Crazy
(Episode starts out in the
Crashdown's kitchen where Michael is cooking)
MICHAEL: Ladies, food doesn't
taste better cold, all right? Push the special. I'm tired of flipping
burgers.
(Max and Isabel enter the
Crashdown)
LIZ: Would you?
(Maria nods)
LIZ: Thanks. Table 5.
MARIA: Is that so hard?
MICHAEL: What?
MARIA: Acting like a real
couple, kissing, arms around each other's shoulders, actually excited to see
one another.
MICHAEL: Overrated.
LIZ: Look, if we leave right
now, we can make the 7:35. I won't even change.
ISABEL: Leave? We just got
here.
MAX: We kind of planned on
seeing a movie.
LIZ: Maria, would you
mind?
MARIA: Go ahead.
LIZ: Thank you.
MARIA: Live the life I so
desperately want.
MICHAEL: It's kind of immature,
really.
MARIA: Really.
MICHAEL: Just a couple of
horndogs looking for a place to make out. I mean, we don't need that. We got my
apartment, you know?
ISABEL: I guess I'll just have
the special.
MICHAEL/MARIA: Uhh...we're
closing early.
(Max and Liz are kissing in
Max's jeep in a secluded woodsy area)
LIZ: Do you mind missing the
movie?
MAX: I heard it got bad
reviews.
(Someone runs up to the jeep
and starts banging on the window)
TOPOLSKY: You're in danger, all
of you.
MAX: What are you talking
about?
TOPOLSKY: The best way to
protect yourselves is to just act like normal kids.
MAX: We are normal kids.
TOPOLSKY: Ok. I think I was
followed. Don't trust anyone. I'll find you again.
LIZ: Topolsky.
(Opening Credits)
(Michael and Maria are making
out on Michael's couch in his apartment)
MICHAEL: Maria. Maria.
MARIA: Michael. Oh, Michael.
Max.
MICHAEL: What?
MARIA: Look.
MICHAEL: What the hell are you
guys doing here?
LIZ: Topolsky.
ISABEL: She's back.
LIZ: She practically just
attacked us in the car at Buckley Point.
MARIA: I thought you went to
the movies.
LIZ: It had bad reviews.
MAX: She said we were in
danger...all of us. And to just act normal until she contacts us again.
ALEX: Would that be, you know,
alien normal, or just plain "we're the subjects of an FBI manhunt"
normal?
MICHAEL: This sounds wrong,
like some sort of trap.
LIZ: No, Michael. She was
really scared. I believed her.
MICHAEL: Yeah. Let me remind
you, Liz, that you believed her the first time, too.
ALEX: Hey, you want to know
what? Where would you be if Liz and I didn't stick our necks out to expose
her?
ISABEL: Ok. Just calm down, all
right?
ALEX: Do you really think she's
here to warn us?
LIZ: She wasn't the same person
she was before. You know, and the way that she was talking, she seemed like she
was just as scared for herself as she is for us.
ALEX: Then I say we
listen.
MICHAEL: I say we don't! All
right, it's just a new tactic. She scares us, makes us think we need help, and
all we're really doing is admitting who we are. All right? I don't trust her,
and none of us should.
MAX: Whether we trust her or
not, it doesn't hurt to take her advice. We're normal teenage kids. No one says
the word "alien" or talks about this in public. Anybody could be
watching. And I think we should keep this here. It's the safest place we've got
right now.
MARIA: I can't believe she's
back. I thought this was all over with.
(At school, Alex and Isabel are
sitting at a table during lunchtime)
ALEX: So, you've noticed them,
too, huh? Liz and Max and Michael and Maria.
ISABEL: It's kind of hard not
to with all the face-sucking going on.
ALEX: Yeah. But, um...listen,
Isabel. I've been thinking. I mean, face-sucking aside, it'd be kind of nice to
have someone...someone to hang out with, one on one. You know, someone who you
understand, and you share common bonds with. I mean, like a friend, but...
TESS: Can I join you?
ALEX: Actually, we were in the m--the middle of something.
ISABEL: You're the new girl,
right?
TESS: If you're busy, I
could...
ISABEL: No. Have a seat. Join
us. Sit down.
TESS: Thanks. I'm Tess.
ISABEL: Isabel. This is Alex.
TESS: Hi.
ALEX: Hi. So, welcome to
Roswell.
TESS: I always hate the first
day at a new school.
ISABEL: Done this before?
TESS: Only about a hundred
times. Everyone's always so nice.
ALEX: Is that a bad thing?
TESS: Well, the guys are
usually nice because they want to jump my bones. And the girls are usually nice
because they want to find out if I want to jump their boyfriends' bones. You
must get that a lot.
ISABEL: Yeah. How about the
girls who hang out with you to meet a better class of guys?
TESS: Or the guys who say they
understand you and really just want to be your friend, but all they really want
is 15 minutes alone with you in the janitor's closet.
ISABEL: We have an eraser
room.
TESS: Thanks for the
warning.
ISABEL: Oh, my God. I do that,
too.
TESS: Good. I can't stand
people who use fake sugar. Nothing can ever be too sweet. Don't you think?
ISABEL: Let me see your
schedule. I wonder if we have any classes together.
TESS: I don't know. I've got
English.
ISABEL: Phys. Ed together.
(At the Evans home, Michael is
asking Max for advice)
MICHAEL: So, now she says what
we've got isn't good enough. She wants more.
MAX: You mean like...
MICHAEL: No. If that's what she
wanted, would I be here talking to you? She wants the romance thing. The thing
that you and Liz got.
MAX: Is that what you
want?
MICHAEL: I just want to make
her happy. And you're gonna tell me how to do it.
MAX: It's not like there's a
handbook.
MICHAEL: I'm serious, Max.
Things are getting frosty. She went to the French club meeting today instead of
meeting me in the eraser room. The French club...what the hell is that?
MAX: All right...romantic. When
you're with her, act like she's like the only girl in the room.
MICHAEL: She's usually the only
other person in the room.
MAX: That's a good start. Um,
try taking her out...someplace nice. And, uh, surprises...they love surprises.
Like, you know, little things, like a note in her locker, or a flower in the
middle of the day.
TESS: How do you know women so
well? Don't let me stop you. This is fascinating.
MAX: Who are you?
ISABEL: She's my friend.
MICHAEL: How come we've never
met her before?
ISABEL: God, Michael, could you
be any more rude?
TESS: Actually, it's kind of
refreshing. I'm Tess.
ISABEL: This is my brother Max
and our friend Michael.
TESS: Nice to meet you.
ISABEL: Here you go. I'll meet
you back in my room.
TESS: Don't forget the extra
sugar.
ISABEL: Ok. What's wrong with you
guys? She just moved here. I'm helping her catch up.
MICHAEL: She looked pretty
caught up to me. Topolsky was a plant when she showed up at school. This girl
could be, too.
ISABEL: She's a transfer
student, Michael.
MAX: She's a stranger,
Isabel.
ISABEL: Well, it's not like I'm
going to fall in love with her and tell her our secret and compromise our very
existence. I thought we were supposed to be acting normal, right? Heck of a job
you two just did.
(A flower deliveryperson shows
up at the Crashdown)
DELIVERY GUY: I've got a
delivery for one of the waitresses.
MARIA: Really? De Luca?
DELIVERY GUY: Uh, Parker...Liz
Parker.
MARIA: Oh. Just let me have
'em.
DELIVERY GUY: You're Liz
Parker?
MARIA: What, I don't look like
a girl who gets flowers everyday?
DELIVERY GUY: Your tag says
Maria.
MARIA: Just give me the
flowers. Go. No tip.
(Maria walks over to Liz)
MARIA: Hey, Gidget. You got
some flowers from moondoggie.
LIZ: I did? Oh, my God.
Wow.
(Maria looks over Liz's
shoulder as Liz opens the note)
LIZ: Maria.
MARIA: Come on. Just let me see
what I'm missing, please.
LIZ: He's so romantic. He wants
me to meet him at the restaurant where we had our first date. He just keeps on
getting more and more wonderful every day.
MARIA: Mr. Wonderful.
(Liz arrives at Senor
Chow's)
LIZ: Hello?
HOSTESS: Oh, hello. How
many?
LIZ: Uh, 2, please.
HOSTESS: Ok. Here you go.
LIZ: Thank you.
(Topolsky-in-disguise slides
into the seat across from Liz)
TOPOLSKY: Don't draw attention
to us. Just stay focused, Liz. It's the only way we're gonna make it through
this.
LIZ: Why are you following us?
We haven't done anything wrong.
TOPOLSKY: You can play that
game all night, or you can listen to me and maybe save all of our lives. You're
smart. I knew you were the one I could get through to. They don't know I'm
here. If they did...
LIZ: Who's they?
TOPOLSKY: The people I work for.
LIZ: The FBI.
TOPOLSKY: It's more complicated
than that. I've learned things, seen things...that no one would believe.
Sometimes I don't even believe them myself.
LIZ: Where have you been all of
this time?
TOPOLSKY: To hell. And I've come out to warn you. There's a
hunter, an alien hunter. He's buried deep inside the FBI. Even the president
and the director are on a need-to-know basis only. Do you understand what I am
saying? He answers to no one. And he will stop at nothing to get what he's
looking for.
LIZ: What is he looking
for?
TOPOLSKY: Max Evans...and
anyone he thinks is involved with him. All 6 of your names are on that list.
You have to believe me.
LIZ: I believe you.
TOPOLSKY: I knew you would. We
can't be seen together, do you understand? Meet me tomorrow night, behind the
theater at 8:00. I'll know more by then.
(Liz sees Max the next day in a
hallway at school)
MAX: Hey. What's wrong?
LIZ: Um, Max...I saw Topolsky
last night.
MAX: You met her?
LIZ: No. I thought that I was
meeting you.
MAX: She tricked you?
LIZ: Max, come on. Just stop
it, all right?
MAX: Don't you see what she's doing?
LIZ: Look, Max...I really think
we should just trust her.
MAX: No. No one is trying to
help us. Just stay away from her.
LIZ: Max, it's not just about
you guys anymore, ok? Maria, Alex, and I...we're on that list, too. I think
that we should just all have a say in all of this.
MAX: What list?
(The whole gang meets at a
quarry-like area to discuss Topolsky)
ALEX: So, she wore a wig,
huh?
LIZ: Alex, I mean, she was so
scared. I've never seen anyone that scared before.
ALEX: Taken a look at me
lately?
MICHAEL: Don't you get it? This
is exactly what she wants. She has spooked the 3 of you. And now she's waiting
for you to deliver the 3 of us straight to the FBI.
LIZ: No, Michael. It's not 3
and 3 anymore. It's the 6 of us now. We need to start making our decisions that
way.
ISABEL: There's no decision to
be made. We trust no one. We never have, and we never will. God, if you think
you can even begin to understand what it's like to be us in this...
MAX: I think we're all a little
on edge right now, Isabel.
ISABEL: Max, if there's a
hunter out there, who do you think he's coming for first?
MICHAEL: There is no hunter out
there, ok? This is insane. Can't you people smell a set-up, or am I the only
one thinking straight here?
MARIA: Why don't we put it to a
vote? Do we meet Topolsky again or not?
ALEX: I say we meet, hear what
she has to say.
ISABEL: I say we stay
away.
MAX: I have to agree with
Isabel.
MICHAEL: You know my vote.
LIZ: But if anything happens to
any of you, I...I think that's why we need to meet her. I think we need
protection, Max.
MICHAEL: Great. It's a tie.
Hell of a lot of good that did us.
MARIA: No. I...I don't think we
should go. I mean, if you guys feel that strongly about it, who are we to tell
Topolsky anything about you?
MICHAEL: 4-2, we stay
away.
(Alex walks off visibly
frustrated, and everyone leaves except Maria and Michael)
MICHAEL: Thanks for seeing it
my way.
MARIA: I just really want this
to be over with.
(Topolsky waits behind the
theatre but Liz doesn't show up)
(Sheriff Valenti enters his
office late at night and notices someone is waiting for him in the
darkness)
SHERIFF: You left without
saying good-bye, Ms. Topolsky. You ok?
TOPOLSKY: I'll never be ok
again.
SHERIFF: You here to tell me
about it?
TOPOLSKY: I'm here because they
won't listen to me.
SHERIFF: Who?
TOPOLSKY: Max, Liz...none of
them.
SHERIFF: You're finally
admitting the FBI's investigating these kids.
TOPOLSKY: It's much worse than
that.
SHERIFF: You look like you
could use a drink, Kathleen. What do you say we go somewhere?
TOPOLSKY: No! No. Look,
everything stays a secret now, or I will never make it out of this.
SHERIFF: Make it out of what?
TOPOLSKY: Did you really think
you could kill Everett Hubble and not send up a red flag?
SHERIFF: What do you know about
Hubble?
TOPOLSKY: UFO nut...they all
get tracked. He found out about Max, didn't he? At the convention. That's why
you had to kill him. You're protecting those kids, too, now, aren't you?
SHERIFF: All right. Why don't
you just tell me what the hell you're talking about?
TOPOLSKY: When my cover was
blown, I was sent back to Washington. That's when I found out about the special
unit. Alien hunters.
SHERIFF: In the FBI?
TOPOLSKY: I was the first agent
to make direct contact with...with the subject. I spent 4 weeks being debriefed
by the agent in charge. His name is Pierce. And after what he did to me, I'd
hate to see how he'd treat the enemy. When it was over, that's when he told me
I was theirs for life. Once you know about the unit, you don't get out.
SHERIFF: Sounds elite. So,
what's the problem?
TOPOLSKY: The problem is they
kill people, and there is no one to stop them. And that is not why I became an
agent, Jim.
SHERIFF: So, the FBI thinks
that Max Evans is an alien. Why don't they swoop in and pick him up?
TOPOLSKY: Why haven't you? No
solid proof. Fear of what he might do. He's not the only one, you know.
SHERIFF: This is getting a
little far-fetched, i think.
TOPOLSKY: Look, your name is on
that list. And you're not the first person he's destroyed over this. Now, I am
trying to save your lives here, but if you don't want my help...
SHERIFF: Wait, wait. Hold on.
Whoa, whoa. Hold on. Maybe we can get you some help.
TOPOLSKY: I already told
you...it is too late for that. And if you don't believe me, why don't you try
asking your friend Agent Stevens what happened to him when he tried to get out?
Pierce made an example out of him for the rest of us. Piece...by piece. Get
them to trust me. It's the only way.
(Topolsky leaves and Valenti
calls Agent Stevens)
OPERATOR: Federal Bureau of
Investigation, how may I direct your call?
SHERIFF: Yeah. I need to speak
to agent John Stevens, please.
OPERATOR: I'm sorry...but Agent
Stevens no longer works for the Bureau. Would you care to try someone
else?
SHERIFF: No. No. Thank
you.
(Valenti calls up Agent
Stevens' home number)
WOMAN: Hello?
SHERIFF: Yeah. Uh, listen, I'm
sorry to call you so late, ma'am. I need to speak to John Stevens, though,
please.
WOMAN: Who is this? Why don't
you know? My husband's dead. Why don't they just tell everybody for God's
sake?
SHERIFF: Ma'am, I'm sorry.
(At the Crashdown, Michael is
behind on his cooking)
MARIA: How many light-years
away is my Eclipse Burger?
MICHAEL: Depends how they feel
about raw.
MARIA: I put that order in 10
minutes ago.
MICHAEL: Well, you can't rush
an Eclipse.
LIZ: Hey, I need that Chili
Rocket Dog, Michael.
MICHAEL: I got a lot on my
mind. Here, give 'em an order of Saturn Rings while they're waitin'. That'll
shut 'em up.
MARIA: Typical.
MICHAEL: What?
MARIA: Your reaction. You can't
deliver to a customer what they want, so you substitute it with an inferior
item just to get them off your back.
MICHAEL: What's that supposed
to mean?
MARIA: It means, Michael, that
I'm not gonna settle for the Saturn Rings anymore. If you want me, you have to
earn me. That's how a relationship works.
MICHAEL: No, Maria, that's how
Boy Scout merit badges work.
LIZ: Hey, have you guys noticed
that there's a restaurant full of people waiting for actual food?
MICHAEL: What are you and Max
doing tonight?
LIZ: Oh, we're just gonna stay
at home. Try and keep a low profile.
MICHAEL: Act like we got
nothing to hide, remember?
MARIA: What do you mean?
MICHAEL: We should go out
tonight. The 4 of us.
MARIA/LIZ: What?!?
MICHAEL: That way, if someone
is really watching us, we won't give 'em anything to be suspicious about. Hot
dog.
MARIA: I thought you didn't
believe Topolsky.
MICHAEL: You want what Max and
Liz have, don't you?
MARIA: Well, yeah. Yeah. I just
thought we'd try it on our own.
MICHAEL: One step at a
time.
MICHAEL: I hate this job.
(Scene shifts to the UFO
Center)
MAN: 2 nuns working at St.
Mary's Hospital in Roswell were finishing their shift about midnight when they
saw a bright explosion to the northwest.
SHERIFF: Odd-looking fella.
Didn't mean to startle you.
MAX: You didn't.
SHERIFF: You must get a lot of
strangers around here.
MAX: Everyday.
SHERIFF: You better be careful
about that.
MAX: What do you mean,
Sheriff?
SHERIFF: Oh, you know, the
crazies. People coming up to you out of the blue, filling your head up with all
sorts of conspiracy theories, that sort of thing. You know, like Hubble.
MAX: Are you saying I shouldn't
believe that kind of stuff?
SHERIFF: No, I'm just saying
that a guy like you needs to be careful, that's all. Roswell attracts all
kinds. You never know who's gonna turn out to be your friend or your enemy.
Now, you take me, for example. I'm the law. Now, most normal teenage boys might
think of me as the enemy...always cracking down on them, waiting for them to
make a mistake. On the other hand, I'm here to protect them. Just like I
protected you from Hubble the other night. In fact, sometimes I might be the
only person that they should trust in this town.
MAX: I'll be ok, Sheriff.
SHERIFF: Listen, if anybody
bothers you or one of your friends, you let me know. All right? But you don't
need to worry. You're just a kid going about your daily routine.
MAX: I've heard that a lot
lately.
SHERIFF: Well, that's probably
good advice, then.
MAX: Thank you, Sheriff.
(Alex walks into the employee
area of the Crashdown looking for Liz and Maria)
ALEX: Oh, whoa! Peep
shows!
MARIA: Ooh, Alex. Don't worry.
It's nothing you haven't seen before.
ALEX: Ah, well, don't be too sure. So, um, in this bag I have
tonight's entertainment. I got a box of raisinettes and Scream 2.
LIZ/MARIA: Hated it.
ALEX: Ok, well, that's why my
chick flick back-up rental was Notting Hill.
LIZ: Ok, Alex, you can turn
around now.
ALEX: So, my place or
yours?
LIZ: Oh, um, neither.
MARIA: We're going for Mexican
with Max and Michael.
ALEX: I thought we decided to
stay low, you know, with everything that's been going on? Oh, great. Everyone's
invited but me.
LIZ: No, I don't think Isabel's
coming.
ALEX: Maybe I can talk some
sense into her.
LIZ: Hi.
MAX: Hi. This is for you.
LIZ: Oh, thank you. It's bubble
bath.
MAX: It's supposed to make your
skin soft.
LIZ: Thanks.
MICHAEL: This is for you.
MARIA: Shampoo.
MICHAEL: Shampoo AND
conditioner in one.
MARIA: It's a real
timesaver.
MAX: We should get going.
LIZ: Ok.
(Michael awkwardly takes Maria
hand and pulls her outside)
ALEX: So you agree with
them?
ISABEL: Alex, you have to stop.
We can't show weakness.
ALEX: What, you think I'm being
weak because I don't want anything bad to happen to you? I mean, to us? To all
of us?
ISABEL: You really do want to
protect me, don't you?
ALEX: I'd do anything.
ISABEL: Nobody's ever said that
to me before. I mean, except for Max and Michael, but they're my brothers,
so...
ALEX: Isabel, I meant what I
said...about having somebody. I mean...everything gets easier once you're not
alone.
ISABEL: I've just always
thought that if I, um, if I let someone in it would make me too...
ALEX: Vulnerable?
ISABEL: I'm just not sure that
I can afford that right now.
ALEX: How about starting slow,
huh? A video date? Notting Hill. It's a great chick flick.
TESS: Yeah, but he didn't
deserve her. What a little English wimp, don't you think? Hi, Al.
ALEX: Uhh...it's not Al. It's
Alex.
TESS: I am so un-hungry right
now. Why don't we just go back to your place, and I'll start on your hair.
ALEX: You 2 have plans?
TESS: Girls' night.
ALEX: Guess I've got the wrong
hormones for that.
ISABEL: See you later,
Alex.
ALEX: Yeah.
(Alex leaves the Crashdown and
starts walking home when a sinister looking car pulls up next to him)
PASSENGER: Alex? You're Alex
Whitman, aren't you? It's ok, Alex. Topolsky sent me. She knows you'd want to
see her...hear what she has to say.
ALEX: Why didn't she just come
herself?
PASSENGER: I'll take you to
her. She'll explain everything. Don't worry. I'm on your side. Get in the
car.
SHERIFF: Anything wrong
here?
(Sinister car drives off)
SHERIFF: Hitchhiking's never a
good idea. Come on. I'll give you a ride home. No questions asked.
(Alex nods and gets into
Sheriff Valenti's cruiser)
LIZ: So, this has been really
fun.
MICHAEL: Yeah, it hasn't been
as bad as I thought it would be.
MARIA: Every girl's dream.
WAITRESS: Here you go. You can
pay me whenever you're ready.
MICHAEL: You're gonna have to
get this one 'cause i don't get paid till Tuesday.
(Maria leaves the table and
stops next to the window)
(Max kicks Michael under the
table)
MICHAEL: You know, this whole
dating thing really bites.
(Michael leaves the table and
walks toward Maria)
MICHAEL: What did I do
now?
MARIA: Michael, you have no
table manners, and all you do is talk about yourself, and you have absolutely
no regard for anyone else around you. I mean, if you get a girl shampoo, at
least don't get her the generic kind, you know?
MICHAEL: How am I supposed to
know what brand of shampoo you use?
MARIA: You just don't get it,
do you?
MICHAEL: What i want to know
is, if I'm such a loser, then why do you want to be with me?
(Michael returns to his
apartment to find it ransacked. Topolsky is waiting in the shadows)
TOPOLSKY: If I give you proof,
will you believe me then?
MICHAEL: Get out of my
house.
TOPOLSKY: I know what this
is.
MICHAEL: That's a
paperweight.
TOPOLSKY: It's a communicator,
and there's another one just like it. I took it from the special unit evidence
vault back in Washington. Now, I know they only work when they're together, so
if I bring you the other one, if I risk my life for you...I need to know that
you will take me with you when your people come to get you.
MICHAEL: You're crazy.
TOPOLSKY: No, Michael, look. We
are all going to die. And it's not going to be pleasant. We only have one
chance. I will meet you tomorrow night at Buckley Point with the other
communicator. If you ignore me this time, there won't be a next time.
(Everyone is gathered at the
quarry-like area again to discuss what happened to Alex)
MICHAEL: You didn't see his
face?
ALEX: No.
LIZ: What about his voice? Did
you recognize it?
ALEX: If I knew anything more,
don't you think I'd tell you?
ISABEL: Just leave him alone.
He's been through enough.
MAX: Just tell me what Valenti
said to you again.
ALEX: It's not what he said.
It's how he said it. And how he knew to be there. It's like he's on our side or
something.
MAX: There are 5 people in the
world that I trust, and they're all standing right here. We can't let anyone
else in. Not Valenti. Not Topolsky. Not even a new girl at school. No matter
how tempting it is.
ALEX: It's real what she says.
There was something about that guy in that car. It's like our lives are in
danger.
LIZ: We don't know what part of
her stories are true.
MAX: That's why we talk to no
one. Agreed?
ALEX: Yeah.
(Everyone leaves except Michael
and Maria)
MARIA: I'm sorry.
MICHAEL: Why?
MARIA: For that whole
"being the perfect boyfriend" thing. After what happened to Alex last
night, that's just, like, not what's important to me at all. So, if that's why
you're acting strange, you can just stop. It's over. I mean...just go back to
being your usual self.
MICHAEL: Come here. If anything
happens, I mean, to me, I just want you to know that...
MARIA: I know. Nothing's gonna
happen to you.
(Dinnertime at the
Crashdown)
ISABEL: I hope you don't mind,
I mean, just hanging out for awhile. I didn't want to be alone tonight.
ALEX: Me neither.
(In the back room of the
Crashdown, Michael is looking for something in Maria's locker)
MARIA: Hey, what are you doing
going through my locker?
MICHAEL: I need to borrow your
car.
MARIA: Really? For what?
MICHAEL: Don't ask. I just
gotta go somewhere, all right?
MARIA: Not without telling
me.
MICHAEL: Give me that! Leave me
alone!
MARIA: What is that?
MICHAEL: It's nothing.
MARIA: It's that thing...that
orb.
MICHAEL: Shhh!
MARIA: What are you doing with the orb? Where are you going with
it? You're supposed to keep it in your apartment for safety, remember?
MICHAEL: Yeah, so?
MARIA: Wait a minute. You're
going to meet Topolsky, aren't you? After everything you said to the
others...
MICHAEL: Yeah, well...just
don't tell them, all right? I gotta do this thing, but it's safer if I do it
alone.
MARIA: I'm going.
MICHAEL: No!
MARIA: Hello, Sheriff? Hi. My
car's been stolen.
MICHAEL: You're staying in the
car with your head down.
MARIA: Where are we going?
MICHAEL: We're going to Buckley
Point.
MARIA: I need a jacket.
MICHAEL: Hurry up!
(Liz is looking for Maria and
goes to search the back room)
LIZ: You guys? What are you
guys doing back there? What's going on?
(Maria has left Liz a note:
"Meeting Topolsky at Buckley Point. Hurry"
MARIA: I don't think this is
such a good idea.
MICHAEL: You already mentioned
that.
MARIA: Y-you're the one who...who thought that she was gonna trap
us.
MICHAEL: She knew what the orb
was.
MARIA: It had the symbol on it.
She could've just been guessing.
MICHAEL: No, Maria...this is
real. We're getting close to something.
MARIA: Yeah, our grisly deaths.
Look, Michael, I'm really scared, ok, and I don't want to go through with this
anymore.
MICHAEL: I told you, you can
stay in the car.
MARIA: Pull over. Let me
out.
MICHAEL: I can't leave you out
in the middle of nowhere!
MARIA: Fine, then take me back!
I'm not kidding. You can't make me go through with this. You can't put me in
danger like this. Not if I don't want to go!
(Liz, Max, Isabel, and Alex are
in Max's jeep hot on Michael's trail)
MAX: There's only one road up
here.
LIZ: They can't be more than 10
minutes ahead of us, Max. Just go fast.
ALEX: Look, I don't get it. Why
would he go and do this after we all agreed?
ISABEL: Because he's
Michael.
MAX: That's no excuse this
time!
MICHAEL: Hey!
MARIA: Michael, it's a mistake,
and if you're too stupid not to protect yourself, I'm gonna have to do it for
you!
MICHAEL: This is not your
decision to make! This is mine.
MARIA: It's not just about you!
What you do affects me. That's how relationships work, and whether you like it
or not, we are in a relationship! OK, so go ahead and hate me, but I'm not
gonna let you get hurt. I care about you too much.
MICHAEL: Maria, I have been
waiting for this my whole life.
MARIA: So have I!
(Headlights appear
suddenly)
MICHAEL: Run, go on! Run! Get
out of here! Go!
MARIA: No, I am not gonna leave you!
(Max approaches Michael)
MAX: Give it to me.
MICHAEL: Topolsky says it's a
communicator.
MAX: I said give it to me! We
trusted you with it, and you blew it.
MICHAEL: It does something when
it's with another one, and I gotta find out what it is!
MAX: No one can know we have
that!
(Max punches Michael in the
face)
MICHAEL: You hit me? You hit
me!
MAX: Somebody had to knock some
sense into you!
ISABEL: No.
MICHAEL: Damn you!
(More headlights appear.
Sheriff Valenti and Dr. Margolin step out of their respective vehicles)
DOCTOR: I'm sorry, but Ms.
Topolsky won't be meeting you tonight...or any other night.
MICHAEL: So she wasn't lying.
You killed her, and now you're here to kill us?
SHERIFF: No, Michael. He's not.
This man is from Bethesda, Maryland. His name is Dr. Malcolm Margolin. He
stopped by my office this morning...explained a few things about Ms.
Topolsky.
DOCTOR: I've been treating
Kathleen for the last 6 weeks.
SHERIFF: Dr. Margolin is a
psychiatric specialist.
DOCTOR: She had a breakdown.
She's paranoid delusional. That means that she's desperately afraid of things
that don't exist...to the point that she makes up elaborate scenarios to
justify the fears that she has.
SHERIFF: Doctor tells me that
Ms. Topolsky was in a facility in Bethesda until a few days ago when she just
took off.
DOCTOR: We traced her credit
card here to Roswell, and when I caught up with her she was
hysterical...talking about meeting you around here...something about an orb.
The Sheriff said he knew you, and that you'd had trouble with her in the past.
I didn't want anything to happen to you out here.
SHERIFF: I checked it all out.
The doctor is who he says he is, and Topolsky spent the last month in a mental
hospital. I think it's safe to disregard anything she's been saying...to any of
us.
DOCTOR: I'm sorry to have
caused you this inconvenience. And don't worry about Kathleen. She should be
back in Bethesda by now under the best care available. So please, no more
late-night trips to the middle of nowhere. Anything could be out here, and I'd
hate to see any harm come to you on our account.
SHERIFF: Thank you, Doctor. I'm
sure we'll all sleep better. So it's over. You can go home now.
(Michael looks to the area
where he dropped the orb)
MAX: We'll come back for
it.
MICHAEL: Max.
(Sheriff Valenti notices
something in the ground and picks up the orb)
MAX: Nice job, Michael.
(Nasedo, disguised as Doctor
Margolin, drives to a secluded area and shapeshifts into a hiker)
(At another part of Buckley
Point, Topolsky is waiting for Michael to show up with the other communicator
in hand)
TOPOLSKY: Michael? Michael?
Michael, over here! Michael.
PIERCE: Good work, Agent
Topolsky. You led me right to them.
TOPOLSKY: They have nothing to
do with it.
PIERCE: That's not your concern
anymore, Agent Topolsky.
TOPOLSKY: No. No! No! No! No!
No! No! No! Nooooo!
(Scene fades out with Topolsky
pleading for help in the back seat of the car as it drives away)