| 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 In Liz's room (I think): There is a knock on the door. L: Come in. M: Liz, you missed another yearbook meeting. The least you could have done was call. <Nah, she didn't want to tie up her cell phone in case Mary Kate, uh, I mean Mr. Olsen called.> L: Yes, I am sorry to pull all that stuff on you right now. <Sure doesn't sound like you're sorry there, Liz.> M: Stuff? <Stuff what? Or who? ;)> L: Yeah, I'm closing in on this Leanna girl. <Say what you will but she's definitely focused, very 'eyes-on-the-prize-that-isn't-Max-for-once'. > They went a cross country tour together. I've got everything mapped out. <Why? You wanna go on a similar tour?> She points to photos tacked up on walls. L: But this is where things don't add up. Alex's itinerary said there were headed for the Baltic Islands. <::does quick geography check:: The seven Baltic islands are: Řland and Gotland in Sweden, Aaland Isles in Finland, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa in Estonia, Rügen in Germany and Bornholm from Denmark. Okay, so we got 7 different islands in 5 different countries. Interesting.> And the date on the schedule matches the photo. Maria is looking at Liz periodically, a worried expression on her face. Liz continues on her 'let's impress Maria with what I've found out,' L: But there is no building that looks like this (holds up picture of Alex and Leanna in front a glass building) in the Baltic Islands or in any of the other cities that he visited for that matter. Maybe she took him to ... Maria gets a case of interruptus that seemed prevalent with Max and Liz in the last ep. M: Would you just listen to yourself? <Whoa! Deja vu! Max told her the exact same thing in CYN.> Liz still goes on with her speculations, barely paying attention to what Maria is saying. L: I don't even know where. To another country OR ... another planet. <Is that a light bulb flashing above her head?> Apparently Maria's getting fed up because ... M: Stop it and listen to me! All right, I need my best friend right now because our other best friend just died and I feel lost and scared and just completely wrecked. And I know that we're supposed to go to school and go to work and finish this yearbook but I just ... I can't. I don't have a handle on things. I feel like everything is just flipping by me. I don't even ... I don't even know if I'm alive right now. So please, just stop focusing on this thing that isn't even there. And just be sad with the rest of us, okay? <::applause:: Word. I love that girl.> L: So you don't believe me either. <Uh, what part of her last statements did you not understand?> M: No. I'm sorry, I guess I don't. Maria goes to get some pictures of Alex. L: Leave the Sweden stuff. I need it. M: God, you know, you're doing this for Alex but you don't care whose life you screw up in the process. <Again, WORD. ::applause::> L: That's not true. <It's not?> M: Oh, it's not? <Hey, she asked the same question I did. No wonder I love her.> How about Sean? <What about Brian? Er, I mean, yeah, Sean.> Have you even thought about him for a second after he ruined his probation for you? <Guess not.> God, I don't even know you anymore. <Would it be redundant for me to keep saying 'Word'?> Liz goes over to the DeLuca household to see Sean. He's still trying to fix the garbage disposal. S: Piece of crap. <Remember this line. I'll tell you why later.> Sean's dressed in this dark blue t-shirt that's reminiscent of the t-shirts that Michael used to wear. <I miss his black t-shirts of season 1.> Sean sees Liz and says Maria's not around. Liz thanks him and says he did a very heroic deed for her. Sean tells her his aunt talked to Valenti and Valenti talked to Hansen so he's not going to jail but will be "doing community service until I'm senile." L: I should go. S: Armored truck heist? <LMAO! Ah, that Sean, he's starting to be funny. Of course. He's still a DeLuca. Humor runs in their blood.> Liz tells him she has to go and Sean asks if he could go with her. Liz says she wouldn't be good company, that she has to do this thing and needs to be focused. <She has to go bowling and needs all her concentration so she doesn't have gutter balls. Okay, not really.> S: I can't date you, I can't hang out with you. Is there anything I can do with you? <Oh, that line just sent my mind into the gutter again.> Liz turns to leave but then goes back to plant a big one on Sean. A kiss, that is. At Michael's apartment: Maria knocks on the door. Michael opens it. Mi: The print ship, I totally forgot. <Not good, Michael, not good. Don't tell me ... you were kidnapped by aliens who forced some strange kind of black oil into your system and that's why you forgot.> M: You were supposed to pick me up. I call you and your line is disconnected? <Oh, no! It's an alien conspiracy!> Mi: Yeah. I forgot to pay my phone bill. <Oh. Ixnay on the conspiracy. Hmmm, is it just me or is Michael too young to be forgetting things? First the phone bill. Then Maria. Next, he'll probably forget his pants. > M: I was worried about you. I thought something happened to you. <Awwwww. Coming on the heels of Alex's death, she probably did worry a lot about him.> Mi: No, I'm fine. <Except for the forgetfulness.> C'mon, we'll go right now. M: No. (sits on couch) No. Mi: Maria, the print shop doesn't close until 7 o'clock. We have time. <Time for what? Some nookie? *wink wink*> Maria, I'm right here. I just forgot. <Two words, Michael: Post-it notes. I hear they can be quite handy. You can post reminders for yourself on those things. If those fail, there's always string. You can tie a piece to your finger so you remember stuff.> M: I can't count on you. Mi: Yes, you can. <*candysigh* Isn't he just the sweetest, most dearest thing? Even though he is forgetful.> I'll take care of this for you. I'm right here for you. <I'm dying, I tell you, dying of candy-happiness. He's saying the kind of things I've always wanted him to say to Maria, the kind of words I knew were in his heart. *siiiiiiigh*> M: But you won't always be. <But he's here now, Maria.> Mi: What? (shocked) <Somehow I didn't think he expected that kind of response from her. It's almost like he's actually shocked that she'd say that to him after he tried to reassure her.> M: One day you're gonna leave me. <La la la la la. I didn't hear that. On a serious note, I liked the realism in Maria's statement. She doesn't blind herself to the possibility of his departure. Perhaps it's because she knows that people do leave, i.e. her father, Alex, etc.> M: You're going to get on a spaceship and go away. < Nooooo! Reiterating my former statement: I didn't hear that. La la la la la.> And you being the perfect boyfriend right now is not helping me. <Well, it's helping ME! Michael's gone from being 'the worst boyfriend in America' in EOTW to the 'perfect boyfriend in ITLITB. What? It only took 11 eps!> Maria gets up. M: I can't lose anyone right now, Michael. My heart can't handle it. < Awwwww, she needs a hug. Someone give her a hug. Michael?> Maria leaves. Liz calls Sweden and finds that there is no one named Olsen at that number. <Guess Mary Kate and Ashley don't live there.> She double checks the number and the party on the other line confirms that she has the right number. He tells her not to call again. Liz looks at the florist card and decides to go investigating that angle. She asks the florist if she could see his records to determine where the order came from. <Yeah, because you know all florists are just going to hand out that info to every Tom, Dick and Liz that ask him.> The florist refuses to cooperate with her, saying he's not going to show his records because he's "trying to run a business" and not cater to some teenager. Liz decides to go to the bank next. She withdraws all her money, around $2,500 plus change. <Now I wonder what she's got up her sleeve.> She's going to Sweden. <Ahhhh, maybe then she can confirm that Alex is still alive and eating Swedish meatballs somewhere. Hey, I can hope, can't I?> At school: Isabel is sitting in the lounge when Max joins her. She's happy because the high school has put in a good word for her and she could be up on the waiting list at the college in San Francisco. Max hands her a book and tell her he's found a way to make things work. The book has 'Santa Fe State University' on it. He says there is an application in there. He thinks it's a good plan to have her study at the university since it is "only a few hours away" and then gets the idea that maybe they can "convince Mom and Dad to get you a car." I: I don't want to go to Santa Fe. Mx: Isabel, you've been indulged in this for too long. <Oh, condescending much?> I: Indulged? In planning my future? She pulls out a recommendation letter. I: Isabel Evans has really enjoyed growing up in Roswell and as much as she loves her hometown and shows that love through hours of community service, I believe that Roswell is just too small to contain the potential of Isabel Evans. <Yeah, what the letter said.> Mrs. Seymour from the homeless shelter wrote that. She goes to tell him that she has dozens more recommendations. I: As far as the outside world is concerned, I am a bright, upstanding citizen of the community of planet Earth. <Er, what about planet Antar?> I play the role to perfection. Now it is my turn. <You tell 'em, girl!> Mx: Don't make me the bad guy in all of this. <I hate to tell you this Max, you sure are starting to sound villain-ish.> I: You are the bad guy in all of this! <Hee. Hoist with his own petard.> How could you send Michael to come and talk to me? It's like the alien mafia! <Ooooh, watch out, Max is going to make you an offer you can't refuse.> Mx: You can't go. <Otherwise known as I.Have.Spoken.So.There.> I: I have news for you, little brother. <Wait, wait, wait a second! He's her 'little' brother? Since when? Uh, did I miss something again?> I'm going to college in San Francisco. Every teacher in West Roswell knows about it, Mom and Dad are thrilled about it so either jump on the band wagon or get out of my way. <YEAH! Preach on, sistah! The warrior princess is back! Hah, take that, your king-liness!> She stands up and stands walking towards the lockers. Mx: Isabel, if I have to, I will do everything in my power to keep you there. <My Outsider side just sighed at this.> I will tell our parents you have a drug problems <WHAT? ::unplugs ears:: He CANNOT be saying that to Izzy! My Outsider side is no longer sighing, it's pissed>. I will tell your teachers that you have cheated on every test for the past 3 years. <Royally pissed now. Someone smack him! Then stuff him in the nearest trash can. And put a lid on it until his royal suckiness apologizes. And I don't care about what he's going through. Justify it all you want but he has NO right to talk to Isabel that way. @$$&^%#)!> If you ever leave Roswell without my consent, I will physically drag you back. <And how are you going to do that with your butt being stuffed in a can? Isabel can take you.> For the last time, the answer is no. Period. <Geez, Max, wouldn't a little foot stomping be order here? You're sure acting like a belligerent, pompous ASS!!! ::looks for trash can::> I: You're killing me. <Kick his butt, Isabel. That will make you feel better. Okay, that will make ME feel better.> Mx: You let it go this far. <That's IT! You and me, Max, outside NOW! ::rolls up sleeves::> I: Fine! She crumples up the recommendation letter and incinerates it by hand with her powers. <Out in the hallway for everyone to see.> I: This Isabel Evans is dead. <There, you killed her. You happy now, your royal suckiness?> You want to be the leader? See how it works without any followers! <She ain't dead yet, she was just stunned! Yay! You go, Isabel. Tell him he's being an ass. I like this side of her.> A random jock <who I will dub Jack> in the hallway approaches her. Jack the Random Jock: Oh, Isabel Evans, you're so hot when you're pissed. <Okay, not a good thing to say to her at this time.> Isabel puts up a hand and sends the jock flying across the floor, skidding only to a stop at the lockers. Max, his royal suckiness, picks Jack the random jock, up off the floor. <That coulda been you, Max, that coulda been you.> At the DeLuca household: Amy is working on the garbage disposal as Michael enters the house. A: Piece of crap. <Does this line sound familiar? It should. Sean said the exact same thing about the garbage disposal earlier.> Mi: Need some help? <He's so helpful these days. That's the second time he's offered to help out the DeLucas.> I'm pretty good with this sort of thing. <Yeah, having powers always means you'll never have a clogged garbage disposal.> A: Michael, you're in a house with very self-sufficient women here. <Er, Sean's also in the house. Does that mean he's a woman too?> Mi: Why don't just just get a new one? <Because she's attached to that particular one?> A; Me and this garbage disposal have a pretty good relationship. <Yep, she pours stuff down it, the disposal just gobbles it up. Simple.> Mi: Yeah, but what if he broke down for good? What if like in his own way, he wanted out permanently? <I get the feeling we're not talking about household appliances here anymore. And since when is a garbage disposal a "he"?> A: Do you think he's thinking of leaving? <The garbage disposal is leaving? NO! Bad, bad garbage disposal. Now how are the DeLucas ever going to get food down the drain without clogging it? And how is it leaving exactly? It doesn't have legs!> Mi: Well, maybe he realizes he can't be around forever. <Why not? Is there no warranty on it?> That to just stay and be here and crush garbage until he leaves will give people a false sense of security. <Ah, now I get it. You're saying that the garbage disposal may have a warranty but it can't get break down in the meantime. No? That's not what you meant? Oh.> <On a serious note, I like the idea of Michael tackling this issue head-on. Sorry, bad pun. It's lovely to see him want to address Maria's concerns. And his for that matter. He knows what might happen, and like Maria, he doesn't blind himself to it. He knows not everything is going to rosy and perfect so because he knows himself all too well. And he owes the truth to Maria. I like the fact that he went to Maria's mother for advice on how to handle things.> A: Look, Michael, we're both getting what we need out of this situation and sure the disposal won't always be around but what is? <Spoken like a true realist. Amy's had experience with men coming and going in her life so she knows no one can really promise that everything's just going to stay the same. To me, this statement still plays into the theme of CYN ... life is fleeting, you never know what's around the corner.> Maybe tomorrow isn't really something to worry about. <My translation: Be in the moment. Focusing too much on the future will make you miss all the good things in the present. And before you know it, the future will come without you ever enjoying present.> Give me that hammer. Michael hands Amy a hammer. She uses it to bang on the pipes underneath the sink. Michael runs his hand over the disposal and it starts to work. A: Oh, my God, did you see that? I fixed it. Mi: Nice one, Mrs. De Luca. <Awwww, he fixed it for her. And didn't take any credit for it.> At the edge of town: Liz is sitting on a fence, waiting for something. Max drives up in his jeep. Mx: Where are you going? <To the ends of the earth.> L: Sweden. <Or that.> Mx: Are you kidding me? <Yes. Yes, she is. Now laugh, dammit!> Get in the car! Liz refuses. Max asks her what she is going to tell her parents. Liz says she'll say she went to her aunt in Florida. Max tells her that her parents will call her aunt and find out she's not there. Liz shoots back that she'll come up with a different excuse then. The cab pulls up. Mx: Liz, don't get in that cab. <My, he's just throwing orders around, isn't he? Who does he think he ... never mind.> L: (to the driver) Load it up. Mx: Liz, get in my car. <Yeah, I think Bob misses you, Liz.> Max grabs her bag and throws into his jeep. L: What are you going to do? You going to thrown me in? <Here's an idea. How about you throwing Max out of somewhere? I'm still ticked off about his comments to Isabel.> <Interesting thing I noticed: In this ep, Max and Liz are the ones who are always fighting. Michael and Maria are the ones who are pretty sedate. When did the body-and-personality transplant occur?> L: Don't even pull that king card on me. I'm not Isabel. <Nope, you need to be taller and blonder to be her.> Max tells Liz she has a responsible to Michael, Tess and Isabel to stay in Roswell. She counters that she has a responsibility to Alex to find out the truth. She gets into the cab. Mx: Liz, if you go, our friendship is over. <Oooh, I'm devastated. Really I am.> L: I guess it's the price I have to pay. <Hah. Hah, I say!> Somebody killed Alex and covered up his death. <::checking to see where I am:: Yep, I've got my feet firmly planted on denial land where it comes to Alex and the dying thing.> Why don't you see that, Max? <Because the glare of his giant ego is blinding him?> Wake up! At the DeLuca household: Michael is at Maria's house. M: (enters) What's this? <'This' is one of those 'starting to become more frequent' occurrences ... Michael in your house! He waited for her, he waited for her!> Mi: Sit down. (guides Maria towards table) We've been through some rough stuff lately. <You can say that again. On second thought, no, don't say that again.> Maria nods. Mi: The thing is ... you're right. <Doth mine ears deceive me? In two eps in a row, Michael has said 'Maria is right'.> I can't really imagine it happening but I'm gonna leave someday. <You're right, Michael. I can't imagine it either. Let's just not imagine it anymore, shall we?> Could be a year or two or fifty <How about fifty ? Is fifty good for you?> but I'm gonna leave. <I'm sorry, did you say something after 'fifty'?> It sucks but it's the choice we made to be together. <Let's just bask in the glow of that statement, shall we? *bask, bask, bask* Now let's analyze it in Candy terms: *analyze, analyze, analyze* First of all, he said 'choice', meaning free will. M&M chose to be in a relationship. Because they wanted to. Because it wasn't destiny's dictate, it was just the dictate of their hearts. Next, he said 'we', as in both of them. Not one-sided but two. Last, 'made to be together' as in 'they're made to be together.' Nuff said.> Maria nods again. <See, I knew she agreed with me.> Mi: There is one thing that I can promise you and that is that I can give you now. <drops to the floor in a melting heap of Candylove *millioncandysighs* No, don't help me up. This moment is too precious and I want to keep on melting with love. Of all the dovely things Michael said has said, this one ranks at the top of them. It's a combination of a promise and a declaration. It has a sweetness that is laced with realism. He's pledged to her now. And, in the light of CYN's events, the present is all that matters. 'Live for today' stuff, you know?> Maria takes Michael's open palm and drops a kiss into it and sheds sweet tears. They both look at the collage on the table. Mi: I was thinking that this (pic of instruments) could go with that (below another pic of Alex). <He found a place for the pic to fit, just as he found a place for himself to fit in Maria's life.> At the observatory: Max is standing outside the observatory. Tess comes up to him and tells him that she knew he'd be there. Cue introspective moment. Mx: My whole life I've wanted to be this person ... this normal person <You mean, like Elvis?> ... human <Okay, so not like Elvis>. My whole life I've been thinking that this alien side of me was this bad thing. <But you got cool powers with your alien side. You can heal people, make green defense shields and stuff like that.> This thing that made me this freak ... this monster. <Awwwww. No. I am not going to feel sorry for his royal suckiness, I am not going to feel sorry for his royal suckiness. After what he said to Isabel, hmmmph!> I realize that I haven't been just hiding from the government and from the law, I've been hiding from myself. <Argh, there are so many UC and slash statements I could make for this line that I can't even begin to choose from them.> I don't know what's happening anymore. <Want me to refresh your memory?> I thought I knew but I don't. <So you're saying you don't know what happened between you and Isabel at school? Because right now, that's the only thing saving you from a major butt-kicking!> I've lost everyone. <Aw, boo-frikkin-hoo!> T: I'll be here for eternity. Max and Tess start to kiss. Liz arrives at the airport. Max and Tess are about to 'get it on'. Liz grabs her ticket at the counter and heads for the plane. Tess takes Max's shirt off. <He's got his hands up in the air, like he's surrendering to her or something.> Liz gets to the plane but before she boards, she gets a call from the guy at the Swedish Embassy. He tells her that he's tracked down the building in the picture of Alex and Leanna BUT <insert DUM, DUM, DUM revelation music here>, it was torn down in 1994. Liz concludes that Alex never went to Sweden. <insert gasps of shock and wide-eyed looks here> Max and Tess are on the floor of the observatory in full 'we're having sex' mode. <Wow, actual nookie in this ep? And it doesn't involve Michael and Maria? Not fair, so not fair.> The camera pans to the V constellation above. HOME PART 1 ROSWELL TRANSCRIPTS ROSWELL |
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