The Mysterious Cities of Gold - S4E9 - The Stone of Eternity

 

A fate unknown, the Arkenstone
What was stolen must be returned

Sancho and Pedro is able to knock out Gaspard before he shoots Mendoza. Mendoza orders Sancho and Pedro to get Gaspard away together with the Olmec that seems to not be as violently inclined like his brethren. Zia is able to get back the medallions as well as the philosopher's stone, but as she does it seems the gravitation is set back for the stone so they plunge into a whirlpool down below. Mendoza joins and they are washed out into the falls. The same for the other group as the city is filled with water. The olmec that never entered climbs back to the airship and picks up Ambrosius.

The olmecs with the others is knocked out and is saved by Esteban and he now according to the atlantean code of honour now lies his life to Esteban. Shocker! This must be a retcon since I thought it was clear that the olmecs just was a third ancient civilisation that survived the war by hiding, but apparently they are atlantean soldiers lying dormant in the wait to awaken. If the translation is correct there where 4 different sites around the world, and we know 2 of them... maybe three if the frozen olmec in season 2 was anything to go by. Gaspard ends up by the shore with a bunch of crocodiles and fight his way out until Esteban and the Olmec stumbles upon him. Esteban hides and looks for the others as the olmec covers for him.

Zia and Kokapetl wash up somewhere else with the stone and is then caught by Ambrosius that sends the olmec after her. After a tussle he's about to take the stone, but Leguerra shows up and take the stone, sets Zia free and returns to Ambrosius. Zia finds the golden condor and no one else.

Meanwhile Tao and the Order of the Hourglass looks into the paintings of da Vinci making it almost like The Da Vinci Code, but instead it is visions of the seven cities hidden in his paintings. Which tells us that Ophir was the fifth city and there are clues to the sixth city by da Vinci, and apparently a hidden seventh.

The documentary talks about the Zambezi river and the bicycle Tao was riding around the castle with. Apparently some believes that the drawing in da Vinci's books looked too modern and might be a forgery. Never knew that, only heard that is was a da Vinci concept.