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- Previously on Roswell.
- Liz!
There's a bullet hole in the dress.
I'm telling you.
The girl was shot.
Thank you, Sheriff.
Your work
is done now.
We'll take it from here.
Blastoff! Yeah!
Where are you from?
Up north?
- You can't talk to anyone about this.
- Oh, my God.
You told her.
You have to promise me that
you are not gonna flip out.
Hey, it's me.
[Screaming]
What do you make of that mark?
The photo was marked 1959.
So with this picture,
what we're saying is there's more of us?
- We're just
- Different.
I'm gonna find out what the truth is,
and you can count on it.
[Liz Narrating]
September 27.
I'm Liz Parker, and I'll never
look at the stars in the sky
the same way again.
I'll never look at anything
the same way again.
What did Max Evans mean when he said,
'I'll see you in school"?
Was it, 'I won't be able to breathe
until we meet again"?
Or was itjust something
someone says
to, like, fill space?
And what is he thinking right now?
Is he also obsessed, tortured
going from one sleepless night
to the next
wondering what's gonna happen
between us?
[Snoring]
[Window Opening]
- [Shouts, Indistinct]
- Don't
hit me.
[Sighs]
- Argument with Hank?
- Couldn't sleep.
- Hey, I was sleeping.
- Amazing.
- What's amazing?
- That you can sleep
when the key to our entire existence
is out there.
- Michael
- Max, listen.
That picture Valenti showed Liz
it means there's someone else out there,
someone who was here in 1959.
That means he was here
when it crashed.
He knows where we come from.
He knows who we are.
He knows why we're here.
Maybe he knows how we get back.
Michael, I know how you feel.
Believe me.
I wanna know too.
But the sheriffhas that picture.
So, we'll never see it.
I mean, that would be impossible.
Right? Michael?
#[Rock]
#[Continues]
#[Ends]
I mean, what do we even know
about these people? Nothing.
How do we know that they're not
three feet tall, green and slimy?
- I guess we don't.
- And you know what else doesn't,
like, particularly please me?
These powers.
How do we know they can't just, like
wiggle their noses and, like,
poof us into an oblivion?
I guess we don't.
Okay, you're being, like,
so casual about this.
I want to choke you.
Liz, we are dealing with aliens.
- Oh!
- #[Dance]
- Can you please not say that word in public?
- [Sighs]
The point is, we don't know anything
about these Czechoslovakians.
Are they good Czechoslovakians?
Bad Czechoslovakians?
We don't know.
They're just random Czechoslovakians.
- For all we know, they don't have their passport.
- Who's Czechoslovakian?
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey.
So, who's Czechoslovakian?
- The new kid at school.
- Uh, the guy at the hardware store.
The new kid at school
who works at the hardware store.
- Exactly.
- Oh.
- What about him?
- Nothing.
- Nothing.
Fantastic.
Czechoslovakian, 9:00.
Okay, that guy creeps me out.
Really close up.
Really close up.
You know what I mean by close up?
[Liz Narrating]
The thing about Czechoslovakians
that you have to sort of factor in
is they have
these incredibly soulful eyes.
That is totally not Mr.
Singer.
[Bell Ringing]
Hi.
I'm Kathleen Topolsky.
I'll be substituting for Mr.
Singer,
who's out sick for a few days.
- I hope he's seriously ill.
- So
the infamous Roswell, New Mexico.
Before we get down to work,
let me just ask.
Does anyone here actually
believe in aliens?
[Students Laughing]
Okay, let's take roll.
- Uh, Bartley?
- Here.
- Collins?
- Here.
- Evans?
- Here.
Guerin?
Michael Guerin?
Is he here today?
Does anyone know where Michael is?
Evans, right?
- Max Evans.
- Yeah.
Do you know where Michael Guerin is?
Uh, Michael's not really into geometry.
- [Students Chuckling]
- He's not into it.
Well, I guess I can understand that.
Pretty uninspiring stuff.
So, let's open our books to page 228.
[Bell Ringing]
- Hi.
- Hi.
- How's it goin'?
- Good.
Um, you know, things are just
things are just normal, you know?
- Completely normal.
- Good.
Um
- So, was that weird?
- What?
That substitute just asked
all of those questions about Michael.
You know, um,
what was that about?
She was just taking attendance.
Right.
Liz, don't worry about it.
No one's suspicious of Michael.
It's me.
- Right.
Okay.
- Hi, Liz.
- Hey, Isabel.
- Hi.
- We should go.
- Right.
Good morning.
Mornin'.
Um
- who is that?
- F.
B.
I.
Agent Hart.
- Who's he here to talk to?
- No one, far as I can tell.
Well, what's he doin' here?
Doesn't appear to be doin' anything.
He's just been sittin' there
since 7:00 a.
m.
[Chuckles]
Deputy Hanson
did you ask him
what he's doin' here?
Yes, sir.
He said that
he was here on assignment
and that we should
go about our business as usual.
Oh.
So, your response to that
was just to
All right.
Agent Hart, I'm Sheriff Valenti.
Can I see some identification, please?
Sorry about the intrusion.
I'm here on assignment, Sheriff.
You should just go about business
As usual.
Yeah, I heard.
See, my problem with that
is that having a federal agent
sitting smack-dab in the middle
of my station house
isn't exactly, uh, business as usual.
My orders are not to leave
this chair until I'm relieved.
Uh-huh.
Agent Hart
the F.
B.
I.
Has nojurisdiction here.
Now, I'm gonna ask you to please
get up and leave
and take your folding chair with you.
It's impossible, right, that
she's not who she says she is?
Well, no one is
who they say they are.
But, I mean,
what do you mean, exactly?
Forget it.
What, that
that she's a spy?
- No.
Don't be ridiculous.
- Because that kind of stuff happens, you know.
- Now you're being crazy.
Come on.
Go on.
- No
Well, think about it.
She takes attendance.
What substitute teacher
takes attendance?
I mean, God,
the whole thing's so Roswellian.
I'm-I'm telling you, Liz,
she's been sent here.
Why would she be sent here?
To find the Czechoslovakians.
- Sniff some cedar oil, Maria.
- [Sighs]
Which makes me feel that much more
about what I already thought
before you told me about this,
which is that
we should definitely, definitely,
definitely tell Alex.
No! Look, Maria,
we mustn't tell anyone ever.
Ever.
"Mustn't"?
When have you ever said "mustn't"?
Look, we need someone
with a little perspective, okay?
There's all this stuff happening,
and it's dangerous.
The other day, the sheriff asked me
all these questions, and now
with this Topolsky person
poking around
You know, that's what they do.
They send in special government task forces.
Alien hunters, okay?
And suddenly
we're, like, accessories
to Czechoslovakians.
We need Alex in on this.
[Alex]
I'm not double-jointed.
It's I mean, I can just do it.
I don't know.
Admittedly, he's notJames Bond
but he's all we've got right now.
What? Oh, so now I'm a freak?
Kyle Valenti headed this way.
- Like, in this general direction,
or, like, towards me?
- Like, the latter.
- Oh, God.
- What are you gonna say?
I don't even know
that there's anything to say.
I saw him over the summer,
and it was casual.
I am sure now that we're back in school,
he's just thinking of me as a summer thing.
Liz.
[Chuckles]
- Kyle.
- How's my girl?
See ya.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How's it goin'?
- Good.
You know, I'm just pretty loaded down
with all this school stuff.
Yeah, I know.
You take all that stuff pretty seriously.
Yeah.
Right.
Okay.
- Okay.
All right.
- Listen, Liz.
I think it's important that
we're honest with each other.
I was talking to Tommy Hoeg on the team,
and he agrees with me.
A person should be on time, Liz.
I know we've left things casual,
and I understand that.
But you did say that you would
meet me at the Crash Festival.
And I just feel if you care
about a person, which I do
then you should be on time.
The truth is
if you werejust some girl
and you stiffed me on a date,
I'd walk in a second.
- But you're not.
You're not just some
- I really wanna talk to you now.
I do, but,
it's just not a good time.
I'm sorry.
I gotta go.
I'm sorry.
- Oh, my God!
- [Gasps]
Oh, my gosh.
I'm sorry.
I'm-I'm sorry about that.
- Parker, Liz.
- Yeah.
- Photographic memory.
- Wow, that's interesting.
I've never met anybody
with a photographic memory before.
Helps in my line of work.
Here, um,
let me help you with those.
Oh, no.
That's okay.
- [Coughing]
- [Man On TV, Indistinct]
Hi.
Um, I'm looking for Michael?
- Guerin?
- Mm-hmm.
Maybe I made a mistake.
Mickey!
[TVContinues]
Let's go outside.
Come on.
You're sure it was my records?
It was definitely my records?
Yeah.
- She asked about me in class?
- Oh, well, she was just taking attendance.
So when you weren't there,
she asked the class if anyone knew you.
- So she's looking for me.
- I don't know what's going on, Michael.
- I just thought I should tell you.
- Thanks.
- Sure.
- Listen.
Lf, uh, Hank
insulted you or anything
- Oh, no, no.
- You kinda have to ignore him.
Sorry to just show up here.
It's where I live.
Thanks.
Yeah, I know it's late,
but he sent an agent into my building.
I think I've got a right
to an immediate explanation.
No, I won't call back.
No, tomorrow is not acceptable.
Yeah, I'm sorry about it too.
Listen
- No, excuse me.
Ex
- [Dial Tone]
Hello? Hello?
Hi.
Can I help you?
Uh, good evening, Deputy.
- I'm selling candies for charity.
- Charity?
Yeah.
I'm on the committee
to reopen Westlake Orphanage.
Deputy Hanson, you can be
a part of helping to find homes
for dozens of children in need.
Single boxes are $6 apiece.
And I feel obliged to strongly recommend
the peanut clusters.
They are good.
Well, I'm kind of trying
to lay off the sweets right now.
Understood, Deputy.
If it's all right, I'll just take a look
and see who else is around.
There's nobody up that corridor.
Um, what if I came back tomorrow night?
Well, it's usually
pretty empty at night.
Well, thanks for your help, Deputy.
What are you doing here?
- I'm selling candies for charity.
- Not in here, you're not.
Yes, sir.
[Isabel]
Are you insane?
[Isabel]
Are you insane?
I didn't just wander in, all right?
I had a cover story.
- And what was your cover story?
- I was selling candies for charity.
Peanut cluster?
- And they bought it?
- No, they all seemed to be on a diet.
Not the candy, Einstein.
The story.
Yeah, they bought the story.
Why are you wearing that?
Because, Michael, I have a date
with a guy that I like.
In fact, I like my whole life here.
In fact, I have a date next Friday
that I'm hoping I won't have to miss
because I'm running from the law.
You two, the point is this.
That file has got to be
in Valenti's office.
All right,
he leaves for the day at 7:30.
There's no one else in the entire wing
of the sheriff s station.
We go in, we find the file
we get the info,
we put the file back
So how do we break in, hypothetically?
The window.
It's got a lock on it.
It's nothing you can't handle.
Alarm system?
Hypothetically.
Piece of cake.
Even I could deactivate it.
Max, don't humor him, okay?
I can't believe
you're even considering this.
I just wanna know
how feasible the plan is.
Which it's not feasible.
- It's not feasible, Michael.
- This is what we've been waiting for
our entire lives.
I mean, this is the first time
we've ever had any clue
that might tell us who we are.
- We don't have a choice.
- [Philip] Hey.
!
[Diane]
Anybody here?
And with government agents after us,
we oughta get our *** in gear.
- Agents?
- What are you talking about?
- Talk to Liz.
- [Philip] Anybody hungry?
- Hey, guys, we got pizza.
Hi, honey.
- Hey.
You look pretty.
Michael.
Hi.
Hey, I was just leaving.
- We got plenty of pizza.
- My dad's cooking.
- Thanks, though.
- Well, I'm starved.
Come on, guys.
Plates, napkins.
Let's eat.
So we know that the sum of
"A," "B," and "C" equals 360 degrees.
- [Whispering] What's she talking about?
- Miss Parker?
I'm sorry?
It's a triangle.
You know, the sum of the parts
would be 180 degrees.
[Chuckling]
Right.
Right, of course.
Equals 180 degrees.
- But she pulled other students' records?
- Well, yeah.
But the point is
is she pulled Michael's.
- Well, how many others were there?
- I don't know.
- Maybe 10.
- Well, 10's a lot.
Okay, it might have only been five.
I'm not sure how many there were.
You can't just show up at Michael's
and get him riled up like that.
You don't know him.
He's not big into
"Let's go over our options.
"
He acts on things.
Look, I'm sorry.
I just thought
that Michael was in danger
and that I'd better tell him.
In danger of what?
I don't know.
I have no idea.
Look, I am just saying that
if there is a spy among us
don't you think it behooves us
to do something about it?
- Spy?
- Well, yeah.
- Liz, listen
- No, Max, that sort of thing exists, doesn't it?
There's, like, special branches
of the government.
Alien hunters, you know,
that sort of thing.
So you think Miss Topolsky
is an alien hunter?
When you say it like that,
it sounds ridiculous.
Liz
thank you, you know,
for looking out for us.
But we have to go on with life
as it was before this happened.
And we have to be careful now.
All of us.
You too.
[Maria]
The eraser room? Huh.
Liz, do you know what
the second floor eraser room means?
Of course I know what it means.
What does it mean?
It's where Greg Coleman
gave Marlene Garcia that hickey
the size of a softball.
It's where Richie Ruehl and Amanda Lourdes
consummated everything.
Okay, Maria, you know what? You're just
making this into something that it's not.
Liz, I don't think
you should do this, okay?
I mean, we don't know
what can happen.
I mean
the guy touched you,
and you saw into his soul.
How do we know what happens
if he kisses you?
How do we know what it is to be
kissed by a Czechoslovakian? You don't.
Okay, Maria, no one
is kissing anyone here.
I mean, Max isn't even
the least bit interested in me.
He said that things were just
like they used to be before.
Nothing's changed.
He said that.
Oh, my God.
It's not just kissing
that goes on in the eraser room, Liz.
She's got that right.
All right, the eraser room
does two things
cleans erasers
and takes our innocence.
Do you know what I mean by
"takes our innocence," Liz?
The eraser room
has taken some of the best of us.
[Knock At Door]
- Afternoon, Sheriff.
- Agent Stevens.
What, you don't write,
you don't call.
L-I'm sorry about kicking Junior
out of here the other day
but he had no jurisdiction.
- No offense.
- None taken.
So
what'd you guys find
on that waitress uniform?
Well, several things actually, Sheriff.
Tomatoes, salt, water,
sugar, vinegar.
Ketchup, Sheriff.
No blood.
We've wasted enough taxpayer dollars
on trying to find something
that isn't out there.
No spaceship landed here in 1947.
No aliens are currently residing
in Roswell, New Mexico.
I've been given the authority by
the governor to search the premises
and remove any information
pertaining to U.
F.
O.
S
alien sightings, and other alleged
paranormal occurrences in this county.
This thing is over, Sheriff.
Let's get on with it, guys.
You found blood on the dress.
I mean, why else would you
care enough to remove my files?
Wouldn't that be a waste
of taxpayer dollars?
It's locked.
This won't take long.
Thank you, Sheriff.
Make yourselves at home.
I'm goin' to lunch.
So, um, this is the eraser room.
I've never been here before.
I just thought we should
be somewhere private.
Right.
You were right
about Topolsky.
She isn't who she appears to be.
Oh.
She's been using this office
so I thought we should
find out why she's here.
Yeah.
She has off
sixth and seventh periods, so
we might be here a while.
[Car Alarm Chirps]
Okay, I'm still confused.
If you crash-landed in 1947,
are you really 16
or are you, like,
Or do you guys just age differently?
I mean, is, like, one alien year
equal to three human years?
You've thought about this
a lot, haven't you?
Kind of.
Well, we know we came
out of the pods in 1989.
We just don't know
how long we were there.
When we came out,
we looked like six year olds.
So were you, like, green?
- Green?
- Before you took human form
were you three feet tall
and green and slimy?
You know, I'm very sorry about
asking you that.
It's Maria's question.
Um, no.
We just always looked like this.
Except for the, uh, third eye.
Right.
Kidding.
Yeah.
I knew you were kidding.
You're such a jerk.
[Cart Approaching]
So you really have
no idea where you're from
like, what planet, or who your people are
besides Michael and Isabel?
No idea.
Well, that must be
kind of freeing in a way.
Freeing?
Um, well, just with me.
You know,
my parents own the Crashdown
so everyone in town knows who I am.
If I so much as get a haircut
everyone seems to notice
and they have to
give me their opinion on it.
It kind of makes life claustrophobic.
It's like, you know, how am I ever
supposed to become
whoever it is that I'm gonna become
while everyone's looking?
You know?
Sometimes I wish
I could just be invisible.
Sometimes I wish I didn't
have to be so invisible.
[Door Opens]
[Topolsky]
Okay.
I've looked through all of them,
and this is where I wanna get started.
Michael Guerin.
Have you interviewed him yet?
[Topolsky] He hasn't set foot
in school since I've been here.
But if Muhammad
doesn't come to the mountain
- You want me to go talk to him?
- No, I'll do it.
Just check and make sure
the address is correct.
You got it.
[Door Opens, Closes]
- Five minutes.
- Right.
- Something's up.
- They're taking things out of the sheriff s office.
- What?
- Some guy in a suit, so we gotta get in there.
It's now or never, Max.
You know, I'd steer you
to this side of the menu.
Oh, excuse me.
Where have you been?
- I need you to cover for me.
- When?
- Tonight.
- Oh, no.
It's a zoo.
Excuse me? I've been waiting
for my Hot Fudge Blastoff
- for, like, 20 minutes.
- Yeah, like he needs 80 grams of fat.
Okay, so one trip to the eraser room,
and you're, like, above working?
Go get your uniform on, Madonna.
The masses are demanding
alien-themed greasy food
and, by God, it is our job
to serve it to them.
Look, Maria, this is really important.
I promise I will tell you everything later.
You're the best,
but right now I've gotta go.
Okay, I want some answers, all right?
'Cause first of all
there are rumors going around that
last week you were shot here in the cafe.
And then at the Crash Festival, you were seemingly
run over by a car, but then you weren't.
And every time I walk up to you two,
you go silent
or you make up some ridiculous story
about Czechoslovakia
which is a country that
has not existed for 10 years.
So I want the truth,
and I want it now.
Alex, the reason that
we keep on changing the subject
- is
- Cramps.
- We have cramps, Alex.
- Yeah.
And we didn't even want
to talk about it in front of you
because we thought that it would just
make you feel really uncomfortable.
- But if you really want to know, we can tell you.
- In really excruciating detail.
No! I'm eating.
Thank you.
- It's important to me too.
- All you wanna do is protect
what you got here in Roswell.
- That's right, I do.
- Did you ever think about
what it's like here for me, Max?
Of course I have.
Look, the woman who pulled your records,
she's on the way to your place.
- What?
- Just stay away from there tonight.
Isabel is waiting
for you at our house.
- Just go there and wait.
- Wait for her to come find me?
Don't do anything stupid.
Let's go.
- [Engine Starts]
- Liz?
So how did you end up
where you ended up
and, um,
Michael ended up here?
It's a long story.
Is his foster father always, uh, so
Tough? Yeah.
- [Object Clatters]
- My ring!
Oh, my God!
Liz, get get up.
Liz
Sorry to bother you.
I'm looking for Michael.
- Liz!
- Kyle!
- Hey, Max.
What's goin' on?
- Hey, Kyle.
- [Whispering] Nothing.
- Why are you whispering?
We're just, uh, waiting for Michael.
- We're gonna go, um
- Bowl.
- Why are you whispering?
- We're going bowling.
- Liz, what were you doing down there?
- I dropped my ring.
- Why are you whispering?
- I'm gonna give you my number.
- Mm-hmm.
- And could you have Michael call me?
- Bowling?
- Yes.
- What? What?
- Max.
[Kyle]
What are you doing?
Maybe when this all blows over
you and I could
get lunch or something.
- Lunch?
- Yeah, if you want.
So, like, in the caf?
- Sure.
- Okay, great.
It's a date.
No!
It's not a date.
It's a lunch.
Lunch.
Right.
I better get home.
Yeah, yeah, me too.
Good night, Liz.
Good night.
#[Rock Ballad]
#[Ends]
Michael's AWOL.
You know the guy doesn't know
how to control his powers.
I know.
Okay, you get Michael out of there.
I'll keep Valenti out of his office
as long as I can.
- [Car Door Closes]
- Right.
- Forget somethin'?
- Papers.
Sheriff?
I'm so glad someone's here.
I have a flat tire
and I am so not mechanical.
Sheriff?
You're off duty, Sheriff.
I'd be happy to help the young lady out.
It's okay, Deputy.
I got it.
Michael, let's go, now.
Valenti's back.
Let's go.
! Michael.
!
Wait here.
Let's go.
Let's go.
One, two
three.
Told you it was no big deal.
There you go.
You're all set, Miss Evans.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
- Isabel, right?
- Yeah.
- [Starts Engine]
- You're out past curfew.
Well, I had a flat tire.
Right.
Where's Max tonight?
Oh, I have no idea.
I'm just his sister, not his keeper.
Thanks again.
Nothing.
- [Gasps]
- What'd you see?
Ricky Martin in the shower.
Hey.
Sorry about before.
Maybe I don't really know
what it's like for you.
The thing I've realized is
The fact that my life basically sucks
is a good thing.
It's easier.
We always have to be able to leave,
pack a suitcase, go somewhere else.
Maybe 10 years from now,
maybe a week from now.
Maybe tomorrow.
So my advice:
Don't get in too deep, Maximilian.
It only makes us weaker.
Miss Parker?
I have some questions for you
about Michael Guerin.
Your friend Michael
is in serious trouble.
I'm not a substitute teacher.
I saw you at
Michael's house last night.
- I'm the new guidance counselor.
- Guidance counselor.
And Michael is a boy who's in serious danger
of being expelled from this school.
If you're really a friend,
you'll talk to him
and you'll have him come in
and meet with me soon.
Are you with me, Miss Parker?
- I'll tell him.
- Thank you.
[Liz Narrating] Since I found out
about Max and Michael and Isabel
I've been thinking
a lot about secrets.
That for everyone
who has a secret
there's someone else who needs
to know what that secret is
How sometimes secrets keep people
from feeling like they belong.
And sometimes, secrets make you feel
like you do belong.
And now, even I, Liz Parker
the smallest of small-town girls
with the simplest oflives
even I have something to hide.