‘Blood & Treasure’ Season 1 Episode 8 Preview: Photos from “The Lunchbox of Destiny”

CBS’s summer action adventure series Blood & Treasure continues season one with “The Lunchbox of Destiny” – not to be confused with “The Buffet Tray of Fate” or “The Thermos of Luck.” Seriously, love that title. Nice job, Blood & Treasure writers. Season one episode eight was directed by Holly Dale from a script by Kevin Chesley and Bryan Shukoff. “The Lunchbox of Destiny” will air on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT.

Episode eight’s guest cast includes Judson Leblanc, Ali Hassan, Conrad Pla, James Loye, Rick Gomez, Mark Valley, Philippe Hartmann, and Catherine Audet Lapointe. Susan Bain, Anna Silk, Anthony Jones Nestoras, Al Goulem, and Abdellatif Chaouqi also guest star.

The cast is led by Matt Barr (Valor) as Danny McNamara and Sofia Pernas (The Brave) as Lexi Vaziri. Michael James Shaw is Aiden Shaw, Katia Winter is Gwen Karlsson, James Callis is Simon Hardwick, Oded Fehr is Karim Farouk, Alicia Coppola is Dr. Anna Castillo, and Mark Gagliardi plays Father Chuck. Antonio Cupo, Tony Nash, and Mohamed El Husseini play recurring roles in season one.

“The Lunchbox of Destiny” Plot – The FBI offers Danny and Lexi information that will help them in their search for Cleopatra, but only if Danny is able to get his incarcerated father, Patrick (Mark Valley), to give up the location of paintings that he helped steal 20 years earlier. Also, Farouk deals with a loose end and takes a big step forward in his master plan.

The Season 1 Plot, Courtesy of CBS:

“Blood & Treasure is a globe-trotting action-adventure drama about a brilliant antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Danny McNamara is a former FBI agent specializing in stolen arts and antiquities. Lexi Vaziri is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her father, which she blames on Danny. When terrorist Karim Farouk absconds with a priceless artifact and kidnaps Danny’s mentor, Dr. Anna Castillo, Danny recruits Lexi to help him bring Farouk to justice and rescue Anna.

As they chase down Farouk, they encounter unscrupulous individuals who may either be useful allies or dangerous enemies, including Aiden Shaw, an arms dealer who acts solely in his self-interest, and Simon Hardwick, an expert at procuring pilfered artifacts. Danny and Lexi are assisted by Father Chuck, a childhood friend of Danny’s who works at the Vatican Foreign Ministry in Rome.

Their hunt draws the attention of Interpol agent Gwen Karlsson, who wants Farouk brought to justice, but won’t allow Danny and Lexi to break international laws in the process. As they crisscross the world hunting their target, Danny and Lexi unexpectedly find themselves at the center of a 2,000-year-old battle for the cradle of civilization.”