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Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 5 - Thank You Very Much
    3.8/10(169 votes)

    #1 - Thank You Very Much

    S1:E5

    Event: GERMANY 1960 A musician appeals to Sydney to help him find his lost guitar given to him by Elvis Presley. The three head first to Nashville, then Germany. Sydney fans an old flame for information, and discovers that the guitar has more than sentimental value for interested parties, including a Cold War spy.

    Director:Don McCutcheon
    Writer:Jurgen Wolff

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  2. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 10 - The Myth of the Maze
    3.8/10(159 votes)

    #2 - The Myth of the Maze

    S1:E10

    Event: ATHENS, GREECE 3000 B.C. Stavros dangles an ancient trinket in front of both Claudia and Sydney in Athens. Stavros claims that the marble charm is the key to the fabled Minotaur's Maze. Sydney, Nigel and Claudia land in the middle of a family feud between Stavros and his crime boss father, both wanting to find the Maze and its mythical ball of golden twine. With 2000-year-old blueprints, the hunt is on to unearth important archeological find and to make it through the legendary labyrinth alive.

    Director:Graeme Lynch
    Writer:Rob Gilmer

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  3. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 8 - Etched in Stone
    4.0/10(155 votes)

    #3 - Etched in Stone

    S1:E8

    Event: NORTHUMBRIAN COAST 935 A.D. Stewie Harper shows up at the university posing as a visiting professor. He's got a lead on an ancient fortune but needs Sydney's expertise. Sydney, Nigel and Stewie head off to Sweden to find the pillaged booty of legendary Viking marauder Jann the Bold. But Stewie's not telling the whole truth, which becomes clear after an encounter with the Swedish Society of Vikings, determined to stop them.

    Director:John Bell
    Writer:Bill Taub

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  4. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 7 - Three Rivers to Cross
    4.0/10(123 votes)

    #4 - Three Rivers to Cross

    S2:E7

    Event: THREE RIVERS, CHINA 1245 AD Randal Fox, Sydney's father and a hydrodam-building engineer, beckons his daughter to China so that he can keep his word to monks. The holy men refuse to abandon Three Rivers for the dam's opening, believing their long-lost statue, the Jade Empress, is hidden in the valley. Sydney, Nigel, Randall and his young fiancée Jenny follow a trail over 700-years-old, knowing that failure means a watery death.

    Director:Terry Ingram
    Writer:Jeff F. King

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  5. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 22 - Deadline
    4.0/10(110 votes)

    #5 - Deadline

    S2:E22

    Event: JERUSALEM 1099 A.D. THE FIRST CRUSADE Allan has been blackmailed by a collector into finding the world's first Christian cross. It is believed to grant its possessor eternal salvation. The collector has also infected Allan with a deadly virus using the antidote as an extra incentive. Sydney and Nigel must help Allan find and deliver the Cross of Tau and get him the antidote in twelve hours.

    Director:John Bell
    Writer:Jeff F. King

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  6. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 12 - The Emperor's Bride
    5.5/10(152 votes)

    #6 - The Emperor's Bride

    S1:E12

    Event: HUANG RIVER, CHINA 1000 B.C. Sydney and Nigel investigate a Chinese antiquity that washed ashore in Alaska, more than 3000 miles from its origin being lost over 3000 years. In legend a Chinese Emperor carved a sarcophagus for his bride, who wore a necklace of gold, even in death. But bandits raided the funeral and stole the coffin. In Moose Bay, Alaska, Sydney and Nigel find that two rival Relic Hunters and former beaus of Sydney's are on the case. They'll have to outsmart the adventurers and a local intent if they want to return the relic to its rightful place.

    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Julie Lacey

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  7. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 21 - Nothing but the Truth
    5.5/10(124 votes)

    #7 - Nothing but the Truth

    S1:E21

    Event: THE BARBARY COAST 1534 Sydney's former mentor, Professor Chandler, passes away before finishing recovering the Ruby Chalice of Truth, his life's work, a long-fabled relic imbued with truth-inducing powers. The chalice eventually fell into the hands of a French diplomat. Sydney, Nigel and Stewie Harper, track the goblet to a cooking academy in Paris, with a parchment written in Berber and the professor's notes. As students, the three chef it up during the day and scourge the school by night. A masquerading rival and students at every turn, the threesome must fulfill Professor Chandler's life mission.

    Director:John Bell
    Writer:Bill Taub

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  8. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 3 - Last of the Mochicas
    5.5/10(115 votes)

    #8 - Last of the Mochicas

    S2:E3

    Event: SOUTH AMERICA 662 AD After recovering a vessel believed to contain the Great Warrior Spirit of the Mochicas and hopping a flight to Lima, Sydney and Nigel assume their adventure is complete. Their plane goes down and motley crew of passengers is beset by headhunters, rebels and internal strife. Forget getting the last of the Mochicas safely to the Lima Museum, Sydney and Nigel will be lucky to get themselves out of the jungle alive.

    Director:John Bell
    Writer:Ronald A. Levinson

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  9. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 8 - Roman Holiday
    5.5/10(108 votes)

    #9 - Roman Holiday

    S2:E8

    Event: ROME 44 BC Sydney's colleague Professor Penrose has a lead on Caesar's breastplate, believed to render the wearer invincible, and heads for Rome to have an ancient text translated. Claudia rushes to the airport to deliver pages he left behind, and follows a stranger carrying the professor's document tube all the way to Italy. Sydney and Nigel try to catch her, believing Claudia is in mortal danger.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Jurgen Wolff

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  10. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 11 - The Reel Thing
    5.5/10(118 votes)

    #10 - The Reel Thing

    S2:E11

    Event: EGYPT 1516 BC Sydney and Nigel discover relics of Egyptian Pharaoh Amun the Second, whose treasure-laden burial chamber was thought to have never been found, while serving as technical advisors on a movie. But why are the priceless artifacts he wanted to take into the afterlife on a film set in England? Sydney and Nigel must unravel the mystery of a decades-old double-cross and theft.

    Director:John Bell
    Writer:Martin Brossollet

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  11. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 12 - M.I.A.
    5.5/10(126 votes)

    #11 - M.I.A.

    S2:E12

    Event: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA 1886 Sydney knows she's putting her life on the line, when she agrees to a sting operation orchestrated by Interpol agent Cate Hemphill. But before the sting begins, she's snatched by an unseen assailant, and it's up to Cate, Nigel and Claudia to pinpoint a suspect. Between rival Relic Hunters and enemies made on Sydney's adventures, the three have to rescue her before it's too late.

    Director:Julian Grant
    Writers:Jurgen Wolff, Leonard Dick, Gil Grant, Rob Gilmer, Bill Taub, Ronald A. Levinson, M. A. Lovretta

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  12. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 17 - Don't Go Into the Woods
    5.5/10(108 votes)

    #12 - Don't Go Into the Woods

    S2:E17

    Event: CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS 1711 A.D. Author and conspiracy theorist Vladimir Bugos contacts Sydney and Nigel to locate the Golden Falcon of Maribor, a relic last seen the night Crown Princess Natasha, its owner, disappeared about 400 years ago. Not impressed by Bugos' reputation, they are swayed by a map he has discovered, and they head into the Carpathian Mountains despite of werewolves to bag the Falcon.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Elizabeth Baxter

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  13. Relic Hunter Season 2 Episode 18 - Midnight Flight
    5.5/10(100 votes)

    #13 - Midnight Flight

    S2:E18

    Event: GERMANIA CIRCA 400 A.D. Sydney's old friend from the Louvre Museum begs to join the hunt for a ruby-encrusted scepter once wielded by Gunther the Brave. They discover afterwards that this ""friend"" has quit his job and sold the recovered relic for a profit. It is up to Sydney and Nigel to recover the scepter before the buyer takes a midnight flight under the cover of diplomatic immunity.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Charles Heit

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  14. Relic Hunter Season 3 Episode 4 - The Light of Truth
    5.5/10(105 votes)

    #14 - The Light of Truth

    S3:E4

    Event: ARABIA 843 A.D. A man preparing to shoot one of Sydney's students is killed by a mysterious assassin...who turns out to be the bodyguard to the student, Prince Shareem. Shareem is looking for the Light of Truth, a lamp that reveals the true nature of anyone who holds it. Sydney refuses it, so Shareem ducks his bodyguard Yusef and hires Relic Hunter Frank Kafka to find it. Shareem's uncle Hosni wants Sydney to find it. Also, Sydney and Kafka have a history: Kafka blames Sydney for the loss of his left hand. Sydney and Nigel go off after Shareem, who is at a dig being run by Kafka. Kafka plans to mislead Shareem, find the lamp, and kill the Prince. He and Sydney duke it out and Kafka ends up falling into a deep pit. Sydney then finds the lamp and Shareem uses it to test the loyalty of Yusef and Hosni. Yusef passes, but Hosni is revealed as being a traitor. Satisfied, Shareem gives the lamp to Sydney for the museum. However, as the episode ends we see that Kafka is still alive...

    Director:George Mendeluk
    Writers:André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton

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  15. Relic Hunter Season 3 Episode 6 - Star of Nadir
    5.5/10(101 votes)

    #15 - Star of Nadir

    S3:E6

    Event: PALACE OF THE TALIBS, ENDOSTAN 1423 A.D. Sydney and Nigel travel to the Middle East to meet an old friend of Sydney's, who is now a queen, only to discover that she has died in a mysterious accident. Assassins are still after the sultan, who Sydney rescues. The queen was looking for the Star of Nadir, which is a token of true rulership. If the Sultan has it, he can put down the various conservative Arabic factions united against him. Until then, he has commited his daughter Alia to marriage with Jamal, the son of Hakim Mustafa, one of the leading conservatives. Alia has other plans, much to Hakim's distaste for a non-traditionally acting woman. Alia, Sydney, and Nigel go looking for the Star, and discover that the castle head of security was the one responsible for the death of the queen, and has been working in cahoots with Hakim. They find the Star and get taken prisoner by the head of security, but Sydney gets the upper hand. Jamal turns against his father, who is forced to g

    Director:Terry Ingram
    Writer:Alison Lea Bingeman

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  16. Relic Hunter Season 3 Episode 10 - All Choked Up
    5.5/10(103 votes)

    #16 - All Choked Up

    S3:E10

    Event: GREECE 800 B.C. Sydney is grabbed by mysterious men, who lock a necklace on her. The next morning, under the influence of Carson Inez, she declares an indefinite leave of absence and departs for Greece with Inez. Karen and Nigel are shocked, and Nigel soon ascertains that the amulet has mind-control powers. He travels to Greece, where he finds that Sydney is willingly helping Carson to locate the tomb of Athena. Despite his best efforts, Sydney remains under Carson's thrall. Nigel is captured and reluctantly helps the two women. He later escapes, and Carson and Sydney make a try for the statue. Sydney realizes something is amiss and during moments of clarity manage to inscribe the incantation that binds the necklace wearer. Sent to kill Nigel, she manages to get it to him and he frees her. They capture Carson and avoid her men by putting her under the necklace's control.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:James Thorpe

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  17. Relic Hunter Season 3 Episode 12 - Women Want to Know
    5.5/10(101 votes)

    #17 - Women Want to Know

    S3:E12

    Event: SOUTHEAST ASIA 1075 A.D. Sydney is out in the field looking for a relic while accompanied by a women's talk show hostess and her cameraman. Nigel and Karen are back at the office. Sydney is entering a temple when rebels in the local Gamora Heights district stage a rebellion. The men are after foreigners. Sydney and the others take refuge in the temple, while Nigel and Karen collaborate with the show's producer back home to try and get aid to Sydney. Sydney manages to get into the temple, but the rebels trap her and the others there. They make a makeshift flare, send up a signal, and the government troops arrive to rescue them. They find out that the soldiers never saw the flare, and it was due to Nigel's intervention back in the States that they were rescued.

    Director:George Mendeluk
    Writer:Charles Heit

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  18. Relic Hunter Season 3 Episode 21 - Fountain of Youth
    5.5/10(102 votes)

    #18 - Fountain of Youth

    S3:E21

    Event: PASCUS FLORIDA, WEST INDIES 1521 Sydney and Nigel are in Seville when a mysterious woman wants a letter from the Duke from Nigel. She escapes, and it turns out Nigel's brother Preston was the one she was after. He lures them to a Lord Andrew's manor with the story of a vial of water brought from the Fountain of Youth. Rival relic hunter Sean James is also there working for the Lord. Andrew has gambling debts, which the woman Mavis was trying to procure. After finding a clue, Sydney sends Sean off on a wild goose chase while she, Nigel, and Bailey go for the vial. Lord Andrew locks them in at gunpoint and Mavis takes the vial from him, and Sydney beats her up and takes the vial. It is empty, however, but Nigel decides to let his desperate brother Preston take the credit.

    Director:Chris Bould
    Writer:Jurgen Wolff

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  19. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 1 - Buddha's Bowl
    6.0/10(255 votes)

    #19 - Buddha's Bowl

    S1:E1

    Event: NEPAL 523 B.C. Sydney and Nigel go to Nepal searching Buddha's bowl for villagers building a shrine to Siddhartha, the original Buddha. But Sydney's rival, Stewie Harper, is also searching for the artifact. Hired by a banker, Michael Chan, who needs the bowl to save his family's bank from financial ruin, Stewie will stop at nothing to beat Sydney, and it takes all her resources to make sure the bowl ends up in its place.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writers:Gil Grant, Bill Taub

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  20. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 3 - The Headless Nun
    6.0/10(176 votes)

    #20 - The Headless Nun

    S1:E3

    Event: NOVA SCOTIA 1600'S Sydney crash lands at a convent in Nova Scotia, while returning from an expedition. The Sisters of Mercy ask for help in finding the remains of Sister Evangeline, whose body has been missing for over 400 years. Enlisting Nigel's help, Sydney finds there is more than a person seeking the body of the murdered nun and discovers that the Sisters are guarding lost jewels and pirate treasure.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Rob Gilmer

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  21. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 4 - Flag Day
    6.0/10(175 votes)

    #21 - Flag Day

    S1:E4

    Event: CALIFORNIA 1846 Sydney and Nigel see an old photo of the Pioneer's Bear Flag of California, believed to have been destroyed during the struggle to control the state in 1846. Tracking the flag to Larivee, California, they meet an old miner, Jake Whitney, claiming to know where the flag is. When Sydney and Nigel find him dead in an abandoned gold mine, they suspect that he was murdered while trying to capture the flag. They must unearth the banner before meeting Jake's fate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Toynton

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  22. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 6 - Diamond in the Rough
    6.0/10(170 votes)

    #22 - Diamond in the Rough

    S1:E6

    Event: FENWAY PARK, BOSTON 1946 Arrogant baseball star Frank Newhouse hires Sydney to find the magical glove of former baseball great Jimmy Jonesboro, stolen more than 50 years ago. Sydney and Nigel track the glove to the sewers of pre-Revolutionary war Boston, while unwittingly being tailed by Sydney's former rival, Kurt Reiner.

    Director:Don McCutcheon
    Writer:Rob Gilmer

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  23. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 7 - Transformation
    6.0/10(176 votes)

    #23 - Transformation

    S1:E7

    Event: SALZBURG, AUSTRIA 1946 A military officer persuades Sydney and Nigel to join him on an undercover mission to locate the Paracelsus scrolls, fabled to contain the formula to turn lead into gold, in Peruvian jungle. With minimal information, Sydney and Nigel find themselves caught in the crossfire between two government spies, claiming that the other is a rogue agent. Sydney must make a decision that could get her and Nigel killed and allow the alchemist's secret to fall into unsavory hands.

    Director:Clay Borris
    Writer:Bill Taub

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  24. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 14 - Nine Lives
    6.0/10(151 votes)

    #24 - Nine Lives

    S1:E14

    Event: EGYPT 1895 Elizabeth Ruckeyser, the curator of New York's Crawford Institute, summons Sydney and Nigel to track down a ancient Egyptian relic, the sacred statue of the cat goddess Mafdet that Sydney found and returned once before. An age-old curse on the golden figurine claims that anyone who steals it will die by the claws of the cat. The hunt delves into Manhattan's ring of art thieves, turning up dead bodies covered with marks. Is Mafdet seeking revenge, or is someone fulfilling the prophesy?

    Director:Paolo Barzman
    Writer:William Gough

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  25. Relic Hunter Season 1 Episode 15 - Affaire de Coeur
    6.0/10(142 votes)

    #25 - Affaire de Coeur

    S1:E15

    Event: SCOTLAND 1430 Sydney and Nigel head to the Scottish Highlands searching the missing half of the twine-ing rings that belonged to lovers from the 15th century. In legend whoever wears the rings will find everlasting love together, and their employer, who's got one of the two, is anxious to test the myth. Sydney faces more than a decaying castle and secret passageways, when she discovers that her own lost love, rival Relic Hunter Francois du Marier, is also in pursuit of the ring for far less romantic reasons.

    Director:Steve DiMarco
    Writer:Rob Gilmer

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Thank You Very Much" is the worst rated episode of "Relic Hunter". It scored 3.8/10 based on 169 votes. Directed by Don McCutcheon and written by Jurgen Wolff, it aired on 10/23/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Myth of the Maze".