Blood & Treasure (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - The Soul of Genghis Khan - full transcript

My name is Danny McNamara.
I used to work for the FBI.

And I'm Lexi Vaziri.

I used to be a thief.

Excuse me,
a master thief.

Thank you.

And together we formed

a treasure-hunting squad to
help take down a terrorist.

At first, things
were complicated.

Really complicated.
And to make matters worse,

the man who was financing

our whole operation,
Jacob Reece III...



A man who was a mentor
to me, betrayed us both.

He had my father killed.

And had mine
sent to prison.

But in the
end, we made sure

Reece was arrested and jailed.

And our adventure continues.

Danny.

Hello.Giulia.

Hi.

You ready for dinner?

I need a few minutes.

The museum's closing,
but I'm still waiting

to talk to the director.

I'll just need a signature and
the wire transfer to clear.



Then we go celebrate.Mm-hmm.

In the meantime, not the
worst place to... wait.

Lexi?

Daniel.

What are you doing here?

I'm here meeting my... someone.

You casing the joint? No.

And I don't need your
permission to visit a museum.

Danny?

Who's your friend?

Oh, she's not my friend.

I'm Lexi. Hi.She's a thief.

Oh. Well.

You're a self-righteous prig,

so let's just call it even.

If she's here, she's
planning to steal something.

You didn't mind it so much
when I was stealing things

for you, hypocrite.

Found it.

This is an RF transmitter.

It's custom-made to hack into
the museum's security system.

No, no, no, no, no!

You are the worst.

Security!

That piece you're selling.

What is it? A statue.

Worth? Millions.

Where is it right now?

No, it's down in the vault.
She can't crack that.

Why? Why not?

We can't.

Hey. Hey. Where did you get it?

It doesn't matter.

But I had to forge the paperwork

so I could sell
it to the museum.

Well, Lexi obviously knows.
That piece is why she's here.

I have to stop her.

Giulia.

Giulia, hey.
What-What's going on?

I was trying to sell the statue,

but it's too hot,
so no one wants it.

The cops can't enter the
vault without a warrant

or probable cause.

Yeah, but what if she opened it

and the cops saw what's inside?

They wouldn't need
a warrant, right?

That's a very good point.

Right.

Impossible.

You didn't have enough
time to crack the passcode.

Well... DANNY: Oh,
that was me, actually.

What?

That RF transmitter
that I smashed?

I, uh, swapped it out first.

You know, his sleight of
hand really is improving.

That little gizmo upstairs

let me override the
museum's security system

from my phone.

The same way it's letting me

control the security doors.

Ah, gentlemen.

I believe you now
have probable cause

to search this vault.

David and Goliath.

It disappeared from
the Chateau de Villeroy

during the French Revolution.

You give the
art of thievery

a bad name.

Giulia Reggazano,

you're under arrest
for violation

of the International Art

and Antiquities
Trafficking Protection Act.

What a waste.

So, "self-righteous prig"?

I didn't
mean a word of it.

But you,

you can frisk me with passion.

Chuck. Chuck.

You're here late,
Father Donnelly.

Yeah, well, with
the time difference,

the Sox don't start playing
till 1:00 in the morning.

That was gunfire.

Get everybody in here. Come on.

Hey, right this way. This way.

Somebody call the gendarmes!

All right, everybody, we'll
be safe here until this...

Morning.

What's next?

: Next?

Maybe let me catch
my breath first.

Mm, no.

I mean, where do we go next?

You know, we've finished the
clean-up of the Farouk case.

Mm.The black market antiquities
are all accounted for.

Reece is in jail.

And may he rot there forever.

Cheers.

Cheers.

I was thinking maybe the
old, um, "talk" was coming.

What talk? Oh, you know, the...

: "Lex,
I was thinking maybe, uh,

maybe it's time you and I start
thinking about our future."

Is that me? : 100%.

That's a terrible
impression of me.

I thought it was pretty good.

Also, that is a terrible impression
of me from four months ago.

New Danny knows that
worrying about the future

is for suckers.

Oh. Oh, he's all
about the present now.

Ha, so you're not even gonna try

to make an honest
woman out of me?

Nope.

Okay.

I like things the way they are.

I don't want the
adventure to end.

You throw a dart at a map?

I'm gonna follow you
wherever it lands.

Less talk.

Less pants.

Mm. Mm! Come on.

Mm, should I answer it?

Let's call them back.

Chuck. Hey, guys.

Ooh. Hey,
I'm fine, I'm fine.

You didn't have to come
all the way down here.

Uh, actually, we were in
the neighborhood. Florence.

Ah, Florence... wait, Florence.

You did the Academia
job without me?

You did the Remington
Steele without me?

That was my pitch.

I know. Sorry, Chuck.

We were on a tight
timeline.

Hey, hey, hey! We missed
breakfast because of you.

I almost died.

It's not a competition, Chuck.

Eight Swiss Guard dead.

Yeah, and a half a
dozen clergy injured.

I was lucky.

I mean, if you can call

being present for the
worst attack on the Vatican

in 500 years "lucky."

You have any idea who
did it or why? No.

I was hoping you would know.

You ever seen that
symbol before?

Well, the
writing looks Asian.

I've spent a
bit of time in Asia.

I've never seen
anything like that.

You ask Gwen?

She's on sabbatical,

writing a book in a cabin
with no TV and no phone.

So Swedish.

I'll, uh, I'll be
right back.Oh...

This
is a collect call

from Regina Coeli Prison

from prisoner Jacob Reece III.

Will you accept?

Hey... you good?

Yes.

Yeah, why? I don't know.

Just getting a vibe.

Is something going on
between you two? No.

It's been four months

of bliss.

Okay.

Why, did he say something?

No. No, I was just...

It's amazing.

This new Danny...

he likes things just
the way they are, right?

I'm the one who's not supposed
to want to move forward.

He's the stable one.

Uh, where does he get
off with this whole...

Oh, is he trying

to reverse-psychology me

into settling down?

I think you're overthinking it.

Why don't you go
see how he's doing?

What's up?

Him again?

What does he want?

Don't know, don't care.

I'm done with him. Come on.

Mr. McNamara?

Who are you?

I represent Jacob Reece III.

He's been trying to reach
you with great urgency

for the last 24 hours.

No thanks.

My client knows who
attacked the Vatican.

He's willing to share
his information,

under a few conditions.

Look.

This is a sensitive matter.

I would prefer it if we could
discuss it at my office.

And I'd prefer to strangle
Reece with my bare hands,

but we don't always get
what we want, do we?

Whatever you have to say,
you say it right here.

First, my client is requesting
your assistance with leniency.

You can't possibly think that,
even if I had the power to,

I would help him after all
the people he's killed.

That man murdered my
father, so he can rot.

The knowledge he has now
could save many lives.

You have three seconds
before I walk away for good.

Fine. Fine.

A few months ago, a
man came to visit him.

He wanted information
on Genghis Khan.

Now, that symbol
they left behind?

This man had part of
it branded onto him.

He was looking for

something called the
"Soul of Genghis Khan."

"The Soul of Genghis Khan."

Wha... what does he want
with an 800-year-old relic?

And what does that
have to do with Reece?

The truth? My client didn't know

what the man was talking about.

But the man insisted
my client's father,

Jacob Reece II, did.

Reece's father
died 40 years ago.

The man wanted something from
the Reece family's deep storage.

No, those were all
cleared out by Interpol.

With our help.

My client maintains
there was one thing

his father owned
Interpol did not manage

to find in their sweep.

And he'll tell you where it is.

If it could help find the people

who attacked the Vatican,

I'd think it was maybe
worth meeting him.

Jacob Reece awaits your visit.

Danny, wait!

What in the hell is the
Soul of Genghis Khan?

It was also called
"the Spirit Banner."

The greatest relic from
the Mongolian Empire.

About six feet high,

with braided horse hair
hung in a ring at its top.

Bound in gold.Ooh.

Genghis Khan carried it
with him into every battle.

And when he died,
it was said that

his spirit entered the Banner.

Right.

Hitler and Stalin
both went after it.

Stalin apparently got it
during the Soviet occupation

of Mongolia in the late
1930s. From there...

it disappeared. So two of the worst
people in history were obsessed

with the same artifact, and
now somebody new wants it?

Exactly. Great.

We need to talk to the
general of the carabinieri.

See if he's open to making
a deal with Reece.Wait.

Wait, wh-what makes you
think that wasn't all just

a load of rubbish?

Well, if it is, he gets nothing.

But whoever attacked
the Vatican,

who almost killed Chuck...

they left a calling
card with that symbol.

You don't do that if
it's a one-time thing.

So whoever this is, is
just getting started.

Danny McNamara?

Yes.

Follow me.

Is that...?

Reece.

Jacob Reece was murdered
an hour and a half ago.

He was stabbed two dozen times.

Someone turned off the
cameras in the sector

where the murder took
place. Of course.

We are still looking into it.

Could you...

give us a few minutes?

Hey, I know...

I know this can't be easy.

Whatever he turned out to be,

for most of your life,

he was like a father to you.

Yeah, whatever part of me
used to care about Reece

died the moment I learned
the whole truth about him.

But whoever killed him
knew he was gonna talk.

Knew maybe that he
reached out to us.

Yeah, he died as he lived.

Putting others in danger.

We got to find out
what he knew, Lex.

I know.

Do you have

any idea on where
he would have been

keeping the information? Yeah.

I got an idea where to start.

I never thought
I'd be back here.

If Reece's father hid something,

this is where it'd be.

Or if we don't find anything we
can just burn the place down,

which I think would
be rather cathartic.

Let's play that part by ear.

Surprisingly good turnout
for the wake of a murderer.

No, it's not a wake...
It's a board meeting.

Reece's murder
must have triggered

a thousand different
contingency plans.

Uh... yeah.

That woman looks
like she's planning

a corporate merger with you.

Or she's an assassin
tying up loose ends.

Should I take her
out just in case?

That's Kate.

Jay's daughter.

So... should I take
her out just in case?

We have a beautiful
catering set here

if you want to,
uh, help yourself.

Yeah.

I did not expect
to see you here.

Didn't expect to see
you here, either.

Hey, Kate.

Last I'd heard, you'd...

stopped talking to him.Yeah.

I drew the short
straw with my sisters.

You must be Lexi Vaziri.

In the flesh.

I'm sorry about
what my father did.

I knew he was a bastard, but
certainly not to the extent

that...

I'm sorry, I'm on my
third gin and tonic...

No.

Thanks.

I'm, uh...

I'm gonna go eat that.

Oh, please. Yeah.

It's been, what, ten years?

You look great.

So, you and her...?

Yeah, yeah, been together
a few months now.

Hmm. How about you?

You with anyone?

Nah.

My father both managed
to set a high bar

and make me instantly suspicious
of anyone that cleared it.

So, it's awesome.

Yeah. Seriously, though,

I really wouldn't have
expected you to come.

Yeah, your father
had some information

about the Vatican attack.Hmm.

He was murdered before
he could tell us.

Thought we might, you
know, find something here

as to what it was
that he knew, a clue.

Yeah, well, uh, I mean,
I haven't seen anything,

but I haven't been
back for years.

Would you mind if we
looked in his office?

Let me get the keys.

Okay.

Father Donnelly.

Good to see you up and around.

Sister Lisa, it's nice
to see you back at work.

I was just, uh, wanting to
come and check on everybody.

Mm, I'm okay.

A little bruised.

But you can't keep
a good man down.

Hey, uh, did you
get any news on, uh,

who was behind the attack?

Not that I've heard.

But they came through,

and the first thing they did
was to go right through there.

And they didn't look happy.

Some of the sisters think

the attackers found the
Giftschrank. The Giftschrank?

I've been sitting next
to it this whole time.

What did the bad guys take?

They didn't say.

But if I were a curious priest

with a thirst for adventure,

I'd tread lightly.

Venga, Sorella.

I'm not sure what
you're looking for.

What wasn't taken as evidence
has already been inventoried.

Your father's lawyer
said there was something

no one found yet from
your grandfather's time.

Now, I figured since this
was his office originally,

it'd be the best place to start.

A lot of ghosts in
here. If I have my way,

we'll sell this place and
give the money to UNESCO.

I had a plan for
this place as well.

Oh, we'll discuss later.

Okay, this
may take a while.

We need to check inside the
furniture, maybe the walls.

We might need to get a
construction crew in here to

rip out... Found it!

Fireplace safe.

A classic.

Shouldn't take me but a minute.

Oh, it's kind of her thing.

All good.

There you are.

There's, like, four
offices in here.

They should really
be more specific.

Chuck...

Hey. Hi.

Oh. Oh...

Hi. Well, hi to you, too.

Oh, hi.

Chuck, shouldn't you
be in the hospital?

No, no, no, I'm fine.
And more importantly,

I have information.

I did a little bit of digging,

and it turns out the word

in the center of that
symbol is Mongolian.

Does it mean Khan?

Yes, it...

All right, Mr. Smarty Pants,

do you know what they hit
in the Vatican attack?

The Giftschrank. No way.

Yeah. What's that?

It's German. It means
"poison cabinet."

It's where you keep your
deepest, darkest secrets.

Like who shot JFK.

Or... Tupac.

Just stuff that can't
be destroyed, but also

can never see the light
of day. So, I'm assuming

that's a pretty big
deal for the Vatican?

2,000 years of the
Church's secrets.

So what did they
take? Nobody knows.

Or nobody's saying anything.

But, again, digging,

rumor is the entire
investigation

is being run by
Vatican Intelligence.

No. Yeah.

Holy crap, they're real?

Yeah, they're real,
and apparently...

pretty frightening.

The Vatican has spies?

Oldest spy service in the
world, founded by the Jesuits.

Never officially confirmed,
but the rumors have been around

for hundreds of years. Dude,
I just had to tell somebody.

Uh, you guys can
keep a secret, right?

Oh, cross my heart.

It is so weird seeing
you two together again.

Is this the first
time you guys have

seen each other
since the engagement?

Pardon?

The, uh...

I, you know what, sorry,
I ac... I-I forgot to mention

that Kate and I
used to be engaged.

"Forgot to mention"?
Forgot to mention.

It was over a decade ago.

Yeah, yeah,
I mean, it was, like,

a million years ago.

Why would anybody even bring
it up? Yeah, why would they?

I had a head injury.

I should probably go
back to the hospital.

I'll walk you out. Yeah.

Feel better. FATHER
You, too.

Lex... you almost done?

Sounds like they
found something.

We'll stay on them.

You know, this last year
has been such a whirlwind.

It's so hard to
remember what we have

and haven't talked about,
which is what's so great

about what we have
going... Hey, hey, Danny?

Yeah? Danny, there
are plenty of things

you don't know about
my past, trust me.

And I'm sure

you won't assume any
nefarious purpose

in me not having revealed
them, just as I won't.

Ah! I don't...

Here we go.

You got it open.

What's in it? Just a bunch
of old papers and that.

Hmm.

I'm not sure what it is.

Looks like Chinese
writing on the side.

It's a stamp.

A personal seal of some sort.Mm.

I've seen these all over China.

But why does Reece have one?

"210 Temple Street,

Kowloon."

"Sam Wo Camera Shop."

My father did a lot of
business through Hong Kong.

But he never mentioned
a camera shop.

Doesn't make sense.

And why would you need a
personal seal for a camera shop?

It's not unheard of
for legit businesses

to be fronts for
illegal operations.

If Reece was storing
something in an...

off-the-books deep
storage facility,

it could be there, and
it would make sense why

Interpol never found it in
the sweep of Reece holdings.

Great. Well...

thank you for all your
help, Kate. We'll...

keep you updated.
I'm going with you.

I want to know what Dad was
into just as much as you.

The foundation has a jet.

Might as well make use
of it while we can.

I'll make the arrangements.

It's gonna be good.

The GPS says

the camera shop
should be close by.

Let's stay on our toes.

Kowloon is pretty
much ground zero

for bad behavior in Hong Kong.

210 Temple.

This is it.

English?

You know Cantonese?

Enough to get by.

Huh.

Triad Bank.

Like the gang?

They weren't
always a gang.

Started as an organization
to protect locals

during the British
colonization of Hong Kong.

That's my grandfather's
signature.

That's my father's.

And the long line
of Reeces continues.

It's a film.

"Project Gray Wolf."

Gentlemen,
Major Jacob Reece.

That's my grandfather.

He was a spy?

In order to prevent

a populist uprising of
the indigenous population

of Eastern Asia during
the conquest of Mongolia,

Stalin instructed his
treasure hunters to find

and collect the Spirit
Banner of Genghis Khan,

which we have determined

looks something like this.

The Mongolians believed
that this Spirit Banner

carried certain... powers.

Here we go again.

Stalin understood that this
item could inspire independence

and revolutionary sentiment,
so he ordered it taken.

If we could get this
item back from them,

it could do exactly that.

It could unite the
local population,

potentially starting a
revolution of freedom,

which would bolster our
efforts at our ultimate goal,

halting the spread of Communism.

My team's proposal is to find
and return this Spirit Banner,

currying political favor
with the Mongolians.

Relevant paperwork
including documentation

on the suspected
whereabouts of the item

are included with this film.

Thank you for your
consideration.

This concludes this report.

There's all kinds of information
on Genghis Khan here.

Why don't we
take this back to Rome,

let the authorities
deal with it?

Since when do you want to
involve the authorities?

First of all, I have
evolved as a human being.

Secondly, and most importantly,

the last time a Reece led
us on a treasure hunt,

he lied to us from the start.

Oh, and he murdered my father.

I will be damned

if I go on another
Reece-related treasure hunt,

thank you very much, no offense.

I agree.

You do?

Yes. But, let's discuss
this on the flight back

and not in the triad's
underground safe-deposit vault.

Point taken.

Hold on. That guy over there?

He's been following us ever
since we got to Hong Kong.

He's not even trying to hide it.

Come on.

Let's go!

Move, move!

Kate!

Damn it!

Peace be with you.

Father Donnelly, right?

It's been an eventful few days.

I'm glad you're all right.

I'm Father Alonso.

We have actually met.

At your briefing for the Curia

after the attack on the
Reece Museum in Cairo.

You were quite heroic there,

as you were here in
Rome the other night.

That's kind, but...

I was mostly just
along for the ride.

You used your
skills well, Father.

I wondered if I could ask you a
few questions about the attack.

: You're one
of them, aren't you?

A fellow Jesuit? Yes.

No.

You're Vatican Intelligence.

Your friends call
you Chuck, right?

Chuck, there is no
Vatican Intelligence.

Just a story used to
sell airport novels.

Ah, well...

I'm just glad that
someone is on the case.

In your report to the gendarme,

you mentioned you saw the
weapon of one of the attackers.

I wondered if you could
be a bit more specific.

Well, like I told them, um,

it wasn't like a
regular handgun.

It was more like that
little machine gun

that Nic Cage had in Face/Off.

Or was it Travolta as Cage?

Not the point, and
I realize that now.

Something like this?

Sort of, yeah, but it was, uh,

it was shiny, like chrome.

And it had a, uh, a symbol
on the side, like a-a tiger,

etched into it.

Yeah, that, um...

E-Exactly that.

That's called a Skorpion,

a Czech-made automatic pistol.

So we're just gonna
pretend that it's not weird

that a priest has
a photo gallery

full of guns on his phone?

You know what they
say about us, Father.

The Jesuits are God's Marines.

I appreciate your help.

It's good to know we
can count on each other

to be available for the
Holy Father at all times.

Day or night.

I may have more
questions for you.

Peace be with you, Chuck.

Maybe you're right.

Of course I'm right.

Wait, what are we talking about?

Kate's kidnapping.Ah.

We should leave it all
to the authorities.

Same for finding the
Soul of Genghis Khan

and stopping whoever
attacked the Vatican.

Mm.

And it won't eat at
you from the inside,

resenting me all the while?

No. Never. I...

Look, I don't want to
force you to be a part

of anything Reece-related, Lex.

Look...

Obviously, I'm predisposed
to not trusting any Reece,

but a blind man can see that
she means something to you.

And you

mean something to me.

You'd do that just for me?

I'd do it for me.

Ah.So you don't
annoy me to death.

Old Danny or new,

we both know you are
already blaming yourself

for her being taken.

Okay, we find her,
then we're done.

Done. We leave
the treasure hunt,

everything else to
the authorities.

We get back to ourplan.

Throwing a dart at a map?

Okay, I'm-I'm open
to better plans.

No, it's a, it's a good plan.

It's just, um...

I don't know, it wouldn't be
the worst thing in the world

to have an actual
place to call home.

You gonna answer that?

No, it's not my phone.

Oh, it's coming
from your jacket.

I've never seen
this phone before.

Me, neither.

Hello?

Danny McNamara, if you want
to see Kate Reece alive again,

you'll find the Soul of Genghis
Khan and bring it to us.

We'll be in touch
with this phone.

Involve the authorities
and we'll kill her.

You have 72 hours.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Let's see if he leads us to it.

I told you I could handle it.

They were just
starting to trust me.

We don't have the
luxury of time.

We need to find that banner.

Don't worry.

Danny will find it.