My thoughts on Baby, it's You

So did you guys hear my dreamer heart breaking all the way from where you are? My God. How could he look at her like that? How could he *smile* at her like that? That's Liz's smile, dammit!!!

But Max was pretty much back to his old self by the end of the episode. Made me realize how much I missed him and how sad I am at the way things have turned out for him. I hope we'll never get to see Max Vader again. That would make me... well, happier than I am now!

I still refuse to believe what is happening is really happening, so I'm holding on to stupid little things that probably don't make much sense, but here they are:

-The look of doubt on Max's face when he woke up the "next morning". I was hoping for a bigger "what the hell did I do?" reaction, but I'll take that look of doubt.

-The freakin out session at the end.

- and this one is a stretch, even for me, but when he said to Michael that things with Tess went about as far as they could go. What, no seeing into each other's soul? :P

Ok, I have two distinct theories that I'm trying to connect together here, so bear with me! It's only speculation, so you spoiled people can laugh at me :)

(Oh, and Carrie, I read the last spoiler you sent (and only the last one, I swear!) and I did a little dance around the office. If it doesn't really happen, I might just write myself a little fic where it will!)

Tess is SO making this up. How convenient is it the way this "pregnancy" is developing?

(For those who still don't believe Tess is evil, I'm willing to say that maybe she's being controlled by someone else. Actually, that would help me, motive-wise!)

First, she says she's pregnant. We all know it's not a way to keep a guy, but then again, this is Max. If someone would take responsibility, it's him. So she has Max. He's freaking out a bit (understandably) in the pod chamber. He implies he wouldn't stand in the way of an abortion. Before they can have an argument, oops the baby is acting up. Max connects to it, it's a boy. He has an emotional connection now, he won't bring up the abortion again.

Being Mr. Responsible, he looks for an apartment. "I thought the plan was to go home," she says. "It is, eventually," he says. Now, that doesn't sit well with Tess (or whomever is controlling her) so would you look at that, the atmosphere of this planet is harmful to the baby, we have to leave. (and if I can just say this before I continue: Max and Tess have human DNA mixed with alien essence and gandarium, therefore they can live on this planet. Why wouldn't their offsprings? Just a thought)

The baby was doing just fine before Max said he didn't want to leave Earth just yet.

Ok, am I paranoid here? :P

And now they have a way to go home.

Alex, or someone who was controlling him,(but I think it was really him at that point) translated the Destiny book. Liz said Alex sent it to Leanna. I think Leanna deleted it and sent it to herself (after Alex left) and stored it in that laptop and protected it with that alien bomb or whatever it was, and killed Alex because she didn't want the others to know.

So we have whomever is controlling Tess wanting to send the aliens home, and whomever killed Alex wanting them to stay here.

And that's where I am this morning.

In other news :)

Hey, another Lifehouse song, cool!

Did anyone else feel that pang of whatever-it-was when Michael found the crystal that sent Future Max to the present day? Oh, if only they knew... (Even Liz doesn't know it's the 'key' to the granilith) They could use it to come back to before Alex's death and that whole mess with Tess.

Isabel and Kyle rule. I love them. Let's mess with Max's head some more. The alien pic in the yearbook? Classic.

I couldn't believe Isabel actually apologized to Max. Granted, he was back to normal Max when she did, but still. He should apologize to her. He should have had that freakin fit much earlier, if it got rid of Max Vader.

And I have to add that while I understand why they're doing this, character development and all, it doesn't make it any easier to watch, or make me less sad when I think about it. Don't get me wrong, when I detach myself emotionally from these characters I think it's brilliant. The changes in Max had to happen at some point. But I guess I had him on a pedestal and the part of me that is emotionally attached to him and to the others hurts to see him that way. So Max is not perfect. Oh, but why can't he be, you know what I mean? :) But if the show wasn't good, I wouldn't even care. So as much as I hate what's happening (or I'll hate it, when I admit that it's really happening! ;P) I love the way it's done.

I'm afraid I'm not explaining this very well... do you guys see what I mean?

Valerie
Dreamer in denial