Robert Langdon

The Lost Symbol – Order Eight

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  • Title: The Lost Symbol – Order Eight
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The search for portal and the mysterious power continues as Robert (Ashley Zukerman) uncovers a clue on the pyramid and hopes to use that knowledge to lure Mal’akh (Beau Knapp). Of course, things don’t go as planned. Much of the episode is devoted to more clue deciphering, with increasing ridiculousness making it feel like the worst possible National Treasure sequel, we also get Robert and the FBI betraying each other, and Mal’akh quite easily seeing through the ploy. The episode also teases the power of the technology Mal’akh got from the Freemasons, and how its ability to create specific frequencies might play into his plans to unlock the power he is searching for. By the end of the episode, the madman has once again outplayed the other characters and taken one step closer to his goal.

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The Lost Symbol – Cascade

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  • Title: The Lost Symbol – Cascade
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“Cascade” introduces another member of the Solomon family as Robert (Ashley Zukerman) and Katharine (Valorie Curry) visit her mother (Laura de Carteret) to break the news about Zachary only to discover she’s known he has been alive for some time. It’s also revealed that she, not the group Zachary was indoctrinated in while in prison, has been funding his efforts (although she has been largely ignorant of how bloody those efforts have become). Robert, looks like you dodged a bullet in not marrying into this crazy-ass family.

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The Lost Symbol – Noögenesis

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  • Title: The Lost Symbol – Noögenesis
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“Noögenesis” fills in the events of Zachary Solomon’s transformation into Mal’akh (Beau Knapp), without actually explaining much of anything on how he died but survived in prison and was reborn. There’s really nothing to be gained from the episode other than than to prolong the larger mystery another week. Mark Gibbon guest-stars as the cryptic mentor Zachary found in prison who taught him impossible healing techniques based on humming and heavy breathing. Yes, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds.

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The Lost Symbol – Diophantine Pseudonym

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  • Title: The Lost Symbol – Diophantine Pseudonym
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This show is getting dumber by the episode. Along with revealing (the rather obvious and idiotic) true identity of Mal’akh (Beau Knapp), “Diophantine Pseudonym” also showcases the cult leader having the very power he’s been searching for this entire time as he wills a bullet out of his own body. It looks as ridiculous as it sounds. If he already has the power, what the hell has all this been about (other than fucking with the Solomons)? And, of course, he survives a literal cliffhanger into some of the most convenient fog ever captured on film.

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The Lost Symbol – Melencolia I

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  • Title: The Lost Symbol – Melencolia I
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The moral of “Melencolia I” seems to be to never trust the CIA. After receiving a video from Peter (Eddie Izzard), Robert (Ashley Zukerman) reaches out to Katharine (Valorie Curry) who is now working with Sato (Sumalee Montano) and the CIA. Despite all of Langdon’s discoveries, he’s still far from discovering the location of the portal. However, Sato suggests lying to Mal’akh (Beau Knapp) in order to lay a trap for the cult leader. Things don’t go exactly as planned as Mal’akh escapes with both Robert, who he needs to finish his work, and Peter, who apparently is instrumental in the final stage of whatever Mal’akh has planned.

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