National Treasure: Edge of History (season 1)
{4.5/5} “The Panamerican treasure is a political powderkeg. Cras Est Nostrum keeps the status quo.”
National Treasure: Edge of History season 1, aired in 2022-23
Montezuma’s gold was hidden and the three boxes holding clues have disappeared. Billie Pearce knows they exist, and is searching for them — she buys a house just because she knows that the previous owner had conquistador relics inside. The people who have the boxes don’t know what they have, including Jess, the daughter of a man who found one of them.
I like the characters, including the side ones, and much of the story. There are a few times when things become too unbelievable, though. For example, in episode 2 Jess solves a puzzle absurdly easily by just guessing.
This show successfully recreates the tone of the movies.
There is no season 2 coming. The story is wrapped up nicely, with just a hint of what would come if they had made another season.
Trevor Rabin reimagines his theme beautifully.
They found a fabulous person to play the villain, Catherine Zeta-Jones — who makes her villainy seem natural.
Harvey Keitel and Justin Bartha make welcome appearances as their characters from the movies.
Stars Lisette Olivera, Zuri Reed, and Jake Austin Walker.
Created by Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley (writers on National Treasure: Book of Secrets).