Fourteen years into the future (2014 AD). Future Max helps Future Liz into the hidden room in the pod chamber; they are out of breath as they approach the granilith. Future Max doesn't want to leave Future Liz but she insists that he must. He reminds her if he does this, he and she won't exist as they are today. She reminds him that if he doesn't do it they will all die. They hug one last time. He thanks her for all they've had together, she tells him she has no regrets. There is an explosion outside that knocks them both to the floor; it is a reminder that time is short. He inserts an obelisk into the granilith; it powers up and sucks Future Max inside. They gaze at each other through the granilith and then Future Max is gone.
Sunday, 5 November 2000
Maria is driving Liz and Alex in the Jetta. Liz is confused because Max keeps coming to her window each night trying to convince her they should be together but she knows it can not be. Alex is depressed because Isabel only thinks of him as a friend. Maria declares "I have Michael Guerin. He's mine. You should have seen his face when he apologised to me. His eyes were practically begging me to take his sorry ass back. I have so landed him for once and for all... I think".
Maria is bringing them to a psychic her mom believes in. She tells them Madame Vivian will have the answers to all their questions.
Alex learns that Isabel considers him a wonderful friend, her foundation, but they will never have a "carnal" relationship. Alex is more depressed than before. Maria learns that her relationship with Michael is volatile and will not endure. Maria says she's not looking for marriage and asks how long the relationship will last. Madame Vivian says "48 hours, tops". Maria is shocked then asks "OK, are they a good 48 hours?" Liz is told that Max will be a leader and Liz tells her that he has a whole other destiny that does not include her. Madame Vivian adamantly disagrees, saying that Max will choose her over his destiny. She tells her "The reading is clear. You marry your true love. You have happiness. The card here? Intimacy, sex. You will not be left wanting".
Liz is in her bedroom, she puts a large lace scarf over her head like a wedding veil, looks in the mirror and says "I, Liz Parker, take Max Evans to be my... " She is interrupted by a sudden burst of light on her balcony; the concussion from the burst extends into the bedroom and Liz catches her mirror just before it falls. She turns and sees Future Max peering through her open window. Questioning what she sees, Liz says "Max?"
Max is in her bedroom. Liz is frightened and backs away from him saying "No, no, I don't... I don't know who you are, but you... you're not Max". Future Max tries to calm her down and says "Liz, I know this is all hard to believe... " She asks "What? You expect me to believe that the granilith is like some sort of time machine?" Future Max explains "It wasn't intended to be but it does have an enormous amount of power and we were able to modify it to artificially create a tear in time space". Liz counters with "No! No! There is no such thing as time travel, OK... because it is against every rule of physics, of reality, of everything". Shouting, she accuses him of being a shapshifter who has the ability to look like an older version of Max with the beard and grey hairs. Slightly hurt, Future Max asks "Do you really see grey?" Liz tells him "This isn't funny, OK!" and tries to get past him. He grabs her arms and she screams at him to let go of her. He pleadingly says "Liz, it's me". She calms down and says "Please, just let go of me". He does and then says "If I were a shapeshifter, there's no way I could tell the future. In approximately 10 seconds, I will show up outside your window and begin singing to you... accompanied by a Mariachi Band". Liz is slightly amused and says Max would never do anything that cheesy. Future Max counts down "three, two, one... " Nothing happens, Liz rolls her eyes and says "Well?" and Future Max says "I said approximately".
Suddenly Liz hears music outside. Future Max tells her he spent a week learning the lyrics from Mr Delgado at the hardware store. Under his breath he starts saying the lyrics. Liz goes out onto her balcony. Max is down below with the Mariachi Band. He removes his sombrero and starts singing to her in Spanish. Liz is stunned, amused and pleased by this display. Max is holding a bouquet of red roses behind his back. Future Max comes up behind her but out of sight of Max. Aside to Future Max she says "Wow, that's really embarrassing" but she's loving it. Future Max says "I know... but I had to do something to get your attention. You had shut me out". Still singing, Max tosses the bouquet of roses to Liz. Future Max says "As I threw the flowers up to you, I remembered you preferred white roses" and the roses change from red to white. Liz catches the bouquet. Liz asks "Why are you here?" Future Max says "I can't tell you too much, Liz... only what you need to know... but 14 years from now, we are taken over by our enemies". Liz asks who's taken over and Future Max says "Everyone. Earth. I need you to help me keep that from happening. We need to change the future. What we do here has to be precise and surgical. No one can know I'm here, especially not me... that is, my younger self". Liz starts to ask him a question and Future Max interrupts saying "Not now, your father's coming". He hides behind a plant. Jeff comes out onto the balcony, asking if that is Max again. He approaches the railing telling Max it's 11pm on a school night. When he sees the band he laughs and shakes his head. Max and the band leave.
Monday, 6 November 2000
The next morning in the Crashdown kitchen, Maria tells Michael they need to talk about their relationship, that a psychic told her the next 48 hours were critical. Courtney comes in asking if her order is ready. Michael says yes and points to it. Courtney is pleased with his prompt service on her large order and, before picking it up and leaving she pats him on the rump and says "You're such a good boy". Michael is stunned by her behaviour and Maria is ticked off. She asks what's going on and he says he doesn't know but he doesn't trust her. He says "I mean, there's something going on with her. Another new face in town. Arrived this summer after the signal went out. Her picture was in Whitaker's office. Constantly hanging around me, always giving me these looks". Maria asks if he thinks she's an alien. Michael replies "Or with the government", then shrugs and says "I don't know". Maria tells him what she knows is "The slut wants in your pants". Michael contemplates this and then replies "That might work". Maria, shocked by his last comment says "What might work, Michael?"
Liz goes into her bedroom and finds Future Max looking at pictures of them together. She tells him she has some questions. She asks him why he doesn't just go to Max to tell him what he needs from him. Future Max says he doesn't understand it totally himself but Serina, a future friend of Liz, told him that it has to do with quantum mechanics and if a person were to meet themselves in another time period they would both be destroyed. He tells her "Liz, what's about to happen over the next few days is critical to the history of this planet. Things between us are about to... change, grow deeper. We become inseparable and nothing comes between us ever again, until... " Liz finishes his sentence with "The end of the world?" He responds "That's right". She asks "What happened?" He replies "The closer that you and I grew, the worse it got with Tess and eventually she left Roswell". Liz asks "Because of me?" Max answers "Because of me and how I treated her. And it turned out Tess was critical to our survival. The four of us - Michael, Isabel, Tess, and I... we made a complete unit. We all had different gifts, and with one of us missing, we weren't as strong and everything fell apart". Liz says "So you want me to help you and Tess get together?" He replies "Yes" and she asks, "Why don't you just go to Tess?" He tells her "It's you I trust. It's you I have faith in and because it's not just about getting me close to Tess. I need you, to help me, fall out of love with you". Liz is stunned by this information.
That evening, Michael gives Courtney a ride home on his motorcycle. She tells him she'll be spending the night alone with nothing to fondle but her remote. She asks him if he'd like to be her remote for the evening. Somewhat embarrassed, he declines, saying he should get home. She leans over and kisses him goodnight. He changes his mind, saying "What the hell" and goes inside with her.
Tess uses her powers to redecorate Kyle's bedroom. He comes in and says "I thought I told you I didn't want you doing that Bewitched crap in the house". She tells him to get out of her room and he reminds her it's his room. She starts venting about being sick of everything; this place, Max Evans, waiting for him to come to terms with his destiny. That she never asked to be his mate and he and the others can figure it all out for themselves. She tells Kyle they didn't even know where the pod chamber was. She finishes by saying "I hate this life. (sigh) I feel better". Kyle tells her she looks great when she's angry and that he feels all this energy coming from her. He says "In order to trim the lamp of wisdom, we must attend to our bodily needs". Tess steps up close to Kyle and says "Let me tell you something, Buddha Boy, I got a lamp that needs some serious trimming". They are just about to kiss when the doorbell rings. Frustrated beyond belief, Kyle goes to the door to find Liz. She is there to see Tess. As Kyle passes Tess, they agree to finish trimming her lamp later.
Liz tells her she wants to help her with Max. Tess doesn't believe her, saying she knows that Liz and all the others hate her. Liz says she's doing this for Max because she knows that Tess is his destiny, she's known since the time she walked away but she can't go on with her own life until Max comes to the same realisation and moves on with his. Tess says she doesn't need Liz's help and if Max doesn't come around on his own, he can just go to hell, for all she cares. Liz reminds her how hard it was for her to come there and tells Tess "I know that it is hard for you to admit that you need help, but you do. It's up to you".
Michael has removed his jacket and shirt and Courtney is giving him a back rub through his T-shirt, while he is seated on her bed. He asks her how long she's been living in Roswell and what brought her there. She replies a few months and that she's always been into the whole alien thing. She tells him that the "sight-seeing" has exceeded her expectations, slips around to his lap and kisses him. She asks "What now?" and he asks her to take a shower. She wants to take one together but he wants her to take it alone, saying he's a "germ-a-phobe" and that "a clean girl is a sexy girl". She agrees, saying she'll play any game he wants her to. She starts to undress on her way to the bathroom and Michael sucks in his breath at the sight.
As soon as she shuts the door, he gets up and starts searching her apartment. He opens a cabinet and finds it is totally full of skin lotion. He's trying to fathom the reason when there is a knock at the front door. He opens it to find Maria. They are both shocked to see each other. She tells him she came to investigate because she discovered a picture of Max, Isabel and Michael, with Michael's face circled, in Courtney's locker. She asks "What are you doing here, hound?" He tells her he's there for the same thing. Maria doesn't believe him, calling him a "bastard", after Courtney calls out from the bathroom "Maybe you should put on some tunes, baby?" Michael calls back "Good idea, baby" and quickly explains to Maria that he had to get Courtney out of the room somehow. Maria warns him "If you lay one hand on her... " Michael says "No one is laying anything on anyone." Courtney calls out "By the way, you are an amazing kisser". Michael knows he's dead meat now. Maria's mouth drops open in shock, then she cuffs Michael on the side of his head and says "You obviously came here for two reasons, huh?" Courtney comes out of the bathroom, wearing only a towel, and asking "Is somebody here?" Maria throws a hair clip at Courtney saying she left it at work. She turns to Michael and tells him "Remember how I said we had 48 hours? That was way too optimistic. We're done" and leaves. Michael turns to Courtney and says "I'm gonna go".
Tess is sitting at a table outside the Crashdown, reading a book. She's wearing a low cut, tight fitting black top. Liz and Future Max are watching from the reception area in Whitaker's office across the street. Future Max says "Good, you got her to wear that top". He tells her they have to play every card they have. Max approaches. Liz, watching, says "Just don't look at him, let him come to you. Show him the book. Make sure he sees it. Tell him Steinbeck's your favourite author". Max sits with Tess and Future Max excitedly says "You got him to sit down with her!" Liz sarcastically says "Rah, rah". Max is laughing at something Tess is saying. Liz notices Future Max looking at her and asks "What?" Future Max says "Nothing. It's just... seeing you at 17 again is, making it all come flooding back to me. How my stomach used to rumble every time I saw you". Liz asks if they got married. He tells her they eloped at 19. She is surprised, saying that was too young. He says he agreed but she pointed out that Romeo and Juliet were even younger. They got married in an Elvis chapel in Las Vegas. Liz is disappointed that they didn't have a real wedding. Future Max assures her they had a wonderful wedding. Isabel, Michael, Maria and Alex met them in Phoenix and they partied all night. At the end of the night, a song they both loved "I Shall Believe" came on the radio. They danced to the song alone, because the others had quit for the evening. He tells her "Ever since then, it's been our song". Liz is saddened by the realisation that "if this works" she will not have that day. She asks him what will happen to him. He replies "If we succeed in changing history, a different version of the future will take place. All the events that led to who I am 14 years from now will be different. The man I am now will... cease to exist".
Max tells Tess "Listen, I realise none of this is your fault. You just sought me out because it was your destiny". She replies "Hey, I can only imagine if you thought you found the love of your life and someone comes to tell you that your meant to be with someone else". He says "Exactly" and she tells him "You know, if things change, they change. If they don't, it's OK, Max". Max kindly but firmly says "I don' think things will change". She replies "I know, but it takes two, and if Liz isn't interested..." Suspicious, Max asks "What do you mean, if Liz isn't interested? You were talking to Liz about this?" Tess says "Not exactly". Max looks around and notices someone behind the blinds in Whitaker's office. He goes over. Future Max hides in the back office. Max says to Liz "Were you watching? So, it was all a set up". Liz resignedly says "Yeah". Max is incredulous saying "You tried to get Tess and me together?" Liz responds "I know you must hate me right now". Max is at a loss for words and then makes a decision. He cups her face in his hand and kisses her passionately. Future Max is watching from the other room. There are flashes of Max and Liz together; happy and passionate times together. Max steps back and says "I felt that and I know you did too". It is written all over her face that she did. Liz tells Max that they have to stop this. He begs her to go out with him, telling her he got Gomez tickets for next Friday. Her heart aching, she replies "No, no Max, I can't go out with you, ever again". She begs him to "please stop doing this". Crestfallen, Max replies "I can't".
Climbing through Liz's bedroom window, Future Max berates Liz saying "You are supposed to be breaking up with him, not kissing him". Liz reminds him that Max kissed her, not the other way around. He says "You're only making me love you more". She reminds him that she said no to Gomez. He tells her "You said no the last time too. I didn't take no for an answer". That was the night things between them were "cemented" but they didn't go to the concert. That night he came to her room and they made love. Liz doesn't believe him, saying she is not ready to make love to him, or anyone else, at this stage in her life. She says she doesn't even have protection and he says "I did". She is shocked and says "Oh, that's great. There you are, Max the Saint, just walking around with a condom in his back pocket". Future Max reminds her that he is just telling her what happened, that they have to change what happened and that, so far, they have failed. He says "Liz, it's not just Max that's the problem here. You are. You are not letting yourself change. Now you have to do something... before it's too late".
In the back room of the Crashdown, Alex comes upon Maria, who is crying as she tears up a picture of Michael. He asks what's wrong. She tells him about finding the picture in Courtney's locker, going to her apartment and finding Michael there with Courtney, who was dressed in only a towel. Alex hugs Maria to comfort her.
In his bedroom, with his shirt off, Max is doing pull-ups when he hears Liz at his window. She refuses his assistance as she climbs in, then, noticing his state of undress, asks him to cover up. He self-consciously puts on a T-shirt. Liz asks him not to say anything because she has a speech prepared and she won't be able to get through it if he interrupts. She tells him "OK, I... I just reread 'Romeo and Juliet', and you know, the first thing that I realised is, that isn't even the title. It's called 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'. They die". She says that the reason why people think that it's such a romantic play is they don't know what it's like to be put in that position but when your life, and other people's lives are put at risk, there isn't anything romantic about it. Max's life will always be dangerous and he can't stop what's happening to him but her life doesn't have to be. Her life is only in danger if she is with him and she wants to live to see her 21st birthday, get married and have children; and she wants her children to be safe. She tells him "You know, Max, if you truly love me, you'll let me go. I may love you, but I don't want to die for you". There are tears welling in his eyes.
Max and Maria are alone in the Crashdown. Maria thinks he wants her to tell him it will all be OK but Max says he wants to hear what she really thinks. She tells him he should leave Liz alone, that "none of us belong with any of you and I'm really sick of how much it's screwing us up. I mean look at us... we're pathetic".
Liz and Future Max are on her balcony. She is sobbing uncontrollably. Future Max reaches for a tissue and she notices his hand pass through the box. She asks "What's happening?" He replies that it must be working and that he's leaving. She asks "So you're going back to where you came from?" He replies "No, there's no one to go back to".
Maria, seeing that she is not getting through to Max, resignedly says "You're not there, are you?" Max replies "I can't help it... I love her. What can I say?" Maria responds "You're hopeless".
Future Max notices a change in himself and reaches for the tissue box; his hand does not go through. He says "It didn't work. We have to do something else". Devastated she says "Do you know how hard it was for me to tell him that I didn't want to die for him? He's the only reason that I'm alive right now. You... you've... you gotta come up with another plan. Please go to someone else. I... I just... I can't do this anymore". Future Max replies "Just 25 minutes before I came here, I held Michael in my arms... dead. Isabel died 2 weeks before that. Now you have to do this. You have to find a way. All of our lives depend on it". Liz asks "How? What can I do that is gonna make you turn away from me?" Future Max says "I don't know". Liz continues to cry.
Tuesday, 7 November 2000
In the back room of the Crashdown, Maria asks Liz, who is looking depressed, what's wrong. Liz tells her she can't talk about it but that she heard about Michael and Courtney and gives her a hug. Maria tells her "What gets me is that... that Madame Vivian bitch was right. Granted, Michael is the world's worst boyfriend. I know that. You know that. America knows that. But when I caught them together... that look of guilt on his face... I've never felt so awful, Liz". Liz says "Oh my God". Maria continues "I know. I mean, I guess it's a good thing, you know? Cuz when I saw that, I realised there's nothing he could do to make up for it. I know it's over". An idea forms in Liz's mind.
Kyle opens his front door to Liz. She says "I need your help". Kyle is in Liz's bedroom undressing. Liz is in her bathroom doing the same. Future Max, obviously jealous, is saying he doesn't think it's a good plan because he would never be jealous of Kyle. Talking through the door, Kyle is telling her what Buddhism is about. Future Max calls it a load of crap. Kyle asks if he should take his boxers off and Liz replies "No! Undergarments stay on!" Future Max says "If he tries anything..." Liz replies "I've got it under control. Please stay out of earshot". She goes out to the bedroom, dressed in a towel. Kyle says it reminds him of when they were at the pool the summer before last. He tells her he has meditated on the situation and is at peace with it. He suggests they get into bed. She wants to make sure he understands the rules first and he says he knows there will be no consummating and no tongue if they kiss. He tells her "I'm here to help; my body's merely a vessel". They get into bed together and she removes the towel under the covers.
Michael is watching a game on TV when Alex knocks at the door. When Michael opens it he storms in, leaving the door open. He is very angry by the way Michael has been treating Maria. He tells him "Look, I don't care that you've got 30 pounds on me or... or that you can kill me with some... some twisted alien power. I will not let you treat her like that. I... I don't care that... that Isabel treats me like crap, but no one does that to Maria, all right? She's not just some girl!" Michael starts to say there is nothing going on between him and Courtney when she shows up at the open door. Alex sees her, then punches Michael, knocking him to the floor. Michael is surprised but understands and says "You realise that you just risked your life? You're a really good friend, man". Alex, rubbing his sore hand and shocked at his own actions leaves saying "Call me that again, and I'll really kick your ass" slamming the door behind him. Courtney goes to Michael and helps him up. Their close proximity creates a "moment" and they start to kiss. The kissing becomes more passionate and Michael, rubbing Courtney's bare back while pulling her closer, suddenly realises that her skin is peeling off into his hand. He holds it up, questioning her in an accusatory manner "You're a Skin?" She turns to run and he yells at her to stop while sending an energy surge in her direction. She crashes through the window and the surge misses her and hits the TV, causing it to explode.
In Liz's bed, Kyle says "So Evans must've really pissed you off to get you to resort to something like this". She says, "I told you I don't really want to talk about why I'm doing this". He tells her they have something in common, they are the only two people, he knows of, that have died and been brought back to life by an alien. They both agree that they feel different. She asks him if he saw any flashes when he was healed and he says "No. But since he healed me, I keep getting these flashes of Max Evans naked". She laughs and Kyle says it feels good to be able to make her laugh again. Max comes to her window, hearing her laughter and seeing them together; noticing too, Liz's bare shoulders and a bare leg peeking out from under the covers. Liz sees Max and freezes, it is a painful moment for both of them. Max drops the Gomez tickets, backs away and leaves. Kyle says "I guess it worked" and Liz nods despondently.
Max is sitting despondently on a park bench. Tess sees him and comes over. She asks if he's OK and he says "No". She sits next to him.
Liz (now dressed in pants and a sweater) is with Future Max on her balcony. Future Max says "I've fought a thousand battles... but watching you do that was the hardest thing I've ever had to do". He tells her it may be for the best, for her too; that she might be better off with a human and Kyle seems like a great guy. She says "Don't you realise what you are to me and you're always gonna be? You're the love of my life. Everyone else is gonna be second best. There'll never be another you".
Tess asks Max if he wants to talk about it and he says "No". She asks if he wants her to leave and he pauses and then says "No".
Liz says to Future Max that now Max and Tess will be together and she will be alone. Future Max responds "Maybe. Maybe not. From now on, the future is to be determined. It's what I've always said to you, Liz. We create our own destiny". Liz asks him if he will dance with her, she wants to have her wedding dance. He takes her in his arms and they dance slowly together, gazing into each other's eyes.
Tess puts her hand on Max's shoulder to comfort him.
Future Max twirls Liz around; she is euphoric in the moment but when she finishes twirling, she discovers Future Max is gone. Feeling lost and alone, she looks up into the sky and sees a shooting star.