05x05 - Scytale

[bunniefuu]

[ominous music playing]

[thunder crashing]

[birds chirping]

[Kiara] Isn't he a fugitive?

-Why would he risk coming back here?
-To finish the job?

[Sarah] To finish what job?

Honestly, whatever it is,
it's probably not good. So…

[tense music playing]

[gear shifter clicks]

[Rafe] Dad left the gold to all of us.
He left Tannyhill to all of us.

And now I hear you're selling Tannyhill,
which you can't do without our consent.

Rafe--

So I want my quarter of Tannyhill
and the gold. That's mine.

The gold was never reported, Rafe.

It was never taxed.
So legally, it doesn't exist.

-So where is it?
-A safe place.

So you stole it?

-I secured it.
-[Rafe scoffs]

And if anything happens to me,
it will never be found.

That gold will not exist for you
or Sarah or Wheezie.

So if I were you, I would play nice.

I'm… I'm the one
who got it out of the Bahamas.

Do you have any idea
what I had to go through?

-Rafe.
-Huh? This is not what Dad wanted!

You, of all people, should know that.

I do know that. But unfortunately,
your dad's not here, is he?

So I've had to make arrangements
for myself.

What was your plan?

Were you gonna melt it down bit by bit
like your gold cross?

No, we have to make the gold legal.
And to do that, I have to sell Tannyhill.

[tense music continues]

-What, Judge Holden?
-Mm-hmm. Judge Holden.

Topper's grandfather verifies
that the gold was found

after Ward bought the Crain property.

Makes it legal. And in return,
Topper and Dale get Tannyhill.

All part of their big development deal.

Which I understand you're getting in on.
That's good for you, Rafe.

Once Judge Holden makes the gold legal,

we all get our cut
free and clear and totally legit.

But none of that can happen
without selling Tannyhill.

Tannyhill's not yours to sell.

There's one other thing.

I have evidence

about what you did to Sheriff Peterkin.

Evidence that would reopen the case?

I had nothing to do with that.

[Rose] Mm.

Read it.

It's from your dad.

This part right here.

"After Rafe shot Sheriff Peterkin."

You can keep that. I have another one.

It's a good little reminder
that if anything happens to me,

I will give that to Shoupe.

I don't want to do that, Rafe.

Look, I got Wheezie's signature.
I need Sarah's and yours.

We make the gold legal, we win.

So if I were you, I wouldn't take
too much time thinking about it.

[rock music playing]

[John B] Okay, so, I have something
I kind of have to tell you.

[clears throat] You know how I told you
that I… I sold that fish?

-That's where I got the money?
-Yes.

Right, so…

That was a lie.

What, how? Okay.

I found a bale of weed when I was fishing.

And I sold that bale of weed for $25,000,

and then the people who own
the bale of weed found me,

and now they either want
their bale of weed back or $70,000.

$70,000? How long do you have?

-Tomorrow night.
-Twenty-four hours?

Uh, yeah. Or they… take you fishing.
Which they won't.

-What do you mean take me?
-They won't. I have a plan.

[Sarah] You have a plan?
You're gonna solve this in one day?

[John B] I know this sounds bad.
Hear me out.

So here's the plan. You just kind of
hang out and, uh, hide on Rafe's boat.

-And I'll be back.
-Mm-hmm.

[seagulls squawking]

Hey, I'm…

I'm sorry.

-Oh, about the hit on my head?
-It's not a hit. It's not.

-It's a hit.
-Um, I'm just gonna go work it out.

-That's what I'm gonna do.
-Yeah.

-I'm going to fix it now.
-Mm.

Yeah, um…

["Someday Baby" by R.L. Burnside playing]

Fix it.

Fixing.

sh*t.

[clears throat] Hey, Barracuda Mike.

Jesus Christ. I got nothing for you,
John B. Don't even start with me.

No. No, no, listen, I just, uh…
I need a little help.

Well, you're talking to the wrong guy.

-Please, just help me. I will pay you.
-What's up?

$17,000.

Give it to Julio. Maybe he'll take it
from you and keep off me for a week.

I don't want your money, bro.

Put that sh*t away.

You don't want my money? What?
Everybody wants money. Hey, listen.

Hear me out. Look, just run
a little interference for me, all right?

You used to work for him, hang out,
do work sh*t. You guys were like buds.

-[Barracuda Mike] Whoa.
-What?

Look, I was on the boat with him

when he tied Ben Rhodes to that marlin.

He's got five warrants out in Florida.

Kidnapping and worse. He just don't care.

So, uh, I won't be getting
in between Julio and nobody.

I like breathing too much.

[Barracuda Mike sighs]

Look,

maybe it's time you hit the road, slick.
Get out of town for a while.

And next time,

don't go trying to sell sh*t
that ain't yours.

-["Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy playing]
-♪ A me seh one ting ♪

♪ Nancy cyaan understand ♪

♪ Bam bam, aye ♪

♪ What a bam bam ♪

♪ Bam bam dilla… ♪

Rose and Groff

are together?

[Sarah] Mm-hmm.

[Rafe] God, this makes things, like,
ten times more complicated.

[Sarah] I know.

Does Rose know who this guy is?

Does Rose know?
Of course she doesn't know.

Whatever it is, Groff's bullshit can wait
because this other thing is more pressing.

In two days,
Dale's giving me a contract to sign,

and if I don't sign it,
or if I don't get you to sign it,

I'm screwed,
and we'll never get the gold from Rose.

So I'll sign.

-You'll sign?
-Yes.

Listen, here's what
you don't understand, okay?

If you sign, you're signing away
your rights to Tannyhill.

[Sarah] And?

And once Rose gets those signatures,
she could just… vanish with Groff.

Okay, but she could do that anyways
if she wants to.

And also, let's just say she keeps
her promise to Dad and we all get our cut.

But in the meantime,
if I don't sign that, you go to prison.

[music fades]

[dramatic music playing]

I don't want you going to jail, Rafe.

I'm also about to have a kid.

And I want them to know you.

-Really?
-Yes, really.

Dad would've wanted that too.

[Rafe sighs]

[Sarah] What do you think?

Just… give me a little bit.
I gotta do some vetting.

-Where are you going?
-I need to think about it, all right?

You can stay here.
Just don't touch anything. See you later.

[reggae music playing]

Look, I'm really trying
not to get up in your sh*t, Pope.

But are you good?

I'm not the one with the stack of books
about a magic crown in her car.

What else am I going to do?

I miss him.

Do you mind?

-Do I mind what?
-It's puff, puff, then pass.

Whoa, whoa. Weren't you just
giving me sh*t about this?

[Kiara] I don't know, was I?

Whatever.

Desperate times…

You know, honestly, all things considered,

I actually think
that we're doing really good.

[Pope] Moving on. [groans]

Coming to terms.

[Pope] Except for Groff coming back.

Have you thought about that?

I'm not really thinking of anything else,
to be honest.

Just doesn't make any sense.

Why would he risk coming back at all?

So, I had a thought.

Blackstone.
I feel like it has to be Blackstone.

I think there's something
that he wants at the house.

Blackstone? I just saw it
when I passed the inlet the other day.

It's all boarded up.

Right, so listen. So we already know
that Blackbeard stole from Murat.

Well, Blackbeard brought those items
back to Blackstone,

things that are connected to the crown.

Because when I saw Finch in the gondola--

Right when he told you
that the crown could resurrect the dead.

[curious music playing]

That's…

It's just a legend, Pope.

It's not like I believe it.

The point is that he asked me
if there was anything else we found,

something that was really important
for its powers.

Okay.

I'm not trying to, uh…

you know, be all in your biz,

but it feels a lot
like you might be invested

for other emotional reasons.

Are you okay?

Look,

I'm 99% sure there's something
at Blackstone.

And I swear
that's what Groff is coming to get.

And I think whatever he's coming to get
is the same thing

that Finch asked me about.

Except we could get it first.

-You coming?
-Do I have a choice?

No.

[Sarah] Okay, so we need 53K quick.

What if we sell something?

I mean, we have two duffel bags
of clothes, which is probably $150.

So what about the boat?
This is probably not cheap.

-You think this thing is paid off?
-I don't know.

Rafe is just waiting for the day
it gets repo'd.

[dramatic music playing]

[John B sighs]

I don't know, Sarah.
I think we've got to get off the island.

Come on. I have an idea.

[curious music playing]

-Afternoon, Sheriff.
-Ah!

-Morning!
-Jesus!

You know, it's a chargeable offense
scaring the sh*t out of somebody.

Sorry.

Nearabout spilled
my shitty courthouse coffee.

What are you doing in my vehicle?

Julio Valdez.

I don't know what kind
of bullshit y'all are up to.

[John B] Shoupe, he is moving
massive weight up and down our coast.

-You remember Ben Rhodes?
-I'm well aware of who Valdez is.

We've been looking for him.

I know where he's gonna be.

-You want to share?
-On the island. Tomorrow, meeting with me.

What the hell are you doing meeting up
with a guy like this?

Well, that part is a little complicated.

-I'll bet it is.
-[John B] Mm.

Look, do you want this guy or not, Shoupe?

Shoupe, we've been living
at the fish camp. We can't get jobs.

We can't go out in public.

And I'm pregnant.

You…

Yeah.

[Sarah] Yes, sir.

[sighs] Well, hell, um…

Congratulations. Yeah?

Thank you.

I'm glad to see y'all decided
to travel the straight and narrow

now that you're pregnant.

Which sort of underscores
my original question.

How the hell did you get mixed up
with this guy?

I owe him money.

[dramatic music playing]

And if I don't get it to him
by tomorrow night, he's gonna k*ll Sarah.

I already lost my best friend.
I can't lose her too.

Please.

Help me?

Yeah.

We don't need something like that
going down again.

God, I see you guys,
and I can't help but think of him,

and believe it or not, I miss that kid.

Should've never let y'all…
go off like that.

Well, this is your chance
to make up for it.

[dramatic music continues]

[Pope] I never thought we'd willingly
come back to Blackstone.

[eerie music playing]

[coyote howling]

[Kiara] Does anyone live here anymore?

[Pope] I don't think so.
Not since Groff left.

[Kiara] I guess it's empty.

[Kiara grunting]

Let me give it a try. [grunts]

[Pope groans]

-[glass shatters]
-Ow!

[Kiara] You good?

[Pope] Yeah. We're in.

Just as creepy as I remember.

[Kiara] Yeah.

Come on.

[eerie music continues]

[door creaks]

JJ's mom.

He looked just like her.

[Pope] So what
are we looking for specifically?

[Kiara] Research that they did.

Historical correspondence. Papers.

And Finch asked about a staff.
So look for that.

[Pope] Okay.

Are you redecorating?

I'm looking for correspondence.
I think some could be up here.

[Kiara] Super safe.

[Pope] It's fine. I got it.

[suspenseful music building]

-[music stops]
-[Pope grunting]

[Kiara] Holy sh*t, Pope!

Are you okay?

Ow, my back.

[clanging, creaking]

That didn't feel good.

-Pope, what the hell? The wall's moving.
-What?

[rumbling]

I must've hit a mechanism
in the bookshelf when I fell.

[eerie music playing]

Shall we?

After you.

[eerie music continues]

[Kiara] Whoa.

[Pope] This looks promising.

[Kiara] What is this place?

Whatever this place is,
it smells like asbestos.

[Kiara] No way.

"This is the Sword of Justice that took
the life of the feared pirate Blackbeard."

[Pope] The Sword of Justice?

[Kiara] Oh, that's it?

Oh yeah, that's coming with me.

Pope!

-Jesus Christ!
-That's my bad. It's the Sword of Justice.

You're not taking that with you.

I'm taking the Sword of Justice.
I'm sorry.

[Kiara] I always wanted a little room
behind a bookcase.

[Pope] "Genrette Family Museum."

This is like a museum
for their whole estate.

[camera shutter snapping]

{\an8}"Discovery of Blackbeard's cache, 1842."

What's a cache?

Like a place
where pirates keep their booty.

That looks like a staff thingy.

Wait, Pope. That has to be it.
What is that on it?

-There's writing on it.
-I can't quite read it though.

[Kiara whispers] Be careful!

Let me get a better picture.

[camera shutter snapping]

-[Pope] What's it got on there?
-It's not English.

[Pope] It's not Arabic either.

Should we just… take it?

-[Kiara] No, don't, don't.
-You know, who's gonna really miss it?

-Just push it back.
-[Demp] Who goes there?

-[Pope] Oh my gosh!
-[screams] sh*t!

[breathlessly] It's… it's… uh, it's…
it's Pope and Kiara, the… the kids.

-The… the treasure kids from the island.
-[Pope] Oh God.

I know who you are.

-[Kiara] Oh, okay.
-What are you doing here?

Um, we're, you know…

[spluttering] We wanted to have something
of JJ's mother, of… of… of Larissa's.

We were just looking for something.

Sorry. We…
we should have announced ourselves.

What, uh… what is this place?

This?

Mr. Genrette's pride and joy.

The whole history of Blackstone.

Hey, do you happen to, um…

Do you know what this thing is
that they're holding in the picture?

Well, that there is a scytale.

A what?

-Citaly, I don't…
-[Demp] "Scytale."

Don't surprise me you want to know.

How come?

[Demp] Mr. Groff,
he was interested in it too.

Obsessed.

Told me all about it.

[Groff] The scytale, my dear Demp,

was an ancient form of cryptography,
you see.

It had two pieces, the ribbon…
and the staff.

And if you didn't have both,
you couldn't read the message.

[Demp] Bunch of funny scribbling.

Well, it's a lot more than that,
my friend.

It's a very valuable artifact,

and those scribbles are likely
an incantation

connected to one
of the greatest treasures in antiquity.

The Blue Crown.

And if you recited it correctly,
at the right time,

it opened a portal to the underworld.

Underworld, huh?

Why'd you want to do that?

To resurrect the dead.

[Kiara breathing heavily]

[Demp] Wes got interested in it
after Larissa died.

Where is it?

The… the scytale? It's here?

You ain't the first to wonder that.

It's all Mr. Groff thought about.

That and the Blue Crown.

[dramatic music playing]

[Kiara] That must be
what he came back here for.

Okay, so, did he ever get it?

No, he did not get it.

And it ain't gonna do no good
for you to go looking for it.

Are you sure?

It didn't help Wes
and anyone else who went after it…

-[Pope] Hold on.
-Please…

-This is really important.
-Please, we need to know.

Anything.

Please.

[dramatic music continues]

The Genrettes.

They sold it.

Not long after they found it.

To who? You know who they sold it to?

That's the bill of sale. Right there.

[intriguing music playing]

"D.T."

Denmark Tanny.

[music ends]

[country music playing]

[overlapping chatter]

It's primal, man.

-Tannyhill's your ancestral home.
-Yeah.

You probably always thought
it'd be in the family.

Man, I know you're losing
a lot of memories here,

but I guarantee
with what you get in return,

you're gonna make new ones.

We got a seat at the table here.


I mean, that's what Dale says.

Rafe, I'm talking tens of millions.

Yeah, man, I know you're talking
tens of millions.

I just… The whole thing feels
a little bit, uh, sketchy, you know?

-Why isn't the 5% in the contracts?
-They don't want the paper trail.

I mean,
where's the guarantee on this, then?

I am… bro. Come on, it's legit.

[patrons chattering]

One question, though, man.
Why'd they pull you into this?

What do you…

I don't want to offend you or anything,
but, you know, I get Dale,

I get… I get all the investors,

I get everybody, all those guys,
but what… what do you bring?

What do you… what do you mean?
I'm… I'm… I'm the…

you know, I'm the… the people guy.

And… and I… I know you,

so it's… You know, I'm… I'm getting
this whole thing dialed in.

[sinister music playing]

[birds cawing]

[John B exhales]

Ah, I've been looking
all over for you guys.

I, uh, have an order for Julio.

Seven jumbo biscuits.

[chuckles] Hey, boys.

Look at this little pendejo.
Brought us some biscuits, eh?

-I don't really know what that means.
-I said biscuits, b*tch, and guess what?

He jumped right to it.

-Yeah.
-Robo.

Hell no, man. I don't eat carbs.

Give some to Tevi.
He loves that palm oil sh*t.

Hey, why you look uneasy, man?

I know why he's uneasy.

You're worried about
that little puta of yours, aren't you?

Look, I gave you guys your money.

All right? So we're… we're good, okay?

So we don't have to worry. We can just…

-[sirens wailing]
-[tires screeching]

-sh*t, you were followed.
-[John B] No, you were being watched.

I'm not going to jail.

I got eyes on Valdez. Find the kid.

Julio Valdez!

Surrender now. You're surrounded.

[Julio] sh*t.

Hey, stop right there. Julio, put it down.

Put the knife down.

[John B grunting]

Come on, Benton, Jesus.

Sorry, buddy. We gotta sell it.

Put the knife on the table.

Get on the ground.
Put your hands on your head. Now!

[officer] Move it!

-[officer] Hands up, buddy.
-[grunts]

[Julio groaning]

[Shoupe] All right, Julio Valdez. You are
under arrest for multiple active warrants.

Let's get him up!

You have the right to remain silent.

-Get off me.
-[John B] This is some bullshit.

Get off-- [groans]

[Benton] Stop! Spread your legs!

You keep your mouth shut.

I'll be looking for you.

[Benton] Just get him in the car.

[ethereal music playing]

[Cleo] Nothing to lose, Pope!

[Kiara screaming] Pope!

[weeping] No!

No, Pope!

Come out now! I'll let you live.

[Cleo] No tomorrow. Pope!

[Pope breathing heavily]

[exhales]

[video narrator] …the Blue Crown,
often referred to in antiquity

as the Taj e-Millah,

was more than a symbol
of the Persian monarchy.

Forged during the Elamite empire,

it was believed to be
the physical manifestation of…

[speaks Arabic]

…or kingly glory, a divine force
that validated the king's right to rule,

giving him dominion over man and beast.

In the 6th Century BCE, King Cyrus
commissioned the fortune of the…

which codified the balance of powers…

[suspenseful music playing]

[chair scrapes]

[music fades]

[Pope breathing shakily]

I hitchhike all the way here,
and that's all the welcome that I get?

[gentle music playing]

You miss me?

[Pope sniffling]

Pope?

I'm back now.

[Pope sniffling]

Hey, Shoupe. I, um, just wanted to say
thanks for believing in me and our plan.

It really does feel good
to be on the right side of the law.

Yeah, yeah.
Well, you did the right thing, almost.

-Yeah, yeah. What?
-You forgetting something?

Uh… Oh, yeah. Thank you.

[Shoupe] No, smart-a*s.

You never did tell me why
you were giving 70 grand

to this guy at the fish docks.

-[John B] Hmm.
-[Sarah] Hmm.

My, uh, counselor said to plead the sixth.

-Fifth.
-Fifth.

Yeah.

You're not as slick as you think you are.

Y'all stay out of trouble.

-Yes, sir. Thank you.
-Good to see you.

-[Shoupe] Mm-hmm.
-[Sarah] Thank you, Shoupe.

[John B] Best wife ever.

-[Sarah] Get in the car.
-What?

That was a great idea.

[Sarah] Hell yeah, it was.

[John B] I can't believe that sh*t worked.

[Sarah sighs] Honestly, same.

[van doors shut]

[van engine starts]

[car engine starts]

[Pope] I was at rock bottom.

I was in this pit.

I could just keep feeling myself
going deeper and deeper, and…

[exhales] I don't know.
I just kept sliding.

[inhales deeply] And then
I started smoking more than normal.

It just kind of became
a way to feel better.

Just forget about all the bullshit.

I'm sure you think it's weak.

I know it's weak.

[gentle music playing]

You saved me, Pope.

How could I think you're weak?

Look, it's time to be strong now.

I really missed you.

I really missed you too.

[Sarah] Oh my God.

-[John B] Is that…?
-[Kiara] You're back?

-What?!
-[Kiara] What the hell?

[Cleo] Live and in the flesh.

[Sarah and Kiara shrieking joyfully]

-[John B] Hey!
-[Sarah] Aw!

[all chuckling]

-The g*ng's all here.
-[Kiara] Okay.

How cool is this?

[Sarah] It's hug time.

-[John B] Turn your frown upside down.
-[Kiara] Okay.

Why are we group hugging?
I just saw you guys.

-[Sarah] Hi. You know…
-[John B] Come on.

[Pope] So I pull out one of the books,
and the bookcase opens up.

[Kiara] It was like in a movie.

-Then we go down this hidden staircase.
-Behind the bookshelf.

[Sarah] Huh?

[Mike] Mike's Special. For you.

-[Sarah] Mike!
-[Mike] You're welcome.

-Enjoy.
-[John B] All right. Keep going.

[Pope] So then Demp shows up
and starts telling us about this artifact

that's related to the Blue Crown.

[Kiara] Check this out.

I think we figured out
why Groff's on the island.

I think he's looking for this thing.
It's called a scytale.

It has coded writing on it, on the ribbon.

It was at Blackstone,
but then it was bought by Denmark Tanny.

[John B exhales]

What did Denmark want with it?

-His wife.
-His wife.

[gentle music playing]

So the legend is
that if you have the scytale

and the crown, then it can

bring back the dead.

-What?
-Not… No, nothing.

It's just a legend, guys. I don't…

I'm not some wacko, okay?
The point is, it's worth frickin' bank.

And I'm pretty sure
this is what Finch is looking for.

I know that's what he's looking for.

-[Pope] What?
-How?

His boys came to look for me in Nassau.
They was looking for this exact thing.

It didn't make sense at the time,

but Stubby used to do runs
for the Corsairs.

And he told me
Mr. Finch has a dead daughter.

[John B] That's what this is all about.

Finch wants the scytale so that he can
bring his dead daughter back to life?

Mm-hmm.

[Pope] Probably why
Groff is looking for it.

So he can sell it to Finch.

[John B] What if we beat Groff to it?

We bring it to Finch. Groff's gonna
follow us. Get Groff arrested.

It's a two for one.
We get paid. Groff goes to jail.

Wipe our hands clean. That, Kie…

That's revenge.

[gentle music continues]

I know.

Okay. So what do we do?

Okay, so we know he's here for it.

-We know Denmark Tanny bought it.
-[Pope] Right.

The other things that we have found
from Denmark Tanny have been at Tannyhill.

Do we think it could be at Tannyhill?

-I don't think it's at Tannyhill.
-What do you mean?

Where would it be
if it's not at Tannyhill?

I think I have seen this before
at the castle.

The one that my mom's family owns.

That's where she brought all her stuff
after the divorce with my dad.

And I think I remember seeing it
before she took off.

And it very well could still be

with all her things.

[John B] So where did you see
this scytale thing?

I think I was around 4
because it was around the time

Mom moved into the castle after the split.

And there was all this contested stuff
from the divorce.

Right.

And one day,
Rafe and I were playing in the attic.

And we stumbled across
this old, old chest.

And I remember
my mother burst into the attic.

And she kept saying, like, "Not to be
touched. It's sacred… Blah, blah, blah."

And she banned Rafe and I from the attic,
and then she split soon after that.

And she left everything, and I don't think
anyone's touched the house since.

Why do you think she left?

Truthfully, I think she knew
that she was not… ready to be a mom.

[Sarah exhales]

I think she knew she couldn't do it.

["Hey" by Mapache playing]

Hey…

You're going to be a great mom.

I think so too.

♪ If you fall ♪

[music fades]

[tense music playing]

Oh sh*t.

What?

[Sarah gasps]

[John B] Uh, Julio's friends.

Are you sure it's not a coincidence?

[car engine revving]

[tires screech]

[suspenseful music playing]

sh*t.

Yeah, definitely not a coincidence.

-[Sarah] Careful. Okay. Stop. Now, now.
-Okay. I'm going for it.

-[Sarah] Go, go, go!
-[horn honking]

-Okay.
-Oh my God!

[John B] Come on, baby!

[drawbridge signal beeping]

No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
The bridge.

Uh, we've got to pull over.
We've gotta pull over.

[horn blaring]

[tires screeching]

[engine revving]

[horns honking]

-[driver] Hey, what are you doing?
-We gotta go.

[driver] Stop!

[Sarah] sh*t!

-[John B] Go, keep going!
-[Sarah] Oh!

[John B] We gotta get across the bridge.

[brakes screech]

[horns honking]

-[Sarah] Here. Help me.
-Come on. I've got you.

[Tevi chuckles]

Hey!

Babe, run!

[alarm blaring]

-[Roberto] Where you gonna go now?
-It's moving.

-[John B] Hurry! Let's go!
-[Sarah] Hurry!

-[Sarah] Oh sh*t! Go, go, go!
-Keep going. Get on.

Come on, Sarah!

[Sarah grunts]

-[Roberto] You ain't gonna make that!
-[John B] sh*t!

[suspenseful music playing]

[alarm continues blaring]

-We've got to jump.
-Where you think you're going?

[John B] Go!

[both grunting]

[Roberto] sh*t.

Dammit.

-[Sarah] Okay, let's go.
-[John B] Come on, let's go.

[Tevi] It's only a matter of time
we gonna find you.

-[Sarah] Let's go.
-[John B] Come on, this way.

[Tevi] You're making it worse
for yourselves.

Don't worry about it.
I know where they're going anyhow.

-[drawbridge signal beeping]
-[alarm blaring]

[Kiara] Sarah saw this at the castle.
She said you saw it too.

Yeah, I think maybe I saw this piece
at the castle, like, 15 years ago.

So what? I don't know anything more
about it than she does.

I'm just the messenger, Rafe.
There's a lot going on, you know.

Uh, yeah, I know.

So what is this rod thing supposed to be?

It's an artifact with a coded message.

It's connected to the crown
and its… powers.

What, like, "slay your enemies"?

More like "reverse death."

Oh. [chuckles]

You guys believe that?

No.

[gentle music playing]

You want to believe it though.
I can see you do.

I'm not crazy, Rafe.

[Rafe exhales]

Yeah, I know.

I was the same way after my dad died.
I thought I was losing my mind.

[gentle music continues]

I don't know, I…

I kept seeing him in crowds.

I thought I would hear him talking
upstairs at the house.

Every time my phone rang,
I thought it might be him.

I just…

Yeah…

Do you still think that?

That it could be him when the phone rings?

Nah, it went away after a while.

I don't really want it to go away.

I kind of like thinking it might be JJ.

[dramatic whoosh]

[both panting]

[suspenseful music playing]

[birds cawing]

[Sarah] This is it.
This is my mom's old house.

Come on.

This window. Let's try it. We need…

[John B] Wait.

Step back, Sarah.

[glass shatters]

-[John B] Yeah, I've got you.
-Thanks.

[Sarah breathing shakily]

You see anyone?

-No. No, I think we're good.
-Yeah.

And you're sure nobody's lived here
since you guys did?

I don't think so.

[gentle music playing]

[John B] Whoa.

Well, your family really likes to stay
consistent with the interior decorating,

with death and moldy wood.

[Sarah exhales]

Listen, Sarah, I'm really sorry. I thought
maybe the biscuit plan would work.

And maybe Shoupe arresting Julio
would help us.

And it's a dumpster fire.

And I'm trying to not spiral on it,
but it's a disaster.

-And I'm sorry. [spluttering]
-Stop.

-I thought it was gonna work.
-John B.

Do you want to know what a disaster is?

That's a disaster. My dad's dead.

My mom, I haven't talked to
in I don't know how many years.

Rafe tried to k*ll me,

and Wheezie's being held hostage
by the stepmother from hell.

That's a dumpster fire. Okay?

You just promise me, no matter
what happens, we don't end up like that.

Okay.

[gentle music continues]

[John B snaps tongue]

What? [chuckling]

[John B] Come here.

I, John Booker Routledge…

[chuckling] Stop.

I solemnly swear to do the wrong thing
before I do the right thing…

[Sarah chuckles]

…to never think before I act,

to be a little disorganized and messy and

almost always late.

[John B exhales]

But I promise…

I'm gonna love you forever.

You may kiss your bride.

[wood creaking]

[menacing music playing]

Where did you say that
that scytale thing was?

[dramatic sting]

[eerie music playing]

[Sarah groans]

[Sarah] God.

-Okay, careful.
-[John B] Sorry, sorry.

This thing works?

Oh, good idea.

[John B] There's nothing here
but a bunch of junk.

-What are we looking for again?
-It's a long wood box. Pretty. Skinny.

[Sarah sighs]

You said long skinny box?

[Sarah] Mm-hmm.

Sarah, it's here.

No, that is not pretty.

Remember long, skinny, and pretty.

If I were a small, skinny, pretty box,
where would I be?

[Sarah] Wait, look.
It's their divorce judgment.

"Ellie Cameron, 900 Piety Street,
New Orleans, Louisiana."

-Piety… New Orleans?
-Yeah.

Interesting.

-Why would she go to New Orleans?
-Beats me.

[exhales heavily]

[car doors closing]

[sinister music playing]

[Tevi] Bet you that's where they went.

[Roberto] Gotta be. There's nothing else
in this part of the island.

[tense music playing]

Oh my God. John B.

This is it.

It's exactly like I remember it.

-Let's open this thing up.
-Yeah.

[suspenseful music playing]

[music stops]

Wow.

Okay. Don't spiral, don't spiral,
don't spiral. Wow. Okay.

It's all right. It's fine.

It's just another treasure item
that we lost.

It's because there was the 400 million
in gold, then it was the cross,

and then it was what?

-The Blue Crown with--
-[door opens]

[ominous music playing]

Door.

[Tevi] We're home!

-[Sarah] Oh my God. Go, go, go!
-Let's get out of here.

[both breathing heavily]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Tevi] We know you're in here.

-Oh, sh*t. Go back up. Go, go, go.
-[Sarah] No?

Come out, come out, wherever you are.

-What do we do?
-Help me get this closed.

[both breathing heavily]

[ceiling creaking]

[John B] They're coming.

I got you, sh*t-weasels.

[suspenseful music continues]

[ceiling creaking]

-I think there's another way out.
-Yeah.

-[g*n clicks]
-Someone's up there.

Hello.

Come on out.

[dramatic sting]

[muffled grunting]

[menacing music playing]

[John B] Sarah?

-[muffled yelping]
-Shh!

[Tevi] Come on down, boy.
I just want to talk to you.

-[Roberto] Goddammit.
-[Tevi] No! Open it!

[Tevi grunting]

[panting] Sarah.

[Sarah whimpering]

[Tevi] Come on down!
We'll have a little talk.

[John B breathing heavily]

Where's the scytale? Ah!

-[Sarah screams]
-He's right there. Just sh**t!

[John B] Sarah!

-[Sarah screaming]
-[g*n firing]

[music ends]

[reggae music playing]

[music fades]