Blood & Treasure (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - The Throne of the 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.
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"...
I can stop the bleeding,
but if we don't get her
to a hospital quickly, this
could go south really fast.
I'm calling the police.
I was at the Vatican
the night it was attacked.
The Vatican and CIA
worked together
as a group called
Arcanum Gladio.
They thought
they could end the Cold War
with one swing of the sword.
By wiping
out the entire communist world
with an engineered plague.
You've been a screw up
since day one.
Kate, come on. What happened, Dwayne?
You just couldn't cut it?
The CIA sent you to hire me
to hack them? Just needs to be tested
to be sure.
What's happening? Thanks to you,
we're eliminating all the top
White Hat hackers
all over the world.
Somebody at the Vatican
is cleaning up everything
related to Arcanum Gladio.
And now that includes you.
I'm going back to Rome
to find out who.
We've been on the trail
of a Spirit Banner
called the Soul
of Genghis Khan.
I send the Banner north
with a monk,
to return it to Mongolia.
Do you remember his name? Gen Huang.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
That's a $600 bottle of wine
you're stealing.
Not stealing.
It's borrowing.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize
I was talking to Lexi.
Shaw, you know I'm
good for it. I just...
I need Vince to help us
find someone.
Then why don't you pay him
with money, like an adult?
I maxed my credit cards out.
Treasure hunting on your own
dime is expensive.
Yeah, expensive for me.
Who you got Vince
finding for you now?
Gen Huang.
The Chinese monk who took
the Banner from Laos
and promised to return it
to the Mongolians.
But we are running
out of time.
I mean, Simon said the Horde
is planning a massive attack
in a few weeks
on Chinese New Year.
Speaking of Chinese New Year,
how are you and Lexi? Great.
Who knew crash-landing
a helicopter in Laos
would bring you closer?
Wait, what does that have to do
with Chinese New Year?
Convergence.
Follow me.
On my journey
of self-discovery,
I've been steeping myself
in different cultures.
Especially this:
The Chinese zodiac.
Each year falls under
one of 12 animals,
then the cycle repeats.
And you, my friend, were born
under the Year of the Rat.
The rat.
Awesome.
But one shouldn't make
any big changes
in the same year
as his birth sign; Bad juju.
So if you want to propose,
you better do it
before the Chinese New Year.
No offense, Shaw, but
I don't really buy into juju,
East or West.
I've come to respect
the wisdom of the ancients.
And the Chinese New Year
came up twice today.
You brought it up
a second time.
Convergence.
Just think about it.
You don"t have to convince me.
I'm already there.
It's just a matter of timing
for something that important.
What's important?
Uh...
I was just, uh...
Shaw was, you know,
telling me the best time
to water the orchids.
Oh.
I suppose it's a good thing
you are so... dreadful
at lying.
Oh, good, you're both here.
Well, well,
the prodigal Reece returns.
Planning on kidnapping
yourself again?
Okay, I deserved that. You think?
Shaw, I'm-I'm sorry about
what I said
last time I was here.
A lesser man would
throw you out,
but I'm willing to let
bygones be bygones,
seeing as how I am
the bigger person.
Thank you.
Forgiveness makes for
good karma.
Wisdom I learned
from the ancients.
Best not to ignore them.
We, uh, heard how you
counter-interrogated
him and Chuck.
I mean, really, Kate,
how very unbecoming.
You tased and kidnapped me.Kate...
show her what you found.
Wait, what?
You knew she was coming?
She wanted to make her case
to you in person.
Did she?
I was called into
the CIA station
in Manila for a debrief
when the world's top
White Hats were killed.
As in hackers.
Yes. Specifically a group
protecting vital infrastructure.
All murdered on the same day
across the globe.
The Khan just lowered
the world's cyber shields.
I want to bring the CIA back in
to help us find
the Banner.
You said the CIA was
compromised by the Khan.
Which is why I was in Manila.
The Agency finished
a full investigation
and found only one bad apple,
the Khan's handler,
who was killed.
And you just took
their word for it? No.
I took 30,000 words for it.
Read the report.
Our house is clean.
The Agency can help us
end this.
Lexi...
I agree with Kate.
Well, your instincts haven't
exactly been great
where she's concerned.
Look, both of you think the CIA
occasionally does bad things
for the greater good,
but all I saw growing up
was them protecting oil
interests and powerful people.
People like Jacob Reece.
I need Danny.
I don't need you.
You think I'm just gonna
step aside
after the Khan killed
my best friend?
I will not stop until
that bastard is buried
or behind bars.
With or without either of you.
How about this?
We call the CIA
after we find the Banner.
They can't help us much
until we get it.
Fine.Fine.
Great.
Go team.
♪
Vince.
Shaw said you found Gen.Depends.
That bottle for me?
Payment in full.
French.
C'est magnifique.
Ah.
Gen last worked
in a monastery
in Kunming, China.
He was easy to find.
Turns out monks rely
on snail mail to communicate,
so they register their address
wherever they move.
That's it?
That's worth about
a glass, tops.
Spoke to a clerk
in the monastery.
Turns out Gen left the faith
years ago, but stayed in town.
I got his address.
Vince can go as your translator.
For a small fee.
Say... two more bottles?
Deal.
What?!
Who do you work for? Myself.
Ten percent. Sounds reasonable.
Shaw, you coming?
We could use the
extra gun if we hit trouble,
like we did in Laos.
Plus, major karma points
if you help us
catch the Khan.
Karma points don't
pay the rent.
Yet my heroic nature
compels me to help anyway.
Hahn, watch the bar.
This better come with a raise.
We'll talk about that
when I come back.
You always say that.
So, what was
the business with killing
all those hacker nerds?
You should ask
the Great Khan.
I thought you were
some genius
that was gonna bring
the whole operation home.
No, not me, I'm just
a foot soldier, same as you.
Mine is not to reason why.
Mine is but
to do and die.
Tennyson.
I know who wrote
the poem, bro.
I got a BFA from UCSD.
I just didn't come here to die.
We tracked McNamara and Vaziri
to a Buddhist monastery in Laos.
They left empty-handed, but...
You suspect that they followed
the Banner's trail there.
Yes.
Your mission remains the same.
Just find the Banner
before they do.
I've been trying,
I've been trying.
And failing.
Yes, forgive me.
Being party to the murder
of innocent people
has somewhat dimmed
my usual enthusiasm.
No great change
has ever been made
without great loss.
What great change are we making?
Knowledge comes with loyalty.
Oh, I love that.
Th-That's priceless, that is.
What, are you reading these
off the back of fortune cookies?
Well...
Buddhist monks in the region
have historically been
sympathetic to the
Mongolian cause.
The Banner was stolen
from a Buddhist monastery
by the Russians, after all.
So I'd have thought that the
monks would have wanted to
return the Banner
to the Mongolians.
Which means that
they would have started...
heading north from here.
Now, the only safe place
on this journey
for a secret Mongolian
religious icon
would be other Buddhist
monasteries.
The person that stole
the Banner
would have sought refuge in one
of these temples in China.
If I were you, I'd start there.
I thought I saw her die
in an explosion in Kazakhstan.
Found in the rubble,
like you.
In the time that
she's been conscious,
she's been quite spirited.
Spirited. That's,
like, code for difficult.
And you want me to employ
my gifts of persuasion?
You have 48 hours to
extract useful information
that we can use to find
McNamara and Vaziri.
Gain knowledge...
prove loyalty.
Yes, but what if she
doesn't know anything?
Her body will feed
the crocodiles.
Everyone has a use.
How's that for a fortune cookie?
Gen's maid said he and his wife
are somewhere
in the lantern festival selling
dumplings from their cart.
We can wait until
they get back.
Waiting isn't a plan. Actually, it is.
It's called a stakeout.
With the Khan's army
nipping at our heels,
you want him out there
unprotected?
Or is that CIA protocol?
Hey, I don't even need you.
Okay.
Let's split up and search.
Shaw and I will
take the south side.
We will?
Uh, yeah, okay.
I guess Kate and I can
cover the north.
Vince, where will you be?
Hello? Earth to
Vince. Oh, sorry.
I'll be at the bar.
Someone's got to
stake out the house
in case Gen comes back.
Speaking of, I've got his photo
from the maid.
I'll text it to all of you
right now.
Everyone turn comms on.
You see someone with a brand
or a gray sash,
that's the Horde,
so speak up.
Roger, Agent McNamara.
Shall we talk business?
To the Khan.
To the Khan.
To the Khan.
Judging by how fast
Lexi went with Shaw,
I'm guessing she
hates me now?
Well, you did try to
sideline her.
Yeah, I could have
handled that better.
Well, I can't say
I've handled everything
perfectly...
with either of you.
You know, after the engagement,
I was too much of a coward
to break things off.
You deserved better, Kate.
I'm sorry.
Breaking up with you is...
It was the best thing that
happened to both of us.
Yeah?
Yeah.
When I lost you,
I found the CIA.
I found myself.
Not that I haven't
wondered about
that road we didn't
take together.
I'm guessing there
would have been
a lot less gunfire
for both of us.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Does it hurt? No.
Nearly done.
Much better.
You know, it's a miracle
you didn't get gangrene.
No thanks to those
idiots out there.
Thank you for getting them
to take my handcuffs off.
It's the least I could do.
Maybe you'll return
the favor someday.
It's Violet, isn't it?
And you're Simon Hardwick.
Even if I didn't know you
from Kazakhstan,
I'd recognize you
from the news.
Funny, you don't seem like
a maniac.
Yeah, well, looks can be
deceptive.
To be honest, the news coverage
wasn't exactly fair.
Tell me, Violet, um,
how do you know Lexi?
I taught that girl
everything she knows.
Saved her life more times
than I can count.
But somehow she keeps
leaving me behind.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Actually, I can relate.
I was abandoned
by my father
when I was a child.
He pretended I didn't exist.
His only son.
So I read.
Well, it's all right.
He's dead now.
No love lost.
May I?
Yeah, that's the thing
about me.
Help me,
and I want to help you.
Hurt me...
there'll be a receipt for that
if it's in my power.
I suppose that makes me
trustworthy to a degree.
Your friend Lexi
and her beau, Danny,
never anything but honest
with me.
And I respect that.
I suppose we developed
a strange kind of rapport
while they chased me
across the world.
But they put me in prison...
and I feel this strange kind
of loyalty to them in a way.
I have no loyalty to this man
who freed me from prison.
Isn't that strange?
Where are we going with this?
Well, we're both on
Team Lexi, right?
I want to help you,
but you have to help me.
The Great Khan has tasked me
with getting information
out of you.
That's what this is.
I hate to break it to you,
evil genius,
but I already knew that.
Did you also know that unless
I give him something useful,
he intends to kill you
at sundown tomorrow?
Can you believe her nerve?
And Danny, always taking
her side.
He's supposed to be on my side.
Oh, come on.
Danny literally dragged
your butt
through the jungle
to save you.
If that's not love,
I don't know what is.
What if love's just not enough?
Danny and I, we are
so different.
What if this whole time
we've just been trying
to change each other
into something we're not?
No.
Is that Vince?
Who's he talking to?
Khan soldiers.
What the hell is going on?
Gen is right there.
Let's get him.
We might have a bigger problem.
Vince is working for the Khan.
We got to stop him now.
Vince!
McNamara.
Horde soldiers are here.
Yeah, and you were
very friendly with them.
I saw it, too.
What are you doing?
The Khan has followed us
ever since we landed in Hanoi.
From Russia to Kazakhstan
to Laos to China.
Followed us ever since
we met...
Vince.
Vince is working for
the Great Khan.
Wait, what?
Simon hitched
a ride on our last hunt.
The Khan's been following
his M.O.
This is ridiculous.
You're not going anywhere.
How can we be sure?
Danny, that's Gen.
My wife!
Why were you talking
to Gen's kidnappers?
I was getting information.
But why would they be talking
to an ex-cop?
They don't see a cop.
They see a criminal.
I was dirty.
You were kicked off the force.
I had a kid brother.
Followed me onto the force.
Good, honest cop.
That's a problem when
everyone's on the take.
Even me.
"Grow up! Take the
money," I said.
The look on his face,
I knew I broke his heart.
He refused. Found him
in the alley the next day.
They beat him to death.
So I left the badge,
never looked back.
Now I use my old rep
to get criminals
to trust me as a P.I.
I've made criminal contacts
all over Asia.
Vince, I'm...
Apologize to Gen.
I don't know up
from down anymore.
The Khan has been
right on our trail.
There's a chance you just
picked the wrong person.
You think it's Kate?
My feelings for her aside,
she's been talking to the CIA
this whole time.
Someone there could be
tipping off the Khan.
Maybe... maybe she can help us
get her husband back.
Gen has to be leading the Khan
somewhere he's been before
with the Banner.
She may know
a clue from his past
that can lead us there.Yes.
We just need a translator.
They met when he was a monk.
He took refuge
at a local temple.
He was a simple man
with nothing,
and they fell in love.
They're very different.
Like Yin and Yang.
And it's not always easy.
But that's the nature
of Yin and Yang.
Different, but they're always
there for each other.
Gen disappeared for a while,
but came back for her.
And that was in '84.
That's the same year
he took the Banner.
Gen met his wife
when he came to this town
seeking refuge with the Banner.
He disappeared because he had to
continue on his journey.
Do you know where he went?
So?
So, how do I know you,
of all people,
are not just manipulating me?
That's a fair question.
Look, I'm not lying
to you, Violet.
You're my only chance
of survival.
The great Khan has me searching
for his precious Banner,
but once that psycho finds it,
he'll kill me.
So whether I deliver the intel
or not, I'm a dead man.
Unless...
we help each other escape.
Escape?
Are you serious?
Uh, yeah.
And we have an ace
up our sleeve.
Danny McNamara.
I spoke with him
in Kazakhstan.
We made a deal.
He got the better half
of the deal.
I spy on the Great Khan
in return for his help later on.
Hmm. And here I was
underestimating you.
You give me information,
I tell the Khan.
That buys us freedom of movement
in the compound.
So that you can
contact Danny,
and he can call in
a rescue mission.
Oh, aren't you clever.
You have no idea.
Mm. Except you forgot
one thing:
Danny and Lexi are gonna
need an army to get in here.
I saw a photo of Danny
on a board out there
with Kate Reece.
That's...
That's his ex
and my half sister.
Your...
It's a long story.
Well, it's not all that long.
She's CIA.
I only found out last year
while I was digging into
my father's family secrets.
So Kate is gonna
call the cavalry.
Only if you give me
valuable intel
that I can give the Khan,
Violet.
You are good with that
silver tongue, aren't you?
Okay, fine. Aiden Shaw.
He's been working with them.
He's got a bar in Hanoi
he won't shut up about.
And Danny and Lexi are staying
in the apartment
right above him.
I mean, it's not much
information...
No, that's brilliant.
It's perfect.
That'll draw the Khan
to their associates
and their whereabouts.
We've just gotta pray
that they can handle themselves,
'cause we actually need
their help to escape.
You know, I, um...
I've never really worked
with a partner before.
Certainly not one
that could keep up.
It's, uh...
It's rather stimulating.
Oh.
Are you Master Woo-Ping?
I am. How can I help you?
A man calling himself
the Great Khan
has kidnapped your former
monk, Gen Huang.
We believe he's being forced
to bring the Khan's men here.
Why?
To steal Genghis Khan's
Spirit Banner.
Like us, they discovered he
brought it to this temple.
We came to warn you.
They had a two-hour head start.
How did we beat them here?
Maybe let's not question
small miracles. No miracle.
Gen is a clever man.
He must have stalled
his captors.
Is the Banner still here? No.
Years ago, Gen met a tribe
of Mongolians in this courtyard
to give them the Banner,
but as they met,
white foreigners were
already giving chase.
Only one group that
could have been back then:
Arcanum Gladio.
The bastards are trying
to steal the Banner back,
after Sister Victoria
sent it away to Laos.
Tried, yes.
But Shaolin monks have
trained in kung fu
for over 1,500 years.
We, as you Americans say,
kicked their butts
to death.
Yeah, I say that one
all the time.
We gave the Mongolians
time to escape with the Banner.
After the battle,
we found relics
on the foreigners,
including this.
Are you familiar with the secret
history of the Mongols?
The earliest history
of Genghis's life,
and the oldest surviving
written work
in the Mongolian language.
Haven't you been watching
the videos I sent?
When do we have time?
Your friend is right,
with one exception.
The book has been
missing a chapter,
swallowed up by history.
This scroll is that
lost chapter.
It is believed
to contain directions
to the tomb of Genghis Khan.
The location of the tomb
of Genghis Khan is
one of the greatest mysteries
of all time.
Now we know why.
He didn't want it to be found.
His soldiers killed everyone
they came across
on the way to bury him.
Then the soldiers
who buried him were killed
to keep the secret,
and the ground run over
by hundreds of horses
to obscure the burial site.
You think the Mongolians brought
the Banner back to Genghis
and buried it with him?
Yes. That is why we
kept the scroll a secret.
We tried to find the tribe
to return it to them,
but to no success.
So we kept it hidden here.
Does Gen know about
the scroll, too?
He does.
A convoy of armed men
has been spotted
five minutes to the east.
Ready your men.
The Horde's coming.
We must prepare
our defenses.
Good luck to all of you.
Where the hell are you going?
My brother thought being right
was enough; It's-it's not.
If you're smart, you'll run.
Vince!
We need all the help
we can get. Just let him go.
We can call someone else
for help, the CIA.
They already know where we are,
don't they, Kate?
You still think I've been
leaking to the CIA,
and that's how the Khan
knew where to find Gen?
I kept my word,
not to bring them in
until we found the Banner.
And we'd be a lot better
off now if I hadn't.
So we're on our own now.
Maybe Vince was right.
We should run.
I agree. If we leave
with the scroll now,
we might still get away.
Well, then we're sitting ducks
if they catch us on the road.
I say we stay here, use anything
we have to our advantage.
I agree with Lexi.
We have allies here.
It's their turf.
This temple has stood
for centuries
against many invaders.
It will not fall today.
Remain here.
Guard the scroll.
Oh, we'll guard it all right.
♪
Here we go.
♪
The scroll.
Let's go get it.
Ming, stop.
Vince.
Been a long time, Ming.
You're with them?
There is a lot more money
for you if you play this right.
Don't be stupid.
I'm not gonna take any more
bribes from you, Ming.
I'm also not gonna
shoot you.
There's been enough death.
What's your game, Vince?
Just want to talk.
You still have a wife
and a kid, right?
And everything I do
is for them.
No, it's not.
That's what we tell ourselves
to feel better about
our choices.
You can go home
and hug your kids.
You can leave this life
forever, like I did.
Or you can die
for some Khan
who doesn't even
know your name.
I promise you, Ming,
if you go back there,
you will die.
We've been following a trail
of dead Horde soldiers
all over Asia.
How can I trust that they're
not gonna kill me or turn me in?
You have my word.
We just want the scroll.
Go home to your family, Ming.
Wait. The monk you kidnapped.
Where is he?
I'll let him go.
But don't try to follow me.
Gen is safe.
He's being taken to a hospital.
Did he have
any more information
about the whereabouts
of the Banner?
When the Mongolians
who took it left,
they said, "The Soul shall
return to the soul."
Sounds like a riddle.
You're a smart guy,
you'll figure it out.
Vince...
I'm sorry.
Well, stopping any further
bloodshed with Ming
was the first time I haven't
felt ashamed in a long time.
Your brother would be
proud of you.
Hold that.
You know...
...I think I need to
update the CIA's file
on Dwayne Coleman.
It mentions nothing about how he
helped us find the Banner
while in the field.
Yeah, Dwayne Coleman
is long gone.
Maybe I'll be able to bring him
back to America with me.
If he'll let me act
as a character witness.
It's peaceful here.
Yeah, it's peaceful.
You, uh... you meditating?
Thinking.
About?
Us.
Okay.
I was wrong about Kate.
Ugh! Oh,
that is so hard to say.
And I realize Kate
isn't the problem.
And-and it's not you.
Well, it's a little bit you.
But mostly me. Um, I don't... Wait.
Darling, I'm still talking.
Let me get this out.
I was mad at you for
letting Kate ambush me,
and then I was mad
at you for just
being you when you were
with her.
And then for wanting me to be
someone different than who I am.
Because we both know... I don't want you to
ever be anything...
I'm not... I'm not blaming you
at all.
But if I can't trust
the people closest to me,
then I can't trust
my own instincts.
So it's like this.
I have had two
very important people
in my life.
Two people that I would kill for
at the drop of a hat.
You and Violet.
And now I just have you.
So I need to know that
you have my back.
You know, Gen's wife said
that they were like
Yin and Yang.
Different, but always there
for each other.
When Kate tried to sideline you,
I didn't fight for you.
I should have, Lexi.
I don't care about
where I live.
I don't care about
the house that, you know,
the stupid picket fence.
Home for me is you,
but it...
it is loyalty.
Hey...
I always have your back.
Always.
Good. Good.
Hatchet buried.
Over and out.
And, um...
whatever comes our way,
we'll handle it.
You bet your ass we will.
We've located Mr. Shaw's bar.
You will have your freedom
within these halls.
Thank you, my Khan.
All right, keep your eyes
and ears open.
There's a chance he might
finally reveal
what his crazy plan is.
Then we can call the cavalry,
be free of this maniac.
Yeah.
The Spirit Banner is
nearly at hand.
We must send a strike team
to Mongolia to secure it.
Enough!
The only reason you'd ask
for another strike team
is because the first one
in China is dead.
What are we wasting
all these lives for?
Where's the money and power?
Silence.
I'm taking over.
Meet the new Great Khan.
The Khan is still alive.
And she does not like
to be challenged.
You were promised wealth
and power.
I ask for your loyalty.
Give me that, and the world
will be ours.
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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"...
I can stop the bleeding,
but if we don't get her
to a hospital quickly, this
could go south really fast.
I'm calling the police.
I was at the Vatican
the night it was attacked.
The Vatican and CIA
worked together
as a group called
Arcanum Gladio.
They thought
they could end the Cold War
with one swing of the sword.
By wiping
out the entire communist world
with an engineered plague.
You've been a screw up
since day one.
Kate, come on. What happened, Dwayne?
You just couldn't cut it?
The CIA sent you to hire me
to hack them? Just needs to be tested
to be sure.
What's happening? Thanks to you,
we're eliminating all the top
White Hat hackers
all over the world.
Somebody at the Vatican
is cleaning up everything
related to Arcanum Gladio.
And now that includes you.
I'm going back to Rome
to find out who.
We've been on the trail
of a Spirit Banner
called the Soul
of Genghis Khan.
I send the Banner north
with a monk,
to return it to Mongolia.
Do you remember his name? Gen Huang.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
That's a $600 bottle of wine
you're stealing.
Not stealing.
It's borrowing.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize
I was talking to Lexi.
Shaw, you know I'm
good for it. I just...
I need Vince to help us
find someone.
Then why don't you pay him
with money, like an adult?
I maxed my credit cards out.
Treasure hunting on your own
dime is expensive.
Yeah, expensive for me.
Who you got Vince
finding for you now?
Gen Huang.
The Chinese monk who took
the Banner from Laos
and promised to return it
to the Mongolians.
But we are running
out of time.
I mean, Simon said the Horde
is planning a massive attack
in a few weeks
on Chinese New Year.
Speaking of Chinese New Year,
how are you and Lexi? Great.
Who knew crash-landing
a helicopter in Laos
would bring you closer?
Wait, what does that have to do
with Chinese New Year?
Convergence.
Follow me.
On my journey
of self-discovery,
I've been steeping myself
in different cultures.
Especially this:
The Chinese zodiac.
Each year falls under
one of 12 animals,
then the cycle repeats.
And you, my friend, were born
under the Year of the Rat.
The rat.
Awesome.
But one shouldn't make
any big changes
in the same year
as his birth sign; Bad juju.
So if you want to propose,
you better do it
before the Chinese New Year.
No offense, Shaw, but
I don't really buy into juju,
East or West.
I've come to respect
the wisdom of the ancients.
And the Chinese New Year
came up twice today.
You brought it up
a second time.
Convergence.
Just think about it.
You don"t have to convince me.
I'm already there.
It's just a matter of timing
for something that important.
What's important?
Uh...
I was just, uh...
Shaw was, you know,
telling me the best time
to water the orchids.
Oh.
I suppose it's a good thing
you are so... dreadful
at lying.
Oh, good, you're both here.
Well, well,
the prodigal Reece returns.
Planning on kidnapping
yourself again?
Okay, I deserved that. You think?
Shaw, I'm-I'm sorry about
what I said
last time I was here.
A lesser man would
throw you out,
but I'm willing to let
bygones be bygones,
seeing as how I am
the bigger person.
Thank you.
Forgiveness makes for
good karma.
Wisdom I learned
from the ancients.
Best not to ignore them.
We, uh, heard how you
counter-interrogated
him and Chuck.
I mean, really, Kate,
how very unbecoming.
You tased and kidnapped me.Kate...
show her what you found.
Wait, what?
You knew she was coming?
She wanted to make her case
to you in person.
Did she?
I was called into
the CIA station
in Manila for a debrief
when the world's top
White Hats were killed.
As in hackers.
Yes. Specifically a group
protecting vital infrastructure.
All murdered on the same day
across the globe.
The Khan just lowered
the world's cyber shields.
I want to bring the CIA back in
to help us find
the Banner.
You said the CIA was
compromised by the Khan.
Which is why I was in Manila.
The Agency finished
a full investigation
and found only one bad apple,
the Khan's handler,
who was killed.
And you just took
their word for it? No.
I took 30,000 words for it.
Read the report.
Our house is clean.
The Agency can help us
end this.
Lexi...
I agree with Kate.
Well, your instincts haven't
exactly been great
where she's concerned.
Look, both of you think the CIA
occasionally does bad things
for the greater good,
but all I saw growing up
was them protecting oil
interests and powerful people.
People like Jacob Reece.
I need Danny.
I don't need you.
You think I'm just gonna
step aside
after the Khan killed
my best friend?
I will not stop until
that bastard is buried
or behind bars.
With or without either of you.
How about this?
We call the CIA
after we find the Banner.
They can't help us much
until we get it.
Fine.Fine.
Great.
Go team.
♪
Vince.
Shaw said you found Gen.Depends.
That bottle for me?
Payment in full.
French.
C'est magnifique.
Ah.
Gen last worked
in a monastery
in Kunming, China.
He was easy to find.
Turns out monks rely
on snail mail to communicate,
so they register their address
wherever they move.
That's it?
That's worth about
a glass, tops.
Spoke to a clerk
in the monastery.
Turns out Gen left the faith
years ago, but stayed in town.
I got his address.
Vince can go as your translator.
For a small fee.
Say... two more bottles?
Deal.
What?!
Who do you work for? Myself.
Ten percent. Sounds reasonable.
Shaw, you coming?
We could use the
extra gun if we hit trouble,
like we did in Laos.
Plus, major karma points
if you help us
catch the Khan.
Karma points don't
pay the rent.
Yet my heroic nature
compels me to help anyway.
Hahn, watch the bar.
This better come with a raise.
We'll talk about that
when I come back.
You always say that.
So, what was
the business with killing
all those hacker nerds?
You should ask
the Great Khan.
I thought you were
some genius
that was gonna bring
the whole operation home.
No, not me, I'm just
a foot soldier, same as you.
Mine is not to reason why.
Mine is but
to do and die.
Tennyson.
I know who wrote
the poem, bro.
I got a BFA from UCSD.
I just didn't come here to die.
We tracked McNamara and Vaziri
to a Buddhist monastery in Laos.
They left empty-handed, but...
You suspect that they followed
the Banner's trail there.
Yes.
Your mission remains the same.
Just find the Banner
before they do.
I've been trying,
I've been trying.
And failing.
Yes, forgive me.
Being party to the murder
of innocent people
has somewhat dimmed
my usual enthusiasm.
No great change
has ever been made
without great loss.
What great change are we making?
Knowledge comes with loyalty.
Oh, I love that.
Th-That's priceless, that is.
What, are you reading these
off the back of fortune cookies?
Well...
Buddhist monks in the region
have historically been
sympathetic to the
Mongolian cause.
The Banner was stolen
from a Buddhist monastery
by the Russians, after all.
So I'd have thought that the
monks would have wanted to
return the Banner
to the Mongolians.
Which means that
they would have started...
heading north from here.
Now, the only safe place
on this journey
for a secret Mongolian
religious icon
would be other Buddhist
monasteries.
The person that stole
the Banner
would have sought refuge in one
of these temples in China.
If I were you, I'd start there.
I thought I saw her die
in an explosion in Kazakhstan.
Found in the rubble,
like you.
In the time that
she's been conscious,
she's been quite spirited.
Spirited. That's,
like, code for difficult.
And you want me to employ
my gifts of persuasion?
You have 48 hours to
extract useful information
that we can use to find
McNamara and Vaziri.
Gain knowledge...
prove loyalty.
Yes, but what if she
doesn't know anything?
Her body will feed
the crocodiles.
Everyone has a use.
How's that for a fortune cookie?
Gen's maid said he and his wife
are somewhere
in the lantern festival selling
dumplings from their cart.
We can wait until
they get back.
Waiting isn't a plan. Actually, it is.
It's called a stakeout.
With the Khan's army
nipping at our heels,
you want him out there
unprotected?
Or is that CIA protocol?
Hey, I don't even need you.
Okay.
Let's split up and search.
Shaw and I will
take the south side.
We will?
Uh, yeah, okay.
I guess Kate and I can
cover the north.
Vince, where will you be?
Hello? Earth to
Vince. Oh, sorry.
I'll be at the bar.
Someone's got to
stake out the house
in case Gen comes back.
Speaking of, I've got his photo
from the maid.
I'll text it to all of you
right now.
Everyone turn comms on.
You see someone with a brand
or a gray sash,
that's the Horde,
so speak up.
Roger, Agent McNamara.
Shall we talk business?
To the Khan.
To the Khan.
To the Khan.
Judging by how fast
Lexi went with Shaw,
I'm guessing she
hates me now?
Well, you did try to
sideline her.
Yeah, I could have
handled that better.
Well, I can't say
I've handled everything
perfectly...
with either of you.
You know, after the engagement,
I was too much of a coward
to break things off.
You deserved better, Kate.
I'm sorry.
Breaking up with you is...
It was the best thing that
happened to both of us.
Yeah?
Yeah.
When I lost you,
I found the CIA.
I found myself.
Not that I haven't
wondered about
that road we didn't
take together.
I'm guessing there
would have been
a lot less gunfire
for both of us.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Does it hurt? No.
Nearly done.
Much better.
You know, it's a miracle
you didn't get gangrene.
No thanks to those
idiots out there.
Thank you for getting them
to take my handcuffs off.
It's the least I could do.
Maybe you'll return
the favor someday.
It's Violet, isn't it?
And you're Simon Hardwick.
Even if I didn't know you
from Kazakhstan,
I'd recognize you
from the news.
Funny, you don't seem like
a maniac.
Yeah, well, looks can be
deceptive.
To be honest, the news coverage
wasn't exactly fair.
Tell me, Violet, um,
how do you know Lexi?
I taught that girl
everything she knows.
Saved her life more times
than I can count.
But somehow she keeps
leaving me behind.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Actually, I can relate.
I was abandoned
by my father
when I was a child.
He pretended I didn't exist.
His only son.
So I read.
Well, it's all right.
He's dead now.
No love lost.
May I?
Yeah, that's the thing
about me.
Help me,
and I want to help you.
Hurt me...
there'll be a receipt for that
if it's in my power.
I suppose that makes me
trustworthy to a degree.
Your friend Lexi
and her beau, Danny,
never anything but honest
with me.
And I respect that.
I suppose we developed
a strange kind of rapport
while they chased me
across the world.
But they put me in prison...
and I feel this strange kind
of loyalty to them in a way.
I have no loyalty to this man
who freed me from prison.
Isn't that strange?
Where are we going with this?
Well, we're both on
Team Lexi, right?
I want to help you,
but you have to help me.
The Great Khan has tasked me
with getting information
out of you.
That's what this is.
I hate to break it to you,
evil genius,
but I already knew that.
Did you also know that unless
I give him something useful,
he intends to kill you
at sundown tomorrow?
Can you believe her nerve?
And Danny, always taking
her side.
He's supposed to be on my side.
Oh, come on.
Danny literally dragged
your butt
through the jungle
to save you.
If that's not love,
I don't know what is.
What if love's just not enough?
Danny and I, we are
so different.
What if this whole time
we've just been trying
to change each other
into something we're not?
No.
Is that Vince?
Who's he talking to?
Khan soldiers.
What the hell is going on?
Gen is right there.
Let's get him.
We might have a bigger problem.
Vince is working for the Khan.
We got to stop him now.
Vince!
McNamara.
Horde soldiers are here.
Yeah, and you were
very friendly with them.
I saw it, too.
What are you doing?
The Khan has followed us
ever since we landed in Hanoi.
From Russia to Kazakhstan
to Laos to China.
Followed us ever since
we met...
Vince.
Vince is working for
the Great Khan.
Wait, what?
Simon hitched
a ride on our last hunt.
The Khan's been following
his M.O.
This is ridiculous.
You're not going anywhere.
How can we be sure?
Danny, that's Gen.
My wife!
Why were you talking
to Gen's kidnappers?
I was getting information.
But why would they be talking
to an ex-cop?
They don't see a cop.
They see a criminal.
I was dirty.
You were kicked off the force.
I had a kid brother.
Followed me onto the force.
Good, honest cop.
That's a problem when
everyone's on the take.
Even me.
"Grow up! Take the
money," I said.
The look on his face,
I knew I broke his heart.
He refused. Found him
in the alley the next day.
They beat him to death.
So I left the badge,
never looked back.
Now I use my old rep
to get criminals
to trust me as a P.I.
I've made criminal contacts
all over Asia.
Vince, I'm...
Apologize to Gen.
I don't know up
from down anymore.
The Khan has been
right on our trail.
There's a chance you just
picked the wrong person.
You think it's Kate?
My feelings for her aside,
she's been talking to the CIA
this whole time.
Someone there could be
tipping off the Khan.
Maybe... maybe she can help us
get her husband back.
Gen has to be leading the Khan
somewhere he's been before
with the Banner.
She may know
a clue from his past
that can lead us there.Yes.
We just need a translator.
They met when he was a monk.
He took refuge
at a local temple.
He was a simple man
with nothing,
and they fell in love.
They're very different.
Like Yin and Yang.
And it's not always easy.
But that's the nature
of Yin and Yang.
Different, but they're always
there for each other.
Gen disappeared for a while,
but came back for her.
And that was in '84.
That's the same year
he took the Banner.
Gen met his wife
when he came to this town
seeking refuge with the Banner.
He disappeared because he had to
continue on his journey.
Do you know where he went?
So?
So, how do I know you,
of all people,
are not just manipulating me?
That's a fair question.
Look, I'm not lying
to you, Violet.
You're my only chance
of survival.
The great Khan has me searching
for his precious Banner,
but once that psycho finds it,
he'll kill me.
So whether I deliver the intel
or not, I'm a dead man.
Unless...
we help each other escape.
Escape?
Are you serious?
Uh, yeah.
And we have an ace
up our sleeve.
Danny McNamara.
I spoke with him
in Kazakhstan.
We made a deal.
He got the better half
of the deal.
I spy on the Great Khan
in return for his help later on.
Hmm. And here I was
underestimating you.
You give me information,
I tell the Khan.
That buys us freedom of movement
in the compound.
So that you can
contact Danny,
and he can call in
a rescue mission.
Oh, aren't you clever.
You have no idea.
Mm. Except you forgot
one thing:
Danny and Lexi are gonna
need an army to get in here.
I saw a photo of Danny
on a board out there
with Kate Reece.
That's...
That's his ex
and my half sister.
Your...
It's a long story.
Well, it's not all that long.
She's CIA.
I only found out last year
while I was digging into
my father's family secrets.
So Kate is gonna
call the cavalry.
Only if you give me
valuable intel
that I can give the Khan,
Violet.
You are good with that
silver tongue, aren't you?
Okay, fine. Aiden Shaw.
He's been working with them.
He's got a bar in Hanoi
he won't shut up about.
And Danny and Lexi are staying
in the apartment
right above him.
I mean, it's not much
information...
No, that's brilliant.
It's perfect.
That'll draw the Khan
to their associates
and their whereabouts.
We've just gotta pray
that they can handle themselves,
'cause we actually need
their help to escape.
You know, I, um...
I've never really worked
with a partner before.
Certainly not one
that could keep up.
It's, uh...
It's rather stimulating.
Oh.
Are you Master Woo-Ping?
I am. How can I help you?
A man calling himself
the Great Khan
has kidnapped your former
monk, Gen Huang.
We believe he's being forced
to bring the Khan's men here.
Why?
To steal Genghis Khan's
Spirit Banner.
Like us, they discovered he
brought it to this temple.
We came to warn you.
They had a two-hour head start.
How did we beat them here?
Maybe let's not question
small miracles. No miracle.
Gen is a clever man.
He must have stalled
his captors.
Is the Banner still here? No.
Years ago, Gen met a tribe
of Mongolians in this courtyard
to give them the Banner,
but as they met,
white foreigners were
already giving chase.
Only one group that
could have been back then:
Arcanum Gladio.
The bastards are trying
to steal the Banner back,
after Sister Victoria
sent it away to Laos.
Tried, yes.
But Shaolin monks have
trained in kung fu
for over 1,500 years.
We, as you Americans say,
kicked their butts
to death.
Yeah, I say that one
all the time.
We gave the Mongolians
time to escape with the Banner.
After the battle,
we found relics
on the foreigners,
including this.
Are you familiar with the secret
history of the Mongols?
The earliest history
of Genghis's life,
and the oldest surviving
written work
in the Mongolian language.
Haven't you been watching
the videos I sent?
When do we have time?
Your friend is right,
with one exception.
The book has been
missing a chapter,
swallowed up by history.
This scroll is that
lost chapter.
It is believed
to contain directions
to the tomb of Genghis Khan.
The location of the tomb
of Genghis Khan is
one of the greatest mysteries
of all time.
Now we know why.
He didn't want it to be found.
His soldiers killed everyone
they came across
on the way to bury him.
Then the soldiers
who buried him were killed
to keep the secret,
and the ground run over
by hundreds of horses
to obscure the burial site.
You think the Mongolians brought
the Banner back to Genghis
and buried it with him?
Yes. That is why we
kept the scroll a secret.
We tried to find the tribe
to return it to them,
but to no success.
So we kept it hidden here.
Does Gen know about
the scroll, too?
He does.
A convoy of armed men
has been spotted
five minutes to the east.
Ready your men.
The Horde's coming.
We must prepare
our defenses.
Good luck to all of you.
Where the hell are you going?
My brother thought being right
was enough; It's-it's not.
If you're smart, you'll run.
Vince!
We need all the help
we can get. Just let him go.
We can call someone else
for help, the CIA.
They already know where we are,
don't they, Kate?
You still think I've been
leaking to the CIA,
and that's how the Khan
knew where to find Gen?
I kept my word,
not to bring them in
until we found the Banner.
And we'd be a lot better
off now if I hadn't.
So we're on our own now.
Maybe Vince was right.
We should run.
I agree. If we leave
with the scroll now,
we might still get away.
Well, then we're sitting ducks
if they catch us on the road.
I say we stay here, use anything
we have to our advantage.
I agree with Lexi.
We have allies here.
It's their turf.
This temple has stood
for centuries
against many invaders.
It will not fall today.
Remain here.
Guard the scroll.
Oh, we'll guard it all right.
♪
Here we go.
♪
The scroll.
Let's go get it.
Ming, stop.
Vince.
Been a long time, Ming.
You're with them?
There is a lot more money
for you if you play this right.
Don't be stupid.
I'm not gonna take any more
bribes from you, Ming.
I'm also not gonna
shoot you.
There's been enough death.
What's your game, Vince?
Just want to talk.
You still have a wife
and a kid, right?
And everything I do
is for them.
No, it's not.
That's what we tell ourselves
to feel better about
our choices.
You can go home
and hug your kids.
You can leave this life
forever, like I did.
Or you can die
for some Khan
who doesn't even
know your name.
I promise you, Ming,
if you go back there,
you will die.
We've been following a trail
of dead Horde soldiers
all over Asia.
How can I trust that they're
not gonna kill me or turn me in?
You have my word.
We just want the scroll.
Go home to your family, Ming.
Wait. The monk you kidnapped.
Where is he?
I'll let him go.
But don't try to follow me.
Gen is safe.
He's being taken to a hospital.
Did he have
any more information
about the whereabouts
of the Banner?
When the Mongolians
who took it left,
they said, "The Soul shall
return to the soul."
Sounds like a riddle.
You're a smart guy,
you'll figure it out.
Vince...
I'm sorry.
Well, stopping any further
bloodshed with Ming
was the first time I haven't
felt ashamed in a long time.
Your brother would be
proud of you.
Hold that.
You know...
...I think I need to
update the CIA's file
on Dwayne Coleman.
It mentions nothing about how he
helped us find the Banner
while in the field.
Yeah, Dwayne Coleman
is long gone.
Maybe I'll be able to bring him
back to America with me.
If he'll let me act
as a character witness.
It's peaceful here.
Yeah, it's peaceful.
You, uh... you meditating?
Thinking.
About?
Us.
Okay.
I was wrong about Kate.
Ugh! Oh,
that is so hard to say.
And I realize Kate
isn't the problem.
And-and it's not you.
Well, it's a little bit you.
But mostly me. Um, I don't... Wait.
Darling, I'm still talking.
Let me get this out.
I was mad at you for
letting Kate ambush me,
and then I was mad
at you for just
being you when you were
with her.
And then for wanting me to be
someone different than who I am.
Because we both know... I don't want you to
ever be anything...
I'm not... I'm not blaming you
at all.
But if I can't trust
the people closest to me,
then I can't trust
my own instincts.
So it's like this.
I have had two
very important people
in my life.
Two people that I would kill for
at the drop of a hat.
You and Violet.
And now I just have you.
So I need to know that
you have my back.
You know, Gen's wife said
that they were like
Yin and Yang.
Different, but always there
for each other.
When Kate tried to sideline you,
I didn't fight for you.
I should have, Lexi.
I don't care about
where I live.
I don't care about
the house that, you know,
the stupid picket fence.
Home for me is you,
but it...
it is loyalty.
Hey...
I always have your back.
Always.
Good. Good.
Hatchet buried.
Over and out.
And, um...
whatever comes our way,
we'll handle it.
You bet your ass we will.
We've located Mr. Shaw's bar.
You will have your freedom
within these halls.
Thank you, my Khan.
All right, keep your eyes
and ears open.
There's a chance he might
finally reveal
what his crazy plan is.
Then we can call the cavalry,
be free of this maniac.
Yeah.
The Spirit Banner is
nearly at hand.
We must send a strike team
to Mongolia to secure it.
Enough!
The only reason you'd ask
for another strike team
is because the first one
in China is dead.
What are we wasting
all these lives for?
Where's the money and power?
Silence.
I'm taking over.
Meet the new Great Khan.
The Khan is still alive.
And she does not like
to be challenged.
You were promised wealth
and power.
I ask for your loyalty.
Give me that, and the world
will be ours.
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