‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ Episode 9 Recap – “Meeting with Salazar”

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Alison Helms
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National Treasure Edge of History Episode 9 Recap
Jacob Vargas and Lisette Olivera in Disney+’s ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ episode 9

Episode nine of Disney+’s National Treasure: Edge of History is jam-packed with surprises, so buckle in. The episode kicks off with Jess (Lisette Olivera) and her father, Rafael (Jacob Vargas), being led through a private airport by Billie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her team. Rafael has a plan but Jess has one too, of course, and lets him know she has Ethan’s phone.

Before boarding the private plane, Billie reminds them that she heard everything and wants Rafael’s journal. She orders Kacey (Breeda Wool) to search Jess.

Elsewhere, Oren (Antonio Cipriano) is currently freaking out. He and Liam (Jake Austin Walker) went to Agent Ross (Lyndon Smith) and told her about Myles – his grandpa’s old nurse – being murdered. When Agent Ross checks out the scene, Myles’s body is gone and the room’s clean.

Agent Ross refuses to believe that Billie is behind all of this and asks where Jess is in Mexico. Oren jumps in and insists Billie really did kidnap him. He demands to take a polygraph test. Liam knows that’s not a good idea because Oren is a bad liar.

Tasha (Zuri Reed) and Ethan (Jordan Rodrigues) are handcuffed and being held in the FBI building. Oren passes his polygraph test as Agent Ross is informed that the other two were just brought in. Oren wants to know who but doesn’t get an answer.

Agent Ross starts the interrogation with Tasha by bringing up her grandmother who was an activist in the 1960s. Tasha’s grandmother is currently in hiding and has multiple charges pending against her. Ross tries to work her way into Tasha’s good graces by claiming that Tasha has a fighting spirit like her grandmother and that although she didn’t believe her or Jess the first time they came in, she’s open to listening now that Oren passed his polygraph test.

Agent Ross is really working the “help me help you” angle and says that she believes them about Billie, but her boss still believes Jess killed Sadusky. Tasha isn’t falling for her games. (Way to go, Tasha!) After convincing Agent Ross to let her and Ethan go, they run into Oren and Liam and fill them in on what’s transpired.

Ethan tries to call the phone he gave to Jess but it’s turned off and her last known location was 16 hours prior. Tasha thinks she can try something else to figure out her location. Liam’s convinced Billie has her.

Billie goes through Rafael’s journal on the private plane while demanding that he tell her where to find the treasure. He switches subjects and brings up her brother Sebastian. As Rafael talks, Kacey’s watching him and not paying attention to Jess as she attempts to get to Ethan’s phone.

Jess manages to get the phone just as Billie finds a hidden needle inside Rafael’s pencil. Kacey notices her bag has been moved and searches Jess again but doesn’t find anything.

Billie wants Rafael to talk and asks Kacey to bring Jess over. Unfortunately, Kacey discovers the phone before Jess’s SOS signal goes through. Billie figures out the needle opens the medallion; it’s an accent compass.

And it turns out Jess was able to get the SOS off and it went to Ethan’s ex, Meena (Salena Qureshi). After facetiming Oren to see if Ethan’s okay, they realize it was Jess. They also realize Jess is on Billie’s private plane.

National Treasure Edge of History Episode 9
A scene from Disney+’s ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ episode 9

Tasha and the gang show up at a crappy motel so she can use the antennas from an old TV for MacGyver-type stuff. She believes she can track Billie’s plane with the help of the antennas…and it works. The plane’s on its way to Mississippi.

Meanwhile, Agent Ross meets Dr. Zeke (Tommy Savas) for lunch. She opens up about Jess’s case and how she’s starting to believe it really is all Billie’s doing. (It helps that Oren passed his polygraph.) But she took it to her boss and he still thinks Jess killed Sadusky. She then tells him about Myles supposedly being murdered at Sadusky’s house, and they decide to skip lunch and go look for evidence.

Billie’s men realize they left Myles’s phone behind at the Sadusky house and need to go back and get it.

As Agent Ross and Zeke are looking for blood, Billie’s men return to retrieve Myles’s phone. When Ross draws her weapon and tells them to freeze, they open fire. Ross shoots one of them and the other gets away.

The Scooby gang heads off to Mississippi and Liam shows Oren the book his grandpa left him. They decide to try and figure it out together because Liam is certain his grandpa was trying to tell him something.

After landing in Mississippi, Rafael warns Jess there will be a lot of booby traps. She thinks they can use them to their advantage against Billie and her minions.

Tasha hacks the cameras at the airport and they spot a boat, along with Jess and her dad. Oren thinks they’re going to Devil’s Swamp – and he’s right.

Agent Ross is still at Sadusky’s speaking with her boss, Agent Hendricks (Armando Riesco), when she receives videos from Tasha of Billie and armed men holding Jess and her dad captive.

Liam and Oren crack his grandfather’s code and figure out Billie isn’t a treasure hunter. She’s actually a treasure destroyer! Billie is part of a group and their leader is Salazar. Peter figured this out and was about to expose them. Liam now believes that’s why Peter was murdered.

And now for another plot twist! Agent Ross figures out it was her boss that killed Sadusky when he tries to offer her an orange tic-tac. It’s the same color dye that was on Peter Sadusky’s hands when he was found dead. Ross draws her gun on her boss and disarms him. He vehemently denies it, of course, and warns her that if she goes to the swamp alone, she’ll get killed.

Episode nine, season one’s penultimate episode, ends with an even bigger plot twist. Agent Ross shows up and demands Billie’s lackeys drop their weapons or she’ll shoot Billie. Agent Hendricks suddenly appears and stabs Ross with a sword. She collapses.

Rafael has a flashback of Hendricks killing Sebastian. Rafael utters one word: Salazar.




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