Roswell (1999–2002): Season 2, Episode 9 - Max in the City - full transcript

This was a mistake.

You've been looking forward to it all day.

I mean this whole thing.
Coming here. The city. Rath. Lonnie.

It's a mistake.

Max...

What do I know about war and peace and politics?

I'm gonna blow it.

I'm gonna sit down at this meeting
and I'm gonna meet these people,

and they're gonna look at me
and they're gonna see this kid from New Mexico

who hasn't got a clue...is this car slowing down?
Are we slowing down?

Relax, relax. We're almost there.



This is where you belong, Max
...up here with the world at your feet.

Like a king.

I'm the king of the world.

Yes, you are...just...not of this one.

Ooh! Yo, pastrami.

Yo, when he gets here...if he gets here
...we're puttin' him in his place,

- 'cause I'm sick of gettin' attitude from him.
- Mayo!

Who puts mayo on pastrami?
Hey, you!

What kinda sick mother puts mayo on pastrami,

- I oughta bust your head open for...
- Drop it! He's here.

Took you long enough.
Where the hell have you been?

God, I hate this town.

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So where are they?

They're doing the tourist thing
...Empire State building, Statue of Liberty.

You let them wander around
this open sewer alone?

Yo, even Max Evans can find his way from the Empire State
...it's 3 blocks.

Better hope you're right.

Without Max,
no one at the summit's gonna give you two the time of day.

We're two of the royal four.

Royal rejects is more like it.

Hey, yo, get this straight.
We are the originals. They are the rejects.

they were carefully hidden away in Roswell
and got custody of the granilith.

You were dumped in the sewer.
Figure that out.

Yo, you ain't getting the granilith without us,
so just remember that.

You're not getting home unless I get the granilith.
Remember that.

- Here they come. Go.

Oh, I hate this stupid,
rat-infested, urine-soaked, butt-ugly town!

Here come the losers!

Hey. So enough sight-seeing for one day?

- There's a lot more to see.
-I could use a rest

Wanna see our crib?

Sure.

Rath?
Lonnie?

Not quite Mayberry, is it?

So this was where you were born?

Day one.
Wake up...break through the membranes,

step out of the pods
into a brave new world of the sewers.

And...and now you live here?

Beats livin' in Brooklyn.

S-so, why did your protector
bring your pods to New York?

And why put you in the sewers?

What is up with you and all these questions
about the shapeshifter?

Our protector raised me.

His name was Nasedo,
and we were very close.

Yeah? How close was that?

You wanna watch
where you're hitting those things?

Do I?

I wanna talk about the summit.
When, where, what kind of...

Chill, Duke. All in good time.

The time is now.

You flexin' on me?

Boys...
don't make me get off this couch.

You are so Zan.
You two done the deed yet?

Made the beast with two backs?
You are in for a treat.

Alien sex, baby.
Accept no imitations. Awoo! Ooh!

The summit.

No summit until you meet the emissary.
You gotta pass the test first.

- Test?
-Not you. Just him.

They wanna make sure you're the real king
before they sit down,

but don't worry, you'll pass.

- So when do I meet with the...
- Enough! Enough.

We'll get you to the church on time.

2 days, and not a word.

Your parents asking questions?

They think he's gone camping again.

They gotta think
he's turned into some kinda tree hugger.

They think he doesn't wanna
spend Thanksgiving with his family.

He could have at least said goodbye.

You know Max.

It's got nothing to do with you.
It's probably got something to do with, uh...

Bye

Can we?

Hey, we're, uh, outta here.

Thanks for helping.
So sweet of you.

Girlfriend, we need to have a talk.

You got a serious problem.

What?

A...very vicious rumor
is going around about you in school,

and I shouldn't make a bigger deal about it
than it is,because I know we can take care of it,

but it's just that,
like, everybody's talking about it...

Maria.

Ok.
The word is that you and Kyle slept together.

I know. It's so humiliating.
I know. I just can't imagine who made it up.

Um...it's true.

What? No, Liz,

the rumor is that you and Kyle Valenti slept together as in,
like, sexually.

I know. And...it's true.

Ok, you lost your virginity to Kyle.

I mean, that is a revelation,
and I don't know what that's about,

but why didn't you tell me?

I was embarrassed.

That is such a completely unacceptable answer for you to give to me,
your best friend in the entire world...

I didn't want to talk about it.

Why?
Why didn't you want to talk about it?

Why, did he hurt you or something?
Was this like a date rape?

No! No, it was nothing like that, ok?
I was just upset about Max,

and Kyle was there for me,
and we were close at one point, and one thing

just led to another, and we...

And you didn't tell me.

Yo!
You mind not banging that thing around?

Tess? Oh, no, no, I mean, um...

Ava.

Yes, Ava! That's right. I'm sorry.

What...what are you doing here?

Trying to get some sleep.

In the alley?

You got it together?

Sign here...

your Highness.

So you...you really are the king.

It's a...it's a time card.

The emissary works for a...a temp agency?

Duke,
the emissary never left his crib.

That body that walked outta here
works for a temp agency.

What?

It's like a vessel, you know?
A puppet.

The alien emissary far away on another planet.
Human knobhead here on this planet.

Emissary reaches out with his mind,
takes control of the human.

Human walks around like a puppet
doing whatever the emissary wants him to do.

Like he's...like he's possessed.

Yeah, possession. Doin' the Linda Blair, you know?
Human dude never knows what happened to him.

He thinks he's been frickin' abducted. Heh.

I still don't understand why...

Lonnie will give you the 4-1-1 later.
Now you should be celebrating.

I should?

You passed, man.
You are the frickin' king!

Which means you earned yourself
a slice of the best pizza in New York.

And I'm buyin'.

Hello?

Look, we need to talk in person.

It's 3:00 in the morning.

Please, Maria.

Where?

The place by the thing
that we went that time with what's-her-name.

I'm there. Bye.

I'm sorry.
I know this all sounds really crazy...

No, please. Crazy is sleeping with Kyle Valenti,
so, please get to that part.

Ok. So, um...right, Max...Future Max

tells me that the reason
that the world comes to an end is because

get this...he and Tess weren't together
when their enemies came to Earth.

And the reason they weren't together was
because Max and I got married.

I know it's really confusing.

No, no, no. I'm with you. Keep going.

Future Max tells me

that I have to find a way
to get present day Max to fall out of love with me.

So you slept with Kyle

No, no. Not really.

I arranged it so Max saw Kyle and I in bed together, but

nothing really happened.

So Max thinks that you and Kyle...

I'm sorry I lied to you.

No. I'm so sorry that I got so mad.
I should have known that it was,you know,

an alien thing.

Are you still a virgin?

Ok
Ok

Yeah. So am I!
Frigid!

Brody. You didn't call for your order,
so brought you one anyway.

I brought you a Galaxy Sub, hold the mayo,
and extra pepperjack!

Oh, Mr. Davis! Hello? Brody!

So this is the royal seal?

You got it.
And these are the 5 worlds of our star system.

And that one...that's home?
Home.

That's how the emissary knew you were the real deal.

You got the royal seal stenciled on your brain

And these other 4 worlds...

they'll all be sending a representative to the summit?

Well, they'll be doing the possession thing again,
you know, like the emissary.

Why don't they...come in person?

You see, little girl,
space is what we call very, very big.

You know, it's not easy to get places.

People just don't zip around the galaxy
like on Star Trek.

No one's coming back here again in person
unless there's a good reason.

Like to bring us home.

We can go home?

Yeah, we can.
If the man here cuts a deal at the summit.

What kind of a deal?

A deal to bring peace back to our world.

And in our world...blood on the streets, baby.
That dude Kivar that took your throne...

people hate his ass!

Our mother sent our pods to earth for safekeeping,

hoping we'd come back one day.

And that day is now.
The word is that Kivar's desperate,

and he'll do anything to end the fighting.

Including let us come back home.

Home. I never thought...not this soon.

What about Michael and Isabel?

And Ava.

They're expecting the royal four,
not the royal seven.

I am not leaving Michael and Isabel behind.

Look, Max...Max, they...they seem so happy...

in that cute little town. Chill, chill.

It'll all be ok. You'll see.
It'll all fall our way.

unless they bring up the granilith again.

The granilith?

It's this stupid religious thing.

The protector told us it's like the holy grail,
some piece of junk people on our planet worship for some reason.

You ever heard of it?

No.

That's too bad.

Yeah.
Would have been a nice bargaining chip if you had.

I haven't.

No problem.
Probably won't even bring it up anyway.

Are you ok?

I...I saw it...and I watched it happen again.

What, what?

Zan...the accident

The way his body just lay there in the street!

It's ok. It's just a dream.
It was just a dream, a bad dream.

It's all my fault! I should have stopped it

I could have stopped it! I should have known. I should have known.

Known what? Known what?

I...can't talk about it.

Zan was stubborn...strong.

He put up a wall, and you just couldn't get through.

He always tried to do everything right, to be perfect.
He was like that, right up until...

You must have liked him a lot.

I'm not sure he ever really loved me back, though

Why?

Just a feeling.

I always felt like he was waiting for someone else
to walk into his life.

So what about you?
How'd you find out about Max?

He just hauled off
and dropped the bomb one day?

No. He was right over there.

I was working,
and, uh...he was sitting at that booth.

And, um, someone brought in a gun,
and it kinda went off, and I got shot.

I was dying, but Max brought me back.

He brought you back.
Yeah.

Hey, it's me.

Max. Where are you? Are you ok?

Yeah. I'm fine. I'm still in New York.

I just...I wanted to call and see
how everything was going.

So how...how was Thanksgiving?

It was great. Mom cried all the way
from the cranberry sauce to the peach cobbler.

So did I.

Isabel,
how would you feel...about going home?

When you say home...

I mean...home.

Is that even possible?

If it is, do you wanna go or not?

I don't know.
I mean...leaving mom and dad and Roswell

and...for another planet, it just...it's...it seems crazy.
It sounds crazy.

Well, it isn't. And I need an answer.

From you and Michael both.

What? You can't...you can't do this!
You can't just drop this on me all of a sudden.

I mean, God, you just leave without even saying goodbye
with those people without even discussing it with Michael and I,

and now you expect me...

I guess
I'm just being a self-indulgent little boy again.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I don't want to rehash the entire thing, Vilandra.

That's not fair.

Neither was letting me hear the real story from Lonnie.

I'm sorry, Max.

It's a little late for apologies,
don't you think?

You should have said that the first time
I confronted you.

The first what?
What are you talking about?

I'll call you when the summit's over.

Why did Lonnie impersonate me?

I don't know.

Why don't I believe you?

That's your problem. .

Don't piss us off.

Fine! We'll do this the hard way.

Ok, ok,
wait, wait.

It's ok.
Come on, Ava.

Ok, ok, Ava...

you told me that you had a secret
that you couldn't tell anyone. But, um...

if Max is in danger,
you have to tell us.

You lost Zan.

Please don't let me lose Max.
I love him, you know,

and I love him just as much as you did Zan

Please, Ava...don't let me lose him.
Please.

Lonnie and Rath...killed Zan.

And they're probably gonna kill Max.

Now, you get in trouble, you look to us,
and we'll help you out.

I think he'll handle it.

Hey, is someone talkin' to you, retard?

All right, that's it.
Let's get something clear right here, right now.

I'm the one who passed the emissary's test.
And that means from now on,

I'm the one in charge here.

Understood, duke. You're the king.

And for your information,
her name...is Tess.

Rath, take Tess and go inside.
I wanna talk to Max for a minute.

Come on.

I'm proud of you, Max.

You're everything I loved about Zan and more.

You're the brother I never knew.

Brody?

Actually, my name is Larek.
Are you Zan?

They tell me that used to be my name.
But my name is Max.

Max Evans.

If he doesn't even know who he is,
how can he sit in conference with us?

He sits with us because the emissary certified him.

Kathana, Sero, Hanar, and I
will represent each of our worlds.

Max will speak for his.

Actually, Kivar speaks for his world.

And I speak for Kivar.

Max. Nice to see your genocidal girlfriend again

Killed anyone today?

Day's not over.

What a charmer.

Can we begin?

You know him?

Long story. He was in Roswell.

Be careful.

That much I know.

We've got to find a way to warn Max.

He's in the middle of the summit right now.

Where's the summit being held?

Some building downtown.

You gotta do better than that.

I don't know anything more.

Hey, Isabel, um...can't you dreamwalk Max?
You know, um...put a warning in his mind. You've done it before,

you know, when he was in the white room.

That was different.

He was drugged.
I was only a few miles away.

He's across the country now.

I think we're out of alternatives.

We're here in the spirit of reconciliation.
We're not here to rehash the past,

point fingers, and assign blame.

Can we get to it? We're here to end 50 years of misery
and suffering among our worlds.

Kathana attacks Kivar.
Kivar attacks Sero. Sero attacks me.

The situation is intolerable!

Agreed! We have to find a solution.

And Kivar has a solution.
Kivar will abdicate the throne and allow the royal four

to return home under the following conditions

1) Max becomes king only in name.
All real power and government remains in Kivar's hands,

2) Max calls upon his followers to lay down their weapons
and support the new government,

and 3) Most importantly
...Max returns the granilith to us.

The granilith?

No, it's no longer on our world.
Yes, we've known about it for a long time.

No, Kivar decided he didn't need to tell you.
And, yes, we know where it is.

It's with Max

Is this true, Max?

It's here.
What?

So there you have it.

Max comes home with the granilith.
All is forgiven.

Do we have a deal?

I...need to think about this.

I'd be surprised if you didn't.
But be quick about it.

Holding onto these bodies isn't easy.
In fact, it's chewing up huge amounts of our resources.

20 minutes, Max...then I need an answer.

You'll have it.

Cut a deal with Nicholas?

I don't trust him any more than
I can throw him.

You could throw him pretty far.

Then there's Lonnie and Rath.
It's hard to believe they have the same DNA

of Michael and Isabel.

For what it's worth
...I don't trust them.

And then there's this whole thing
about the granilith.

Why did you lie to Lonnie and Rath about
the granilith, anyway?

There was something Liz said
...just before we left.

She told me the granilith could be dangerous
if it fell into the wrong hands.

How does she know that?

She wouldn't say.

But she's never even seen the granilith.

I know. I know. But I just keep thinking about it...

the way she said it...

she seemed so sure.

I just don't know what to do.

Whatever you do...
it'll be the right choice.

I'm sure of it.

Why?

Because despite whatever Nicholas said
about you in there,

I know that you were a great man
in that other life.

A great king. I know it in my bones.

All you've ever done...is trust me,

been there for me whenever I needed you.

I've never done anything
to deserve that kind of loyalty.

I think in that other life...
you must have been one great husband.

God, I hate this town.

Hello?

yourself.

Miss me?
Always. Can't wait to see more of you.

Well, that'll have to wait until we get home.

Let's be clear, Lonnie.

You don't get home unless I get the granilith.

Let me be clear, Nicholas.

I don't give a damn whether or not you get the granilith.
I'm going home.

Big talk for a woman with no cards to play.

I got cards.
I just haven't shown them to you yet.

You know, I'm not like the others.
I remember our world.

I remember Kivar.
And I remember what it was like to be Vilandra.

I want that life,
and I'll do what I have to to get back.

Be on my side, and you'll benefit.
Be against me, and

...well,
it would be a mad, crazy idea to be against me.

Don't worry about Max.
He's a cornball. He'll go for the deal.

He'll go for the deal
because millions of lives hang in the balance.

Besides, he wants to go home and give mommy a kiss
and get fitted for his crown.

He won't live long enough to wear it.
Kivar wants him dead.

Well, I'd have to be a special kind of stupid
not to have figured that out.

If he takes the deal,
there'll be a nice public execution to attend.

If he doesn't take the deal,
Kivar still wants him dead.

I can arrange that. What's in it for me?

Passage home. But just you.

The freak with the mohawk stays here.

Yeah, I can live with that.
See you at the summit.

What a woman.

Damn it! It's not working.

I can't reach him.

Yeah, but you gotta try again.

Won't do any good.
He's not hearing me.

- Ok, so um, what's plan "B"? ?
- There isn't one.

- Liz can do it.
- What?
What are you talking about?

Max brought you back from the dead.
You've been changed.

What do you mean by changed?

Look, there ain't enough time to explain.
You just gotta trust

If Max brought you back,
then...you're different now.

Can I have a minute with my brother?

You lied to me. I don't like it.

But there it is.

But what's about to go down in there
is a helluva lot bigger than you and I, Max.

Millions of lives hang in the balance.

Millions of people may die
if we don't stop this fighting.

So this is not about
whether you and I go home.

We are nothing in the scheme of things.

This is about the greater good.

After you, your Highness.

Liz...take my hand.

I don't know why,
but I'm really scared to do this.

You know, if you can't contact him,
what makes you think I can?

I know my brother, and I know that
if there is one voice he will hear no matter where he is,

no matter what he's doing, it's yours.

Take my hand, Liz.

Well, Max, have you made your decision?

Yes, I have.

And the answer is no

I will not give up the granilith to you.
Not to you, not to Kivar,

not to anyone.

It was entrusted to me.

You're all witnesses.

Kivar tried to be reasonable,
tried to extend a hand of peace...and had it slapped away.

Our business is at an end here.
Our offers are withdrawn.

You made a lot of enemies here today.

Do you ever wonder
why your predecessor was killed?

He made bad decisions.

You don't remember any of this, I'm sure,but...

our families used to be very close.

You and I practically grew up together.

I was there at your father's funeral.
At your coronation, your wedding.

We were friends.

And it was so painful to watch you fall,
to see you trying so hard to make a better world

for your people.

And then to watch you have it all taken away
by a man like Kivar...

I told you you were trying to do too much too soon,
that change takes time.

But you wouldn't listen.
You just kept...

what's the point?

It's all ancient history now.
What a shame it is to see history repeat itself.

What's up with you, huh?
You just threw away our only chance of ever getting home!

Maybe.

Hey, who do you think you are, huh?
Makin' big-time life decisions for Lonnie and me?

You think you're the man...is that it?

That's right. I am the man.

Ok, you the man.
Screw Nicholas. Screw 'em all.

Screw 'em tight.
We'll find another way home.

I'm mad hungry.
Let's go get a slice.

Sick of pizza.
Chinatown.

I'm with that.

Liz? Tess?

Tess!

Tess!

Tess!
Tess, are you all right?

I don't know.

What happened?

They tried to get inside my head,
find out where the granilith is.

I...I didn't want them to...
so I fought back.

How?

I...I don't know.

Where are they?

I don't know.

Tess Tess,are you all right?

I'm ready to go home now. Home to Roswell.

So in the end,
what made you decide not to take the deal?

I was going to.
I was gonna take the chance that...

that Nicholas was telling the truth.

But in the end, I realized that...

that any deal
which meant leaving you and Michael behind...

was something I couldn't do.

You're my sister, Isabel.

Isabel, Vilandra...

whatever your name is,
it doesn't matter to me

You're my sister, and I love you...

and that comes first.
Always.

Thank you.

Good-bye. Good luck, ok?
Thanks. You, too.

So cornball.

Why...
why would they take me again?

Well...maybe...you're special.

How 'bout a Galaxy Sub, hold the mayo?

Sounds great.
I don't think they fed me.

Yeah. Probably not.

Maria.Don't forget the...

Pepperjack.
Who do you think you're dealing with here? Come on.

I keep looking for some sort of change.

You mean like...

Yeah. Something like that.

It's nice to see you smile again.

I want to thank you for saving my life.

I guess that makes us even.

And...I'd like to...start again...

our friendship, that is.

I mean...I miss it.

Yeah. Um...I miss it, too.

There's just one thing I have to say.
One thing I have to ask..

and...I promise I'll never ask it again.

Yeah. Go ahead.

Did you...sleep with Kyle?

Ok.

I'll see you tomorrow.

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