#108 Blood Brothers – Primer

Wanting to share a normal teenage moment, Max and Liz ditch school to take a drive on an old highway. Things take a turn for the worse when Max swerves to avoid a wild horse and crashes into a ditch. Liz is unhurt, but an unconscious Max is whisked to the hospital.

Michael and Isabel rush in to see a nurse drawing Max’s blood. The kids realize a simple blood test could jeopardize their cover as humans, and decide to turn to Alex for help. At school, Topolsky learns Max is in the hospital and instructs one of her agents to check out the situation.

As Michael and an FBI Agent both race to snag Max’s blood sample, Liz and Isabel draw a confused Alex’s blood. Michael is successful in replacing Max’s blood sample with Alex’s. As he leaves, Michael notices a man in a suit looking at Max’s chart.

Now desperately wanting to tell Alex the truth about the aliens, Liz goes to Max who tells her involving Alex would not be a good idea. Unsatisfied with Liz’s excuses, Alex jumps to the conclusion they are all involved in drugs.

After observing Alex’s odd behavior at school, Topolsky fingers him as a suspect for replacing Max’s blood. Through the use of drugs Topolsky is able to get a sample of Alex’s blood in order to compare it with the blood she stole from the hospital. Meanwhile, the kids follow one of the men Michael saw at the hospital to his motel room. They break in looking for clues to his identity, and discover the man is an FBI agent working for an Agent Topolsky. The kids realize Topolsky is not a guidance counselor, but a federal agent.

Isabel tells Max she saw Alex talking with Topolsky at school. Max goes to Liz, who realizes she needs to contain Alex before Topolsky can crack him. Alex is soon caught between Topolsky and his friends. Alex decides to trust Liz, and the two forge a plan to turn the tables on Topolsky by exposing her as an FBI agent. Once exposed, Topolsky leaves Roswell with a warning to Liz that there will be others who will come to investigate Max. Alex tells Liz with their friendship on the line, he demands to know the truth about what has been going on. Alex is disappointed in Liz who won’t reveal the truth.

Jason Katims Commentary

“HAVING DAVID (NUTTER) BACK REALLY ENERGIZED EVERYBODY…”

Transcribed by Lena

David Nutter returned to direct this episode and I think just having David back really energized everybody. It’s got an incredible energy to it and it just feels like a juggernaut and if you look at the episode you see that it’s almost entirely scored a little episode feels like a piece of music it was very exciting in that way where it starts with that teaser when Max and Liz had this car accident and Max sitting in the hospital the energy just keeps going and that’s what I love is just how exciting it was. And the other thing that that said was we were finally able to use Colin Hanks, who plays Alex, in a way that was appropriate to his talent cuz he’s such a wonderful actor and you know it’s a big cast and it was hard to find stuff for him to do. His presence is so wonderful and he was so good in the episode and that was another thing I remember to be really great.