Relic Hunter (1999–2002): Season 1, Episode 10 - Myth of the Maze - full transcript

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[GASPS]

We must go.
No.

Without the golden
twine we'll never get
out of this place.

[GROWLING]

[BELLOWING]

Oh my god.

[SNARLS]

Hi, Nigey,
I'm back.

Uh, pardon me.

I'm filling in for Claudia
while she's away.



I'll be here
for another week.

Uh, another week?

I'm Lynette.
Remember me?

Oh, yes.
Of course.

I remember you,
Um...

I'm very pleased
to see you again.

Ooh, that accent...

Mm hm,
yeah.

Okay, well...

CLAUDIA:
I can get everything
you need tomorrow.

Slides, yeah.
Projector, got it.

And, the hotel's
expecting you.

And Nigel.

Oh, okay.



Don't worry, I've got
everything written down.

And, before you ask,
I've already set up
lunch with Ajax.

SYDNEY: Ajax?
Oh, Alex!

Whatever, sorry.

Claudia, can you also get me
the latest brochure from the
Athens Museum.

I want to see
how they're laying out
their exhibits.

You know?
Specially the pottery
antiquities.

Syd!
Gotta go.

Tons to do,
see you tomorrow.
Ciao!

Bye.

I'd probably do anything a
man with an English accent
told me to do.

Yeah?
I couldn't help myself.

No?
No.

Um... So, I uh...
What I-- I should
probably--

Wait.
What?

This just came
for Professor Fox.

Thank you.

If they find evidence
of the temple any further
to the east

I recommend
extending the dig
perimeter.

All right.

Or, call me if you
need anything else
researched.

Bye.

Nigel.
Hello.

What's the matter?

Matter?
Nothing, noting at
all. It's uh...

What a fine day
at the university, the uh,

campus's pristine student
body is ready to work.

When I said "student body",
I didn't mean, body, as in...

body... I meant,
body.

You meant Lynette.
Yes.

All of her, she's...

Only with us
while Claudia is
in Greece.

Thank God.

Well, that does mean
that we'll eventually
get Claudia back.

You know...

It's gonna be a disaster,
Claudia alone in Athens.

Oh, she's gonna be fine.
Sounds like she's
completely organized.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

She's been begging me
to go on one of these
trips forever.

I needed some advance work
done, and she seemed like
the logical choice.

Sometimes a little
responsibility is all someone
needs to grow up.

Her father's the
biggest donor this
university has. Okay?

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

You are the
most beautiful
woman in Greece.

I...
Don't.

Words are inadequate.

What's that?
I don't know. Lynette
said it just arrived.

It came from Greece.

Looks like it
got mangled in
customs.

This stone once
belonged to a God.

Promise me you'll
wear it forever.

I... I will
never take it off.

My god, it's...
It's beautiful.

A Minotaur.

Any idea who
sent this photo?

No. Doesn't it
have a return address?

No, but, it was
sent from Athens.

Claudia?

Claudia can't send an
inter office memo across
campus, Nigel.

It's cut from stone,

it looks authentic, but,
you can never tell without
the real thing.

Could the, uh, museum
of Athens have sent it?

No, I just got off
the phone with them.
No one said anything to me.

And, this isn't the
kind of thing you
forget to mention.

Wait.

Who are you?

I'm Stavros.

But, you can call me Stav.

Do you know
the myth of
the Minotaur?

Of course, um,
half man half bull...

Banished to the labyrinth
where he lived in an endless
maze of tunnels.

The maze was so complex,
the gods created a golden ball
of twines so that

humans may find
their way out.
Hmm.

Gods, monsters and fortunes,
the Greeks certainly knew how
to spin a tale.

There's also
another legend,
not quite as well known.

About?

A key that could unlock
the door to the
Minotaur's maze.

Really?

It was supposedly cut
from white marble found
only on Crete.

With a Minotaur
carved on it.

Does this look
like marble to you?

You think this
is the key?

It's only a Legend.

But, legends do have
basis in fact.

Then who'd be sending
it to you?

And, why?

* Baby boom-boom
Let's have some fun

* Belly to belly,
Sweatin' in the sun

* Sugar, you're so sweet

* Jiggle and jiggle,
You I've got to meet

* A little look
And you'll be mine

* A little touch
And I feel fine

* A little kiss would
Be just right

* Come and play with me!

* A little walk along the beach

* A little
Holdin' hands at least

* If you want to fall in love

* Come and play with me!

* Why... you tantalize

* I love that way you
Walk that walk

* I'm mesmerized

* Honey, ooh, girl,
You're cute

* A little look
And you'll be mine *

I'm sure Claudia has
a good explanation.

I'm sure.

Well, it's only
been a--
Hour and a half.

Oh, there she is.

Am I late?

Claudia, look
at you.

When was the
last time you
slept?

Nobody sleeps in Greece.

There's too much
stuff to do.

Bars to go to,
parties to crash,
men.

Claudia I don't need
to know this.

I met the most
handsome man
in the world.

Oh my god, he
is so gorgeous.

Tall, dark,
his name is Stavy.

That's so Greek.

Where did you
find that necklace?

He gave it to
me yesterday.

Or, maybe the
day before.

SYDNEY: He?
CLAUDIA: The hunk.

Where?
Here.

Can I see it?

Does, uh, the
hunk have
a last name?

We didn't get
that far.

A man you met
in a bar,

gave a necklace
like this to you?

He said I was the
most beautiful woman
in Greece.

I see.

And, we didn't have
sex or anything.

He left too soon.

Could I borrow this,
just for a little while?

I don't know.

My friend Alex
is an expert in ancient
Greek arts.

I'd be interested
to see what he says
about it.

Fine.

Well, why don't you
go back to the hotel
with Nigel.

I'll wait for Alex.

It is what you
think it is.

You're the most
handsome man
in the world.

And, you're very
beautiful as well.

That's what Claudia
called you.

Why did you
give her this
necklace?

Couldn't risk giving
it to you myself.

You're too visible,
and so am I. It would've
been too dangerous.

So, you sent me
the picture to get
me intrigued.

Yes. We must find the maze
and the golden twine before
others do.

What others?

Who are you?

I'll be in touch.
Speak to absolutely
no one.

And, guard this stone.

Wait!

[COCKS GUN]

[GRUNTS]

Don't move.

Get off!
Get off!

SYDNEY: I missed you at
the restaurant, Alex.

[SIGHS]

My faculty meeting ran long,
Syd, I tried your cellphone.

I was working
on my tan.

Somethings
never change.

Mm, I guess not.

Long story. Um,
I need your opinion
on something.

There's only one
quarry in the world that
produces this kind of marble.

Don't tell me
it's on Crete.

SYDNEY: So?

I know all the stories
about the key to the maze,
Sydney, they're just that.

This isn't a key.

What is it?

It's a trinket.

It's old certainly, probably
2,000 BC, maybe earlier.

Where'd you get it?

The handsomest
man in the world.

Some guy names Stavy.

Stavros Vordalos?

You know him?

Everyone in Athens
knows Stavros Vordalos.

His father is one
of the richest
man in Greece.

Dimitri Vordalos, the
shipping magnet?

Among other things.

Don't get involved
with Stavros or his father,
they are feuding.

You invited me to
Athens to lecture on
ancient Greek art.

This is ancient
Greek art.

So, see you at the
minister's reception
in the park?

Reception?
The minister of culture,

I told your
secretary, what's
her name?

Claudia.

[SIGHS]

Don't tell me,
it's fancy?

Yeah.

[SNORING]

Is this okay?
It's fine.

You look
lovely.

Nothing's showing
that shouldn't be?

I'm not sure.
I mean...

Well, the dress is
designed to show as
much as it can, so...

Uh, what shouldn't
be showing?

I don't have a clue.
For all I know it could
be on backwards.

I hate this.

I can't move,
I can't breathe.

I'm afraid I'll spill
something on it and
I'm spilling out of it.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

God.

Pull your tongue
back up, you
might trip.

Hundred thousand drachmas says
the guy in the ice cream suit is
Dimitri Vordalos.

Stavros' father?

And, behind him
is my buddy from
the beach.

Sydney...

It's nice to see you
in something
other than boots.

You didn't tell me
you knew Dimitri Vordalos.

He funded the chair
I hold at the university.

Built the new library.
We all know Dimitri.

Let me introduce
you to the minister
of culture,

he's very keen to
meet the famous
Sydney Fox.

I'll get us
a drink.

I want to
talk to you.

I have nothing
to say to you.

Hey, talk about
a small world.

Yes, very. Would
you excuse me a moment.

Hey!

You stole something
from me.

Get your hands
off me.

I want it
back, Stavros.

It's not yours.

I paid a fortune
for that necklace.

The necklace doesn't
belong to you, it
belongs to Greece.

It belongs to me!

You are no more
than a petty thief.

Well father,

we have more in
common than I
ever imagined.

Throw him out,
quietly.

Don't talk to him.

Don't talk to any of these
people, they all work for
my father.

I can take care
of myself.

You can't trust
anyone.

Does that
include you?

Let's go, Stavy.

Hey, let go
of him.

Oh!

Go, I'll take
care of it.

[GRUNTS]

We got to
stop meeting
like this.

People will
start talking.

Are you all right?
I'm fine.

Did Stavros get away?
I think so.

What about Alex?

Well, after the fight
broke out, he herded
the minister away.

Alex is in on it.

Nothing in his desk.

How does a history
teacher afford some of
these pieces?

Good question.

He's acting like everything's
fine, but, I know him.
He's hiding something.

Alex has always been
a terrible actor.

Played Macbeth in
grad school,

thought he was
Olivier.

I thought he was more
like the lurch from
The Addams Family.

Hello.

My Greek's pretty
bad, how's yours?

A little bit rusty,
but, I'll give it
a go.

Um, it says...

this is the work
of a man called...

Daedalus.

Nigel...

Daedalus is the architect
that designed
the Minotaur's maze.

You think these
are his...
Blueprints.

We can find
the entrance.

This will open
the door.

You always were
a dreamer, Sydney,

and far too
curious for your
own good.

I'm not dreaming
am I, Alex?

The maze
exists.

Dimitri hired you
to find it, didn't he?

Don't get involved
in this, Sydney.

Why are you involved, Alex?

You don't understand.

No, I don't, why don't you tell
me what happened so I make sure
the same doesn't happen to me.

Everyone works
for Dimitri.

He's like a god on
Olympus, he controls
things on Earth.

So you sold
your soul?

So you could buy
all these things

that you're supposed to be
spending your life protecting.

You always saw
things other
people couldn't.

Or wouldn't.

Maybe that's why I
invited you to Athens
to teach me.

I knew you'd probably
tell me something I
couldn't tell myself.

Why don't you put
that thing away.

My god, Sydney.

What am I doing?

Stop it.

Stop it, the two of you.

He had a gun.

Which he was about
to give to me before
you barged in.

Now, what're you doing
here, don't tell me you
just stopping by.

I followed you
to make sure
you were safe.

He works for
my father.

You live off him.

My father is paying
the professor to
find the maze.

If he finds the
maze, he'll loot it.

I stole the key
and brought it
to you, because,

I couldn't stand the idea
of someone destroying something
so precious...

For money.

So, that's what
this was all about.

Why didn't you tell
me this before?

We didn't exactly get a
chance to discuss it
until now.

I felt the same way
about what Dimitri
was doing,

that's why I haven't
told him about the
Daedalus plans.

He doesn't know
you have these?
No!

A colleague of mine
got it from a farmer who
found it buried in a cave.

My father would kill
you if he knew you had
those and hadn't told him.

Well, we aren't
gonna tell him.

Are we?

What kind of a man
of you think I am?

I have no idea.

What kind of
a man are you?

Let's get to work.

All of us.

This must be the
Minotaur's lair.

I still can't get over
how many
tunnels there are.

Makes the Paris subway
system look like a walk in
the park, doesn't it?

Someone could
get lost down there
forever.

Many did.

This is king Minos of
Crete, he banished the
Minotaur to the maze.

The maze could
be anywhere.

Myth says, King Minos
built the maze on Crete.

True, but,
Daedalus never
left Athens.

As a boy he had
nightmares about
drowning. So...

A boat trip to Crete
would've been out
of the question.

Uh, that narrows
down the field.

Sort of...

Can anyone translate this?

"As in the light above
so in the darkness below".

Darkness below?
He must be talking
about the maze.

Lovely, but, why won't
he tell us where he
built it?

I've seen these
words before.

You have?

It's ancient Greek.

It hasn't been
used in over
3,000 years.

Where did you see
the words?

I can't remember.

Sorry.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Damn, it's right there
sitting on the edge of
my brain.

Well, maybe if you
don't push so much
it'll come to you.

Maybe Alex will
come up with
something.

Are we going
back to the hotel?
Yeah.

Oh, there's
a cab.

[WHISTLES]

Wait here.

Claudia?

Must've been
a wild night.

There you are. I've
been looking all over
Athens for you.

I saw him first,
basic rules
of dating.

We're not dating
Claudia, we're
working.

In that dress?

At six o'clock in
the morning?

The park.

That's where
I saw those words.

The park where
we were yesterday.

We need to borrow your
cab, Claudia.

Fine, but I'm
coming with you.

We need to make
one stop
along the way.

At a place that sells
fishing gear.

I grew up not
far from here.

When I was a boy
my nannies brought me here
nearly everyday.

I pretended this was
Mount Olympus and I
was a god.

You are.

STAVROS: Look.

Look. It's just
as I remembered.

What was
this place, Stavros?

It was a temple
dedicated to
Prometheus.

Then why is King
Minos' head sitting
on top of that arch?

King who?

Minos. He was the
King of Crete.

His wife Pasiphae was cursed
by Poseidon and fell in love
with a bull.

Isn't that against
the law?

Sydney, what're
you doing?

I'm going up to
take a look around.

God, what
a showoff.

The necklace fits.

Lovely, but
now what?

Hey!

Sydney, there's a
door down here.

My god, Sydney,
you've done it.

Unbelievable.

It's totally cold
down here.

And dark.

Do you have a light?
No.

So, uh...

Where do you
think this tunnel
leads?

Only one way
to find out.

Daedalus's book got
us in here, hopefully our
fishing line will get us out.

Hopefully?
Ooh, what exactly do you
think she meant by hopefully?

Here you go
Nigel.

Ready, I suppose.

Who drew
these things?

The Minotaur.

And the Minotaur
would be...

A creature that was
half man and half bull.

Half bull?

Looks like a site
of a massacre.

Or, a dinner party.

I don't understand

The Minotaur ate
people that got
lost in the maze.

What is it?

These aren't
human bones.

What are they?

Primate of some kind
but definitely not human.

Are you saying the
Minotaur ate monkeys?

No, I'm saying like
I feel like it's staged.

Like these things
were planted here.

To scare people.

World's first
haunted house.

[SCREAMS]

Oh, my god.

Well, that's human.

It's disgusting.

Sydney look,
it's a door.

And, how do we open it?
There's got to be a lever
or something.

Two in a row. That's
what I love about the Greeks,
they're so consistent.

[RUMBLING]

SYDNEY: Some kind
of communal
gathering place.

There's more than
one Minotaur?

Look at the walls.

What is this?

They weren't
Minotaur at all.

Or monsters.

They were just
physically deformed
in some way.

They must've established
a society where they lived
amongst each other

without fear of judgment
from the outside world.

The ancient Greeks did
worship physical beauty.

So they were outcasts.

CLAUDIA: Because
of the way they
looked?

That's so mean.
God!

NIGEL:
Sydney, look
at this.

It's a broken
pot on a pedestal.

The golden twine.

It exists as well.

Your father is
going to quite
pleased, Stavros.

You've led us
right to the
twine.

He's not gonna
get any of this.

Your father gets
anything he wants.

You should
know that.

What're you gonna
do, shoot me?

Of course not,
Stavy...

You're family,
but, the others...

What is he doing?

Nothing...

yet.

Get the twine.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

Let's get out of here.

Come on.

Hurry up, come on, come on.

Come on!

That should keep
them for a while.

Let's go.

Don't lose sight
of the fishing line.

They left us
here to die.

Now what?

Maybe we won't
be alone.

[SCRAPING AGAINST ROCK]

Do you hear that?

What is that?

Hooves, it
sounds like
hooves.

[SHUSHES]

NIGEL: That's the end
of our fishing line.

Those guys back
there must've been
rewinding it.

We're like lost,
aren't we?

No, we just can't figure
our way out.

But, we'll figure it
out right?

I mean, that's what you do,
isn't it? You find your way into
places like this

and then you get out?

We've got about a half
hour's light left.

Let's get moving while
we can still see where
we're going.

What happens once the
torches go out.

So, which way?

Who knows.

No one knows,
that's who.

Someone said people who get
lost down here get eaten,
who said that?

That's part of
the myth, Claudia.
It didn't really happen.

How do you know?

The myth also said
that the twine would help people
find their way out of the maze.

If it was tied to something at
the entrance like our fishing
line, the twine by itself

is useless.

I wonder.

Sydney, you don't
actually think that
it's going to--

Move?

Yeah, right,
duh.

CLAUDIA: It's moving.
It's not moving,
it's rolling.

We must be on
a slight incline.

Well, who cares if it's
moving or rolling. It's
going somewhere.

You feel that?

It's a breeze.
Fresh air!

It's the light at the
end of the tunnel
You are amazing.

Finding the maze might
have been the easiest part.
Now we've got to protect it.

DIMITRI: Not to
worry professor Fox.

I will make sure the
maze gets the best care
that money can buy.

Is that all you care about,
Father, making more money?

This is nothing
to do with money.

I have more money
than I will ever need.

Then what's
it about?

It's about power.

Of course, you
would understand
professor.

It is about
being the best.

The world will soon know
that Dimitri Vordalos found
the maze of the Minotaur.

Oh. Will you tell
the world about the
golden twine also?

Ah! To the victor
go the spoils,
Stavros.

When I was a boy
I looked up to you,

I wanted to be
just like you.

[SPITS]

[SIGHS]

Finally.

[GASPS]

What kind of
trick is this?

What happened to
the twine?

It's gone.
What are you
talking about?

The gods created the
twine to guide those of good
heart and true spirit.

Like the people
that lived in the maze.

But, for people
like you, it's useless.

You'll always be lost.

This is your
fault.

This is about
no one but you,
Father.

And, what
you've become.

I used to hate you,
but, now I just feel
sorry for you.

He won't be a problem.
It's over.

This is over.

But, that thing
between you and
your father.

Yes, I know, Sydney,
that's just beginning.

It's a start.

It's a shame we
lost the golden
twine.

It was a
magnificent find.

NIGEL: I guess we
should go.

SYDNEY:
You're right, Nigel,
it was a great find.

Maybe some things
just aren't meant
to be in a museum.

I haven't heard a word
from Stavy, I mean, he
said he'd call.

Then I'm sure
he will.

He was gonna take
me to this island with
this amazing caves.

I mean, people live there
for weeks with no clothes,
no phones, nothing.

God, why would
anyone want to
do that?

A week without
clothes with
Stavy.

Total no brainer,
Nigel.

Speak of the devil.

CLAUDIA: He's here.

With another...

Oh.
God.

Claudia, guys like Stavros
are like crash diets...

they're so full of hope
and promise but, in the end
they never work.

What would you
know about diets?

I was just
using it as
an example.

You don't understand
Sydney, I like...

dug Stavros.

I mean this wasn't some
bimbo infatuation on
a totally gorgeous hunk.

Of course not.

He meant something
to me.

Something important.

You didn't really
know him, Claudia.

I knew Stavros.

In my heart.

We were like
soul mates.

The real question is whether
you even need a man
like Stavros in your life.

You're kidding, right?

No.

Stavros was a god.

I will never
find someone
like him again.

Gods make lousy
boyfriends.

Oh, my god.

Well, my tan's
starting to fade.

Time to hit
the beach again.

Ciao!

Hi.

Another crash diet?

Let's hope she
doesn't starve.

A Greek Tragedy,
please.
Yes, ma'am.

Seems appropriate
somehow.

Make that two.
Yeah, okay.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]