#117 Crazy – Primer

Together again, Max and Liz go up to ‘make-out point.’ The two are interrupted by Agent Topolsky who warns them there is an alien hunter aware of Max’s existence. Topolsky further explains she was part of an elite alien hunting unit of the federal agency, headed by an AGENT PIERCE. She then explains she left the unit when she realized Pierce was killing innocent people in order to find the fourth alien, Nasedo.

Max disbelieves Topolsky, who then goes to Valenti telling him the same tale. Valenti, who fears she may just be crazy, calls FBI Agent Stephens to check out the story. Valenti learns that Agent Stephens has recently been killed.

Desperate for someone to believe her, Topolsky goes to Michael telling him she has a communicator, an orb, from his planet. Topolsky further tells Michael if he wants to know everything she knows, he should bring the orb Max and Liz have, and meet her later. Michael tells Max who says to let it go. Again tired of Max not wanting to proceed, Michael steals the orb and he and Maria run off to meet Topolsky.

Learning of his betrayal, an angry Max follows Michael and Maria. Max and Michael get into a fight, and the orb is thrown from their reach. Suddenly, Valenti and a DOCTOR MARGOLIS show up to inform the kids that Topolsky had escaped from an insane asylum, and everything she has been telling them has been a lie. Before leaving, Valenti discovers the orb and puts it in his pocket.

We later discover Doctor Margolis was actually Nasedo who had shape shifted in order to get Valenti off the kid’s track. At the same time, Topolsky is kidnapped by her own people.

Meanwhile, Isabel has befriended a new girl at school, Tess, whom Maria and Michael fear may have eyes for Max.

Jason Katims Commentary

“We knew we were on the bubble…for a second season.”

Transcribed by Lena

From “Crazy” we really concentrated on making these final six episodes exciting filled with action and making sure the stakes were really high. Honestly we knew that we were on the bubble as I say about whether we were going to come back for a second season and the network wanted us to really sort of tell a lot of story and make them really big. I was feeling this is a show, that I really loved and we have a tremendous cast and we were really hitting our stride – I thought – and the beginning the season it was very much almost like an immigrant story wondering about where they came from but now Nasedo is out there. There are people trying to do them harm. The moment that’s most striking to me is when Michael’s going off to take the order to Topolsky and Max punches Michael out. I thought wow there’s one thing to see it written in the script but watching that scene in the editing room was really striking just the fact that these characters have been taking the place where that could happen where two people so close could wind up having fist fight and the intensity of that it really rang
true to me and it was exciting for me going further with these stories and that was “Crazy”.