Roswell (1999–2002): Season 1, Episode 9 - Heat Wave - full transcript

You know how we agreed not to feel
a certain way about each other?

Do you still think
that's a good idea?

- You're avoiding me.
- If it's gonna shut you up, I am avoiding you.

Alex, I need you to do me a huge favor.
I need your blood.

Has he ever said anything to you
about this at all?

- I know everything.
- You told Topolsky?

[Door Opens]

I can't tell you
what you want to know.

Either you
tell me the truth...

or I walk.

#[Man Singing]



#[Rock]

#[Continues]

#[Ends]

[Man On Radio] It's 7:36,
and it's another white hot day...

- in this bizarre December heat wave.
- [Shower Running]

We're already pushing 90
at the silos and, at this rate...

[Liz Narrating]
It's December 2nd.

I'm Liz Parker, and this heat wave
has made everyone crazy.

Heat expands, melts things...

makes things boil,
sets things on fire.

And seeing the effect
of this heat all around me...

just pointed out,
in this really blatant way...

how my life wasn't expanding.

That I was stuck.



#[Man Singing]

Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.

This is so
uncharacteristic.

- Liz.
- Hi, Kyle.

Hi. You know
Vicky Delaney.

Oh, sure, um...
Hi, Vicky. How's it going?

Really good, actually.
Um...

Hey, Kyle and I are going to
this thing on Friday night.

- You should come.
- No, that's not Liz's kind of...

- A party?
- It's at the old soap factory.
It should be pretty wild.

- Is that even legal?
- See? I told you it wasn't your kind of thing.

You know, um, a party on Friday
really sounds great.

Um, so maybe I'll
just see you two there.

See? I told you
she'd be cool.

Later.

Right.

So you and
Ms. Topolsky...

Went over my schedule
for next semester.

Nothing seemed odd
about her behavior that day?

No, sir.

Hi. I've been looking
for you all over.

I just saw Valenti
talking to Alex.

- They were in the principal's office.
- What did Alex say to him?

I haven't been able
to find him yet.

Not that he'll really
talk to me once I do.

- Liz, I'm sorry.
- It's okay.

It's not your fault.
I'm just a little bit worried right now.

He won't talk to Maria or me. I've
never even seen him like this before.

Oh, but there is
one piece of good news.

- Kyle started seeing someone. Vicky Delaney.
- Oh.

Maybe she's gonna take his mind off
all of his suspicions.

- Right.
- Right.

Oh, and apparently
it's gotten really serious...

because they're going to this party
together on Friday night.

You know,
at the old soap factory.

Right.

It's kinda funny, isn't it?

You know, how people have started
pairing up and moving forward.

Um...

Have you noticed anything strange
about Michael lately?

- What do you mean?
- Maybe just the way he acts around Maria.

Have you observed any differences
in his behavior at all?

Are you saying there's something going
on between Michael and Maria?

No, I'm not.
I'm not saying that.

- Would it be bad if there were?
- Yes.

I mean, I don't know.

Okay, I need to speak to someone
with some kind of authority.

'Cause this is unacceptable.
I demand to know what's going on here.

Not tomorrow,
not the next day, right now.

- I'll see what I can do.
- [Sighs]

Oh, geez.

- Amy DeLuca.
- Hello, Sheriff.

- You stayin' out of the slammer?
- Oh, very amusing.

- What are you doing here?
- This Topolsky woman calls me up...

leaves me this cryptic message that I need
to come in here and discuss Maria's future.

And then when I get here,
they tell me she's...

Well, the word they used
is "disappeared."

You know, I carved time
out of my hectic schedule to meet her.

You know, being
a single parent myself...

I know how difficult
that can be.

Really? Well...

It looks like we finally
have something in common.

Will wonders never cease?

[Clears Throat]
Yeah. Right.

Alex.!

Alex, please wait.
Will you just give me a chance?

- What?
- Let's just try and talk.

What do you want from me? More blood?
A urine sample? How about my kidney?

- I just want you to be my friend again.
- No, you don't.

You just want
to protect Max Evans...

from whatever it is
you're protecting him from.

This has nothing to do
with our friendship.

- No, that's not true.
- You said that you were going to tell me...

what was going on,
and you didn't.

- I trusted you!
- Alex, I know.

So just tell me now then, all right?
Just tell me, and it'll be okay.

- I can't.
- [Sighs]

It's amazing.
You wanna know what?

A couple weeks ago
if someone were to ask me...

who I would trust with my life
other than my parents...

I would have said you
without skippin'a beat.

And now I feel like
I don't even know who you are.

Alex,
I want to tell you.

I do, but...
it's not my secret to tell.

Alex, I need to know
what you told Sheriff Valenti.

I wanna tell you, Liz...

but it's not
my secret to tell.

#[Woman Singing]

- What are you doing?
- Nothing.

Maria, it's 105 degrees outside,
and you're wearing a turtleneck.

So?

Here. Try this.

I saw you and Michael together
at the Crashdown the other night.

- Hey, Michael.
- Max.

- How's it goin'?
- Decent.

I was just wondering if we could talk
about something.

- Sure.
- Just in terms of you and Maria.

There isn't...

I mean, nothing's been going on
between you two, has there?

We werejust sucking face.

I am sure that you're saying
to yourself, "Just go for it," right?

Sure, you see everyone else
going for it.

Suddenly there is this heat wave,
and everybody is going for it.

I just figured,
go for it, you know?

I don't know
what I was thinking.

I just thought we had
guidelines about this.

We agreed to discuss before
we acted on any, you know, urges.

I hate to tell you this,
but when I have urges...

you're not exactly
the first person I think about.

Yeah, I realize that.
But the point is...

we can't let things
spin out of control.

I mean, sure,
it starts as a kiss...

It's more than that.

How much more?

I don't know, Max.

It feels so wrong,
but it feels so good.

It feels good?
What is going on here?

You know, you and Michael,
Kyle and Vicky...

Ms. Hardy and Mr. Krewlick.

The point is here, Maria...

is that I don't see
you and Michael together.

Do you two talk
or do you just like...

Of course we talk.

Shouldn't we, like,
talk or something?

About what?

I don't know. You kind of just pulled me
and dragged me in here.

Shouldn't we at least,
like, exchange pleasantries?

How you doin'?

Fine, and you?

So, did you hear
about this party...

Friday night at
the old soap factory?

I guess.

Are you gonna go?

I don't know.

- You don't know?
- Friday's, like, years from now.

So, um,
what are these guys?

Cocktail stirrers.
Take a gross. People love them.

- Mmm, okay.
- [Laughing]

[Amy]
And this one glows in the dark.

- Get out ofhere. Really?
- Yes. Sheriff.

Hi. I stopped by your shop.
They told me you were here.

- Oh. Nothing's wrong?
- No, nothing's wrong. It's...

- It's kind of personal.
- Oh.

Um, Amy...

listen,
about what happened.

It's just, uh...

I realize it was
a long time ago...

and I just want to make sure
that you know that...

I was just doin' my job.

Oh, yeah. Well, I appreciate
the sentiment, Sheriff...

but it did scar me
for life and all, so...

You were breaking the law.

You were stoppin' honest, hardworking
people from doing their job.

Those honest,
hardworking people...

were destroying
a 200-year-old piece...

of Native American
architecture...

raping our town
of its history.

Amy, the Native Americans wanted
that thing torn down more than anybody.

- That's not the point.
- Well, it is kind of the point...

There were more than 20
of us out there that day.

I was 18, naive, clueless.
Why did you pick on me?

'Cause you were cute.

Cute?

You were wearin'
cowboy boots...

and that little skirt.

Well, I had to arrest
somebody, so...

Well, I don't know
what to say.

I'm outraged.
I am now outraged.

You are looking at
an outraged woman.

Sorry.
It must be the heat.

I just, uh...
I just wanted to apologize.

It's good
to see you again, Amy.

[Chuckles]
Well...

Mom. What are
you doing here?

Oh, hi, Maria.
Um, you know Jim.

Jim?

So, uh, what about guys?
'Cause it kind of seems...

that you've got all these guys
in school interested in you.

Like, practically
every single one of them, but...

you kind of tend
to keep pretty platonic.

Have you been researching me
or something?

No, I haven't
been researching you.

I just... I don't know.
I was just kind of curious...

if there was a reason you don't
move forward with any of it.

If it's because of
the fact that...

Were you afraid?

I mean, to let someone in,
to let someone see who you really are?

Yeah, of course I am.

Well, multiply that
by about a million.

Yeah, right.

Open your hand.

At least we can do
cool stuff like that.

What's going on with
your little friend Alex?

- Yeah, he's pretty upset.
- You've known him forever.

- What's the bottom line? Is he gonna cave?
- I don't know.

I kind of wish I knew what
was going on inside of him.

- I'll look into it.
- What do you mean, you're gonna "look into it"?

Nothing. Forget it.

We'll take it
from here.

- #[Soft Rock]
- Hello, Alex.

Hello.

- Thank you for inviting me.
- My pleasure.

#[Woman Singing]

What do you
really think of me?

I think that underneath
that beautiful exterior...

is an even more
beautiful interior.

#[Continues]

But I have a feeling
not too many people...

get to see that interior,
do they?

No, they don't.

'Cause it's too scary
to show who you really are.

- You can show me.
- I can?

Yeah.

#[Continues]

- I can't believe you did that.
- Liz couldn't control the guy.

I needed to know
what was going on in there.

So what did you
find out?

I told you.
It was confusing.

- You were able to get in, right?
- Yeah, I got in there.

So, what happened?
What was he dreaming about?

Well, he's a complex
individual with...

a lot of complexities.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Why?

'Cause you look
a little flushed...

like you're blushing.

It's the heat,
all right?

Max, I went in there. I saw some things.
I'm not sure what they meant.

I'm walking around in somebody's
subconscious. It's not a hard science.

Is there something
you want to talk about?

Did something happen
in there?

Look, I can take care of
the Alex situation.

I saw what I needed to see,
which is that...

out of all the people involved,
I'm the one who can control him.

Just a little
old-fashioned charm.

- You sure?
- Yes, I'm sure.

- You have everything...
- Under control. Yes.

- Hey.
- Hey.

What's wrong?

Maria?

It has gotten complicated.

Suddenly, she wants to know
where I'm going after school.

She wants to have conversations.
She wants to talk about my feelings.

And now, she wants
to go to a party together.

- That thing at the old soap factory?
- Right.

Like suddenly,
the eraser room's not enough.

I can't let this become a public thing.
She should know that.

But all week long I've
had this weird feeling...

like I was gonna
hurt her or something.

That just being who I am
is gonna hurt her.

[Door Opens]

Hey.

Hey, what's up?

I'm just trying to get
these stupid slugs to mate.

[Sighs]
Come on! Won't you guys just do it?

Maybe one of'em's gay.

Max...

you know when you said before
that we couldn't be together?

That we were different?

I just sort of
accepted it, you know?

Because I thought that it was,
like, physically impossible...

that it...
that it couldn't be.

But when I saw
Maria with Michael...

the truth is that...

Yeah, I was hurt, Max.

Why is it okay for them,
but it's not okay for us?

Liz, I think that
what I'm afraid of...

isn't that we try this
and it works out really badly.

What I'm afraid of is we try it
and it works out really well.

I'm afraid of feeling everything
that I know I would feel...

because I know
it's not meant to be.

And somewhere down the line
we're gonna get hurt.

I can live with that.

I just couldn't bear
to hurt you.

But that's not
your decision, is it?

I guess not.

Hey, Liz.

How are you doin'
on your mating ritual?

I was doing just fine.

Hey, Alex.

Uh, hi.
[Chuckles]

- You look good today.
- I do?

Oh, thanks.

So, tonight, that party everyone's
talking about... you interested?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Tell me how it goes.

Interested in going.

Meet me there at 8:00.

#[Dance]

- Maria!
- Hey.

Hey, have you
seen Max anywhere?

- He was supposed to meet me here.
- Uh, no.

#[Continues]

I'll talk to you
later, okay?

- Oh, hey, Alex!
- Hey.

All right, Octavio.
Let's whip this party into shape.

- Isabel.
- Alex.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You look... You look great.
- You too.

- I like the way you look in red.
- I know you do.

So, listen,
just to clarify...

when... when you asked me
to come to this party tonight...

did you mean, like,
come with you?

Or was it more just, like,
letting me know that this party existed?

Because that would be amazing
in and of itself.

- L... I'm just curious.
- You wanna go someplace?

- Go... Go someplace?
- To talk.

Oh, talk.
Yeah, sure. Sure.

Oh-ho!

- Excellent!
- Uh...

Babe-o-rama.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Did you ever doJell-O shooters?
- No, thank you.

Go on, try one.
Maybe, uh, loosen you up.

Maybe later we could
check out the roof together.

She said,
"No, thank you."

Sorry, dude.
I didn't know she was taken.

I thought maybe
you changed your mind.

I've been waiting for this
for a long time.

You've been ignoring me
the whole night.

Look, I'm not some Pollyanna.
I don't think what we have is true love.

I don't know what we have.
I just...

I don't understand
why you have to avoid me.

It hurts, that's all.

Fine. Good-bye.

- I just don't really do this.
- Don't do what?

- Get intense like this.
- I'm not getting intense.

Yes, you are.

You got pretty intense
the other night at the Crashdown.

Sorry, I can't get this involved.

I'm alone, and that's
the way it's gotta be.

Maybe we should've
never started this.

I'm gonna go outside
and get some air.

You're a really,
really good guy, Alex.

Oh, thank you, Isabel.
Thank you.

No, really. Most guys
are just disgusting animals...

whose sole purpose in life
is to try to maul me.

- But you're different.
- I am? I mean, I am.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. I just...
I don't see you that way, Isabel.

You know? Not that
I wouldn't want to.

- I think I know how you feel.
- You do?

Yeah. Which is why I think
I know that I can trust you.

- Trust me?
- That we all can.

Liz, Max, all of us.

So that's what
this is about.

- What?
- You brought me here tonight...

- to find out what I said to Valenti?
- Alex...

How could I have even believed you
were actually interested in me?

I've been such a fool.

#[Man Singing]

The truth is
I think I was just a bit upset...

when that Topolsky
person called me.

Maria and I aren't as close
as we used to be.

I'm never sure what's going on
with Kyle these days.

There was a time before
Michelle and I broke up...

I know. I know. Maria used to tell me
every single detail of her life.

We'd have these long,
intense conversations and...

Now she's just so guarded.
Take the whole Alex situation.

- Alex?
- Alex Whitman.

Maria, Liz, and Alex
used to be inseparable.

They'd go everywhere together,
do everything.

She hardly even
speaks to him now.

She has not seen him in weeks,
and she won't tell me what it's about.

Sheriff, uh,
there's a phone call for you.

It's an emergency.

Yeah? All right.
I'm on my way.

Amy, I am so sorry
about this.

- There's been a disturbance across town.
- It's okay.

[Chuckles]

Hmm.

It's, uh... It's a little
quieter out here.

Yeah.
It's more private.

So.

So.

Let's hope nothing explodes.

Hi.!
Enjoying the party?

[Siren Wailing]

[Men Shouting]

- Let's get out of here.
- [Man] Let's see what we got.

Boys, evacuate!

[People Clamoring]

- Let's get Michael and Isabel and get out of here.
- Right.

Alex.

- Where's Isabel?
- What's going on?

- We have to get out of here.
- What?

- We have to get out of here!
- Here, take these.

Liz.

I need you two
to come with me.

[Clamoring Continues]

[Belching]

Good one, dude.

- Alex...
- Forget it, Liz.

- I'm really sorry.
- Don't talk to me, please.

- This is gonna be okay.
- Liz, will you shut up!

Dude, relax.

This has happened to me,
like, 10 times, man.

Your parents are gonna be here
in no time.

Lyons, Coleman, Kalinowski
and Baker, rise and shine.!

- Your parents are here.
- You see, I told you they'd come.

Now, look.

They say a bond forms
when you do time together.

I love you, man.

- Ditto.
- I think it has to be longer than two hours.

See you around.

- Where are our parents?
- They all agreed with me.

Some time in jail might make the two of
you remember what your priorities are.

Or maybe even
just one of you.

- Alex.
- Liz.

No, Alex, this is not as bad as it seems.
I promise.

Wejust... The two of us...
we need to get our stories straight.

Liz, I'm in jail, okay?
I'm now in jail!

I'm through lying!

Alex.

Obviously,
it's not our fault.

All right?
They kept the other guys, not us.

He let everybody else go
except Liz and Alex.

- We are so screwed.
- It's gonna be okay.

We should have told him.

- What?
- We should have told him about us.

I know this sounds crazy,
Max, but I feel something about him.

Like he's okay.

Like we'd be
better off including him.

Alex.

Alex.

A...

Alex, I just need
to talk to you.

- I just want to...
- Let me just ask you.

Did you arrange
that whole Isabel thing?

What... What Isabel thing?

Her trying to seduce me
into keeping quiet.

I don't know anything
about that, Alex, I swear.

'Cause...
'Cause it's just low.

You know?
I mean, she's just low.

And I'm done.

I'm done protecting you...

or her or anyone else
you're associated with.

'Cause I'm telling Sheriff Valenti
everything, verbatim.

About replacing Max's
blood at the hospital...

discovering
Topolsky was F.B. I...

everything.

No, look... Look, Alex.

Look at... Listen to me.
You had just...

You should know all of the facts
before you do something like this.

I thought you said it wasn't
your secret to tell.

The reason that Isabel did
whatever it is that she did...

It's not that she's low.
She's just... She's scared.

- Scared. Scared of what?
- Yes.

Sh... She's scared
of being different.

Oh, come on. Save it.

Alex, Max and Michael
and Isabel...

they are different from us.

They're different in a way that,
if the wrong people found out...

they would be
in a lot of trouble.

I know the whole drugs thing
is a load of crap, Liz.

Why would the F.B.I. Be so interested
in three kids into drugs?

Listen to me. This doesn't
have anything to do with drugs.

Alex, Max,
Michael and Isabel...

they aren't
from around here.

Where are they from?

What? Like, Wyoming?

Okay, fine. Canada.
They're Canucks.

So, you're saying the F.B.I.
Is all over them...

because they're, like,
illegal aliens?

Yeah, sort of.

Listen, Alex.

They're from
somewhere else.

Liz, what are you talking about?

God, there isn't any way
for me to say this, but to just...

but to just say this, okay?

Look, Alex.

They think they were
in the 1947 crash.

Okay, they were, like, in these
incubation pods for a really long time...

like 40 years... and they came out in,
like, the form of humans.

And now all of these
people suspect them.

That's why Topolsky's here,
and that's why Valenti arrested us.

And that's why we're here,
because he knows that I'm involved.

I'm really sorry, Alex, but...
you're involved too.

Liz, are you okay?

Alex, you don't
even understand.

The past few months have been
like absolute torture lying to you.

I will never,
ever lie to you again.

I promise.

[Valenti]
Mr. Whitman.!

Sleep all right?

What say we go
down to my office?

No. Right here.
I'm ready to talk.

All right.

I wanna know what your involvement is
with Liz, Max, Michael, and Isabel.

And I wanna know what happened
with Ms. Topolsky.

I'm ready to talk about the fact
that I'm a kid.

I'm 16 years old.
I'm a sophomore in high school...

so what could I possibly have to do
with a teacher leaving?

What does any of this
have to do with you anyway?

I'm just doin'
my job, son.

I was at a party!
My only wish was that...

while I was there, I engaged in
some sort of depraved activity...

like drinking or sex,
but I didn't.

- I didn't break any laws.
- Everybody who was at that party...

was trespassing
on private property.

And both of you were minors
in possession of alcohol.

This has nothing to do
with that party, does it?

Sheriff, I want
out ofhere right now.

I demand it, or I'm going
to get a lawyer...

and I'm going to sue
for abusive treatment of a minor.

I may be 16,
but I know my rights.

[Sighs]

Alex, you were amazing.

- Well, yeah. Yeah, I was.
- [Chuckling]

So, um, how do you feel,
you know, about what I said?

Well, part of me, uh...

Part of me feels like
you've gone insane...

and the other part of me
feels like I want some of...

the massive doses of hallucinogens
you've obviously been taking.

But...

I don't believe
in aliens.

Neither did I.

You don't believe me, do you?

I believe
that you believe.

- Leave it at that.
- Okay.

- Get home safe.
- You too.

- See you at school.
- Bye.

[Liz Narrating]
The heat wave finally broke...

and I'm probably
the only person in Roswell...

who didn't benefit from it.

But it's for the best.

Because if Max Evans and I
had given in to temptation...

if we had kissed each other
even once...

it would have taken us somewhere
we both know we never should have gone.

[Max]
Liz, are you there?

Hi.

Hi.

- Can I come up?
- Yeah, sure.

#[Man Singing]

- That's very impressive.
- I try.

- You really can't stay long.
- I know.

I just wanted to tell you that I've
been thinking a lot about last night.

Yeah, me too.

When I saw Valenti
taking you away like that...

it just hit home
for me, you know?

How much knowing me
has screwed up your life.

No, it's just
the opposite.

- Thank you for saying that.
- It's the whole truth, Max.

- I better go.
- Why?

Because if I don't go right now,
things are gonna change.

Change how?

I'm gonna have to touch your hair,
'cause it's so soft.

And I'd have to
tell you that...

no matter what we go through,
it's all worthwhile for me...

because we're together.

- And then?
- And then...

I'd have to do this.

#[Singing Continues]

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