[Joey and Bunny are sitting in his car on a mountain overlooking the city]
Joey: Oh God, I love this town-- Looking down from here, it's like seeing the lights on a chritsmas tree! You know? It's magic.
Bunny: Ahh.
That's nice, joey.
Joey: Yeah.
[Bunny starts to light a cigarette]
Joey: What'd i tell ya
about smokin'
in the car, huh?
Bunny: Gimme a break!
Joey: You gimme a break!
I quit.
I can't be around
that stuff no more,
so get out!
Come on,
go over there.
Bunny: It's cold outside!
Joey: I don't care! Go!
Smoke over there.
Bunny: Fine!
Joey: Come on!
Go ahead.
Bunny: Shut up!
Joey: Hey, those things
are gonna kill you,
you know.
Bunny: No! You're gonna
kill me!
Joey: Yeah, right.
Bunny: Bastard.
Joey: Puff your brains out.
Bunny: Oh, shut up.
You make me sick.
Come on! (The lighter won't work)
[There is a bright flash of light, and Bunny sees a glowing man walking away- She runs back to the car, and sees Joey's burned body on the front seat.
[Police siren- the next day the scene is covered by police]
Cop 1: so...How's a guy burn to death in his car without leaving behind so much as a scorch mark?
A female witness
said she saw
an otherworldly
figure.
Cop 2: Any evidence of this guy?
Cop 1: No footprints.
No tire tracks.
Nothin'.
Cop 1: So what do you
think it was...
Lightning strike
or spontaneous
human combustion?
Cop 2: The registration
has the guy
as joseph ferrini, jr.
Cop 1: Anything else?
Cop 2: Got some repair bills-the tire gauge... this might be something
Looks like a license
plate number. N.M.
New mexico?
Cop 1: Let's run it.
[Knock on door]
Deputy: max evans?
Max: Is something wrong?
Deputy: Deputy brown- Roswell Sheriff's Department.
I need to ask you
a few questions
about a homicide
investigation.
Deputy: you recognize
this man?
Max: No.
Deputy: You sure?
Max: Yeah. Who is he?
Deputy: His name
is joey ferrini,
and his death
is being investigated
as a possible homicide.
Your licence plate
number turned up in
his glove compartment
in los angeles.
You want
to tell me why?
Max: I don't know.
I mean, I've only
had the car for
a couple of months.
Maybe this has
something to do with
the previous owner.
Deputy: Yeah. Maybe.
Since this
isn't officially
a homicide case yet,
I can't take you in.
Of course the fact that you were arrested for armed robbery
in Utah
a few weeks ago
does tempt me.
Max: Those charges
were dropped.
Deputy: Yeah, I know.
Ha ha.
Must be nice
having a daddy
who's a lawyer, huh?
Just wanted you
to know that i know.
And I'll be watching
you.
Max: Great. This is
all I need.
Joey: (In Michael's memory) I got a message
for your friend max.
Stop looking.
Michael: Max, i know the dead guy.
[Scene switches to Max and Liz talking]
Liz: So he's the same guy
that wanted us to stop
looking for your ship.
Max: The deputy told me
that he died
under mysterious
circumstances.
The police are looking
into it as a freak
lightning strike, but...
Liz: But you think
that an alien
killed him.
Max: But not just an alien.
A shapeshifting alien.
Nasedo killed
the exact same way.
Liz: Nasedo's dead.
Max: There were
2 shapeshifters who
were sent down with us
on our ship
before it crashed.
Yeah, nasedo's dead.
I saw that
with my own eyes.
But...I don't know.
What about
the other one?
Maybe...Maybe
he's still out there.
Maybe he's the one
who sent fellini
to utah to warn us off,
and maybe he's the one
who killed him.
Liz: How do you know
that he's not gonna
try and kill you, too?
Max: Liz...
I just keep on
having these visions
of my son.
I know this is risky,
and I know that I don't
have much to go on,
but I...
Liz: You have to contact
your son,
and the shapeshifter's
the only one
who might know how.
So where do we start?
Max: L.A.
Liz: L.A.
Right.
Right.
Let's go.
Max: Liz.
This thing
with your dad...
Liz: That's not the point.
Max: I can do this
on my own.
Liz: Well, at least
i've been to l.A.
Max: I'm not sure
disneyland
counts as L.A.
Look, this could be
dangerous.
This time I think
it would be better
if i went alone.
Liz: So what am i
supposed to do...
Just go to class?
Pretend like
everything's fine?
Max: You'll be in
on every step
along the way.
I promise.
Liz: I'll miss you.
Max: Not like
i'll miss you.
[In the classroom]
Teacher: And our last team
will be miss parker
and mr. Valenti.
Miss parker?
What do you say
to that?
Kyle: Say yes.
Liz: Yes. I say yes.
Teacher: Good. I'm sure
you and mr. Valenti
will make
a great team.
Now let's talk about
equipment.
Kyle: Thanks, partner.
Liz: Partner what?
Teacher: The job of
the investigative journalist
is to tell...
The truth...
No matter how uncomfortable
or unpleasant that may be.
So your assignment this week
is to take these cameras,
go out into the world,
and try to find the truth
and capture it on film,
or in this case, on tape.
[Jim Valenti comes to the door, and waves for Kyle to come over]
Jim: I, uh...
Kyle: What's goin' on?
Jim: I got a phone call from the doctor at the nursing
home this morning.
There's been
another incident
with your grandfather.
I need you to go over
there and deal with this.
Kyle: Dad--
Jim: kyle...
I need you to do this.
Liz: »What's going on?
[Jesse is giving Isabel her engagement ring]
Isabel: Oh, my god, jesse,
I'M...I'M...
Jesse: Speechless.
Isabel: Yeah. But jesse,
it's...
Jesse: Beautiful? I know.
Its 2 months' salary.
Isabel: It's gorgeous,
but I can'T.
Jesse: What--believe it?
Isabel: Wear it.
Jesse: The guy said
champagne color
was in this year.
Isabel: It's perfect.
The ring is perfect.
You're perfect.
But if i wear it,
it just announces
to the world
that we're engaged.
Jesse: Which we are.
Isabel: Right. But the world
doesn't know that yet.
Jesse: Oh, so you still
haven't figured out
how to tell your parents.
Isabel: Well, it's complicated.
Jesse: Max moved out,
and they're freaked
about it.
Isabel: Right. And they don't
know that we're dating.
Isabel: Is that guy watching us?
Jesse: Isabel, don't try
to avoid the subject.
Isabel: Right. You know what?
You know what
i'm gonna do?
I'm gonna start
with my mom, ok?
I'll talk to her
tonight.
I promise.
It's perfect.
[Liz and Kyle are in the nursing home]
Kyle: Oh, god.
This should only
take a few minutes.
Usually he just like...
Spills his soup
or cereal or something--
excuse me--
Kyle: and I have to, like,
clean it up, and that's it.
After that,
we can go home.
Liz: Isn't this something
that your father
should be doing himself?
[Sighs]
Kyle: yeah, should be,
but he won't.
He hasn't come
to visit him
in over a year.
Liz: Well, how come?
Kyle: I don't know.
Might have something
to do with the fact
that my grandfather
lost his job
searching for aliens
and ruined
my dad's life.
Liz: But there are aliens.
Your grandfather was right,
and your father knows that.
Kyle: Liz, if you're going
to start to point out
the ironies in my family,
I warn you:
They never stop.
[Sighs]
Liz: You know...
This might be
the perfect place
to find something
for class.
When you think
of all the stories
that are just...
Locked up here,
you know?
The true stories
of heartache,
love and loss,
and the pain.
Kyle: Liz. Liz.
There are no stories here
that i'm even
remotely interested in.
Liz: You sure about that?
[Kyle's grandfather is sitting staring into space. Food and clothes are thrown all around the room.]
Liz: Do you think
we should start
cleaning this up?
Kyle: Now? We just found
our story.
We're about to blow
the doors off this place.
Liz: We are?
Kyle: Yep. Show the folks
at home the outrageous
conditions
the elderly
are supposed to live in.
Liz: Didn't your grandfather
make this mess himself?
Kyle: Look at these
ceiling tiles.
It's all
water damaged--
it's unbelievable.
How do they expect
anybody to live like this?
Liz: Is he always
like this?
Kyle: Pretty much.
Liz: You don't ever
talk to him?
Kyle: Sure, yeah.
It's pretty much
a one-way conversation.
Liz: Hi, mr. Valenti.
Hi.
I'm liz parker.
I'm a friend of
your grandson'S.
[Laughs]
and your son,
actually.
Oh. Would you
like me to read
to you?
My grandfather
always used to
like that.
Liz: "Mysterious objects
streak across skies
in texas.
"Several eye witness
reports out of the lone star state confirm--"
[Grandpa Valenti grabs Liz's arm]
Grandpa Valenti: they are among us!
They are among us!
[Scene switches to Max driving in LA]
[cell phone rings]
Max: hello?
Liz: Hey,
so how's l.A.?
Max: Big.
[Honk honk]
Man: shut up
and learn
how to drive!
Max: And very friendly.
Liz: Yeah. It sounds
like it.
Uh, look,
I have a theory
about how to track
down the shapeshifter.
Max: Right.
Liz: Ok. No matter
how many times nasedo
changed his appearance,
he always returned
to one particular shape.
Max: Ed harding.
Liz: Yeah.
Liz: Now, why is that?
He could have been
anyone.
Max: So why keep going back
to a middle-aged
bald man?
Liz: Exactly.
What if the shapeshifters
can change their appearance,
but it's only temporary.
Eventually they have to
return to their base form.
Max: Makes sense.
Liz: Come on, would i
steer you wrong?
Max: I don't suppose
you could steer me
towards the hollywood
cemetery.
Liz: Yeah. I can't
help you there,
but good luck
with that.
Max: Thanks.
Liz: Bye.
[Scene switches to a funeral- Max walks up to the crowd.]
Minister:
"So great is his mercy
"towards them
that fear him.
"As far as the east
is from the west,
"so far hath he removed
our transgressions from us.
"Like as a father
pityeth his children,
"so the lord pityeth
them that fear him.
"For he knoweth our frame;
"he remembereth
that we are dust.
"As for man,
his days are as grass.
As a flower..."
Agent: Who are you?
Friend or family?
Max: I'm a cousin.
Agent: Funny,
joey never told me
he had any cousins,
and, um...
Joey told me
everything.
Max: He did?
Agent: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
We were close,
joey and me.
Like brothers.
No secrets
between us.
And now I find out
he had this
whole family
he never even
told me about?
Bunny: Shh!
Max: I'm only a...
A distant cousin.
Agent: Do you have
representation?
Agent.
Do you have an agent?
Bunny: Please!
[Whispers]
Agent: ok!
We'll talk after.
[The agent hands Max his card]
Minister: "Grant this,
"we beseech thee,
o merciful father,
through jesus christ..."
[Kyle and Liz are working with the camera at Kyle's house]
Kyle: You're supposed to say
action.
Liz: Kyle,
just start.
[Sighs]
Liz: fine. Action.
Kyle: In my hand, I hold
a billing statement
for the sunrise
retirement facility,
my grandfather's
nursing home.
The exorbitant cost,
over $1,200 a month...
Outrageous, considering
the sub-standard care
he's receiving--
Jim: hey, guys.
Filming something?
Kyle: Cut! Dad,
you just ruined
the shot.
You ruined
the shot.
Jim: Just grabbin' a beer.
Kyle: How was your gig?
Jim: It was great.
Kit shickers
are really
comin' together.
Jim: Hey, um...
Listen, did you
take care of
that little thing
we talked about?
Kyle: Yeah.
Jim: Good.
Liz: That's it?
Ask him about what
your grandfather said.
Kyle: He's not gonna
talk about it.
Liz: Well, let's find out.
Kyle: Liz--
[Liz walks into the living room, and begins filming Jim]
Jim: hey. Am I supposed
to smile or wave
or something?
Liz: Uh, well, actually,
it's for a school
project.
Our assignment's
to get the truth
about something.
Jim: Hey, if you want,
you can come down
and film the band.
We're musicians.
Musicians are always
searching for the truth.
Liz: Well, actually,
I was a little bit
more interested
in you
and your father.
Jim: Well...
That's not really
a subject that, uh...
Kyle: How come you haven't
gone to see him
for over a year?
Jim: It hasn't been that long.
Kyle: Oh, yes, it has.
September 24, 2000.
Grandpa has it marked
on his calendar.
Jim: Turn that thing off.
Turn that off.
Who the hell did that?
It wasn't him-- someone at
the nursing home
interfering in our--
Kyle: I marked it down, ok?
Jim: Why?
Kyle: Because
it makes him happy.
Jim: Kyle, I don't think
he even knows
who we are anymore.
Liz: He said something
to me today.
Jim: He spoke to you?
Liz: Actually,
he grabbed me,
and then he said
something.
Jim: What?
Liz: They are
among us.
Do you have
any idea what
that would--
Jim: they are among us.
They are among us
is a "b" movie
that was
shot here in roswell
back in the fifties.
It's just
a painful memory
rattling around
in an old man's brain.
Liz: Why is that
a painful memory?
Jim: The leading lady
in the film was killed
during the production.
My father was
the sheriff at the time,
so he headed up
the investigation.
Jim: I told you about all this.
Kyle: No. You never talk
about grandpa.
Jim: Anyway...My father
was convinced that she
was killed by an alien.
But she wasn't.
She died of A...
A freak lightning
strike.
[Isabel is on the phone]
Isabel: Yes, jesse.
I'm gonna tell her.
Right. Right. I know.
Simple, clear, and fearless.
Yeah. Ok, I gotta go.
Wish me luck.
Ok. Bye.
Mrs. Evans: Who was that?
Isabel: It was maria.
Mom, i need
to talk to you.
Mrs. Evans: It was max,
wasn't it?
Isabel: Max? No--
Mrs. Evans: of course it was, isabel.
I always know
when you're lying.
That wasn't maria,
and you know it.
Isabel: You're right.
It wasn't maria.
It was--
mom, i need to--
Mrs. Evans: so, I mean,
does max need money or--
or what?
Isabel: Mom. It wasn't max,
ok?
It wasn't max.
I swear.
Mrs. Evans: Oh.
Well, I--i just
thought that, you know,
after being gone
from home for 3 weeks
that he might just
want to check in
once in a while.
Don't you think?
Isabel: Mom--
Mrs. Evans: I mean,
you talk to him,
right?
Isabel: Sure.
Mrs. Evans: Does he need money?
Isabel: I don't think so.
Mrs. Evans: Well, do me a favor,
will you?
[Mrs. Evans hands money to Isabel]
Mrs. Evans: Just in case.
[Max returns to his car and he finds a note that says Go Home Max!- As Max is driving, his cell phone rings.]
Isabel: Max, it's me.
Max: Hey.
Isabel: Hey, when are you
coming home?
You're ripping out
your mother's heart.
Max: I don't know yet.
Isabel: For the record,
michael and I disapprove
of you wandering around L.A.
Looking for shapeshifters.
You know, you could expose us
or even get yourself
killed.
Have you thought
of that?
Max: You know how important
this is to me.
Isabel: I know. I know,
finding your son.
I understand that.
But...Do you even
have a plan, max?
Max: Yes, i have a plan.
Well, sort of
a plan.
Max: I'm getting an agent.
Isabel: What?
[Max is having lunch with the agent he met at the funeral]
Agent: Hit man, thug,
convict, tough guy.
Joey ferrini
could play 'em all.
Max: So ferrini
wasn't really
a hit man?
Agent: Oh, well--
not recently.
Max: So what was joey
in prison for?
Agent: You know, you really
don't know very much
about your cousin.
Max: He was
my second cousin.
Twice removed.
Agent: Assault.
He was big on assault.
Loved assaulting people.
Which was why
he's so convincing
on screen.
Max: Uh, joey called me
a couple of weeks
ago from utah.
Agent: Yeah?
Max: Do you know what
he was doing there?
Agent: You know, I didn't
book that job.
I gotta be straight
with you,
and I don't mean
to disrespect the dead,
but your cousin joey
was not a great actor.
Agent: Now, you,
on the other hand,
you, my friend,
you are on a completely
different path.
Let's talk tom cruise.
Let's talk keanu reeves.
Max: I'm not an actor.
Agent: What,
and keanu reeves is?
[Silent grimace]
all you need
is exposure.
Max: That's the last thing
i need.
Agent: Oh, ho! Look,
look!
Look, look,
look!
Max: Who's that?
Agent: Who's that?
What, are you
from kansas?
Of course.
That's why i love you!
Agent: That is kal langley.
He is just the biggest,
the most powerful producer
in this whole town.
Now you watch
as i plant your name in his brain.
[Max looks up Joey's address in the agents PDA. The scene switches to Max entering Joey's apartment. His cell phone rings]
Max: hello?
Liz: I think I found
something.
I think
the shapeshifter
killed someone
here in roswell
in 1959.
Max: What do you mean?
Liz: You're chasing
a serial killer,
max.
Look, an actress
was killed
on a movie location.
The coroner
said that she died of
a freak lightning
strike?
Max: Coincidence?
Liz: In roswell?
There are no coincidences.
Valenti's dad
was sheriff at the time,
and he knew that
it was alien related,
but nobody believed him.
Max: Did he have any
suspects?
Liz: I don't know,
but I'll find out.
Max: Thanks, liz.
Thank you
for helping me.
Liz: Yeah, well, you know,
the sooner
you find this guy,
the sooner you come home.
Look, my dad's coming.
I gotta go.
Max: Bye.
Liz: Bye.
[Max is watching a tape of him researshing for Utah]
Bunny: Action.
Joey: I got a message...
For your, uh,
friend max.
Stop...Lookin'.
Bunny: The person
i work--
Joey: the person i work for
will do whatever
is necessary.
Bunny: And then
i'm supposed to shoot.
Joey: And then i'm supposed
to shoot.
Bunny: Go from the top.
Start over.
Do it over.
[Ejects tape]
Max: it was all an act.
[Joey's computer comes on and says "You've got mail.
You've got mail...
Max."]
[The screen says "I warned you Max, stay away"- Bunny walks in on Max with a gun drawn]
Bunny: What the hell
are you doin' here?
you've got about 3 seconds
to tell me
what's going on!
Max: Just relax.
Take it easy.
Bunny: Talk!
Max: I'm trying to figure out
who killed joey ferrini.
Bunny: The cops said
he was hit by lightning.
Max: Well,
the cops are wrong.
He was murdered.
You know i'm right,
don't you?
Bunny: I tried telling them
but they wouldn't
believe me.
They thought
i was crazy.
Max: You're not crazy.
Bunny: I know joey
was no angel,
but I cared about him.
Someone was out there
that night.
The cops said
there were no footprints,
but I saw someone.
Max: You were there
when it happened?
Can you show me?
[Max and Bunny arrive at the lookout point]
Bunny: This is the place.
I, uh...
I turned my back
to light a cigarette,
and then there was
this...
It was blinding.
And then joey was dead.
Max: You said you saw
someone.
Bunny: Yeah, yeah, there was this man- it was weird- it was like....He was glowing.
Max: And what did he
look like?
Bunny: I didn't really
get a good look...
Max: Hair color..clothes.. anything?
Bunny: I'm sorry you know, He went off that way, and just seemed to disappear.
Max: I saw that video of Joey rehearsing for his role up in Utah.
Max: Do you have any idea
who...Cast him?
Bunny: Naw. I--I don't know.
He wouldn't tell me.
When he got back,
he started acting
really crazy.
Talking about aliens
and spaceships.
I told him he was
losin' it,
so he stopped
talkin' to me about it.
He just said
that he got the goods
on someone...
Someone big,
and that it was gonna
make him a rich man.
That's it, isn't it?
That's what killed him.
What is it?
What happened in utah?
Max: We should get going.
Bunny: At least tell me,
am i in danger?
Max: Come on, let's go.
[Kyle and Liz are in the diner. They have a copy of the tape]
Liz: I can't believe
this movie
was ever released.
Kyle: I know. 87 minutes
never seemed so long.
[An elderly woman enters the diner]
Mrs. Covendale: Are you liz?
Liz: Oh, yes!
Ms. Covendall, hi.
Nice to meet you.
This is
kyle valenti.
Mrs. Covendale: Oh, you look so much
like your grandfather.
Kyle: Yeah, well...
Genes, you know?
Mrs. Covendale: I was just so excited
to get your call.
How did you find me?
Liz: We got your name
off one of those
film history websites.
Kyle: Right here.
It said that you did
hair and makeup
on they are among us.
Mrs. Covendale: Are you guys fans
of the movie?
Kyle: Oh, just loved it.
Liz: It's my favorite.
Mrs. Covendale: It was a very exciting
time.
Roswell went totally
hollywood.
Liz: Well, we were wondering
if you could tell us
anything
about the actress
that got killed
on the movie.
Mrs. Covendale: Such a shame,
what happened.
Hit by lightning
on a clear day.
She was
a gorgeous girl,
a real hottie.
That is what
you call them now,
isn't it?
Kyle: Yeah. I guess.
Mrs. Covendale: Well, anyway,
rumor had it
that this little hottie
got caught up
in some kind of
love triangle
with the lead actor
and the clapper loader.
Kyle: My--my, um...
My grandpa
always believed
that she was murdered.
Mrs. Covendale: Yes! Poor thing.
He caused quite a stir
with that whole alien
business.
Liz: Do you remember
if he had any suspects,
anyone he might have
accused of being
an alien?
Mrs. Covendale: Sure! He thought
it was the clapper loader.
[Scene switches to Max and Bunny in the car. Max is talking to Liz on his cell phone]
Max: What's a clapper loader?
Bunny: Oh! He's the guy
who bangs the thing
and goes, "take one,
take two."
Max: Oh.
Liz: Who are you with?
Max: Uh...
A friend.
I'm just taking her
back to her place.
Liz: Her place?
Max: I mean, I'm just
dropping her off.
She's helping me.
We're getting off
the subject.
Liz: Ok, uh...
Well, here's the theory.
If the clapper loader
is the shapeshifter,
then i'm thinking
that maybe that's
his base form.
Max: The body he always
goes back to.
Liz: Right.
Liz: And if that's true,
maybe if we can find out
what this clapper loader
looked like in 1959...
Max: He might still
look like that today.
Liz: Exactly.
Max: Ok. So how do we
find out what this
guy looked like?
Liz: Well, he'll be
on all the film.
He's not in the actual movie,
but he'll be in
all the dailies.
Max: What are dailies?
Bunny: Dailies?
Dailies are all the footage
they shoot in one day.
You know, like outtakes,
bloopers, alternate angles.
That stuff.
Max: Thanks.
Liz: I'm really glad
that she's so helpful.
Max: Ahem.
So how do we get
ahold of 50-year-old
dailies?
Liz: Well, I did some research,
and I found out
that the rights
to they are among us
were eventually sold
to paramount pictures,
so all of their dailies
should be in their
film vaults.
Max: God, i love you.
Liz: Well, did she hear that?
Max: Definitely.
Liz: Good. Call me
when you find a way out
to the paramount lot.
Alone.
[Max drops Bunny off at her place]
Bunny: I, uh...
Don't suppose
you wanna...
Come up.
You know.
Max: Uh...Thanks, but...
Bunny: Eh!
It was worth
a shot.
Max: Forget about all this.
Forget about joey
and utah
and the whole thing.
It's important.
Your life
depends on it.
Bunny: And what about you?
Should i forget
about you?
Max: Especially me
i don't want you
ending up like joey.
Bunny: Ok.
I hope that girl
oh the phone
knows how lucky
she is.
[Bunny kisses Max on the cheek]
Bunny: Bye.
[Max meets the agent]
Max: I wanna be an actor.
Agent: I knew it.
Didn't i know it?
I absolutely
knew it!
First thing we gotta do
is get you some
head shots.
Max: I don't have time
for head shots.
I need an audition.
Agent: Hello, steven!
Hello, martin,
hello, francis.
I got a new kid for ya.
He's got ambition.
He's got moxie.
Hey, wait a minute.
Did I just say moxie?
Whoa! I haven't heard
that expression
in a long time!
That could be
the very next catch phrase.
I should write that down.
[Max picks up a paper from the Agent's desk.]
Max: I want this audition.
This one at paramount.
Agent: What?
A guest shot on enterprise?
Are you crazy?
This is a big part.
This is a major network show.
It's a franchise.
It's top of
the food chain, kid.
Max: It says it's just
a one-day role.
Agent: You're a trekkie,
aren't ya?
Oh, I knew it.
I knew it.
And as it so happens,
I happen to have an in
with the director
on that particular
episode.
Max: Good. Because I need
to get on that lot
today.
Agent: Ooh, my!
We're gonna be
high maintenance,
aren't we?
But that's all right.
'Cause i'm gonna make you
a big star.
[Jesse and Isabel are talking]
Isabel: I don't know.
My mom hasn't been
looking
very well lately.
She might be coming
down with something.
This might not be
the right time.
Jesse: Look, it's going
to be fine, ok?
You can do this.
Isabel: I can?
Jesse: Yes, of course you can.
Just go in there
and tell them.
Isabel: Ok. All right.
Jesse: Just go in
and tell them.
And remember,
this is good news.
Isabel: Right. Good news.
Good news.
Jesse: That's right.
Isabel: Ok.
[Isabel is having dinner with her parents]
Mrs. Evans: Oh, I used to love
halloween when you
were a little girl.
Mr. Evans: Remember the year
you dressed up
as madonna?
Mrs. Evans: Oh, and max was adam ant.
Remember he dragged you
all over town
looking for that
one perfect shirt
he had to have.
Mr. Evans: Yeah. Yeah.
Mr. Evans: And the next year
was the freddy krueger
glove
that he just had to have.
Mr. Evans: Have you heard
from--
Mrs. Evans: philip.
Isabel: Ok, look. There's
something I need
to tell you both--
Mrs. Evans: about max?
Isabel: No. Not about max.
It's about me. Ha ha.
It's something
i've been trying
to say for days,
but there's just
been this weight
over everything,
and I thought maybe
it wasn't the right
time, you know,
but then i thought,
"it is the right time,"
because it is
really good news.
It's really, really...
Really good news,
and if there's anything
that this family needs
at this moment in time,
it's a little joy, right?
A little happiness.
So, um...
Mrs. Evans: This doesn't
sound like
reallly good news,
Isabel: really it's...It'S...
Isabel: Mom...Dad...I'm getting married to Jesse from your office, you know?.....
Isabel: ok, wow! Ha ha.
I feel better.
So...What should we eat?
[Inhales]
Liz: so your grandfather
was right.
The actress was killed
by an alien.
Kyle: Yep.
Liz: That's it?
Tell him
what we found out!
Liz: Kyle, your grandfather
was right.
You have to tell
your father.
Kyle: I don't think so.
Liz: Kyle, your family
is a damn nightmare.
Somebody has to break
the cycle of silence.
Kyle: Yeah, someone should.
Liz: Yeah, someone should.
Kyle: Me? Why me? Why should
i break the silence?
Liz: Who cares who breaks it?
Just do it!
Kyle: Let me think
about it.
Liz: No, no thinking.
Just doing.
Liz: Mr. Valenti?
Mr. Valenti,
could you come
in here please?
Kyle: Liz, you have no right
to intrude on my
dysfunctional--
Kyle: hey, dad.
Liz: Hi, mr. Valenti.
Kyle here has something
he'd like to talk
to you about.
Jim: Oh, yeah?
What's that?
Liz: I have to go.
Have a really nice
talk.
Jim: Kyle?
Kyle: It's nothin', nothin'.
Jim: 'K.
Kyle: Dad?
Jim: Hmm?
Kyle: I'd really hate
for what's going on
between you and grandpa
to happen to us.
[Scene swithces to Jim visiting his father]
Jim: Good lookin'
son of a gun,
weren't ya?
I guess it runs
in the family.
[Sighs]
Jim: hey, uh...
Dad, i gotta
take off, all right?
I got some stuff
to do at home,
so i'll see ya
in a few days
or something,
and I'll...
I'll see ya.
[Grandpa Valenti stands up, and points to the date on the calendar]
Jim: Hey.
Come here.
Come here.
All right.
Come on.
Come on.
I got ya.
I got ya.
Come on.
Here we go.
I know.
It's all right.
Listen, I'll get a pen,
all right?
And we'll, uh...
And we'll mark
today on your
calendar...
All right?
then when I come
back tomorrow,
we can mark...
We can mark
that day, too.
[Scene switches to Max's audition at Paramount>
Jonathan Frakes: Next!
Max: Hey, mr. Frakes.
Max evans.
From roswell.
Jonathan Frakes: Oh.
Nice to see you.
Max: the UFO convention, I Helped upgrade your hotel room.
Jonathan Frakes: That's right.
Welcome to l.A.
This is john billingsley
from enterprise.
John Billingsley: How you doing?
Max: Hey.
Jonathan Frakes: That's ok.
I'll get the door.
Whenever you're ready,
go ahead.
It's all yours.
John Billingsley: I'm dr. Phlox
of the starship enterprise.
Max: I am..."Korgan.
"My people are
called the bantoo.
[Speaking quickly]
we claim this region
of space."
John Billingsley: The enterprise is in
a desperate situation.
Rigellian fever
has swept through the ship,
and we urgently need
a source of ryetallin.
Max: "You come to steal
from us?"
John Billingsley: No.
Max: "If you do not
leave our space
immediately,
"we will have
no choice
but to destroy
your ship."
Jonathan Frakes: One minute.
Hold on.
This character korgan
is an alien.
He's an alien
from another planet.
And right now,
I'm not feeling really
like...
Like you're an alien.
Do you know what i mean?
Do you wanna
give it another shot?
Just from the top.
Whenever you're ready.
[Same delivery]
Max: "i am...Korgan.
My people
are the bantoo."
Jonathan Frakes: Much better.
Thank you very much,
max.
Take care.
[Max meets his agent in the lot]
[Snickers]
Agent: gimme a call.
We could set up
an audition.
I'm one of the few
people in this town that
will still see raw talent.
You're a little
too raw.
I'm sorry.
It's a tough business.
Wait--my guy. My guy!
Hey, you got it!
You got it!
Max: I did?
Agent: Oh, I'm sure
you got it.
Max: Really.
Agent: Absolutely.
And if not,
there's still buffy.
Max: You know,
I'd like to look
around for a while.
My first time
on a movie lot
and all.
Agent: Still the wide-eyed
innocent, huh?
Don't lose that. We can milk that naivete for all its worth.
Agent: Go ahead.
Knock yourself out.
I got people on the lot
i should go hassle anyway.
Max: Right
Agent: Oh--cart!
Yo!
[Max opens the film valut. He is talking to Liz on the cell phone]
Liz: Max, he's threatened
you twice already.
The shapeshifter
obviously knows
you're there
and wants you
out of l.A.
Max: Liz, i'm close.
I'm in the vault now.
Liz: Max this is
making me nervous.
He's been tracking you.
Max?
Max: I found it.
Liz: Ok, well--hurry.
Try to get a look at him
and get out of there.
Liz: It doesn't matter
where you look.
You should be able
to see him at the start
of any shot.
Max: It's tough to make
anything out.
Max: Hang on.
Liz:
Max.
Max?
Max: Oh, my god.
Liz: Max, what do you see?
Max: He's a movie producer.
Liz, i know this guy.
I saw him in a restaurant.
[Line goes dead]
liz?
Liz?
Shape Shifter: Congratulations, max.
You found me.
Max: You're the shapeshifter.
Why'd you kill ferrini?
Shape Shifter: Well...
He figured out
what i am...
And that didn't
work for me.
[The shapeshifter raises his hand and Max flies across the room]
Shape Shifter: I told you to stop
lookin' for me.
[He raises his hand, and the film ingnites
[To Be Continued]
Writer: Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend
