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This is the scene where Liz is preparing Maria for her meeting with Valenti, but in the shooting script the scene started earlier, and went on much longer. The part that aired is in yellow, the cut sections are in white. Check out Liz's meltdown, and more on the colored charts! And it has a great last line.

INT. CRASHDOWN CAFE - KITCHEN/BACK ROOM - MORNING

	Liz prepares a glass of Alka-Seltzer for Maria who looks 
	about twelve years old in the conservative clothes 
	and hairstyle that Liz has made her wear. No make-up either.

				LIZ
		Okay, one more time.

				MARIA
		I feel like a nauseated nun.

	She drains the glass.

				LIZ
		Exactly the image we want to portray. 
		Here.

	Liz hands her some papers.

				MARIA
		What's this? 

				LIZ
		Your script. I thought you might need 
		some help with the questions Valenti 
		might ask you.

				MARIA
		How about, "Is your best friend a couple 
		sandwiches short of a picnic?"

				LIZ
		Please, just stick to the story we came 
		up with the night of the Crash Festival, 
		and I know you'll get through this. 
		You got tapped by that car, blacked out 
		and didn't see a thing that happened 
		after. Now let's pretend I'm Valenti. 
		What did you see in the parking lot that 
		night?

		MARIA
			(reading)
		Nothing, just headlights.

	She burps, hands the glass back to Liz.

				LIZ 
		Perfect. And how did that handprint get 
		on you?

				MARIA
			(reading)
		I don't know, I was unconscious.

				LIZ
		Right.

				MARIA
		Wrong. This is ludicrous. The sheriff's 
		smart, Liz. He's going to find out the 
		truth.
			(beat)
		And maybe that wouldn't be so bad.
			(grasping)
		He's Kyle's dad. He said he was here 
		to protect us.

				LIZ
		Do you really think we need protection 
		from Max and Isabel and Michael?

				MARIA
			(serious now)
		Yes. Maybe. I don't know. . . I just 
		wish you'd stop trying to control the way 
		I feel. I'm not you, Liz.
			(beat)
		I have to do what I think is right.

	Off Liz as she suddenly realizes that Maria migth tell 
	Valenti everything.

				MARIA (cont'd)
		I have to go.

	Maria stops at the schedule board on her way out and erases 
	her name.

				LIZ
		What are you doing? 

	She writes her name in another slot, changing things around.

				MARIA
		Patty and I switches shifts in case I end up 
		in prison for the rest of my life.

	Liz grabs the pen and eraser from her, a little more upset 
	than she ought to be.

				LIZ
		The schedule is here to keep things under 
		control. If people just go around 
		changing the schedule whenever they feel 
		like it, then we've lost control.
			(she starts erasing)
		I mean, we might as well all go through 
		life blindly, never knowing what's going 
		to come next, just waiting to have the 
		rug pulled out from under us any second. 
		One minute, everything's fine and the 
		next minute, I've put everyone I care 
		about in danger and I can't do anything 
		to help them and their whole lives could 
		just disappear, just like that, because 
		I couldn't keep everything under control! 

	She looks at the empty board, realizing what she's just done. 
	Maria is suddenly calm after watching her friend lose it.

				MARIA
		You're just as scared as I am, aren't 
		you? 

	Liz finally realizes it herself.

				LIZ
		You're my best friend, Maria. And look 
		what I've done to you.
			(beat)
		You're right. I can't control what you do. 
		But if I thought for one second that Isabel 
		or Michael or even Max could hurt you, I 
		would march into Valenti's office myself 
		and turn them in.
			(beat)
		They're not monsters, Maria. They're kids. 
		And they're just as scared as we are.

	Off Maria, the decision before her.