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| Isabel is sitting alone in the
Crashdown, when Kyle suddenly joins her, telling her, "I'm a guy. I know what freaks
guys out. He wakes up tomorrow morning
one testicle!" Isabel replies that
shes over Max, but Kyle doesnt give up. He starts in once again quoting
Buddha, but she stops him cold: "Kyle, if you quote that fat bald man to me one more
time, youre gonna wake up one of these mornings and ZAP!" She points to a
certain area on Kyles body. Kyle follows the direction of her gesture, looking
nervously down. Max takes out the trash to the dumpster in the alley behind his house,
but he has trouble the bag keeps falling over and spilling, and finally, Max is so
frustrated he begins kicking the bag and the dumpster. He collapses in a sobbing heap next
to the wall, just as Isabel comes out to see what all the noise is about. Max cries,
telling her about Tesss pregnancy, the problems with the baby being unable to
survive on Earth, and the fact that he feels irresponsible and stupid. Isabel takes his
hand and tells him to come with her. She asks if Max remembers "Bigfoot," and
Max says he does it was his guinea pig, which was attacked and killed in its cage
by a neighbors dog. Isabel asks if he remembers what happened the next day, but Max
doesnt seem to. She lifts a hand in the air, and snow begins to fall. Max remembers
that it snowed. Isabel says it was the first time any of them had ever seen snow, then
continues, "It snowed for two days. Biggest storm to hit Roswell in a century. It was
a disaster for everyone but us." They made snowmen and angels, and pelted Michael
with snowballs "It was magic," Isabel says, and Max adds, "Just like
this." Isabel then apologizes to Max, saying her problems are nothing compared to
his, but Max disagrees, telling her that isnt true, that her life is important as
well. Isabel says theyll figure something out, then asks if the baby is a boy or a
girl. Max replies that it's a boy, and they are both stunned at the idea of his having a
son. They stand on the bridge, hugging, just as Michael drives up on his motorcycle.
Michael looks at the snow and says, "A little public, isnt it?" but Isabel
and Max dont seem to care. Michael pulls out the translated book, which Max begins
to read. When Isabel asks what it is, a dazed Max tells her that the book contains the way
to go home. Isabel, Max, and Michael stare at one another as they realize they can now go
back to their planet.
Judith Gerber |
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