MEET THE DUPES
(Episode begins in New York City. We
see 4 people who look like the pod squad - except they're wearing punk clothing
- come up the stairs from the subway. They pass by a fruit stand. The Max
look-a-like causes the stand to fall. As the vendors gather the fruit, the
Isabel look-a-like steals money from their cash register. The group of four
continue walking down the street)
PUNK: Hey, what's up, girl?
LONNIE: What's up, man?
PUNK: You look good!
RATH: She knows it. Yo, gimme the
rock, G.
(The street punk tosses his basketball
to the Michael look-a-like, who keeps it and
continues walking down the street)
PUNK: Hey, yo! My man! My ball!
RATH: They contacted us again last
night. Same invite. We gotta tell 'em something.
ZAN: Tell 'em no.
LONNIE: Yo, you sayin' we ain't going
to the summit?
ZAN: That's what I'm saying.
RATH: Yo, that's messed up, duke. This
is the only time we've ever been contacted.
ZAN: Whatever. That's it.
AVA: We tell 'em no, they won't ask
again.
ZAN: Tell 'em hell no.
RATH: What is up with you, man? I'm
tired of you. I'll go by myself!
ZAN: They don't want the number 2.
They want the royal four.
RATH: Why don't we go and see what
they gotta say? Why don't we go and get the
answers?
ZAN: What if it's a setup?
RATH: No, it's not a setup! They need
us!
ZAN: I'm the man. Don't forget.
LONNIE: Yo. Guys. It's been a mad long
day. Let's just chill.
RATH: Yeah. You the man.
(Opening credits)
TEACHER: A black hole...that's what's
left after a star dies. And that's exactly what
happened last week, my friends. The
spectacular, stellar, implosion of a red giant, unheard
of in the history of astronomy...the
first time a post-main sequence star burning in its
prime suddenly and without warning
violently exploded in a supernova of a hundred million
degrees and disappeared, a process
that typically takes many thousands of years. What
could have accounted for
this...remarkable loss?
(Class ends. Liz catches up with Max
in the hallway)
LIZ: Hey. Kinda weird about that star,
huh? Kinda sad. It just doesn't seem that something
burning so bright could just...burn
out.
MAX: But it did.
(Max walks off)
(Back in New York, Rath, Lonnie, and
Ava steal a Trans Am. Zan is no longer with them)
RATH: Trans Am, baby. Yeah! Can't wait
to get out of the city. Red line says 120, but I bet
you she goes 130.
AVA: We were family. The four of us.
LONNIE: Things change.
RATH: Yo, move outta the way!
AVA: He was your brother, Lonnie.
LONNIE: That's right. Zan's my
brother. Rath's my lover. But who are you? Why are you
still livin' and breathin' and ridin'
in this car? Oh, that's right. You're here 'cause i love you.
Ain't that sweet?
(At the UFO Center, Brody is working
on his computer. Max comes in)
MAX: Brody.
BRODY: Max. You're here! I've been
dying to tell someone about this all day. Look,
activity...on the East coast,
somewhere near here.
MAX: New York?
BRODY: Uh-huh. See these blips? They
appeared last week. Someone or something is
trying to make contact. I'll run a few
programs, try to see if any of the ratios match
anything from the records, see if we
can't find...
(Brody's pager goes off)
BRODY: Time for dinner.
MAX: I'm not hungry.
BRODY: Well, just...whatever. Take a
break. Go!
MAX: I just got here.
BRODY: Go, go, go, go, go!
(At the Crashdown)
MARIA: And don't forget the
pepperjack. Guy's nuts about his pepperjack.
MICHAEL: Yeah. All right.
MARIA: Oh, Max called. He said that he
wants to have a meeting with everybody Saturday
night.
MICHAEL: No. I can't make that.
MARIA: Really?
MICHAEL: Yeah. I got big plans. I
can't change 'em.
MARIA: That is so sweet.
MICHAEL: Sweet? It's the dirt bike
finals.
MARIA: Hello? I'm singing on Saturday
at the new performance space next to the museum!
MICHAEL: Yeah. But I've heard you sing
before. What's the big deal?
(Maria delivers the sandwich to Brody
at the UFO Center)
BRODY: Hi.
MARIA: Galaxy Sub. Hold the mayo.
BRODY: Thank you very much.
MARIA: Is there pepperjack in that
sandwich?
BRODY: Uh...no. Doesn't appear to be.
MARIA: I just...I can't believe it! I
cannot believe it!
BRODY: It's ok, really.
MARIA: No. No, it's not ok. You
ordered pepperjack. You have the right to expect
pepperjack. This is...this is
unacceptable is what it is!
BRODY: It's just cheese.
MARIA: No, it's not just cheese.
BRODY: But it's a very small thing.
MARIA: Yes. It is a very small thing,
and that's why a person who can't even get the
cheese right does not deserve to live!
BRODY: Wow. You take your job very
seriously.
MARIA: You know what? Here. Take your money
back. It's on the house.
BRODY: Well, then at least let me give
you a tip. Here.
MARIA: That's unnecessary. But thank
you.
(Maria leaves)
BRODY: So, uh, what do you think of
our new President?
(Switch to the Trans Am)
RATH: What's your problem, Ava? You
ain't said nothin' in 2 days.
AVA: You said you were gonna make him
change his mind about going to the summit.
You...
RATH: Well, we couldn't, so we went
with an alternative.
AVA: He was the leader, Rath!
RATH: Zan coulda ruled a planet, but
he didn't wanna deal. We are better off without him.
AVA: And how do we know this...other
Zan is gonna be any different?
LONNIE: Max. Max Evans. That's his
name. And we don't. We don't. But we'll be smarter
about it this time. We'll find another
way in.
RATH: They don't wanna meet with just
the three of us. They want the king. So all we
gotta do is get him to the summit, and
we'll marinate on the rest later.
(Max is driving around in his jeep and
spots Isabel jogging along the road)
MAX: We need to talk.
ISABEL: One more mile.
MAX: What are you running from?
ISABEL: I'm just getting in shape.
MAX: Since when? Your only exercise
used to be the escalator at the mall.
ISABEL: Things change.
MAX: Fine. I'll see you later. Vilandra.
Are you...Vilandra? Isabel, there's always been a
special bond...ever since we came out
of the pods. We have to be able to be honest with
each other.
ISABEL: I'm sorry, Max.
(Isabel goes back to jogging)
(Switch back to the Trans Am, which
has entered the Roswell city limits)
AVA: So how come they weren't invited
to the summit?
LONNIE: Because we're the only ones
that know there's another set of us out there.
Besides, they're living out here in
the middle of nowhere under a rock.
(Rath speeds by a police car, which
happens to be driven by Sheriff Valenti. He flashes his
lights and pulls them over)
RATH: Damn! 5-0.
LONNIE: Be cool.
RATH: Don't worry. He's already toast.
(Sheriff Valenti parks behind them and
walks up to the front window. Rath gets ready to
blast him)
SHERIFF: License and registration.
Michael? Ha ha ha ha ha! Lord have mercy! What's with
the hair and the outfits?
LONNIE: We were actually on our way to
a party. It was kinda like a New York theme.
SHERIFF: You look like you're from
another planet. For once. So where'd you get this car?
LONNIE: We, uh, we borrowed it,
Sheriff, um...Valenti.
SHERIFF: Hey, listen, you wanna slow
it down a little bit. There's no need to attract any
additional attention to yourselves,
especially with what we've been through lately.
RATH: Word! No, you ain't lyin', sir.
SHERIFF: Where's your brother?
LONNIE: We were actually on our way to
get him, but we were kinda nervous about goin'
by the house, 'cause there was like a
weird car parked out front.
SHERIFF: A weird car?
RATH: You know...alien hunter.
LONNIE: Yeah. Felt like we were being
watched by someone, so, like maybe we could follow
you back and you could check it out
and make sure it was safe.
SHERIFF: All right. I'll tell you
what. You follow me. If the coast is clear, I'll just wave ya on
in.
LONNIE: Cool. Thanks, Sheriff. You're
the freakin' man!
SHERIFF: Ha ha ha ha.
(Switch to the Crashdown, where Max is
studying, probably thinking about the star that
died)
LIZ: Um, do you want anything else
from the kitchen? 'Cause it's gonna close.
MAX: No, thanks.
LIZ: I hate this. I hate that we can't
even be around each other. Long before we
kissed...we were friends. We talked.
We laughed. I don't understand why we just can't go
back to that.
MAX: We can't. I can't. I just...I
need time.
LIZ: Ok. I understand that. I do.
I...I can respect it. But, um...I don't want you to hate me.
(Max leaves)
(Switch to the NY aliens. Sheriff
Valenti has led them to the Evans home)
RATH: It's a wonderful day in the
neighborhood.
LONNIE: Can you imagine actually
living here?
RATH: No! I'd kill myself.
LONNIE: Let's get in there and see
what makes Mr. Max spin. Stay by the car and keep
lookout.
(Ava sits on the hood to keep watch.
Rath and Lonnie climb in through Max's window)
LONNIE: I told you. Total cornball.
RATH: Check out this gear.
Unbelievable. Where does he shop for stuff like this...freakin'
Conway's?
LONNIE: Yo. Out here, they think that's
hip.
RATH: Mm-hmm!
LONNIE: Oh, my God! Check this out. He
works in the UFO museum.
RATH: No!
LONNIE: Yeah.
RATH: Hoo! Look at this.
LONNIE: Ah. This must be his bitch.
Where'd you find this?
RATH: In his sock drawer.
LONNIE: "To Max. I'll always love
you. Liz."
RATH: Liz.
LONNIE: She ain't got nothin' goin'
on.
RATH: Yeah, well, I'd do her.
LONNIE: Fine. Do her, but don't kill
her. What we're doin' here is important. Don't screw it
up.
(Mr. Evans is looking for Max and
knocks on the door. Rath dives to the floor and hides
next to the bed)
PHILIP: Max? Izzie?
LONNIE: Hey...Dad.
PHILIP: What happened to you? You look
like some...rapper on TV. Like that, uh, Queen
Latisha.
LONNIE: Queen Latifah.
PHILIP: Tell me that's not a tattoo.
LONNIE: Chill, Dad. It's henna. It'll
wash off. Ha ha ha. Ok. No, no...you know what? I'll tell
you the truth. I ain't really Isabel.
PHILIP: You're not?
LONNIE: No. I'm...Juliet. See,
school's doing this kinda rock 'n' roll version of Romeo and
Juliet, and, well...
PHILIP: And my daughter's playing
Juliet? That's great, honey! Oh ha ha! The smell of the
grease paint. The roar of the crowd. I
took theater, too. I was Puck my senior year.
LONNIE: Totally epic, Dad.
PHILIP: Ha! You certainly got that
jive down. No, but I'm glad that you've...taken an
interest in something, honey. But, I
wish your brother would.
LONNIE: Max? Yeah, he seems so, uh...
PHILIP: Tense. Now, I'm worried about
him. Even the therapy's not helping him...though
obviously it's helping you.
LONNIE: Yeah, a shrink. But he
is...helping me...to find myself.
PHILIP: I was thinking...perhaps you
and Max could have a joint session to work out
whatever's come between you.
LONNIE: I didn't think you'd noticed.
PHILIP: The doors slamming, the
silence at the dinner table? Oh...I've never seen you fight
like this.
LONNIE: Well, I'd really like to work
it out.
PHILIP: Promise me you'll consider it?
The joint session?
(Lonnie nods)
PHILIP: Ha. Oh.
(Mr. Evans leaves. Rath comes out from
his hiding place)
LONNIE: Yeah, ok. Ha. A shrink? How
whack is that, yo?
RATH: So...Max's a head case. We can
use that. "Love, Liz". Mmmm.
(Maria goes back to the UFO Center)
MARIA: What is this?
BRODY: A tip.
MARIA: $100 tip? Why?
BRODY: Honestly? It's Ben Franklin. I
can't stand lookin' at the bloke. Now, you give me 5
Andrew Jacksons any day. Look. I mean,
there's a head of hair. It's nice and thick. It's got
kinda an Elvis thing going on. The
sideburns...
MARIA: Clearly, you are a man with too
much money. Look, I don't know what you're
thinking, Mister, but Maria De Luca,
right here...not for sale. I mean, sure...no. No! Not
even for that much money.
BRODY: Then how 'bout lunch?
MARIA: Did you just ask me out on a
date?
BRODY: No! No, absolutely not.
MARIA: Oh...
BRODY: But maybe the next time you
bring me a sandwich, you could bring one for
yourself and not charge me for it even
though I have too much money, but pay for it
yourself because that would make it
officially not a date. And then stay and eat it with me.
And keep me company while I'm
dateless. What do you think?
MARIA: I, um...I think you're a little
strange.
BRODY: Mm...sometimes, yeah.
(Rath finds Liz at school)
RATH: Whassup? You look tight.
LIZ: Excuse me? Did...oh, my God,
Michael! What is with your hair?
RATH: I wouldn't mind kickin' it to
ya.
LIZ: Kickin' it. Yeah.
RATH: Whaddaya say you give me a
little somethin' somethin', huh?
LIZ: Oh, my God! Get away from me!
What is going on with you?
RATH: I just thought since Maxie
wasn't around that we could, uh...
LIZ: Just stop, ok?
RATH: Ai-ight. You got me. I just...I
just wanted to see, you know, if you'd go for it, and
you...
LIZ: No. It's not gonna happen...ever.
RATH: Of course not.
(Liz starts to leave. Rath grabs her
and kisses her on the lips)
LIZ: Uhhh. Oh, my God! Eww!
(Liz hurries off to class)
RATH: Epic.
(Saturday, at the UFO Center, Max is
explaining what he's been pondering the past few
days)
MAX: So I think that the signals Brody
tracked could be connected to the dying star
somehow, and...
MICHAEL: You called us all together
here for this emergency meeting to talk about a star
that croaked?
MAX: I think it could mean something.
It's...been haunting me.
MARIA: I cancelled my performance,
Max.
MAX: I think we should be ready for
the next challenge.
(Ava, Rath, and Lonnie listen in on
the discussion from behind a grating)
RATH: Yo. He's Zan, all right. Look at
him.
LONNIE: Zan with an even bigger stick
up his ass. No wonder his bitch left him.
RATH: What a bunch of scrubs.
LONNIE: I don't know why they told all
those humans about their secrets. It's like a
freaking town meeting down there.
(Alex interrupts)
ALEX: Hey, sorry, guys. Sorry I'm
late.
(Alex breaks out in laughter upon
seeing what appears to be Michael, Isabel, and Tess in
punk clothes)
ALEX: I don't remember it saying
anything about costumes on the invitation. Oh. But it's
too late for Halloween, and it's too
early for Mardi Gras, so what's goin' on? Are we like
goin' on the Ricki Lake show or
something?
(Alex peers through the grating and
notices the real Michael, Isabel, and Tess standing
next to Max, Maria, and Liz in the
area below. He realizes something is different with the
people in front of him)
ALEX: Scratch that question. Uh, who
needs a holiday to dress up, right? Anyway...
(Alex hurries away and goes down to
meet his friends below)
MAX: Alex. You're late.
ALEX: Uh...um...uh.
(Alex points to the stairs. Rath,
Lonnie, and Ava appear at the top of the stairs)
RATH: Hey, yo, up here!
MARIA: Now this is freaky.
MAX: Who are you?
LONNIE: We're you.
ISABEL: I...I don't understand...
MICHAEL: They're shape-shifters.
LONNIE: I know you must be buggin' out
right now, 'cause I'd be buggin', too.
ISABEL: How could this be?
MICHAEL: 8. 8. There was 8 pods
originally.
RATH: You know about that.
MICHAEL: Yeah, I...we just found out
recently, so...I just...didn't know you'd look like us.
MAX: All we know is that there were 8
originally. We never knew what happened to the
other 4.
LONNIE: They went to New York.
MAX: New York?
RATH: The Big Apple. Center of the
universe. Amazing pizza.
LIZ: Um...but there's only 3 of you.
LONNIE: We had a fourth. We just lost
him.
AVA: He name was...Zan.
MAX: I'm Max.
ISABEL: How did you lose your Max?
RATH: He died in a stupid accident.
You know, all his powers, all his abilities, and, you
know, he died in a street accident.
For nothin'. Yo, I'm Rath.
LONNIE: Lonnie.
ISABEL: Isabel.
AVA: I'm Ava.
TESS: Tess.
MAX: This is Michael, and these are
our friends: Alex, Maria, and Liz.
LIZ: Uh, we met.
RATH: Sorry about that. I was, uh...I
was just trying to get the lay of the land. Something's
cookin'...something that's gonna
affect all of us. Could we talk in private?
(Rath and Max go to another room to
talk)
RATH: You look so much like him.
MAX: Zan?
RATH: Yeah. Anyways...we've been
contacted. You know, it seems some of peeps from the
hood, they wanna hook up with us and
have a sit-down.
MAX: The...the hood?
RATH: Our star system. Home. You...the
ruling families of the 5 planets...they wanna have
this summit meeting. I don't know, duke.
I mean, I know it's important and it's got something to do with making the
peace, but, you know, Zan was gonna go and represent
our family and...that's why we need
you.
MAX: Me?
RATH: Yeah, with Zan dead, you're the
only kin we got.
MAX: Why did they contact you and not
us?
RATH: We're the ones they found. They
don't know that there's 2 sets.
(Back in the main area of the UFO
Center, Michael is asking Lonnie some questions)
MICHAEL: So why are there 2 sets?
LONNIE: Well, they made one batch and
didn't get it quite right, so...they made another.
MICHAEL: So you guys are, like,
defective.
LONNIE: Actually, you're the
defectives. Too human. No offense. When they sent us down
here, the war was still going on. We
were possibly the only chance for survival, so they
sent both sets, you know, for
insurance.
(Switch back to Max and Rath)
MAX: Were you close, you and Zan?
RATH: Oh, yeah, we were closer than
brothers, man. I mean...you know, all my life, I
looked up to him and I wanted to be
like him and...and then just one day, just...bam!
(In the main part of the UFO Center,
the others are getting to know each other)
ISABEL: So...Lonnie. Is that short for
Vilandra?
LONNIE: That's right. You know about
Vilandra?
ISABEL: I've heard some things.
LONNIE: What do you know?
ISABEL: What do you know?
LONNIE: She betrayed her
family...brought down the whole house of cards...got everyone
killed. Sound familiar? It's been hard
keeping it to myself all these years. You have no idea.
ISABEL: Yes, I do.
LONNIE: You haven't told Max? But you
seem so close.
ISABEL: I...I wanted to, but...but I
didn't even want to believe it myself, and...the thought
of telling him...
LONNIE: It's ok. It's ok. It'll be our
little secret.
ALEX: Ladies, uh...frosty beverage?
LONNIE: No 3 ways tonight, opie. Maybe
later.
(Back in the other room, Max and Rath
continue their private discussion)
MAX: I don't even know what the war's
about.
RATH: We know it's about us...the
original royal four. Some kind of revolution happened,
and they were all killed and sent to
earth to be reborn. Ever since then, the hood's been a
war zone. And now they want peace. I
know you're not Zan, and I know it's kinda screwed
to lay all this stuff on you, but this
meant a lot to him. He's our peace. He's our chance to
do something with this life. This is
it.
MAX: I'm not Zan.
RATH: Don't worry. I mean, I'll be
right there with you. But without you...there is no
summit and there is no peace. Millions
of lives hang in the balance, Max. So you...you gotta
step up.
(Max discusses what's going on with
Isabel, Michael, and Tess)
MAX: Well...here we are.
ISABEL: And there we are.
MICHAEL: I thought I'd seen
everything.
MAX: They want me to go to New York to
a...a summit meeting.
MICHAEL: What, just you? We weren't
invited?
MAX: I already told them no.
(Rath and Lonnie are discussing how
things are turning out)
RATH: Think it's gonna take some work.
He's got that same brick head as Zan.
LONNIE: We don't got a lotta time.
RATH: Back off. I'm on it.
LONNIE: Like you were on Zan? Do not
screw this up, Rath. He goes to the summit, or we
are stuck on this wretched planet for
the rest of our lives.
(In another room in the UFO Center,
Liz and Maria are having a discussion)
MARIA: Ok. So duplicate Michael kissed
you, and you decided not to tell me this very
pertinent fact?
LIZ: No, I wanted to tell you, I
just...I couldn't...
MARIA: But you thought, hey, it's just
Michael slipping me the tongue. There's nothing
unusual about that...
LIZ: Maria, it's not Michael.
MARIA: But you didn't know that then,
Liz!
LIZ: Can't you get over it? I'm sorry.
Look, can I just...can I just talk to you for one
second?
(Maria nods)
LIZ: Ok. This thing kind of happened
with Kyle, but it didn't really happen, and I can't tell
Max what I didn't do. But I can't tell
you what I didn't do either, so don't ask me to explain
it, ok? But...the point is, I just
feel really stupid being here.
MARIA: Do you realize that what you
just said made absolutely no sense?
ALEX: Hey, how long have I been
asleep?
(The sound of someone opening the
front door is heard)
MAX: It's 7:30.
TESS: In the morning?
MAX: I-it's just my boss. Hide.
(Brody enters the UFO Center to find
everywhere inside)
BRODY: What the hell is this?
MAX: Morning.
BRODY: Wha? Is there a party going on?
Funny I wasn't invited, seeing how it's my
building. And who are you?
MICHAEL: Uh, Brody, this is my, uh,
twin brother Bob.
BRODY: I didn't know you had a
brother.
RATH: I live in New York.
BRODY: Well, that explains the hair.
Now who can explain what you're all doing here?
(Maria saves the day by asking Brody
to breakfast)
MARIA: Hi.
BRODY: Hi!
MARIA: Um...you know how you asked
about lunch?
BRODY: Uh-huh.
MARIA: Well, how do you feel about
having a little breakfast?
BRODY: Stay as long as you like.
(Brody and Maria leave)
RATH: You want me to kill him for you?
MICHAEL: I'll get back to you on that.
(At the Crashdown, Brody and Maria are
having breakfast together)
BRODY: You believe in God?
MARIA: Isn't it a little early for
that conversation?
BRODY: Yeah, you're right.
MARIA: Ok. Fine. Fine. Um...it's a
definite maybe. You?
BRODY: I used to. Maybe I still do.
There are just so many things that make me wonder.
MARIA: Like...
BRODY: Do you believe in aliens?
MARIA: Why not? I'm dating one. I'm
kidding. Of course. Heh.
BRODY: You see, I'm not. I had an
experience once...
MARIA: Oh, right. Your abduction!
BRODY: How do you know? Oh, did Max
say something?
MARIA: Oh, no. No. I just...I kinda
looked into your background. You know, good-
looking...multi-millionaire...buys UFO
Center. Kind of stirs my curiosity. So...I did an
internet search and, I...
BRODY: And found out I'm a whacko.
MARIA: Ha ha ha.
BRODY: I've got a feeling it's about
to happen again.
MARIA: Why?
BRODY: Well, just things...missing
moments of time, bizarre dreams I can't remember in
the morning. It all reminds me of the
last time. So, if I...suddenly disappear for a couple of
days, it's nothing personal. I've just
been abducted.
MARIA: Ok.
BRODY: Ok? Just like that? No
"I'm sure it won't happen again, Brody." "It's all in your
head, Brody."
MARIA: No, no, it's just that if
there's one thing that living in Roswell's taught me is that
anything can happen.
(The New York aliens are talking
things over)
AVA: He'll never change his mind.
LONNIE: I don't care. He's coming to
New York one way or another.
AVA: What is that supposed to mean?
LONNIE: You really wanna know?
AVA: I don't want to be a part of
this.
RATH: That chick is turning into a
real problem.
LONNIE: Don't worry. Max is coming
with us. I guarantee it.
(Lonnie goes to visit Max at the Evans
home)
MAX: What are you doing here?
LONNIE: I had to see you.
MAX: It's dangerous.
LONNIE: I had to get something out,
something I never got to say to Zan, and now it's too
late, and I was thinking about how
maybe if I tell you, I can get it outta my head, you
know?
MAX: What is it?
LONNIE: I wanted to apologize.
MAX: For what?
LONNIE: For betraying you. Max, have
you ever been so crazy in love that you'd just do
about anything? Well, back on our
planet, Vilandra...me...Isabel...this person we used to
be...we had it bad for a guy named
Kivar. We sold you out, man. We're the ones with blood
on our hands. We're the ones that got
everybody killed. Vilandra was the, uh...the Benedict
Arnold.
MAX: But you're not Vilandra. And
neither is Isabel.
LONNIE: Not technically, no. But she's
like this...demon I carry around inside of me. We
both do, Isabel and I. She told me so
that night we met.
MAX: Isabel would never betray me.
LONNIE: Course not. Just like I would
have never shafted Zan. I'm glad she's come clean
with you about this. You're lucky to
have a sister you're so tight with, you know? I wish
Zan and I had been that tight.
(We see Isabel walking down an alley.
Max has been waiting and confronts her)
MAX: You lied to me about Vilandra.
ISABEL: I don't know what you're...
MAX: Shut up! She betrayed me...and
Michael and Tess and our mother...our whole planet?
ISABEL: Who told you this? Did she
tell you this?
MAX: She cared enough to apologize to
me. I had to hear it from a stranger! And yet, my
own sister...
ISABEL: All right, Max. Fine. Fine.
Now you know. I was sick of keeping it a secret, sick of
worrying about disappointing you...the
great king.
MAX: I trusted you.
ISABEL: I didn't do anything! I didn't
do anything, and I'm not gonna stand here and be
accused of something someone else did
in another lifetime, something completely
irrelevant!
MAX: If it's so irrelevant, then why
didn't you tell me?
ISABEL: Because I have my own life,
and I can't live it when I'm busy trying to prove
myself to you all the time, trying to
prove I won't betray you! It is exhausting living with
that!
MAX: I never asked you to prove
yourself.
ISABEL: Yes, you did. You treat
everybody like they're your property. I don't belong to you,
Max. I never did.
MAX: I feel like I don't even know
you.
ISABEL: How could you? All you care
about is yourself. And Liz Parker, of course. Maybe
you're finally getting what you
deserve...finally looking in the mirror and seeing what you
really are, and you are no king! You
are a self-centered, self-indulgent little boy!
(Michael comes along and intervenes)
MICHAEL: Hey, what are you doing?
MAX: I'm going to New York.
MICHAEL: That is an amazingly bad
idea, Max.
MAX: If you think it's bad, Michael,
then I know it's the right thing to do.
MICHAEL: Fine. Fine! Go be with them!
(Max leaves)
ISABEL: I don't know what happened. He
just went crazy on me.
MICHAEL: Don't worry. It'll be ok.
ISABEL: I know.
(We see now that Rath and Lonnie were
impersonating Michael and Isabel to manipulate
Max)
RATH: Start spreadin' the news.
LONNIE: We're leavin' today. Let's get
the hell outta these clothes.
RATH: Word.
(Max visits Liz before taking off for
New York)
LIZ: Hi.
MAX: You said...you wanted to be
friends...and I thought about it. And...I realized
that...that I can't be friends with
you because...I'm still hanging on...to you. To what we
had. So...I decided to make a clean
break. Here.
(Max hands Liz a pocket knife)
LIZ: Max, this is yours. I gave it to
you last Christmas.
MAX: I'm giving it back. I'm...I'm
going to New York with Rath and Lonnie and...and
Tess...to the summit.
LIZ: Are you gonna come back?
MAX: I don't know. I can't think that
far ahead.
LIZ: Wait, um, Max...um...when...when
you're at the summit, the granilith, ok? It's
powerful, and it could be really
dangerous if the wrong people get their hands on it.
MAX: What are you talking about? How
do you know anything about the granilith?
LIZ: Oh...I can't tell you. But I
just...I know, and...please, Max. You have to trust me.
MAX: I guess that's the problem, Liz.
(Max leaves. He and Tess meet up with
Ava, Rath, and Lonnie. Ava has a flashback to when
Zan died. We see Rath pushing Zan into
the street in the path of an oncoming truck)
AVA: Too tight. Looks like there's no
room for me. Just as well.
RATH: What you trippin' about?
AVA: I ain't goin'.
RATH: Don't be crazy. What are you
gonna do, stay in the desert? Yo...just get in the car.
Hey, I said get in, or I'll...
AVA: Kill me? What, you gonna kill me?
MAX: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are we
doin' here?
RATH: Wha? Ha ha. You think I was
gonna kill her? You wanna stay? Then you can stay.
It's not a problem. Let's, uh...let's
go to New York.
(Ava leaves. The episode ends with
Max, Tess, Rath, and Lonnie getting into the car and
starting the drive to New York)