Blood & Treasure (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Mystery at Poison Island - 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.
We're back on the
hunt after the Vatican
was attacked by a
mysterious group
led by someone who calls
himself the Great Khan.
He's looking for an
ancient Mongolian artifact
called the Spirit Banner. DANNY: Also
known as the Soul of Genghis Khan.
And they're leaving
a path of destruction
in their wake to get
their hands on it.
So, it looks like
it's up to us to stop them
by finding the Banner.
Before they do.
Previously on
Blood & Treasure...
Whatever the Great Khan
stole from the Vatican,
it was connected to the
trail of the Spirit Banner.
It's up to you to find
out what the letter
on the thumb drive
means. Oh, no.
A scientist named Dr. Orlov
was the last known person
to have the Banner.
But his trail went cold, so...
I have orders from
the Great Khan
to not let you out of my sight.
I may know the
owner of the Banner.
That twit has the
Soul of Genghis Khan.
It's a fake. It's a forgery.
Which means that you don't
have the real Banner.
Aralsk-7. So Dr. Orlov
took the real Banner
to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan? Well,
then, let's do this.
Last time
we saw Violet,
she wanted to get the Banner
for a million-dollar bounty
from the Khan.
She spent the best
years of her life
in prison because of me.
I owe her big.
You help us get
the Banner safely
into the hands of
the authorities,
I'll get your record cleared.
How far away is this Aral Sea?
We're here. LEXI: Here?!
I can't help but note the
complete lack of water.
Did neither of you watch
the documentary Shaw sent?
No.Back in the '50s,
this was all water.
The Aralsk-7 base was
on a secluded island.
Very on-brand for
Dr. Orlov to conceal
the Banner and his super-secret
science experiments.
So what happened to the sea?
Environmental abuse by the
Soviets dried the sea up.
Well, I get seasick, so, uh,
score one for the Soviets.
That's an interesting takeaway.
Not exactly
what I pictured.
Wait. But we had an agreement.
Aralsk-7. As far as I go.
We need to get to the island.
As far as I go.
Great.
It's a trading post.
Maybe we could hitch
a ride from here.
I'll meet you guys in there.
Chuck.
Danny,
I've been thinking.
Maybe I'm not the right
guy to be following up
on this old CIA/Vatican
letter from Kate.
Chuck, you're the perfect
person to figure out
whatever Operation Temujin was.
You're a priest. That's
why Kate gave it to you.
Good luck. We're
all counting on you.
Don't you Leslie Nielsen me.
I asked Sister Lisa to
pull anything she could
from the archives.
I don't know what
the fallout will be
if I get caught snooping around.
Well, do you have
an excuse prepared?
You mean like a lie, Danny?
No, I don't have a lie prepared.
I've spent my life
trying to avoid that.
All right, let's try
this another way.
Uh, what happened to the
book you were working on
before the Vatican
attack? The book?!
Danny, I haven't even
thought about that in for...
Wait a minute. Oh...
So if someone asks
at the library
what I'm doing there, I
say I'm working on a book.
And they assume I'm
there doing research,
so it's not technically
a lie.Chuck...
Though it's a lie in my heart.
Though a lie aimed at
getting to the truth. Uh...
You know, Thomas
Aquinas once said...
Chuck, you got this.
I got this. I got this.
Hey. Everything all right?
Yeah, yeah.
Chuck was having
a minor freak-out.
He'll be fine.
At the moment, I'm
more worried about
your sticky-fingered friend
we brought on the treasure hunt.
Danny, she knows you can
help clear her record.
She's not gonna be an issue.
Oh.
Okay, I'll handle her. Lex,
she doesn't care about anything
except getting what she wants.
You're wrong. She
cares about me.
I will handle her.
Trust me.
Hey, cut it out.
What can I do for you?
We're looking
for transport.
A ride to Aralsk-7.
No one will take you across,
but you can buy
transportation here,
and you'll need
special equipment.
It's very dangerous.
I thought the bioweapons base
was dismantled and cleaned up.
Cleaned up? No, they just
buried everything in the sand.
Bacteria and virus are
only residents now.
So it's like germ-Chernobyl.
Awesome.
Go see Amir at
the garage in back.
You'll need environmental meter.
Measures bacteria and
viral spores in the air.
This thing says
we're right on the limit.
I wouldn't sight-see
on your way across.
For the anthrax rain.
It doesn't literally
rain anthrax.
Wait about two hours and
you can see for yourself.
And also this.
Vancomycin 3.0?
Isn't that, like,
a super-antibiotic?
Better to take it
now for precaution.
I, for one, am super
thrilled about starting over
with a clean slate...
biologically speaking.
So how will you be paying?
Guys, um, this is my treat.
I...
You know what,
I'm gonna find you
three bikes that
work. Be right back.
Cool.
Okay, I'll take the lead
and keep an eye on the
environmental reader.
Aralsk-7.
No way that place isn't haunted.
Well, if you want
to hang back here,
no one will judge you.
And miss the anthrax
rain? Not a chance.
Hello.
I was just down in the archives,
and I had an appointment
to meet with Sister Lisa,
but I was told to come here.
Ah, yes, Father Donnelly.
The cardinal is expecting you.
The cardinal?
Uh, what about Sister Lisa?
She's actually helping
me research a book
that I've been working on.
This way, please.
Have a seat over there.
Cardinal Rossi will
be right with you.
I understand you
went to Vietnam.
Why?
I have friends there.
Friends are important,
but family is even
more important.
And the family of the Church
must hold together
if it is to survive
another 2,000 years.
Wouldn't you agree?
Why not go for 3,000?
Your enthusiasm
will be missed here
at the Vatican, Father.
Boston is very lucky
to be getting a bishop
like you.
I've been promoted?
And I'm going back to Boston?
Congratulations.
You've been selected
to be a titular bishop.
A bishop only in name,
but still...
So I won't actually
have a job to do.
Have faith that you
will be where the Church
needs you most.
This is Danny McNamara.
Please leave a message.
Danny, I really
need to talk to you.
The plan did not
work, which is bad.
But I'm on the trail
of a Vatican cover-up,
which is even worse,
'cause what could be so bad
that it needs a
cover-up? What do I do?
Oh, right, um, okay,
you would tell me that
if they're scared of me,
that I'm heading in
the right direction.
And I need to find the
person most likely to know
what it is that they
don't want me to know.
Or at least figure out who it is
they don't want me to talk to.
And I actually know who that is.
Thanks.
Thought you were gonna
get yourself killed.
Well, I thought the goal was to
get here as soon as possible.
Yeah? You weren't trying
to leave Lexi and I behind?
Maybe get to the Banner first?
Oh. I thought we were a team.
I'm really feeling
the trust here.
Hey. Hey.
Oh, wonderful.
Let's keep moving,
before it starts
raining syphilis on us.
Why would Dr. Orlov come here?
It's not a military hospital.
It's a children's clinic.
We got to get inside.Right.
Come on.
Come on, Vi.
If the Great Khan's
spies are right about Danny
heading to Aralsk-7...
then they would
have stopped here.
Look, I know Batu told you
to keep me on a short leash,
but is all that stuff back
there strictly necessary?
Don't worry, you're the Khan's
special treasure hunter.
This is for anyone
who gets in our way.
You just find the Banner.
Great.
The creepy children's
clinic has been ransacked,
and we're stuck here until
the killer rain stops.
Well, we got a
lot of ground to cover.
Hopefully it'll be over
by the time we're done.
You don't actually think the
Banner's still here, do you?
Well, this was never gonna
be a quick score, Vi.
These things take time.
It's not too late to go
back to the trading post.
And abandon the team?
Never. LEXI: I'm
beginning to think
you two are enjoying this.
Got it.
Sister Lisa! Sister Lisa!
Whatever you need, Father,
I assure you I can't help.
Please stop being
so incredibly loud and obvious.
They moved you away
from the Vatican
because I asked you to look into
Operation Temujin, didn't they?
I vowed to be of service,
however the Holy
Father sees fit.
Oh, come on. They
got to you, too?
Who is "they"?
Could you give us
a minute, please?
Grazie.
Mi scusi.
Cardinal Rossi wants
us out of the way.
He's covering something up.
No kidding.
Perhaps you might see the
example he's made of me,
and take that as a
hint to back off.
Hey, I can't.
And I know you can't, either.
Come on, we were both there the
night of the Vatican attack.
Don't you want answers?
Hey.
Come on, the sisters are the
eyes and ears of the Vatican.
I know you know something.
Help me.
You've always been
different, Father Donnelly.
Technically, it's "Bishop" now.
Most priests barely notice
when we are in the room.
They definitely don't
ask us what we think.
I was a latchkey kid who spent
20 years in Catholic school.
I was practically
raised by nuns.
There wasn't anything
in the archives
about Operation Temujin
or what it has to do
with the Spirit Banner.
But I was able to get help
from the sisters around Rome.
And they tracked
down something...
well, someone, you
should know about.
Someone?
Have a blessed day,
Bishop Donnelly.
There aren't any
beds for the adults.
Not even the nurses.
They were all alone at night.
At least they had each other.
Danny.
That's Dr. Orlov.
This is from '74.
That's 20 years after
Orlov left Mongolia.
You see these leg braces?
These kids had polio.
But that virus was
eradicated in the '50s.
So, what, they didn't
get the vaccine?
Orlov was
researching DNA.
I think he moved on
to engineering viruses.
These kids were
his test subjects.
Testing on little kids.
Hell of a world.
I'm gonna go look
in the other rooms.
Hey. Stay behind me
while we clear the entry.
And keep out of the toxic rain.
So, what was that
about back there?
Vi was an orphan.
Before she ran away,
she spent a lot of time
in places like this.
Well, hopefully not
exactly like this.
If I grew up like she did,
I'd have ended up just like her.
I don't know about that.
I'm just saying, you're not her.
Maybe, maybe not.
Hey.
Here's a thought.
Why don't we find the Banner
first before you kill the people
that were leading
us to the Banner?
Take your hands off my weapon.
Now.
Okay.
Get down!
Hardwick!
Did someone just shoot at us?
If it makes you feel any better,
pretty sure they
were aiming at me.
Go.
Come on.
Here.
I want this back.Perfect.
Okay, we need to make sure
they can't follow us down here.
Yeah.
Okay, we've got
to keep it moving.
They might find
another way down.
Whoa.
No one has been down
here for decades.
Huh. I loosened it for you.
Uh-huh.
Oh, my God.
This must have been a
decontamination chamber.
Hardwick, come
on, show yourself!
Whew.
I think there's something
alive down there.
What?
Cockroaches.
Oh, no, no, no,
no. Absolutely not!
Danny.
The door's automatic?
Uh...
Lexi?
Danny, I don't
know what's wrong.
We've gotta get this thing open.
It won't budge.
Do you see anything on your end?
Uh, uh, I think it's
a weight-trigger door.
What do you mean?
The door opened for me because
it has a preset weight.
Well, why isn't it working now?
Because it was designed to
only work for Dr. Orlov.
Now the decontamination
won't stop
until it finishes its cycle.
You have to override the system.
Look for a control panel.
It's for emergencies,
like this one.
Stand back.
Okay, I'm gonna
shoot my way through.
Wait, shoot?
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
That smell...
Guys, this place has
been filling with fumes
for God knows how long.
You shoot that gun,
it'll go up like a match.
Let's find another way.
This looks familiar.
Danny, there's a breaker box.
Come on.
Oh, God! Oh, God!
Oh, there's so many more inside.
There's more inside!
You're not gonna vomit, are you?
Like that time you got
one of these in your mouth
when we were escaping
the Paris sewers?
It was the size of an éclair.
What-What's wrong?
I don't know how to
work the breaker panel,
and it is... gross! What?
Does he know that
one cockroach nest
could just take you out?
No. And he never will.
Everything's fine.
: Almost everything.
Eastern Bloc prisons used to
have a fuse just like this.
And I had a Russian
cellmate that used to make
a pretty good caramel out of
sugar packets and a lighter.
Oh,
I could've done that.
Hold on, smart-ass.
This thing's really stuck.
Guys, there's... green stuff!
Very toxic-looking green stuff!
Oh...
This escape room sucks.
Oh, my God.
Oh, goody.
Brains.
Our mad scientist was a
busy little bee down here
for all those years.
Hey, thanks for your
help back there.
Well, never thought
there would be an upside
to growing up poor,
but being cool with cockroaches
actually comes in handy.
Nah, keep it. A
peace offering.
You could have left
me in that chamber.
You didn't.
It's not about you.
She's family.
I'd never do
anything to hurt her.
Whatever else, you
can trust in that.
Okay, that's enough bonding.
What was that all about?
I apologized.Oh.
She has an issue with
authority figures.
I guess I can see why.
I'm sure the fact that I was
an FBI agent didn't help.
Look, I'm not saying that
I totally get her, but...
I don't have to judge her.
I could kiss you,
if I wasn't so
grossed out right now.
Who knew cockroaches
were your thing?
Oh, God help you if you
use that against me.
What about a little,
tiny plastic one?
Then I will regret
having murdered you.
Ugh.
What is this? I don't know.
Human DNA has a double helix,
but these are plans
for an additional...
something.
Whatever Orlov was
in the middle of,
it looks like he
left in a hurry.
And these samples
all say "vaccinated,"
but they're clearly
badly infected.
It could be that Dr. Orlov
was working on bioweapons
to grow diseases
beyond vaccination.
So even if you got the
vaccine, you'd still get sick.
Looks like he had
a target in mind.
Mongolians.
The test subjects
were probably chosen
because they were genetically
linked to Genghis Khan.
I mean, millions of people
in this part of the world
were descended from him.
I think Dr. Orlov was
engineering a virus
to take them all out.
Seems like there's
a lot easier ways
to kill people.
I don't know, bullets
are expensive,
and nukes make the ground
unusable for farming.
So this is like a 2.0 version
of the smallpox blanket
that your people
gave to the Indians?
An attempt at it.
Well...
This was all the early
days of genetic science.
I mean, there's no way he
could have pulled it off.
What does all of this have
to do with the Spirit Banner?
Well, the Banner has
Khan's DNA on it.
Maybe the Great Khan wants
it for the same reason.
To weaponize
Genghis's DNA.Maybe.
But I can't imagine it
would be to kill Mongolians.
I mean, the Great Khan's
whole identity is rooted
in Mongolian lore.
Or the Great Khan is a
rich white guy trying
to blame the world's
problems on Asian people.
Hey!
: Come on, God,
I'm doing a good thing here.
Don't punish me for it.
Saint Victoria.
"Protector of the
Laotian Sana Mission."
There's a saint
I've never heard of.
: Mm.
One thing doesn't
make sense to me here.
Only one thing?
Okay, many
things, but...
what I'm wondering is why is
all this stuff still down here?
If Orlov abandoned
this research,
he would have burned it all.
Maybe he didn't get a chance to.
Who leaves proof of
attempted genocide?
Lexi!
Dr. Orlov, I presume?
Well, that explains why all
his stuff is still down here.
Hey.
You know what this would
have been perfect for?
Let me guess... holding
a Mongolian war banner
with trace amounts
of Genghis Khan DNA?
Lexi.
Whoever killed Dr. Orlov
wasn't just after the Banner.
They took his research, too.
Someone found out what
he was doing down here.
And killed what's-his-face.
And took the Banner.
But who?
Hardwick! Come on out!
Say hi, Hardwick!
What's that?
: Hey. Hey.
No.
No, no, no, no. No,
no, it's not like that.
It's not what you think.
The Khan sent a team
here to kill you.
And now they're coming
for all of us. Danny!
On your knees.Danny...
Hands behind your head, Simon.
Danny, we don't
have time for this.
I just sabotaged a gun
and saved your life.
Hey, Lexi.
Wow. You look great.
I'm not the bad guy here.
No, you never are, are you?
They're coming for us
and we need to go, Danny.
It could be a trap.
Guys. Who's she?
We'll check it out.
But hope, for your
sake, it's not.
What's the
Khan planning?
A massive terrorist attack.
Mentioned something about
the Chinese New Year.
Describe him.
Uh, he's, uh, he's bald.
He's a stocky guy,
Asian descent.
Doesn't play well with others.
Asked me to call him Batu.
Batu.
Batu was the grandson
of Genghis Khan.
Okay. Great. Founded
the Golden Horde.
It's probably an alias.
Does any of this
actually really...
What else? What else?
Uh, likes feeding
people to crocodiles
when he's in a good mood?
Can we go? Why does the Khan
want the Banner?
I don't know, 'cause
we're not that close.
But he thinks you know
how to get it for him.
Listen, I've stayed alive just
long enough to remain useful.
That guy's a maniac.
This is what he did to me.
My God.Yeah.
You're going back
to the Great Khan.
Did you hear what I just said?
There's-there's no way. There's
no way in hell I'm going back.
You leave here with us,
I'm taking you straight
back to prison.
But so long as the Khan
thinks you're working for him,
you can help us.
Get his real name,
pinpoint his location,
find out what he's planning
to do with the Banner.
What do I get in return
for being your spy?
You get my word that
I'll do everything I can
to help you once we
take the Khan down.
Get back. Stay out of sight.
I don't want you getting
shot. How will I contact you?
You're an evil mastermind,
Simon. Figure it out.
Ah.
Bloody hell.
Can you open it?
She fried it.
Without the main power,
it will never open.
It's gonna blow.
Come on.
I'm sorry.
There's no time. Violet!
Come on. No, I can't leave her!
You go in there, you die.
Come on.
I left her behind. Again.
Hey, hey. Look at me.
If you'd gone back,
you'd be dead, too.
She wouldn't have wanted that.
I need a minute to clean up.
Where's your washroom?
Paying customers only.
Okay, we'll take
the bathroom key,
a couple bottles of water
and a full tank of gasoline.
Hmm.
Bathroom's at the back.
: I'm sorry.
Hey. You're back.
Yeah. Yeah, we made
it back, but, um...
All right, well,
I found something.
Big news. You ready? What?
Operation Temujin
happened at a missionary
hospital in Laos.
It got shut down by a nun
who did something so badass
it got her sainted.
What did she do? I don't know.
I got the canonization
testament for Saint Victoria,
but everything about her
time as a nurse there
in the '70s is blacked out.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait. She was a nurse?
Yeah. Does that mean something?
Yeah. Um...
Dr. Orlov was murdered
in the mid-'70s,
and whoever did it took his
research along with the Banner.
I assume to continue the
bioweapon experiments.
Sounds like the
banner went to Sana,
which is where Sister Victoria
became Saint Victoria.
Yep. Hey, I'll, uh, call you
when we're out of Kazakhstan.
All right. Good work, buddy.
Hey. Are you okay?
Yeah, I don't want
to talk about it.
Whatever you want.
What's next?
Wait a second.
Where-where did these
crates come from?
Yankees, like you.
Came here once
when I was younger.
Traded for lots of things.
I got the watch.
May-may I see that?
Sure.
But it's not for sale.
Yankees called
themselves Ravens.
You think the Americans
killed Orlov, took the Banner?
What Americans
would be operating
a covert Soviet mission
during the Cold War?
The CIA.
That's why they sent
Kate after the Banner.
This was the cover-up.
And thanks to Chuck,
we know the CIA
was working with the Vatican.
They had a hospital mission
in Laos that popped up
after Orlov was shut down.
We need to talk to Kate.
She's not our only
source anymore.
What is it?
You're not gonna believe this.
My father has this
exact same watch.
Captioning sponsored by CBS
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.
We're back on the
hunt after the Vatican
was attacked by a
mysterious group
led by someone who calls
himself the Great Khan.
He's looking for an
ancient Mongolian artifact
called the Spirit Banner. DANNY: Also
known as the Soul of Genghis Khan.
And they're leaving
a path of destruction
in their wake to get
their hands on it.
So, it looks like
it's up to us to stop them
by finding the Banner.
Before they do.
Previously on
Blood & Treasure...
Whatever the Great Khan
stole from the Vatican,
it was connected to the
trail of the Spirit Banner.
It's up to you to find
out what the letter
on the thumb drive
means. Oh, no.
A scientist named Dr. Orlov
was the last known person
to have the Banner.
But his trail went cold, so...
I have orders from
the Great Khan
to not let you out of my sight.
I may know the
owner of the Banner.
That twit has the
Soul of Genghis Khan.
It's a fake. It's a forgery.
Which means that you don't
have the real Banner.
Aralsk-7. So Dr. Orlov
took the real Banner
to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan? Well,
then, let's do this.
Last time
we saw Violet,
she wanted to get the Banner
for a million-dollar bounty
from the Khan.
She spent the best
years of her life
in prison because of me.
I owe her big.
You help us get
the Banner safely
into the hands of
the authorities,
I'll get your record cleared.
How far away is this Aral Sea?
We're here. LEXI: Here?!
I can't help but note the
complete lack of water.
Did neither of you watch
the documentary Shaw sent?
No.Back in the '50s,
this was all water.
The Aralsk-7 base was
on a secluded island.
Very on-brand for
Dr. Orlov to conceal
the Banner and his super-secret
science experiments.
So what happened to the sea?
Environmental abuse by the
Soviets dried the sea up.
Well, I get seasick, so, uh,
score one for the Soviets.
That's an interesting takeaway.
Not exactly
what I pictured.
Wait. But we had an agreement.
Aralsk-7. As far as I go.
We need to get to the island.
As far as I go.
Great.
It's a trading post.
Maybe we could hitch
a ride from here.
I'll meet you guys in there.
Chuck.
Danny,
I've been thinking.
Maybe I'm not the right
guy to be following up
on this old CIA/Vatican
letter from Kate.
Chuck, you're the perfect
person to figure out
whatever Operation Temujin was.
You're a priest. That's
why Kate gave it to you.
Good luck. We're
all counting on you.
Don't you Leslie Nielsen me.
I asked Sister Lisa to
pull anything she could
from the archives.
I don't know what
the fallout will be
if I get caught snooping around.
Well, do you have
an excuse prepared?
You mean like a lie, Danny?
No, I don't have a lie prepared.
I've spent my life
trying to avoid that.
All right, let's try
this another way.
Uh, what happened to the
book you were working on
before the Vatican
attack? The book?!
Danny, I haven't even
thought about that in for...
Wait a minute. Oh...
So if someone asks
at the library
what I'm doing there, I
say I'm working on a book.
And they assume I'm
there doing research,
so it's not technically
a lie.Chuck...
Though it's a lie in my heart.
Though a lie aimed at
getting to the truth. Uh...
You know, Thomas
Aquinas once said...
Chuck, you got this.
I got this. I got this.
Hey. Everything all right?
Yeah, yeah.
Chuck was having
a minor freak-out.
He'll be fine.
At the moment, I'm
more worried about
your sticky-fingered friend
we brought on the treasure hunt.
Danny, she knows you can
help clear her record.
She's not gonna be an issue.
Oh.
Okay, I'll handle her. Lex,
she doesn't care about anything
except getting what she wants.
You're wrong. She
cares about me.
I will handle her.
Trust me.
Hey, cut it out.
What can I do for you?
We're looking
for transport.
A ride to Aralsk-7.
No one will take you across,
but you can buy
transportation here,
and you'll need
special equipment.
It's very dangerous.
I thought the bioweapons base
was dismantled and cleaned up.
Cleaned up? No, they just
buried everything in the sand.
Bacteria and virus are
only residents now.
So it's like germ-Chernobyl.
Awesome.
Go see Amir at
the garage in back.
You'll need environmental meter.
Measures bacteria and
viral spores in the air.
This thing says
we're right on the limit.
I wouldn't sight-see
on your way across.
For the anthrax rain.
It doesn't literally
rain anthrax.
Wait about two hours and
you can see for yourself.
And also this.
Vancomycin 3.0?
Isn't that, like,
a super-antibiotic?
Better to take it
now for precaution.
I, for one, am super
thrilled about starting over
with a clean slate...
biologically speaking.
So how will you be paying?
Guys, um, this is my treat.
I...
You know what,
I'm gonna find you
three bikes that
work. Be right back.
Cool.
Okay, I'll take the lead
and keep an eye on the
environmental reader.
Aralsk-7.
No way that place isn't haunted.
Well, if you want
to hang back here,
no one will judge you.
And miss the anthrax
rain? Not a chance.
Hello.
I was just down in the archives,
and I had an appointment
to meet with Sister Lisa,
but I was told to come here.
Ah, yes, Father Donnelly.
The cardinal is expecting you.
The cardinal?
Uh, what about Sister Lisa?
She's actually helping
me research a book
that I've been working on.
This way, please.
Have a seat over there.
Cardinal Rossi will
be right with you.
I understand you
went to Vietnam.
Why?
I have friends there.
Friends are important,
but family is even
more important.
And the family of the Church
must hold together
if it is to survive
another 2,000 years.
Wouldn't you agree?
Why not go for 3,000?
Your enthusiasm
will be missed here
at the Vatican, Father.
Boston is very lucky
to be getting a bishop
like you.
I've been promoted?
And I'm going back to Boston?
Congratulations.
You've been selected
to be a titular bishop.
A bishop only in name,
but still...
So I won't actually
have a job to do.
Have faith that you
will be where the Church
needs you most.
This is Danny McNamara.
Please leave a message.
Danny, I really
need to talk to you.
The plan did not
work, which is bad.
But I'm on the trail
of a Vatican cover-up,
which is even worse,
'cause what could be so bad
that it needs a
cover-up? What do I do?
Oh, right, um, okay,
you would tell me that
if they're scared of me,
that I'm heading in
the right direction.
And I need to find the
person most likely to know
what it is that they
don't want me to know.
Or at least figure out who it is
they don't want me to talk to.
And I actually know who that is.
Thanks.
Thought you were gonna
get yourself killed.
Well, I thought the goal was to
get here as soon as possible.
Yeah? You weren't trying
to leave Lexi and I behind?
Maybe get to the Banner first?
Oh. I thought we were a team.
I'm really feeling
the trust here.
Hey. Hey.
Oh, wonderful.
Let's keep moving,
before it starts
raining syphilis on us.
Why would Dr. Orlov come here?
It's not a military hospital.
It's a children's clinic.
We got to get inside.Right.
Come on.
Come on, Vi.
If the Great Khan's
spies are right about Danny
heading to Aralsk-7...
then they would
have stopped here.
Look, I know Batu told you
to keep me on a short leash,
but is all that stuff back
there strictly necessary?
Don't worry, you're the Khan's
special treasure hunter.
This is for anyone
who gets in our way.
You just find the Banner.
Great.
The creepy children's
clinic has been ransacked,
and we're stuck here until
the killer rain stops.
Well, we got a
lot of ground to cover.
Hopefully it'll be over
by the time we're done.
You don't actually think the
Banner's still here, do you?
Well, this was never gonna
be a quick score, Vi.
These things take time.
It's not too late to go
back to the trading post.
And abandon the team?
Never. LEXI: I'm
beginning to think
you two are enjoying this.
Got it.
Sister Lisa! Sister Lisa!
Whatever you need, Father,
I assure you I can't help.
Please stop being
so incredibly loud and obvious.
They moved you away
from the Vatican
because I asked you to look into
Operation Temujin, didn't they?
I vowed to be of service,
however the Holy
Father sees fit.
Oh, come on. They
got to you, too?
Who is "they"?
Could you give us
a minute, please?
Grazie.
Mi scusi.
Cardinal Rossi wants
us out of the way.
He's covering something up.
No kidding.
Perhaps you might see the
example he's made of me,
and take that as a
hint to back off.
Hey, I can't.
And I know you can't, either.
Come on, we were both there the
night of the Vatican attack.
Don't you want answers?
Hey.
Come on, the sisters are the
eyes and ears of the Vatican.
I know you know something.
Help me.
You've always been
different, Father Donnelly.
Technically, it's "Bishop" now.
Most priests barely notice
when we are in the room.
They definitely don't
ask us what we think.
I was a latchkey kid who spent
20 years in Catholic school.
I was practically
raised by nuns.
There wasn't anything
in the archives
about Operation Temujin
or what it has to do
with the Spirit Banner.
But I was able to get help
from the sisters around Rome.
And they tracked
down something...
well, someone, you
should know about.
Someone?
Have a blessed day,
Bishop Donnelly.
There aren't any
beds for the adults.
Not even the nurses.
They were all alone at night.
At least they had each other.
Danny.
That's Dr. Orlov.
This is from '74.
That's 20 years after
Orlov left Mongolia.
You see these leg braces?
These kids had polio.
But that virus was
eradicated in the '50s.
So, what, they didn't
get the vaccine?
Orlov was
researching DNA.
I think he moved on
to engineering viruses.
These kids were
his test subjects.
Testing on little kids.
Hell of a world.
I'm gonna go look
in the other rooms.
Hey. Stay behind me
while we clear the entry.
And keep out of the toxic rain.
So, what was that
about back there?
Vi was an orphan.
Before she ran away,
she spent a lot of time
in places like this.
Well, hopefully not
exactly like this.
If I grew up like she did,
I'd have ended up just like her.
I don't know about that.
I'm just saying, you're not her.
Maybe, maybe not.
Hey.
Here's a thought.
Why don't we find the Banner
first before you kill the people
that were leading
us to the Banner?
Take your hands off my weapon.
Now.
Okay.
Get down!
Hardwick!
Did someone just shoot at us?
If it makes you feel any better,
pretty sure they
were aiming at me.
Go.
Come on.
Here.
I want this back.Perfect.
Okay, we need to make sure
they can't follow us down here.
Yeah.
Okay, we've got
to keep it moving.
They might find
another way down.
Whoa.
No one has been down
here for decades.
Huh. I loosened it for you.
Uh-huh.
Oh, my God.
This must have been a
decontamination chamber.
Hardwick, come
on, show yourself!
Whew.
I think there's something
alive down there.
What?
Cockroaches.
Oh, no, no, no,
no. Absolutely not!
Danny.
The door's automatic?
Uh...
Lexi?
Danny, I don't
know what's wrong.
We've gotta get this thing open.
It won't budge.
Do you see anything on your end?
Uh, uh, I think it's
a weight-trigger door.
What do you mean?
The door opened for me because
it has a preset weight.
Well, why isn't it working now?
Because it was designed to
only work for Dr. Orlov.
Now the decontamination
won't stop
until it finishes its cycle.
You have to override the system.
Look for a control panel.
It's for emergencies,
like this one.
Stand back.
Okay, I'm gonna
shoot my way through.
Wait, shoot?
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
That smell...
Guys, this place has
been filling with fumes
for God knows how long.
You shoot that gun,
it'll go up like a match.
Let's find another way.
This looks familiar.
Danny, there's a breaker box.
Come on.
Oh, God! Oh, God!
Oh, there's so many more inside.
There's more inside!
You're not gonna vomit, are you?
Like that time you got
one of these in your mouth
when we were escaping
the Paris sewers?
It was the size of an éclair.
What-What's wrong?
I don't know how to
work the breaker panel,
and it is... gross! What?
Does he know that
one cockroach nest
could just take you out?
No. And he never will.
Everything's fine.
: Almost everything.
Eastern Bloc prisons used to
have a fuse just like this.
And I had a Russian
cellmate that used to make
a pretty good caramel out of
sugar packets and a lighter.
Oh,
I could've done that.
Hold on, smart-ass.
This thing's really stuck.
Guys, there's... green stuff!
Very toxic-looking green stuff!
Oh...
This escape room sucks.
Oh, my God.
Oh, goody.
Brains.
Our mad scientist was a
busy little bee down here
for all those years.
Hey, thanks for your
help back there.
Well, never thought
there would be an upside
to growing up poor,
but being cool with cockroaches
actually comes in handy.
Nah, keep it. A
peace offering.
You could have left
me in that chamber.
You didn't.
It's not about you.
She's family.
I'd never do
anything to hurt her.
Whatever else, you
can trust in that.
Okay, that's enough bonding.
What was that all about?
I apologized.Oh.
She has an issue with
authority figures.
I guess I can see why.
I'm sure the fact that I was
an FBI agent didn't help.
Look, I'm not saying that
I totally get her, but...
I don't have to judge her.
I could kiss you,
if I wasn't so
grossed out right now.
Who knew cockroaches
were your thing?
Oh, God help you if you
use that against me.
What about a little,
tiny plastic one?
Then I will regret
having murdered you.
Ugh.
What is this? I don't know.
Human DNA has a double helix,
but these are plans
for an additional...
something.
Whatever Orlov was
in the middle of,
it looks like he
left in a hurry.
And these samples
all say "vaccinated,"
but they're clearly
badly infected.
It could be that Dr. Orlov
was working on bioweapons
to grow diseases
beyond vaccination.
So even if you got the
vaccine, you'd still get sick.
Looks like he had
a target in mind.
Mongolians.
The test subjects
were probably chosen
because they were genetically
linked to Genghis Khan.
I mean, millions of people
in this part of the world
were descended from him.
I think Dr. Orlov was
engineering a virus
to take them all out.
Seems like there's
a lot easier ways
to kill people.
I don't know, bullets
are expensive,
and nukes make the ground
unusable for farming.
So this is like a 2.0 version
of the smallpox blanket
that your people
gave to the Indians?
An attempt at it.
Well...
This was all the early
days of genetic science.
I mean, there's no way he
could have pulled it off.
What does all of this have
to do with the Spirit Banner?
Well, the Banner has
Khan's DNA on it.
Maybe the Great Khan wants
it for the same reason.
To weaponize
Genghis's DNA.Maybe.
But I can't imagine it
would be to kill Mongolians.
I mean, the Great Khan's
whole identity is rooted
in Mongolian lore.
Or the Great Khan is a
rich white guy trying
to blame the world's
problems on Asian people.
Hey!
: Come on, God,
I'm doing a good thing here.
Don't punish me for it.
Saint Victoria.
"Protector of the
Laotian Sana Mission."
There's a saint
I've never heard of.
: Mm.
One thing doesn't
make sense to me here.
Only one thing?
Okay, many
things, but...
what I'm wondering is why is
all this stuff still down here?
If Orlov abandoned
this research,
he would have burned it all.
Maybe he didn't get a chance to.
Who leaves proof of
attempted genocide?
Lexi!
Dr. Orlov, I presume?
Well, that explains why all
his stuff is still down here.
Hey.
You know what this would
have been perfect for?
Let me guess... holding
a Mongolian war banner
with trace amounts
of Genghis Khan DNA?
Lexi.
Whoever killed Dr. Orlov
wasn't just after the Banner.
They took his research, too.
Someone found out what
he was doing down here.
And killed what's-his-face.
And took the Banner.
But who?
Hardwick! Come on out!
Say hi, Hardwick!
What's that?
: Hey. Hey.
No.
No, no, no, no. No,
no, it's not like that.
It's not what you think.
The Khan sent a team
here to kill you.
And now they're coming
for all of us. Danny!
On your knees.Danny...
Hands behind your head, Simon.
Danny, we don't
have time for this.
I just sabotaged a gun
and saved your life.
Hey, Lexi.
Wow. You look great.
I'm not the bad guy here.
No, you never are, are you?
They're coming for us
and we need to go, Danny.
It could be a trap.
Guys. Who's she?
We'll check it out.
But hope, for your
sake, it's not.
What's the
Khan planning?
A massive terrorist attack.
Mentioned something about
the Chinese New Year.
Describe him.
Uh, he's, uh, he's bald.
He's a stocky guy,
Asian descent.
Doesn't play well with others.
Asked me to call him Batu.
Batu.
Batu was the grandson
of Genghis Khan.
Okay. Great. Founded
the Golden Horde.
It's probably an alias.
Does any of this
actually really...
What else? What else?
Uh, likes feeding
people to crocodiles
when he's in a good mood?
Can we go? Why does the Khan
want the Banner?
I don't know, 'cause
we're not that close.
But he thinks you know
how to get it for him.
Listen, I've stayed alive just
long enough to remain useful.
That guy's a maniac.
This is what he did to me.
My God.Yeah.
You're going back
to the Great Khan.
Did you hear what I just said?
There's-there's no way. There's
no way in hell I'm going back.
You leave here with us,
I'm taking you straight
back to prison.
But so long as the Khan
thinks you're working for him,
you can help us.
Get his real name,
pinpoint his location,
find out what he's planning
to do with the Banner.
What do I get in return
for being your spy?
You get my word that
I'll do everything I can
to help you once we
take the Khan down.
Get back. Stay out of sight.
I don't want you getting
shot. How will I contact you?
You're an evil mastermind,
Simon. Figure it out.
Ah.
Bloody hell.
Can you open it?
She fried it.
Without the main power,
it will never open.
It's gonna blow.
Come on.
I'm sorry.
There's no time. Violet!
Come on. No, I can't leave her!
You go in there, you die.
Come on.
I left her behind. Again.
Hey, hey. Look at me.
If you'd gone back,
you'd be dead, too.
She wouldn't have wanted that.
I need a minute to clean up.
Where's your washroom?
Paying customers only.
Okay, we'll take
the bathroom key,
a couple bottles of water
and a full tank of gasoline.
Hmm.
Bathroom's at the back.
: I'm sorry.
Hey. You're back.
Yeah. Yeah, we made
it back, but, um...
All right, well,
I found something.
Big news. You ready? What?
Operation Temujin
happened at a missionary
hospital in Laos.
It got shut down by a nun
who did something so badass
it got her sainted.
What did she do? I don't know.
I got the canonization
testament for Saint Victoria,
but everything about her
time as a nurse there
in the '70s is blacked out.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait. She was a nurse?
Yeah. Does that mean something?
Yeah. Um...
Dr. Orlov was murdered
in the mid-'70s,
and whoever did it took his
research along with the Banner.
I assume to continue the
bioweapon experiments.
Sounds like the
banner went to Sana,
which is where Sister Victoria
became Saint Victoria.
Yep. Hey, I'll, uh, call you
when we're out of Kazakhstan.
All right. Good work, buddy.
Hey. Are you okay?
Yeah, I don't want
to talk about it.
Whatever you want.
What's next?
Wait a second.
Where-where did these
crates come from?
Yankees, like you.
Came here once
when I was younger.
Traded for lots of things.
I got the watch.
May-may I see that?
Sure.
But it's not for sale.
Yankees called
themselves Ravens.
You think the Americans
killed Orlov, took the Banner?
What Americans
would be operating
a covert Soviet mission
during the Cold War?
The CIA.
That's why they sent
Kate after the Banner.
This was the cover-up.
And thanks to Chuck,
we know the CIA
was working with the Vatican.
They had a hospital mission
in Laos that popped up
after Orlov was shut down.
We need to talk to Kate.
She's not our only
source anymore.
What is it?
You're not gonna believe this.
My father has this
exact same watch.
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