- Previously on Roswell. - By the authority committed unto me...
I now proclaim that Jesse and Isabel are husband and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
You wanted to get down those stairs into that room, and I need you to tell me why.
- [Max] I can't ever tell you the truth. - Silence is not acceptable.
- [Liz] He's been going around town asking questions. - About what?
- About you and Tess. - Find out what he's after.
You okay?
I can't believe this.
My whole life is up here.
Yeah, so is mine.
He knows that I'm a part of this.
[Max] My own father.
Tess. Ripped By mstoll
- [Whooshing] - [Explosion]
He's got cards up here for everything... Los Angeles, Utah.
The Jeep.
I got rid of it.
Yeah, because you thought you'd never need it again.
I was going home.
Max, maybe you should tell your father.
- You know, let him in on the secret. Max. - No. No, I can't. Not ever.
These are my parents. I can't put them in this kind of danger.
They can't ever know the truth.
So what are you gonna do?
The necklace I gave you when I thought I was leaving.
Yeah, what about it?
I need it back.
- So he didn't take it well, huh? - Alien DEFCON 5.
It'll be okay, I hope. Let Max talk to Michael.
Right.
- So when does Billy get here? - I don't know. I thought he'd be here by now.
- Billy who? - Billy Darden.
- "First kiss" Billy? He's coming here? - Yes.
- He's on his way to New York. - Wait a minute.
Your ex-boyfriend's coming to visit? That's not legal.
He's not my ex-boyfriend. We kissed once.
Four years ago. I was 13. And Michael knows all about it.
- Yeah, we're all going to dinner. - No. No mayo on that one.
Um, so where's he gonna stay?
- At my house. - Your mom's okay with this?
- My mom's out of town. - What? Michael!
It's fine.
There's your no mayo.
Michael, Michael, Michael, let me explain something to you.
Here on planet Earth, we have this thing called "jealousy."
Kyle, relax. I have nothing to be jealous about.
They were 13-year-old geeks at band camp.
Okay, first of all, it was a songwriter's workshop.
And, uh, Billy wasn't a geek.
He was just a little skinny. He had a little acne on the face.
- And braces. - We all had braces.
All right, fine, he was a little bit of a geek.
- [Kyle] And you kissed him? - Would you shut up?
[Bell On Door Jingles]
Hello. Table or booth?
- It's me. - Billy?
- Yeah. - No. Oh, my God!
[Billy] Oh, God. Look at you.
Oh. Um, let's go this way.
Sounds fine.
I guess the braces worked.
♪♪ [Rock]
♪♪ [Continues]
♪♪ [Ends]
[Billy] God, last time I saw you, you were like 13 going on 30.
And you were like 98 pounds going on this. You look great.
Now don't take this the wrong way, but have you looked in a mirror?
I mean, you went from the girl no one wanted to dance with to the prom queen.
Now how am I supposed to take that the wrong way? And shut up.
- [Chuckles] - I'm serious, really.
You look great, Maria.
Thanks. So, uh, how long are you staying?
Oh, just a couple days.
Is it cool with your mom, me staying over?
Oh, sure. Anyway, she's, uh...
she's actually gonna be out of town for a couple days.
Oh.
Well, um, I can't wait to hear what you've been working on.
- Working on? - Your music.
- Oh. - I can remember some of the lyrics you wrote in band camp.
- God. - Yeah, most of it was crap, anyway.
- Oh, come on. - If anyone asks though, it was a songwriter's workshop.
Oh.
- Michael. - What are you doing in here?
- When do you get off work? - Ten minutes.
But I got plans with Maria and Billy Bob Thornton out there.
Well, something came up. Cancel them.
[Chuckles] That is so funny.
Hi.
- Hey, I'm the boyfriend. - Hey. Billy.
- Nice to meet you. - Ready to go?
- Gotta cancel. - Wait a minute. I was gonna cook.
- Something came up. - What?
- It's work-related. - Oh. Of course.
Steve's wife, Cheryl, she got the flu at my other job, so I gotta cover for her.
Him. Yeah, sorry, Billy.
No, you gotta do what you gotta do.
I'll make it up to you, I promise.
- Nice meeting you. - Yeah.
- He seems nice. - Oh, yeah.
- He's a peach. - [Laughs]
Oh, no, no, honey. Those go in the bedroom. Those boxes go in the bedroom.
You know what? I'm sorry. You were right... kitchen.
- I just remembered. We forgot something. - Wait. Oh, geez.
[Laughs] Wow. You're getting really strong.
Okay, it's tradition.
Mrs. Ramirez, welcome to your new home.
Thank you, Mr. Ramirez.
- I love you so much. - I love you too.
[Cell Phone Ringing]
- I should get that. - And I should get more boxes.
- But we should... - Continue this later.
Yes.
Hello?
Did you find your healing stone?
Yes, I did. It was in the box that I said it was gonna be in.
You are way overreacting to this whole thing.
No, I'm not, Isabel. Dad is on the warpath.
- He's our father, not the enemy. - Listen to me.
- [Philip] Isabel? - [Gasps] Oh, my God!
Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. The door was open.
Can I call you back? I'll call you back. Bye.
Hi! Dad. Um, what's up?
I just wanted to see your new place.
It's nice. Cozy.
- From your mother and me. - [Sighs]
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Um, you really should have waited though...
until we got a little more unpacked and situated.
No, that's all right. Where's Jesse?
- He's outside by the truck, I think. - Oh.
[Exhales] I can't believe how grown up my kids are.
You, with your new house, Max with his new car.
Yeah. Grown up.
I guess I have to get used to my new role.
I didn't get the chance to help you find this place.
I didn't even know Max was getting a new car.
Yeah, it all just happened really fast, you know.
Do you even know when he got rid of the Jeep?
I can't believe you're doing it. Moving to New York.
Greenwich Village.
Playing seedy bars and coffee shops.
Well, that was the plan.
Well, there are plans, and then there are plans.
- Well, I guess this was the plan. - Yeah, I guess so.
So what are you gonna do for money?
As long as I make enough to get by, I'm fine, you know.
Oh, God. That is so romantic, I could just scream.
- Come on. It was your idea. - I know, but I mean, I was 13.
And talk about going to the "big city"...
- Even then I knew it was just talk. Here, taste. - Oh, come...
That's pretty good. That's not how I remember it.
I mean, even back then, you were pretty dead serious about your music.
I mean, you're the one that gave me the bug.
If I hadn't met you, I'd still be playing "Stairway to Heaven" in my mom's garage.
Well, I guess for me, music was just more of like a passing thing.
Well, I find that very hard to believe.
- What are you doing? - The sauce was just a little thin.
So I'm gonna show you a little family secret.
- In my sauce you're putting creamer? - Shh.
Come on. Try it. Try it.
Try it.
- Okay. Not bad. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Your dad introduced me to some new clients as his son-in-law.
- This floor is way too hard. - You think I should start calling him "Dad"?
[Chuckles] That's too weird.
- I won't do it. - We could use a blanket. I'll be right back.
- Hey, where are you going? - To get a blanket.
- Why? - So we can have sex.
- In here? - Yes.
It's tradition that when a couple moves into their new place...
- they make love in every room of the house. - Okay.
Can I finish flossing my teeth?
Oh, before I forget, your dad...
Please, can we just not talk about my dad for a second?
Yeah, sure.
Oh, okay, what did he say?
- He keeps bringing up Utah. - Utah?
Max's little crime spree. Keeps asking me what I think really happened.
- What did you say? - That I think Max is hiding something.
Damned if I know what it is. What do you think?
You wanna know what I think?
I think that as long as my father and Max continue to invade my life with you...
tradition is gonna have to wait.
What did I just do?
- No! Oh, my God, no. - Yeah.
There she is, right there.
Look at my hair, and my eyes!
Oh, come on. It was your late '90s retro Annie Lennox phase.
- You were experimenting. I think it was cute. - Yeah, right.
- Burn those now. - Oh, no. These are going to the Big Apple...
where they'll be prominently displayed in my guitar case...
where people will be throwing money.
Look at that. Look at... This hair spray alone could choke a horse.
Okay, well, look past the somewhat flammable hair...
and see what I see.
Which is what? Bad eyeliner?
- Nah, dreams. - [Scoffs]
Look, this girl has beautiful dreams.
And she makes beautiful music.
So what happened to her?
Nothing. She just grew up.
Right. Right.
- Is this deep enough? - Almost.
Maxwell, we've been up all night collecting every conceivable alien artifact...
that ever crashed into this godforsaken planet, including all of Tess's stuff.
- I'm tired. - All right, it's deep enough.
- We still need your healing stone. - I think it's at Maria's.
- You think it's at Maria's? - Yeah. I don't know. Most likely.
I bet if it was one of your Metallica CDs you'd know where it was.
You wanna bring that up again? The reason I got pissed...
is you put And Justice For All before Master of Puppets.
- Yeah. Alphabetical order. - They go in order of the release date.
And you don't know where your healing stone is?
You still wanna sleep on my couch?
- [Cell Phone Ringing] - Hello?
Jesse is asking all kinds of questions about you. You're right.
Dad is out of control. We have to do something.
- Isabel, calm down. Just tell me what happened. - What's going on?
- My dad's recruited Jesse into this crusade of his. - You need to talk to your father.
- Keep your friends close. - And your enemies closer.
Our father is not the enemy, Max.
- Talk to him. Make nice. Get close. Find out what... - [Camera Shutter Clicks]
[Shutter Clicking]
[Knocking]
- You haven't left yet? - Oh, no, man. Late night. Sorry. I'm leaving later today.
- How was dinner? - It was good.
- It was good. How's Steve's wife? - Who?
- Steve's wife. With the flu. You covered for him, remember? - She's great. She's fine.
- Is Maria around? - No, man. You just missed her.
- Can I leave a note or a message? - No, I'm here to pick something up.
- Can I help you look? - No, that's okay.
What you looking for?
Something I need.
Hey, when did Maria stop writing music?
She messes around with it once in a while.
Well, how often does she mess around with it?
Is this going somewhere?
Oh, I mean, maybe. I mean, I don't know.
I'm just wondering if she's given up on writing and singing altogether.
I really wouldn't know.
Well, listen, man, she's really good.
- I mean, she's really good. - I'll keep that in mind.
I guess what I'm looking for isn't here.
Well, I'd tell her you stopped by, but I got a bus to catch.
That sauce looks a little thin. You should put Half & Half in there.
- It's not coffee. - It works.
Billy showed me. Gives it heft.
I don't put dairy products in my meat sauce. It's not kosher.
Okay.
I said no cheese in the nebula salad.
Forgot.
Listen. I was thinking about skipping out on bowling tonight...
and maybe we could make up for last night.
That is so sweet, but I kinda had plans, just...
- Plans? With who? - It's nothing big.
Just me and Billy were gonna go and...
Billy? Isn't he on the bus?
He missed it. He's staying another night.
Another night?
What did you do that for?
You could've hurt me.
Sorry. I'm not sure what happened.
Max.
- Hey, Dad. - What are you doing here?
I think we need to talk.
- I agree completely. - [Woman Over Intercom] Your 11:30 is here.
Give me ten seconds. I'm sorry. I've got a meeting waiting.
No, it's okay.
Look, why don't we go fishing, like we used to.
- Away from all these interruptions. - Sounds good. When?
- Tomorrow. - Great.
I'll pick you up early.
[Together] Gotta get a jump on those fish.
Excuse me.
- I saw him and that friend of his out in the desert. - What were they doing?
I couldn't really tell from where I was standing. But I got some pictures.
What else you got for me?
A receipt from the last time your son filled up his Jeep.
First week in May.
That's when Tess disappeared.
Do you think these two events are connected?
There's only three reasons a person gets rid of a vehicle.
One... they sell it. Two... they ruin it in order to bilk the insurance company.
Or three... they destroy it to hide something.
What do you think my son is trying to hide?
We better find that Jeep, Mr. Evans.
Billy? I hope you're okay with hamburgers 'cause that's what you're getting.
- Hamburgers are fine. - Why is that out?
Michael stopped by today, and this ended up on the bed. So I am tuning it for you.
- Why? - 'Cause it's out of tune, darling.
- Put it back. - Give me just a second.
- You know what? Forget it. I'll put it back. - Hey, what's wrong?
- I invite you into my house and you go through my stuff? - Where is all this coming from?
- It's a guitar, baby. - No, it's not!
What are you...
♪♪ [Man Singing Rock]
- It's a pretty busy night, huh? - Mm-hmm.
How much money do you think we pull in on a night like tonight?
Do you know that you really suck at small talk?
Why don't you just tell Dr. Parker what's on your mind?
Tell me. Do I need to be worried about this Billy guy?
No, you don't. He's completely harmless.
But you think he's good-looking, right?
Well, yeah, if you like that sort of thing, I guess.
The "good-looking" sort of thing.
- Michael. - Do you really think he missed his bus?
Yes, I do. Haven't you ever missed a bus before?
No, 'cause I don't take the bus.
And I don't write songs, and I don't cook with freaking Half & Half.
- Hey, Michael! - Sorry. My powers are out of control.
- Would you look at this mess! My dad is gonna freak! - Relax. I'll fix it.
Michael, you need to calm down, okay?
Everything's gonna be fine between you and Maria. Trust me.
She cooked him Italian food last night.
Oh.
I knew it. It's a problem.
No, no, it's not a problem. It's just, um... It's food.
No, Liz.
- It's Italian food. - Michael, please don't do anything stupid.
Or alien! Or both! Please!
♪♪ [Acoustic Guitar]
[Sniffles]
[Soft Groan]
Try going to an F-major seventh, please.
I can't listen to you anymore. Just try going to an F-major seventh.
- Not bad. - Oh, please.
I totally fixed it for you.
Okay, now let's see if you remember this one.
So, what about earlier?
Yeah, I'm sorry that I went off on you like that.
You want to tell me about it?
That guitar belonged to a friend of mine.
His name was Alex. He died last year.
I am so sorry.
I had no idea.
His parents wanted me to have his guitar, but I couldn't bring myself to play it.
Bad memories.
He was only 17. He had his whole life.
His whole life.
Did you and Alex write songs together?
Not really. We tried once, but I just don't partner well.
I don't know. You're like the only person that I've ever trusted in that way.
So, if you guys were writing songs, then that means you were singing up until...
Until his funeral. Yep, that was the last time.
Well, then, I guess tonight is a special night.
♪ I wish I could read your mind ♪
♪ Words don't mean a thing ♪
♪ I've given you all my time ♪
♪ All you do is leave ♪
♪ If you were standing here in front of me ♪
♪ I know you would say ♪
♪ There's nothing oh, so precious ♪
♪ As something that's gone away ♪
♪ And if there is a reason ♪
♪ I just don't want to know ♪
♪ Why you feel the need to love me so ♪
- [Glass Shatters] - [Car Alarms Blaring]
♪ Only when you go ♪
♪ Only when you go ♪♪
[Alarms Continue Blaring]
- What happened? - It's over.
- What, my Dad found something? - No, it's not that.
I saw Maria and... what's his name... Billy, together.
Oh. Together, as in... together?
- Worse. - What could be worse?
They were singing together.
- So, you're jealous. - I'm not jealous!
- My powers are slightly out of whack. - Out of whack?
I've been blowing things up all day.
- Get them under control. - I can't.
You have to get yourself together. What if this happens in front of my father?
I don't care about your father or his stupid investigation...
All right, all right. Look, I'm sorry.
We're part human. We're supposed to have feelings.
We keep them bottled up like this, they're gonna get out somehow.
What should I do?
Talk to her.
- That's it? Just talk to her. - Yeah.
Okay, sure.
[Chuckles]
[Sighs] I've missed this.
Yeah, me too.
So, why did you get rid of the Jeep?
Got sick of it.
The plastic doors, the roof took forever to get on and off.
Yeah. I hope you got a good price for it.
- Blue book. - So, who bought it?
This guy at school.
Drove it cross-country to college. Cornell, I think.
Oh. It was a fun car.
Remember the guy we bought it from?
- Yeah. Now he was scary. - Whoa.
- Thought he was gonna shoot us. - Yeah, you wouldn't meet his price.
I did when the gun fell out of his boot. How old were you?
- Fifteen. - Yeah.
I'm just surprised that you would sell it without telling me first.
It was sort of spontaneous.
And you say this guy who bought it, he was gonna drive it all the way to Cornell?
Yeah. He was planning on fixing it up first.
Right.
I saw the board in your office. I know what you're doing.
- And what am I doing? - It isn't right to spy on your own son.
I'm not spying. I'm trying to figure out what's going on.
- Is my concern for you a threat? - Do I threaten you?
You frighten me, Max. I don't think I know who you are anymore.
- I'm beginning to think I've never known. - I'm your son.
With secrets. And my biggest fear is that they're terrible secrets...
that you're in trouble and that I can't help.
- You can't help because I'm not in trouble. - Not in trouble?
Max, if it weren't for me, you'd be rotting in jail right now.
I put my reputation on the line for you, and I still don't know why!
[Cell Phone Ringing]
What? Yeah, wait there.
- We're done. Let's head in. - Dad.
We're done.
- Hey. - Hey back.
- Can I say something? - Back room.
- Do we have a problem? - No, we don't.
- I do. - How can I help?
- Be patient with me. - Always.
- Don't say it like that, like I'm a kid. - That's not what I meant.
What are you worried about? Really? What can I do?
Tell your friend to leave. He shouldn't be here. It's not a good time.
Not a good time?
Let me ask you a question, Michael.
- Here we go. - No, don't do that.
You asked "What can I do?" And I tell you.
- When is it a good time? - To step out with an old boyfriend?
- He is not an old... Would you just... - Where's your patience now?
When is it a good time for me to take a small step back from this nonstop alien hootenanny?
- We're in danger. Max's father... - I know!
- And you don't care because of that Billy guy! - [Rumbling]
- Michael. - You're gonna leave me for him.
No. No.
Okay, I'll tell him.
- Thank you. - Hey, it's what I do.
It's what I always do.
Max? I think we got a problem.
- What is it? - Your dad just called for a tow truck.
Where?
At mile marker 16 out on Route 7.
They found the Jeep.
- Hey. - Hey.
- I have to tell you something. - What?
[Sighs]
You have to go.
Right this second?
Yeah.
I'll get my stuff.
Is this about Michael? I mean, am I in the middle of something?
No, it's... it's complicated.
It's just my life. I can't have more than one thing going on.
It's not you. It has nothing to do with you.
That's too bad.
What's that supposed to mean?
Truth?
Maria, I missed my bus on purpose.
Why?
'Cause I was given some advice one time.
"Decide what you want in life, and live it."
- That's terrible advice. - You gave it to me.
- Well, that explains it. - Four years ago, our last night at camp.
I was 13.
Well, you know what? That night stuck with me. You stuck with me.
- [Exhales] - That kiss stuck with me.
It was my first one.
- You told me that you'd kissed tons of girls. - I lied.
[Sighs] I don't know.
I was just...
- I was hoping that... - I'm with someone.
Yeah, I met him.
- Look, you don't understand. Michael is just... - Stopping you?
- Stopping me? From what? - From I don't know.
From... From life.
From this.
This is bad.
What are you gonna tell your father, Max?
I'm not gonna tell him anything. He doesn't trust me anymore.
Who does he trust?
- And then you kissed him? - Yes, I did.
- Where is he right now? - At my house.
[Chuckles] What were you thinking?
I don't know.
- And that's all that it was? It was just a kiss? - Maybe.
You know. Maybe not.
Let's talk about the kiss for one second. Was there any passion?
- Tons. - Oh.
I know. But it's not that kind of passion.
It was like it woke me up.
- Like Sleeping Beauty. - Yeah, I guess.
Do you think I've been asleep this whole time?
Well, yeah, I think that you've been trying to remember...
who you used to be for a long time.
[Groans]
- Say it. - It's just...
sometimes I just feel like I've paid this huge price for knowing Michael...
and knowing these aliens.
It's like, God, I didn't think I'd end up here dealing with this crap every day.
I mean, I love Michael, and I do sort of love this ridiculous soap opera...
but I just... I can't take it anymore.
I feel like I'm trapped and I'm never gonna get out.
I know.
I mean, I didn't sign up for this.
Yes, you did. We all did.
I know. It's just I had this dream once.
I mean, maybe I still do. I don't know.
Well, maybe sometimes you have to go after your dreams.
But who am I to tell you to just give them up?
- Because without your dreams you're just me. - Liz.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That sounded way too self-pitying.
And this isn't about me. It's just that, um...
you know I'm committed to going down this road with Max.
- Good, bad, indifferent, I'm committed. - Mm-hmm.
And I've given up a lot along the way. So unless you're sure...
that's what you wanna do with Michael, don't be so quick to give up your dreams.
- Hey. I had this insane idea. - What?
That we do what we planned. That I go to New York with you.
- Wow. - Yeah.
What about your mom?
Well, I know that she'll want me to finish high school.
- Not a bad idea. - No, so after I graduate.
- Great. - Maybe.
- I just don't know if this is want I wanna do...
Hey, hey, hey, you don't owe me an explanation. I screwed things up.
- No, you didn't. - Yes, I did.
I should've known better. I changed the whole flow between us.
But I've been wanting to kiss you for about four years...
and I'm a guy, so I took a shot.
- I think I may have given you the wrong impression. - No, you didn't.
We're fine. And if I did anything to make you feel bad, I'm sorry.
I just wish you hadn't...
What?
I wish you hadn't have hidden yourself away with that guitar.
You gonna come see me in the Village?
Yes.
I'll get you front-row seats.
And I will throw my underwear at you.
Good-bye, Maria.
Good-bye.
It's newly upholstered. It has a dark print with big, pink cabbage roses.
- I don't know if that... - Hey, hey, hey. You can't beat the price.
[Max's Voice] They trust you, Isabel.
- [Isabel's Voice] I'm sick of lying to our parents. - There's no other choice.
Yes, there is. Just tell them the truth. They love us.
- They'll accept us for who we are. - Or they'll turn us in.
- They would never do that. - Just like Dad would never spy on me?
- It's too dangerous, for them and for us. - You're wrong, Max.
- I want to tell them... - The truth.
- [Diane] What, hon? - What?
Did you say something?
The truth. L...
I wanna tell you the truth about what's been going on with Max.
It's about Tess.
Max got Tess pregnant.
But she left before the baby was born.
- So Max may have a child out there somewhere. - Oh, my.
The night that she left, he was so angry that he just drove all night...
and pushed his Jeep off a cliff because he was so crazy.
God, Isabel, I'm so sorry.
If I'd have known, I wouldn't have...
I'm sorry too, Isabel, for asking you those questions.
For putting Jesse in the middle.
He would've told you himself. He was just so afraid to disappoint you.
Thank you for finally telling us the truth.
- [Max's Voice] Did they buy it? - [Isabel's Voice] Yeah.
They bought everything. You're safe for another day.
Thanks, Iz. I owe you.
[Isabel] Maybe now we can get back to normal.
You wanted to talk, which usually means you're gonna kick my ass...
so I brought some friends.
Thank you, I guess. [Chuckles]
Is he gone yet?
- Yeah. - Good.
- You feel better? - Getting there.
What are we talking about?
I want to break up.
I want out because I love you so much.
I love you more than you could possibly know.
- I'm lost. - No, I'm lost.
And you've been there the whole time to help me through all of it.
All of what?
This whole thing... alien, human, the scary stuff, the bad stuff.
There was fun stuff too.
But I haven't been honest through any of it.
Listen, if you're trying to tell me that you're a bisexual or something...
I'm cool with that.
I'm... I'm...
Why do you want out?
Because, Michael, I don't think I've ever been in.
I mean, this girl you've known for the past three years, this Maria, it's just not me.
- Of course it's you. - No, it's not the me I used to be.
Things change.
Yeah, things change.
Just like that?
Will you come back to me?
I don't know.
[Maria] ♪ Breathe again ♪
♪ I'm living on your air tonight ♪
♪ Never knowing when you'll cut it off ♪
♪ Oh, you have a way ♪
♪ That makes it hard to sleep alone ♪
♪ And just when the dream gets good ♪
♪ You always seem ♪
♪ To have to go ♪
♪ So here I am ♪
♪ Alone again ♪
♪ Waiting for the story ♪
♪ To finally end ♪
♪ While the world spins around ♪
♪ It's out of my hands ♪
♪ Don't even try ♪
♪ To understand ♪
♪♪ [Acoustic Guitar]
♪ And I guess it's time to tell you ♪
♪ What you should already know ♪
♪ Oh, you know ♪
♪ I'm better breathing on my own ♪
♪ All alone ♪♪ Ripped By mstoll