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Monday,
4 October 1999 Isabel's jeep has broken down and Maria, passing by, offers her a ride. Isabel makes herself comfortable by using her powers to fix Maria's air conditioning and radio, which freaks her out. Maria asks Isabel if her mother knows that she and Max are "different". Isabel's response that they are horrible disgusting creatures from outer space who sneak into your room at night and perform excruciating experiments? shocks Maria to the point that she rear-ends Sheriff Valenti's car. Maria tells Liz about rear-ending Valenti's car and Isabel's behaviour. Liz says she will speak to Max about Isabel. Ms Topolsky announces to their class that she will be conducting interviews in her office over the next few days to discover their dreams for the future. Topolsky begins her interviews by asking the students what their dream job would be and where they see themselves in ten years. She then continues with a relationship game, showing them pictures of children playing and asking which best describes them. Isabel says she never played well with others and Max says he would be the child behind the tree. Toplosky encourages him not to get stuck behind the tree and to get out into the world. In her notes, next to Max's name, she writes "has secrets". Max runs into Liz and they discuss Isabel's behaviour with Maria. At lunch, Max tries to convince Isabel to go easy on Maria but she thinks it's a good idea to keep her frightened. Michael wants to discuss the key he found in Valenti's office. He thinks it may belong to the corpse in the picture from 1959. Tuesday, 5 October 1999 At Liz's interview, Topolsky discovers that she likes to be in control of things and likes to plan her life, not take it as it comes. At the Crashdown Café, Isabel comes in and Maria confesses to Liz that she's afraid of her. Liz tries to convince her to get to know Isabel. Valenti comes in to get Maria's insurance info. Maria is very nervous around him. Valenti notices and tells her he is there to protect her from anything. Wednesday, 6 October 1999 Max is in the Crashdown when Maria is working alone. A customer leaves without her change and Max offers to return it to her. He follows the woman and her children into the UFO Centre Museum. Milton, the owner, is conducting a tour and discussing sightings in the area. He is fielding questions, Max ask about 1959. Milton asks Max to come back the following day when he will show him something interesting. That evening, Max and Isabel discuss the possibility that they may have parents waiting for them somewhere out there. Max thinks they should be searching for answers to their questions instead of cautiously waiting; that they are not moving forward, as if they were stuck, and he doesn't want to be stuck anymore. Isabel is afraid and thinks they have gone too far already. She also does not think they should be trusting Liz and Maria. She decides to "visit" Maria in her dreams to see what she is thinking. She does this by touching a picture of Maria. Maria is dreaming about working at the Crashdown Café. Max and Isabel are there and look like alien monsters to her but normal to Liz. The real Isabel speaks to Maria, telling her she is visiting her dream so they can talk. Isabel sees Michael dressed in a tuxedo and Maria explains she is less afraid when he is dressed like that, he then turns into a monster, wrapping a tentacle around her neck. Maria screams for the sheriff. Isabel asks what she will tell the sheriff. Maria replies that they are disgusting horrible creatures from outer space. Maria falls out of bed and wakes up. Thursday, 7 October 1999 Topolsky interviews Max about his past and any identity issues he may have due to his being adopted. She tells him that sometimes it is hard to move forward with your future until you can figure out your past. Max goes to the UFO Centre to see what Milton has to show him. It is a dead end, just a picture of Milton as a child in 1959, with a shadow in the background he thinks is an alien. Milton thinks Max is a true believer and offers him a job, letting him know that he would have access to his archive of information on all things extraterrestrial. At the Crashdown, Valenti asks Maria how her neck is after getting hit by a car at the Crashdown Festival and mentions that she has had a lot of accidents lately. He then asks her to come by his office the following morning to talk. Isabel overhears their conversation. In science class, Max asks Liz if Maria can be trusted not to say anything to Valenti. Liz assures him that Maria is very trustworthy. Max emphasises how important it is and Liz promises that everything will be fine. Friday, 8 October 1999 Topolsky gives the students the results of their career placement computer profile. Isabel, who wants to be a supermodel, is surprised that the profile suggests she should be a care giver. Topolsky indicates it is because on her profile she put family first and craves stability and security. She tells her that there is nothing wrong with being normal. Liz and Maria rehearse what she will tell Valenti but Maria thinks the sheriff will see right through their story and maybe she should just tell him the truth. Maria and Isabel meet at the repair shop to pick up their cars. They do not speak. At school, Liz tells Max and Michael that she is not sure what Maria will tell Valenti. Liz apologises to Max and says she never should have told Maria in the first place. At the sheriff's office, Valenti tells Maria that he thinks someone is controlling her through fear and reminds her he is there to help her. He wants to know why Isabel makes her nervous and how well she knows Max and Isabel. She denies that Isabel makes her nervous and says she does not know them well. He says they have something in common; he never got to know his father well either. He tells her his father, the former sheriff 40 years ago, believed in aliens and lost his job and family over it and that he would hate to see that happen to any other family in this town. Maria is scared and starts to cry. He asks her where Max and Isabel are from and she replies that they are a very nice family and we wouldn't want to destroy any other families in this town, would we? Isabel's jeep has broken down again and Maria pulls up to help her. She tells Isabel she lied for them because when she was so scared with Valenti she suddenly realised what it was like for them. Liz's voice-over says that what makes life more interesting is keeping yourself open, letting new people in, changing your mind and not being afraid of the unexpected. |
