ROSWELL EPISODE #119 - MAX TO THE MAX
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(Scene opens where Four Squared left off. Max just told Isabel and Michael that Tess was one of them.)
MICHAEL: What do you mean, shes one of us?
ISABEL: Max, what is it?
MICHAEL: Max.
(They follow Max to the cave with the pods that he remembered. He opens the door.)
MICHAEL: How did you...
MAX: I just knew.
ISABEL: Max, we can't...
MAX: We have to Isabel. We have to find out.
ISABEL: What is this place, Max?
TESS: It's where we were all born.
ISABEL: No. No. No, I don't believe this.
MAX: Isabel wait. We can't leave her alone, Michael. Come on.
(Isabel and Max leave the cave.)
TESS: You want to know, don't you? You want all the answers. I can give them to you, but first you have to convince them that I'm not your enemy. Max didn't tell you about this, did he? Take it. It will prove to them that I don't want to hurt you. If you convince them then I can explain everything.
(Michael leaves with the alien book. Nasedo materializes out of the wall.)
NASEDO: How could you bring them up here like this? You know the Special Unit is close. You saw that camera. Who do you think put it on them in the first place? Our friend, Pierce.
TESS: Oh yeah, so why don't you just kill him? According to Max, you've done that before.
NASEDO: What has he been telling you? You're going to trust him over me? Listen, you and I have spent a lot of time together. Now I don't want to say we're family...
TESS: You're not my family. You never will be. Max, Michael and Isabel are.
NASEDO: Fine. Go have your little reunion. If I have to kill people, I kill people. Pierce is dangerous. You all still need me if you expect to survive him.
TESS: You're really scared of Pierce, aren't you? More than the others.
NASEDO: He's smarter. He's closer to the four of you than anyone's ever been.
(At an undisclosed location. Someone is watching a video of Isabel and Michael in Michael's apartment supposedly taken with the hidden surveillance camera.)
ISABEL: That would mean that each of us has this information in some part of us we're just not conscious of.
MICHAEL: Or Liz is getting the messages from somewhere or someone else.
ISABEL: Nasedo?
(Tape rewinds.)
MICHAEL: Or Liz is getting the messages from somewhere or someone else.
ISABEL: Nasedo?
(Credits.)
(In the desert, Max Michael and Isabel are looking through the alien book.)
MICHAEL: You knew about this all along.
MAX: Liz and I saw Tess take it from the library.
ISABEL: Its some kind of strange language.
MICHAEL: Why would you keep something like this from us?
ISABEL: Oh my god!
MAX: What?
ISABEL: This is me!
MICHAEL: Its all of us.
ISABEL: How did they know what we would look like?
MICHAEL: Cause we were designed.
MAX: Thats impossible, Michael.
MICHAEL: Whether you want to face it or not, we werent born, we were engineered.
MAX: Do you understand what youre saying? What that means we are? I wont believe that.
ISABEL: I think hes right. I mean, were paired just like in the pods. Max and Tess, me and Michael.
MAX: No, I belong with Liz.
MICHAEL: Not according to this.
ISABEL: All that stuff Tess was talking about: signals and destiny, thats what this is. You and me and the baby, that what this is.
MAX: The what?
MICHAEL: Isabel thinks shes having a kid.
MAX: Yours? Now whos keeping things from who?
ISABEL: Its not what you think. We were never really together. It all happened in those dreams we were having.
MAX: You cant get pregnant from a dream.
ISABEL: How do you know? We dont know how we get pregnant. All I know is that something is happening inside of my body, and we dont know what it is.
MICHAEL: Im going to Tess. Shes the one person who could tell us what the hell is going on.
MAX: No. You cant just go asking her things. We cant trust her any more than we can trust Nasedo.
MICHAEL: They may be the only ones who can help us. Max.
MAX: Ill go. Look at the pictures. If she is going to talk to anyone, itll be me.
ISABEL: I thought you just said we cant trust her.
MAX: Who said anything about trusting her?
ISABEL: What are you saying?
MAX: Im going to get her to tell me whats happening to you no matter what.
(In a hallway at school.)
TESS: I had a feeling one of you would come. Im glad it was you.
MAX: Michael said you wanted us to trust you, so here I am.
TESS: What changed your mind?
MAX: (He shows her the alien book.) I want to know whats in it. I want to know everything.
TESS: Are you sure?
MAX: Ive thought about it. Im ready.
TESS: Lets go somewhere.
(In Sheriff Valentis office.)
DEPUTY: Heres that file you wanted.
SHERIFF: Anything interesting?
DEPUTY: Checks out, Sheriff. Edward M Harding, civilian consultant, transferred here from Ft. McClellan near Birmingham, AL. Before that, US Army Material Command in Alexandria, VA. Divorced, one child.
FISHER: Sheriff?
SHERIFF: Can I help you?
FISHER: Uuh, Deputy Fisher. You requested me.
SHERIFF: Come again?
FISHER: Deputy Dave Fisher. Sent down from Santa Fe. Uuh, took me off traffic violations, told me you needed more bodies.
SHERIFF: I requested an extra man about six months ago; they said they didnt have any money in the budget.
FISHER: I guess they found some.
SHERIFF: Listen, Deputy, I think Ive got the traffic around here pretty much under control, so why dont you scoot on back to Santa Fe?
FISHER: With all due respect sir, I do have my orders. And I just put a deposit down on an apartment this morning, theyve already outfitted me and
SHERIFF: All right, all right. Well straighten this out later.
FISHER: Thank you. Is there anything I can do in the meantime to help you?
SHERIFF: Yeah. Coffees been getting that metallic taste lately. Maybe you could wash out the pot.
FISHER: Yes sir. Thank you.
SHERIFF: Get Santa Fe on the phone. Hed better be who he says he is.
(In the kitchen at the Crashdown.)
ISABEL: What if Max doesnt find anything out, or he does and its than we thought?
MICHAEL: Let not go there until we know something.
ISABEL: Oh god, Michael, Im so scared.
MICHAEL: You have Max, and you have me.
ISABEL: I dont even know who you are anymore. I mean, are you my brother or my mate? I cant forget that dream, can you? You were so happy Michael. Ive never seen you that happy.
MICHAEL: Well, Ive never been that happy before. (Maria overhears.)
ISABEL: Is that what you want?
MICHAEL: I dont know.
ISABEL: Well, what is this going to do to everyone else: You and Maria, me and Alex?
MICHAEL: Lets not think about that right now. I just want you to know that Im not going to let you go through this alone. Its my baby too. Maybe this is the way things are meant to be. K?
(On the street, Nasedo disguised as Mr. Harding slips into an alley and is followed by a guy in a suit.)
NASEDO: I was hoping it would be one of you. I need to send a message to Agent Pierce. (He kills the agent.)
(In the desert.)
TESS: I know it must have been a surprise finding out about me.
MAX: We knew there was someone out there, but we thought it was Nasedo. So you do know him, then.
TESS: He was there when I came out of the pod, and hes taken care of me ever since.
MAX: So hes our father?
TESS: Not really, Max.
MAX: Then who is he?
TESS: I dont even know. Ive been with him for ten years but everywhere we go, he changes into somebody different.
MAX: Why?
TESS: Because we cant get caught. Thats how weve survived.
MAX: Why can he shape shift and we cant?
TESS: Because he doesnt have a human body like us, Max. He needs to hide who he really is.
MAX: What does he really look like?
TESS: Hes never let me see. Never lets me close to him at all.
MAX: Hes all youve ever had?
TESS: Yeah.
MAX: That must have been hard.
TESS: Its been really lonely. He doesnt have a human side at all.
MAX: I dont know what it would have been like for me if I didnt have Michael and Isabel.
TESS: But its ok, cause I found you. I mean all of you.
MAX: The pictures in the book. The four of us, what do they mean?
TESS: You know what they mean, you feel it.
MAX: I know Im drawn to you. But I dont I dont know you.
TESS: But you do, because were the same. You knew me before you met me.
MAX: What about the dreams?
TESS: Youre having dreams?
MAX: Sometimes.
TESS: About you and me?
MAX: If we were together in a dream, does that mean is that how we mate?
TESS: No. We have to do it the human way. I hope that doesnt disappoint you. The dreams are to awaken us, to show us how its meant to be. Do you understand?
MAX: I think I do.
(At the Crashdown. Nasedo in the guise of Max comes in. NOTE: Nasedo remains Max for the rest of the episode.)
NASEDO: Liz, lets go.
LIZ: Max. Whats going on?
NASEDO: Ill tell you later. Ill tell you everything. But weve got to go, now.
LIZ: Max, Im just about to start my shift.
NASEDO: This is important.
LIZ: Ok. Well, I guess I guess I could leave for just a little while, let me just go tell Maria.
NASEDO: No. Dont. Im tired of reporting to everybody. Its always been the six of us no matter what we do. This time I want it to be just me and you. We need this, Liz.
LIZ: K.
(Maria watches them leave. Max pulls up across the street in the jeep with Tess.)
MAX: I have a lot to think about.
TESS: Take your time. Im here for you.
(On the other side of the road.)
LIZ: Whats up with the jeep.
NASEDO: Transmission needs some work so they gave me this rental.
LIZ: Where are we going?
NASEDO: Its a surprise.
(They drive off down the road.)
LIZ: So tell me.
NASEDO: Tell you what?
LIZ: Tell me everything. Isnt that what you said you were going to tell me?
NASEDO: I just wanted you to know, Liz, that nobody will ever come between us. Nobody.
LIZ: Tell me something I dont know. (She kisses him.)
NASEDO: Well, if you keep that up, Im going to have to pull over.
LIZ: Is that a threat, or is that a promise?
(They pull of the road, and kiss. Liz gets a flash of black and white, desert, lightening, a dead woman She breaks the kiss.)
NASEDO: What?
LIZ: Nothing.
(Behind the Crashdown.)
MARIA: Hey. Look, I heard something, and I gotta ask you about it, and I hope that the answer is some alien thing, cause I cant imagine any other explanation that you could give
MICHAEL: What are you talking about?
MARIA: The baby, Michael.
MICHAEL: I cant talk about that.
MARIA: Wait. You owe me an explanation, Michael.
MICHAEL: Its not what you think.
MARIA: Ok. I thought that you and Isabel were brother and sister. I mean, isnt that what youve always said? Now suddenly, youre sleeping together?
MICHAEL: No, were not sleeping together.
MARIA: Really. Then how is there a baby?
MICHAEL: I dont know.
MARIA: How do you not know?
MICHAEL: I just dont know. I dont know anything anymore. I mean I dont know what the hell it means; I dont know what Im feeling
MARIA: Wait a minute. Feeling? Now you have feelings for her?
MICHAEL: Maria, this isnt about you or me or our stupid relationship. This is about Isabel. Something is happening to her, and thats all I care about.
(Inside the Crashdown.)
ALEX: So, I heard you have a situation.
ISABEL: Who told you?
ALEX: Maria.
ISABEL: Maria knows?
ALEX: Look, I just want you to know that if youre having trouble dealing with it, Im here.
ISABEL: Alex, you have no idea whats going on.
ALEX: Does Michael love you?
ISABEL: Its not that simple.
ALEX: It should be.
ISABEL: Alex, would you stop! Were not dealing with some troubled teen pregnancy, ok? Were talking about alien babies.
ALEX: Dont you think I know that? Dont you think Ive known that from the start? That if I decided to go forward with this that things might get weird. Look, you said that you were ready for a relationship. Whatevers going on now, I know that you meant it. I know that it was real.
ISABEL: It was. It was real.
ALEX: Ill be here when you need me.
(At Sheriff Valentis office. Deputy Fisher is going through the Sheriffs file cabinet.)
SHERIFF: What the hell are you doing, Deputy?
FISHER: Working the files
SHERIFF: Thats private.
FISHER: I was just organizing them, sir. Color-coding them.
SHERIFF: Your commanding officer in Santa Fe said that youre a bit of an overachiever. Listen, kid, from now on, just do as youre asked. Nothing more.
FISHER: Yes sir. Look Sheriff, I know you dont really want me around here, but I can prove to you
SHERIFF: You dont have to prove anything.
FISHER: Just like my father used to say.
SHERIFF: Well, Im not your father.
FISHER: I know, sir, but he was a sheriff, too.
SHERIFF: Oh yeah? Where abouts?
FISHER: Las Vegas.
SHERIFF: Tough job. Corruption, casinos
FISHER: No, no, no. Las Vegas, New Mexico. But anyway, my daddy, hes gone now. He died in the line of duty. But umm
SHERIFF: Sorry.
FISHER: No. He always used to tell me, Son, you got nothing to prove. But he was wrong. A father sets a fine example like that for his son, its only right he should try to live up to it.
SHERIFF: I suppose.
FISHER: That your boy?
SHERIFF: Yeah.
FISHER: He got any interest in the badge?
SHERIFF: No.
FISHER: Thats a shame.
SHERIFF: You know, you did such a great job on that coffee pot, howd you like to work on my truck?
FISHER: Ill get right on this, sir.
(At the Crashdown. Michael puts a glass of milk in front of Isabel.)
MICHAEL: Calcium.
ISABEL: Michael, this cant be.
MICHAEL: I know. But why not?
(Max comes in and sits down.)
MAX: Isabel, youre not pregnant.
ISABEL: Are you sure?
MAX: Tess says the dreams are just to guide us in our destinies. She says the constellations have aligned and awakened our biological drives but the usual methods still apply. You cant get pregnant from a dream. Its good news right?
ISABEL: Yeah.
MICHAEL: Really good news. What about this destiny thing? I mean are we still meant to pair up? You and Tess, me and Isabel?
MAX: Thats our choice. Michael.
MICHAEL: I saw the book, Max, Im not sure we have much to say about it.
MAX: We control our own lives. I wont let any book tell me what to do.
ISABEL: Well at least its all over for now, right?
MICHAEL: Yeah. Umm, I got someone to talk to. (To Maria.) False alarm, no baby.
MARIA: Is Isabel all right?
MICHAEL: Yeah.
MARIA: Thank god.
MICHAEL: Listen, that thing I said about our relationship being stupid, I didnt mean it.
MARIA: Well, then, you shouldnt have said it.
MAX: What, so everyone knows, even Liz?
MARIA: You didnt tell Liz?
MAX: I havent seen her since this morning.
MARIA: What are you talking about? You picked her up an hour ago. I saw you guys leave.
MAX: I didnt pick her up. I just got here.
MARIA: Max, I saw you.
(Going down the road.)
LIZ: So, uhh, how how long are we going to be gone, anyway?
NASEDO: How long do you want to be gone?
LIZ: I really shouldnt miss too much more of my shift.
NASEDO: Thats the least of our worries.
LIZ: Did Tess do something to you?
(They pull over. Nasedo goes to the trunk as Lizs phone rings.)
LIZ: Hello?
MAX: Liz, its me.
LIZ: Who is this?
MAX: Its me, Max. I dont know who youre with, but were at the CrashDown. Tell us where you are. Liz? Liz? (Nasedo takes the phone from her and listens in.) Liz are you there? Its Max. (He hangs up.)
NASEDO: Now you know.
(Hes dumped the body of the agent he killed earlier on the side of the road. They drive off.)
(Outside the Crashdown.)
MARIA: I cant believe this. I cant believe Nasedo has her.
MAX: Weve got to find out where they are.
ALEX: How are we going to do that?
MAX: Weve got to go to Valenti.
MICHAEL: And tell him what? Theres two Maxes. The good ones right here, but please help us catch his evil twin.
ALEX: Thats not what he means.
MICHAEL: Then what are we going to say?
MAX: I dont care what we say. Lizs life is at stake. Valenti is the only one with the resources. He could put out and APB, he can contact other towns.
ISABEL: If we tell him, hell know everything.
MAX: I dont care anymore.
MICHAEL: You cant make this decision by yourself, Max. Not this time.
ISABEL: We all have to agree.
MAX: Since when? Werent you the one who went off with Topolski by yourself? Lizs life is in danger, and suddenly weve got rules.
MICHAEL: No, theres always been rules: Tell no one. Youre the one who broke that. Youre not going to do that again.
MARIA: Wait, wait, maybe we dont. Ok look, as far as Valenti knows, theres only one Max. Thats you. So as far as he knows, youve taken Liz.
(At Valentis office.)
SHERIFF: What do you mean hes taken Liz?
MARIA: Well, at first she wanted to go with him, thinking it was like a romantic getaway.
ALEX: Yeah, but then he started getting strange. You know, at least thats what she said when she called us.
MARIA: Yeah. She said that that he was scaring her and that she wanted to go home but he wouldnt let her.
ALEX: Its like hes kidnapped her or something.
MARIA: Sheriff, Im really scared. I mean, you know I wouldnt be here if I wasnt.
(Going down the road. Nasedo is talking into Lizs phone.)
NASEDO: Hello. FBI? Yes, Agent Pierce, please. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I know theres no Agent Pierce. Just let him know that I left him a little clue on Highway 380 to Hondo. Near mile marker 67.
LIZ: Are you going to kill me, too?
NASEDO: Not as long as I still need you.
LIZ: Do you have to be Max?
NASEDO: Oh, I like it. Being him. Being 17. I dont think youd have been as friendly to Ed Harding.
LIZ: That was you?
NASEDO: Ive been a lot of different people you dont even know about. But right now, Max Evans is my most important role.
LIZ: Why?
NASEDO: Because Im the bait. Pierce is looking for Max, and Im going to draw him to me.
LIZ: So why do you even need me?
NASEDO: Youre my collateral, my hostage.
LIZ: What kind of hostage am I? Pierce would just kill me.
NASEDO: Oh, theres a thought. Actually, he wouldnt. See, he knows what Max did to you at the CrashDown that day. He wants you alive. You see, he need answers. You could come in extremely handy in terms of my survival, and even if you dont, youve been fantastic company. Time to leave another clue.
(They drive into a gas station. Nasedo leaves a silver handprint on one pump, and causes another one to explode as they drive away.)
(On the street in Roswell. Michael grabs Tess by the arm.)
TESS: Michael!
MICHAEL: Whats going on?
TESS: What are you talking about?
MICHAEL: You know what Im talking about. Nasedo has Liz.
TESS: I didnt know.
MICHAEL: The hell you didnt. You want us to trust you, but how can we if you dont tell us what you know.
TESS: I cant tell you what I dont know.
MICHAEL: Hey, Valenti is involved now. If this thing goes the wrong way, hell know everything, and that puts us all in danger, including you. Now, get in the jeep.
TESS: Michael, you dont know who youre dealing with.
MICHAEL: No, but you do, and thats why youre coming with us.
(At Sheriff Valentis office.)
SHERIFF: (on the phone) Right.
FISHER: Sir, theres a report on line three, says a young couple was spotted at a gas station. There was a freak accident, a tank exploded. And they found some kind of weird silver handprint. Theyre faxing over security cam pictures.
SHERIFF: Where was this?
FISHER: 380 West, just outside of Hondo. Hey, Sheriff, do you need me to come along with you?
SHERIFF: Nope. That wont be necessary, Deputy.
FISHER: Ok, sir.
SHERIFF: You wait here for the security cam pictures to come through.
FISHER: Yes sir. (The sheriff drives off, and the jeep speeds after him.) Whoa, wait, slow down. Where are you going in such a hurry?
MAX: Nowhere, officer. Im really sorry.
FISHER: Well, I think youre just going to have to learn to slow down.
ISABEL: You know, youre so right, officer. And we promise never to do it again.
FISHER: Good enough, this time. But Ill be watching.
(In Valentis office, Deputy Fisher looks at the fax picture of Nasedo and Liz.)
(At a carnival, Liz and Nasedo are at a booth.)
NASEDO: Wheres the pea? Pick one. Pick one. Dont believe everything you see.
LIZ: What are we doing here?
NASEDO: Were waiting for Pierce to connect the dots.
LIZ: And when he gets here, what are you going to do to him? You know, and then you wont need me anymore, right? God, dont you think Max is already on his way to find me?
NASEDO: Now why would he be doing that?
LIZ: Because he cares about me. But you dont understand that, do you? You you dont care about anyone.
MAX: All I care about is protecting them. No one else matters.
(On the road, Valenti pulls up to where a couple of agents are collecting the dead body.)
SHERIFF: Whats going on here?
AGENT: We have it under control, Sheriff.
(A little further back down the road.)
TESS: You cant deny this, any of you. Its our destiny. Its what we were planned for. Even if you dont want to believe me, you cant hide from the truth.
MAX: Its not about the four of us right now, its about Liz.
TESS: Liz is human. She has nothing to do with us.
MAX: No, you have nothing to do with us.
TESS: Michael, is that what you think? Isabel?
(Back at the dead body.)
SHERIFF: This is my county. I demand to know whats happening.
AGENT: Go away Sheriff. This is a matter of national security.
MAX: Is that them? Is that Liz?
TESS: Dont stop. Dont even slow down. Its not her. Those men are from the Special Unit. Just drive.
ISABEL: How do you know?
TESS: Ive been running from them all my life and now theyre after you, too. Just go.
(At the Carnival.)
LIZ: I dont believe you.
NASEDO: Its true, Tess and Max were made to be together.
LIZ: But you dont even know what Max and I have. You know, ever since he saved my life at the CrashDown, he changed me. We saw into each others souls.
PERSON AT THE CARNIVAL: I dont believe in that hokey. Theres no such thing as aliens.
NASEDO: Time for the final clue.
(As Nasedo blasts the person with a light that goes up into the sky, Liz sneaks away.)
(At the dead body, Sheriff Valenti and the FBI guy spot the light. Valenti gets into his truck. Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess, who pulled over to wait for Valenti, also spot the light.)
TESS: Oh my god, I know what hes doing. Hes leading Pierce right to him.
MAX: And to Liz.
MICHAEL: Why?
TESS: He wants to kill him.
MAX: Lets go.
TESS: We cant.
MAX: Yes we can.
TESS: Do you have any idea what Pierce would do if he gets a hold of one of us?
MAX: Hes going to get to Liz if we dont get there first.
TESS: Nasedo will take care of Pierce.
MAX: I cant take that chance. Im not going to let anything happen to Liz.
(At the Carnival, Liz isnt very successful at eluding Nasedo. He follows her into a Mirror Maze. Sheriff Valenti spots him going in, and follows him.)
MAX: This is where the light was coming from. Weve got to split up and look for Valenti; hell lead us to Liz.
(Max sees the Sheriff going into the Mirror Maze and follows him in. Now everyone is wandering around in the maze. They can see each other in the mirrors, but dont try to communicate until Max comes face to face with Nasedo.)
NASEDO: What are you doing? Get out of here.
MAX: Wheres Liz?
NASEDO: Pierce doesnt care about her; he only wants me.
MAX: He wants her, too. He wants all of us. Im not leaving without her.
NASEDO: I wont let him take you.
LIZ: Max!
MAX: Liz. (A glass wall separates them.) Get out of here.
LIZ: Not without you. Max! Behind you!
(Two FBI guys are in the mirrors behind him. He runs off. Nasedo appears on Lizs side of the glass.)
NASEDO: Ive got to get you out of here.
(Valenti spots Max in front of him.)
SHERIFF: Max?
FISHER: Right behind you, Sheriff.
(Valenti turns, and theres Fisher with his gun drawn on Max, along with the FBI guys. Valenti shoots at the mirrors.)
FISHER: Sheriff. Sheriff, its me, Fisher, what are
(Valenti continues to look for Max. He spots him just as the two FBI guys grab him. Nasedo and Liz appear then and also see Max. They run out of the maze and over to a bus.)
NASEDO: Right in here.
LIZ: Max, are you all right? (She kisses him and gets another black and white flash.) Youre not Max.
NASEDO: No Im not. And now Ive got to get him back. (Nasedo shape-shifts into a clown and runs into the crowd.)
(Liz runs off of the bus, and into Isabel, Michael and Tess.)
LIZ: Oh god.
ISABEL: Liz. Liz!
LIZ: They have Max. They have Max.
(Michael hugs her.)
(In an all white room with no doors or windows, Max is pacing and banging on the walls.)
(In an observation room.)
AGENT: They want to know when youd like to start the tests.
FISHER: Tomorrow morning. Let him get some sleep.
AGENT: Yes sir, Agent Pirce.
(End of Episode.)