Relic Hunter (1999–2002): Season 2, Episode 3 - Last of the Mochicas - full transcript

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHANTING]

[SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[WIND BLOWS]

May the great warrior's spirit
forever protect the doomed.

NIGEL: I definitely need
to do some more
upper body work at the gym.

Are you on
the ground yet?

Almost there.
Keep going.

Okay.

NIGEL: Good.

Can you see it?



Not yet.

NIGEL: What's that?

Some kind of
ceremonial symbol.

There's an inscription, too.

NIGEL: What's it say?

"May the great warrior's spirit
forever protect the doomed."

There's a painting
of a bat below it.

NIGEL: The bat, known
as the decapitator
in Mochican lore.

[STRUGGLES]

Got it!

NIGEL: Great!

Take me up.
NIGEL: Right.

[ROPE SLIPS]

[NERVOUSLY] Nigel,
what are you
trying to kill me?



[GRUNTS]

Hi, Syd.

Strom, I thought you
died in Angkor Wat.

Yeah, so did I.

I'll take that.

Come on, Syd.

I've got a collector
in Hong Kong, willing to pay
a small fortune for it.

And what are you
going to do with it?

You're gonna stick it
in a museum.
Give it to me.

Easy.

Put it down.

Down.

And back away.

[GUN SHOT]

[GROANS]

SYDNEY: Go!

MAN: Strom,
let me get them.

SYDNEY: Hurry, Nigel,
we're almost there.

[GROANS]

I got it!
SYDNEY: Oh!

[BOTH PANTING]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[GUN SHOTS]

We missed.

It's up to you.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

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's she going to sit?

[GROANS]

You're welcome.

Why is she in such a hurry?
The plane isn't even here.

I don't know, but you can
be sure that Strom will be
coming after us.

Why don't you find out
where that plane is?
I'll check in with Claudia.

Right.

Open navigator.

[PHONE RINGING]

Answer telephone.

Hello?

COMPUTER: Internet site,
www.find-your-soulmate.

[PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

Skip it!

COMPUTER: File,
"skip-it," not found.

[SCUFFS]
Ancient studies.

Claudia, it's Syd.

Hey, Syd.
Got the relic?

Yeah. Book us a flight
out of Lima back home.

Yeah, I'll try to get
a non-stop.

COMPUTER: Stop call.

What?
Nothing.

[PHONE DISCONNECTS]

[GRUNTS] No!

Hello?

Hello?

I'm starving.

It was either this,
or a bag of pork rinds.

Well, at least you know
what's in the pork rinds.

What's the story
with the flight to Lima?

Um, due in any second.

Same guy who cooks these
books the flights.

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

Doesn't sound very good.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Hope it's not our plane.

It's the only plane.

It's not
gonna hold up.

I'm the one who makes
those decisions.

You're putting us at risk
every time we take
this crate in the air.

That bodes well.

Afternoon.

Thank you.

I'm captain Clark.

I take it you're all
headed for Lima?

What's wrong
With the plane?

Well, the starboard engine's
not quite developing
full power yet.

How long
will it take
to fix?

Oh, a few hours,
maybe a day.

That is out
of the question.

Well, we can take off now
and make the repairs in Lima,

except we won't climb
as fast or fly as high.

Is that dangerous?

Well, when you fly
with a compromised
plane, yeah, there's a risk.

I say we take our chances.

We've got to get
out of here.
Well, sure, but...

Strom.

You wanna
take a vote?
Yeah.

And... I'd like
to stuff the ballot box.

Flight seven departing
for Lima, now boarding.

All passengers please
proceed to the aircraft.
Need some help?

On the ring
with the animals,

it's got to be the bat.

I wonder what these
dog patterns signify.

You sure you want
to open that?

Sydney, do you really believe
that I will release

the spirit of an ancient
Mochican warrior?

Well, I don't know, Nigel,
but if he is in there

he's been locked up
for 13,00 years.

I'd be pretty pissed off.

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

No, thanks.

[HESITATES] As close
as we were, and...

We were close.

I'm not sure I caught
your name. Nigel Bailey.

Uh, Kate.
Thanks again
for the lift.

Sure. Kate, um...

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. What do you do?

We're teachers.
History. You?

Missionary work.

You know, this area
we're flying over
is fascinating, actually.

The people are descendants
of the Mochicans.

A pre-incan society that
has inhabited this region

since the third century BC.

Hans Lubeck, anthropologist.

And what about you?

What brings you
to this part
of the world?

That would be
your cue to respond.

If I tell you, do you promise
to shut the hell up for
the rest of the flight?

All you had to do was...
Plastics.

...ask.

[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

I've just seen something.

PILOT: Number two
won't take this kind of RPM.

Stay out of my face,
all right?

[SLAMS THE DOOR]

[PLANE ARRIVING]

[GUN COCKS]

[GUN FIRING]

[ENGINE STOPS]

[ANXIOUSLY] We're
losing altitude!

[ENGINE SPLUTTERING]

[COUGHING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[PLANE CRASHES]

[ALL COUGHING]

Come on!

I'm gonna check
on the others.

You stay with them.

PILOT: My co-pilot's dead.

Everyone else
get out okay?

Everyone but the old guy
with the glasses.

Okay, you
get yourself out.
I'll find him.

[GROANING]

There he is.

[COUGHING]

[GROANS] Slowly. My leg.

All right.
No, no, please please.
My... My valise.

PILOT: Alright,
I'll get it.

Here, get down,
I'll pass him to you.
Yeah.

All right, easy, easy.
All right, you got him?

Yeah.
There you go.

I got him,
I've got him.

[COUGHING CONTINUES]

[GROANS]

Nigel, the vessel.

All right, listen up.

I tried a mayday,
but the radios were
knocked out in the crash.

What about
the emergency locator?

Won't be any help.
Broke last month.

We [HESITATES] didn't
get around to having it fixed.

[PHONE BEEPING]

No signal. I must be
out of the footprint.

We should have
never taken off
in that plane.

Well, the engine isn't
what brought us down.

Okay, we give.

Machine gun fire.

Machine gun fire?
From whom?

We were flying through
a war zone.

The rebel troops
had tried to kill the Mochicas
to gain territory.

Well, why would they
be shooting at us?

We're clearly
not part of the war.

Well, maybe they know
something about someone
in this group that I don't.

You can all just
stick around and find out,
all right? Not me.

[DRUMS BEATING AFAR]

War drums.

Headhunters.

Come on, in this day
and age? Please.

It's possible.

Can you tell
what they're saying?

I'm afraid not.

Well, in that case,

we'll head northwest
towards Valverde,
away from the drums.

We travel light.

Leave the luggage.

[COUGHING]

SYDNEY: Nigel,
help the professor.

I'm going to take
another look
in the cockpit.

No, no, no.

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

[PHONE RINGS]

Ancient studies.

Yeah, I booked
two seats on that flight.

[CHUCKLES]

Why would I want
to re-schedule?

They missed their flight?

[PHONE DIALING]

OPERATOR:
The satellite phone
you're trying to reach

is not responding,
or is outside
the coverage area.

NIGEL: But still, I mean,
you must agree head
hunting is barbaric.

No, no, no, you mustn't be
so quick to judge them.

Like lions in the wild,
they wouldn't hurt anyone
unless provoked.

The rebel troops
are trying
to exterminate them.

So to save themselves,
they've reverted
to their savage ways.

[GROANS]
Are you all right?

[PANTING]

I don't... I don't
think I can keep up.

Captain.

What's the matter?

Hold up a second.

The old man
is slowing us down.

Yeah.

We should leave
him behind.
No way.

Bet you'd leave
your own mother behind
to save your ass.

It wouldn't hurt
to rest up.

Thank you.

You all right?
Yeah.

What a collection.

The question is,
can we trust any of them?

Well, Kate, the "missionary,"
has a gun in her bag.

I wonder what
Mr. Personality's
got in his.

Yeah.

There's also
the possibility

that the captain
killed his co-pilot.

NIGEL: You're joking.

SYDNEY: There
was minimal damage
to the cockpit

and there was the co-pilot,
slumped over in his chair.

They were arguing,
the moment the plane arrived.

The old man
seems nice.

Yeah. That's probably why
we should trust him the least.

SYDNEY: Looks like some
kind of old mining camp.

Okay, look for anything we
can use to get out of here.

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAR ENGINE STARTING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

I can guess what might
have happened to the head.

It's the same pattern we
saw in the Mochican cave.

CAPTAIN: What
are you doing?
Get out of there!

[DOOR OPENS]

I told you,
it's dead!

If it would've started,
you would've been
halfway to Lima

and left us to die.

[GROANS]

You're dead anyway,
if you ever touch me again.

Are you two crazy?

Haven't we got
enough problems?
We need to stick together!

Now, how do we make
this truck work?

There's still fuel
in the tank.

Look, I can
get the toolkit
from the plane,

I scavenge a battery,
maybe some belts, who knows?

It's worth a shot.

Back to the plane?

That'll take hours.

Lubeck, is not gonna
make it much further.

All right, fine.
I'll head back.

I'll go with you.

Why don't you two
see if there's
anything else

that might help us?
Food, water, weapons.

[FOOTSTEP]

SYDNEY: [WHISPERS] Hide.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[SCORPION STRIDULATING]

[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]

[DRUMS BEATING AFAR]

They're getting closer.

This is crazy just
sitting here like this.

I didn't kill him,
if that's what
you're thinking.

You didn't seem
to have a very
symbiotic relationship.

[CHUCKLES] He
was a crappy pilot,

but I don't
kill my crew.

Makes recruiting new ones
a lot more complicated.

Look, I got the battery out.
We've got work to do.

Stashing a valuable
antiquity in there?

Sydney Fox, has been
in the papers before.

Why does a missionary
carry a gun in her bag?

It's a dangerous
world, Nigel.

But then you know
that, don't you?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Rebel assault squad.

It's coming
from over there.

What are you doing?

Getting out of here.

I can't find anyone
to talk to in Lima.

It's not
a scheduled airline.

The only thing I've been
able to confirm, is that
the plane took off.

Well, you're
the state department.

You have to know something.

I will get excited,
if I want to.

[DISCONNECTS CALL]

Where'd you
learn to do that?

Another crash.

You've had some
luck with planes.

Well, it happens when
you run drugs for
the Columbian cartel.

Peace Corps.

'92 to '96.

When there's no money,
you learn to make do
with what you have.

Okay, let's
load her up.
All right.

Nigel!

Nigel!

MAN: Keep moving.
Stop slowing down.

NIGEL: We're trying,
but he's hurt.

[LUBECK GROANS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[GROANS]

Please, this man needs
medical attention.

Where is this man?

He was with you, no?

He ran off
before you got us.

We have no idea
where he went.

SYDNEY: Clark?

What are you doing?

I need a nail file,

to clean the spark plugs.

Next time, ask.

Thanks.

[SIGHS]

I found fresh
boot prints, military,

leading to the dirt road.

Now, wherever they
took them, they're not going
to keep them alive for long.

Is this thing
gonna start?

Well, I'm a pilot,
not a mechanic,

but I'll know
in a few minutes.

MAN: Well?

Tobar ran off before
we could find him.

He's nowhere
to be found.

He was on that plane

and he's still alive.

And once again,
you've lost him.

Lock up the prisoners!

Find, Tobar.

[SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

[MAN SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

All right,
let's try it again.

Okay, come on,
baby, come on.

[ENGINE CRANKING]

[EXCLAIMS IN FRUSTRATION]

I need something
to prime the carburetor.

[SIGHS]

90% alcohol,

A hundred bucks an ounce.

Okay, let's try again.

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

Yes! [LAUGHS]

Let's go.

SYDNEY: Let's go
find the others.

LUBECK: My work. Please.

MAN: Burn it.

LUBECK: No.

My book will
never be published.

It would have
told the world,

how these rebels
are using their weapons
to exterminate a tribe.

You can thank,
Tobar, for that.

He provided them
with the weapons.

His mistake was
ripping them off.

He took their money
for a shipment that
was never delivered.

How do you know that?

I've been tracking
him for weeks.

That doesn't sound
like missionary work.

Who are you?

Interpol.

SYDNEY: Stop.
Tobar's bag.

[WHISTLES] Well,
I guess that explains

why he was so anxious
to get out of here.

Well, that should make up
for your years
in the Peace Corps.

Well, better us
than the rebels.

Us?
Yeah.

[DRUMS BEATING]

What's that?

[FLIES BUZZING]

Hence the term,
"Headhunters."

Hope the others haven't
met the same fate.

Let's find out.

We'd better go on
foot from here.

We've received our
orders to move out.

Execute the prisoners.

[SIGHS]

[MEN SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Ammunitions tent.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS SPANISH]

[GRUNTS]

All right, let's go.

[GROANS]

Stop.

Turn around.

[GUN COCKS]

[MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

Kill them.

[GROANS]

Get in the truck.

[SIGHS IN RELIEF]

Get the other side.
[GROANS]

My valise.

[DOUBLE CLUTCHING]

I can't get
this thing started.

I can hot-wire it.

[ANXIOUSLY]
Come on, come on.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Come on. Got it.
[ENGINE STARTS]

No!

[GROANS]

[MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

NIGEL: Shoot the tires!

[GUN FIRING]

SYDNEY: How's Lubeck?

NIGEL: He's gone.

You all right?

I thought I was dead.

What now?

SYDNEY: Do what
we came to do.

Where'd you
hide the vessel?

I left it at
the mining camp.

Hey, Nigel.
Hi.

Do me a favor
and pass me the bag.

Let me guess,
you work with Jacob Strom.

Been partners for years.

Smuggling antiquities.

Uh-huh.

Going to miss
that old plane.

But with the money we
found in Tobar's bag

and what the collector
will give us for this vessel,

it's all good.

On your knees.

Let's go.

On your knees, now!

[GROANS]

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

Nigel, open it.
What?

What have we
got to lose?

"May the great warrior
forever protect the doomed."

We're doomed.

The Mochican symbol to death...

Symbol on the third ring.

I have no idea about the,
the middle ring.

Take a guess.
A guess?

An educated one.

[SCREAMING]

The legend was right.

The spirit did come back
to protect the doomed.

Now, it's back
where it belongs.

On the subject
of where one belongs...

[TRIBAL YELLS]
Yeah.

[ENGINE REVS]

KATE: What was
that all about?

SYDNEY: We'll explain later.

Morning, Nigel.
How was your weekend?

Okay.

What's wrong?

Nothing, really.

You should be up, excited.

The Mochica vessel's
safe in the museum.

You and Sydney
are heroes in Peru.

Yeah. Any messages for me?

You expecting a call?

[DOOR OPENS]

Oh, hey, morning, Nigel.

Um, we need that fax
from the publisher.
Did it come in?

Right here.
Oh, thanks.

Who's she in with?

You know, Nigel,

Sydney doesn't have to clear
all her meetings with you.

Do I antagonize
all women?

A woman's got you down.

You meet someone,

you really hit it off.

She says, "call me,"
so you call.

She doesn't
return your calls,

not one of them.

No response, nothing.

Hi.

[WHISPERING] Why
didn't you tell me who
she was in there with?

I just like
to see you suffer.

Nigel, Kate has got a great
connection with a publisher
in New York.

Professor Lubeck's book
is finally going
to be published!

We just got confirmation
that the proceeds

will go to a foundation
in aid of the Mochicas.

Isn't that great?

Claudia?

I think we should go
to that meeting now.

What meeting?
We don't have a meeting.

You know, that meeting,
with that guy,

at that place,
about that thing?

Oh, that meeting. Bye.

Nice to see you, Kate.

Yeah, see you later, Syd.

You didn't return my calls.

I wanted to surprise you.

Surprised.

I wanted to see, if we
could make a fresh start.

No lies,

no false identities,

no deception.

You mean start again,
from the beginning again?

Exactly. And if I
remember correctly,

I was sitting
on your lap.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]