Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

Previously on "The Lost Symbol..."

Your husband shot me.

He's not my husband anymore.

Let me see some ID.

First your brother,

then your father.

You could be next.

This is crazy.

A psychopath is killing people

to ensure that I keep going,

and your Leviathan friends are showing up in gas masks

trying to get me to stop.

But I can't stop, not if I want to get Peter back.

It's a piece of rock.

It's a map.

The pyramid and the capstone

will reveal the location of the portal.

So the bottom line is, if this contract gets awarded

it'll add 10,000 new jobs.

And that's in Nevada alone.

Every one of those

is a future vote the senator can count on.

If those projections are even accurate.

CBO sees it differently.

Your boss didn't get to be chair

of the Armed Services Committee by listening to the CBO.

Now, I know she'd like to keep that position,

but she's gonna have to get reelected first.

If she pushes this over the line,

we'd be happy to ensure she meets her fundraising goals.

Sir? Your next appointment is here.

He's waiting in your office.

Warren.

Thanks for coming in.

-How have you been? -I've been well.

Still dreaming of that cracked crab down at Nags Head.

I'm glad.

Nothing gives Emily and I more pleasure

than sharing that house with people.

So, I've been trying to push through

a piece of defense legislation, and I could use your help.

Well, unless somebody's changed the Constitution

when I wasn't looking,

the Architect of the Capitol doesn't get a vote.

Well, I don't need your vote.

I need your access.

I need to know which way people are leaning.

You're asking me to spy on Congress?

And if I was?

You would strenuously object, of course,

because that would mean betraying your oath

to a sacred institution.

And you would never do that, would you?

Institutions are important.

When individuals are weak,

they ensure the group remains strong.

You understand that.

At least, you used to.

Leviathan exists to protect a secret

more important than any one person's life.

More important than Peter Solomon's,

certainly more important than yours.

"We protect it from those who would do evil.

We must ensure the mystery remains unsolved."

What do you want, Jonathan?

I want to know how far Robert Langdon has gotten.

"The secret hides within The Order."

"The Order," capitalized-- what Order?

It can't just mean Freemasonry, that'd be redundant.

So what?

The Carthusians?

Too hermetic.

Franciscans? Too familiar.

Friend of mine forwarded me the tox screens from Trish.

She was drugged. Ketamine.

Ketamine.

That's like a party drug, right?

Used to be.

People use it now for pain, depression.

Put people in a coma with it sometimes.

Point is, it's not easy to get.

Unless you have a contact.

Like a doctor?

Or pharmacist.

Sophie Bastin.

The janitor's wife?

You said you believed her.

Well, maybe I just wanted to believe her.

I'm thinking I should pay her another visit.

Hey, anything book smart happen in 1514?

Not especially.

Somewhere in the middle of the War of the Holy League,

Copernicus is finishing his theory that the sun is,

in fact, the center of the universe. Why?

Because the box is dated.

1514 AD.

"AD" isn't a date.

It's a person.

You're awake.

If that's what you're wondering.

You seem to be recovering well.

Is that what this is?

Post-op?

If you're going to torture me,

at least have the good grace to do it while I'm awake.

I assume you have a reason for all this?

You'll understand soon enough.

But first, a statement.

Think of it as, uh, a lecture.

If that helps.

Why Robert? He's not even a Freemason.

He's in need of your encouragement.

There are others who will never let him succeed.

Leviathan?

They don't concern me.

Well, they should.

-I'm not reading this. -You will.

Or you will go back into the tank

to whatever awaits you there.

A.D. stands for Albrecht Dürer.

German. 16th century.

In medieval art,

initials were often drawn this way.

Symbols used instead of signatures.

He had the ultimate Renaissance mind:

artist, philosopher, alchemist,

and lifelong student of the ancient mysteries.

So we're looking for a painting he did in 1514.

An engraving.

-"Melencolia I." -Creepy.

Dense with symbolism.

It represents mankind's failed attempt

to transform human intellect

into godlike power.

Like in the Rotunda. "Apotheosis..."

"Of Washington."

Exactly.

That's not a coincidence.

And neither is that.

A magic square.

Dürer accomplished what had seemed impossible.

Every number added horizontally, vertically,

diagonally and quarterly,

all equals the same number: 34.

: My earlier decryption

of the pyramid gave us meaningless letters.

Using the magic square,

you see that the first box is 16.

That becomes "J."

Second is three, that's an "E."

Then two, "O."

Next box, that's "S."

11's "A." "N."

U-N-U-S.

"Jeova...

"Sanctus...

Unus."

What does it mean?

One true God.

All right, cool.

I'm gonna let you Harvard this out.

I'm gonna go see the janitor's wife.

-Great. Yeah. -All right. Okay.

Robert, my time is running out.

If you fail to locate the portal,

it won't be my hand you find,

but my head.

-Hey. -Hey.

He understands, Nare-uh-thack... that...

the present situation is unsustainable.

Ness no...

he knows government personnel are involved,

and the time he needs to get from you

what he wants is waning.

Act quickly.

And do not prok...

do not provoke contact with others on this,

or...

this communication may be my last.

I went back and forth over whether I should even show you.

No, it's good.

He's alive.

There's something else I wanted you to see.

Is that...

The capstone.

Um...

it came in a... in a stone box,

and there was an inscription on it that led me to an engraving,

-"Melencolia I." -I know that piece.

Dad used to point it out on our trips to the National Gallery.

Do you, do you remember any-anything he said about it?

Did he... did he ever mention the phrase "one true god"?

I don't think so, not specifically.

I wish he was here to tell me what makes it so important.

Maybe I need to go and see it.

There could be something hidden in the actual engraving

that you can't see in a photo online.

I could go with you. I might remember something.

-It's risky. It's risky us even being here together. -Look, Dad said

that time was running out. We have to finish this,