Busted
Max: Are you ready?
Liz: Yeah, I think so.
Max: Liz, you don't
have to do this.
Liz: No, max. We are in
this together. That's what we said. Together till the end.
Liz: Down! Down! Now!
Whoa! Down! Get down!
Max: Do what she says.
She's crazy.
Liz: Face on the
floor! Now!
[East
coast accent] yeah. I, uh...I wanna report an armed robbery in progress. At
Sam's quick stop on highway 65. Yeah. Hurry.
Clerk: I have a
family.
Liz: Hurry. We've only
got a few minutes.
[Siren
approaches]
Liz: just keep your
face down! Keep your face down! The cops are coming. We gotta get outta here.
Come on, let's go! Come on, let's go! Hurry up!
[Max,
now in the room below the store sees the spaceship. He holds up a large
diamond, and the ship begins to glow]
Liz: Come on. How'd
they find us so fast?
Max: I don't know. All
right, hold on!
Liz: Max, they can't
find out about the diamond.
Officer:
Hands!
Let me see hands!
Liz: You got any
powers for this?
previously, on Roswell...
Max: Liz, there's
something I need to tell you about Tess and me. Our relationship is, uh--
something happened. Liz, Tess is pregnant. I'm going back.
Liz: Just tell me one
thing. Do you love her?
Max: Not like I love
you.
Max: This was all some
kind of plan to get pregnant and go home, wasn't it?
Max: This isn't over,
tess.
Isabel:
What
happens now, max?
Max: I have to save my
son.
[Telephone
rings]
Max: So I was
wondering if you wanted to, you know, see me.
Liz: You mean, like,
on a date?
Max: Just somewhere we
can talk. I just want to try to start over, liz. You look amazing.
Liz: They're my
favorite. Thank you. So where are we going?
Max: It's a surprise.
Liz: It's kind of
dark.
Max: Liz, i just want
to put everything that happened behind us.
Liz: Yeah, you know
that I would, too, if i had impregnated an alien killer who murdered one of our
best friends and then left the planet with my unborn child.
Max: So you're still
holding on to that?
Liz: It's hard not to,
max. See, you slept with tess, and then you got her pregnant. I don't know how
to just move past that. You hurt me, you know?
Max: Liz, meeting
someone, someone like me,
Liz: it attracted me.
I admit that. It was something I had to find out about, and now I'm over it.
Max: It's not that
simple. Liz, i'm here. I'm not going anywhere. Isabel, michael, and I, we've
lost our only way home. There's no way back. You're the only or me to-- you're
my only reason. I want to be with you.
Liz: Tess is pregnant
with your child. What about your son?
Max: There's nothing i
can do about that. He's gonna be born in a... In another world, a world that i
have nothing to do with. I've accepted it. Liz, you've paid a lot to know me.
You've been hurt and you've been put in danger. Now I want to make that up to
you. I want to make your dreams come true. Will you let me do that?
Max: In the
neighborhood?
[Sighs]
Mr.
Evans: son.
If you want to get out of here while you're still a young man, don't say
anything to anyone unless i'm present. I'm not your father right now, I'm your
lawyer.
Mrs.
Evans: Oh,
my god. Max.
Max: It's all right,
mom. It's all right.
Mrs.
Evans: Look
at you. What is going on? Who are you? Why are you under arrest for armed
robbery?
Mr.
Evans: Now
tell us what the hell are you doing in utah?!
Mrs.
Parker: Jeff,
stay calm. Calm?!
Mr.
Parker: How
am i gonna stay calm? [Ms]Honey, i know it isn't you. I know this is not
something that you would do, but--but if you did do it, maybe it's because
somebody put you up to it.
Liz: They put me
up to
it. Right, mom.
Mr.
Parker: Ok.
That's enough! Now tell us what the hell happened.
Liz: I'm not gonna speak
to anyone until they let me talk to max. Liz:
Liz: So I've broken,
like, 12 of my mom's rules already.
Max: Rules? She has
rules? Well, yeah. Yeah, since I told her that you broke my heart, without any
of the alien details, of course. She thinks that we should just take things
slow. Just dinner, then straight home, no plans for future dates. No making
out.
Max: So i suppose
skinny dipping would be against the rules, too.
Liz: Uh-huh. What are
you doing, max? No. No, this is not happening. Ok, you've made your point. It's
not that funny. You can stop now. What--no, max. Max. I can't believe
you're gonna do this!
Max: Whoo! Come on in.
It's beautiful. No, it's not. It is obviously freezing. Come on, liz. This is
something we'll tell our grandchildren about. Come on in, liz. Come on.
Liz: Fine! Ok? Fine.
Grandchildren. What are they gonna be, 3 feet tall and green? But, hey. I am
not taking my underwear off. And if my mother, like, ever, ever t about this,
you are, like, so dead. Ok? Do we have a deal? Max. Oh, max! Is that a deal,
max? Huh? Max! Max, oh, my god!
Isabel:
Max!
Michael
Just
tell us what happened. Feel free to leave out the lurid details.
Liz: Look, I told you
already. He was just, like, laying there in the water and he woke up in the
car. But he hasn't said a single word. You guys, isn't there d of cure for
this? You guys are the aliens. Do something here.
Michael
Maxwell!
Hey, Maxwell! Maxwell! Hey, what the hell's going on?
Max: Something
happened. I had this vision. It was my son. He's been born. He was reaching out
to me. He's in trouble.
Michael
now
if I'm to have any chance of graduating this year, I need to get into your bio
101 class.
Teacher:
Why
didn't you come to my bio 101 class when you were in it?
Michael
I'm
turning over a new leaf.
Teacher:
Excuse
me while I take a moment to chuckle within.
Michael
Ok,
lookit, plans changed. I thought I was moving out of Roswell, but as it turns
out, I'm stuck here for good.
Teacher:
And
how far away did you plan to move that you didn't think that your high school
records would've been sent to your new high school?
Michael
Actually,
pretty far. Mr. Seligman, I know you hate my guts. Personally, I hate yours,
too.
Teacher:
This
is how you ask a favor?
Michael
But
if you help me graduate this year, then you won't have to see me next year.
Teacher:
Well,
you do have a point there. Ok, Mr.. Guerin, I will let you in to my biology 101
class if you make a sacred vow to me right now that you won't miss a single
session.
Isabel:
Michael,
there you are.
Teacher:
Miss
Evans, I thought you graduated.
Isabel:
I
did, mr. Seligman, but I just can't seem to cut the cord. Too many fond
memories. I need to talk to you.
Michael
I
got class.
Isabel:
It's
important.
Michael
I
will be one minute.
Teacher:
I'm
sure you will. Miss Evans, love the hair.
Isabel:
Well,
thank you.
Michael
So,
what's going on?
Isabel:
Max
and Liz got arrested in Utah for armed robbery. We have to go.
Michael: So much for ever
getting out of this school. What were they doing in Utah?
[In
Utah]
Isabel:
Mom!
Mrs.
Evans: Isabel.
Your father and i have been going crazy. Oh, hi. Philip!
Isabel:
So
what's going on?
Mrs.
Evans: Well,
we're still trying to figure out what happened with your brother and Liz.
Isabel:
Hi,
dad.
Mr.
Evans: Hey.
This is Jesse Ramirez from my office.
Isabel:
We
met at the company--
Jesse:
picnic,
that's right. Nice to see you again.
Isabel:
Nice
to see you again.
Mr
Parker: So
what have you found out, Philip?
Mr.
Evans: A
detention hearing has been set up for tomorrow with the judge. Max and liz are
first-time offenders, no physical evidence has been produced, so we're hoping
they get a slap on the wrist and get sent back home.
Mrs.
Evans: Well,
what about jail?
Mr. Evans:
They
can only go to jail if the case is transferred to the criminal court system and
they get tried as adults. But so far that seems unlikely.
Jesse:
Ok,
they haven't found a gun, and there are no witnesses other than the nutcase
behind the counter who claims to have seen an otherworldly yellow light.
Isabel:
So
as long as there's no evidence, max and Liz will be ok, right?
Mr.
Evans: Yeah.
Yeah, we certainly hope so.
Michael:
Can
we see them?
[Door
opens]
Isabel:
max!
You idiot. What are you trying to do to our poor, clueless human parents?
Michael: So what's the
deal? You running low on cigarettes?
Max: There's an
underground government storage facility under the convenience store.
Michael:
Well,
that's a surprise.
Max: Our ship's there.
Michael
You
mean our spaceship?
Max: It's been
reassembled. I saw it with my own eyes.
Michael:
I
can feel biology 101 slipping from my grasp.
Isabel:
So,
reassembled that means it works?
Max: Possibly.
Isabel:
I
thought we made an agreement to let go of the other world and live here.
Max: That was before
my son tried to contact me.
Isabel:
Max,
a little reality check. This ship you're talking about...Sucks. It's a lemon.
It crashed to begin with. That's why we're stuck here.
Michael
She's
got a point.
Max: Look, I need you
to find something for me. I had to toss it before we were arrested.
Isabel:
No.
No, we are not helping s absurd plan to find a spaceship, ok? This is
ridiculous.
Max: This isn't about
getting to a spaceship. Liz and I stole it. It's a diamond.
Isabel:
You
stole a diamond?
Max: It's not actually
a diamond. It's the key to our ship. It's alien, and if we don't find it before
the police do, we'll be linked to another crime. We'll never get out of here.
Michael
So
what does it look like?
[Scene
switches to the past, Max and Liz looking at Tess' things]
Liz: Hey, i've been
for you.
Max: Yeah. Yeah, I was
just, uh--
Liz: looking through
tess' stuff. What's that?
Max: It was buried
among tess' things. It's a letter Nasedo wrote to her before he died. It says,
"I am your one and only protector on this planet. "I'll protect you
until the end. "If I ever die, this is our only way to communicate with
our home."
Liz: And?
Max: I have to contact
my son
Liz: So i guess this
part of your life isn't over after all.
[Michael
is in a field looking for the diamond- a man with a gun confronts him]
Michael
Mandatory
attendance, I understand. Yeah. An attitude improvement? I'm already on that.
And a respect for authority, yeah, absolutely. Mr. Seligman, I gotta call
you back.
Man: Who was that?
Michael
It's
my science teacher. I'm trying to graduate high school.
Man: Why don't you
just get a G.E.D.?
Michael
No
one hires anyone with a g.E.D.
Man: I got a G.E.D.
I'm doing fine.
Michael
Yeah,
you're on a nice career path there.
Man: I got a message
for your friend max. Stop looking. The person i work for will do whatever is
necessary to stop him. Whatever is necessary.
Michael Whatever, dude.
[Gunshot]
Man: don't be such a
smart ass. Maybe that's your problem in school, too. Don't make me come back to
Utah.
[Maria
arrives in Utah]
Maria:
Why
can't these aliens ever get in trouble somewhere decent? Like Graceland or
Tahoe or New Orleans. No, Utah. Mormons and mountains.
Liz: Oh, my god,
Maria. I can't believe you're here.
Maria:
Who
am i, liz? Of course I'm here.
Liz: Ok, thanks. Now
give me some sugar.
Maria:
Hi.
Mmm. Hi. Ok, first of all, I have some fresh green lime pie from the Crashdown.
Liz: Oh, Maria, you--
you are a goddess. You know, if you were a boy, I would--
Maria:
ok,
no, don't go there, girlfriend. All right, now i talked to everyone involved,
and I got the total unadulterated scoop. The judge and D.A. of this town are,
like, totally sweating it because they have to go before council next month for
reappointment and they haven't caught a criminal in, like, a decade, so they're
basically out for your scalps. Ok, that's all i have. Now it's your turn.
Spill. Last i heard, you and max were trying to take it slow.
Max: What? Mmm. What's
going on, liz?
Liz: Do you love me?
Liz: Yes. How much do
you
Max: who are you?
Liz: Look at this.
Max: How'd you find
this?
Liz: I spent 16 hours
at the main branch of the library in Albuquerque. The diamond's owned by
Delores Browning, one of the 10 wealthiest women in the world.
Max: Where is it?
Liz: It's on permanent
loan at the Tate museum in London. But it's gonna be the main event in a
traveling exhibit. It'll be in Santa Fe in two weeks.
Liz: No, no, no, no,
no. I want to do this with you, max. Together.
Max: Why?
Liz: Because if i had
lost a child, I would want you to help me find him. But that's only part of the
reason. The other part is that i don't want you to slip away from me. I know
what it's like to be with you, and I know what it's like to be apart from
you. And I would rather be with you.
Max: I don't know if i
could live with myself if anything ever happened to you.
Liz: Max, you're an
alien king. What could ever happen to me?
[In the
present], Isabel knocks on Jesse's door
Isabel:
thank
you for this meeting, Mr.. Ramirez.
Jesse:
No
problem, Isabel.
Isabel:
Mmm!
Why didn't you tell me you were here?
Jesse:
I
was working all night with your father. I couldn't call.
Isabel:
Oh,
I just wish this could all be out in the open.
Jesse:
I'm
still not sure why it can't be.
Isabel:
Well,
there's the fact that you're 26 and I'm barely legal.
Jesse:
you're
an old soul. You have clearly lived before.
Isabel:
You
have no idea. So, what were you and my father holding back from us before?
Jesse:
What
do you mean?
Isabel:
I
saw the look between the two of you earlier. Clearly you're not telling us the
whole story. Jesse...
Jesse:
Last
year there was a robbery in the county. A kid died. No one was ever charged,
and the local prosecutor got a lot of heat for it. So... This town
is looking for someone to hang.
Jesse:
Max
and liz picked a bad place to play bonnie and clyde.
[Telephone
rings]
Jesse:
hello?
Philip. Oh, just, uh, working on some research. Ok, I'll be right over. That
was your dad. They found evidence.
[Scene
switches to the past, and the museum]
Max: The honor's mine.
So you're the Delores Browning?
Mrs.
Browning: Well,
I don't usually put an article before my name but, yes, I am.
Max: So what's it like
to actually own all these diamonds?
Mrs.
Browning: I
only own some of them. Well, most of them, actually. So you're-- max. And
you're not really ly a waiter. You're really an aspiring artist or actor or--
Max: no. I'm just a
waiter.
Mrs.
Browning: A
waiter? [Laughs] god bless you.
Liz: What the hell are
you doing?
Max: Oh, liz.
Liz: What the hell are
you doing?
Max: Nothing.
Liz: Nothing. I can't
believe you. How many times have i stuck my neck out for you, and you are
standing here obviously flirting with a woman obviously-- come on, she's, like,
twice your age.
Max: Liz, calm down.
Liz: : Calm down!
Max: I better be
going. I'm sorry.
Liz: Oh, my god!
You're apologizing to this bimbo?!
Mrs.
Browning: Excuse
me?
Max: Liz, let's just
walk away and forget it.
Liz: Forget it. You
think that's your answer to everything, isn't it, max? Forget everything,
ignore everything.
Security
Guard:
Excuse me, ma'am. Could you come with me, please?
Liz: Can you please
not touch me?! Listen, this is what he does, ok? You, you're not special. He
does this to everyone. You are a little bit too desperate to see what is really
going on here!
Max: Liz, will you
just stop it?
Liz: Why?!
Mrs.
Browning: Young
lady, I don't think you have any idea who you're speaking to.
Liz: Oh, I don't, huh?
Mrs.
Browning: Ohh!
Max: Don't touch
her!
[Max
pushes a guard, the diamond falls, and Max does a somersault and catches it]
[Alarm
bell rings]
Max: I believe this is
yours. I'm sorry.
Liz: Get me out of
here.
Max: Liz--
Liz: you have
humiliated me again. Now get me out of here. Did you get it?
Max: Of course i did.
We did it.
Liz: You were
brilliant.
Max: No, you were
brilliant.
Liz: That was so
exhilarating.
Max: I know.
Liz: You know, just
the fact that we, like, pulled it off. everything. It's just, like, anything's
possible right now. And then throwing that champagne at that woman, it was so
cathartic. Look, and, max, I know what we did is totally... Totally wrong and
completely illegal, but I just loved it. You know? In a million years, in one
million years did you ever think? Yeah. So, now that the diamond, we have to
find the spaceship, right?
Max: Well, not right
this second.
Liz: Ok. [Giggles]
[At Liz's
home]
Mr.
Parker: Liz!
It's 2:00 in the morning. Where the hell have you been?
Liz: Upstairs.
Mr.
Parker: Where
were you?
Liz: Nowhere.
Mr.
Parker: And
what are you wearing?
Liz: Clothes.
Lawyer:
That's
just the way things work here. She'll be fine.
Mr.
Evans: Nancy,
Jeff, hi. Mr. McGregor
Lawyer:
Nice
to see you again, Mr.. Evans.
Mr.
Parker: Mr.
McGregor here was just giving us the inside scoop on the Salina court system.
Mr.
Evans: Ah,
how generous.
Lawyer:
Well,
nice to meet you folks. Nancy, Jeff. You're good people. Your daughter deserves
her best shot.
Mr.
Evans: What
was that about?
Mr.
Parker: He's
trying to put our kids in jail.
Mrs.
Evans: Mr.
McGregor just feels that we'd be better off pleading guilty.
Mr.
Evans: Well,
he'd certainly be better off. He's a prosecutor. His job is to get a guilty
plea.
Mr.
Parker: But
he said that if we plead not guilty, it could provoke the judge and he'd be
that much more likely to transfer the case to a criminal court.
Mr.
Evans: Jeff,
if we plead guilty to a felony, then there's a case against them in criminal
court. We can't give them that option. Believe me, I know what I'm doing.
Mrs.
Parker: No,
it's just this isn't personal, Phil. It's just that you're a corporate lawyer
and this is not your area of expertise.
Mr.
Evans: Nancy,
Jeff, that man you were talking to wants a guilty plea, and he'll say and do
anything he has to to get it. If we plead guilty, I guarantee you this case is
going to criminal court. Look, our children are in this together. We're all in
this together. Believe me, I am doing right by your daughter.
[Scene
switches to court]
Judge:
Do
you understand the charges against you?
Max and
liz: Yes, your honor.
Judge:
How
do you plead?
Max: Not guilty.
Liz: Not guilty.
Judge:
All
right, then, you can have a seat. Now, mr. Mcgregor and Mr.. Evans, I've
reviewed the material you've submitted--
Mr.
Evans: your
honor, before you make a ruling on this, I have additional material that i feel
is critical to this case.
Judge:
All
right, let's see it, Mr.. Evans.
Mr.
Evans: Thank
you. These are 4 recent rulings in Utah state courts, all of which disallowed
dna matches from hair follicles to be submitted as evidence. Uh, your honor, in
consideration of the fact that these few strands of hair are the only physical
evidence in this case and there are no priors on eitherr defendant who are both
standout students and members of their community, I ask that this matter be
dismissed.
Judge:
All
right. Well, thank you, Mr.. Evans, I'll take that under consideration.
Judge:
Max
evans. It's the decision of this court that you be released to the custody of
your parents, that you be returned to your home state of New Mexico if you will
agree not to return to the state of Utah until your 21st birthday. Do you agree
with that, Mr.. Evans?
Max: Yes, your honor.
Judge:
Very
good. Have a seat. Elizabeth parker. Now, your voice and your height match the
description of the person in possession of the firearm. Armed robbery's one of
the 10 crimes punishable under Utah's serious shooter offender act. Therefore
it is my decision to transfer your case to the criminal court system.
Mr.
Evans: But,
your honor, there was no gun found. The only mention of a gun was from the
testimony of a clerk whose credibility--
Judge:
I've
made my decision, Mr.. Evans. This is for another court to consider.
Mrs.
Parker: Oh,
my god!
Mrs.
Parker: You
can't do this!
Mr.
Evans:
Your honor, this girl has never so much as jay-walked. She's one of the best
students in Roswell high.
Judge:
Well,
you're not in Roswell, counsel. This hearing's adjourned.
Mrs.
Parker: Oh,
my god, no! No, you can't take her! You can't--no!
Mr.
Evans: It'll
be ok. Liz-- liz, we'll talk, ok?
[Later
in the courthouse]
Lawyer:
liz,
i've reviewed your case with your parents, and my advice as your attorney is to
try to make a deal.
Liz: What kind of
deal?
Lawyer:
You're
a good kid, liz. Honor student, clubs, activities. Maybe you fell in with a bad
crowd, met a guy with a problem. Maybe max dragged you into this.
Liz: You want me to
sell max out?
Lawyer:
He
sold you out when he made you walk in there holding that gun.
Liz: We're in this
together.
Mrs.
Parker: Not
anymore. Honey, you could go to jail for 20 years.
Lawyer:
Let's
talk about the gun. Did max convince you to hold it? How'd you get it to begin
with?
[Scene
swithces to the past]
Liz: So, why do we
need this?
Max: Road trip.
Liz: Where?
Max: I did some
research at the UFO center. There are 5 government storage facilities large
enough to hold the ship. It's gotta be in one of them.
Liz: I don't see a
government facility , do you?
Max: Let's take a
look.
Max: Don't worry. It
won't be loaded.
Liz: To go in there
with a gun, that's a felony. Why can't I just distract the clerk?
Max: That's not enough
time. I need at least 5 minutes to get downstairs, see if the ship's there, and
if it works.
Liz: And what if it
works? I mean, you go off to Antar and what? I mean, what if you never come
back?
Max: I will come back.
And I'm not leaving yet. First I have to see if this is even a possibility. I'm
gonna have to figure out how to navigate it.
Liz: We can't get
caught.
Max: We won't.
[In the
present, Max opens Liz's cell]
Max: Let's go.
Liz: What do you mean?
Max: Let's get out of
here.
Liz: Max, and then
what? Just be on the run the rest of our lives? We'd never be able to go home
again.
Max: That's not as bad
as it sounds.
Liz: No, max, i'm
sorry, but that's just too far for me. I'm not ready to give up my home or my
family.
Max: I wish we could
trade places.
Liz: No. No, no, no,
max. Ok, I don't. You're free. We came here for a reason because your son is in
trouble. Now you need to go back and do what we came for. You know, see if your
ship works. Come on. I don't want this to all be for nothing.
[At the
hotel]
[Knock
on door]
Max: how's it going?
Michael:
Maria's
been crying about Liz the whole night. Other than that, things are great.
Max: I need the
diamond.
Michael:
Maxwell,
i told you that guy scared the crap out of me. There's someone out there that
wants us to stay away. And you know what? He convinced me.
Max: I'll be careful.
Michael, my son is in trouble. Just give me the-- give me the diamond.
Michael:
I
would do it for you. You tell Isabel that you came in here and you found it
yourself.
[Max
gets the diaomond from the undr the couch- Maria wakes up]
Max: Hey.
Maria:
How
could you make Liz hold the gun?
[Max in
the hall, sees Isabel]
Max: Hey. Isn't your
room down the hall? Yeah. I was just in there with Maria.
Max: In there. You
were in there with Maria?
Max: Where you going?
My stuff's in the trunk.
Isabel:
All
right. Well, good night.
Max: Yeah. Good night.
[Max
gets into his car]
Agent
Burns: Max.
I'm sorry. I have to, uh-- please. Agent burns of the fbi. So, why sam's quik
stop?
Max: My case has been
dismissed.
Agent
Burns: By
the sheriff's office maybe. I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and
assume you're just an incompetent criminal. But if you were in that store for
any other reason, ... If you don't stop, you and your girlfriend will not be
happy juvenile delinquents.
[Max is
reliving the past]
Max: I have to contact
my son. My son is in trouble. Just give me the diamond.
Isabel:
I
thought we made an agreement to let go of the other world and live here.
Max: That was before
my son tried to contact me.
Liz: I want to do this
with you, max. Together.
Max: Why?
Liz: Because if I had
a child that i had lost, I would want you to help me find him. Max: I couldn't
live with myself if anything ever happened to you.
Liz: Come on. We came
out here for a reason because your son is in trouble. Go back and do what we
came here to do.
[Max is
in the basement, but the ship is gone]
Mr.
Evans: What
the hell's going on, son?
Max: You followed me
here?
Mr.
Evans: Yes.
Yes, I followed you here. Because I can no longer trust you me the truth. I
thought you were involved in drugs. But this is clearly something else. What
were you looking for down here, max? What is this place?
Max: If i told you
what this was about, it would put you and mom in danger.
Mr.
Evans: And
what's this?
Max: Don't touch that,
dad. It could be toxic.
Mr.
Evans: Why
would there be a toxic chemical in the basement of a convenience store?
Max: Just don't touch
it, dad.
Mr.
Evans: Max,
if this is what you think it is, we might be able to help liz.
Max: What are you
talking about? How?
[Scene
switches to a road]
Agent
Burns: Mr.
Evans. It's nice to meet you. Agent burns of the fbi. We now have jurisdiction.
Mr.
Evans: So,
maybe someone can tell me why the fbi is so interested in 2 teenagers robbing a
convenience store.
Agent
Burns: Actually,
mr. Evans, we're not. We tested the so-called toxic chemical you submitted to
the sheriff, and it turned out to be laundry detergent.
Max: It did? Well, we
did our own test and it turned out to be tetryl.
Max: Now i'm sure
there are any number of people in the media that would be interested to find
out why such a dangerous chemical was found underneath a convenience store. And
even more interested to find out the location was on federally owned
property.
Agent
Burns: You
two are lucky to be walking away from this alive. You give me that jar now, and
you were never here. You never saw anything under that convenience store, you
never found any chemical there.
Mr.
Evans: It's
gonna be difficult not to ever mention this again if that girl is still in
jail, Mr.. Burns.
[Back at
the jail]
Mrs.
Parker: Could
you give us a minute?
Liz: What's going on?
Mrs.
Parker: The
charges were dropped.
Liz: What?
Mrs.
Parker: Max's
father discovered improper conduct with the arresting officer, and so they
dismissed the case.
Liz: Oh, my god, mom.
Oh, my god.
Mr.
Parker: Liz,
before we leave, there's something i need to talk to you about.
Liz: Yeah?
Mr.
Parker: Your
mother and I forbid you to see max anymore. He's not welcome at our restaurant.
You are not to go out on a date with him, or attend the same parties. If you
pass him in school, you are to look the other way.
Mrs.
Parker: It's
for the best.
Mr.
Evans: Max...
There was over $200 left in that cash register. You didn't do it for the money.
I never believed you did it for some adolescent thrill. You did it because you
wanted to get down those stairs into that room. And I need you to tell me why.
Max: I can't ever tell
you the truth. Please, don't make me lie to you.
Mr.
Evans: I'm
sorry, son. Silence is not acceptable. And neither is a lie, not after what
we've just been through. No. Not under my roof.
Max: I can respect
that. I just want to thank you for helping Liz. I'll always appreciate that.
Max: I'll come by home
to pack my things. Good-bye, dad.
[Max sees Liz come out and drive off
with her parents. He gets in his car and leaves. The final scene is
him sleeping in his car looking at the stars]