Taking her now-familiar
position at the chalkboard, Maria recaps events for us, telling us Liz is now convinced
that aliens are responsible for Alexs death. Inside the Whitman house, Liz and
Maria are helping Mr. Whitman go through Alexs room. Liz is suspicious when she
finds a condolence card from Alexs host family in Sweden, since Mr. Whitman
didnt tell them of Alexs death. Despite Marias concern the morality of
it, Liz searches on Alexs computer for clues until she finds a locked file. Maria
gives her Alexs password ("I The Stud"), Liz unlocks the file, and the
screen scrolls with the same sentence repeated over and over -- "Leanna is not
Leanna."
Max confronts Liz about her saying aliens had something to do with Alexs death,
but Liz refuses to apologize. Max says Liz isnt being careful, and reminds her that
theyve always agreed to do things as a group. Max then admits he doesnt
believe Lizs theory that Alex was murdered. Later, Liz tells Maria that the binary
code on the receipt Alex signed had 20 ones and zeros, and the sentence "Leanna is
not Leanna," with the spaces and letters, also has 20 characters. Liz believes there
is a connection.
Isabel, Max, Michael, and Tess discuss the Liz situation. Max tells the others that Liz
is obsessed with Alexs death, and keeps asking questions about it. Isabel wonders if
its occurred to anyone that maybe Liz is right. "Im the last person who
wants to remotely consider this, but its us. Stranger things have
happened," she says. Max refuses to consider that, insisting once again that Liz is
wrong. Isabel then brings up the subject of her going to college in San Francisco, adding
that shes gotten letters of recommendation from her teachers, and its a good
chance for her. Max stares at her coldly, but says nothing. "Some people would say
Congratulations," Isabel says. Max simply replies that theyll talk
about it later, and walks away with Tess. Isabel, standing with Michael, watches him walk
off. She shakes her head, laughs bitterly, and rolls her eyes in disgust.
Max and Tess sit upon the bed in Tesss room. For some bizarre yet unexplained
reason, Max is massaging Tesss bare foot as they discuss their "infamous"
(as Tess calls it) prom kiss. Max says he fears being with Tess that way, because then he
could never go back. Tess surmises that Max is afraid to go home to their planet.
Meanwhile, Liz goes to the DeLuca house and weasels Sean into helping her break into the
school Guidance Office. Despite his qualms, Sean helps her; Liz makes copies of
Alexs school records, but just as they are about to escape, they are caught by the
school security guard.