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28 January 2000 The 10th Annual Roswell Convention - Day One. The festivities are in full swing, carrying over into the street outside the UFO Centre. Someone in an alien costume is on the street handing is out flyers. The alien is observing Liz, who is serving customers seated outside the Crashdown Café. Sheriff Valenti goes into his office and finds Everett Hubble waiting for him. Valenti tells Hubble he is not welcome there. Hubble sees a picture of Kyle on Valenti's desk and comments that he is a bachelor with no kids. He then tells Valenti to give his father his regards and leaves. Deputy Hanson asks "Who was that?" and Valenti replies "a bonafide alien hunter inside the UFO Centre". At the Convention, Michael and Isabel see the alien from outside come downstairs saying "Save me, I'm a human trapped in an alien body". He then removes his alien head and Max is revealed. Isabel says "You realise that we've just lost our last shred of dignity". Inside the Crashdown, Liz waits on Larry Trilling and Jennifer Catler, the two tourists who were at the Crashdown during the shooting and saw Max heal Liz. Larry asks her what really happened that day. At the UFO Centre Max asks Michael how he deals with Maria because he can't stop thinking about Liz. Michael says it wasn't easy for him either, that Max needs to throw himself into something to get his mind off it. Later, Max tells Milton he would like to take on more responsibilities for the Convention. Michael sees Maria hanging a sign for the Alien Takedown wrestling match that her mother sponsors. Michael refers to it as a "freak show" within earshot of Amy, who takes exception to his remark, saying the "freak show" keeps the two of them "off the streets". Maria introduces them and Amy leaves. Maria says "Great first impression" and Michael replies "Why would I want to make an impression". Milton introduces Max to Hubble as a legend who has made direct contact. Max asks what the alien looked like and Hubble replies "You, or me, they're not little green men you know" then leaves. Milton tells Max to try to convince Hubble to speak at the Convention. Valenti is going through his father's old belongings, which include a 8 December 1972 newspaper with the headline: Roswell Sheriff Taken In For Questioning For the Silo Murder. Max is manning the information booth at the Convention. He is watching Liz descend the stairs. Michael notices and tells him to think of mud when he is with her, it helped him. Liz says she needs to talk about the luncheon they are catering. She tells him that Larry and Jennifer are back and that Jennifer has become a permanent fixture at the Café but Max isn't listening. He's just watching Liz, as if she was in slow motion. Max says "Mud" then covers himself by saying he was thinking of mud pies for the luncheon. Valenti comes up to Hubble outside the UFO Centre and accuses him of pushing his father over the edge and being responsible for Valenti Senior's commitment to a mental institution. He demands that Hubble leave. Hubble reminds him that, because of his father's diminished capacities, he is Valenti's only link to what actually happened at the silo, he was there. He says they can help each other. Max overhears them. Saturday, 29 January 2000 Day Two of the Convention. Michael asks Max to introduce him to the "real guys" who might have information about their past. Max says there are no real guys and avoids introducing him to Hubble. Max looks up Hubble on the computer and finds information about a drifter being killed at a silo. Valenti visits his father at the hospital and asks about Hubble's involvement at the silo murder. Valenti Sr says "He couldn't let go of his wife, that was his problem all along. His wife and his kid". Valenti says "He didn't have a wife and kid". His father's mind drifts off the subject. At a Convention conference, Larry steps up and begins to tell the story of the Crashdown shooting. Michael steps forward and pretends to bump into Larry. Larry starts itching and scratching all over and looks and acts like a fool, causing his story to lose all credibility. Larry is dragged out screaming that Max is the guy. Hubble comes up to Larry outside and says "Tell me what you saw". Sunday, 30 January 2000 Day Three of the Convention. Amy is frantic, she is on the phone with Ernie, one of her wrestlers, who is cancelling an hour before the event. She tells him half her annual revenue is tied up in this and if he cancels she will be broke. He hangs up on her. Michael overhears the conversation. Amy leaves crying. At Valenti's home, Hubble shows him several pictures he has collected of corpses with a silver hand print on their bodies. Unexplained murders occurring across the southwest for the last 40 years. He tells him his father wasn't crazy he was just trying to catch a killer. He says they should band together to stop this killer and asks him about Max. Alex, who has been following Isabel around, visits her at home to bring her a book on constellations. Isabel tells him his obsession with her is suffocating so he leaves. He goes to the Crashdown and asks the ladies if they think men are obsessive. Liz, Maria, Amy and Jennifer all express their views. Milton comes in to ask Amy why she isn't at the match, which is almost over. She rushes over thinking Ernie came through for her. She gets to the ring and the winner is bragging about his easy conquest. Amy and Maria go to the wrestler lying on the mat to see if "Ernie" is OK but it turns out to be Michael, who says he is just resting. Amy calls him a "dear, dear boy", gives him a hug and leaves. Maria smiles at him and he tells her "It was easy money". Maria gives Michael a tender kiss, which he starts to respond to but then pulls back and says "Mud". Maria says "What?" and Michael says "Mud, I'm thinking about mud". Maria replies "Why do I even try?" At his office, Valenti is going over the photos Hubble gave him and he notices a license plate number on the car next to a woman's body. He looks it up on his computer and discovers the car was registered to Sheila Hubble in 1970. Valenti goes to his father and tells him he knows that Hubble's wife was murdered by a drifter who left a silver hand print on her body, just like the corpse of 1959. He learns from his father that he helped Hubble find the drifter but thought he was only going to question him, not kill him. He tells his son not to trust Hubble. Hubble tells Max he will speak at the Convention but he needs a ride to his motel to pick up his slides. Michael learns from Larry that he told Hubble what he knows about Max and Michael sees Max leaving with Hubble. In the jeep, Hubble tells Max how much he loved his wife, that when they kissed it was like fireworks on the 4th of July. Max admits he had a similar experience. Hubble says that for his first anniversary he was going to surprise his wife with fireworks and they stopped at Pepper's Café for matches. Hubble asks Max to pull up to the abandoned Café and they get out of the jeep. Hubble tells Max that he lost his wife and unborn child that day all because of him. He pulls out a gun and accuses Max of being the shapeshifting alien that killed his wife. Max is terrified and tries to convince him he is not the same guy. Hubble tells him that Valenti told him about the healing and the hand print. Michael calls out, distracting Hubble and Max tackles him to the ground, causing him to drop the gun, which he reaches for. Max uses his telekinetic powers to move the gun out of reach, just as the sheriff pulls up. Hubble throws Max off of him and goes for the gun. Valenti approaches, gun drawn, and tells Hubble to drop his gun. Hubble tells Valenti he saw Max use his powers, that he is going to kill Max and nothing is going to stop him. He tells him "Your father couldn't do it and neither can you". Valenti shoots and kills Hubble. Valenti tells Max he didn't realise Hubble was this dangerous. Max, losing control, lashes out saying "What did you tell him? Why did he come after me? You're the sheriff, you're supposed to protect me but all you've done is go after me. You believe all these crazy things, you're just like Hubble! You want me? Well here I am! Take me". Michael tries to calm him down but he brushes him off. Valenti says "Son…" and Max asks "Would you treat your son this way?" Valenti tells Max and Michael to go. He says "You were never here". Michael tries to convince Max that Hubble was crazy but Max thinks Nasedo may have killed a lot of people. |
