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Castle... gard.

Clear!

250.

- 250, ready! - Clear!

Come on.

300.

- 300, ready. - Clear!

He's gone.

I don't know what to tell you. It's over 100 degrees out there.

This guy grabs me with his hands. He's ice cold!

Apart from his obvious external wounds, everything is out of alignment.

Even his veins are out of alignment.

Now, wait. Look at the heart. The aorta doesn't line up.

And now the spine.

Same thing, the same shift, right across the third vertebrae.

This guy looks like a paper doll got cut up and pasted back together.

No wallet, no ID, just this thing around his neck.

Jesus.

It says ITC on it, so we gave them a call.

That's a big outfit on the desert?

Yeah, sure. They're our biggest contributors.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Frank Gordon, ITC. I'm here to pick up Vince Taub's body.

Mr. Gordon, I am Dr. Cova, I'll take care of that paperwork right away.

Thank you.

Vincent Taub, huh?

That's Vinnie's good luck charm. Thank you so much, sheriff.

Pretty sad when your time comes and there's no one out there

to claim you but your employer.

- Excuse me, sheriff. - Sir.

Gordon.

No, no, no. I'm picking up the body right now.

Was he alone or was he with Decker?

- Taub's the only one here. - Get the body out of there.

And whatever x-rays and records they have.

Get everything, okay? Will it be a problem?

No, there's no problem. They've been very accommodating.

If this gets out, itc is ruined.

Any idea how the hell he ended up in the desert?

I don't know, maybe...

Maybe he used his marker without enough clearance.

- It could be one of a million things. - Not too bright.

He's dead, Robert.

Taub is dead.

Oh, Mr. Gordon, by the way, what's "castlegard"?

I heard that's the only word the guy said. "Castlegard".

Sounds like an amusement park.

Listen up, class. April 4th, 1357. Castlegard, France.

The English army in their nice red uniforms

occupied the village of castlegard.

The French, meanwhile, were advancing,

trying to drive them out of there, in this direction, over the river,

past the monastery, and up and over to the heights here.

Just leave it, Chris, that's fine, before you wreck the place.

The English army, meanwhile, had retreated to castle la Roque,

well-fortified, very strong, very well-supplied.

And both sides had settled in for a long siege.

The French were trying to push the English out of France for 100 years.

Lord Oliver, he tries to take the fight out of the French.

Now, he has a prisoner, a woman.

A woman of class and a woman of nobility, commander Arnaut's sister, lady Claire.

Now, during the battle, he hangs her from the battlements

for all of the French forces to see.

Now, instead of demoralizing the French, no, no, no, it whips them into a frenzy.

And they attack the castle like madmen.

And they overpower the English with sheer passion.

So, the fortress of la Roque fell in one night

because of the death of one woman, lady Claire.

Alright, folks.

That's enough of the academics for today. Time to go and get your hands dirty.

Hi, Chris.

Hey, dad, I got Marek's clippers for you.

Oh, Chris! That's great!

- Here, hold that, will you? - Yeah.

Thanks.

You can move it around, if you like.

I thought this is gonna be a routine trip.

It is.

Come on, last time you cut off your beard,

I think you sold the house and we moved to Kentucky for a year.

Your mother wanted a change of scenery.

How does this always end up happening to me?

Because I'm older and very much wiser than you.

Have a beer.

It'll cool you down. Very hot work, ironing.

Thank you.

No, come on. I know something's going on though.

I mean, the beard's coming off. So, what's really happening?

It's these amazing finds we've been making.

Doniger's been giving us too many tips, you know.

He's a lucky zillionaire, pops.

Nobody's that lucky, not even me.

He knows something he's not saying.

Something isn't right about this.

And he's been ducking me.

I'm gonna get down there and get a few answers.

Maybe even scrounge a couple of bucks.

Put that in my bag, would you?

And don't wrinkle it!

And listen, I'd appreciate it if you don't tell anybody about this,

especially Kate.

- Why would I tell Kate? - Here.

Have a wee run round that, would you?

"Why would I tell Kate?"

You come to see me twice a year.

You stay until you're bored to distraction.

I think the record's three weeks.

Maybe I'm just really beginning to enjoy archeology.

This from a boy who hated Easter because he had to find the eggs!

Yeah, because you buried the eggs!

That's beside the point. You're still here because of Kate.

Chris, look, son.

I love you.

- But you're scorching my shirt. - Sorry.

You and Kate are from different worlds.

And you saw how that turned out between your mother and me.

Yeah, but, dad, no offense, I'm not like you.

But Kate is.

Trust me.

If it's between archeology and you...

You'll lose.

- Sorry! - I'm sorry. I brought you a beer.

- That's so sweet. - Half a beer, anyways.

Half a beer

- what have you got going on here? - These are the stairs.

- The ones you were talking about? - Yeah.

Where do they go?

Well, you know, right now they don't go anywhere.

But one day, they're gonna lead me to my tunnel

which is gonna go all the way to la Roque.

What do you say? I'll help you out. Show me what to do.

- No! I thought you hated this stuff! - No, I don't hate it.

Let's have a beer. Ti need a break.

You have the full one.

- Sweet of you. Cheers! - Cheers.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

So, do you think you're gonna follow in your father's footsteps?

No.

- No? - No way.

Actually, I'm not really all that interested in the past.

No? What are you interested in, then?

Yeah, I think I already know the answer to that question.

I've been hoping that you'd notice.

I'd been hoping you'd quit hoping I'd notice.

So, there's nothing there?

Chris, you're the boss's son.

There is something there?

It's late. I think I'll call it a night. I'll just start on this tomorrow.

But thanks for the beer.

- You haven't been practicing, have you? - Well, you know...

I'm not getting any younger.

- You love this stuff! - It's a habit. I can't quite kick.

Yeah. Let me take that thing from you before you cut something off

you’ll need later on.

So, they're talking about love, how did it go last night?

It didn't.

So, how does it feel being passed over for 600-year-old ruins?

It sucks.

It sucks big time.

I don't understand you guys.

- You all live in the past. - What?

- You know what the past is to me? - What? What's the past to you?

That the past is why my parents split up.

The past is basically what I've been force-fed ever since I was a little kid.

I mean, none of you archaeologists looks to the future.

What are you talking about?

I mean, what is the future but just more of the same,

you know, more gadgets, more machines like that thing you rode up on?

It's the past is where it's at. You know what I mean?

You know, people then, they cared about each other.

They, you know...

- Men had honor, you know. - No, no.

- You know what that is to me? - What?

- It's more of that romantic warrior crap. - Romantic?

You want to see romantic, follow me.

Come on.

Come on!

What have you got?

Oh, another stone sticking out of the ground!

Talking about stone sticking out of the ground?

No. It's a 600-year-old sarcophagus with a French knight and his lady.

- Look, isn't she beautiful? - She's a real knockout.

Very funny.

Now look. Another thing, down here. They're holding hands.

That's incredibly unusual for that period.

- That is kind of unusual, huh? - Yeah.

Oh, god, here, over here. This knight, he's only got one ear.

What happened there?

What are you talking about one ear?

It's probably just a piece that's missing. It's probably somewhere here in the dirt.

Talking about a piece...

Hey, I'm the archaeologist here, okay? It was carved that way.

- Well, fair enough, fair enough. - Trust me.

So, who do you think they were, anyways?

So, why would somebody that doesn't give a shit be concerned with that?

Because I'm intrigued, alright?

See? That's what you wanted to hear.

Yeah, absolutely.

And it's true. I mean, we're all intrigued by this.

That's why we're all here.