Roswell (1999–2002): Season 1, Episode 6 - 285 South - full transcript

There's a bullet hole
in the dress.

I'm telling you.
The girl was shot.

Thank you, Sheriff.
Your work is done. We'll take it from here.

Oh, the sheriff is Kyle's dad.
He's gonna find out the truth.

Kyle, I really don't think that
we should be together anymore.

What do you make
of that mark?

So with this picture,
what we're saying is there's more of us?

One more.

Michael,
it's your vision.

[Rattling, Scraping]

Sorry, buddy.



[Machine Whirring]

[Whirring]

- [Beeping]
- What?

Who's there? Hey!

What do you want,
you two-bit punk?

Nothing. This is all just a mistake.

Huh?

It was all just
one big mistake.

- [Cocks]
- You're right about that.

#[Rock]

#[Continues]

#[Ends]

- [Man] Everybody has their secrets.
- [Chalk Scraping]

There isn't a person alive today
who's what they appear to be.



Exposing these secrets
is thejob of the...

- [Chalk Scraping]
- Historian.

Even the most normal of us...

has extraordinary qualities
just waiting to be uncovered.

[Liz Narrating]
Listening to Mr. Sommers...

I realized how strange it must be
for Max, Isabel, and Michael...

not to even know
their own history.

And how scary it would be if anyone
discovered it before they did.

For tonight's assignment,
I've paired you together.

It is yourjob as...

historians...

to find out as much as you can about your
partner by asking these specific questions...

and then writing up an oral
history report for tomorrow.

Uh, excuse me, but these are kinda personal,
don't you think?

Exactly. Personal is the goal
of the professional biographer.

And who knows?
You just might make a new friend.

Okay, so the partners
are as follows...

Daskal with Hausman.

Kalinowski with Unell.
Parker with Evans.

That's I. Evans.

M. Evans is with...

Valenti.

Papas with Cooney.
DeLuca with... Guerin.

- Wait, did you just say Guerin?
- Yes, Michael Guerin.

No, no, I'm sorry.
That's unacceptable.

- I beg your pardon?
- I mean, the guy's not even here.

Well, then it'll be
like true fieldwork...

tracking down
your subject.

Trussell with Wolf.

I mean, this is like
cruel and unusual education.

I mean, aren't there, like, Geneva convention
rules against this sort of thing?

Could this possibly
get any worse?

All right, so let's meet
at the Crashdown after school today...

get started on some
of these questions.

Get to know
each other a little.

I can't believe this. He has been
acting so weird since we broke up.

- It'll be fine.
- [Woman] Max Evans?

Phone call in the office.

[Sommers]
Thanks again for your suggestion.

These... These questions
are so insightful.

Mm. My pleasure, Steve.

As you know, I did my graduate thesis on
the importance of oral history in psychology.

So, did you pair up the students
the way I suggested?

Oh, yes, yes.
It should prove quite interesting.

Sometimes you end up with
the most revealing details...

just by putting
the right people together.

- [Chattering]
- [Phone Ringing]

Evans! Oh, thank God you're here.

You okay?
I mean, you look...

Shaken. Yes.
Shaken by the entire incident.

I feel so violated.

[Blackwood]
Max Evans?

The suspect claims that he invaded
the premises at your behest.

Please.! He's a hoodlum.
Max doesn't know people like that.

- Well, actually...
- Evans...

Say it isn't so.

I lent him my keys so he could pick up
some research we needed for class.

I lost them. The keys.
So I snuck in.

- I'm shocked.
- He wasn't trying to steal anything.

I was trying
to do him a favor.

I'd appreciate it
if you didn't press charges.

If there were
any damages...

I'd be happy
to work them off.

Well, uh...

I suppose we could
work something out.

If nobody's gonna press any charges,
you're free to go.

Pick up your stuff
at the desk.

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

Don't do me
any more favors.

Your copies, sir.

[Michael] This is it.
The thing from my dreams.

Can we get back to the part
where you got arrested, please?

Look, it's over, okay?
Max fixed it.

No, it's not over.

- This is getting serious.
- I know.

Marathon, Texas.

That's where this place is.
That's where the lock is that the key fits.

- I'm going there.
- Have you completely lost it?

No, I've found it. And you guys
are too scared to admit it.

Gimme the keys to theJeep.
I want to go to Marathon.

Let's just wait until we can find out
more about this place.

Max, I'm connected
to this thing, all right?

I see it when I close my eyes.
I dream about it when I go to sleep.

And it's not letting me wait,
no matter what you guys say.

He won't get far
without a car.

Hey, wait. Uh, what's
your favorite ice cream flavor?

We have to do this completely queer
history project for tomorrow.

- I'm busy.
- [Sigh] Wait.

Will you just answer
these questions, okay?

Uh, um, who's your
favorite relative?

- Get lost, all right? I gotta...
- What? You've gotta what? What?

You driving somewhere?

Yeah, to the Lift-Off gas station
to drop off a box for my mom.

- The one near the highway?
- Yeah. So?

So, give me a ride and I'll answer
your stupid questions.

Okay.

All right, number four.
"What's your favorite TV show?"

I don't watch
much television. You?

America's Most Wanted.

I watch it with my dad.

All right. All right.
Let's get to the good ones.

Ooh, uh, "What's the best thing
that's ever happened to you?"

Getting adopted,
I guess.

I'm gonna shed a tear.

What's the best thing
that ever happened to you?

Winning the statewide junior
rifle competition.

Your favorite flavor's vanilla?

Why don't you just bring them
some ketchup or something?

Just bringing
you guys ketchup.

So, how's it going?

- Great.
- Yeah, we're really getting to know each other.

That's good.

I'm glad you came over too,
'cause I was hoping...

that we could skip on down
to question number eight.

"Have you ever been in love?"

[Laughs]
Hmm?

How 'bout it, Evans?

No.

You can't just
make up answers.

- Who said I'm making 'em up?
- You do not watch The View.

Keeps me in touch
with my feminine side.

Fine. You know what? I will just
make up the answers for you.

- Good.
- Help me with the box.

[Exhales]
Bad back.

[Scoffs]

- C.O.D. That's 126 bucks.
- All right.

- Cash would be preferable.
- Okay.

Hundred.

[Engine Starts]

He's
stealing my car.

You're stealing my car.

I'm borrowing your car.
Now get out.

You're telling me to get out?
This is my car.

Actually, it's my mother's. If anything
happens to it, life as I know it will be over.

Wherever it goes, I go.

Fine.
You had your chance.

Oh, my God.
You're kidnapping me.

No, wait,
you're abducting me.!

[Ringing]

- Hello.
- [Maria] Well, here we are.

- Maria, is that you?
- It feels kind of strange, you know?

Being alone
in a car with you.

- In a car alone with who?
- Not knowing where we're going...

when we'll be back.

- Do you always talk this much?
- Was that Michael?

Liz says I talk a lot
when I'm nervous.

Very nervous.

You're nervous about being
in a car alone with Michael?

So, how far
will we be going...

south on 285, huh?

- South on 285?
- What are you...

Great.

Maria? Maria...

What's going on?

That was Maria.
She's with Michael in a car.

I don't know.
She sounded really weird.

Isabel.!

Come on.
We have to go.

But things
are going so well.

What is it?

He found a car.

What is going on here?

The less you know
right now, the better.

- Max, no. Not when Maria's involved.
- Maria?

It would be her car with her in it.
Going south on 285.

We better hurry. Wait.
No, you can't come.

Trouble in paradise?
So soon?

Get in.

I'm outside
the Crashdown.

Parker and the two Evans kids
just left... in a hurry.

- Let's find out where they're going.
- Yes, ma'am.

Well, yeah,
it's a really big test.

So, look, if I spend the night at Maria's...

then I can get
maximum study time in.

Okay.

And, Mom, if you need me,
just call me on the cell, okay?

Bye.

The perfect Liz Parker
lying to her mother?

Yeah, well, at least
she knows what species I am.

Let's just find them
and bring them back home.

What are you guys
not telling me about this?

Michael is the kind of guy that could
be involved in some pretty shady stuff.

You guys know exactly
where they're going, don't you?

Marathon, Texas?
That's, like, in another state.

It's only
three more hours.

- You... You are going to be arrested.
- For driving to Texas?

Across a state line with a minor.
In a stolen vehicle.

There are laws, you know.
And that-that cell phone you just tossed...

vandalism
of personal property.

God, I just... I knew you
had criminal tendencies.

You even
drive erratically.

What's exactly wrong
with my driving?

I told you not to go over 80.
The engine won't take it.

- Maybe it's just tired of hearing you talk.
- Oh! So what?

What's in Marathon? Contraband?
Some woman? What?

You wouldn't
understand.

You don't understand
anything about us.

Listen, I already know
more than I want to, okay?

See, it's all
about you, isn't it?

This could be
the most important day of my life...

- and all you care about...
- [Siren Whirring]

Are you happy now?
Go ahead.

Tell 'em I kidnapped you,
and I stole your car.

What's one more arrest
on my record, huh?

- [Horn Honks]
- Damn it!

- What do you mean,
this could be the most important day?
- Forget it.

You have 20 seconds
to convince me.

See this place? It's the first real connection
we've had to finding out where we come from.

And it's in Marathon, Texas.
If I don't get there...

or if somebody else
gets there first...

the only link we've
ever found will be gone.

Ninety-four.

Where you going
in such a hurry, son?

I've really gotta pee.

See, l-I have this, like, really weak
bladder condition, and I drank a Big Gulp...

at the last station, and it had caffeine
so it makes me have to go even more.

So he was just driving really fast so we
could get to the next station so I could pee.

Could I see
your license, please?

Of course, Officer.

[Pen Scraping]

There's a drive-through about three miles up.
Nice, clean restrooms.

And watch your speed.

You owe me big.

[Kyle] Great. Thank you, Mrs. DeLuca.
I'll try her at Liz's then.

- [Whistles]
- [Sighs]

Hey. Um, when did
you get home?

I don't know.
A couple phone calls ago.

The Evanses, the Parkers
and the DeLucas.

Is this about Liz again?

Dad...
[Chuckles]

Anything you
want to talk about?

It's just Max Evans...
again.

- What about him?
- I don't know.

He must've done something
to get you so riled up.

It's just the way Liz is
when she's with him.

There's always
something weird going on.

Like... Like today
at the Crashdown.

Max and Isabel leave in some big hurry
and they take Liz with 'em.

Like, right in the middle
of our conversation theyjust drove off.

They're not home. They lied to their parents.
It's just weird, you know?

You have any idea
where they went?

No.

Yeah, well,
I'm sure they'll turn up.

I thought
you just got home.

Yeah, I forgot something
at the office.

Dad, what do you know
about Max Evans?

- Kyle, stay out of this.
- What do you know, Dad?

I'll talk to you later.

- [Liquid Pouring]
- [Chattering]

- Isabel?
- What?

[Sighs]

- Sorry.
- That's great.

I was just
trying to be nice.

Well, don't, okay?

No wonder you always
look so perfect.

You think so?

Please. You're like the Elle Macpherson
of the sophomore class.

Well, I guess that answers
question number 12.

"Who do you envy?"

What about you?
Who do you envy?

No one.

Isabel, I'm...

I'm not trying to take him
away from you.

I mean...

I could never
even do that.

I know.

But what if you guys
found something in Marathon?

Would you take him
away from me?

Thank you.

[Man] Hey, buddy,
I need to make a call here.

I told you. Hang up the phone
if you ain't gonna talk.

You think we got
all day here?

[Air Hissing]

[Air Hissing]

[Maria]
Did you pull on the choke-y thing?

[Michael]
Yes, I did pull on the choke-y thing.

[Engine Knocking]

[Coughing]
Will you just do something? Go!

- Don't tempt me.
- Come on.

Wiggle your nose. Blink your eyes.
Do the Samantha-Jeannie-alien thing. Come on.

- I can't.
- Why not? Come on!

If there was ever a time to have
secret powers, now's the time.

- They're not secret powers.
- I don't care what you call 'em!

Just use them
and get us out of here!

- I'm not that good at it, all right!
- Figures!

- [Clicks]
- Your car sucks!

And so do you.

You can't even
open the hood.

[Chuckles]

Now that I'm humiliated
and the battery's fried...

I'm gonna take
the backseat.

Wait a minute. Okay.

You kidnap me,
and you blew up my car...

and you expect me to spend
the night in here with you?

Not exactly
my fantasy evening either.

[Scoffs]

Don't touch that.
It is sensitive!

- Can you shut up?
- [Hissing]

- Oh, that's nice.
- What? What? My mother makes them. What?

Where you going?
Where are you going?

See that motel
over there?

I'm going
to get some sleep.

No, Michael. Wait!

#[Techno]

It's getting so late. You know,
maybe we should just call our parents.

- No.
- They could help find them.

I hate to say this,
but maybe she's right.

I never liked Michael going into this place
without us checking it out first.

No. Nobody can know
about this.

Max, I'm really worried
about Maria.

I'm worried about Michael, and all
you care about is what's inside that dome.

- I didn't say that.
- You didn't have to!

Isabel, we're close
to something.

- We can't just...
- [Phone Ringing]

- Don't answer that.
- What if it's my mother?

[Ringing Continues]

- Hello?
- Liz. Hi.

Hi.
[Mouths Words]

So, I talked to your mom.
She said that you were at Maria's.

Um, yeah, that's
exactly where I am.

[Honks Horn]

Was that a truck?

Um, uh, no. No.

That-That was just,
um, the television.

So, uh, what
do you want, Kyle?

I took your history book by mistake
after you left the Crashdown today.

I thought I'd swing by Maria's
and drop it off.

Oh, no! You know, you don't
even need to go to the trouble.

Uh, you could just...
You could give it to me at school tomorrow.

- Are you sure? 'Cause I'm very close.
- Yeah. Uh, I'm positive.

I'll see you at school
tomorrow, Kyle.

Maybe even sooner.

Valenti] That's right. Ajeep registered to
Philip and Diane Evans, Roswell, New Mexico.

Three passengers, all minors.

[Man On Radio] Computer shows
nothing coming up on Evans...

although I do have a speeding citation
on another minor from Roswell.

Guerin, Michael.
Car registered to an Amy DeLuca.

- Mean anything to you?
- Where were they stopped?

Heading south on 285.

- Thanks, Highway. You've been a big help.
- 10-4, Roswell.

It's like the porno version
of Aladdin.

[Door Closes]

At least it's warm.

I don't even want to think about
what I could catch in here.

You know, if you stop
being such a princess about things...

Princess? No, no.

I think I've been a pretty good sport
up until now...

but I am cold, and I am hungry,
and I am in some nooky motel...

with a guy l-I barely
even know, and l...

And I just... I really want
to go home right now.

[Mouths Words]

Why don't you stay here?

I saw some
vending machines outside.

I'll go see
what they have.

Lock the door.

This is DonnyJenkins at KZTX 97
with a special report.

This is DonnyJenkins at KZTX 97
with a special report.

Anyone planning on heading
past Pecos on 285 south...

your plans
havejust changed.

We got an 18-wheelerjackknifed
just past Crown Gulch.

All traffic is stopped.

Highway patrol estimates
the road will be blocked off...

for at least 2 hours, but stay tuned to KZTX 97
for updates throughout the evening.

Now back to
your hit radio, KZT...

That's great. They probably already made
it through. Now what are we supposed to do?

We'll just get some rest
and keep going when it's open.

Wait. You mean sl...
sleep in theJeep?

Out here together?

So, you get hungry
just like the rest of us?

Yeah. Of course I get hungry.

What, uh...

What other human urges
do you feel?

- Not if you're the last woman on Earth.
- Ditto.

And so you'll know...

I am not gonna be getting
an "F" on this assignment...

so you better start
answering some questions.

Right now, pally,
and I mean for real.

So, "favorite ice cream flavor"?

Pistachio.

[Sighs] Pistachio.
"Favorite TV show"?

Win Ben Stein's Money.

- Uh, "favorite book"?
- James Joyce, Ulysses.

You have not read Ulysses.

"What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes
of the ones who passed it off as a jest...

"pretending to understand
everything and in reality...

not knowing
their own minds."

Page 655.

Told you you wouldn't
understand. Next question.

All right, if you're so smart, then how come
you fail every class in school?

- What number is that?
- It's my own personal question, okay?

I don't answer
personal questions, okay?

All right, fine. Then maybe it's the answer
to number 16, "What are you afraid of?"

I hate this.
This is stupid.

All right, how about
just one personal question?

You know, since I didn't
turn you in back there.

Why is it so important to you
to find out where you come from?

Because there's gotta be something better
out there for me than Roswell, New Mexico.

[Chuckles]

- You think that's funny.
- No, no.

It's just, um...
[Sighs]

When I was a kid, I used to stay up at night
and, um, make up stories about my father.

You know,
and who he was and...

what he was doing.

And they all ended
exactly the same way.

He would come in a limo
and pick me and my mom up...

and take us off to some exotic place
where we'd live like royalty.

[Chuckles]

Because, you know,
I thought to myself...

"There's gotta be something better out there
for me than Roswell, New Mexico."

Substitute a spaceship for a limo,
and you know what I mean.

Yeah.

I'm, uh...
I'm getting kind of tired.

- Yeah. It's been a long day, huh?
- Yeah.

I don't suppose
we could share.

Not if you were
the last alien on Earth.

[Police Radio Chatter]

Liz, I'm sorry.

Yeah. We're gonna
get through somehow.

I don't mean
about the roadblock.

I mean about
everything.

For Michael
taking Maria.

For Isabel being so...

Isabel.

We're not all the same,
you know.

Yeah, I've known that
for a really long time.

I'm sorry too, Max.
You know, for Kyle and...

how my stupid, boring life could possibly
get you guys into trouble.

First of all,
nothing about you is stupid.

And secondly...

it feels like...

my life didn't even start
until I told you the truth that day.

Yeah. I know
what you mean.

- Max...
- Yeah?

Um...

I know that we agreed,
you know, not...

not to feel a certain way
about each other.

Yeah.

Do you still think
that's a good idea?

Just wanted
to keep you warm.

This place in Marathon, all those answers
that you're looking for, um...

They're just as important to you
as they are to Michael, aren't they?

So the roadblock
will be lifted in an hour.

It might be too late.

[Isabel]
In more ways than one.

We'll just knock.

Go right ahead.

[Maria Grunts]

[Liz]
Maria.

- What are you guys doing here?
- Um...

Well, we thought
you were in trouble, but...

Yeah. I guess
we're wrong.

No. You don't think... I mean,
that is, like, so unreal! I mean...

- Would you tell them?
- Come on, honey. We don't have to lie.

[Gasps]
You...

I believe you. The day Michael
calls anybody "honey," it's all over.

So I guess you're here
to be supportive as usual?

No. I'm here to clean up
your mess as usual.

Michael,
what were you thinking?

I was thinking I can't wait around
for the two of you anymore.

You like Roswell,
and you like your family...

and you like
your make-believe life.

That's great, Maxwell.
Keep pretending.

But don't think
it's gonna last.

Because one of these days,
they're gonna find out about us...

- and when they do, everybody in this r...
- [Door Squeaks]

Kyle.

Everyone in this room
is what?

Get out.

Why don't you go ahead
and finish what you were saying?

Or are you afraid that I'll find out
what your little secret is?

Are you afraid that I might find out
what the hell you guys are doing out here...

in the middle of nowhere,
in the middle of the night?

I said get out.

Michael, don't.

Who the hell
are you guys?

What's going on here?
And what are you doing here?

I'm gonna get you
out of here.

- Come on.
- Leave her alone.

- Just... Just stop it, both of you, okay?
- Get off of me!

This has gotten
so out of control!

I am not your girlfriend
anymore, Kyle.

Liz, I don't know what's going on here,
and I don't care.

I just want you
to come back with me.

You don't
belong here, Kyle.

This is none
of your business.

[Scoffs]

I don't know what
I ever saw in you.

[Door Closes]

- I'll take you guys home.
- No!

No more secrets
from us!

Maria and I, we are
a part of this now.

- [Engine Starts]
- If we don't know everything...

how are we supposed
to protect ourselves?

Or how are we
supposed to help you?

We don't need
any help!

Right. Next time, steal someone else's car
and try getting away with it.

What do you
want to know?

Everything.

That'll make you
accomplices.

Go ahead.

A few weeks ago, Michael and I
broke into Sheriff Valenti's office...

trying to find that picture
you saw from 1959.

The dead body
with the handprint.

It's the only proof we've ever had
that there's other aliens besides us.

It's the only proof we've ever had
that there's other aliens besides us.

We found a key.

When Michael touched it,
he had a vision.

- Of this dome.
- The one in Marathon.

So you guys think that this key
is gonna unlock the dome and then...

And then you guys are
gonna find something there...

something that's gonna help you guys
figure out where you actually come from?

Yes.

Then what are
we waiting for?

It's just like
you drew it, Michael.

I told you
it was something.

[Bird Screeches]

[Door Rattling]

[Clicks]

We've come this far.

Maybe it unlocks
something inside.

Somebody was definitely
looking for something here.

Whatever it was, they probably
found it a long time ago.

Try holding
the key again.

Nothing.

Try it again.

- There's something here. A room.
- Where?

I don't know.
It's hidden.

Max. Isabel.

The key, Michael.

[Footsteps Approaching]

Jackpot, Maximilian.

- [Creaking]
- Oh, my God!