Monsters

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MARIA: Going home? (MARIA looks up at the fake spaceship on the back of the
tow truck. ISABEL's eyes follow MARIA's line of sight--she is not amused.)
Um, I mean um, do you need a ride? (ISABEL stares at her for a moment and
then gets in car)

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MARIA: Don't do that in my car!
ISABEL: Whatever. What year is this thing?
MARIA: It's a '92, and it's never been towed either.

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MARIA: Oh, uh the keychain. My mother makes them. I'll tell her to stop.
ISABEL: My mother does stupid things too.
MARIA: She does?
ISABEL: Don't all mothers?
MARIA: Yeah, I guess. Does she know?
ISABEL: That she does stupid things?
MARIA: No that, uh, you and Max are, like, you know, different.
ISABEL: You mean horrible disgusting creatures from outer space who sneak
into your room at night and perform excruciating experiments? (MARIA stares
at her in shock, then looks back at the road and slams on her breaks before
hitting another car)
MARIA: (Gasps) Oh my god! Oh my God! (They realize they've just rear-ended
the Sheriff's car.)
ISABEL: Oh my God. VALENTI: (Walking up to the driver's window) Ladies.

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Topolsky: What will the future bring for you?
MARIA: (Talking to LIZ) Let me just make it easy for her: (points her finger
to various classmates) Tasty Freeze, Denny's, Gas World, Prison.

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LIZ: Okay, so you rear ended Sheriff Valenti, are you okay?
MARIA: Yeah, it was a love tap, it was nothing, I can handle it.
LIZ: Okay, Are you sure?
MARIA: Yeah, I'm telling you, it was a total fender bender, minor damage, and
you know what? It probably would have never happened if Miss Isabel hadn't
been playing with my head.

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Michael: If it means nothing, then why did it give me a vision the first time I touched it?
Isabel: Because your brain is warped, just a theory.
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LIZ: Okay Maria, look, I will talk to Max and I will have him talk to Isabel.
But the important thing is for us to stay in control. Okay?
MARIA: Hey I am in control. You know, I am like, in control.

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TOPOLSKY: Why don't you start by telling me what your dream job would be.
LIZ'S FRIEND (from geometry): I want to be Brad Pitt's love slave.
KYLE: Uh, Houston Astro's left field.
STONER GUY: Lead guitar for Metallica.
ALEX: That's an interesting question. Uh, do you always ask it first?
ISABEL: Supermodel.
MARIA: Like I have any skills.
LIZ: Molecular biologist. Or a dream, dream, dream job would be head of
molecular biology research at Harvard.

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TOPOLSKY: That's fantastic. Now what job do you think you'll actually have in
ten years?
LIZ'S FRIEND: Cheese factory, I guess.
KYLE: Houston Astro's left field
ISABEL: I usually get what I want.
ALEX: Excellent follow-up question. Very good technique.
MARIA: Oh, we could all be dead in ten years.
STONER: Video store. No, wait. Well, Cheese factory.
LIZ: Molecular biologist.

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TOPOLSKY: OK, let's play a relationship game. Tell me which character in this
picture is most like you, and tell me what they're doing at the park. KYLE:
King of the jungle gym.
ISABEL: I never really played well with others.
ALEX: The kid holding the umbrella for the other kids. Which one are you?
MARIA: Can this get any more lame?
MAX: Probably the one behind the tree. (TOPOLSKY pauses and looks at him.) I
was sort of kidding.

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LIZ: Well, um, I just sorta promised Maria that I would mention it. See um, Isabel kinda makes Maria a little
MAX: Nervous?
LIZ: No, no, it's not nervous.
MAX: Because she makes some people nervous.

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ISABEL: That girl is just an accident waiting to happen.
MAX: Look, Isabel could you at least try and make an effort?
ISABEL: No.

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ISABEL: Exactly. I'm telling you this evil alien thing could work for us in
this situation. The way to deal with her is to make her sweat, keep her on
her toes. Make her afraid of my shadow, of your shadow, of her shadow, of
Michael's shadow. Right Michael?
MICHAEL: Or we could just kill her. (MAX gives him a look.) Kidding.

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ISABEL: One more day before she cracks. Tops.
MAX: Just try to find something you have in common with her.
ISABEL: Oh please, what am I supposed to her about?
MAX: Try something. Order some fries. Just start a conversation.
ISABEL: No. It's impossible. She's irrational. (MARIA trips and drops her
books. Seeing the three looking at her, MARIA pretends to laugh and tries to
casually pick up her stuff and walk away.)
MICHAEL: She's kinda weird.

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TOPOLSKY: So you like to be in control.
LIZ: Of course.

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MARIA: She's out there.
LIZ: Who's out there?
MARIA: Queen Amidala!
LIZ: Okay, Maria, you've got to calm down here. You've got to control
yourself.

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MARIA: Okay, sure. Great. All right. Just one big happy family.

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MARIA: (to MAX) Liz isn't here, and if she were here, I would kill her.

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MAX: Are you okay?
MARIA: Of course I'm okay. Don't I seem okay?
MAX: Well you just shortchanged her ten bucks.
MARIA: Oh my God! Oh my God! I, I can't leave! I'm the only one here!

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ISABEL: Looking for something?
MAX: What if there is someone out there somewhere, waiting for us to come
home, you know? Another mom and dad? I know we never really talk about this
stuff. Do you? Wonder about it at all?
ISABEL: Every day.

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ISABEL: I'm going to pay Maria a little visit.
MAX: What kind of visit?
ISABEL: The usual.
MAX: You can't just go around walking into people's dreams. Remember when you did it with mom? She wouldn't go back to sleep for a week.

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ISABEL: I'm not really a part of your dream. I can't change it or anything. I
just wanted to see what you were thinking. (ISABEL notices MICHAEL sitting at
a table, dressed in a tuxedo.) Interesting.
MARIA: When he's dressed like that, it makes me feel much less afraid.

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MAX: I know this is all really strange.
LIZ: No, no it's not.
MAX: And keeping a secret like this is a lot of pressure.
LIZ: Yes, but Max I would never even say anything.
Max: I know, I know. Never on purpose, and I believe that.

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TOPOLSKY: So, I'm sure you're eager to hear the results of your computer
profile.
LIZ'S FRIEND: Writer. Cool. How hard could that be?
KYLE: Law enforcement? This is a joke, right?
ALEX: Psychologist. Wow. How did you get started in this field?
STONER: Video store clerk. My dream.

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TOPOLSKY: How well do you think you know yourself?
ISABEL: Very well.

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MICHAEL: So what do you mean she was nervous?
LIZ: I don't know. She was just, she was like nervous.
MAX: Nervous, like, just overexcited nervous?
MICHAEL: Or nervous, she's gonna crack, nervous.

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Liz: Maria? Max, no, she's like completely trustworthy. She's like, um, she's like a fortress. She's the Fort Knox of friends.
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VALENTI: What are you afraid of, Miss DeLuca?
MARIA: A lot of things

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Liz: Max, I'm so sorry. I should never have even told Maria in the first place.
Max: Well you did it 'cause you trusted her, and you needed someone to talk to. It was only natural.
Liz: So why did you tell me?
Max: It was only natural.
Liz: What did you mean the other day about that thing, about the tree?
Max: Just somebody's advice. Not to get stuck behind them.
Liz: Oh. Well did you take it? That advice?
Max: I think I just did.

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ISABEL: Were you scared?
MARIA: Understatement, but that's when I realized what it's like being you.
ISABEL: (doesn't know what else to say) You look awful.
MARIA: "Thanks for saving our butts, Maria." "Oh no problem, Isabel."
(Pauses) So, need a ride?

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VOICEOVER: The future was always so clear to me. A straight path towards my
goal. I just never counted on there being any intersections. I guess that's
what makes life more interesting. Keeping yourself open, letting new people
in, changing your mind.

Leaving Normal

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VOICEOVER: It's October 19th. I'm Liz Parker and this is what I've been
thinking. Can life ever go back to normal?

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MARIA: It's crazy.
LIZ: It's an orthodontist convention.
MARIA: Why would orthodontists want to convene in Roswell?
LIZ: That's a good question.

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ORTHODONTIST: Uh, miss...my colleagues and I were just appreciating your
wonderful overbite.
LIZ: Oh...well, thank you....that's a first actually.

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VOICEOVER: Part of me wants safety, wants to go back to how things were, to a life that I could predict, where I know how life is going to be. And the other part of me wants to go somewhere else, into the unknown.

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LIZ: It's an orthodontist convention.
MAX: Apparently.
LIZ: So, are you waiting for Michael or...
MAX: No, no.

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MAX: I'll just have an Alien Blast.
LIZ: Me, too.
MAX: Excuse me?
LIZ: Nothing...ok, one Alien Blast.

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MARIA: Hey.
LIZ: Hey.MARIA: So, catching up on upcoming athletic events?
LIZ: Uh-huh.
MARIA: Uh-huh. It couldn't be that Max has PE 4th period and you're
conveniently positioning yourself to just happen to run into him?
LIZ: Good bye.
MARIA: Bye.

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GRANDMA: Oh, Maria! Look at you. Another beauty. God help this poor little town with you two running around.
MARIA: Ok, I love this woman.

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Maria: That is so cool.....ok, alright, so let's talk about me. The hair thing...does it work for you? I kind of see it as a Meg Ryan style after an electric storm.
Grandma: I think it's you.
Maria: She's good.
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Liz: But what if were like complicated...like incredibly, incredibly complicated?
Grandma: Well, one thing I can tell you....if it isn't complicated, he probably isn't a soul mate.
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LIZ: No...Max...he's so not possible. He's just like this whole different...
MARIA: Life form?
LIZ: Type.
GRANDMA: How intriguing. A dangerous man?
MARIA: Spacey man.
GRANDMA: A mystery man.
LIZ: Ok, you two...you're out of control.

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ISABEL: Pretty raw...why don't you just get rid of them?
MAX: Because they have to heal normally...everything has to be normal.

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LIZ: Hi, Max...it's Liz. I'm at the hospital. Something happened to my
grandmother. We don't know if it's serious, but it seems really bad. I'm just
scared. Look, I don't even know why I'm calling you. I guess I just wanted to
hear your voice or something. Now I just feel completely stupid. Look, don't
come here or anything because everyone is here. I'll just see you in school
tomorrow. Sorry for the weird call. Bye.

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SHERIFF: Hey, improving your mind, eh? (to Kyle, who is watching trashy TV)

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SHERIFF: Does this have anything to do with that Max kid?
KYLE: What...the entire country knows?

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MICHAEL: Ow.
MICHAEL: Gandhi feeling frustrated?
MAX: Shut up.
MICHAEL: Let me guess...you're in love with a girl and she's with another guy.
MAX: You realize that you can be really annoying, right?

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MAX: What the hell are you doing?
MICHAEL: What am I doing?
MAX: What are you doing?
MICHAEL: I'm helping you out.

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MARIA: Well, you know, you should be at home then...binging on junk food and
Rosie.

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ISABEL: I thought we agreed that you would never address me until we'd
established complete privacy.
MARIA: Ok, I am going to hate myself for this but I need to ask you for a
favor that will leave me forever indebted to you. I am so dead here. Will you
help me wait tables?
ISABEL: You're kidding, right?
MARIA: Please.
ISABEL: To put this as succinctly as possible, I'm not really a service
oriented person.
MARIA: Wait wait wait. Liz's grandmother is in the hospital. Ok, and if she
doesn't think that I can do this, it's just going to give her one more thing
to worry about. Please. Look, it's not for me, it's for Liz.
ISABEL: Well, since you put it that way...no.

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MAX: No way!
ISABEL: Shut up. Temporary situation.
MAX: Why are you...? You're covering for Liz, aren't you?

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ISABEL: So...depressed? Feeling sorry for yourself? Angry at the world?
MAX: All of the above.
ISABEL: Listen, I heard Liz's grandma isn't doing so well. She could probably
use someone to talk to.

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ISABEL: Ma'am? Look, you're not going to get anywhere calling me ma'am.

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ISABEL'S FRIEND #1: Isabel Evans? Cleaning people's remains?
ISABEL'S FRIEND #2: Isabel...image means everything is this world, you know
that.
ISABEL'S FRIEND #1: We base our lives on that.
ISABEL'S FRIEND #2: And if you're seen in this capacity, it's not just you
that suffers. It brings us all down.
ISABEL: Chill out.

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MAX: Liz, when I saved you, it was because you were shot, and there was a
bullet in you. Something was happening to you that wasn't supposed to happen. It was before your time. But I can't just heal people. I'm not God.
LIZ: I know.

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JOCK: We beat the crap out of the bastard.
KYLE: What?
JOCK: You're the one that told us he was hitting on Liz.
KYLE: Idiots.

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KYLE: Why are you so damn worried about Max?
LIZ: Because he got attacked for no reason. He's the last person in the world who would ever want to hurt someone.
KYLE: So, that's it, isn't it? You and Max are together.
LIZ: No, we're not...neither are we.

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MAX: I can't stop, you know what's going to happen, but maybe I can help you say goodbye.

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LIZ: Grandma, I guess the thing I wanted to say to you more than anything
else is just how much you mean to me, and somehow you just always manage to make me feel really special, and I, I just don't know what I'm going to do
without you.
GRANDMA: You're going to do just fine, and I want to tell you something. When
I look at you so excited about life, I see myself, and that's a gift, a gift
that I will take with me, that I'll always treasure. Promise me one thing,
that you'll follow your heart wherever it takes you. Trust it. Will you do
that?
LIZ: I will.

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VOICEOVER: The tough thing about following your heart is what people forget
to mention, that sometimes your heart takes you to places you shouldn't be,
places that are as scary as they are exciting and as dangerous as they are
alluring, and sometimes your heart takes you to places that can never lead to
a happy ending.

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VOICEOVER: And that's not even the difficult part. The difficult part is when
you follow your heart, you leave normal, you go into the unknown.
VOICEOVER: And once you do, you can never go back.

Missing

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VOICEOVER: It's funny how the world changes sometimes, how the streets you
walked your entire life seem darker, colder. How the silence isn't so quiet anymore. How eyes you've barely even noticed now look at nothing but you. How the walk home every night is no longer routine, but a victory. And then you begin to wonder...maybe it's not the world that's changed. Maybe it's just
you.

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MARIA: Liz, what's wrong?
LIZ: My journal's missing.
MARIA: And?
LIZ: Maria, I wrote everything in that journal.
MARIA: Everything?
LIZ: Things about Max.
MARIA: Personal things about Max?
LIZ: Everything.
MARIA: What?!? Like where he's from, what he is, I mean, what he isn't?
LIZ: I mean...everything

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(wakes up Max)
Michael: Hey man, what's going on?
Max: Since you asked, REM sleep. Please tell me this is important, Michael.
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MAX: And I appreciate that I'm the one you chose to wake at 3 in the morning
to tell that you've been dreaming about semicircles, but maybe we can talk
about this in the morning?
MICHAEL: Yeah, ok. In the morning.

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Maria: Oh, Liz? I don't know. Anyway, she's dealing with some stuff, so... Alex: Let me guess...Kyle's making a pathetic attempt at regaining boyfriend status.
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ALEX: Ladies...
LIZ: Hi Alex.
MARIA: Alex!ALEX: Uh, so what are we talking about?
LIZ: Nothing really important.
MARIA: Nothing important.

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ALEX: So, I'm off to gym. Dodge ball. Ok, so...wish me luck.
LIZ: Good luck!
ALEX: Thank you very much.

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LIZ: You hungry?
MAX: Oh, no. It's this machine. It's always acting up.

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MICHAEL: Hope I'm not interrupting.
LIZ: No, you're not.
MAX: Liz?
LIZ: Um, it's nothing, Max. It's nothing important.
LIZ (TO MICHAEL): We...we just bumped into each other because I was walking
this way from...and then he was coming that way, and we just...
MICHAEL: Interesting...bye, Liz.
(Liz walks off)
MAX: You said you'd be nicer to her.
MICHAEL: And you said you'd stay away from her. Let's call it even.

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MARIA: Hey.ALEX: Maria De Luca, ladies and gentlemen. Where's Parker?
MARIA: Oh, Liz? I don't know. Anyway, she's dealing with some stuff, so...
ALEX: Let me guess...Kyle's making a pathetic attempt at regaining boyfriend
status.
MARIA: No no. Nothing like that.

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ALEX: Ok, you know what? The next time you and Liz feel the urge to share
with me, you know...feel the impulse to really open up...do me a favor, ok?
Let it pass.

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TEACHER: Mr. Guerin. To what do we owe this pleasure?
MICHAEL: What pleasure?
TEACHER: You, of course. I mean, it's Thursday, and I don't think I recall
seeing you since Monday...of last week.
MICHAEL: Yeah, I'm sorry about that...but I kinda just really want to draw.
TEACHER: You kinda just really want to draw?

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LIZ: Yeah...right. So that kind of leads us to the problem...the problem
being that that journal with the stuff about...that stuff about you and the
shooting and that whole entire day and everything...that journal is kind of
just...missing.
MAX: Missing?
LIZ: Not missing.
MAX: Not missing?
LIZ: No, it's misplaced.
MAX: Misplaced?
LIZ: Temporarily misplaced.
MAX: Right...
LIZ: Yeah...
MAX: Ok...

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ISABEL: Michael, do you really think you should be doing that here?
MICHAEL: Doing what?
ISABEL: Drawing that thing...whatever it is...in public...here.
MICHAEL: It's getting clearer.
ISABEL: It's getting weirder is what it's getting. Max, will you please tell
Michael this isn't a good idea?

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ISABEL: Max, you ok?
MAX: Yeah yeah. No, it's just Atherton. Listen to this. He says...this guy is
nuts...that aliens wouldn't possess the lung capacity or brain capacity for
more than short-term survival on Earth. Brain capacity???
ISABEL: Max, will you say something to Michael please? He'll listen to you.
MAX: Wow, that's getting pretty good.

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MAX: He was here.
LIZ: Who was here?
MAX: Kyle.
LIZ: No, Max. I told you. Kyle hasn't been here for over a week.
MAX: I saw him.
LIZ: You saw him?
MAX: I had a flash, Liz. When things get intense, heightened, sometimes we
feel things...see things. He was here, Liz.

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KYLE: What secrets are you so afraid of me knowing? The truth about Max
Evans? About why you've been so weird ever since that day at the Crashdown?
Is that what your secrets are?
LIZ: Kyle, this is serious. What you have, I really need back.
KYLE: We all want something back, Liz. It's too bad life isn't always fair.

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MAX: Someone should tell the sheriff that deadbolts don't work as well when
you leave your door open.

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TEACHER: But don't you think it's time you drew something else?
MICHAEL: Something else?
TEACHER: Well, when the class drew fruit, you drew this. When the class
sketched the human form, you drew this again. You're a talented artist, Mr.
Guerin. But you can't go through the semester drawing only a geodesic dome.

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MAX: But before I tell you, you need to know that...it's not Liz's fault. You
see, Liz keeps a journal. Everything that happens to her, she writes down.
Including that day at the cafe...what I did...who I am...who you are...
MAX: But you can't blame her, all right? You've got to promise me...
MICHAEL: Blame her for what?
MAX: For losing her journal...
ISABEL: Oh, my God.

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MICHAEL: Max told me what happened.
LIZ: Oh...he did?LIZ: What did he say?
MICHAEL: He said you wrote it all down, Liz.

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MICHAEL: I had to know the risk...so I had to know what your journal said.
LIZ: You took it...
MICHAEL: I never meant for things to get out of control...it's nice to know
we have at least one friend in this town.

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LIZ: But why didn't you just destroy this, Michael? Because anyone that found
this would know all about you.
MICHAEL: No...they'd know all about you, Liz.
MICHAEL: Thank you for giving me one more reason to envy Max Evans.

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MAX: So, can I see it? What you wrote?
LIZ: Oh...yeah, I don't...I don't think that's a good idea.
MAX: No?
LIZ: No.MAX: Why? Because if I read what you wrote in your journal, I realize
how you really see me.
LIZ: Exactly.

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ISABEL: I can't believe you're still reading that.
MAX: Guilty pleasure.

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MAX: Michael, you ok?
MICHAEL: Yeah. I just wish I had a few more answers. The dome, you know? I
mean what's the point of having a vision if it doesn't mean anything?
MAX: Patience, space boy.

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VOICEOVER: October 28th. I've missed a few days. But in my absence I've been thinking about some things, about life before Max Evans saved me, of how I used to pray for something to happen, something to just break the routine,
you know, of school and work...something that would make a small town feel
bigger, that would make a small town girl feel bigger, too. And ever since I
got my wish and Max Evans patched a bullet hole 2 inches below my ribs, I
realized one thing...that the bigger your world gets, the bigger your
problems get, too.

285 South

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River Dog

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VOICEOVER: All logic is gone. Here were my plans last night - finish my
shift, dinner with the parents, half hour of talking to Maria on the phone,
then dive into this issue I've been having with geometry, and hopefully
finish in time to watch this A&E biography on Madame Curie. Instead, I took
off in an open-air vehicle that probably shouldn't be allowed on the road to
begin with, broke into a house, essentially stole things from it, and engaged
in general bonding with aliens. Welcome to my world.

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MICHAEL: What?
MARIA: No, it's just kind of funny how surprising things can get. All this
time that I've known you, I've just always thought of you as, like, this guy,
you know. Like this weird guy from the other side of the tracks going nowhere in life, which, of course, you know, you still are that but...what i didn't realize was that there's this whole other side to you.
MICHAEL: What, that I'm from--
MARIA: Well, clearly there's that, but putting that aside, underneath that,
um, weird, poorly bathed exterior, there's, like, this whole...deeply
wounded, vulnerable guy.

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MICHAEL: Listen, all right, in terms of what happened yesterday between us,
that was just we were on the road. All right, we talked. That's all over.
MARIA: Of course. Wait. You think something happened between us?

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MAX: What is it?
ISABEL: You remember when Mom and Dad took us to Florida that summer?
MAX: Sure. You had sunstroke all of August, and I sprained my ankle on the
shuffleboard court.
ISABEL: Before that. We were on the beach one day, and we drew this thing in the sand, this symbol together. Do you remember that?
MAX: Symbol?
ISABEL: Think. We had never seen it before, but somehow we drew it together. We both knew what it was supposed to look like. Why did we both know that symbol, Max?

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MRS. EVANS: Hey! Where is everybody? You kids ready for some breakfast?
ISABEL: Morning.
MRS. EVANS: You two look exhausted. How late were you last night? I didn't
even hear you come in.
MAX: Sorry. We lost track of the time cramming for that math midterm.
MRS. EVANS: Well, just do me a favor, huh? The next time you're studying that late, will you do it here? Ok, let's get a move on. I don't want you to be
late for school.
ISABEL: Ok, we'll be right down. I hate lying to her.

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MARIA: The thing about Michael is that he's weird but surprisingly
interesting.
LIZ: He's interesting?
MARIA: Not interesting for me, obviously.
LIZ: Oh, yes, obviously.

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LIZ: Can you please tell me what happened in that motel room?
MARIA: I told you, Liz, nothing happened.
LIZ: Are you sure?
MARIA: Nothing physical, although it wasn't very verbal, either. What Michael
and I share, well, it's non-verbal. Michael is the type of person my mom
likes to refer to as a vibrator.
LIZ: A vibrator.
MARIA: You know what I mean. Someone who communicates by, you know, sending vibes out into the atmosphere.
LIZ: What kind of vibes was he sending you?
MARIA: Vibes that are, you know...

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LIZ: Hi.
KYLE: Miss Texas.
LIZ: Can I talk to you for a second?
KYLE: I can't imagine what you'd want to talk to me about.

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KYLE: Oh, this is weird. To be in here in the janitor's closet. It's, um,
ironic. Our first kiss.
LIZ: Oh.
KYLE: Last day of school last year.
LIZ: Yeah. That was, um...that was a great day.
KYLE: Liz, don't even try.
LIZ: Kyle, I just wanted to make sure you were ok. That you didn't get hurt
last night.
KYLE: I see. So that's what you wanted to speak to me about?
LIZ: Yes.
KYLE: In private.
LIZ: Mmm-hmm.
KYLE: Well, I'm ok.

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LIZ: No, Kyle. Um...I just need to make sure that you're not planning on
telling anybody about...about where we were that day.
KYLE: Oh, I see. And here I was thinking you were just concerned about me.
Liz, what the hell were you doing out there last night?
LIZ: I can't talk about it.
KYLE: Just gimme a hint. Is it drugs? You part of some cult, or is it just
about sex?
LIZ: Kyle...
KYLE: Don't worry. I...I won't tell anyone.
LIZ: Thank you.
KYLE: Not until I have something on him that will destroy him.

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TOPOLSKY: I've been acting covertly.
STEVENS: Drop-kicking the sheriff. You call that covertly?
TOPOLSKY: The sheriff was endangering my operation.
STEVENS: Your operation?!?
TOPOLSKY: Our operation.

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MILTON: Sheriff, as a concerned citizen and as an extraterrestrialist, I'm
compelled to ask. What's this all about?
SHERIFF: I think your slide's on fire.
MILTON: Oh, oh! Stay seated, please. Please stay seated.

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MICHAEL: Yeah, that's what I figured. Actually, I sort of told her we were
gonna pick her up.
ISABEL: Michael!
MICHAEL: You know, she pushed it. She's got this whole thing. She's a real
vibrator. She sends out these vibes. It's...
MAX: Michael, she can't come look through the stuff. It's us, that's all.
MICHAEL: I know. I know. I'll call her. Do you have your phone?
ISABEL: Fine, but don't let her blather too long, ok, because I'm desperately
low on minutes.

=======

ISABEL: What's going on?
MAX: We'd better go find out. Michael, get out of here.
ISABEL: Wait. Are you sure we should go in there?
MAX: It's where we live. We don't have any choice.

=======

SHERIFF: So what'd they take from in here?
MAX: Actually, nothing seems to be missing.
SHERIFF: That's odd. This place has been ransacked worse than the rest of the house. Almost as if they were looking for something.
MAX: They didn't take anything.

=======

OWEN: Where did you get that?
ISABEL: At the mall. Kind of like the retro look. Why?
OWEN: I just haven't seen anything like that since I left the reservation.
ISABEL: Well...maybe they're branching out.
OWEN: Right.

=======

MICHAEL: Never do that again.
MARIA: I didn't do anything.
MICHAEL: You startled me.
MARIA: I startled you?
MICHAEL: Yes. Did Max and Isabel get here yet?

=======

MAX: Michael, we're not going--Liz, what are doing here?
LIZ: Can I come in?
MAX: Sure. Yeah. Of course.

=======

MAX: Hey. First moment anything weird happens, anything at all, you come back.
LIZ: I promise.

=======

PEDDLER: It means "tree of knowledge."
LIZ: Really?
PEDDLER: Actually, I have no idea what it means, but it looks old.

=======

RIVER DOG: How did you know to come here? Were you followed?
LIZ: No, I wasn't. I...what does this mean to you? Please tell me.
RIVER DOG: This is dangerous. It brings death.

=======

EDDIE: I think I'll try the redskin basket.
LIZ: Oh, yeah, I've been trying to get that off the menu for months.

=======

MICHAEL: I still think this plan bites.
MAX: Michael, the plan does not bite.

=======

MICHAEL: Here we go.
ISABEL: Go!
MICHAEL: I'm going!

=======

MAX: Uh, Liz?
LIZ: She'll be here. Don't worry.
MAX: I'm not worried.
ISABEL: This is a nightmare.
MARIA: I am so sorry. My mom's acupuncturist appointment ran late. I'm so
sorry.
LIZ: No, it's ok. It's ok.

=======

MICHAEL: What do we do?
ISABEL: We wait. They've only been gone a little over an hour.
MICHAEL: I'm telling you, the plan sucks the big one, all right? They're out
there on my vision quest, and I'm sitting here in the kitchen with 2 girls
yakking.
MARIA: Interesting, um, Michael. You know, some women of the, uh, 20th
century might find that last remark just a tad bit offensive.
MICHAEL: Why?
MARIA: Why?
ISABEL: Welcome to Michael-land.

=======

MARIA: I hope you intend to pay for that.
MICHAEL: I do not.
MARIA: Well, then that's theft, buddy.
MICHAEL: Arrest me.
MARIA: Ok, so what's with the Tabasco sauce?
MICHAEL: Sweet and spicy.
MARIA: Sweet and spicy?
ISABEL: We all like things extremely sweet mixed with extremely spicy. It's
our little dietary quirk.
MARIA: Well, I'll have to, uh, keep that in mind.
MICHAEL: You do that.
ISABEL: Are you 2 flirting? God, could my life get any worse?

=======

SHERIFF: I've never taken you for a drinker.
TOPOLSKY: Why is that?
SHERIFF: You seem like the healthy type. Working out at the gym, shopping the health food aisles.
TOPOLSKY: How long have you been following me, sheriff?

=======

MARIA: This is taking too long. They're in trouble.
MICHAEL: Cool your jets.
MARIA: We should go out there.
MICHAEL: They'll follow us.
MARIA: What are we supposed to do?
MICHAEL: We wait.
MARIA: You know, now I know why Isabel left. You are obviously the last
person to be around in a crisis.

=======

MICHAEL: We were told to sit here and wait until they come back, all right,
and that's what I'm doing. I'm not the one freaking out. You're freaking out.
MARIA: I am not freaking out.
MICHAEL: You keep pouring sugar from one container to the other and then back again. Quit it, it's driving me insane!
MARIA: I just...I wish you would say something.
MICHAEL: Say what? What do you want me to say?
MARIA: I don't know what. Just say something, you know, to make me feel calm, to make me feel like it's gonna be all right.
MICHAEL: Maybe it's not gonna be all right.
MARIA: Thanks, that helps a ton.

=======

MICHAEL: What do you want me to do?
MARIA: I don't know.
MICHAEL: Shut up, then!
MARIA: I...I hate you!
MICHAEL: Ditto!
MARIA: You know, all I ask of you is just to try to make me feel better, you
know, be a guy or whatever. Forget it. I have obviously tried to bark up the
wrong tree. (Michael kisses Maria)
MICHAEL: That was to calm you down.
MARIA: Thanks. (Michael and Maria walk off in opposite directions)

=======

RIVER DOG: Wait, wait. You're not one of them.
MAX: Liz?
RIVER DOG: Make sure he deserves your trust.
MAX: Let's go.(Scene fades out as Max and Liz walk out of the cave hand in
hand)

Blood Brothers

=======================================================

LIZ: What is it?
MAX: She's out.
LIZ: Who is?
MAX: Miss Hardy. She's absent. Stomach flu. And since we both have fifth
period lunch, we have close to 2 hours off.
LIZ: Well, we don't technically have fourth period off just because Miss
Hardy's out.
MAX: There's something I want to show you.
LIZ: Ok, let's go.

=======

LIZ: This is so cool.
MAX: It's the old highway. My dad used to take this when we drove to
Albuquerque.
LIZ: I never even knew this place existed.
MAX: I just thought we should do something, you know? Something normal, for once. Things have been so...
LIZ: Yeah, I know, insane.
LIZ: Oh, my God. I love this song.
MAX: Me, too.

=======

VOICEOVER: Have you ever had a moment when you're with the one person in the world you want to be with and the wind is blowing through your hair and the song that just describes your entire soul happens to come on, and then the person that you want to be with happens to love the same song and suddenly you realize you're listening to it together? And that no matter how crazy your life has gotten there's this one moment...this perfect moment...where you could just say that no matter what happens, nothing can take this moment away from me...
VOICEOVER: And then, something does.

=======

MARIA: Hey.
MICHAEL: Hey. (There is an awkward silence)
MICHAEL: Better go. I'm gonna be late for class.
MARIA: You're avoiding me.
MICHAEL: I'm not avoiding you.
MARIA: Oh, the classic signs, Michael. Not looking me in the eye, lying about
motives...
MICHAEL: You know what? Fine. If it's gonna shut you up, I am avoiding you.
Watch me continue that thought, all right?

=======

MARIA: Mom, I told you to stop calling me...
LIZ: No, it-it's me. It's me.
MARIA: Liz? Gotta get back to you, babe.
LIZ: No. Look, there's been an accident with me and Max.
MARIA: You and Max are in an accident? (Michael grabs the cell phone)
MICHAEL: What the hell's going on?

=======

LIZ: Um, yeah.
DOCTOR: When did he lose consciousness?
LIZ: Uh, right after the accident.
DOCTOR: What's your relationship?
LIZ: He's my friend.

=======

ISABEL: Oh, my God. Max. Max. What happened?
LIZ: We were on the old highway. There was this horse but Max swerved to
avoid it and then we crashed.
ISABEL: Max.
SUSAN (the nurse): There's too many people here.
ISABEL: I'm his sister.

=======

MICHAEL: I realize you're just trying to do your job, but we're all in shock
right now. I'm really sorry.
SUSAN: Just keep it low key.
MICHAEL: Thank you...Susan.

=======

LIZ: So I don't get it. What have you guys done before?
ISABEL: Nothing like this has ever happened before.
LIZ: But what about when you guys get sick?
ISABEL: We don't get sick. We need blood. We'll take some of yours and
replace Max's with it.
LIZ: It can't be mine. They can tell male from female blood.
ISABEL: Then we need to find a guy.

=======

ALEX: See, I mean, my point is...is that there's no garage band scene here at Roswell, you know? Which makes for a potential genius situation. I mean, we could start an entire music scene, you know?
LESTER: I think I'm tone deaf.
ALEX: You are tone deaf, Lester. That's why I was thinking the drums for
you. (Maria interrupts)
MARIA: We need your help.
ALEX: Ok, I'm making a point here. The point here is, musicians get the
ladies.
MARIA: Now.

=======

MARIA: Oh, my God.
LIZ: Alex, I need you to do me a huge favor.
ALEX: Of course. Anything.
LIZ: I need your blood.

=======

ALEX: Ok, I have any number of reservations at this particular moment.
LIZ: No, it's fine, Alex. I volunteered here last summer. I saw them do this
a thousand times.
ALEX: Oh, God. What are you people hiding?
LIZ: I'll tell you everything later.
ALEX: Ok, look. I know best friends are supposed to trust each other on
everything...
LIZ: Alex, I can do this.
MARIA: Incoming! (Isabel grabs the needle)
ISABEL: Here, Liz. It'll be best if you don't look. (Isabel draws some of
Alex's blood as Alex shuts his eyes in anticipated pain)
LIZ: Thank you, Alex.
MARIA: Come on, let's go!
ISABEL: This'll sting a little.

=======

MICHAEL: Susan?
SUSAN: Can I help you?
MICHAEL: I wanted to talk to you in
private. I was wondering if you'd like to go out with me...on a date sometime.
SUSAN: You seem a bit young. (Michael switches a tube filled with Alex's blood with the tube with Max's blood)
MICHAEL: Age doesn't matter to me. I mean, besides, you know, I've always
been more mature than most people I know. I've always found it easier to relate to a woman. They have so much more in common. They understand. Girls my age, they just don't do it for me, you know? I can't relate to them. But a woman like you on the other hand...

=======

SUSAN: Hey, call me when you turn 18.
MICHAEL: I will.

=======

ALEX: Liz, what I just did I could get arrested for. And that's all you have
to say to me? Any of you?
LIZ: Alex...
MICHAEL: She said go home.
ALEX: Well...great new friends you've made, Liz.

=======

LIZ: Alex, wait...
ALEX: I've been waiting, Liz. And apparently I'm not gonna get an explanation.
LIZ: It's complicated, ok?
ALEX: No no. It's not ok, Liz. None of this is ok.
LIZ: Alex, look, you've gotta trust me--

=======

ALEX: What is it...drugs? Is that what this is? You and Max go out for a
drive. He gets wasted, almost kills you both. That's what I'm covering for,
isn't it?
LIZ: Alex...
ALEX: You can't use Michael's blood because he's just as high. So who do you call? You call on your buddy Alex. Stupid, straight Alex who does everything you say cuz he's such a loyal friend that you lie to and you use whenever you
can.
LIZ: It's not true.
ALEX: Then tell me the truth, Liz. For once.
LIZ: You're right. It's drugs.

=======

LIZ: I was so scared.
MAX: I'm ok.
ISABEL: Let's go. Mom's waiting in the car.
MARIA: Oh, my keys are in my purse on the table in Max's room. We were in
the middle of a crisis, remember?
MICHAEL: I'll go get it. Get him to the car. (Michael sees the silhouette of
someone who looks like he's searching for something. He pulls open the
curtains to find Agent Moss and the other agent disguised as medics looking
through the trash)
MICHAEL: Forgot her purse.

=======

ALEX: Hey.
KYLE: Oh, hey, look. A spy.
ALEX: No, I'm just eating.
KYLE: Yeah, right. Liz sent you to find out whether or not I told anybody
anything, right?
ALEX: No, it's that there was no one else to eat with... Wait, told anybody
what?
KYLE: You know what hurts the most? It's that she sent the B-team. I mean,
you. Not even Maria. Tell you what, Alex. I'm gonna send you back to
headquarters with a little message. You can tell Liz that i'm tired of being
lied to. She's not the girl I thought she was, and she's turned into some
kind of...
ALEX: Stranger?

=======

MICHAEL: There he is.
MARIA: Him?
MICHAEL: What, you think I'm wrong?
MARIA: No, he's just so avoidable.
MICHAEL: If we didn't need your car...
ISABEL: There's nobody around for a couple of blocks. I think we're safe.
MARIA: Safe is not the word I would choose.

=======

MARIA: How long is this gonna last? Us waiting here like this?
MICHAEL: Why? You got a date?
MARIA: Maybe.
ISABEL: You know, I'm the one who should be complaining, stuck out here with you two.

=======

LIZ: I'm really late for English, and I have to cover for Maria.
MAX: I...I have Trig, so...
LIZ: So I guess I'll just see you after school at the Crashdown. Hey. Um,
maybe you could stay for dinner. You know, Blue Moon Burger, Saturn Rings,
and a Mercury Milkshake for $3.99.
MAX: Sounds tempting. But I should probably get home. Mom thinks I'm still
recuperating.

=======

LIZ: Yeah...when I saw you in that car, I thought you were... It was like I
couldn't breathe, you know?
MAX: I never got a chance to thank you for what you did at the hospital. It
was Alex who did it. He really came through. He always does.

=======

LIZ: I guess these are the things you do when...when you feel a certain way
about someone.
MAX: I guess.

=======

MARIA: This is the second time you've dragged me to some cheap motel.
MICHAEL: Yeah, well, don't spread it around. You'll ruin my reputation.

=======

MARIA: That was Ms. Topolsky. Ms. Topolsky as in school Ms. Topolsky. All
right. Either she's taking her job way too seriously, or she's not exactly a
guidance counselor.

=======

TOPOLSKY: Good things happen to good people, Alex. I heard what you did for Max. (Alex coughs)
ALEX: You did?
TOPOLSKY: Getting over to the hospital right away like that after his
accident. I heard a group of you went.

=======

MICHAEL: Stick a fork in us, Maxwell. We're done.

=======

MAX: You ok?
ALEX: Not really.
MAX: I think we need to talk.
ALEX: About what?
MAX: About what you did for me at the hospital.
ALEX: Yeah, what...was that? I'd like to know.
MAX: You saved my life.
ALEX: Yeah, well, you screwed up mine.

=======

VOICEOVER: Moments. It's amazing how one can just change things so radically. How a wild horse deciding to cross the road at that exact time could be responsible for Max being discovered. I need one more moment now. One more chance to change direction, to stop something bad from turning into something worse.

=======

ALEX: Ok, all right. You are going to tell me exactly what has been going on
with Max and Topolsky and the actual FBI or I swear, Liz, this is the end of
you and me being friends.
LIZ: No Alex, don't say things...
ALEX: What? Something that I won't go through with? Liz, I'm not kidding. All
right? Now either you tell me the truth, or I walk.
LIZ: Alex, I can't.

Heat Wave

=======================================================

DJ: It's 7:36, and it's another white hot day in this bizarre December heat
wave. We're already pushing 90 at the silos and, at this rate...
VOICEOVER: It's December 2nd, 1999. I'm Liz Parker, and this heat wave has
made everyone crazy.

=======

VOICEOVER: Heat expands, melts, makes things boil, sets things on fire. And
seeing the effect of this heat all around me just pointed out in this really
blatant way how my life wasn't expanding...that I was stuck.

=======

KYLE: No no, see, that's not Liz's kind of thing...
LIZ: A party?
VICKY: Yeah, it's at the old soap factory. It should be pretty wild.
LIZ: Is that even legal?
KYLE: See? I told ya it wasn't your kind of thing. So...
LIZ: You know, um, a party on Friday really sounds great. Um, so maybe I'll
just see you two there.

=======

LIZ: It's kinda funny, isn't it? You know, how people have started pairing up
and moving forward. Um...have you noticed anything strange about Michael
lately?
MAX: What do you mean?
LIZ: Maybe just the way he acts around Maria. You know, have you observed any differences in his behavior at all?
MAX: Are you saying there's something going on between Michael and Maria?
LIZ: No, I'm not. I'm not saying that. Would it be bad if there were?
MAX: Yes! I mean...I don't know.

=======

AMY: Oh, jeez.
SHERIFF: Amy De Luca.
AMY: Hello, Sheriff.
SHERIFF: So, ya stayin' out of the slammer?
AMY: Oh, very amusing.

=======

ALEX: What do you want from me? More blood? A urine sample? How about my kidney?
LIZ: Alex, I just want you to be my friend again.
ALEX: No, you don't. You just want to protect Max Evans from whatever it is
you're protecting him from. This has nothing to do with our friendship.

=======

LIZ: What are ya doin'?
MARIA: Nothing.
LIZ: Maria, it's 105 degrees outside, and you're wearing a turtleneck.
MARIA: So?

=======

MAX: Just in terms of you and Maria. There isn't...I mean, nothing's been
going on between you two...has there?


=======

MARIA: We were just sucking face.

=======

MICHAEL: I just figured, go for it, you know? I don't know what I was thinkin'.
MAX: You know, I just thought we had guidelines about this. We agreed to discuss before we acted on any...you know, urges.
MICHAEL: Well, I hate to tell you this, Max, but when I have urges, you're not exactly the first person I think about.
MAX: Yeah, I realize that. But the point is, we can't let things spin out of control. I mean, sure, it starts as a kiss...
MICHAEL: It's more than that.
MAX: How much more?
MICHAEL: I don't know, Max. It feels so wrong, but it feels so good.

=======

MARIA: Shouldn't we like, talk or something?
MICHAEL: About what?
MARIA: I don't know, you kinda just pulled me and dragged me in here.
Shouldn't we at least like exchange pleasantries?
MICHAEL: How're ya doin'?
MARIA: Fine, and you? So, did you hear about this party Friday night at the
old soap factory?
MICHAEL: I guess.
MARIA: Are you gonna go?
MICHAEL: I don't know.
MARIA: You don't know?
MICHAEL: Friday's like years from now.

=======

JEFF: So, um, what are these guys?
AMY: Cocktail stirrer. Take a gross. People love them.
JEFF: Hmm....ok.
AMY: And this one glows in the dark.
JEFF: Get out of here. Really?

=======

AMY: There were more than 20 of us out there that day. I was 18. Naive.
Clueless. Why did you pick on me?
SHERIFF: Cuz you were cute.
AMY: Cute?
SHERIFF: You were wearing the cowboy boots and a little skirt. Well, I had to arrest somebody, so...

=======

MARIA: Mom. What are you doing here?
AMY: Oh, hi Maria. Um, you know Jim.
MARIA: Jim?

=======

ISABEL: Are you afraid...I mean, to let someone in? To let someone see who
you really are?
LIZ: Yeah, of course I am.
ISABEL: Well, multiply that by about a million.

=======

ISABEL: So, what's going on with your little friend Alex?
LIZ: Yeah, he's pretty upset.
ISABEL: Well, you've known him forever. What's the bottom line? Is he gonna
cave?
LIZ: I don't know. I kinda wish I knew what was going on inside of him.
ISABEL: I'll look into it.

=======

DREAM ISABEL: You really think of me?
ALEX: I think that underneath that beautiful exterior is an even more
beautiful interior. But I have a feeling that not too many people get to see
that interior, do they?
DREAM ISABEL: No, they don't.
ALEX: Cuz it's too scary to show who you really are. You can show me.
DREAM ISABEL: I can?
ALEX: Yeah.

=======

MAX: So, what happened? What was he dreaming about?
ISABEL: Well, he's a complex individual with...a lot of complexities.

=======

MAX: Are you ok?
ISABEL: Yeah. Why?
MAX: Cuz you look a little flushed...like you're blushing.
ISABEL: It's the heat, all right? Max, I went in there. I saw some things.
I'm not exactly sure what they meant. I'm walking around in somebody's
subconscious. It's not a hard science.

=======

MICHAEL: It has gotten complicated. Suddenly, she wants to know where I'm
going after school. She wants to have conversations. She wants to talk about my feelings. And now, she wants to go to a party together.
MAX: That thing at the old soap factory?
MICHAEL: Right. Like suddenly the eraser room's not enough. I can't let this
become a public thing. I mean, she should know that. But all week long I've
had this weird feeling. Like I was gonna hurt her or something. That just
being who I am is gonna hurt her.

=======

LIZ: Hey, what's up? I'm just trying to get these stupid slugs to mate. Ah,
come on! Won't you guys just do it?
MAX: Maybe one of 'em's gay.

=======

LIZ: Max, you know when you said before that we couldn't be together? That we were different? I just sort of accepted it, you know? Because I thought that
it was like physically impossible. That it...that it couldn't be. But when I
saw Maria with Michael...the truth is that...I was hurt, Max. Why is it ok
for them, but it's not ok for us?
MAX: Liz, I think that what I'm afraid of isn't that we try this and it works
out really badly. What I'm afraid of is we try it and it works out really
well. I'm afraid of feeling everything that I know I would feel. Because I
know it's not meant to be. And somewhere down the line, we're gonna get hurt. I can live with that. I just couldn't bear to hurt you.

=======

BIO TEACHER: Hey, Liz. How are you doing on your mating ritual?
LIZ: I was doing just fine.

=======

ISABEL: You look good today.
ALEX: I do? Oh, thanks.
ISABEL: So, tonight...that party everyone's talking about, you interested?
ALEX: Yeah. Yeah, sure. Tell me how it goes.
ISABEL: Interested in going?

=======

ALEX: You, too. You know, I like the way you look in red.
ISABEL: I know you do.

=======

MICHAEL: I just don't really do this.
MARIA: Don't do what?
MICHAEL: Get intense like this.
MARIA: I'm not getting intense.
MICHAEL: Yes, you are.
MARIA: Well, you got pretty intense the other night at the Crashdown.
MICHAEL: Sorry, I can't get this involved. I'm alone, and that's the way it's
gotta be. Maybe we should've never started this.
MARIA: I'm gonna go outside and get some air.

=======

MAX: It's uh, it's a little quieter out here.
LIZ: Yeah. It's more private.
MAX: So...
LIZ: So...let's hope nothing explodes.

=======

LIZ: Alex.
ALEX: Liz...
LIZ: No, Alex, this is not as bad as it seems, I promise. Ok, we just...the 2
of us, we need to get our stories straight.
ALEX: Liz! I'm in jail, ok? I'm now in jail! I'm through lying!

=======

ISABEL: We should have told him.
MAX: What?
ISABEL: Alex. We should have told him about us. I...I know this sounds crazy, Max, but I feel something about him...like, he's ok...like, we'd be better off including him.

=======

LIZ: No, Alex, listen to me. This doesn't have anything to do with drugs.
Alex...Max, Michael, and Isabel...they aren't from around here.
ALEX: Where are they from? (Liz points up)
ALEX: What? Like, Wyoming? (Liz points higher up)
ALEX: Oh...ok, fine. Canada. They're Canucks. So what, you're saying the FBI is all over them because they're like...illegal aliens?

=======

LIZ: God, there isn't any way for me to say this, but to just...but to just
say this, ok? Look, Alex...they think they were in the 1947 crash. Ok, they
were like in these incubation pods for a really long time...like 40 years,
and they came out in like the form of humans...and now all of these people
suspect them. That's why Topolsky's here, and that's why Valenti arrested us, and that's why we're here because he knows that I'm involved. I'm really
sorry, Alex, but...you're involved, too.
ALEX: Liz, are you ok?

=======

ALEX: This has nothing to do with that party, does it? Sheriff, I want out of
here...right now. I demand it, or I'm going to get a lawyer and I'm going to
sue for abusive treatment of a minor. I may be 16, but I know my rights.

=======

LIZ: Uh, so...um, how do you feel? You know, about what I said?
ALEX: Well, part of me, uh...part of me feels like you've gone insane, and
the other part of me feels like I want some of the massive doses of
hallucinogens you've obviously been taking. But...I don't believe in aliens.
LIZ: Neither did I...you don't believe me, do you?
ALEX: I believe that you believe. Leave it at that.

=======

VOICEOVER: The heat wave finally broke and I'm probably the only person in
Roswell who didn't benefit from it. But it's for the best. Because if Max
Evans and I had given in to temptation, if we had kissed each other even
once, it would have taken us somewhere we both know we never should have gone.

=======

LIZ: You really can't stay long.
MAX: I know. I just wanted to tell you that I've been thinking a lot about
last night.
LIZ: Yeah, me, too.
MAX: When I saw Valenti taking you away like that...it just hit home for me,
you know? How much knowing me has screwed up your life.
LIZ: No, it's just the opposite.
MAX: Thank you for saying that.
LIZ: It's the whole truth, Max.

=======

MAX: I better go.
LIZ: Why?
MAX: Cuz if I don't go right now, things are gonna change.
LIZ: Change, how?
MAX: I'm gonna have to touch your hair...cuz it's so soft...and I'd have to
tell you that...no matter what we go through, it's all worthwhile for me
because we're together.
LIZ: And then?
MAX: And then...I'd have to do this...(Max gives Liz a light kiss) (Scene
fades out as Liz and Max share a long, passionate kiss)

 

The Balance

=======================================================

VOICEOVER: There are days when everything seems wrong, when little things
just irk you for no good reason. And then there are days like today when the
whole world just sings to you from the minute you open your eyes in the
morning, till the minute you shut them again at night, days when you actually
enjoy cleaning the milk shake machine.

=======

MARIA: God, this day sucks. Table 2 says their bacon's not crisp enough.
Isn't anybody ever satisfied?

=======

MARIA: Well, if it isn't Prince Charming and Quasimodo.

=======

MARIA: What are you doing?
LIZ: Max likes cherry cola. What does Michael like?
MARIA: Cherry cola with arsenic?

=======

MAX: What's your problem, Michael? I thought maybe you'd want to see Maria.
MICHAEL: We kind of broke up.
MAX: What? Why didn't you tell me?
MICHAEL: Look, I don't...I'm not sure if we did or didn't. I mean, it's
confusing.
LIZ: Cherry cola. On the house.
MARIA: Yours is $1.25.
MICHAEL: Guess it's not really confusing anymore, is it?

=======

MICHAEL: What's this?
MAX: Put that away.
MICHAEL: Now, I know this. This is from...
MAX: Not here, Michael.
MICHAEL: What are you hiding from me, Max?

=======

MARIA: Alex, where have you been? We've been looking for you the last couple of days.
ALEX: Oh, well, I've been feeling, you know, a little rocky about...things,
you know? So I took some time, you know? A little personal reflection, a
little research.
MARIA: So, um, where did you come out in all of this?
ALEX: Well, I've got 2 theories. One is that...uh, you and Liz have been
brainwashed by a drug cult.
MARIA: Yeah?
ALEX: And the other is...I'm trapped inside some extremely long, extremely
weird nightmare.

=======

ALEX: What actually makes you believe in any of this?
MARIA: Well, I guess when Liz was shot and Max dissolved the bullet into
nothingness and then repaired the damages inside of her that would have
otherwise left her dead, I guess that kind of changed my thinking.

=======

ALEX: Well, I guess maybe I should talk with one of them directly.
MARIA: Yeah.
ALEX: Maybe Isabel.
MARIA: Isabel. One piece of advice, ok? Don't get involved with them. I mean, look at me and Michael. Granted, the passion was outrageous, but in the end, they're pretty heartless.

=======

MRS. EVANS: Max, honey? Liz is here.
MAX: We're just...going out.
MICHAEL: You're going out?
ISABEL: What? Like on a date?
MAX: No, not at all. We both just kind of felt like Chinese food. It's no big
deal.
ISABEL: Then why are you changing your shirt?

=======

ALEX: It doesn't add up. I mean, the human body is the most intricate and
complex machine in the universe. No matter how sophisticated your race is, I
mean, how could you possibly just take on human form?
ISABEL: Fine. I'm not an alien. Whatever you say.

=======

ALEX: Ok, then let's just say it were possible, all right? Why on earth
would...excuse the phrase. Why would you be sent here to begin with? I mean, what purpose could you possibly have?
ISABEL: To wipe out the world, one annoying teenager at a time.

=======

ISABEL: Yeah. Look, the whole staring thing is making me very uncomfortable.
ALEX: What staring thing?
ISABEL: You haven't taken your eyes off me all night. It's like you're
waiting for me to turn into something else.
ALEX: Oh, I'm...I'm sorry. I won't stare at you anymore. I'll just...I'll
look at this.

=======

LIZ: Ok, let me see yours.
MAX: "Ask a girl to dance with you."
LIZ: Is that really what it says?
MAX: It depends on your answer.
LIZ: Yes.
MAX: Then that's really what it says.

=======

LIZ: My parents are away for the weekend. They're at a stargazing camp-out.
Something about Venus being in the morning sky.
MAX: I thought she was right in front of me.

=======

LIZ: Nothing even happened. We kept getting interrupted.
MARIA: Nothing happened?
LIZ: Mm-mm. Well, yeah. The other night we um...we kissed.
MARIA: And?
LIZ: I don't think that we should talk about it.
MARIA: Are you kidding? We have to talk about it. We're the only 2 people in
this world capable of having this conversation.
LIZ: That we know of.

=======

MARIA: It was like every cell in my body felt the same cell in his and
started heating up.
LIZ: And I got really dizzy. Did you get dizzy?
MARIA: I get dizzy just thinking about it.
LIZ: Ok, you know like all of that time that I spent with Kyle...I didn't
have any of those feelings that I did when I was with Max. What about you?
MARIA: Doug Sohn in the eighth grade?
LIZ: Yeah.
MARIA: Amateur. Michael is the real thing.

=======

MARIA: I don't think so. And besides, I've come to the conclusion that it can
never happen. I mean, human-alien relationships are bound to be disasters.
Just don't think that you can enter into something with Max and expect not to get hurt in the end of it. I mean, me? I'm teflon, babe. Michael starts
acting like a total loser...I just walk away. But you and Max, ah. You guys
have got that whole...look-into-my-eyes soul mate thing.
LIZ: Um, yeah, you know, this...this whole thing is just, it's gonna work
out. We just have to be prepared for anything that comes our way.

=======

LIZ: Ok, so, um, once you're done with the sugars, we just make sure that the salt and pepper shakers are filled.
MARIA: You are really letting this whole manager thing get to your head.

=======

Isabel measures Michael's temperature with a thermometer)
ISABEL: It only goes up to 112.

=======

MARIA: What are you doing?
ISABEL: Well, he's so cold, I...
MARIA: Are you kidding? He's burning up. Right before I had the chicken pox,
I had a really high fever, and my mom had to put me in an ice bath.
ISABEL: This isn't the chicken pox, and he was fine.
ALEX: Knock, knock.
ISABEL: I thought you said you locked the door.
ALEX: The key's always under the mat. Hey, look, everything's going fine
downstairs. I just wanted to come up...see if there's anything that I could
do.
ISABEL: Yes, there's something you could do. You can get out of here, both of you! And let me take care of Michael. God, he needs me right now, not
strangers.

=======

MAX: I remember the first time I saw Michael. It was in the desert the night
we first came out of the pods. The sky was bright with stars and this full
moon. Isabel and I found each other first. We didn't know how to speak, but
we could communicate anyway. We walked for a while, but we could both feel someone else.
LIZ: Michael.
MAX: He said he saw us, but that he was afraid. So he just watched us for a
long time. When he finally revealed himself, he was standing on this rock.
Just like you'd expect from Michael. "Here I am. Deal with me." He said it
was the hardest thing he's ever had to do...to trust us.

=======

MARIA: Hey. You should eat. Um, I didn't know how much you like, so...
ISABEL: Thank you.
MARIA: I care about him, too, you know.
ISABEL: I know you do. But Max and Michael are all I have. And if I lose
them...
MARIA: You won't.

=======

RIVER DOG: Man who lived in this cave when I was a boy was not like us. Some of the elders believed he was an evil spirit, so they decided to test him. He was invited into the sweat, just like I invited your friend. His reaction was quick and severe. Within a minute, his eyes were white, and he developed a fever.
MAX: Just like Michael.
RIVER DOG: Only it took the symptoms longer to show up in your friend. That's why I dismissed him at first. But when you told me he was sick, I knew he was another visitor.
MARIA: That's an interesting way to put it.
RIVER DOG: Well, that's what he called himself. In my language, the word is
"Nasedo". So that's what I called him.

=======

RIVER DOG: I'll try, but I'll need the help of all of you.
ALEX: Even me?
RIVER DOG: Healing requires energy. The more we have, the faster we heal. Now everyone take your place in the circle. There's a line for each of you
leading to the center. (There is a large circle drawn on the ground with 5
lines leading from the edge of the circle to the middle. Michael is lying in
the middle with webbing covering him from head to feet. Max, Maria, Alex,
Isabel, and Liz all walk towards a line)
RIVER DOG: Nasedo gave me these stones. They're from his place. And they
carry an energy inside them.
MAX: You mean, these are from...

=======

RIVER DOG: He told me to hold the stones until my energy activated them. And the balance would be restored.
MAX: And if you didn't?
RIVER DOG: He would die.
ISABEL: So let's get going.
RIVER DOG: He warned me, though, there was a risk. The balance can pull you in. It's a force that can change both your body and your mind unless you
navigate it properly. Now, clear your mind...and drink from the bowl. Don't
change the way you feel about your friend, and you'll come out on the right
side.

=======

MAX: What is it?
RIVER DOG: Water. Something in common with all of us. By drinking from the
same bowl, we begin the connection.

=======

VOICEOVER: I've always been the one who comes through in the time of crisis. I do what's necessary, and I don't panic. But seeing Michael so sick and having no way of knowing what was wrong or how to help made me scared. Scared that one day something could happen to Max and I wouldn't know how to help this person who means so much to me, who means everything.

=======

MAX: Just wanted to see how you were doing.
LIZ: I'm fine. Yeah, um...how's Michael?
MAX: Same as ever.
LIZ: That's really good.
MAX: But I'm not, Liz.

=======

MAX: The other night, you know, when we went out...and the whole day
before...ever since we kissed...I've been off balance. You made me forget
that anything else existed, but that's not real.
LIZ: It is the only real thing that I've ever felt.
MAX: Sometimes you have to take a step back to see what's really going on.
Maybe that's what we both really need to do right now...find our balance
again.
LIZ: You know, Max, I thought that...I thought that we'd found it.
MAX: You don't know how much I wish that could be true.

The Toy House

=======================================================

MAX: Why don't you put a little more garlic in that, mom?
DIANE: You know how I get when your father's away on business, honey. Fried foods, red meat...
MAX: You're a real party animal.
DIANE: Oh, shut up. Oh...so, what's that, biology?
MAX: Yeah. Everything you always wanted to know about a dead frog.
DIANE: Oh...not my strongest subject.
MAX: Mine, either. But I have a good lab partner. She's really good in
science, so...
Diane: She?
Max: Mom...
Diane: Well, I'm just curious. Does, uh, she have a name?
Max: Liz.
Diane: Oh, right. Liz Parker. Isn't she the one that came by the other day?
Max: Yeah.
Diane: So...what are you, just...friends or...
Max: Yeah. Just...
=======

SHERIFF: Boy, I gotta hand it to you, Mr. Evans, I'm impressed. You ought to
join our fire brigade.
MAX: Really, it was--it was nothing.
SHERIFF: No. There's nothing to be humble about. You're a real hero.

=======

LIZ: I'm definitely ok with it. In fact...I'm great with it. You know? 'Cause
we always knew that it couldn't be, that it was this total impossibility, so
I'm glad that we were both able to finally just, you know, get it out there.

=======

MARIA: Liz, the glass is clean.
LIZ: Right. Look. I mean...sure, you get caught up in the excitement of it
all, but...I'm over it.
MARIA: Are you sure? 'Cause it seems like you kind of got over it pretty
quickly.
LIZ: Well, there's just no reason to let it fester, you know? You gotta just
move on and--and not look back.

=======

LIZ: No, not at all. Ok? I mean...yes, technically, he is the one who ended
it, but...no. It was mutual, you know? It was, like...it was, like, 90%
mutual.
MARIA: Liz, that's enough coffee.
LIZ: Yeah, ok.

=======

MICHAEL: Well, I hope so, because dealing with frick and frack over there is
one thing, but we can't bring adults into this and expect them to handle it.
Adults are the enemy, Max. Remember that.
MAX: Michael, you say everyone is the enemy.
MICHAEL: They are.

=======

LIZ: So, um...you know, about the game today and the fact that we all have
seats together? You know, the way that I see it, it's just a basketball game.
We'll go, and we'll watch, and then we'll leave. It doesn't have to be a big
deal.
MAX: I agree. It's no big deal.
LIZ: It doesn't...have to be this whole awkward thing.

=======

ISABEL: Mom, just promise me you're not gonna get all nostalgic.
DIANE: I won't. So...your brother...he's always been so private, don't you
think?
ISABEL: Private?
DIANE: Yeah. I mean, he's always just got his guard up a little bit. ISABEL:
He's Max. It's who he is. He's always been that way.

=======

MARIA: I'm sorry. I retract...that last "whooh."
MICHAEL: Humans.
MAX: What?
MICHAEL: How excited they get over someone throwing a ball through a hoop. It's ridiculous.

=======

ISABEL: Is there room for us?
ALEX: Um...yeah. Excuse me. I'm sorry. Sorry. Excuse me. Excuse me, can you just scoot, like, uh...yeah just all... So, welcome to the bleachers. Glad
you decided to be a bleacher bum.

=======

LIZ: Yeah. I kind of, uh, feel a little bit responsible because I distracted
him at the game and...anyway...it's not a big deal. It's just...
MAX: A pie.
LIZ: Right. Uh...I'll see you.

=======

MICHAEL: You're doing it wrong. You're gripping the wood too tight. MARIA:
Look, I know how to grip, ok?
MICHAEL: Apparently you don't.
MARIA: Look, I have to finish this, all right? It's my final project, and
it's a disaster, so...
MICHAEL: It doesn't look that bad.
MARIA: Oh, yeah. I'm a regular Bob Vila.

=======

MICHAEL: I just saw you in here and I wanted to say hi, but...apparently it
was the wrong move. I'll never do it again. Sorry. Good-bye.
MARIA: Fine. Run away. Perfect.

=======

MARIA: Michael...we saved your ass. Ok? You were all flunked out, sweating,
you know, running 112-degree temperature and, like, dying. I could have
walked away and never looked back. But I didn't. I did not walk away. There I was, dragging your sweaty, gross body through the Indian reservation, you
know, getting my clothes all muddy and...and worrying. 'Cause, you know,
I...I really...I thought...you weren't gonna make it. Look...I went out on a
limb for you...and you hug Max and Isabel, and it's all about the three of
you. I mean...I mean, were you...were you even gonna thank me?
MICHAEL: Thank you.

=======

ISABEL: What are you saying, that if we tell mom the truth about us, she
won't love us anymore?
MAX: I'm saying we'll never know the answer to that question.

=======

ISABEL: Well...I remember the orphanage. Um...I most clearly remember seeing you and daddy the day that you came to adopt us, and you were wearing this yellow sweater. And I remember thinking that it looked like the sun. That you were like the sun. Mom, I don't know if you can understand this, but...the day that you and daddy came for us...that's when our lives began.

=======

MICHAEL: What is your problem?
MARIA: It's cheating. You can't just wave your hand over a problem and make it go away. Why don't you figure out what's really going on with you,
Michael...why you can't just piece together an apology like any normal human being. Oops. Maybe that's the problem.

=======

DIANE: Can you...can you help me, Max? Can you tell me what just happened? The bird had a broken wing...and when you touched it...it flew away, honey. It came to life.
MAX: Mom, that was 10 years ago.
DIANE: And I've thought about it. I mean, it's just one of those things that
happened. I mean, I never really understood it, but there was nothing I could
do about it at the time. So I tried to forget about it. But some things you
never forget about. And when that kitchen fire happened...I thought about it
all over again.

=======

MICHAEL: You healed a pigeon. Great. Now you're Dr. Dolittle.

=======

MICHAEL: Well, that's ridiculous. I worked my ass off on that thing. It was
beautifully crafted. It was spring activated to secure the napkins. It
redefined the term napkin holder.
MARIA: Yeah, I know, it did.
MICHAEL: Well, how could he have flunked you? I mean...Wh--
MARIA: Because I, um, I...I didn't use yours. I kept it. Thank you.

=======

MICHAEL: I have something to say to you. If anything like that happens to me again, like when I got sick, don't help me. I can't get indebted to anyone,
and I can't get entangled. I got to be a stone wall. And when I'm around you
sometimes, I don't feel like a stone wall anymore.
MARIA: Well, what do you feel like?
MICHAEL: I don't know. Like confused.
MARIA: Like human?
MICHAEL: Yeah, and I don't want to feel that way.

=======

MAX: I thought you might be here.
DIANE: Max. Honey, sit down. I'm glad you're here. I've been wanting to talk
to you about...something we've never discussed before. Have you ever thought about trying to find your...your real parents? I mean, because...I've been thinking, I mean, maybe there's a reason why you can't talk to me. Maybe you need real parents for that. Maybe your father and I just...aren't enough for you.
MAX: Mom, I don't think we'll ever find our real parents. And...maybe it
would, you know...give us some answers, but...please don't ever think that
you're not enough. I mean...without you, I...I don't know where I would even
be.
DIANE: Max...nothing you are could ever turn me away from you. I mean...I
love you. And you're my son. Do you understand that?
MAX: Yeah.
DIANE: Then why...why can't you just tell me your secret?

Into The Woods

=======================================================

VOICEOVER: I hate the start of a cold. That little tickle that tells you
something's about to happen that you know you can't prevent, something that could be mild if you do all the right things, or could knock you off your
feet if you're not careful.

=======

MARIA: Liz, today is the first day of the rest of our lives.
LIZ: Spending time with your mother again?
MARIA: No, I mean it. Aren't you tired of being a slave to men?
LIZ: Definitely your mom.
MARIA: Tired of spending every waking moment pining over them, just for us to get our hearts crushed in the end. It is time to branch out, to explore other possibilities. You and me babe, together.

=======

LIZ: Maria, what are you...
MARIA: Ta-da!
LIZ: Oh, my God!
MARIA: We are turning over a new leaf. We are enjoying our wild and crazy
years to the fullest. You know, having fun for a change.
LIZ: Yeah, but skewering my navel is not exactly my idea of fun.
MARIA: Yeah, relax, honey. You think I'd let anyone get near me with a
needle? (Liz sneezes)
MARIA: You still pumping that Echinacea I gave you?
LIZ: Yes, like 4 times a day.

=======

JEFF: Oh, my god!
LIZ: Don't worry, dad, it's fake.
JEFF: Anything else I should know, a tattoo, maybe, uh...
LIZ: No. Nothing.

=======

MILTON: Where's Max Evans?
MARIA: I thought he worked for you, dude.
MILTON: You...you're Max's girlfriend, right?
JEFF: She is?
LIZ: No, no, not really.
MILTON: I have to find him.
LIZ: Why? What's going on?
MILTON: Just everything we've been waiting our entire lives for. There's been
a sighting.

=======

GUY: Hey Maria!
GUY: Whoa!
GUY: Whoa, check it out, man!
GUY: Hey hey, Maria!
MARIA: It's an aqua bra. You know, all the fun of implants except without the
invasive surgery part.
LIZ: You have officially lost it.
MARIA: No, I have found it, babe, ok? I've had 3 phone numbers. It's only
second period.

=======

ALEX: Ok, I give up. What are we staring at?
LIZ: This is an aqua bra. Would you like to try it on, Alex?
ALEX: Yeah, maybe later. Here, have a flier. If I pass out enough of them,
then I could raise my P.E. grade from a "C" to a "B-".

=======

ALEX: Oh, gee, look at the time. I gotta go. I'll see you guys.
LIZ: Oh.
MARIA: Like a puppy in heat.

=======

ALEX: Great, great. So, movies.
ISABEL: Movies?
ALEX: Yeah, I was wondering if, uh, do aliens enjoy cinema?
ISABEL: Alex...

=======

ISABEL: Can't believe I'm in the eraser room with you two.
MAX: We need a safe place to talk. So I found out a lot about the sighting
from Milton.
MICHAEL: Told you that place would get to you.
MAX: 5 people saw a big flash in Frazier Woods.
ISABEL: 5 basket cases.

=======

JEFF: Uh, listen, sweetie, about this camping weekend. We should just go and take advantage of the time together. I wouldn't miss that for anything.
LIZ: I was actually gonna say the same thing.
JEFF: And I can get to know that guy Max you've been hanging out with and,
uh, he has a sister, too, right?
LIZ: Isabel.
JEFF: And the guy with the hair?
LIZ: Michael.
JEFF: Michael, yeah.

=======

MARIA: Running away from home?
LIZ: Maria, I am begging you for mercy. Please come with me.
MARIA: Dude, I told you, my idea of the great outdoors is rolling the windows
down in my car on the way to the mall. Come on, I love your dad. You love
your dad.
LIZ: Yes, I do. I love him, but, like, in the normal father role. Which is
like 5 minutes at a time, just a few times a day...not for an entire weekend
with no TV.
MARIA: Yeah. I've always found fathers grossly overrated myself.
LIZ: And, you know, he has been getting so nosy lately. It's like he wants to
know like every single detail of my life. He even asked me about Max and
Michael and Isabel.
MARIA: Mmm, no. That's why me and my mom have the "don't ask, don't tell"
policy.

=======

LIZ: I'll pay you.
MARIA: How much?
LIZ: 25 bucks.
MARIA: $100.
LIZ: Uh, $50.
MARIA: $75.
LIZ: $62.50.
MARIA: How do you do that math so quickly?!
LIZ: Ok, $62.50 and then I'll do your math homework for an entire week.
MARIA: You're good.

=======

HANSON: Well, it's been crazy around here. You know, the sighting. He is a
walking bundle of stress.
KYLE: That's my dad.

=======

MAX: So River Dog saw the light?
MICHAEL: The dog himself.

=======

ALEX: Ok, ok, ok, is she looking at me?
LIZ: Oh. Um...she's not...she's not really looking at you.
ALEX: Isabel Evans and Alex Charles Whitman out on a date? That's like so
miraculous, you know. This is the biggest moment of Alex Charles Whitman's
life.

=======

LIZ: Listen, why don't you just take some deep breaths, ok?
ALEX: It's just...it's amazing, you know? I...it's totally amazing.
It's...it's too amazing. Oh, God! It's a joke, isn't it? It's a practical
joke. You two are in on it. You bastards.
LIZ: Alex, Alex, Alex, um, your paranoid schizophrenia, it's kicking in.
ALEX: Right. I'm gonna go to the bathroom and go have a little talk with
myself.

=======

ALEX: So, Isabel...
MARIA: Another one being sucked into the alien abyss.
ALEX: Listen, about our plans for tonight...
ISABEL: Oh, god, Alex, I'm so sorry. My dad is insisting we go on this lame
camping trip together. I...I have to cancel.
ALEX: Cancel?
ISABEL: Yeah, I'm really sorry.
ALEX: No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. Don't worry about it. It's funny,
because I was just about to tell you that I was gonna have to cancel because of this fathers' camping weekend fiesta. I mean, you know how dads can be sometimes.
ISABEL: You're going camping?
ALEX: Some coincidence, huh?
ISABEL: Huh.

=======

ALEX'S DAD: You sure you wanna do this, Alex?
ALEX: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure. Come on.
ALEX'S DAD: But we're not really prepared.
ALEX: Oh, our parkas, 2 sleeping bags, the wind at our backs...what else do
we need?

=======

ISABEL: Mosquitoes, pit toilets, and animal droppings. Yes!

=======

JEFF: Maria, I am so glad you're gonna come with us.
LIZ: Yeah, me, too.
JEFF: Because there's something that I think we should all talk about, and
it'll be good to get away from all the outside influences that you've been...
LIZ: Oh, my God! Oh, God!
JEFF: ...distracted by. What the...
LIZ: Oh, my God! Maria, what am I gonna do? He's here.
MARIA: Ok, no problem. Let's just, um, let's tell them that the 2 college
guys had midterms, and we're gonna meet them next week in Albuquerque.
LIZ: Maria, having a life is one thing, but having a whole fantasy life is
just a little bit troubling, don't you think?

=======

KYLE: That summer, they found 5 cows, all of them mutilated with surgical
precision on Haddie Wexler's farm. When she died 2 months later they did an
autopsy, and sure enough, they found perfectly bored holes in her skull just
where she claims the aliens made them when they abducted her that night. That skull is now buried deep somewhere within area 51.
SHERIFF: Got 'em on the edge of their seats, son. Where'd you hear that?
KYLE: It's one of grandpa's favorite ones, isn't it?

=======

ISABEL: And then to the right of the Milky Way, that's Orion.
ALEX: Oh, wow.
ISABEL: And see the north star?
ALEX: Yeah.
ISABEL: Ok, now look a little to your left...and a little further out, that
small group of stars right there, that's the Cygnus constellation. It's the
furthest we can see from here.

=======

ALEX: It's amazing.
ALEX: Staring at the stars with you. I mean, I used to look up there, and
stars were just stars. One was just as good as the next one. Somehow with
you...I mean... It's so wondrous, you know? I mean...each star is...is a
mystery, you know, and so full of possibility. This is so much better than
seeing a movie.
ISABEL: Thanks.

=======

LIZ: Max, I know you think...that we shouldn't be together, and maybe you're
right. But you made me a part of this.

=======

VOICEOVER: I guess everyone has their reasons for keeping people away, an
instinct to protect yourself from getting hurt. It's part of human nature. I
just wish Max would understand that...that he would realize that he's not
that different from us at all. Maybe then we'd have a chance.

=======

MARIA: You can't let go of him, can you?
LIZ: I don't want to.

=======

MARIA: Ok. We've been, like, hiking for over an hour.
MAX: We're getting close.
MARIA: It is officially freezing out here.
LIZ: Maria, it's not that cold.
MARIA: Really? Really, 'cause I'm now wearing an ice bra! Whatever, it's
uncomfortable!

=======

LIZ & MARIA: We're here! We're over here! Help! Come find us! Help us! We're
over here! We're here! We're right here.
MARIA: My mom's gonna love this, really.

=======

MARIA: I am so sorry, Mr. Parker. I had to go to the bathroom, and I couldn't
handle the pit toilet, so I asked Liz to come with me, and next thing you
know...
JEFF: It's ok. I'm just so glad you guys are all right.

=======

ISABEL: Oh, my God. It's the symbol from the cave.
MICHAEL: The white light, or whatever the hell that was, caused this? RIVER
DOG: Yes. It's a sign.

=======

JIM SR: Damn pears are slippery.
SHERIFF: Dad. It's me. It's Jimmy. Been a while, huh?
JIM SR: A long time.

Independence Day

=======================================================

Sexual Healing

=======================================================

VOICEOVER: It's February 20th. I'm Liz Parker, and lately I've been having
these feelings, like I'm changing inside, and part of me doesn't want to
change. Part of me always wants to be my mom's little girl. But the thing is,
these feelings are strong...dangerous, undeniable. It's like I have no
choice. It's like...chemical.

=======

MARIA: Liz, nice strawberries. (Liz breaks out of her daydream and knocks
over a basket of strawberries)
MARIA: Are you ok?
LIZ: Yeah, I'm...I'm fine. (Max walks into the Crashdown in search of Liz)
MARIA: You have a visitor. Mmm. Sweet.

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LIZ: What are you doin' here, Max?
MAX: Well, I have orders from my planet to take over the Earth.
LIZ: Besides that.
MAX: I want to make sure we can still be friends.
LIZ: Yeah. I mean, we are.
MAX: Good.

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MAX: And we're friends?
LIZ: Yeah. We're friends.
MAX: Just friends?
LIZ: Yeah. We're just friends.

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MARIA: Liz, you did not look normal.
LIZ: I didn't feel normal, Maria. I...it was the most amazing, incredible...
MARIA: Unbelievable, awe-inspiring...
LIZ: No, Maria. This was different.
MARIA: Different how?
LIZ: Um...like beyond.
MARIA: Wait.
LIZ: What?
MARIA: You guys didn't go...beyond?
LIZ: No no no.
MARIA: Gonna say...you were only out for 5 minutes.

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LIZ: I saw things, Maria. Did you see things when you and Michael kissed?
MARIA: What exactly did you see?
LIZ: Stars.

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MARIA: I have never seen her like this.
ALEX: So this was like the kiss of the millennium?
MARIA: Alex, if they actually do it, she'll probably explode.
ALEX: Or maybe she'll explode if they don't do it.

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LIZ: Ahh! Ohh!
ASTRO TEACHER: Ms. Parker! Have you had an insight you wish to share with the rest of the class?
LIZ: No. (Max stands up, looking a bit guilty)
ASTRO TEACHER: Mr. Evans?
MAX: I was just returning her pencil.
ASTRO TEACHER: I'd like to see both of you immediately after last period
today in my classroom. The primordial experience known as...detention.

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MARIA: Oh, Michael. Hi.
MICHAEL: Hey.
MARIA: Did you hear?
MICHAEL: The Max-Liz thing, with the flashes? She's your friend. What do you think?
MARIA: That Max and Liz have discovered some new sensation? It seems somewhat unlikely.
MICHAEL: Extremely unlikely.

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MARIA: I saw...a cluster of stars...like shooting through space. Um...this,
like, incredible sunset, like near the rings of Saturn. Did you see anything?
MICHAEL: Yeah, I saw you...as a little girl...trying to tie her shoelaces on
her red sneakers.
MARIA: You're kidding. The red sneakers?

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NANCY: What exactly is an eraser room?
PRINCIPAL: It's a small room that we use to clean the erasers so that chalk
dust doesn't fly all over the school.
DIANE: Wait. I'm a little lost. You mean Liz and Max were cleaning erasers
when they created this disturbance?
PRINCIPAL: No. They were what we used to call "making out". We're talking
sexual activity here, not erasers. Why don't we go talk to them?

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LIZ: This...is completely wrong.
NANCY: What did I get wrong, Liz?
LIZ: Well, It...it's just wrong that we're here. I mean, any of us.
PRINCIPAL: Well, then, perhaps you and Mr. Evans should have been less noisy.
NANCY: You know, I think I've heard enough.

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LIZ: This is being totally blown out of proportion.
NANCY: Ok, we'll talk about this later tonight, ok? I want you to come
straight home from school. Is that agreed? Hmm?
LIZ: No, I can't. I have detention. Look, mom, I gotta go, ok?

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ALEX: Well, I was just wondering, you know, in the interest of science,
kissing being purported to provoke these certain insights, I wanted to, you
know, offer myself as a...as a human subject available for experimentation.
ISABEL: It's not gonna happen, Alex.
ALEX: Right...right...right. Thought I'd give it a shot.

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ISABEL: Yeah. You want some pizza?
ALEX: Uh, yeah. Pizza's always good.

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ASTRO TEACHER: You are an excellent student, Ms. Parker. I'd hate to see
anything get between you and the...uh...beauty of the universe.

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Crazy

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MICHAEL: Ladies, food doesn't taste better cold, all right? Push the special.
I'm tired of flipping burgers.

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MARIA: Acting like a real couple, kissing, arms around each other's
shoulders, actually excited to see one another.
MICHAEL: Overrated.

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MARIA: Live the life I so desperately want.
MICHAEL: It's kind of immature, really.
MARIA: Really.
MICHAEL: Just a couple of horndogs looking for a place to make out. I mean,
we don't need that. We got my apartment, you know?
ISABEL: I guess I'll just have the special.
MICHAEL/MARIA: Uhh...we're closing early.

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Tess, Lies, and Videotape

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MAX: Uh, Miss.
LIZ: Uh, yes, sir?
MAX: Refill, please.
LIZ: It would be my pleasure.
ISABEL: God, do you have to do that?

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TESS: What's the matter? Do I have something in my teeth?

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ALEX: Tess. Hey, Isabel.
ISABEL: Hi, Alex.
TESS: He's got it so bad for you.
ISABEL: He's sweet.
TESS: Sweet as in nice guy, or sweet as in potential love connection?
ISABEL: Sweet as in I don't know. What about you? You've been here a couple of weeks. You must have somebody in your radar.

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MARIA: Liz, Max was on fire.

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MAX: Michael, I'm worried.
MICHAEL: You should be.

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MICHAEL: Daydreams?
MAX: Yeah, where we're together...you know, together.
MICHAEL: I guess you're only human after all, huh?

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MAX: This is different. It's out of my control. I can't stop it.
MICHAEL: We'll work it out.
MAX: Thanks for the compassion.

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MICHAEL: What the hell are you doing here?
MARIA: I saw you sneaking in. What are you doing here?
MICHAEL: Nothing.
MARIA: Michael, if you want to be a couple, you've got to learn how to trust
me. `K, that's how a relationship works. No secrets. So either give it to me
straight, or you're not going to be giving it to me at all.
MICHAEL: Fine, I'm checking out the new girl.

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SHERIFF: Before you can expect somebody to trust you, you've got to trust
them first. Whenever you're ready, Max.(He leaves.)
MICHAEL: You're just making new friends all over the place, aren't you, Max?

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MR. HARDING: What is she doing here?
TESS: She's my friend. She showed up.

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MAX: Liz, about what Michael said before, about Tess, I just...I want you to
know that I don't feel anything for her. I look at you, and I know you're the
person I'm supposed to be with. I've always known it. What happened here that day, when you got shot, and how that brought us together...it's fate. Look at me. You're the one, Liz...the only one. I could never be with anyone else.

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MAX: You planned this.
TESS: I planned what?
MAX: To be out here.
TESS: Max, you sound a little crazy.

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MAX: I'm with Liz.
TESS: I know you are.
MAX: We belong together.
TESS: I'm sure that's true.
MAX: I don't want anyone but her.
TESS: I'm sure you don't.

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MAX: I kissed Tess.
MICHAEL: You what?

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ISABEL: I already have. Her house was empty because they were waiting for the movers. They were staying at a hotel. Their stuff hadn't come yet. I saw the moving van. I saw the boxes. And her dad was normal...totally normal...a little dorky, but normal.

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MAX: Liz?
ISABEL: What was that about?
MICHAEL: That guy's got bigger problems than Valenti and the FBI put together.

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LIZ: You had a flash when you kissed her, Max? Like when you kissed me? I
guess I'm not so special after all, huh?

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LIZ: Max kissed Tess.
MARIA: You're kidding! You're not kidding. No way, I cannot believe that.
What a jerk. Liz, I'm sorry.
LIZ: That's not even like him.
MARIA: I just knew something was up with that chick. No, but you're right.
That is so not like Max.

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MICHAEL: How'd you know about all this stuff?
ALEX: Oh, I love this stuff. Are you kidding? Oh and listen, Michael, I
mean... I don't mean to get all warm and fuzzy, but I'm really glad to be
able to use what I know to help out... you know with... you know what we're
doing.
MICHAEL: Whatever.
ALEX: Right. Anyway. It has a polarized high grain antenna with an automatic
iris, and a built-in wide-angle lens.
MICHAEL: That explains why my nose looks so big.

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TESS: It won't happen again, Liz.
LIZ: I wish I could believe that.

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MARIA: There she is.
ISABEL: What are they doing in there?
ALEX: Passing the mashed potatoes.

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LIZ: You know that box? It is just full of pictures...pictures of Max.
ISABEL: Let's go.

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LIZ: I went on faith...a lot of it.
MAX: I know.

Four Square

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ISABEL: I�m finally ready to let someone in. And I want him to be you.
ALEX: I�ve been waiting to hear that, Isabel. And I want to be the only one
for you, cause you�re the only one for me.

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LIZ: Tess! I thought I saw you come in here.
TESS: Look, Liz, I thought we got everything straightened out last night.
LIZ: We did?
TESS: I mean about Max. We�re going to try and be friends, right? All of us.
LIZ: Right, friends.
TESS: Then tell me, why is everybody following me?

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LIZ: We can only trust each other, now more than ever.

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ISABEL: Hi. I�m on the Sunshine Committee this year, and we were wondering if we could just get...
ADMINISTRATOR: The what?

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MARIA: Oh, Operation Never-Leave-Max-Alone-For-An-Instant. That way one of us is always around in case she works the voodoo on you again.
MAX: I don�t need a babysitter.

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LIZ: I know. Max, I�m not saying any of this because I�m jealous. It�s just
that...she�s an alien, Max.
MAX: So am I.

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ISABEL: What kind of stories?
DIANE: Oh, um...the road trip to Florida...and the time Max brought home that snake. Do you remember that? Who could forget? Oh, and that silly clown show that the two of you used to put on for us.
ISABEL: Mom, that�s like our whole lives.

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MAX: Kind of. It was like she could make my mind go places I wasn�t taking it.
ISABEL: How about your body? I mean, did you feel like something inside of
you was changing...like waking up?
MAX: Something primal.
ISABEL: Instinctive.
MAX: Something not human.

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MAX: Michael, what is it?
MICHAEL: Isabel.
MAX: Are you ok? What did you see?
ISABEL: It was only a dream.
MICHAEL: It was only a dream.

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MAX: Think! Was there anything else, anything unusual? I mean...what were you guys doing out in the middle of the desert?
ISABEL/MICHAEL: Nothing!

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MICHAEL: Lead to what? An answer to every question we ever had? Maybe Nasedo is here to make things better. Oh, I forgot, what could be better than your comfortable little life in Roswell, New Mexico. Why are you so scared to be
alien?
MAX: Why are you so scared to be human?

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MICHAEL: Hey.
MARIA: Hey right back at you.
MICHAEL: I�ve been thinking.
MARIA: Oh, great this usually involves me having to get my car towed.

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ALEX: Whoa, hey what is the emergency?
ISABEL: Alex, I�ve been thinking.
ALEX: Oh, this can�t be good.I
SABEL: You know how I said I wanted to take things slow?
ALEX: The word glacial comes to mind.
ISABEL: Maybe it�s time to melt the ice.

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ALEX: This is like...whoa, this is monumental. You know. I mean we...we�ve
got to go about this the right way. You know, romance. Um, how, uh, how about tonight?
ISABEL: How about right now?
ALEX: Ok.

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ISABEL: Alex and I are together now.
MICHAEL: Maria and I are going steady.
ISABEL: Great.
MICHAEL: Great.
MARIA: Must be something in the water.

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MARIA: Come on, come on, come on. What else?
LIZ: Um� She has a 3.0 average from one school. 3.2 from...and...what, she
has a 3.4!
MARIA: Ok, enough with the grade crap...any unusual evaluations? Like psyche stuff?
LIZ: My God, yeah, here it is: she�s really a shape-shifting alien also known
as Nasedo.
MAX: You won�t find anything wrong in that file. Tess Harding is the perfect
teenaged girl. Nasedo covers his tracks.

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LIZ: Well, it�s just that I�ve heard some things about her.
KYLE: Oh yeah, what things?
LIZ: Just, you know� the way she treats guys. She like leads them on, and
then she just drops them cold.
KYLE: Yeah� I guess it takes one to know one.

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MICHAEL: It was the crash site, Maxwell. But it�s not on any maps any more.
It�s like they erased any trace of it. But I can find it. The cave painting
will lead us right to it.
MAX: And you just figured this out all by yourself
MICHAEL: Yeah.

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MICHAEL: Something weird like this had to happen sooner than later. No matter what Max wants to think, we�re not human, Isabel.

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MICHAEL: Hey. What the hell did you do to him? To all of us?
MAX: Michael, stop it. She�s not Nasedo.
ISABEL: Then who is she, Max?
MAX: She�s one of us.

Max to the Max

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ISABEL: What is this place, Max?
TESS: It�s where we were all born.
ISABEL: No. No. No, I don�t believe this.

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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.

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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.

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ISABEL: How did they know what we would look like?
MICHAEL: �Cause we were designed.

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MAX: No, I belong with Liz.
MICHAEL: Not according to this.

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ISABEL: All that stuff Tess was talking about: signals and destiny, that�s
what this is. You and me and the baby, that what this is.
MAX: The what?
MICHAEL: Isabel thinks she�s having a kid.
MAX: Yours? Now who�s keeping things from who?

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SHERIFF: I requested an extra man about six months ago; they said they didn�t have any money in the budget.
FISHER: I guess they found some.

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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 doesn�t disappoint you. The dreams are to awaken us, to show us how it�s meant to be. Do you
understand?
MAX: I think I do.

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NASEDO: I just wanted you to know, Liz, that nobody will ever come between us. Nobody.
LIZ: Tell me something I don�t know. (She kisses him.)
NASEDO: Well, if you keep that up, I�m going to have to pull over.
LIZ: Is that a threat, or is that a promise?

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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 you�re having trouble dealing
with it, I�m here.
ISABEL: Alex, you have no idea what�s going on.
ALEX: Does Michael love you?
ISABEL: It�s not that simple.
ALEX: It should be.

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FISHER: That your boy?
SHERIFF: Yeah.
FISHER: He got any interest in the badge?
SHERIFF: No.
FISHER: That�s a shame.

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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: That�s our choice. Michael.

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MAX: We�ve got to go to Valenti.
MICHAEL: And tell him what? There�s two Maxs. The good one�s right here,
but please help us catch his evil twin.

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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 don�t think you�d have been as
friendly to Ed Harding.
LIZ: That was you?
NASEDO: I�ve been a lot of different people you don�t even know about. But
right now, Max Evans is my most important role.

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TESS: You can�t deny this, any of you. It�s our destiny. It�s what we were
planned for. Even if you don�t want to believe me, you can�t hide from the
truth.
MAX: It�s not about the four of us right now, it�s about Liz.
TESS: Liz is human. She has nothing to do with us.
MAX: No, you have nothing to do with us.

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LIZ: I don�t believe you.
NASEDO: It�s true, Tess and Max were made to be together.
LIZ: But you don�t 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 other�s souls.

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LIZ: Oh god.
ISABEL: Liz. Liz!
LIZ: They have Max. They have Max. (Michael hugs her.)

The White Room

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MAX: I�m Max Evans. I live at sixty-twenty-five Murray Lane. You can call my
parents.
PIERCE: We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. What is the name of
your home planet?
MAX: Earth.

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ALEX: Wha� what makes you think we can go up against alien hunters and win?

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TESS: Your powers, Michael. Your gifts. You do have them, don�t you?
MICHAEL: We�re not too advanced.
ISABEL: We can do easy things, like change simple molecular structure, but we don�t use them very often. What about you?
TESS: Being around Nasedo has taught me quite a few things.

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LIZ: And you guys aren�t going there without me.
TESS: No. Look, you want the truth? You�re liabilities, all three of you.
We�ve got a better chance of saving Max without you, and that�s what this is all about, right?
LIZ: Bring him back to me.
MICHAEL: I will.
TESS: We�d better hurry.
MARIA: You come back to me.

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MARIA: I�m sure they�ve found him by now.
ALEX: They�re probably on their way back.
LIZ: Yeah, I wish I could believe that one.

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MICHAEL: So you�re different from me?
NASEDO: Biology lessons later. Come on. If I�m going to get through that
door, I�m going to need one of you with me, and since the only female agent
at the Special Unit is now dead, it�s you and me, Michael.
MICHAEL: I can�t get through the scanner, either. I can�t change my
fingerprints.
NASEDO: Yes you can, you just don�t know you can. I�ll teach you. I just
hope for Max�s sake that you�re a quick study. I�m going to need both of
you, too.

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NASEDO: It�s inside you. Your program.
MICHAEL: Hey, I didn�t get the manual, ok? All this time I�ve been alone.
Where have you been? Where the hell have you been? Huh? Why�d you let this happen to us? To me?

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PIERCE: (Pointing to a guy with a scalpel.) This man will hurt you. (Pointing
to a guy with a large green syringe.) This man will help you. Tell me what I
need to know, and he will take the pain away.
MAX: Who�s inhuman now?

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LIZ to "BRAD" in her dream: Kyle: No, no, no no, I�m here for inner peace, not that science fiction crap. Buddha: Max Evans changed you when he saved your life. You know that. You�re an alien now, Kyle. Dude, like accept your destiny.

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Would you like fries with that?

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