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Monday,
27 September 1999 Liz is writing in her journal: "September 27. I'm Liz Parker and I will never look at the stars in the sky the same way again. I'll never look at anything the same way again. What did Max Evans mean when he said, 'I'll see you in school?' Was it, 'I won't be able to breathe until we meet again' or was it just something someone says to fill space? And what is he thinking right now? Is he also obsessed, tortured, going through one sleepless night to the next, wondering what's going to happen between us?" Max is sleeping soundly until Michael makes a clumsy unannounced entry through Max's bedroom window. Michael cannot sleep and cannot believe that Max can, knowing there is a fourth alien out there who could hold the key to their existence. Sheriff Valenti has the only key to the fourth alien (the photo of the corpse with the silver hand print), so Michael decides to check out the security at the sheriff's office the next morning. Tuesday, 28 September 1999 At the Crashdown Café, Maria points out that they know nothing about these aliens so why should they trust them. Liz warns Maria that she should not be referring to them as aliens in public so Maria switches to Czechoslovakians. Alex overhears their conversation about the Czechoslovakians and wants to know what they are talking about but they refuse to tell him. At school, Kathleen Topolsky, substitute geometry teacher, questions Max about Michael's whereabouts since he is not in class. Liz is suspicious of Topolsky's interest. Maria fuels the fire by thinking she must be a spy. The FBI assigns Agent Hart to observe goings on at the sheriff's station and the sheriff tells him to leave. Liz tells Maria she is no longer interested in dating Kyle and she does not think he considers their relationship serious. She then accidentally bumps into Topolsky and makes her drop the files she is carrying. While helping her pick up the files, Liz notices that one of them is for Michael. Liz goes to tell Michael about Topolsky's interest, meeting his foster father Hank in the process, who appears to be drunk in the middle of the day. The sheriff calls the FBI for an explanation of why an agent was assigned to observe his station but they hang up on him. The sheriff pulls the file with the photo of the silver hand print and removes a key attached to the file and hides it in the cap to his thermos, which he places in his desk drawer. Michael tries to use the ploy of selling candy for charity to get inside the sheriff's office but it does not work so he tries to convince Max and Isabel to help him break in. Isabel points out she likes her life and does not want to miss next Friday's date because she is running from the law. Max is interested in Michael's plan but eventually sides with Isabel. Wednesday, 29 September 1999 At school, Topolsky Makes a geometry error, increasing Liz's suspicions. Liz explains her suspicions to Max and when he sees Topolsky with the sheriff he becomes concerned. Later, Liz receives a note from Max to meet him in the second floor eraser room. Maria does not think Liz should go because the eraser room is where the students go to make-out and it could be dangerous to kiss an alien. Liz says she does not think that is why Max is asking her to meet him. It is not and Liz is obviously disappointed. Max has discovered that he can see into Topolsky's office through the vent. While they are waiting for Topolsky to come to her office, Liz questions Max about his past and learns that he does not know where they are from or what happened before they woke up in the pods as six year olds in 1989 and that they have always had human form. When Topolsky returns to her office, they overhear her tell someone that she is going to Michael's home to find out about him. Agent Stevens visits the sheriff and confiscates all of the sheriff's files on UFO and paranormal phenomena. Michael witnesses the files being removed. That evening, Michael tells Max about the files being removed and that they need to act now. Max does not want to do anything that will jeopardise his life in Roswell any further. He tells Michael about Topolsky and that he should not go home, he should go to Max's and stay with Isabel. Max and Liz take off in the jeep and Kyle, seeing them, follows. They park outside Michael's trailer park home and wait for Topolsky to show up. Liz wants to know how Michael's life turned out so differently than Max and Isabel's but Max does not explain. Topolsky arrives and knocks on Michael's door. Liz drops her ring on the jeep floor near Max's feet and bends down to pick it up. Seeing this from behind, Kyle thinks something is going on and races up to them to intervene. The commotion he causes draws the attention of Topolsky and she sees Liz watching her. Meanwhile, Michael decides to break into the sheriff's office by using his powers to unlock the security bars on the second storey back window. Michael does not have control over the force of his powers and he nearly falls from the impact. Max takes Liz back to the Crashdown Café and runs into Isabel who tells him Michael never showed up. Max thinks he must be at the sheriff's station. When he and Isabel get to the station they see the sheriff returning. Isabel goes in to distract the sheriff by asking him to help her with a flat tyre. Max goes around to the back of the station to find Michael. Michael has discovered that the file drawers have been emptied so he searches the sheriff's desk drawers and finds the key. When he picks it up he receives a vision, a quick flash of a geodesic like structure. The force of the flash knocks Michael over and the noise causes the sheriff and Deputy Blackwood to run to the sheriff's office. Max arrives, tells Michael the sheriff is back, re-locks the security bars and they jump into a skip below the window just as the sheriff and deputy arrive to find nothing amiss. Later, back in the jeep, Max and Isabel each hold the key but do not see anything. Thursday, 30 September 1999 At school, Topolsky explains to Liz that she is not a substitute teacher but the new guidance counsellor, also that Michael is in danger of being expelled from school and as his friend she hopes Liz will convince him to come see her. Liz's voice is heard: "Ever since I found out about Max and Isabel and Michael, I've been thinking a lot about secrets. That for everyone who has a secret, there's someone else who needs to know what that secret is (Sheriff Valenti discovers the key is missing from the thermos). How, sometimes secrets keep people from feeling like they belong (the Evans family is enjoying a game of basketball in their driveway while Michael watches from a distance) and sometimes secrets make you feel like you do belong (Max and Liz spying on Topolsky from the eraser room). And now, even I, Liz Parker, the smallest of small town girls with the simplest of lives - even I have something to hide." |
