Shaman Spirits
Episode Synopsis:
Carmen has been having nightmares lately...she goes on a Native-American theme crime spree to see what has been bothering her.
Carmen: Oh...it's that same nightmare...again...
Player: Come out, come out, wherever you are, Carmen. Carmen?
Carmen: I'm back in action, Player, only this time it's not a game.
Carmen: Out of my way, detectives. This isn't about fun and games.
Carmen: You know, you kids really need a vacation. I'll talk to the Chief for you.
Zack: Well, I don't like it. I'm cold, I'm hungry, I'm not into roughing it, okay?
Ivy: Zack! You're "roughing" it next to an all-night mini-mart.
Zack: That's the ending? No explosions? No Terminator?
Billy Running Bird: As you can tell, the Anasazi built here to make it as difficult as possible for intruders.
Ivy: Well, they did a great job.
Zack: But you know what these ancient cliff dwellers forgot?
Billy's Grandmother: Yes, ancient elevators.
Chief: Whoa, that's what I call one bombin' shaman! Okay, calling Acme clue busters, and that mean you, you, you, and you. If you've been paying attention and not hunting for loose change in the sofa cushions, you'd probably notice something that will help Zack and Ivy figure out what Carmen's up to. Which of these are not important to solving the case? Talk amongst yourselves, I'll be back. Wow!
Zack: "You'll find what you seek where the seven sisters touched the sky."
Carmen: But Why am I having nightmares about the raven, coyote, and bear? And why does it always end up with me being chased up to this spot on Devil's Tower?
Billy's Grandmother: This place, like all the objects that surround us, have their own spirit, and each spirit has its rightful home to which it must always return for there to be the proper balance in the world.
Carmen: I only know the nightmare began since my latest--wait! Are you saying the items I stole before I started having this nightmare--the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, and the headdress--want to be back where they belong?
Gray Cloud: If that's what you believe, the dream means you must act on it.
Billy's Grandmother: But only you can tell what your dream means.
Jon Silver Moon: Carmen, my great-grandfather was a wise chief, who had much property and many possession. At his wedding potlatch, it was his great joy to give everything he had away. He said it helped him find a balance as he began making new things for himself.
Billy's Grandmother: Perhaps there is a balance missing in your life.
Billy Running Bird: Game's over, Carmen.
Carmen: No game being played, Billy. This is about real life this time.
Zack: Glad you agreed, Carmen.
Carmen: What?
Ivy: Because life is exactly what you're gonna be doing!
Billy Running Bird: Grandmother, why did you let her get away?
Billy's Grandmother: I made her a promise, Billy. She would meet us and give back the stolen Kachina doll.
Jon Silver Moon: The rattle.
Gray Cloud: And the shield.
Billy's Grandmother: If we would not detain her in any way but talk with her about the symbols in the nightmare she's been having.
Gray Cloud: And because her life is out of balance is not a good enough reason for us to go back on our word. I'm sorry.
Ivy: Oh, fine. But what about our balance? We do everything right, catch her, and she gets away!
Zack: Sis, relax! You gotta learn to be more like Raven. He captured the sun and moon by tricking the Great Chief--just like how we'll eventually get Carmen.
Billy Running Bird: See? The story is beginning to mean to you already.
Reporter: And, in an astonishing turn of events, Carmen Sandiego has actually returned several stolen items, not from where she stole them from, but to the lands they originally came from, including the Rosetta Stone to Egypt, the Elgin Marbles back to Greece, and a Native American headdress to its original home in America.
Player: Returning stolen items? Have you really turned over a new leaf, Carmen?
Carmen: A little balance is better than no balance, Player.
Player: But face it, Carmen. You're a thief at heart. And this was only a quick fix for your guilt. Will you be able to sleep after your next theft?
Carmen: There's only one way for us to find out. See you next crime.
Shaman Spirits ending
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