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00:00:12To be continued...
00:00:33Help, help, please. I'm back with you.
00:00:42Help, help, help.
00:00:50Help, but I'm not willing.
00:00:55I am not willing.
00:01:02Clay!
00:01:04Clay!
00:01:16Clay!
00:01:25Clay!
00:01:31Clay!
00:01:33Clay!
00:01:36Clay!
00:01:41Clay!
00:01:45Clay!
00:01:46Please, help me!
00:01:51Oh, no!
00:02:16Oh, no!
00:02:41She was unwilling! We have anger! Kitzakoato!
00:02:47No!
00:03:26Irving, Hector, Amy, and Steve are setting a base camp half a kilometer away.
00:03:32You sure you'd want to get a head start?
00:03:36We can always leave a trail for Bella.
00:03:39And leave the woman we're hoping is going to fund the next decade of expeditions alone to pen for herself
00:03:44in the jungle?
00:03:44I don't think so.
00:03:46I mean, anyone can follow a trail.
00:03:50You don't know these office types.
00:03:52Then why is she coming? She's just going to slow us down.
00:03:56She wants to make sure her money's being spent the way she wants it.
00:04:00The last expedition we did, the exhibit was sold out for 14 months. Money's no issue for her.
00:04:06Yeah, but that 14-month run was four years ago.
00:04:11Besides, it's always about money with those types.
00:04:13Well, I guess it's lucky for her we have a lead on that location for the temple.
00:04:19Oh, there she is.
00:04:25Be nice.
00:04:26I'm always nice.
00:04:31I'm always nice.
00:04:32Dr. Jacobs, how was your trip?
00:04:35Rough.
00:04:37I'm just not used to small boats.
00:04:41And, um, just want to take you a little...
00:04:43Oh!
00:04:45Not to worry, we've got GPS trackers, satellites, everything you need.
00:04:48Camp is about half a kilometer away, so we could move in right now.
00:04:54Um, I hope you have some bug spray.
00:04:56It's easy to get eaten alive out here at this time of year.
00:04:59Um, yeah, I did, but could I borrow yours?
00:05:02Because mine's very deep in my luggage and I don't want to rummage around for it.
00:05:07Of course.
00:05:08We don't want to ruin a fresh man.
00:05:10Um, this is Jess Mansfield, our resident foot and mouth specialist.
00:05:17She's also an expert in the region.
00:05:20What?
00:05:21I...
00:05:21I like the colors.
00:05:24Really?
00:05:27Um, okay.
00:05:28Anything else you need before we head off?
00:05:30Um, no.
00:05:31I'm good.
00:05:33All right, let's head out.
00:05:34Okay.
00:05:43A small plane, a minibus, and then that boat.
00:05:47I can't believe I made it here in one piece.
00:05:49But I thought you'd like to know that I invited Dr. Stiglitz to be a keynote speaker
00:05:56at this year's museum symposium at your behest.
00:05:59Has he responded?
00:06:00Mm-mm.
00:06:02It's just like him.
00:06:05Well, I'm sure that meant a lot to him.
00:06:07Retirement hasn't been easy for Augustine.
00:06:12Well, if he keeps declining public speaking engagements, the public will stop engaging
00:06:18with him.
00:06:18Oh, I'm sure he'll be out on the appearance circuit the next time he writes his big book.
00:06:23Yeah, when will that be?
00:06:25The last one was five years ago.
00:06:28Oh, I'd love to sit.
00:06:30Oh.
00:06:36If you ask me, Augustine hasn't been the same since his last expedition.
00:06:41That's why I informed him I intend to stand up.
00:06:45Okay.
00:06:45Thanks.
00:06:49So, what made you want to come out on this expedition, Bella?
00:06:53Dr. Jacobs?
00:06:54No, Bella.
00:06:55Bella is fine.
00:06:56It's not.
00:06:57And that's a fair question, Jess.
00:07:00I guess I was just a tiny bit jealous of Marlene and all the time she gets to spend in
00:07:06the field.
00:07:07I mean, you both know I got my PhD in museum studies from SUNY and it's just not that exciting,
00:07:15you know?
00:07:15And I just felt isolated and secluded.
00:07:21And I just wanted...
00:07:22Oh.
00:07:24I'll get you.
00:07:26Thanks, Marlene.
00:07:28I guess I just wanted to feel the dirt in my fingers, you know?
00:07:35And hold these artifacts in their natural habitat.
00:07:41And then authorize and negotiate cultural property agreements with Mexico's Ministry of Culture for temporary loans of those very same
00:07:51artifacts.
00:07:52That's when the real adventure begins.
00:07:54Yeah.
00:07:55Come on.
00:07:56Yeah.
00:07:57Then it is an adventure.
00:08:03How could I pass up the opportunity to tour long lost Aztec ruins with a private, local guy?
00:08:13I mean, that is a dream.
00:08:17What is that?
00:08:24Get behind me.
00:08:25Okay.
00:08:26Is that a...
00:08:28Jaguar?
00:08:29What?
00:08:31If it were a jaguar, we'd be dead already.
00:08:33Wait, is someone coming to meet us?
00:08:36Everyone should be back at camp.
00:08:41Everyone, take one step back.
00:08:48Oh.
00:08:50Oh, I love you.
00:08:53Oh.
00:08:53I'm fine.
00:08:56I love you.
00:08:56I love you.
00:08:56Oh, my God.
00:08:57I love you.
00:08:57I love you.
00:09:03I love you, ma.
00:09:07Yeah.
00:09:07But I just want to make me ninja of the world.
00:09:11All right.
00:09:13Well, you know what?
00:09:13Pleasure to meet you.
00:09:19Shall we head to camp?
00:09:21Yes.
00:09:23Lead the way. Let's go.
00:10:00I told them.
00:10:02They stayed with us.
00:10:04It's gonna be nightfall soon.
00:10:07Still no sign of them.
00:10:10I gave Jess our coordinates.
00:10:12They should be here soon.
00:10:13What are you doing to Marlene?
00:10:15Sure, her assistant's great, but Marlene's...
00:10:18Has the utmost faith in her choice
00:10:20of assistants?
00:10:21Oh!
00:10:23Next time, I'll stay at camp and you can fight
00:10:26off the jaguar we almost ran into.
00:10:28Doctor!
00:10:29We're just starting to get worried.
00:10:32Had to show Dr. Jacobs
00:10:33the scenic route.
00:10:36Oh, everyone.
00:10:38Yuritzi Talakalel.
00:10:39Our guide.
00:10:42With your guidance, we would treat this place
00:10:44with the utmost respect that it deserves.
00:10:46Senor Tilletail.
00:10:47Taliki.
00:10:48Talakala.
00:10:50Talakala.
00:10:53I look forward to working with you all
00:10:55and discovering my ancestral homelands
00:11:00and presenting the rich and powerful heritage
00:11:03of my people, the chosen people, in your museum.
00:11:08Many artifacts and symbols of our sophisticated culture
00:11:12are still hidden deep within the temple of Quetzalcoatl.
00:11:17Dr. Rapatz, this includes Ahikakatskotl.
00:11:22Few pieces like it ever survived the Spanish conquest,
00:11:25and none have been unearthed fully intact.
00:11:28We may have the rare opportunity to recover the first Ahikakatskotl
00:11:33in one piece for the first time in six centuries.
00:11:39How can you be so sure?
00:11:41Well, most people say the temple was destroyed,
00:11:44and those who have searched for it
00:11:47come home empty-handed, if they've come home at all.
00:11:50And why is that?
00:11:53Because a group of Quetzalcoatl cultists make human sacrifices.
00:11:58But I thought that Quetzalcoatl was against the practice
00:12:02of human sacrifice.
00:12:03True.
00:12:05But this group, if the legends are true, of course,
00:12:09believe that sacrifices would get them closer to Quetzalcoatl.
00:12:15That only the truest of true believers
00:12:17could commit such acts.
00:12:20So it will likely be a small temple,
00:12:22since it was a small cult.
00:12:23It's most likely swallowed up by the jungle for six centuries.
00:12:28We could be venturing into nothing, though.
00:12:31Nothing, but I...
00:12:32There's always a risk.
00:12:34But we mitigate that risk by having experts
00:12:36like Senor Talakelal to guide us.
00:12:39No one has seen or even touched
00:12:41a fully intact Ahikakatskotl.
00:12:44No one?
00:12:45Uh...
00:12:46No one.
00:12:46Well...
00:12:47Someone got close.
00:12:48Wait.
00:12:49I'm...
00:12:49I'm confused.
00:12:51Someone did or...
00:12:52Or didn't...
00:12:53Dr. Stiglitz.
00:12:56Ah.
00:12:57Right.
00:12:59Is...
00:13:00Is that what drove him to an early retirement?
00:13:02Searching for a complete Ehe Kakatskotl?
00:13:05Well, I can tell you he might have succeeded
00:13:07if he had what we have.
00:13:08Our secret weapon, Senor Talakelal.
00:13:13It's thanks to him that we know exactly
00:13:15where to look for the temple.
00:13:18Well, Steve, why don't you show Bella to her tent?
00:13:20I'm sure she's tired and could settle in.
00:13:26Hi.
00:13:27Steve Hill, one of the field takes.
00:13:28Hi.
00:13:28Hi.
00:13:29Nice to meet you.
00:13:30I'm Bella Jacobs.
00:13:31I can show you to your tent.
00:13:33Oh, okay.
00:13:35Don't mind if I do.
00:13:39Oh, wow.
00:13:41You're so sweet.
00:13:47So?
00:13:49How's Bella doing?
00:13:51Is she in a, I'm gonna fund you for a decade mood?
00:13:55Or this is your last exhibition mood?
00:14:00Too soon to tell.
00:14:01Um, although I'm optimistic, she seems excited.
00:14:05Well, yeah, it's her, it's her last chance
00:14:07at joining an expedition before she pulls funding.
00:14:12Oh, do you not know?
00:14:15Am I seriously the one breaking this news here right now?
00:14:18Well, um, ever since the White House
00:14:23has pulled major federal grant programs,
00:14:28trustees have been, like, skittish.
00:14:32Donors and sponsors have been putting major pressure on Bella
00:14:35to secure another Tutankhamen-sized exhibit.
00:14:43Maybe you should get in touch with Dr. Stiglitz after all.
00:14:46I already have.
00:14:50Yes, sir.
00:14:58Oh, my God.
00:15:42I finally, I finally finished your schedule.
00:15:44Ah, thank you, Peter.
00:15:46It's all good to go.
00:15:47Yeah.
00:15:47Read this for me.
00:15:48I haven't got my glasses.
00:15:49Yeah, what is it?
00:15:52Is it your birthday?
00:15:54Well, happy birthday.
00:15:56Just read it.
00:15:59Um, let's see.
00:16:01I know how much you hate being another year older, but not nearly as much as you like
00:16:06being upstaged.
00:16:07So let me distract you from the former with the latter.
00:16:12I'm going for it.
00:16:14This time with WHM funding, this is my birthday gift to you, Marlene.
00:16:21She's going for what?
00:16:23And is this Dr. Potts?
00:16:35Come on.
00:16:36Let's do.
00:16:36Let's do.
00:16:48So, basically, I just yell out earthquake because everything's shaking.
00:16:52Everyone runs to the exit except for Marlene.
00:16:55Marlene, she literally dives for it, dives for the vase at the very last second and catches
00:16:59it just before it hits the ground.
00:17:01I had no idea that that piece made such a journey.
00:17:05It was one of my favorites from last year's Mycenaean exhibit.
00:17:11Marlene, what's your favorite artifact you've discovered?
00:17:15There was this necklace, ornate with jewels, emeralds, rubies, adorned on a golden chain.
00:17:24It belonged to a queen, but we found it in a massed tomb.
00:17:28Why was it there?
00:17:30There were a couple of theories about that.
00:17:32One was a coup, but then we would have found other royals with similar jewels, so that was
00:17:37unlikely.
00:17:39It could have been a gift to a servant from a royal friend before they died, or it could
00:17:45have been a thief clutching it for an eternity.
00:17:48Well, what do you think?
00:17:51I like to think that it did belong to a queen, a leader of her people who went into battle
00:17:58fighting for her people till her very last breath.
00:18:02They were a coward.
00:18:11What makes you think that?
00:18:14The royals never spent time with peasants.
00:18:17It was beneath them.
00:18:18The woman who wore your necklace was fleeing the battle, leaving her people to die.
00:18:26It was likely hiding somewhere in her clothes, or somewhere even more hidden.
00:18:31You know, that's the funny thing about undocumented history.
00:18:36We never truly know.
00:18:39That's why it's our job to piece together the past.
00:18:43To learn.
00:18:54Well, it's getting late.
00:18:56We've got a long journey ahead of us tomorrow.
00:18:58Let's get some rest.
00:19:02Guess I'll take first watch.
00:19:04Just had some coffee, so I'm wired.
00:19:07I'm wired.
00:19:07I'm wired.
00:19:07It's just going to turn into a little movie.
00:19:07I'm wired.
00:19:09I'm wired.
00:19:14I'm wired.
00:19:17I'm wired.
00:19:19I'm wired.
00:19:22I'm wired.
00:19:24Oh, I'm wired.
00:19:29I'm wired.
00:19:38Let's go.
00:20:01Let's go.
00:20:38What was this?
00:20:39Did you hear that?
00:20:46You okay?
00:20:47Yeah.
00:20:48Yeah, I'm good.
00:20:54Oh, Lord, look at the size of this thing.
00:20:58It has to be a 20-footer.
00:21:0125-footer.
00:21:02It's a green anaconda.
00:21:06You're right, see what's up.
00:21:07Everything okay?
00:21:09No, it isn't.
00:21:13Steve, watch out.
00:21:14Don't get so close.
00:21:16Don't worry.
00:21:17It's very dead.
00:21:19It's also very far from home.
00:21:25This can't be a green anaconda.
00:21:27What's it doing 2,000 miles north of its natural habitat?
00:21:312,000 miles?
00:21:32You're talking what?
00:21:34Venezuela?
00:21:35Ecuador?
00:21:37She's right.
00:21:39Anacondas aren't native to this region.
00:21:41Or this country, for that matter.
00:21:43Pythons, sure, some in Mexico, but these women must have gotten lost.
00:21:502,000 miles is a long way to get lost.
00:21:53The legends are true.
00:21:55There's a green anaconda at the bottom of the temple pit, believed to be Quetzalcoatl himself,
00:22:02trapped in his earthly form.
00:22:04Oh.
00:22:06And you didn't think to tell us about this super snake until just now?
00:22:11Obviously, it's not true.
00:22:13Probably just a boa constrictor, anaconda of great length.
00:22:18But we don't know what's down there for sure.
00:22:20Great length?
00:22:2225 feet is great length.
00:22:25Are you sure we didn't just kill it?
00:22:28That was half a millennia ago.
00:22:30No matter what they believed, there's no way that it would have lived this long.
00:22:34Oh, are you okay?
00:22:36Oh, yeah.
00:22:38Not every day you almost get choked out by a giant snake.
00:22:42You know?
00:22:44Fortunately, no, I don't.
00:22:48Okay, have some water.
00:22:55Listen.
00:22:57If you need to take some time, I can arrange it for you to get back to the mainland.
00:23:02No pressure to continue.
00:23:04What's a better story?
00:23:07I almost got choked out by a giant snake, so I packed my stuff and went home.
00:23:14Or I almost got choked out by a giant snake before we found a rare, priceless, eheka, doodledackle, whatever you're
00:23:24calling it,
00:23:25in a lost temple that we haven't set foot in for six centuries.
00:23:30First one sounds pretty good, but I'm kind of leaning towards the second one.
00:23:34Second one sounds good.
00:23:46Yes, hello, this is Dr. Augustine Stiglitz.
00:23:49I'm calling for Bella Jacobs.
00:23:51Uh, she reached out to me about a speaking engagement at your museum.
00:23:57Ah, well, when do you expect her return?
00:24:03She is the curator of your facility, is she not?
00:24:09Do you mind if I ask the nature of this expedition?
00:24:14Chiapas?
00:24:15Oh, I know the area.
00:24:17Yes, quite well, in fact.
00:24:19Well, um, please let her know that I called, and thank you.
00:24:28What's happened?
00:24:29Something the matter?
00:24:34She's going to southern Mexico.
00:24:36Dr. Potts.
00:24:38With financial backing from the World History Museum.
00:24:42Wait, but they pulled all the funding for-
00:24:44Yes, yes, thank you, Peter.
00:24:45We don't need to get into that nonsense now.
00:24:49That birthday card.
00:24:51Lord knows I hate cheap sentimentality like that.
00:24:54And she knows this.
00:24:56Mm-hmm.
00:24:57And Marlene would never dare directly tell me to my face what she was planning to do.
00:25:01Because of the-
00:25:02The museum?
00:25:03Yes.
00:25:04Yes, indeed.
00:25:05Hence the card.
00:25:09Just easier.
00:25:11So then what is she doing?
00:25:13Oh, Peter, don't you see?
00:25:16She's gone to Solanuska to find the Erherkoskotl.
00:25:19The one she's always been planning to get.
00:25:22And the one that I could never find.
00:25:24But you proved it doesn't exist.
00:25:26No, I just proved that I couldn't find it.
00:25:32Reach out to the WHM.
00:25:34I've declined their kind offer on behalf of your employer.
00:25:37And send them a signed copy of my book for their silent auction.
00:25:42Oh, and Peter, perhaps you might read it before you do.
00:25:59We're entering uncharted territory.
00:26:01It could be rougher terrain out there.
00:26:02So is this how all these go?
00:26:05Sometimes it's jungle.
00:26:06Sometimes it's desert.
00:26:07Desert's easier as long as you have enough water.
00:26:10Now, give me this any day over the desert.
00:26:12Oh, absolutely not.
00:26:14Have you been to the Arctic?
00:26:15Blinding.
00:26:16Heat I can deal with, but cold, unforgiving.
00:26:19Look out!
00:26:21Oh!
00:26:21Oh!
00:26:32It is an omen.
00:26:35Quetzalcoatl.
00:26:36He does not want us to be here.
00:26:38I mean, we have to be here.
00:26:41I mean, we have to move on through.
00:26:43I don't know about you people, but I don't want to wait for another snake to show up.
00:26:48Bella, if Uretzi says that it's too dangerous...
00:26:50Marlene, as the chief curator for the museum and the one funding this excursion,
00:26:57I need artifacts, so I say we press on.
00:27:02Marlene?
00:27:14Are you okay?
00:27:17Oh, it's cold.
00:27:31Marlene, take a look at this.
00:27:32Oh, now this is what I'm talking about.
00:27:41Not gonna lie, I didn't think we'd find shit.
00:27:46Temple of Quetzalcoatl must not be approached with negligence.
00:27:54You did it, Uretzi.
00:27:58Follow me.
00:27:59Follow me.
00:28:00Stay close.
00:28:17Remember, we're in an ancient ruin.
00:28:19It's important to be cautious.
00:28:21Be careful.
00:28:23Be careful.
00:28:23We must not disturb Quetzalcoatl.
00:28:26To think this place has been left untouched for centuries.
00:28:29By anything other than Mother Nature.
00:28:35For once again, we're jogo vivir.
00:28:36This is like...
00:28:37a line seller in a Sub-Zero.
00:28:41Oh...
00:28:49I don't know.
00:29:32I don't know.
00:29:48I don't know.
00:29:48This is where it happened.
00:29:53Oh, no!
00:29:54Oh, no!
00:29:59The cultists made their blood sacrifices right here in this very chamber.
00:30:04So the murders happened in here?
00:30:11Sacrifices to Quetzalcoatl, the god of wind and creation.
00:30:18Here, take this.
00:30:27Hey, guys.
00:30:32The pit, it's been sealed shut.
00:30:36Well, maybe Quetzalcoatl was sick of all this blood and death.
00:30:43Okay.
00:30:443D surveying systems up and running.
00:30:46I'll have the geovector online and ready to fly in five.
00:30:51Okay, Irv.
00:30:52You reading us?
00:30:54Yeah, data sets initiating.
00:30:57And data sets received.
00:31:00All right.
00:31:00We're good to go.
00:31:04Let's go.
00:31:19Let's go.
00:31:25Let's go.
00:31:29Let's go.
00:31:30Let's go.
00:31:36Let's go.
00:31:40Let's go.
00:31:53Let's go.
00:31:55Let's go.
00:32:40So, the artifacts, the relics and scrolls, they just show up on this map here?
00:32:49Marlene? So, we've got everything on the schematics. Now what?
00:32:59Now what? What does now what mean, Marlene?
00:33:04Well then, I don't know. We must not be in the right place.
00:33:07I hope the geovector can give us some more options here.
00:33:12You got all of our images. Everything's coming in clear.
00:33:14Oh, I've got it all. Everything that's here. And what isn't.
00:33:22It's, um...
00:33:24Is this? This is it?
00:33:31I mean...
00:33:34Don't get me wrong. It's incredible. It's just that, um...
00:33:39Okay. Okay. I was only able to secure funding for this little excursion of yours because I promised an entire
00:33:51board of trustees that I would return with a complete collection and exhibit of ancient artifacts.
00:33:58I cannot go back to L.A. without the... Well...
00:34:04We cannot go back to L.A. without the Ehe Kakot's tunnel. You do realize that. Right?
00:34:11Are you being serious right now?
00:34:13Heads up, everybody.
00:34:15I'm bringing the drone back to base.
00:34:19The insurance alone on sending a group out like this is staggering.
00:34:25Budgets are shrinking. Just loaning collections now is more profitable.
00:34:31Not as exciting, but budget-friendly.
00:34:35Marlene.
00:34:37I cannot have any more surprises the next time.
00:34:41Or there won't be a next time.
00:34:45Bella, you know as well as I do that history does not exist to be bought or sold.
00:34:49Those organizations, those people, they only see dollar signs.
00:34:52But you see what I see. Ancient history coming alive. Uniting us in our humanity. That's why we do what
00:35:01we do. We have to keep searching.
00:35:04Okay. Well, let's bring back some artifacts and this conversation never happened.
00:35:15Watch your heads. Drone incoming.
00:35:32What the heck? Where did all this wind come from?
00:35:36Where's the drone?
00:35:37I'm losing it. I'm losing it.
00:35:41I can't see anything in this dust.
00:35:54We can't stay in here.
00:35:58Everyone, we need to get out of here. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
00:36:03Keep moving. Keep moving forward.
00:36:07Sean. Sean.
00:36:09Steve.
00:36:10It wasn't my fault, Marlene.
00:36:12Do you know what your careless mistake cost us?
00:36:14Marlene. Marlene. Hey.
00:36:15We're safe. We're safe. That is all that matters.
00:36:18Let's just set up camp before it gets dark.
00:36:22Okay.
00:36:23I guess that's when we have clearer heads.
00:36:25Come on. We'll figure this out.
00:36:39Hey, is it really true that the Aztecs were performing ritual sacrifice?
00:36:43Oh, yes. True indeed.
00:36:45In fact, the Aztec armies would capture their prisoners at war and sacrifice them to their gods.
00:36:53Wow.
00:36:55Dude, that's crazy.
00:36:56I mean, you read about stuff like this, but to think that those people actually did those things?
00:37:02And why?
00:37:12You enjoying retirement?
00:37:18Well, what else is there left to accomplish?
00:37:21You know, I've discovered ruins and relics the world had long thought lost forever.
00:37:26I've traveled to the four corners of the globe.
00:37:29I've written many books about these places.
00:37:31And some have been turned into some pretty decent movies.
00:37:35Others, eh, not so much.
00:37:38So, now I'm retired.
00:37:44Why do you ask about sacrifices?
00:37:47I went to something you wrote in your book.
00:37:50Ah.
00:37:50It was, uh, right here.
00:37:54Aztec religions became bloodthirsty.
00:37:57Human sacrifice became important in maintaining cosmic order.
00:38:02The high priests believed that the sun needed human blood just to rise inside.
00:38:09Well, yes, of course.
00:38:10Crazy.
00:38:10The sun has always been essential to human civilization.
00:38:14But the Aztecs also believed that Quetzalcoatl was the god of creation.
00:38:19And that he spilled his blood to bring humanity into life.
00:38:23But, oddly, he was against the, uh, sacrifice of the unwilling.
00:38:27Really?
00:38:28And blood rituals in general.
00:38:31I wonder what it is that Marlene has found that makes her think that the Quetzalcoatl is in Chiapas.
00:38:36Hmm.
00:38:39Hmm.
00:38:40The temple at Quetzalcoatl.
00:38:43Perhaps she's found it.
00:38:45Hmm.
00:38:45But then, why would the Aetzalcoatl be there?
00:38:51Well, maybe they wanted to hide it where they didn't think anyone would look.
00:38:56Why would you say that?
00:39:00Well, if Quetzalcoatl was against human sacrifice, then no one would be using the ceremonial breastplate in the place of
00:39:08worship, right?
00:39:09So maybe they hid it there because no one would look for it.
00:39:14Hmm.
00:39:16You know, that's not completely off base.
00:39:19I gotta say, I've heard worse suppositions.
00:39:23Cheers.
00:39:23Cheers.
00:39:38Cheers.
00:39:57Cheers.
00:40:23Cheers.
00:40:51Did you hear that?
00:40:54Did you guys hear that?
00:40:55Yeah.
00:40:57Where's Steve?
00:40:57Is everyone else there?
00:40:58Steve!
00:40:59Steve!
00:41:00Steve!
00:41:00Steve!
00:41:01Steve!
00:41:01Steve!
00:41:03We should call search and rescue.
00:41:05They could do an aerial search.
00:41:06We need to find Steve or this space here is over.
00:41:08But we need to find him.
00:41:09Every moment counts.
00:41:11All right, Jess and Bella, you stay here and try and contact Air Rescue.
00:41:14Irv, Amy, take the gun.
00:41:16Go back to where we came from.
00:41:17See if you can find Steve or his tracks.
00:41:19Anything.
00:41:19Look.
00:41:21Ritzi, Hector and I, we're gonna go west.
00:41:24Everyone meet back here in 15 minutes.
00:41:27You got it?
00:41:27Copy.
00:41:28Yep.
00:41:29Ugh, hm, hm.
00:41:40Uh...
00:41:41Ah!
00:41:43Ah...
00:41:44Ah...
00:41:45Ah...
00:41:45Ah...
00:41:45Ah...
00:41:46Come in. We have a missing person.
00:41:50Please, come in.
00:41:53Air rescue. This is Dr. Bella Jacobs.
00:41:57We have a missing person emergency.
00:41:59I repeat, a missing person emergency.
00:42:02Over.
00:42:03I hope they find him.
00:42:05He seems like such a good guy.
00:42:24Steve, are you hurt?
00:42:28Come on, buddy. Make a sound if you can hear us.
00:42:31Steve.
00:42:35Steve.
00:42:36Steve.
00:42:37I didn't seek somebody.
00:42:40Steve, answer us, please.
00:42:51Just keep going.
00:42:53Steve!
00:42:55Steve!
00:43:03Air rescue.
00:43:05Air rescue.
00:43:08Air rescue.
00:43:13Maybe Ritzi's right.
00:43:17Maybe there is bad energy here.
00:43:23Air rescue.
00:43:25Please.
00:43:26Come in.
00:43:28We have a missing person.
00:43:31Please, we're in need of assistance.
00:43:43Steve!
00:43:44Steve!
00:43:49Steve, come on!
00:44:02Steve!
00:44:11God, I've never lost anyone on an expedition before.
00:44:14I haven't lost anyone just yet.
00:44:19What is it?
00:44:22Get the size of this snakeskin.
00:44:25Liz is out here with us.
00:44:32What's up?
00:44:33Did you find Steve?
00:44:35No, we found this.
00:44:37Oh.
00:44:39Holy snakeskin.
00:44:41It's fresh.
00:44:42Recently shed.
00:44:44Let's see.
00:44:4412, 24 hours, maybe?
00:44:46How can you tell?
00:44:47It's pliable.
00:44:49Supple.
00:44:49It's not dry and brittle.
00:44:51There's one massive snake.
00:44:54That's bigger than the one that almost got me.
00:44:57That's not funny.
00:45:01Yeah, I think we should, uh, go home.
00:45:05I don't.
00:45:07You should not.
00:45:09Why not?
00:45:10Evil energy will follow us wherever we go.
00:45:14Uh, I'm sorry.
00:45:17So, we're just kind of stuck here forever because you're all too scared to just leave because
00:45:22of some religious superstition?
00:45:25We must find the evil energy.
00:45:29Defeat it.
00:45:30Then and only then can we leave safely.
00:45:35How do you find that energy?
00:45:37Much less, um, destroy it?
00:45:40We head back to the temple.
00:45:42Okay, uh, may I remind you that the geovector scan didn't find anything.
00:45:48There is nothing undiscovered inside that temple.
00:45:51What about Steve?
00:45:52Maybe he's there.
00:45:54Bella's right.
00:45:55We can't leave without Steve.
00:45:57We all need to stick together.
00:46:01So then we head back to the temple to look for Steve.
00:46:04Yeah.
00:46:05Fine.
00:46:06Fine.
00:46:07If it were one of us, he wouldn't give up.
00:46:09Steve wouldn't give up.
00:46:11We have to keep going.
00:46:13Yeah.
00:46:17Great.
00:46:20We need to head out.
00:46:21Let's go.
00:46:24I'm going to hang back for a second and try to one more time to contact air rescue.
00:46:28Hector.
00:46:30Just hurry up.
00:46:31We can't wait for you.
00:46:39Okay.
00:46:40Okay.
00:46:49Air control, do you copy?
00:46:50Over.
00:46:52Air control, do you copy?
00:46:54Over.
00:46:56Air control, do you copy?
00:46:59We hear you.
00:47:00Who are you?
00:47:02Air control, this is Hector Rojas.
00:47:04I am part of the Museum of Salvation.
00:47:06We have lost one of our members.
00:47:08What is your location?
00:47:10My location?
00:47:16What is your location, sir?
00:47:18Oh, fuck.
00:47:19You are.
00:47:30We have lost one of our characters.
00:47:32You're not, no.
00:47:32I have started, but I am.
00:47:37Anyhow, I am.
00:47:45I am.
00:47:47You're.
00:47:53Steve?
00:48:00Steve!
00:48:02The pit. It's open.
00:48:11Okay, well, I don't think Steve's down there, so...
00:48:15Let's keep moving.
00:48:32Hey, we're good.
00:48:37It's totally empty in here.
00:48:41Guys, I don't think he came this way.
00:48:44It's the most obvious path unless there are passages we have yet to discover.
00:49:03Wait, why would he come down this way?
00:49:06Steve being Steve.
00:49:14Steve.
00:49:19Guys! Are you okay?
00:49:23Hold on. We'll help get you out.
00:49:32What?
00:49:48No!
00:49:51I don't...
00:50:00She's dead.
00:50:05Jess? Bella?
00:50:11Marlene!
00:50:15Bella!
00:50:17Bella's gone!
00:50:21Okay, okay.
00:50:23All right.
00:50:23Um, we need to get Eretzian and Jess out.
00:50:29We have some pulley ropes in the gear.
00:50:33I'll check it.
00:50:35Just hold on. We're coming.
00:50:39You think there's a way out over here?
00:50:42Let's go.
00:50:44Eretzian thinks he's found a way out!
00:50:48Okay, be careful.
00:50:52If you find a way out, just meet us back at the camp!
00:50:56No!
00:51:01Bella!
00:51:09Okay.
00:51:11What do you want to do?
00:51:13Find an exit, too.
00:51:27How do you know this isn't exit?
00:51:29I don't!
00:51:32I don't!
00:51:40False corridor.
00:51:40You want to do that?
00:51:41You're right.
00:51:41You're right, honey.
00:51:42You're right, honey...
00:51:48Okay, then.
00:52:00I'm sorry.
00:52:04I'm sorry.
00:52:09But you get to hang...
00:52:10But you're right.
00:52:15Hey, I came as soon as you called. What's the emergency?
00:52:18Marlene and her expedition, they've gone missing.
00:52:21Air Rescue received multiple distress calls from her team, but they've all since disappeared.
00:52:26I've been on the phone with Search and Rescue and the U.S. Embassy.
00:52:29They're apparently gathering information.
00:52:32Well, you know what? They can gather all the information they like.
00:52:34I'm going down there.
00:52:35Augie, you cannot seriously be considering going down to Mexico right now.
00:52:39What do you suggest I do?
00:52:41Just sit here on my hands and do nothing, my dear boy.
00:52:44I would argue that I'm indirectly responsible for her being down there.
00:52:48Now, come on. We have to leave.
00:52:50I've been to that area, and that terrain can be extremely vicious.
00:52:53We haven't got a moment to waste.
00:52:55Air Rescue last heard from them seven hours ago.
00:52:57We can be on the ground in Chiapas in four.
00:52:59Now, come here.
00:53:02Now, get these.
00:53:12Come on.
00:53:13Chop, chop.
00:53:14We haven't got a moment to lose.
00:53:16You brought your passport with you.
00:53:17It's in the car.
00:53:18Let's go.
00:53:26Be careful.
00:53:27We don't want to trigger any more traps.
00:53:30Do you think Hector was able to reach them?
00:53:33I hope, and that help arrives soon.
00:53:42What are we going to tell the museum?
00:53:44I don't know.
00:53:46We need to figure out how to get out first.
00:53:50It's colder down this hall.
00:53:53Could mean a tunnel or an exit.
00:54:02You hear that?
00:54:05It's close.
00:54:09I think I see others.
00:54:11Jess?
00:54:13Is that you?
00:54:14No, shh.
00:54:15Do you feel that?
00:54:23Something's coming.
00:54:26Marlene.
00:54:29Who had the other radio?
00:54:36Hector.
00:54:37How could he be?
00:54:44Run!
00:54:53I need to fucking exit.
00:55:00Come on.
00:55:01Come on.
00:55:02No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:55:04Just go.
00:55:04Just go, just go, just go.
00:55:05Go, go.
00:55:06I'll see you after, okay?
00:55:11No.
00:55:13Oh.
00:55:24Swallow this, you big son of a bitch.
00:55:40Dry your tears.
00:55:45Wait.
00:55:46Wait.
00:55:47Wait, wait, wait.
00:55:50What is that?
00:55:52I need to get out of here.
00:55:55It could be getting bigger.
00:55:58What?
00:56:01Come on.
00:56:09There has to be a way out.
00:56:10We can't just be stuck here until Marlene finds us.
00:56:15This tunnel, it was used for prisoners, right?
00:56:19There had to be a way for them to come in and get them out.
00:56:25There's something on the ground.
00:56:27Where?
00:56:30There's a tablet on the ground.
00:56:34It has an etching of Quetzalcoatl on it.
00:56:39Okay, okay, okay.
00:56:40I see it, I see it.
00:56:44If, if we press it, we may, may just be able to get out of here.
00:56:50How do you know?
00:56:52There are no skeletons in here.
00:56:55There has to be a way out.
00:56:58This is our only chance.
00:57:00Okay.
00:57:01We have to take it.
00:57:02Okay.
00:57:04Press the tile.
00:57:06Press the tile.
00:57:11Reach.
00:57:12Reach.
00:57:14You almost got it.
00:57:19Come on.
00:57:21Come on.
00:57:23Okay, okay.
00:57:24I got it.
00:57:25I'm gonna get it.
00:57:28Damn it!
00:57:30I lost the flashlight.
00:57:34I just need something to reach you.
00:57:37Try reaching under the bar.
00:57:45I think we lost.
00:57:49Perfect.
00:57:49We just, we just left him.
00:57:50We left him.
00:57:51Marlene, we left him.
00:57:52He got eaten.
00:57:53Amy, we don't have time for that.
00:57:54We've got to go warm Chess in your head.
00:57:55See, can you do that?
00:57:57Uh-huh.
00:57:58Okay, you got it?
00:57:59Uh-huh.
00:57:59Okay, let's go.
00:58:01Okay.
00:58:02Okay.
00:58:08We're down here.
00:58:09Somebody!
00:58:13They cannot hear us down here.
00:58:16This is a prison.
00:58:17The walls are too thick.
00:58:38You said something.
00:58:40You said something and it opened.
00:58:41What did you say?
00:58:43It's all a bar.
00:58:45An ancient natu.
00:58:46It means to open.
00:58:49Why didn't you do that in the first place?
00:58:54Your bantering gave me the idea.
00:58:57Oh, come on.
00:58:59Watch where you walk.
00:59:00It could all be ring.
00:59:10In roughly 24 hours, the solar cycle will reach its maximum phase or peak.
00:59:16Meaning what?
00:59:17Sorry, I'm a little lost.
00:59:18I haven't finished your book yet.
00:59:19Well, when the solar cycle reaches its peak is exactly when the Aztecs would increase their
00:59:25human sacrifice rituals.
00:59:27More blood spilled.
00:59:29The temple at Quetzalcoatl was infamous for the amount of blood shed there.
00:59:34Marlene has, in fact, found this temple and something has been awakened inside.
00:59:39And it's very hard to prevent it from escaping the temple and, frankly, putting the whole world
00:59:44in jeopardy.
00:59:45Well, because of the, uh, the solar cycle?
00:59:49Yeah.
00:59:50The cosmic imbalance has long had a devastating effect on civilization for centuries.
00:59:58Great.
00:59:59So we've got, what, like 24 hours?
01:00:02Well, we got this.
01:00:04Fine.
01:00:05It's fine.
01:00:06So we've seen 24.
01:00:08They got a lot done.
01:00:17We're only getting deeper into this temple.
01:00:21Oh, a library.
01:00:29Serpents.
01:00:30They're everywhere.
01:00:32Look at this, Amy.
01:00:35Ancient iconography.
01:00:37It's the symbol for the cult, early to mid-1400s.
01:00:421400s.
01:00:42It's the, it's the rise of the Aztec Empire under the ruler.
01:00:46Emperor, um, it's a coaddle.
01:00:53Wait, wait, wait.
01:00:54Look at this.
01:00:56It's not a coaddle script.
01:00:58It's just got the same phrase over and over and over again.
01:01:00You're right.
01:01:02Chosen, the chosen ones, rulers, chosen to lead.
01:01:07It's everywhere.
01:01:11But Emperor Itzaquaddle's rule was not dominated by this attitude.
01:01:16While it not at first, it was introduced later towards the end of his rule.
01:01:22Mid-1400s, the Aztec Empire became highly militarized and human sacrifices were widely
01:01:31accepted under the rule of the royal advisor, Tlacalel.
01:01:37Tl-Tlacalel?
01:01:38As in, Yorezi Tlacalel.
01:01:43Okay, it's too dark.
01:01:45We have to be careful so we don't walk into another trap.
01:01:51This temple, the people who made it would not have many traps in here.
01:01:58Yeah?
01:02:00What is that?
01:02:01They were protected in other ways.
01:02:05What do you mean, other ways?
01:02:07They took measures to appease the gods.
01:02:17They took forms on Earth that represented their power absolute.
01:02:23What does that mean?
01:02:26Pray you never have to find out.
01:02:35What was that?
01:02:43You need to keep moving.
01:02:45It's not safe here.
01:02:50The temple housed what they believed to be Ketzalcoatl in his earthly form, feathered serpents.
01:02:56He would grow larger and larger with every sacrifice he was offered.
01:03:01There was another theory, the Tl-Tlacalelbelie belief.
01:03:06And that means protector, right?
01:03:09This temple was not built to house but to imprison.
01:03:13It's a way to protect the world from the danger and the havoc it would wreak if it was ever
01:03:17released from the sacred land.
01:03:20Yeah, but this temple, it's falling apart.
01:03:23Yeah.
01:03:24Thanks to us and the collapse, the sacrificial pit has been reopened and the danger reawakens.
01:03:34So, how are we going to kill this thing?
01:03:38Kill it?
01:03:39In my experience, gods don't die that easily.
01:03:42So, what are we going to do?
01:03:43Are we just going to let this, this, this thing become the dominant apex predator on the planet and destroy
01:03:50just everything?
01:04:08Peter, now listen, this area can be very unforgiving.
01:04:12So, stay close, listen to every word I say, and whatever you do, do not stray apart.
01:04:20Okay?
01:04:21Give me the guns.
01:04:29Okay, Augie, I'm staying here.
01:04:31Okay, if this goes south, you need someone at base camp.
01:04:35Okay?
01:04:37Okay.
01:04:38Stay safe.
01:04:40I'll see you.
01:04:44Okay, we need to look and find something that's going to help lead us to just Nyoratsi.
01:04:49A map, maybe?
01:04:55Okay, wait, check this out.
01:04:58That looks like a drawing of the temple, what it must have looked like.
01:05:02Perfect, then, uh, where are we in all this?
01:05:07We're probably three stories down to preserve the humidity of the scrolls.
01:05:12Okay, if we entered here, got separated here, okay, then this is where they'd probably be.
01:05:20So, you think it's just as here?
01:05:26You should wear this.
01:05:31That would be highly inappropriate.
01:05:34I insist, it will protect you.
01:05:41Protection from what?
01:05:43It is your destiny.
01:05:47The gods are watching, and I won't take no for an answer.
01:05:52I don't care.
01:05:53Yeah, it's you.
01:05:58You're scaring me.
01:06:06We're just a few hallways away.
01:06:09We're on the lookout for traps.
01:06:17Where is it?
01:06:41Where is it?
01:07:14You look perfect.
01:07:18This feels really inappropriate.
01:07:23I can assure you, everything your cousin should be.
01:07:30I really think that, you know, I should take this off,
01:07:34and we could just find a nice thing about you.
01:07:37And it's not gonna happen.
01:07:41What do you mean?
01:07:46I have bigger plans for you.
01:07:52I really think that, you know, we could just go find the others,
01:07:56and we could...
01:08:03What are you doing?
01:08:07What I shouldn't have done long ago.
01:08:12What my ancestors were too cowardly doing.
01:08:19You don't have to do that.
01:08:20You don't understand.
01:08:24I must!
01:08:27I must!
01:08:28No, no, please, please.
01:08:31No, please, no.
01:08:33No, no, no, no, no, no!
01:08:40How could go?
01:08:42Going right.
01:08:43Except we need to go left.
01:08:46Left?
01:08:48Isn't there another way?
01:08:52There is, but it's longer.
01:08:55Let's take it.
01:08:58Stay close.
01:09:18Amy!
01:09:20Amy!
01:09:22Amy!
01:09:22Amy!
01:09:23No!
01:09:24Amy!
01:09:24Amy!
01:09:26I'm sorry.
01:09:27I'm gonna help you.
01:09:28I'm gonna help you.
01:09:28No, no, no, no.
01:09:28You need to go.
01:09:29No, no, no, no, no.
01:09:30I'm not leaving.
01:09:30I'm not leaving.
01:09:31I'm not leaving.
01:09:31You need to go!
01:09:32You need to go!
01:09:42I'm so sorry.
01:09:44I'm so sorry.
01:10:07No!
01:10:08No!
01:10:13No!
01:10:15No!
01:10:22No!
01:10:23No!
01:10:24What are you doing?
01:10:27Get away from me!
01:10:29I have no idea
01:10:31how great an honor
01:10:33it is to be sacrificed.
01:10:35There will be stories
01:10:37written about you.
01:10:39I'd much rather be writing the stories
01:10:41than talking in them.
01:10:43It is an honor.
01:10:47It's such an honor.
01:10:48Why don't you sacrifice yourself?
01:10:54No! No!
01:10:56No!
01:11:00My country.
01:11:03My people.
01:11:05They are lost.
01:11:07They don't know their history.
01:11:08The great and powerful empire
01:11:10that ruled this country
01:11:11for centuries.
01:11:18The first
01:11:20was his vision
01:11:22that brought the Aztec Empire
01:11:24to great new heights
01:11:26through sacrifice
01:11:28and destruction.
01:11:32Let us not
01:11:34delay the inevitable.
01:11:36I must
01:11:38appease our gods.
01:11:40No!
01:11:44No!
01:11:50No!
01:11:59No!
01:12:02No!
01:12:03No!
01:12:03I am the steward
01:12:04of my people.
01:12:06I have to!
01:12:11Jess!
01:12:12Jess!
01:12:13Jess!
01:12:13Are you okay?
01:12:15You're okay?
01:12:16You're okay?
01:12:17You're okay?
01:12:18You're okay?
01:12:20You're okay?
01:12:21You're okay?
01:12:21We're gonna get out of here.
01:12:23Okay?
01:12:23Okay.
01:12:23Okay.
01:12:24Okay.
01:12:25All right.
01:12:26Okay.
01:12:27We got it.
01:12:28We got it.
01:12:29Are you ready?
01:12:30Okay.
01:12:31Okay.
01:12:33Let's go.
01:12:33Let's go.
01:12:40Quick.
01:12:44Okay.
01:12:45Okay.
01:12:50When you read Tiguan,
01:12:51I don't think that book
01:12:52is gonna help us.
01:12:53There's gotta be something here,
01:12:54otherwise you wouldn't have kept it.
01:12:59If the Tlacala line is ended,
01:13:02Ketokotl will grow
01:13:03until it devours the world.
01:13:06But we already knew that.
01:13:08The only way to kill Ketokotl
01:13:10is to pierce its heart
01:13:11with the ceremonial blade.
01:13:14How are we supposed to do that?
01:13:16That thing is enormous.
01:13:18If we leave here,
01:13:19it's gonna kill us.
01:13:22Okay.
01:13:23You need to get down
01:13:24to the lower levels.
01:13:25What?
01:13:25Make a bunch of noise,
01:13:26grab its attention,
01:13:27distract it.
01:13:28I'll go to the sacrificial pit
01:13:30and I'll grab the blade
01:13:31off of Uretzi's body.
01:13:33That's your plan?
01:13:34The temple is falling
01:13:35all around us
01:13:35and a snake is chasing us.
01:13:37Do you have a better idea?
01:13:41We just have to get out of here.
01:13:42No.
01:13:43We have to kill it,
01:13:44otherwise it's gonna kill us.
01:13:47Jess.
01:13:50You have to go.
01:13:54Okay.
01:13:56Okay.
01:13:57Okay.
01:13:57Okay.
01:13:57Okay.
01:13:58Okay.
01:14:13Hey!
01:14:15Hey!
01:14:15Come and get me!
01:14:18You want us so bad
01:14:20while I'm right here!
01:14:22Come and get me!
01:14:29You want us so bad?
01:14:32You want us so bad?
01:14:34Come and get me!
01:14:42Come and get me!
01:14:45I'm right here!
01:14:47You want us so bad?
01:14:52Now I have your attention.
01:14:56Come and get me!
01:15:00Oh, my God.
01:15:38Oh, my God.
01:16:15Oh, my God.
01:16:28Oh, my God.
01:16:33Oh, my God.
01:16:38Oh, my God.
01:16:43Oh, my God.
01:16:44Oh, my God.
01:16:50Oh, my God.
01:17:00Oh, my God.
01:17:09Oh, my God.
01:17:18Oh, my God.
01:17:38Oh, my God.
01:17:43Oh, my God.
01:17:50No, no, no!
01:17:54No!
01:17:56No!
01:18:01No!
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01:18:26No!
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01:19:07No!
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01:20:21No!
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01:21:26No!
01:21:28I guess that ceremonial knife came in handy.
01:21:34Augustine.
01:21:35I got your birthday card.
01:21:37You couldn't let yourself be upstaged.
01:21:40Marlene, this was a rescue mission.
01:21:45Besides, never upstaged me.
01:21:48You found it.
01:21:50We've got to get this home.
01:21:52Where's the plane?
01:21:53Not more than ten miles away.
01:21:56Ten miles, some rescue.
01:21:58Last time I looked, you were pretty much stranded.
01:22:04Peter, this is Augustine.
01:22:06Yes, come in.
01:22:07Read you live and clear. Over.
01:22:09Yeah, I have two survivors.
01:22:11Meet us at the rendezvous point.
01:22:13Copy that.
01:22:14Over.
01:22:15I suppose a thank you is in order.
01:22:18Oh, I don't know.
01:22:20In helping you, I found my white whale.
01:22:25And I've come to a profound realization about myself.
01:22:29Something that I will never do again.
01:22:32What?
01:22:33Bite a giant anaconda?
01:22:36No.
01:22:38Retire.
01:22:39Hated every minute of it.
01:22:43That's because we belong in the field.
01:22:45Hmm.
01:22:49What's next?
01:22:50Well, if I remember correctly, someone wrote a book about a giant Tomazotz.
01:22:55A bat god that lured men to their deaths in the dead of night.
01:22:59Yes, indeed, I did.
01:23:02But I still haven't found the caves that the myth is based on.
01:23:06I hear the Sistema Huatla, south of Mexico, has some leads.
01:23:11Hmm.
01:23:12Well.
01:23:15What are we waiting for?
01:23:18Let's all go to Huatla.
01:23:19Let's all go to Huatla.
01:23:50Let's all go to Huatla.
01:23:52Let's go.
01:23:52Let's go.
01:23:55Let's go.
01:24:01Let's go.
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