| It's Too Late, It's Too Bad Michael and Maria come to an understanding (and oh yeah, there's that Max/Liz/Tess thing too) |
| Notes: Roswell scripts are property of the WB, Jason Katims Productions and the rest of The Powers That Be. I don't own them so absolutely NO infringement or copyright violation is intended. I've made an effort to get the transcripts as accurate as I can but they may not be 100% accurate. I'm not posting all the scenes in the episode, just certain ones that I like. They are scenes primarily with Michael and/or Maria in them. My MS3TK-style commentary is in < >. Please do not archive these transcripts/commentaries anywhere else. Transcriber/Commentator: Minnie Archive Date: 5/4/2001 Maria's Intro: Okay, what you need to know about Alex was that he loved life. < I'm suddenly remembering the out-of-cave scene in HTOHL. And crying in remembrance.> He loved it. <He also loved Isabel.> He played his bass <Now I'm remembering his line in BD "Musicians get the ladies.">, he travelled, he just back from his trip to Sweden a couple of months ago <Question: Why Sweden? Just curious about that.> and he had his whole life ahead of him. And then this one stupid accident came and took it all away. Forever. <I'm still in Alex-denial, btw. He's not gone, he's just in Sweden. Yeah, that works for me.> Liz, she's on this crusade <try rampage> to prove that Alex's death wasn't accidental. She's convinced that what happened to Alex was alien-related. <I'm convinced that what happened to Alex was another trip to Sweden.> The Pod Squad <Hee, they used a FF Crashdown/Ros1 board term in the intro.> was not too happy about that one. And believe me, she will. Start of show: In Alex's bedroom: Maria, Mr. Whitman and Liz are in the bedroom. Maria nad Mr. Whitman are looking at pictures of Alex while Liz is looking at Alex's computer. M: It's a 2 page yearbook spread, a collage that, you know, captures everything that Alex was. <You know, all these past tense terms are making me think that Alex isn't in Sweden.> Dad: You guys are just great friends to Alex. Oh, and Liz, tell your folks thanks for the food they sent over. L: (not paying much attention) Yeah, um sure. <Geez, Liz, distracted much?> What are these? (points to cards) Dad: Condolence cards from the floral arrangements. You can take a look at them if you like. L: The Olsens? <The twins from Full House sent Alex condolence cards? Wait, are you saying Mary Kate and Ashley knew Alex?> Dad: Alex's host family in Sweden. <Oh. Those Olsens. Never mind.> It's awful to admit but Gloria <A-ha! We finally know the name of Alex's mother! It's Gloria. Another Roswell mystery solved.> and I didn't even think about contacting them. L: Well then who did? Dad: I'm assuming someone from the school. Aex's entire trip was set up through the guidance office. <The guidance office is a travel agency? Whoa, I want to go to their school. It's got perks.> Dad: Well, it looks like you guys are gonna be here for a while. I'll order pizza. <Get me one too, would you? Pepperoni, mushrooms and extra cheese would be good.> M: Oh, no you really don't have to. <But I'm hungry.> Dad: It's nothing. <That's what my stomach is saying. It's nothing because there's no food in it. > Mr. Whitman leaves. M: Liz, you're being rude. <Word.> It's time for another edition of 'Let's just ignore what Maria says.' L: Alex put every single thing about his entire life in his computer. There has got to be something in here to help us figure out what happened. <Hey, maybe there's also something in there to help you figure out why you shouldn't dismiss other people.> M: Mr. Whitman let us go through his stuff for the yearbook spread. You can't look through his stuff for clues. It's immoral. <Uh-huh.> L: What's immoral is that someone murdered Alex. <There's that word again. Murder. He's in Sweden, I tell you.> Look we have got 2 clues here ... the numbers on this Thai food receipt and his girlfriend Leanna. Will you start looking through his desk and see if you can find anything? <Yeah. Like some M&Ms. Because I'm hungry and that pizza's still not here.> M: I don't think so ... no. <You're not going to looking for M&Ms? Rats. Guess I'll have to find them myself.> L: Come on Maria, we've only got a few hours. <And yeah, there's that pesky 'let's not listen to what Maria is saying' thing again.> M: Liz, does Max know that you're doing this? <What does Max have to do with anything?> L: I'm just looking for the truth. <Yeah, well, I'm just looking for food.> I don't think that Max is interested in that right now. <Well, do you think Max would be interested in getting me a pizza?> M: God, I hate this. It's like this ... chasm has formed between everybody since ... L: Since I said that aliens were responsible for Alex's death. <You said it, not me.> M: Yes. Look, I really don't think we should be doing this without them knowing. It's just going to make things worse. As it is, Michael and I haven't even talked to each other in days. <Why not? Has spaceboy been ignoring you because of Liz's statements? Crap, crap, crap. > The 'let's ignore Maria again and focus on the computer' thing with Liz continues. L: Why would he lock this document? <Because it's got embarassing pictures in it?> M: What? L: Inside this folder, there's 5 subfolders and in the last folder, there's 1 locked document. <And inside that folder which has more than 1 subfolder, 4 of the subfolder aren't locked. And the locked document isn't in one of those unlocked subfolders because the locked document is in that one other subfolder. And I just confused myself here.> None of the other documents are locked. <Well, fancy that.> It's like he was hiding it. <Noooo! You think?> Do you have any idea what his security code is? <Um, try 'Michael loves Maria'.> Liz looks at Maria and sees a look on her face. Maria knows what the security code is. L: Oh, Maria ... M: Look, I really don't think ... L: Just tell me. <Why not? Tell her, Maria. She hasn't been listening to anything you have to say anyway.> M: Try "I The Stud." <Well, my guess at his password was wrong but I dove his password.> He's let me log on to his e-mail account a few times. <I wonder why. Who has she been sending e-mails to?> The locked document is opened. Liz grabs Maria and pulls her closer to the computer screen. One sentence keeps flashing on the screen several times: Leanna is not Leanna. <Oooooooooo.> At school: Liz is asking a fellow student what the 1's and 0's on Alex's credit card receipt means. He tells her that without an application, the numbers mean nothing. Max and Tess arrive at school, mentioning something studying together later. Max tells Liz he wants to "talk this through" because he "doesn't want this to turn into a war between us." Liz tells him that "I could have been calmer" when she said Alex's death could be alien-related but she "doesn't reget" what she said. Max wanrs her that "it isn't safe, asking all these questions" and "whatever we decided to do, we decide as a group." L: Do you believe me about Alex? <You mean that he didn't really die and that he's still in Sweden? Yep. What? No, I'm not in denial. What makes you think that?> Mx: No. L: Well, then we can't act as a group right now. <There. Liz.has.spoken.> Maria is in a classroom, fiddling around with a camera. She's taking pictures of something <not sure what it is>. She's telling Maria something is up with the "Leanna is not Leanna" document she found in Alex's computer. It was written on Jan. 16 when Alex was still in Sweden. Liz thinks it's alien-related, that maybe it meant Leanna was a shapeshifter, Skin or some other alien. Maria counters with a statement that maybe it meant that Alex and Leanna had a fight, that he found Leanna flirting with some other guy. Liz goes on to say that there were 20 numbers in the credit card receipt and that there are also 20 letters (including the spaces in between the words) in "Leanna is not Leanna." L: What if there's a connection? <singing really, really off-key 'Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and meeeeee ...'> Michael walks in. Mi: Hey, can I talk to Maria a minute? <A minute? That's all? You're gonna need a lot more than a minute, hon.> L: Sure. Liz leaves. Mi: So what's Liz accusing us of now? <Er, I don't know but she was mumbling something about a connection and that just made me want to break out in song.> M: You know what, if you're here to trash talk <Oooh, trash talk. Bring it on, baby, bring it on!>, I'm gonna have to take a rain check because that is the only way I'm going to through a simple day of school without losing it, all right? <Poor Maria. Back off, spaceboy.> Maria's adjusting some instruments and going towards the camera as she says this. Did you notice how Michael was following her around the room? *siiiiigh* Mi: You gotta tell her to get off this Alex thing. <Yeah, and tell her to stop saying the word 'connection' otherwise I'll be tempted to belt out another song. That is not going to be pretty.> M: What if she's right though? What if the alien ... Mi: All the more reason for her not to get involved. It's dangerous. <Know what else is dangerous? Me singing.> It's not for Liz to look into. Or you. <*candysigh* The way he says "or you" makes me melt. He sounds so worried about Maria possibly getting involved and thereby hurt.> M: God, I hate this. <Er, you weren't talking about my singing, were you?> I hate that there's this division between all of us. <No wonder I dove this girl. She just said exactly what I was just thinking. Remember the words 'united we stand, divided we fall.' Now is NOT the time for squabbling. It's supposed to be a time for healing, for unity, for more singing. Eh, scratch that last one.> Mi: Well, maybe Liz shouldn't have blamed us for killing Alex. <Whoa, did Liz say that?> M: That is not what she said, Michael. <Oh. Thank you for clarification, Maria. I love how Maria defends Liz, how she defends everyone. What a girl.> Michael notices Maria still fiddling around with the camera. Mi: What are you doing? <Well, she's not singing if that's what you mean.> He sees three guitars propped up on display. M: It's a yearbook collage me and Liz are doing in memory of Alex. <What? No. No memories needed. He's in Sweden, I tell you.> Mi: And this would be ... <Um, guitars?> M: It's a picture of all his instruments. <Yeah, she's taking pics of them in case Alex misses what they look like and demands to see them while he's in Sweden.> It's lame, isn't it? <No, it's kinda sweet actually.> Mi: Kind of. <Michael, that was supposed to be your cue to say, "No, not really."> Need help? <Awwww. Spaceboy wants to help. Awwww.> M: (surprised) What, are you serious? <No, he's just kidding. Actually, I'm kidding. He *is* serious.> Mi: Yes. Maria walks towards her bag. Michael's following her again. *siiigh* I dove the way he goes wherever she does. M: Well, I could use a ride to the photo shop to get some color copies. <Question: Why does she need a ride? She has a car, doesn't she? Ooooo, maybe she just wants to hop on his motorcycle. M&M riding around town on his bike. What a dovely thought.> And I gotta track down this non-comp adhesive. <This what?> And my Exacto knife is missing. <She's starting to babble.> And yeah, I haven't collected half the stuff that we want to put on the collage. <Yeah, and what else?> And on top of everything, I have a major deadline to meet. They leave the classroom. The podsters are in the desert talking. Max is saying Liz is obssessed and she's talking to people about Alex. Isabel thinks there is a possibility Liz might be right but Max shuts her down big time with "no, she isn't right." And even if Liz were right, he says that their best cover would be denial or hiding, something they've always done. Isabel talks about how she might get into college early and that a 'congratulations' might be nice. Max bypasses her statement and walks off with Tess. Max and Tess are in a bedroom, talking. Max rubs Tess' foot. <Okay, is it just me and does Max NOT know how to rub feet at all? He's just like holding it. Ummm, Max, if you're going to rub someone's feet, a little moving of the hand might be nice.> T: The kiss at the prom. The infamous kiss. <Huh? It was infamous? Why, did it get broadcast through the school PA?> Mx: Yeah, right. <It was? Where was I when this happened?> T: After what happened to Alex <You mean, him going on a trip to Sweden and not returning yet? Yes, as you can see, I am still deep in denial land.>, I can understand putting the subject on hold but now I just can't help wondering where we are. <Uh, you guys are on Earth. Repeat after me. Eaaarrrtttthhhh.> Mx: Right. <See, he knows.> You and me together <Sing it with me now ... you and me, so happy together>. It scares me. <What, my singing? Okay, okay, I'll stop. Geez. Some people.> Right or wrong, if I follow that road, I feel like I can never go back. <Hey, uh, Max, no one asked you to sing with me.> T: You're scared to go home. <Oh. He was talking about going home, not the singing. Anyway, look! It's character nuance!> Mx: What is home? <Some people say it's where the heart is.> Is home really up there? <I see Venus. I don't see your home though. What does it look like again?> I just feel like this whole idea of where we come from ... I don't want to believe it. <And you're just telling me this now? After all the time I've invested in this show, you're telling me you don't believe in aliens from another planet? :)> I don't understand it. <You're telling me.> More and more. But it just feels like it's this dream. This dream that I can never really quite touch ... or see ... or feel. <You forgot 'or smell ... or taste'. Gotta put in the rest of the five senses there, Max.> And Earth just seems so much more real. Liz goes to Sean to ask him for some advice on how to pick locks. Seans gets a clue that Liz wants to break in somewhere. She wants to break in the guidance office in school. Seans tells her he can't help her because he's not allowed within a 1,000 feet of the school. <And still, there's no explanation WHY he isn't allowed on school grounds. He just keeps saying it. Liz doesn't even ask WHY. This is annoying me a little.> Sean and Liz break into school. Liz goes into the counselor's office, grabs Alex's folder, makes copies and stuffs them somewhere on her person. Sean tells her they need to go now. As Sean and Liz are about to leave, they are caught by a security guard. Max is walking in the park at night. He hears a short whistle. It's Michael. Mx: Don't do that. Mi: This whole thing with Isabel and college ... <Uh-huh, what about it?> Mx: She can't go. <Oh, yeah? Well, who died and made you king? Oh, wait. You died when you were king. Eh, whatever.> Mx: Do you want me to talk to her about it? Things seems a little tense between you two. <A little? You call that a little? Violin strings are less tense than these two.> Mx: Okay. Max turns to leave. Mi: Max ... Mx: What? Mi: Nothing. Is everything all right? <Hmmm, let's review, shall we? Alex just died. Liz just accused that aliens of having something to do with his death. Isabel and Max are at odds. Sure, everything's all right. Why do you ask> > Mx: Yeah. Mi: Good. <Good? I hardly think so.> Mx: Good. Because you kinda snapped at Isabel before. <Yeah, that Max he's such a snapper.> You know, about the Liz thing. She was just saying it was a possibility. <Yeah, well, have you ever considered this possibility: Max likes to snap at people. Keeps him in touch with his feminine side. Hee.> Mx: I know. It's just ... if I want to hear theories about Alex's murder <Whoa, did you catch that? He actually said murder, not death. Do you think subconciously he knows it was a murder?>, I could talk to Liz. Mi: Yeah. Mx: You think we have something to do with it? <No, but like Kyle said, there's something not right about this.> Mi: I have no idea. <Here's an idea for you: Go to Maria right now and give her a kiss.> I just wouldn't want our leader to be forming opinions based on what he wants to be true instead of what really is true. <As pointed out by another Candy out earlier, look, look, look: a recycled line a la Nasedo and Max in S&B. Think the writers need some new material?> Anyway ... Mx: Michael, the idea that Alex might have died just because we're here ... I can't bear it. <Plasmatic moment, plasmatic moment. *Maria*, are you hearing this?> All those times you would run off chasing some clue to find out where we come from <insert 285S sigh here ... ah, just think Michael's search for a clue brought something even wonderful ... it brought him Maria. Isn't it *sigh* a dovely thought?>, where we belong <*coughwithMariacough*>, I always thought you were chasing something that wasn't out there. <I always thought he was chasing Maria.> Because in my heart, I believed that we belonged here, you know? <Because in my heart, I believe Michael and Maria belong together. Here, there, wherever ... as along as they're together. Hey, that last thing rhymed. Whaddya know? I'm a poet. > That we were human. Lately I've been thinking you were right all along. <Could it be? Max actually said Michael was right about something! pinches self to make sure it's true Ouch! Guess it's true. The red marks on my arms do not lie. They hurt though.> Mi: Lately I've been thinking I might have been wrong all along. <Hah, we knew *that*, didn't we, Candies?!!?!!> Sean is explaining to Deputy Hanson what he's doing at school, saying that Liz is hot and he was "just trying to get into her pants." <Sheesh.> Hansen lets Liz off with a strong warning. Max and Valenti are talking in his house. Valenti tells Max that Hansen caught Sean and Liz breaking into school. Valenti says that normally he doesn't know want the podsters are up to and he doesn't want to know but "you guys are usually a lot more careful about this." Michael and Isabel are talking at school. Isabel shows Michael where she'll be living in San Francisco and she sounds excited about it. Michael tells her everyone has to stay in Roswell. He askss what will happen if the rest of the podsters needed her when she's at school. Mi: What are you going to tell your roomates or your professors? "Sorry, Doctor So and So, I gotta miss Sociology because of a fresh gandarium spray over the Roswell sewers." <LOL, Michael. That's a good one. But why Sociology?> Isabel starts to protest. Mi: I'm not done. Who's going to pay for this cross country travel? You know what a last minute plane ticket costs these days? <Ummm, lemme guess. A LOT?> I: So, I'll change all the bills to 100's. <A-ha! One more mystery solved. Boy, they're just throwing out all these explanations all of a sudden. Too bad it's not the kind we want. It's finally revealed how they manage to get around to all sorts of places -- think New York -- with no visible means of income. They just change their allowance -- I'm assuming they have one -- to bigger bills. I want HER power now. I want to change all my bills to 100's.> Mi: (surprised) You can do that? <He's so cute when he looks surprised.> I: I just need a change. <Well, can you change my money to 100's?> Michael tells her that they didn't know how Alex's death would affect all of them and that she shouldn't make decisions when her emotions are running high. I: Isn't that when you make all your decisions? <She got you there, Mikey.> Michael tells her he's epaking fo Max when he says that she has to stay in Roswell. I: You know what? If Max has something to say to me, he'd best find a way to say it himself. <Ooooh, Max is in trouble now.> At the classroom: Maria's in front of the yearbook committee, explaining Alex's collage. M: It's going to be a great collage. Like there's still of a lot of stuff that we're trying to collect like there's this poster of his first gig in Hondo <I thought they were going to mention Dexter again for some reason. That town sure seemed popular earlier in the season. But since the ep seems to be a throwback to season 1, it makes sense that they mention a town in season 1.> and then we're trying to get a hold of this poem that he wrote <Alex wrote a poem? Awwww.> about when his dog got his leg amputated <Wait, Alex had a dog? Since when? Another plothole!> because you know you can't have a collage about Alex without capturing his sense of humor. <Word.> It's a work in progress clearly. <Oh, yeah, clearly.> Teacher: Maria, you were supposed to be delivering the camera ready art. <Funny, I thought she was supposed to be riding around with Michael on his bike since he was giving her a ride to the print shop.> M: All right, yeah, I know. It's a lot better than it looks. <Clearly.> Teacher: Okay, we're already holding the presses for this. <Geez, teach, you'd think a major event such as Alex dying -- I mean, going to Sweden -- make you give Maria a little leeway on this.> M: I understand. <Clearly.> Teacher: And as much as we're all devastated about Alex <Correction: I don't think YOU'RE devastated at all. Maria is, though. So is Isabel.>, I don't think it's in the wishes of the student body to have the yearbook until graduation. <::blinks:: Why not? The whole student body wouldn't even be present if not for Maria in WipeOut.> M: Look, if you could just give me 48 hours. <Clearly. No, wait, that comment doesn't belong there. Sorry.> Teacher: Okay, maybe we should think about compromising a little. <How about we think about Alex a lot instead? Or M&M for that matter? Compromises are a little boring compared to them. Heh.> I mean do you really need to have every single piece of memorabilia in the collage. <Hmmm, lemme think. YES!> M: Yes. Yes, I do. <Atta girl!> And I will, we will, Liz and I will. <Liz? You sure about that?> Teacher: Where is Liz anyway? <She's off on a crusade to find the missing link. I mean, THE TRUTH.> Liz is talking to someone on the phone from the Swedish Embassy, describing the building that is in the background of the picture of Alex and Leanna. <*Sniffle* Alex!!> Max corners her. Mx: What the hell were you and Sean DeLuca doing here last night? <Ummm, playing Parcheesi in the counselor's office? :) > L: Max, not now. <I can't explain to you why I suddenly felt the urge to play Parcheesi with Sean. You just won't understand.> Max asks her who she was talking to on the phone. Liz tells him it was someone from the Swedish Embassy. Max tells Liz "this has to stop". He means all her questions. Mx: You have nothing to lose here and we have everything to lose! <Yeah. Like his, uh, wait, what does he have to lose again? Oh, yeah, that's right. His claim to being 'Mr. I'm Da Man, Worship Me, All You Masses.'> L: Let go of me! Max looks down, shocked. He grabbed her arm and didn't even know it. <Oooooooo.> He lets her arm go. Max is at the park. Tess comes over and asks if he is okay. <I can hear my dreamer sis grinding her teeth at this scene even though she's over 40 miles away. I can also hear subsequent sighs of joy from the Rebels from all over the place. I'm neither Dreamer nor Rebel so I'm feeling rather detached during this scene. What. Ev. Er.> Tess tells Max she has something to show him. <Hee. My mind just went into the gutter.> Max and Tess are at the observatory. <Hmmm, I wonder if it's the Griffith Observatory in LA. I've been there. Nice place. If it is the Griffith Observatory, then I've seen through that big telescope thing. Just thought I'd mention it.> Tess shows Max a star. Max asks if it's their home. T: No, it's called Bernard's Star. <I interrupt this transcript to check on the accuracy of this statement. Is there really such a thing as Bernard's Star or did a writer have a pet named Bernard and decide to name the star after him? ::goes to google.com to check:: Well, lookee here. It says "Bernard's Star, 5.98 light years from Earth, 56,573,790 kilometers away from Earth". Huh. Nice to see some writers are still interested in facts, not just CHADs.> You see that star from our planet. Our world's out there, Max. <Or like Chris Carter says, "The truth is out there."> It's not close and sometimes it seems like a dream to me too. <There's the mention of the dream thing again. I wonder if this is all leading up to something.> But it's real, you know that. <Uh, yeah, okay.> That's reality, Max. This ... this is the dream. <So are you saying I'm just dreaming all of this? That Earth is just a dream and in reality I could be a six-foot flying blue jellyfish alien named Yfdejgfmntca that lives on a planet named Surwdascxawed? Is that what you're saying?> M: If that's the truth, when do I wake up? <Well, I've set the alarm to buzz around 7:30 AM so my guess is ... right around that time?> T: That's up to you. <Nope, it's up to my alarm clock.> Continued ... HOME PART 2 ROSWELL TRANSCRIPTS ROSWELL |