Previously on "The Lost Symbol..."
Cascade is a long-range acoustic antipersonnel technology.
He was writing about it in his journals.
- Sound can create patterns and... - And symbols.
This is the frequency of creation.
Where is it? This portal that I've heard about.
It's not here. They played you.
This tells us the final location.
The Washington Monument.
I'm going to have to detain you, sir.
Hey, sis.
Oh, God.
Help! Help!
- God. - Keep going.
Hello?
Keep going.
I can't see.
Open your eyes.
_
Oh, God.
Katherine!
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So, thanks to a very helpful security guard,
we're together again.
You know, you really should have honored our agreement.
And you really should have honored ours.
Got to hand it to you.
You guys are smart.
You, your daughter, Langdon.
The three of you working together
to find the portal.
Impressive team.
So, did you figure it out?
Ask your questions.
You'll get nothing from me.
I know.
So why don't we let him take a run at you?
- I'm not going in there. - Keep moving.
No.
It's me, Zach.
It's Katherine.
Special K.
Zach, it's me.
You won't do it.
You tell that to your father.
And your mother.
What does that mean?
What did you do?
I took her last breath.
Then I laid her in the fire.
You will go into the tunnel...
...or you'll join her.
Do you know who I am?
No.
I know you.
Your story was told to me in the dark of Ag Gecidi.
You were the one in the prison.
You and I have much in common.
We're both teachers and fathers.
You were Zachary's.
I was Mal'akh's.
You did this to him.
I played my role, you played yours.
And what role do you play now?
CIA lackey?
I'm helping them to find the ancient wisdom.
And you are going to help, as well.
I withstood the torture of your student.
I'll withstand you.
Mm.
There are things I never showed Zachary.
But today I will show you.
* I fall *
* To pieces *
* How can I be *
* Just your friend? *
He'll kill Katherine
if I don't bring Peter to the Monument,
but bringing Peter has its own risks.
He's the final instrument.
Might be moot anyway. He disappeared from the temple.
I have... I have no idea where he is.
I do.
Blake has him.
Blake?
Where?
Not far from here.
I'm not even supposed to know.
Adamu told me.
Thank you.
Well, can you get him out?
If he wants Peter as some kind of sacrifice...
I'll figure it out.
I just want to be clear about what you're suggesting.
I'm not suggesting anything. I...
I'm not gonna let that happen. I-I just need to get Peter
to the Monument to buy Katherine time.
The director has started sweeping up Leviathan members.
Wants to hang the Cascade thing around their neck.
- Good. - I'm pretty sure
they got the one that went after you
and Katherine at the cemetery. Name's Knopp.
Lobbyist.
Apparently, they found a stockpile
of gas grenades at his place.
I don't really care about any of this.
You should.
Might be exactly what we need.
Zachary shared things with me.
His anger.
His memories.
His life in your shadow.
His first instruction in death.
You'd taken him to a lake.
There was a bucket to catch minnows.
A pail, a tin pail. It was his sister's.
Do you remember what was in the bucket, Peter?
No.
You do.
You remember then as if it was now.
Because then...
...is now.
See it, Peter.
See me, Father.
- I just... - ...found him like this.
I didn't do it.
It's not moving.
It's an owl.
It's a barn owlet.
It must have fallen from its nest.
- Is it dead? - Dead?
It is, yes.
I don't want it to be.
Bring it back.
Please, bring it back.
Zachary, I can't do that.
Yes, you can.
You die, and you come back.
You told me that.
We can take him to the portal.
Tell me where it is.
Tell me where the portal is.
Going on a trip, Dr. Osterman?
Your timing is a bit conspicuous.
Look, please,
I wanted no part of it.
- This is not what I stand for. - Relax.
I don't care.
I'm not CIA, but I need your help.
How'd you find me?
I read your puff piece in that tech magazine,
connected a few dots.
I've seen what that Cascade device can do.
I felt it.
He used it?
At a lake. Killed a bunch of fish,
made me bleed from my ears.
He'll do worse
if we don't figure a way to shut him down
or shut your weapon down.
Mr. York, let's take five.
Where'd he go?
I don't know.
What did you tell him?
I'm not sure.
Open the door!
Breathe.
You have come far, haven't you?
Why are you here?
You and I together,
seeking the stolen wisdom.
This was the plan.
Your plan was with Zachary,
whom you left in a cell to die.
Hmm.
Birth. Death.
Rebirth.
Do you not understand?
That was your final lesson.
And look at you now.
The angel. The messenger.
Mal'akh.
This tunnel will lead us to the Monument,
but this device.
What are you planning with it?
It will play the frequency of creation,
reveal the Lost Symbol upon the portal,
and the wisdom will come into me.
I did not teach you this.
I am not you!
Join with me.
I don't need you.
Then pass me.
Hang on.
Peter.
Where's Katherine?
_
We need to go.
- Good luck. - You, too.
Did you find Osterman?
Yeah. And get this.
I found out Mal'akh's got three of these things.
If they're all triangulated towards one spot,
it creates a safe zone
in the middle where they overlap,
but for everything outside that zone,
it creates what he called a resonance catastrophe.
So if they're all aimed at the Monument...
It could bring it down.
Now, they're all networked together,
so if we knock one out, we can knock them all out.
Now we just need to find one.
_
Uh, hang on.
I'm getting a text. It's Katherine.
Katherine.
She's in the service tunnels under the Memorial fountains.
I'll meet you there.
I suppose it's fitting if the mystery should end here
at Washington's Monument.
Beginning with his apotheosis, ending with his monument.
Where do you think he is?
When he first called, he said
I should open a portal buried in the city.
That's what he thinks, at least.
As above, so below.
The basement.
No. No. No.
She said the service tunnels,
but there are miles of them down here.
We'll just have to keep looking.
The Monument's about to open to the public.
Someone needs to get there and keep people away.
All right, I'll just stay here and look for this thing.
Oh, take these earplugs. Osterman says they might help.
What about you?
Sit.
Did she suffer?
Mom?
She made her choice.
If you won't listen to me as your sister,
then hear me as a scientist.
We are decades away from learning
how to use resonance like you're talking about.
This cosmic download apotheosis, it's not possible.
You used to believe in the impossible.
That's why you were his favorite.
Jesus could heal.
But there were many others.
Peter healed a man crippled from birth
with a look.
Paul resurrected the boy Eutychus.
These men were in tune.
When we are in tune with the vibration,
our consciousness touches the source of knowledge,
and we remember.
Today, I remember how to be a god.
You okay?
Uh, uh, w-wait, we need to come up with a plan.
What are... What are we gonna do once we find him?
- Just gonna talk to him. - Talk to him?
I'm his father.
- Peter. - I'm not gonna let Katherine get hurt.
Trust me.
- What are you doing? - I'm sorry. I have no other choice.
No, no, no.
No. Peter.
No, no. No. No, you can't do this.
He will kill you.
- He wants me. There's no other way. - No! Peter,
do not do this! You can't do this!
Peter, please!
Look after her, please, Robert, will you?
Peter!
God! No!
I'm here.
Dad, what are you doing?
You're alone.
Where's Robert?
He brought me. That's all you asked of him.
If I am to be your instrument, so be it.
Take what's left of my life,
but let Kate go.
You still don't understand.
- Hey. I just called it in to Metro. - They won't get here in time.
- We need to get these people out. - You got it.
All right, ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the Washington Monument.
- As you disembark... - Everyone, sit down.
You need to get out of here right away.
What are you... What are you talking about?
- Who the hell are you? - CIA.
- There is an imminent threat... - CIA.
Yeah, right. And I'm Tom Hanks.
Show me.
Damn it!
- Go. Now. - Yeah, yeah.
No!
Triquetra?
What is it?
It's the oldest symbols of spirituality.
The power of three.
A trinity.
You've studied the ancient ways your entire life.
You know the power of the mysteries
relies on sacrifice.
A soul must be released.
If there is any shred of honor left in you,
let her go.
No, I'm not leaving.
Then watch.
This is iron from heaven.
A blade forged from a meteorite
and touched by God
the day Abraham submitted to the volitions
of the supreme being
by proffering Isaac.
The Akedah dagger?
It was never used for its true purpose.
Until now.
You are not the offering, Peter.
I am.
Upon the portal,
I will die
and be reborn imbued with wisdom beyond.
Keep going.
Open your eyes.
You must end me.
- Son... - You must take responsibility!
Finally! Ultimately!
Do it.
- Do it now! - No! No!
You're doing this for nothing.
Here is your ancient wisdom.
Buried in the cornerstone, w-what you might call a portal.
It's a Bible, just a King James Bible.
It was all just a myth, a metaphor.
Your stalling will only delay the inevitable.
I'm not stalling.
That is all there is.
You expect me to believe that after all these safeguards...
...all the secrecy...
Was for that?
No!
That makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense.
No. No!
What do you think?
Makes me look distinguished, right?
Like I'm ready to hang with this guy.
How long do they think you'll need it for?
Doc says a few weeks, maybe.
I guess until the dizziness goes away.
And what then? Back to the Capitol?
Nah, I promised Zoe I'd find something
with less drama.
I owe that to her.
You owe it to yourself, I would think.
I suppose we could all do with a bit of simplicity
in our lives right now.
So, after all that,
the wisdom turned out to be an old Bible?
Yeah, just a book.
Only a skeptic would say, "It's just a book," Robert.
The Bible has a profound message for us.
We all possess the ability to become godlike.
Jesus, Yeshua, said as much.
"The works that I do, you can do, and greater."
- So the wisdom... - Lies within us all.
Metaphorically.
Ah, yeah, it's Zoe
reminding me about PT.
- Sir, real pleasure. - Absolutely.
Sorry.
So glad I got to see you off, man.
Take care.
No, uh, tracking devices, I hope.
Far as you know.
Everything all right?
You locked me in a barely operational antique elevator,
so we should probably talk about that at some point.
I'm sorry, I had to do it.
Is that really what's bothering you?
Maybe there was a part of me that wanted
the ancient wisdom to be more than just...
a metaphor.
And what if it is more than that?
You know of the stories of a code in the Bible.
Francis Bacon, William Blake, all those luminaries thought
there was something hidden in those pages.
- Sure, but... - But think of it.
It's a bizarre book of stories
filled with contradictions,
with outdated beliefs,
with outright absurdities.
Peter, you're trying to argue that there could be
some ancient wisdom encrypted within the Bible?
The Torah, the Qur'an, the Upanishads,
there's a reason why these ancient texts have endured.
People sense there is a power in them
that we have yet to understand.
We just stopped looking for it.
Of course, it's never too late to start looking again.
Zach and I used to ride our bikes here when we were kids.
You know how something can feel like yesterday
and a lifetime ago at the same time?
You mean our capacity for
- autonoetic consciousness or... - No, I don't mean...
I'm just talking.
At least now I know you've been listening.
- How's the arm feel? - It's okay.
X-rays showed a microfracture.
Maybe that's all it ever was.
You had to do what you did.
I know.
Necessity is harsh.
Fate has no reprieve.
There's just so much I wish I could ask him.
You don't need him.
You've devoted your life to finding answers in places
others wouldn't dare look.
Your intuition has been right at-at every turn.
Sorry for the moments I doubted it.
So, what, now you believe in my field?
I believe in you.
- I don't have to go. - Yes, you do.
If this is gonna work, we have to take it slow.
Figure out who we are outside of... everything.
I'll be back in two weeks. That slow enough?
- _ - What is this yearning in us to believe?
We believe in things we cannot see and things for which
there is insufficient evidence.
We call that faith.
Allegedly, it's a virtue.
In the Abrahamic religions, the forefather Abraham
was revered for his faith.
Nearly kills his son Isaac, 'cause God commands it.
Then, when God reverses himself,
says that it was just a test of his faith.
Here's my question. If Abraham is having
conversations with God, he has evidence of God.
What does he need faith for?
This weekend you will all imagine you hear
the voice of God.
It may or may not sound a lot like my voice.
Up-up to you.
Then you'll write a thousand words on why you believe it...
or why you don't.
See you Monday.
_
Brushing up on your Genesis?
Something like that.
How are you?
I was worried you were in some secret prison.
Something's come up. I need your expertise.
I'm not sure how useful I can be to the CIA.
Not the CIA.
I was recruited by a private outfit: Global Reach.
- Nationless spies. - Something like that.
We're looking into a bombing in Europe.
No one's claimed responsibility, but...
whoever it was left this.
Do you know what it means?
Sure.
How fast can you pack?
Depends.
Where am I going?
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