtake the country and use human glandular fluid As a hyper-efficient alternative fuel source.
You've been drinking yohimbe tea And watching x-files marathons again, haven't you? (sydney:) adam traced it through the court of France records.
It not only describes the eyes But the cultural advances of the cahokians.
The mound-builders of the mississippi valley.
They built using the same techniques as the mayans.
An oral migration legend of the natchez indians.
You believe only primitive savages Inhabited north america prior to the europeans? One civilization always built upon the previous one.
If there'd been any evidence, I would have found it.
The subway project poses absolutely no threat To anything of archaeological significance.
Adam found something that came out of the tunnels.
It's radioactive.
Was it the money? Or did you just get tired of fighting the fight? (phone ringing) Moore.
(councilman:) our security's been breached.
Someone's hacked into the files.
We need to speed things up.
We're not ready to pour concrete.
Get ready.
(moore:) covering up the radiation source is not as simple as you think.
Here's simple: There's a lot at stake.
Of course.
(councilman:) deals have been made, favours owed.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
I've got everything under control.
I thought you would.
Even if someone got down there, They wouldn't be coming back.
Let's hope so, For both our sakes.
Doesn't look like we're going in the front door.
There's got to be another way down.
Okay, where? I don't know.
I'll bet he does.
(adam:) that's the guy who helped us in the subway.
I don't know how it works in your trailer, But in my office, the protocol's known as knocking.
Oh, sorry.
(bette:) what do you want? That's a pearson, huh? The old double-mast, gaff-rigged.
That's pricey.
It's a good thing your career's going so well.
But that's the problem with your job is you work so hard, You don't have any time to enjoy it.
You know, I think you should start spending A little more time on this boat.
You'd be amazed what Keep an eye out for security.
Last time, they came out of nowhere.
We have to get lower.
Ladies first.
Thanks, adam.
This must be part of an old sewer system.
Take a look at this pipe fixture.
Turn of the century.
Deeper we go, closer we'll get.
One of the work crews must have put this up.
Why? I don't know.
Could be dangerous or unstable.
Maybe they're trying to keep people out for another reason.
This is new, been blocked off recently.
Whoa.
I'm getting some radioactivity here.
You okay? Yeah.
You? Yeah.
Well, you wanted to get lower.
There's more radiation down here, (sydney:) but we should be okay for a while.
Look at these.
Yeah.
They go down here with absolutely no light.
(sydney:) well, wherever we are, Looks like some kind of natural rock formation.
One that was hollowed out a long time ago.
Doesn't seem to be any evidence of the cahokians here, though.
Wait a minute.
That wasn't a sinkhole we fell through, It was a floor trap of some kind.
(sydney:) I've seen the same design in mayan temples.
This means we're getting closer.
Let's see what else is around here.
If it's anything like the temple at teotihuacan, The most important chamber is down at the bottom.
I'm not seeing any way down, though.
(adam:)there's something over here.
(sydney:) adam? Adam? Found another opening.
(adam:) unfortunately, it goes up.
Looks like it's the only way out.
Don't worry, you were right.
We are getting closer.
Get back.
What was that about? I don't know.
But someone's drilling.
Get your hands off me.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Follow me.
This way.
Right through here.
Watch your head.
All right, got to move, got to move because they are coming.
How long have you been living down here? A week.
No, maybe two.
Of course I can't stay in one place too long, Not since they started coming down.
No, I mean, down here under the ground.
Since the sun went bad.
(hobo:) you can't stay out in it no more, it poisons you.
Of course, I know they did it on purpose So as I'd come down here.
Oh, yeah, yeah, they knew I'd come down.
They? Yeah, they wanted me to find paradise.
The drillers are trying to destroy me, and all of it.
Yes, the drillers.
Now what are they doing down here? See, I can hear them in the tunnels.
Pretty soon, they're just going to wipe it all out.
Wipe out what? How? Sh.
Sh.
They're coming again.
See, it's not safe here.
We've got to go.
No, no.
You, you take the first stairs you come to.
That That'll take you out.
And hurry.
They're almost here.
Sorry about the mix-up, but I got them to put a rush on it.
The c14 results.
Claudia, if I find Jean dixon's astrological predictions for leo dicaprio in here Nigel, they're in there.
I checked them myself.
God, you know, you make one little mistake This is unbelievable.
I still don't understand how those plants could flourish with no light.
Well, the geiger counter readings went up as we dropped.
Now, I remember something about radiation stimulating flora growth.
But that still doesn't explain all the drilling.
Drilling, radiation, the plants, heavily-armed security -- If all this is connected to toklamanee, It must be one spectacular relic.
That's why we have to go back.
There has to be something on the other side of that blocked-up area.
Well, with all the added security, We'd better be really careful.
Yeah.
(phone ringing) Hello.
Are you alone? No.
(nigel:) adam there? (sydney:) yes.
We just got the results back from the lab.
And? It's off by about (nigel:) the journal's a total fake, syd.
What? (nigel:) it's bogus.
Sydney, it's not what you think.
You said you got it from the relative of the explorer's servant.
You said that it was lost and forgotten in France For years before you found it.
Okay.
I did it.
I created the document myself.
Unbelievable.
Look, the journal's a fake, but toklamanee is real.
You know that, sydney.
I don't know that.
I don't know anything right now, adam.
The academic world gives no credence to the natchez legends.
It's It's an oral history And it's viewed with the same kind of derision That bible scholars view the kabbalah.
So, to prove your point, You decide to make things up to fill your agenda? No, my research was genuine.
There was a servant who survived the 1605 expedition.
His stories of cahokian culture Were recorded in court of France ledgers.
You could look it up.
Please, don't be angry.
I'm more disappointed than angry, adam.
You didn't trust that I would believe you If you brought me the oral histories And the facts about the french explorer.
You might have, but would you have dropped everything To come all the way here to check it out? I couldn't find it by myself.
I needed you.
I understand if you don't want me involved.
But But there's so much at stake now.
We've no idea what's down there, But it must be something important.
Right under the mississippi river.
We're going to need tools to break down that wall.
Anything else down there? Huh? Can't see anything.
There's got to be something.
What do we do now? Find another homeless guy? Make sure you've got your light on down there, all right? (adam:) maybe we can try to sneak back into the site.
Yeah.
With their lax security, I'm sure it's no problem.
(bette:) maybe I can help you out.
Don't Don't worry, I'm not going to turn you in.
It's very impressive.
It's quite a piece of forgery you have here, mr.
Grant.
How did you know without sending it to a lab? Yeah, how did you know? I was in china once on a dig.
We were looking for the lost golden buddha.
I had an idea as to its location that conflicted With those of the lead archaeologist.
He wouldn't even look at my evidence Until I showed him a piece of statuary that confirmed my opinion.
Did you ever tell him it was a fake? Oh, yeah, yeah.
But not until after we located the relic.
Come on, let's go find your eyes of toklamanee.
(bette:) you'll see it was set up just like a mayan pit trap.
Once we're in the subway, There's an access to the old sewer level.
That's what led us to it.
If we see any security, keep your heads down.
Let me do the talking.
(bette:) you're right, it's just like the traps In the jaguar temple at chichen itza.
You've never been down to this level? No.
Well, we're here now.
Okay, let's see what's behind that wall.
Yeah, you're right.
Ramer didn't leave.
She took them down the tunnel.
Where are they now? They're at the sewer level and they're trying to get down below.
Want me to take them out? No.
Let's see if they can get to where our situation is.
Then we can pour the concrete, take care of both problems.
Okay.
(bette:) that's definitely cahokian.
(adam:) it's probably the entrance of the main temple mount.
(sydney:) these levels are getting a little high.
We should keep an eye on it.
(sydney:) paradise.
(adam:) no wonder he didn't want it destroyed.
Some of these plants are herbs.
You know, it's possible they could have been planted for medicine.
All this has been here for 400 years.
How does it survive? Radiation.
Levels much higher in here than it was in the tunnel.
We shouldn't be here much longer.
(adam:) the eyes of toklamanee have to be near.
We can't go back now.
Through here.
(sydney:) adam, the radiation.
(sydney:) adam? Look, adam, I know you want The eyes of toklamanee.
(bette:) this chamber's got to be at least 50 feet high.
This is as massive as the inside chamber of teotihuacan.
We'd better document this quick.
These levels are starting to worry me.
They must be the source of the radiation.
That's what's making all the plants grow.
(bette:) look at the spear in his hand, shaped like the atlatl Throwing spears of the mayans.
Look, this one depicts a shaman and 2 discs.
(adam:) this isn't just ceremonial.
The eyes are placed with some other purpose.
(sydney:) it looks like they're emitting some sort of energy.
Energy to destroy an enemy? (rumbling) (sydney:) what is going on? Earthquake? There's no active fault anywhere near here.
Whatever it is, it's activated whatever that is.
(bette:) a reactor.
They've developed a primitive nuclear reactor.
There must be some kind of uranium source inside those discs.
The cahokians' trade routes gave them access to it As well as carbon and copper.
(sydney:) maybe we could discuss this later.
We're trapped! Look for another door.
Over here.
(bette:) they're pumping concrete into the mound.
They're trying to cover it up just like in chernobyl.
They must not realize the discs are a reactor.
If they try to seal it in Explosion? (sydney & bette:) big! (bette:) I'm shutting down construction, moore.
On whose authority? As site archaeologist, I'm declaring this an historic site.
(bette:) all activity will be suspended Until an independent review is completed.
There's not going to be a review -- not now, not ever.
I have a great idea.
Why don't we let the police sort it out? They should be here any minute.
(councilman:) that's what I pay you for.
I don't even want my name mentioned in the same edition Of any paper that covers this mess.
(agent:) fbi.
We'd like to ask you a few questions, councilman.
Oh, hi, adam.
How did it go in st.
Louis? Bette was like a pit bull with the city officials.
I'm so happy for you.
It's all your research.
You deserve all the credit.
The cahokians deserve that.
And I wouldn't be anywhere without your support, sydney.
I know bette feels the same way.
You saved her reputation.
Just got your photos back from the lab, adam.
Unfortunately, film doesn't react too well to radiation.
Must've been enough down there to fog out your camera.
There's enough to melt his camera.
That's not all we got back.
Due to claudia's mix-up, We have something very interesting to tell you about Your personality based on your handwriting.
Hey, that's not fair.
I was trying to simulate the style of the 17th century french servant.
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