As the first season of the Disney+ sequence ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ nears its end, it makes large revelations about its narrative. In episode 9, titled ‘A Meeting with Salazar,’ Billie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has captured every Rafael (Jacob Vargas) and Jess (Lisette Olivera) and forces them to info her in direction of the Devil’s Swamp in Mississippi, the place the Pan-American treasure supposedly is. Meanwhile, Jess’ mates perceive one factor is unsuitable and attain out to the FBI in desperation. This prompts Agent Ross (Lyndon Smith) to seek for the truth with deadly penalties. Here is each half it’s attainable you’ll have to know regarding the ending of ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ episode 9. SPOILERS AHEAD.
National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 9 Recap
The episode begins with Jess and Raphael nonetheless inside the custody of Billie and her people. Jess manages to get Ethan’s cellphone onto Billie’s personal jet. Billie takes Rafael’s journal as she is conscious of the clues to the treasure are someplace in there, though she initially has no idea what it’s. Billie acknowledges that if the daddy and daughter are put collectively, they’ll conjure up trouble, so she separates them on the flight, with Rafael sitting collectively along with her and Jess with Kacey.
Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge, realizing that Jess could also be in trouble, Oren (Antonio Cipriano) and Liam (Jake Austin Walker) go to the FBI and converse to Agent Ross. The native police are subsequently despatched to Peter Sadusky’s residence, nevertheless they don’t uncover Myles’ physique there. Oren requires to be put through a polygraph verify, so it could be established that they’re telling the truth. Ross humors him, and far to her shock, he passes. Tasha (Zuri Reed) and Ethan (Jordan Rodrigues), who’ve been arrested after landing inside the US, are moreover launched in for questioning. As on a regular basis, Tasha is hostile in direction of the authorities, so Agent Ross lets Tasha and her mates go and gives Tasha her amount.
As they journey from Mexico to Mississippi, Billie figures out exactly what Rafael has been hiding. Inside the pencil in his journal, there’s a small pin. Billie realizes that it opens Jess’ locket, which could then be used as an historic compass. Jess manages to ship out a distress signal from Ethan’s cellphone. Meena, Ethan’s former girlfriend, receives it. After the preliminary awkwardness, she delivers the message. However, the group nonetheless doesn’t know the place their good pal is. Tasha, the know-how expert and hacker amongst them, gives a solution. They all go to a shady motel, and Tasha makes use of the antenna of the earlier TV inside the room to find out that Billie is heading in direction of Mississippi.
In Baton Rouge, Zeke and Ross go to Peter Sadusky’s dwelling to analysis whether or not or not Myles was really murdered there. Although they don’t uncover proof, as Billie’s people had utterly cleaned the place, Dario and one different operative arrive to retrieve Myles’ cellphone. There is a gunfight, and Dario’s companion is killed. Afterward, Tasha sends Ross a video file exhibiting Billie, Jess, Rafael, and Billie’s armed guards at Vicksburg County Airport. Ross displays the video to her boss, Hendricks (Armando Riesco), who orders speedy mobilization whereas he and Ross head to Vicksburg.
National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 9 Ending: Is Hendricks Salazar?
As the title of the episode implies, there’s definitely a gathering with Salazar — for Jess along with for the viewers. It is revealed that Hendricks is Salazar. He is probably going one of the few characters who appear in every ‘National Treasure’ films and the Disney+ sequence. He is a minor character inside the films and appeared like a supporting character inside the current until the penultimate episode.
Ross figures out that Hendricks killed Peter Sadusky and leaves him cuffed in Billie’s plane to go after the latter and her goons. She even manages to shock them by displaying out of nowhere and holding Billie at gunpoint, prompting the goons to drop their weapons. However, as she is just too focused on the parents in entrance of her, Hendricks — having gotten out of {{the handcuffs}} — stabs her from behind with Billie’s faux sword of Hernán Cortés.
Rafael acknowledges Hendricks as Salazar, which, as a result of the bearded man instructed Jess and Rafael, won’t be primarily an individual’s title nevertheless a title bestowed upon the head of an historic group in search of treasures all around the world. It appears that Hendricks is the current Salazar and has been so for the ultimate twenty years. As we now have speculated after episode 8, the group that Salazar leads and the one Billie is part of are the equivalent.
While they’re coming to the Devil’s Swamp, Liam deciphers the important thing message his grandfather left for him inside the “Cras est nostrum” (Tomorrow is ours) information with Oren’s help and realizes that they intend to destroy the Pan-American treasure which we’ll assume they’ve been doing to all of the treasures they’ve found as a result of the cases of the standard Egyptians. The bearded man was making an attempt to warn Jess and Rafael about this sooner than he was killed.
Is Agent Ross Dead?
Yes, Agent Ross is likely to be ineffective in ‘National Treasure: Edge of History.’ After Hendricks / Salazar stabs her from behind, we see her eyes dropping the spark of life. Ross has been an very important character inside the current, nearly foremost the FBI subplot, merely as Sadusky does inside the films. Her dying inside the palms of Hendricks underscores the latter as the primary antagonist of the season, which makes Billie perhaps an antihero.
There is a flashback on the end of the episode whereby Rafael remembers Salazar capturing Billie’s brother Sebastian after dubbing him “a obligation.’ (*9*), as Ross dies, the digicam displays the events unfold over Billie’s shoulder. So, we see Billie’s facial expressions in these moments, and he or she seems pensive. There is a serious chance for her to help Jess and her mates inside the season finale.
