The Rendezvous

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[WIND HOWLING]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[FLIES BUZZING]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm looking for a place

Where I can rest my head

I wanna hear the ocean

Layin' in my bed...

RADIO JOCKEY 1:

Traffic is heavy on the road

to Los Angeles today.

It's absolute Carmageddon

out there.

SALESMAN OVER RADIO:

The end of days sale...

MODERATOR:
World

peace comes from realizing

that we're all in this

together.

- Yes.

- MODERATOR:
Every human being

just wants to be loved...

...and then uh,

the rest of it...

And I'm one of these people

where we believe

in this kind

of a more Western cumulative

like your soul mate,

meeting the right person...

I know!

MODERATOR:
...waiting for

a while. Like it's much more...

That's what I was saying, too!

I love it.

MODERATOR:
And so,

these two uh, points of view

as well as many others exist

in the same space.

- [LOUD CRASH]

- [HOMELESS MAN SCREAMING]

RACHEL:
Hey, are you okay?

He's got a decubitus ulcer

on the posterior

aspect of his

left lower extremity.

Full thickness skin loss.

Ruthie, what was I supposed

to do?

Call an ambulance.

Definitely not put him

in your car and bring him

to a financially strapped

women's hospital.

Except when he's lying

on the curb

and I see him as I'm driving by.

Okay, well, Rach,

there's your problem.

You should be texting

like everyone else.

Give me that. Have fun.

- Thanks.

- [PHONE RINGING]

Yeah?

He's gonna be okay.

Good, because Lord Haskill

wants to see you in 410.

Oh, please.

Look, Dan, I'm sorry,

but the guy was in need

and that's what we do here,

right, we help people.

And I understand

the financial realities

of this clinic, I've even got

him on a transfer

he's headed to County,

- so there's no need...

- DAN:
Rachel, Rachel.

There's somebody here

to see you.

Let me know

if you need anything.

Dr. Rozman,

I'm Jake Alshadi I work

for the US State Department.

I'm afraid I have some

difficult news.

You wanna sit?

Uh, no, I think I'll stand.

It's about your brother, David.

I'm sorry, Dr. Rozman,

he passed away.

Can I get you some water?

Something?

I haven't seen him

in three years.

- Where is he?

- Amman, Jordan.

In this kind of situation,

a family member usually

goes overseas to identify the...

In what kind of a situation?

When an American citizen

dies on foreign soil.

I understand you're his

nearest relative?

Yeah...

I'm his only relative, um...

I can take you to him.

There's a flight

for Amman tonight.

Okay.

- I'll be right outside.

- Mm-hmm.

EMMA:
It's gonna be hot,

super-hot.

Thirty-seven degrees Celsius.

That's almost 100 for us,

Fahrenheit.

I don't even know what to take

to something like this.

[CAT MEOWING]

So, um, how come, you know,

you didn't see him for so long?

[RACHEL SIGHING]

I don't know, um,

I mean, he lived over there

and I lived over here.

Just work, you know, life.

Anyway, you remember the drill

about the cats, right?

Yep, twice a day.

Fuzzy gets wet food

in the morning

and Zam gets dry because,

you know, he's a real fatty.

And don't forget

the fresh water.

Don't worry about Fuzzy

and Zam, Rachel, okay?

I can even do my homework

over here.

I'll take good care of them.

I know you will, you're awesome.

- I'm gonna miss you.

- Thank you.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

I think that's your mom.

- Ready?

- Yep.

[VIDEO GAME SOUNDS]

[CLICKING]

Do you wanna talk?

No.

He was smart,

David, he was so smart.

And he was really curious.

Kind of obsessive, actually.

Loved digging for things.

Always wanted to be

an archaeologist.

And he worked freelance

for a while

and then he moved

to the Middle East

because there were digging jobs

over there,

but he was...

naive, you know, he was an

idealist.

What'd he dig for?

Religious objects and artifacts.

He was

kind of a treasure hunter.

Indiana Jones?

That's what he sounds

like to this desk jockey.

JAKE:
Have you ever been

to the Middle East before?

It can be a lot to take

in at first.

Yeah.

JAKE:
I was born here.

- Moved to Ohio when I was a kid.

- Oh.

Part Mid-East, part Mid-West,

so, no worries.

I wasn't really worried.

There's no rush.

Take all the time you need.

Jake, hold up!

Dr. Rozman,

Excuse me, I'm afraid

there's been a complication.

Sorry to blindside you

with this,

- I just found out myself.

- What kind of a complication?

The Jordanians are holding

onto the body.

They're looking into possible

illegal activities.

- The theft of antiquities.

- What?

And conspiracy to transport

objects of cultural heritage

across international borders.

Those are serious crimes.

The Ministry is upset.

Do you happen to know

if your brother was

- part of any religious sect or...

- He was Jewish,

if that's what you mean.

Who... who are you?

I'm sorry. Conrad Hanley,

Special Attach

with the American Embassy

here in Amman.

The police just have some

questions...

She's a guest of State.

They have no right

to interrogate her.

Interrogate? For what?

Your brother was handcuffed

to his steering wheel...

abandoned in the desert heat.

Notice the front tires

were shot out.

This wasn't an accident,

he was left there by somebody.

Do you know,

why he was wearing a tuxedo?

I have no idea.

WOMAN:

Your brother's cell phone,

unfortunately there

was no signal in the desert.

He called you on April 9th?

- Yes.

- WOMAN:
What did you talk about?

He called me for my birthday,

just wanted to say hello.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Did he mention

what he was doing here?

Did he seem excited, scared?

Dr. Rozman...

do you know the name,

Charles Du Plessis?

No, should I?

Eccentric French millionaire,

lives in Dubai.

- I don't know anybody in Dubai.

- Really?

He was the last person your

brother tried to call.

Du Plessis is a collector

and your brother

was a kind of a...

- mercenary archaeologist.

- My brother liked to find things

they were knick-knacks

he wasn't...

Stolen knick-knacks?

Dr. Rozman,

the smuggling of antiquities

is a lucrative

and nasty business.

If this was my brother

and someone had just shown me

what we have shown you,

I would do everything I could...

So you think that I know

why this happened to him?

Did he ever mention

any business associates?

- Friends?

- No.

- Enemies?

- No!

Now, can I go, please?

MAN:
Not yet.

WOMAN:
One more photograph.

Your brother carved this

in his left arm.

- I don't need to see this...

- He did this to himself...

- No!

- We recovered his knife!

MAN:
Look, this may be

very important.

We believe it's a message,

your brother was trapped

he was dehydrated

and he knew he was dying.

So, in a sense,

this was like his last word.

Is it a symbol, is it a map?

It must mean something.

- I don't know!

- Take a good look!

I don't know.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[ALARM SOUNDS]

I'm sorry.

Why? You didn't have anything

to do with that?

You doing okay?

Can I see my brother's body now?

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