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Someones going to find it. >> anne heche plays lynn, who is his sort of love interest. but shes a woman with balls you know, shes running the u.s. consulate. >> personal -- doesnt understand. >> as the story moves back and forth between all three locations, we delve into the lives of each character, and begin to understand the dangerous conspiracy that ties them all together. >> youre not going to believe this. >> digging underneath jerusalem and digging for the history of the world in many ways...

>> when i went to see the righteous i said this is a fantastic story. whered you get the idea? they said well most of it is true. i was like stunned and i thought they were joking or exaggerating so i started researching. i think that we tell the story right, people will be sitting way through the night with increasing horror at the numbers of people there are in this world that would like to bring it to an end. some kind of sacrifice. >> the focal point of the series is the holiest city in the ...

These really exotic locations. down in the dead sea in the desert, in these tunnels underneath the city of jerusalem. so its got that kind of adventure, thriller, aspect to it. >> the chase scene comes very early on and what i wanted to do was show the audience jerusalem but not just by showing shots of jerusalem. its very easy to show a shot of jerusalem but i like to integrate the great use of jerusalem through a chase scene so you end up with a chase scene in the market. and then the skyline ...

>> no, im not bringing it back for questioning. too late. >> stop! >> the plot evolves around peter connally an fbi agent stationed in jerusalem who is played by jason isaacs, the star of the harry potter films. >> there are people who would like to end the world in order to make it start again in a fashion that they would like. in our story its my job to stop them. >> everything okay? >> yeah. >> emmy nominated actress anne heche plays his boss. >> is your boss, we dont have to be close. i am y...

Whats to come and whats to play out as we go through our journey and the red heifer takes us eventually to jerusalem. >> in new mexico a remote compound is home to a radical cult fulfilling a dangerous mission. >> its time. >> it is both a religious community that also has a larger mission that theyre all working towards and working very hard towards it. >> action. >> theres a little bit of a separation from them, from the outside world. and once you enter the compound, it is not like you can le...

Down. >> we needed to have a pond. there was no pond so we built this pond that you see behind us. >> took us a long time to build it. >> all the surrounding walls that could be around it. >> even though we are creating some stuff of our own this quarry was in use 2,000 years ago. >> and action. >> and so filming it gives it that reality that you cant build on a sound stage. but here, people are not used to film crew coming in, setting up a base camp. its new for a city like this. >> it was extr...

Christians believe christ was buried. three of the most important religious sites in the world within a mile of each other. and all three play a part in the story. >> cant help but feel it when youre doing stories about the end of the world, and youre sitting on the sound stage somewhere in california, it feels like youre telling a story. when youre telling those narratives here in jerusalem, it feels like youre reliving things that have been played out here. stones have history. >> jerusalem is...

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