Zero Hour Episode 1

If Dan Brown's long-lost evil Siamese twin brother wrote a TV script...

Germany, 1938. A Catholic priest urges a group of men to hurry up with their clock making. Another man comes in to warn the priest that the Nazis have made a break-through, thus fulfilling the Biblical prophecies of the End Times. The mystery man sneaks the priest into a secret Nazi experimental hospital. They go to a room where a young baby, supposedly not born the old fashioned way, is sleeping. The baby opens its eyes and Ah!, it has no irises! Mystery Man and Priest are discovered and must make a run for it. 

Mystery Man and Priest meet with their fellow Rosicrucians. They must preserve "that thing" which is hidden below the cathedral. They bring up "that thing" (which is a big ass thing) to hide it away somewhere else before it falls into the hands of the Nazis or its the end of the world, yadda, yadda, yadda. You know the drill. Oh, turns out a Nazi officer is also a Rosicrucian and has come to warn them the enemy is right behind him.

Just as they get "that thing" loaded onto a truck, the Stormtroopers arrive. The truck gets away but the rest of the Rosicrucians (including Priest and Mystery Man) are shot to death.

Brooklyn, present day. Our hero, Hank Galliston, and his loving wife Laila are hitting the rummage sales down along the riverside. Hank has to leave and go back to his office at Modern Skeptic Magazine. (Yeah, I bet that's a big seller.) Laila spots an intriguing clock on one of the tables. 

Hank has a staff of young and attractive magazine writers. I'm a skeptic already. He receives a phone call from his wife who runs a store that repairs old time pieces. (Yeah, I bet that's a big money maker.) She's hiding in her office as someone is breaking stuff out in the shop. Laila begs her husband to call the police. (Why didn't you call the police, Laila?) By the time Hank rushes over to her shop, Laila has disappeared.

Hank returns home to find his staff of young and attractive writers are there to comfort him. Since he doesn't think the police are going to do much good, it's up to Hank and the Attractions to solve this mystery. Just as he notices the intriguing square clock sitting on the counter, the FBI stop by to ask some questions. Agent Rebecca Riley shows Hank a security camera video of the man who forced Laila into the trunk of his car. Out in the open, in broad daylight. Nobody saw this?

The man is known as "White Vincent", a well-known international mercenary. Offended that the FBI are suspicious of Laila's possible connection to a terrorist, Hank quickly shuffles them out the door. Time to get to work on that clock he noticed earlier. He figures his wife must have bought it at the flea market after he left her. 

Hank opens the clock's innards up and discovers a diamond inside. As he uses a flashlight to look closer at the flawed diamond, a map is flashed up against the wall. They take a picture of the map and go to consult with a priest at the New York Institute of Theological Studies. (Its only logical. Who else would you go to about a map on a diamond but a priest?) The priest determines the language on the map is one that hasn't been used since the second century and that the map was created by the Rosicrucians. (I have to quarrel here. The priest has to briefly explain to Hank and the Attractions who the Rosicrucians are. Everybody knows who Rosicrucians are, and someone working at something called Modern Skeptic Magazine should definitely already know who the Rosicrucians are.)

Hank gets a call from White Vincent. He wants the clock or Laila dies. A meeting is arranged in a park at four o'clock. Hank is all ready to make the exchange. Luckily this priest is pretty smart and points out there's no way this international terrorist would allow either Laila or Hank to live since they can ID him. This Priest suggests they keep the diamond.

Hank and the Attractions (Who is running the magazine while they're all out running around?) tell Agent Riley about Vincent calling but say he was asking for cash. Riley is skeptical (ha) that Vincent wants a ransom when he already has lots of money. 

With the FBI keeping tabs on him, Hank goes to the rendezvous point. He gets a call from Vincent directing him to go somewhere else. The FBI think they've got a trace on where Vincent is calling from and go to invade the building. Meanwhile, Vincent calls again and tells Hank to go to a nearby coffee shop. The two men are still on the phone with each other when Hank stops to tie his shoe, yet Vincent tells him to keep on walking like he is. Hank realizes the mercenary can't see him. 

The FBI bursts into an empty office only to find a video camera set up to view the park below. Vincent is watching the camera on his iPad while he sits outside the Institute where the priest with the diamond is. It gets even worse. We learn the priest's name is Mickle. Mickle? What kind of name is that?

Realizing what's going on, Hank rushes to the Institute to find a bloody Mickle on the floor. The diamond is gone.

The Attractions (who have no life but to follow Hank around everywhere) convince their boss to go back and study the pictures of the map. Something referred to as "New Bartholomew" on the map is the key here. If they can find Bart, perhaps they'll find Vincent and Laila. Hank goes to arrange travel to the North Pole where New Bartholomew is said to be located. He orders the Attractions to stay in Brooklyn and find out who made the clock in the first place and why.

At the airport Hank learns Agent Riley will be on the flight with him, following his every move. Back at the office, the Attractions have discovered the clockmaker's name inscribed inside and he happens to still be alive and in Bavaria. Good thing the magazine makes enough money to pay for all these airplane tickets.

Meanwhile, at Iqaluit, Nunavut, Vincent is scratching on a mirror. Hit the mute! Hit the mute! Oh, but then he takes off his colored contacts to reveal - he has no irises! Is he the baby from the beginning? 

Hank and Riley hire a local plane to fly them up to the North Pole. They land on the ice and Hank spies something partly buried up ahead. It's a Nazi submarine and its in pretty good shape. Inside they find the frozen bodies of the crew. They're in pretty good shape as well, what with being frozen for nearly 75 years.

The Attractions have flown to Bavaria and tracked down the clockmaker. Good thing he speaks fluent English and is willing to spill his guts. He explains New Bartholomew isn't a city but a person. In 1938, with the future of the world in doubt, the Rosicrucians decided to create 12 new apostles. Each new apostle got a clock. Our Bavarian clockmaker made the clock for the New Bartholomew who turns out to be... 

the Rosicrucian Nazi officer from the beginning...

who is found frozen on the Nazi submarine...

and he looks just like Hank.

Just then Vincent drives up to the submarine. Did you know you could just simply drive up to the North Pole? According to this you can.