Relic Hunter (1999–2002): Season 2, Episode 12 - M.I.A. - full transcript

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

Happy Easter, my love.

Oh, Alexander.

Oh, it's the most beautiful
thing I've ever seen.

Handcrafted by
Carl Faberge,

a prize befitting a
beautiful Czarina.

And only her Czar could know
what truly fulfills her heart.

[SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE]

KATE: Okay, you're
wired.

You can come back
in, Simon.



We really appreciate this.

Dealers that fence stolen
artifacts are on
my enemy list too.

Still, Interpol
is grateful, Syd.

We really needed someone with
your rep' as a relic hunter
to pull off this sting.

Okay, when you get upstairs,

if you sense trouble like he
senses he's being set up...
I know. Get out.

Syd.
Yeah?

The bait.

Oh, right. Right.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

Okay, man in an overcoat,
blue sedan...

I assume they're yours.

What are
you doing here?

[GROANS]



[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

I don't like this.

[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

Shit!

What took you so long?
I got here as quickly
as I could.

I have you tell you, Claudia,
you made very little
sense on the phone.

Now, what exactly did Kate say?

Something went wrong.

They never busted
the guy and Syd disappeared.

What do you mean she
disappeared?

I don't know,
Kate wasn't very specific
on the phone.

She said she'd fill us
in when she got here.

Kate's coming here?

Yeah, to debrief
us or something.

Why'd Syd have to get
involved with Interpol?

I mean, isn't relic
hunting dangerous enough?

You don't usually
drink coffee at night.

Well, these are very
unusual circumstances.

Kate.

Hello, Nigel.

CLAUDIA: Any news?

No.

KATE: You haven't
heard from her?

No.

I was very uneasy
about Sydney getting involved

with your sting operation.
What's happened to
Sydney

had nothing to do
with the sting.

And it wasn't a robbery.

How do you know that?

The Faberge egg we
were using as bait

was left behind on
the sidewalk.

Well, then what do
you think happened?

We're focusing on
Syd's last words.

She was wearing a wire.

SYDNEY: Okay, man in
an overcoat, blue sedan.
I assume they're yours.

What are you doing here?

It sounds like she ran
into someone she knew.

So while the police
investigate in New York,

I'm proceeding on the notion
that Syd was confronted
by an old enemy.

That's why I'm here.

I'm hoping you two can
help me uncover a suspect.

Can we use that?

Yeah, sure.

You said uncover
a suspect.

How is this going
to work?

Start thinking of names,

anyone who might hold
a grudge against Sydney.

Where to start? [LAUGHS]

Um, where to start?

Well, it's not that
she's a bad person,

but doing what Sydney does
she did get a lot of enemies.

Well, fortunately, most
of them are in jail.

Yeah.
But she was always competing
against other relic hunters.

I mean, do they count?
Absolutely.

Okay, what about, um, ...

What about the vulture?
Nadia Napoca in Budapest.
She vowed to get revenge.

Or Derek Lloyd.
And he kidnapped Nigel.

Maybe he and the CIA are
up to something again.

All right, we have
somewhere to start.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

Check out the rest of them
and get back to me, ASAP.

Nadia Napoca is securely
behind bars in Bucharest.

And Edward Patel
is dead.

Okay.

Tell me everything you can
about the others.

NIGEL: All right,
Mischa Rogoff.

We first ran into him
in a Paris flea market.

Sydney, catch!

Whoa! Nigel, catch!

[GROANING]

Whoa!

[GROANING]

Oh, brilliant [LAUGHS]

[GRUNTING]

Really brilliant.

And now, let's see if you
can stop a speeding bullet.

Ready?

[MISCHA LAUGHS]

KATE: I never realized
a college professor's life
was so dangerous.

That was just
the beginning with Mischa.

We confronted him
again at his chateau.

[MISCHA LAUGHS]
[SIGHS]

I knew I could count on you
to be on time for something.

[LAUGHS]

Click.

Five, four...

three...

two...

Ah, not bad.

Not the best, but not bad.

Let them go, Mischa.
You win.

You've got the wine.
That's more than enough
to cover my loan.

Well, I wish I could,
but I can't possibly now.

You have seen too much.

Not really.

It may seem
that way on the surface

but really, we're
not that observant.

Oh, really?

The security cams

show you found
my private room
behind the closet.

Dispose of them, quietly.

And now, if you'll excuse me,

I have less than an hour
to go to a very
exclusive wine auction.

I'd be a fool to miss it.
[LAUGHS]

Well, we wouldn't want
you to be that.

Funny, very funny.
[LAUGHS BOISTEROUSLY]

Ow, ow. Ow, my ankle.

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[YELLS]

[GROANS]

What are we going
to do with them?

Leave them for the cops.
We've got an auction to attend.

Well, they're not going to
let us in looking like this.

KATE: So what happened
to Mischa?

We got Marie Antoinette's
diamonds and he
got away scot-free.

My guess is that he's
still somewhere in Europe.

Or seeking revenge on Sydney
for making a fool of him.

Interpol's running a
trace. We'll find him.

Tell me about Sean Dryer.

NIGEL: Well, we ran
into him in Madagascar.

NIGEL: A rival
relic hunter.
Ruthless.

He was going to shoot
Sydney in cold blood.

One...

Two...

And three little Indians.

And...

Come on, come on.
Where are you?

You looking for me?

[GRUNTS]
[GUN FIRES]

Yeah, I'm looking for you.

Why are you stalking us?

Why do you think, lady?

Because I'm going to
kill you and your friends

before you get to that Lono
statue and I'm going
to get rich.

[SCREAMS]

[THUDDING]

KATE: So, he's dead.

Oh no, not this guy.

Get up!

You, out of my way.
I've got a plane to catch.

Let him go.

I'll tell you what.
You step aside

and I'll forget
our past differences
and you'll both live.

Unfortunately,
I'm not the
forgiving type.

I like him...
As a suspect.

Sean Dryer stays at
the top of the list.

Kate. Kate, I don't
know if you can hear me.

I'm in some sort of
abandoned warehouse.

I don't know where.

KATE: I don't know
what's taking them
so long to get back.

I want to eliminate some
of these names.

Kate?

Yeah?

There's something Syd made
me promise never to tell.

But, uh, under the
circumstances...

KATE: Yes?

She had a stalker.

What?
Francois Jordan.

What are you talking about?
Well, at first, it
was just phone calls

that Sydney wouldn't take
and then there were e-mails.

It started getting more
and more threatening.

I mean, he just
didn't get it.
She was over him.

What was the
relationship like?

Volatile.

CLAUDIA: And passionate.

[ROMANTIC INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING]

Of course.

Hello.
You are Nigel.

Yes.
I am Francois.

The Francois.

Oh.

Did she ever tell
you how we met?

Uh, she didn't, actually,
and I'm sure
it's a fascinating story...

It was in the
Peruvian jungle.

We were after an
Inca sceptre.

We both reached the
temple at the same time

when I was bitten by
a Peruvian pit viper.

She cut me with her knife
and sucked the poison out

just like that.

It was so romantic.

But the problem is
she is so strong-willed.

I bet she orders you around
like you are her
stable boy, hmm?

Well, not exactly
a stable boy.

You just have you put your
foot down once in a while.

Let her know
you are a man.
She'll respond.

She'll respect you after that.
Believe me, I know.

I see.
SYDNEY: Nigel.

Nigel!

Coming.

We almost didn't
make it, Sydney.

We could've died.

It was awesome.
The best.

So close to death.

Just like old times.

Sri Lanka.

Sao Paolo.

Panama.
New jersey.

Your sister's house
on thanksgiving.

So much risk.

Danger.

Excitement.

Romance.

We shouldn't be doing this.

Absolutely not.

[MOANS]

It'll only lead to
disappointment.

Trouble.

Heartache.

We can resist.

We just have to
be strong.

Firm.
Like a rock.

What's wrong?
What do you have
in there?

What is this?

Sydney, I can explain.

Never mind. I understand
perfectly.

KATE: Were the police informed
that Francois was stalking her?

I wanted her
to call them, but,

Syd said she could
take care of herself.

[SIGHS]

NIGEL: That's our Syd.

You know, there's someone
we've overlooked,

Elizabeth Rukeyser.

Spell it.

R-U-K-E-Y-S-E-R.

Her day job, she was curator
of the Crawford Institute
in New York.

But she moonlighted as
high priestess
in an Egyptian cult,

performing sacrifices at a
temple in her basement.

You're serious?

Afraid so. I was there.

Let's find her.

Don't waste your time.

NIGEL: She's...

...disappeared.

[CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Stop! Don't do that.

Out! I told you,
you couldn't stay.

You can't destroy
that statue.

Why not?

Because Mafdet doesn't
want it destroyed.

She wants her image
and spirit to remain for people
to see and admire

I serve Pharaoh,
not Mafdet.

Exactly. You want it destroyed
for your own selfish gain

so you can have
power with the Pharaoh.

You don't need to do this.

You are correct. I want
to do it and I will.

Pharaoh has his loyal servants.

Mafdet has none.

She has me.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[ELIZABETH GRUNTS]

[SYDNEY GROANS]

[GROANING]

Yeah.

[SONIC BOOM]

SYDNEY: Nigel, she's vanished.

People don't just
disappear, Nigel.

I would've agreed
with you two years ago,

before I started
working for Sydney.

I'm going to go
check the archives.

Maybe there's someone
we've forgotten.

Kate...

Hmm.

I've missed you.

[SCOFFS]

Then why didn't you call me?

I don't know.

I guess our relationship...

if you can call it that,
which I...

I don't...

it's never been...

What?

Well, normal.
I mean, look at
the way we met.

My jeep has a flat.

I've got to get
to the airport.

That's where we're
headed, but...
Please.

Well, as you can see,
we don't have any space.

Get in.

Where is she going to sit?
[GROANS]

I think I'm going to find
something to drink.
Do you want anything?

No, thanks.

As close as we
were and, uh...

We were close.

I'm not sure I
caught your name.

Nigel Bailey.

Uh, Kate. Thanks again
for the lift.

Sure. Kate...

Smith.

Okay.

I hope it...
It wasn't awkward
for you and...

Oh, Sydney? Oh, no, no,
we, we, we just
work together.

Nothing like that.

Oh. Well, what do
you do?

We're teachers,
history. You?

Missionary work.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Why does a missionary
carry a gun in her bag?

It's a dangerous world,
Nigel.

But then you know
that, don't you?

KATE: What about you
and Sydney?

What about me
and Sydney?

Well, you...

Oh, no, no, no, there's nothing
romantic going on
between me and Sydney,

No, heavens, no. No.

Well, maybe the odd
misjudged moment...

Clumsy fumble but
no, no, nothing...

Nothing like that
at all.

Your demonstration was so
wonderfully unusual.

Was it the Maori or
the... Sanblas Indians?

Oh, it was actually a composite
of several tribal cultures

that embody similar
methods of killing.

The most important thing
at the beginning of the term

is to get the students
excited about history
and hungry for more.

Right.

[COMICAL INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

SYDNEY: Nigel, are you crazy?
Get in here.

[SNORING]

Now's our chance,
Nigel.

It is?

We don't have much time.

Right.

In front of them?

They'll sleep through anything.
We just have to be very quiet.

Right.

Are you up for it?

I, I, I think I am.

I mean, yes, I... I...
I do think I am.

[LOUD SNORING]

Nigel.
Yes?

What's wrong?

[HESITATES] I'm nervous.

Just follow my lead.

Right.

[SNORING]

SYDNEY: Get dressed,
quietly.

We're getting
out of here.

I hope she's all right.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[MAN GROANS]

[GASPS]

[GROANS]

CLAUDIA: I know you guys said
you don't want anything,

But there's an all-night
place around the corner.

I got you some food.
Thanks, Claudia.

Thanks.

So, we still have to go over
Avery Ko and Derek Lloyd.

I recognize Lloyd's
name for some reason.

And he's the only one Paris
has got back to me on so far.

They can't extract anything.

He's protected by a crypto-
secret classification.

What?
NIGEL: It means it's
higher than top secret.

I'm not surprised. The man
has multiple identities.

You can never get a
straight answer out of him.

NIGEL: Fixed, huh,
just like that?

On foot.

What?
Can't be more than
two clicks from here.

How long is a click
again?

Oh, wait a minute.

I can call for help.

You're choking me.

Take your hands off of him.

You place a call with a
cell phone, it can be traced.

You really want everyone
tracking our position?

We've wasted enough time.
Start walking.

CLAUDIA: Tell her.

Tell her what?
That Derek Lloyd kidnapped
you and brainwashed you.

He's got that Swedish
syndrome.

What's that?

She means Stockholm syndrome.
And I... He didn't brainwash me.

That's not what Sydney said.

Where's Nigel?

Who do you think you are?
Pulling a stunt like this.
Where is he?

Would you have
come on your own?
Where is Nigel?

Would you have come
on your own?

No!
Of course not. You
smell great.

Hey, Derek, look what
I got for us. Sydney.

What have you done
to him?

Are you all right?

Yes.

I thought you were
being held hostage.

Show her the pictures.

Okay.

KATE: I don't suppose you know
how to get a hold
of Derek Lloyd.

He gets hold of you. It's
not a vice versa thing.

Okay.

On to the next one then.

CLAUDIA: Avery Ko.

I don't remember him.

You would have if
you'd met him.

You can't sell this to
the highest bidder, Ko.

I believe in free enterprise.

This could kill
millions of people.

Yes, that is unfortunate.

[SONIC BOOM]

[KO SCREAMS]

Nigel.

Now we're even for Khartoum.

It's Interpol,
SI5 in Paris.

Come on, come on.

Looks like we can eliminate
some of Syd's friends.

These are all
accounted for.

So, what do we
do now?

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

Disciples of Kali,
behold the sheath.

Miss Fox,

you left the dig
at Kashmir rather abruptly.

I didn't have a chance
to say goodbye.

Yeah, well, I got
what I wanted

so I figured I'd dispense
with the pleasantries.

Well, yes, you did get what
you came for, didn't you?

[LAUGHS]

But I got it back.

How did you...

You didn't really think I'd
give up so easily, did you?

After escaping the dig and
evading the authorities,

I dedicated myself to
recovering the dagger.

Thanks to you, I knew
just where to find it.

The National museum.

There are followers
of Kali everywhere,

but especially in
New Delhi.

It wasn't difficult to
find those who would help

put the dagger back
in the proper hands.

In a few hours from now,
I shall enjoy
the ultimate revenge.

When the sun rises
and aligns itself
with constellation Raipur,

you will pay for your
meddling in my affairs...

...by being sacrificed
to Kali.

Thought you only
sacrificed virgins.

In your case, we
will make an exception.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[DOOR SHUTS]

Well, we've checked
everything. That's it.

Everyone we can think of.

Okay, let's take
a different tack.

Now, someone had to know
where Sydney was going
to be in order to get her.

Did you notice
anything unusual

or out of place in
the past week or so?

CLAUDIA: Wait a minute.

There was something that
was a little weird.

This grad student of
Sydney's,

I came in here one day

and he was in Sydney's
office by himself.

It looked like he might've
been going through her stuff.

Who was he?

Oh, some Indian guy. Um...

Mohan...

Mohandu?

Mohandas? Gujaret?

Yeah.

He's a grad student
from India.

NIGEL: He's also an expert on
thuggees and the cult of Kali.

When Syd and I got back
from India,

he documented our
experiences for his thesis.

Did you make any enemies
when you were there?

Edward Patel but, as I
mentioned, he's dead.

Mohandas documented
that as well.

And where is this
Mohandas?

I think...
he lives on campus.

I'll check the directory.

I'll check with my friend
at the museum in Kashmir.

Maybe he can confirm
that Patel isn't alive.

I'll check with
Interpol.

Yeah, Jerry? Tell me what
you've got on an Edward Patel

And track down a student
at Trinity college by the name
of Mohandas Gujaret.

Hello, Mr. Prakash?
It's Nigel Bailey.

Yes, from professor
Sydney Fox's office.

Yes. What?

KATE: Really?

[SIGHS]

Yeah, all right, okay.

Well, it's an incredible
coincidence that I called.

Absolutely, yes.
I have to run.

I'm... Yes, thank you.

Yeah, get him down
here right now.

Okay, look,
I gotta go. Bye.

The dagger that we
retrieved from Patel

has been stolen from
the museum in Kashmir.

And my guys have
Patel on file,

but no record of
his being deceased.

It's got to be him.

He's the one.

I'm having Mohandas
picked up and brought here.

This Patel,

how serious was the grudge
that he had against Sydney?

Well, he...
He did vow
to cut out our hearts.

We were lucky to escape with
our lives and the dagger.

DISCIPLES: Rah!

One half of the great icon
has been recovered.

And we rejoice for we know
who it is that has the dagger
in their possession.

An American relic hunter
and her assistant.

And they are here in
this camp.

After we complete our ceremony,
we shall seek them out.

We shall take the dagger
from them and use it to cut out
their living hearts.

DISCIPLES: Jai, Kali!

KATE: When was the last
time you saw Patel?

In the temple at Kashmir.

Like I told you, Syd and I
snuck in disguised as thuggees,

but we had no idea what
was about to happen.

How are we going to
get to the sheath?

How are we going to get out
of here with our skins intact?

You heard the man. He's going
to cut out our living hearts.

Yeah, he does have a way
with words, doesn't he?

Kali, guide our hands and favor
us with success.

Bring forth the sacrifice.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

He's going to kill her.

Who wishes the honor of
making the sacrifice?

[MEN YELLING]

You.
MAN: [THANKS IN HINDI]

No, the one who hesitates.

Flow with it,
Nigel, flow.

He who most fears to
serve Kali will benefit most.

[SCREAMING]

Remove your hood.

Let us see who among us
is afraid to serve Kali.

No... No.

Remove your hood!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Remove it now.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

It's all right, I'm
not one of them.

[MEN YELLING]

SYDNEY: Let's go. Run.

PATEL: There,
there she is. [SCREAMS]

KATE: He'd have reason
to go after her.

But the question is,
where are they?

[GRUNTS]

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

You will wear this.

It's not me.

Put it on, Miss Fox.

Why don't you put it on?
You seem to like
costumes so much.

You are not in a position
to protest much.

Dress her yourselves if
you have to.

If you cooperate,
Mohandas,

we might be able
to help you out.

But you'd better
do it soon.

Nigel's very good at
deciphering Sanskrit.

And I have a hunch
all those papers

our agents found
at your place

are going to get you in
some very big trouble.

According to this,

tomorrow is a very
special day for the cult.

The constellation Raipur

aligns with the rising sun
in the morning
in a very unique way.

Yeah, I was just reading about
that in this astrology book.

It's like some sort
of harmonic convergence.

NIGEL: Yeah, but
instead of meditating

to a bunch of crystals
in the desert.

The cult sees
these circumstances as ideal
for human sacrifice.

They're going
to sacrifice Sydney?

That's accessory
to murder, Mohandas.
Now where is she?

To reveal the secret
temple,

it would be a betrayal
of my people.

It would subject me
to a fate far worse
than any of your prisons.

[SIGHS]
It's almost sunrise.

What if they've taken
her back to India?

We're talking about tomorrow
with the time change

and the travel, they'll never
make the window.

Wait a minute, maybe they're
not taking her to India.

According to this book, the most
powerful point of convergence

is here in the northern
hemisphere,

70 degrees longitude.

That's right here on the
northeast coast of the US

NIGEL: Wait a minute.

I saw something, an
address in New York.

No.

You are signing my
death warrant.

You were going
to sign Sydney's.

There's still a couple
of hours until sunrise.

A chopper can get us
to New York in time.

Nigel,

Help me. I need to make
a phone call to the NYPD.

Where's the phone?

Nigel.

Oh, okay.

[GROANS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[WOMAN SPEAKING ON RADIO]

Everything's set up.
Good. We think Sydney's
being held in this building.

It's a long shot, but she may
still be wearing our wire.

So, Miss Fox,
allow me to set the scene.

An hour from now, this
temple will be filled

with disciples of Kali, chanting
themselves into a frenzy.

What you witnessed in Kashmir,
this was minor by comparison.

When I call for the sacrifice,

you will be brought forth
and laid prostrate
before almighty Kali,

as you are now.

Of course, by then the
drugs will have worn off

so you will be fully aware
of what is happening to you.

As the sun rises...

and your life ends.

OFFICER: Position,
position, position.

Stay close,
stay close.

I'll put it over
the speaker.

PATEL:
...and I will have
earned redemption

in the eyes of almighty Kali.

SYDNEY: You're really
a sick puppy, Patel.

That's her.
Let's go.

OFFICER: That's a go,
blue team.
OFFICER 2: Keep on position.

OFFICER:
Let's deliver this package.

[BANGING]

OFFICER: Go, go, go.

Go, see what that is.

OFFICER: Move. Let's go,
let's go, let's go, let's go.
Go, go.

Maybe the drugs wore off
quicker than you thought.

SYDNEY: Thanks.

OFFICER: Freeze!
Get down, get down.
On the floor.

SYDNEY: You're a
hopeless case, Patel.

This way.

OFFICER: Down here.
Come on.
Down here.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

How did you find me?

Uh, it's a long story.

SYDNEY: I owe you one, Kate.

I'm supposed to shake
my head and say,

"No, it's all in a day's work."

But, uh, I'm not.
I'm going to ask you a favor.

Sure. What?

Well, we've still got a little
unfinished business.
Simon?

Oh, you don't mean...
Still waiting to be fenced.

Mind if I get some bacon
and a cup of coffee
to go with that egg first?

I don't mean right now.
We'll set up another
meeting for tonight

So, yeah.
Have all the breakfast
you want.

Great, I got news for you,
Interpol's buying.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]