We’re halfway through the first season of National Treasure: Edge of History and the action is really heating up. Episode six, “Frenemies,” picks up right where episode five ended as Jess (Lisette Olivera) hops into a car with Billie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to avoid the police. Billie claims she knew Rafael (Jess’s dad) and, of course, that piques Jess’s interest.
Billie shows her a medallion – the same one that Jess has – and claims to not only be a daughter of the Plumed Serpent but also insists they’re on the same side.
After Jess texts her friends to assure them she’s fine, she agrees to go to dinner with Billie. Billie shows Jess the medallion again and shows her a picture of her father, Rafael, with another man. Billie explains that the man in the photo is her brother Sebastian, and that her brother was murdered by the same man who killed Jess’s dad – Salazar.
Billie suggests that they work together to prove Jess’s mom and dad were right about the treasure. “Otherwise, your father and my brother died for nothing,” adds Billie.
It appears Jess believes everyone blindly – even Billie – and reveals Liam isn’t in this for the treasure but for the money. Jess says Liam offered to steal the journal for Billie, implying Liam has been working for her.
They arrive at Billie’s evil lair, and after being introduced to Kacey (Breeda Wool) and Dario (Darri Ingolfsson), Jess gets to work explaining that not all the journal entries were made by Lewis. Clarke took over for a while and wasn’t a fan of journaling.
Jess can’t stop spilling everything she knows and reveals that Clarke passed the journal along to Sacagawea and York. She figures out that “the bend” really means the strap of the journal and that it turns out to be a broken word puzzle. There are colored strings on the strap: blue, green, and white which were commonly used by Sacagawea’s tribe.
After pulling the strap through holes it spells out “Alamo Well.” That’s where the box is hidden!
Jess notices that Billie has another one of the boxes in addition to the one she gave her. Billie claims Liam sold it to her, but Jess says Liam told her it was lost when his dad died.
Jess returns home and picks a fight with Tasha (Zuri Reed) about the scene she caused at the Governor’s Ball. Tasha tells Jess she’s tired of bailing her out and she’s on her own now.
Upset, Tasha heads over to Ethan and Oren’s house, and Oren (Antonio Cipriano) compares Jess and Tasha’s friendship to Steve (Captain America) and Bucky. Basically, he’s implying Jess and Tasha will have each other’s backs forever.
The following day, Oren informs Ethan (Jordan Rodrigues) that Jess and Tasha had a fight and Ethan pays Jess a visit. They recap the events at the Governor’s Ball, and Jess decides to look for Liam.
Instead of finding Liam at his house, Jess is grabbed from behind by Salazar. “I won’t let you find the treasure!” he growls, and Kacey magically shows up and demands that Salazar let Jess go. Surprisingly, he does and then takes off.
Kacey claims that wasn’t Salazar, but actually just someone who works for him. Jess shows her the secret clue room and wants to know if Kacey’s following her for Billie. Kacey attempts to paint Billie as a “good guy,” and once again Jess appears to be falling for it. (For such a smart person, Jess is surprisingly naive.)
Apparently, Kacey is right and that man wasn’t Salazar. The man’s name is Maddox (Joseph D. Reitman) and he’s one of Salazar’s henchmen. Billie warns Jess that they have to move fast now because if Maddox is there, Salazar isn’t far behind.
Meanwhile, Agent Ross (Lyndon Smith) goes over all of her findings with Dr. Zeke Hudson (Tommy Savas). It seems she’s figured quite a lot out and now believes that Jess was telling the truth. Zeke does a little flirting, and Agent Ross changes the subject. She asks what else he found out about the orange dye on Sadusky’s hand, and he suggests things will go quicker if she calls some of her old contacts in DC. Agent Ross doesn’t think that’s possible and confesses she made a bad arrest.
Zeke tries giving her the old “pick yourself up and dust yourself off” pep talk. Since they’re opening up to each other, Zeke admits there’s a reason he’s a coroner and not a surgeon. Apparently, someone died under his care but he doesn’t go into detail.
Elsewhere, Jess, Billie, and Kacey plan on staking out the Alamo and go over their game plan.
Jess leaves a note for Tasha at home while Ethan goes to see Meena (Salena Qureshi) at the hospital where she works. Ethan tries to make up with her, but they realize things just aren’t going to work for them.
While Ethan’s still at the hospital, he catches a glimpse of the suit Liam was wearing at the Governor’s Ball. It has blood on it and then he spots Liam in a hospital bed. (Quick! Everyone act shocked that Billie lied!)
Liam (Jake Austin Walker) wakes up and fills Ethan in on everything that happened. He spotted Billie at the ball so he took the journal and ran. But when he got outside, Kacey jumped him and dumped him in the river.
Jess and Billie have a heartfelt talk on the plane ride to the Alamo, and Billie claims she was good friends with Jess’s mom. Kacey cuts off their conversation to go over their plan, again, to get the box during a reenactment of the Alamo.
Jess, Billie, and Kacey dress up and blend in as part of the reenactment. When a guard tries to stop them, Kacey acts fast and tranquilizes him. Billie assures Jess it will only last a short while.
Tasha and Oren followed Jess to the Alamo because, as it turns out, Jess isn’t so naïve after all.
Jess claims the box isn’t in the well and Billie insists on having a look for herself. Jess knew she’d do that and shuts the grate on her before taking off. But, unfortunately, Billie has everyone working for her at the Alamo. Kacey gives them all a command via her earpiece and they grab Jess.
Tasha gets out of the van to help Jess, and after a short but intense fight with Kacey, Tasha’s able to mace her and escape with Jess. Tasha then asks for everyone’s phones and places them in a bag that blocks all signals so Billie can’t track them.
Jess comes clean and tells Tasha that she picked a fight with her on purpose. She’s worried about dragging Tasha down with her.
During a pit stop, Jess tells them she figured out that Billie was lying because the photo she showed Jess was clearly photoshopped. Jess also tested her on other things, and Billie failed miserably. Jess confirms the third box is at Alamo, but not The Alamo. It’s actually in the Mexican town of Viesca that used to be called Alamo.
Billie gets arrested and Kacey calls Peter’s former nurse, Myles (Dustin Ingram), for help. In a new twist, it turns out Myles is helping Billie, and he shows up at the Bureau to see Agent Ross. Shockingly, he accuses Jess of murdering Peter Sadusky and hands Agent Ross a USB drive.
The Scooby gang receives bad news. In the 1920s a bank was built over the well in Viesca, Mexico. But that’s not the only bad news for our new favorite treasure hunters. Someone else already broke into the bank and blew a hole in the ground. Guess who? Yes, it was Salazar!
Jess thinks she needs to go see Salazar and tells Tasha and Oren that according to Billie it was Salazar that killed her dad. Tasha is dumbfounded and can’t understand why Jess believes Billie the Catfish Queen.
Episode six ends with Oren pointing out that if Jess goes to Mexico, then she can never come back. “My bags are already packed,” says Jess.
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 1 Recap: “I’m a Ghost”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 2 Recap: “The Treasure Map”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 3 Recap: “Graceland Gambit”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 4 Recap: “Charlotte”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 5 Recap: “Bad Romance”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 7 Recap: “Point of No Return”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 8 Recap: “Family Tree”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 9 Recap: “Meeting with Salazar”
- National Treasure: Edge of History Episode 10 Recap: “Treasure Protectors”
- Interview with Series Stars Antonio Cipriano & Zuri Reed
- National Treasure: Edge of History Stars Jake Austin Walker and Lisette Olivera Interview
