Cut scene from “Missing” – Alex and Liz

As we make our way through this period of reruns, here are some cut scenes for your reading pleasure. Some help clarify plot points. Some are just cute. These are scenes that were in the final shooting script, but never aired. Whether or not they were ever filmed is unclear.

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My apologies for the fact that the cut scenes stopped for a bit. Tonight you get some extra stuff to make up for it!

This is a great cut scene for you Alex/Liz friendship fans. Too bad it wasn’t in the epsiode.

	INT. WEST ROSWELL HIGH - HISTORY CLASS - LATER THAT DAY

	Liz and Alex are completing their oral report in front of the
	class.

				ALEX
		"...and so we would conclude by saying
		that McCarthyism was without a doubt, 
		one of the darkest chapters in recent
		American history." 

	Their teacher, MRS. BROWNING, nods, as Alex wipes some
	nervous sweat from his forehead.

				MRS. BROWNING
		Liz?

				LIZ
		Hmmm?

				MRS. BROWNING
		What would you say was the climactic
		event that led to the downfall of Senator
		McCarthy?

				LIZ
		Well, um, that would definitely be the --

	Liz looks at Alex. She's lost and he knows. Mrs. 
	Browning awaits an answer.

				LIZ (cont'd)
			...that would be the--

				ALEX
			(interjecting)
		The Army-McCarthy hearings. When Army 
		lawyer Joseph Welch asked Senator
		McCarthy if he had any decency, it was as
		if he pulled the country out of a 
		nightmare. It exposed McCarthy for the
		bully that he was.

				MRS. BROWNING
		And what would you say was the final cost
		of those hearings?

				LIZ
		Um... well--

				ALEX
			(interjecting)
		Careers were lost. Innocence, too. People
		who once trusted each other, no longer
		did.

	Liz thinks, as Alex talks.

				ALEX (cont'd)
		Accusations were made that tore apart 
		life-long friends. Accusations, baseless
		and without merit. Friendships were
		lost. Many friendships were lost.

	The BELL RINGS. The class files out. Alex retrieves his 
	books next to Liz, but he won't look at her. He turns and
	silently exits. Liz watches him, thinks.

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