The Lost Symbol

Young professor Robert Langdon heads to Washington to give a talk at the request of his mentor, Peter Solomon. At the Capitol, he finds Peter's severed hand. The kidnapper, Mal'akh, demands that Langdon crack a Masonic secret hidden around the city. Langdon teams up with Katherine Solomon, Peter's daughter and his ex, while Inoue Sato's CIA and officer Alfonso Nuñez join the hunt. Peter is rescued, and Mal'akh turns out to be Zachary, Katherine's brother, long thought dead. In the end, beneath the Washington Monument, Nuñez disables the villain's device and Katherine stabs him. Langdon concludes the quest was symbolic. The series was canceled after this season.

1. Behind the scenesDan Trachtenberg shot the pilot

   The first episode, As Above, So Below, was directed by Dan Trachtenberg of 10 Cloverfield Lane and Prey. The other nine went to TV directors.

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2. ReferenceWhere's the Mickey Mouse watch?

   In the books, Langdon never takes off the Mickey Mouse watch his parents gave him. The series leaves it out. Ashley Zukerman joked that it was at the shop getting a new battery.

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3. Behind the scenesIt was meant to be a Tom Hanks film

   The Lost Symbol was going to be Ron Howard's third film with Hanks, but Sony switched to Inferno in 2013. In 2019 it became a series, called Langdon at NBC, and ended up on Peacock.

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