Relic Hunter (1999–2002): Season 2, Episode 14 - Eyes of Toklamanee - full transcript

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[SPEAKING IN NATCHEZ]

[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 done.

When you get a little closer,
I could come back and...
GUARD: Hey!

What are you
doing down here?

[GUN CLICKING]
SYDNEY: Big guns.

Transit authority?



Freeze, or we'll shoot.

[PANTING]

GUARD: You, hold it!

Doesn't look like
transit authority to me.
Come on.

[SCREAMS]

GUARD: Try again.

Harder!

GUARD: Try again!

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.

WOMAN: [OVER RADIO]
Base to three.
Do you see them?

GUARD: Three to base.
They're in the air shaft.

GUARD: Hands up.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

MAN: Sammy, over here.

ADAM: Why were they
shooting at us?

SYDNEY: 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 six 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.

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?

Archeology journals,
magazines.

She makes the papers
from time to time.

Bill, call the
police back,

tell them, uh, 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.

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.

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.

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 two million people
built on top of it.

Well, you certainly don't
disappoint.

We have proof.

ADAM: 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.

[STATIC]

Security,
could you please
escort Ms. Fox

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,

I'll see if I can
get it tested by the
archeology department.

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.

[HANGS UP]

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,

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?

Well, see, um...
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

That is actually
a very funny story.

[IMITATES NERVOUS CHUCKLING]
Well, how funny is it?

Well, you see, um,
I met this guy

who said that you can tell
a lot about someone by, uh,

by their handwriting.

And, well, I had
all these letters
so I...

You sent Adam's journal out to
have the handwriting analyzed?

Yes.

Sixty, sixty degrees.

Dan, this is
my professor,
Sydney Fox.

Sydney, this is
Dan Bernstein,
my office mate.

Hello.

62 and 58 degrees.

Why are the
convergence poles
at variable angles?

They're supposed to be
45 symmetrically
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.

Well, 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?

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.

They were said to, uh,
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?

[GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION]
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?

[HIGH-PITCHED] Syd, hi.

How's St. Louis?
Have you seen the arch yet?

I understand there's
a really nice little rib place
down by the river.

Nigel, the journal.
Is it being tested?

[NORMAL VOICE]
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.

[HANGS UP]

Slight delay in
the carbon dating
of the journal.

Oh, right.
That's too bad.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

What is that?

[BEEPING CONTINUES]

What is that?
What is going on?
What is...

What is this?

No, no, no, no.

No, don't bang,
never bang.

What is going on?

Look...

There's probably a very,
very simple explanation
for all of this,

and 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 meters would go
into the red like that.

That thing is radioactive.

Radioactive?
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.

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.

There's a link to the
construction company's
home page.

SYDNEY: Mm.
Password protected.

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

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 READING]

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.

Yeah.

Hey, Adam, what was it
that made you want to get
into archeology so badly?

I don't know. Uh...

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 phew,
whacked out.

[LAUGHS] I never quite
heard it described
like that before, but yeah.

I'll tell you a secret.

It never goes away,

not if you're
doing it right.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

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.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

That compo's going
to take a few days.

Typical.

It turns out
we'll live to see
the results.

The radiation levels were
pretty much harmless.

[SIGHS] 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,

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.

[CHUCKLES]

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?

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[PHONE RINGING]

Moore.

COUNCIL MAN: 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.

Covering up
the radiation source is not
as simple as you think.

Here's simple.

There's a lot at stake.

Of course.

Deals have been made,

favors 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.

MAN: Right this way.
Bring it in, bring it in.

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.

[PAGE FLIPS]

I don't know how it works
in your trailer,

but in my office,
the protocol's
known as knocking.

Oh, sorry.

What do you want?

That's a Pearson, huh?
Forty-five, fifty feet?

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, uh,

start spending a little
more time on this boat.

You'd be amazed what
two weeks off can do.

[DOOR CLOSES]

SYDNEY: 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.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

Whoa.

I'm getting some
radioactivity here.

[BEEPING CONTINUES]

[GRUNTS]

You okay?

Yeah. You?

Yeah.

Well, you wanted
to get lower.

[GRUNTS]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

There's more radiation
down here,

but we should be
okay for a while.

Look at these.

Yeah.

They grow down here
with absolutely no light.

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.

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.

There's something over here.

Adam?

Adam?

Found another opening.

Unfortunately,
it goes up.

Looks like
it's the only way out.

Don't worry,
you were right.
We are getting closer.

[WHISPERS] Get back.

What was that about?

[RILLING IN DISTANCE]

I don't know.

But someone's drilling.

[DRILLING CONTINUES]

[GROANS]

Get your hands off me.

[GUN CLICKS]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

Come on,
let's get out of here.

[GROANS]

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.

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?

[SHUSHES]

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.

Adam there?
Yes.

We just got the results
back from the lab.

And?

It's off by about
400 years.

The journal's
a total fake, Syd.

What?

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?

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 uh...
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.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

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?

[MACHINE BEEPING]

Radiation.

Levels much higher in here
than it was in the tunnel.

We shouldn't be here
much longer.

The eyes of Toklamanee
have to be near.

We can't go back now.
Through here.

SYDNEY:
Adam, the radiation.

Adam?

Look, Adam, I know
you want...

The eyes of Toklamanee.

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.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

They must be the source
of the radiation.

That's what's making
all the plants grow.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

BETTE: Look at
the spear in his hand,

shaped like the atlatl
throwing spears of the
Mayans.

Look.

Look, this one depicts
a shaman and two discs.

This isn't
just ceremonial.

The eyes are placed
with some other purpose.

It looks like they're emitting
some sort of energy.

Energy to destroy
an enemy?

[RUMBLING]

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.

Maybe we could
discuss this later.

We're trapped!

Look for another door.

[GRUNTING]

Psst.

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 AND BETTE: Big!

Oh!

[ALL PANTING]

[MACHINE SHUTS DOWN]

I'm shutting down
construction, Moore.

On whose authority?

As site archaeologist,
I'm declaring this
an historic site.

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.

[SIRENS WAILING]

COUNCIL MAN: 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.

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, hey.

That's not fair.

I was trying to simulate
the style of the 17th century
French servant.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]