Sexual Healing Cut Scenes

A Titilating Teaser

                                                TEASER

INT. GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM - SHOWER STALL

Liz is taking a shower (Liz's voice over). She shuts the shower
off and turns. That's when she notices that the entire locker
room is COMPLETLY EMPTY, eerily silent.

Then, in slow motion, Max appears at the end of the locker
room. The two share a long, knowing look. Liz turns to look
for a towel, but when she turns back, Max is right near her,
in the stall.

Another loaded, uncertain, erotic moment. Max reaches up and
grabs Liz's towel. He wraps her up in it. She doesn't stop
him, but rather allows herself to be enveloped. They move
colser to each other, aching for that magic kiss.

And then Maria crashes into frame:

MARIA
Liz, nice strawberries.

Sound of something crashing in...

INT. CRASHDOWN CAFE - BEHIND THE COUNTER

Reality. Where Liz, startled out of her reverie, knocks over
a metal bowl full of strawberries, scattering them all over
the floor.

MARIA
Whoops. LIZ groan Sorry.

Max approches Liz and Maria.

Liz looks up to see Max approching. Maria pops one of two
intact strawberris left in the bowl into her mouth, as she
leaves.

MARIA (CONT'D)
Sweet.

She hands the other one to Max, as she passes him. He gets
down on the floor with Liz to help.

MAX
Hi. I hope this isn't my fault?

LIZ
Why would it be your fault?

MAX
If I startled you.

Liz is flustered. As if Max "caught" her in her fantasy.
Everything she babbles makes it worse.

LIZ
No. I always knock the strawberries
over this time of night. Especially on
Thursdays. Right, Maria?

MARIA
whizzing by Huh?

LIZ
I'll get more berries from the back.

MAX
Wait reaching Here's another one.

He drops a squished strawberry in the bag. It's a "moment."
Or, is it? Liz, worried it's just her wishful thinking, quickly
closes the bag, starts for the kitchen.

INT. CRASHDOWN CAFE - BACK ROOM/KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

Max follows her.

JOSE
calling out I got one rare alien on a
bun for you, Liz.

Max gives Liz a private smile. She reddens.

JOSE
You want me to smother it?

Max shakes his head, "no," in mock alarm.

LIZ
No.

JOSE
No orders up. I'm on brake.

INT. CRASHDOWN - BACK ROOM/KITCHEN

LIZ
We're friends.

MAX
Good.

LIZ
Why wouldn't we be?

MAX
Well, we really haven't talked...since
that night...

LIZ
(cuts him off)
Max... People do really dumb things
when they're drunk. One time, I got
really drunk with Maria...

MAX
You did?

LIZ
She spilled water on her shirt and I
tried to put her in the clothes dryer.

MAX
Oooww.

LIZ
Luckily, she didn't fit. I couldn't
get the door closed. So -- there you
go. I understand.

MAX
And -- we're friends?

Scene continues...

Back to Max and Liz after the flashes.

Maria sticks her head through the cook's window past the plates
of food waiting to be taken out by the waitresses.

MARIA
Hey, you order's getting...

She sees Liz, held by Max. A wild, ecstatic look on her face.

LIZ
What?

Maria, stunned; she's never seen her friend like this.

MARIA
Cold.

Liz moves away from Max. She looks herself again.


An Alien Technique That'll Make You See Stars?


LIZ AND MARIA AT THE CRASHDOWN CAFE

MARIA
What did you see?

LIZ
(major revelation)
The stars.

MARIA
(blowing it off, big deal)
Liz. Everybody sees stars. Julie Andrews
saw stars in The Sound of Music, or maybe
she heard bells... You know what I mean.

LIZ
You saw stars? With Michael? Maria.
Really.

MARIA:
(shrugs)
What exactly was Max doing when this
happened?

LIZ
I don't know what he did. But, when
Max Evans kissed me it was beyond
anything I've ever experienced. Or
even heard about.

Two girls from school overhear this. Exchange looks.

EXT. WEST ROSWELL HIGH - UNDER THE BLEACHERS

Michael and Maria kissing.

MARIA
Did you see anything?

MICHAEL
I saw you. A little girl. Trying to
tie the shoelaces on her little red
sneakers...

MARIA
You're kidding? The red sneakers?

MICHAEL
Yeah. The red sneakers.

Maria wants to believe. And, does.

MICHAEL (cont'd)
And -- I think you were crying. Because
your little hands couldn't get the bow
to come out right.

MARIA
(moved; this is true)
I never had any patience.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

The girls we saw before at the Crashdown overhearing Liz and
Maria, talk with another girl.

GIRL #1
Supposedly, he knows some incredible
technique.

GIRL #2
Max Evans?

GIRL #1
The quiet, repressed ones? Very often
turn out to be the hotties. It's like
they're burning up inside.

GIRL #2
Is it something he does with his tongue?
Or are the hands involved?

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

The girls look at Isabel. Isabel is shocked. They stand there,
looking at the ereaser room.

GIRL #1
(to Isabel)
Isabel I guess the rumors about your
brother are true.

ISABEL
What rumors?

GIRL #1
(gets closet to Isabel)
That he knows some special technique.
Of pleasure. confidential And I'd be
forever indebted to you if you'd ask
him to pass it along to Anthony
Rutigliano.


Isabel's Lone Avenue


Max, Michal and Isabel at Michael's apartment discussing Liz's
visions.

MICHAEL
Max. If it is real. If there's a chance
it's real. You owe it to us. To find
out.

MAX
(almost knowing)
What do you mean?

MICHAEL
Mi casa es su casa, amigo...just bring
Liz over and go for it.

ISABEL
This is your home, Michael, not a Motel
6.

MICHAEL
Anything for the cause.
(beat)
And, in the meantime, I'll pursue...my
own avenues.

On Isabel. Trying to be blase, making more juice, not give in
to the suddenly lonely awareness, that she's the one in the
room without a partner. With a smile, a "joke":

ISABEL
Don't look at me. I don't have any
avenues.


Faked Flashes


Michael and Maria in the eraser room after she confesses to
have faked the flashes.

MARIA
Did you ever think -- maybe if you
weren't so defensive... if you didn't
just shut down so quickly..

MICHAEL
Maybe what?

MARIA
Maybe it would happen.

MICHAEL
(an admission)
I lied to you too. The thing with the
shoes.

After a beat.

MARIA
Really? Because I did have red sneakers.

MICHAEL
Everybody had red sneakers. Look, Maria.
This is stupid. No hard feelings. This
is so not a big deal.

MARIA
Michael -- we could try again...

MICHAEL
I don't think that's such a great idea.

And he leaves.


Unconditional Love


Maria and Liz at the Girls Locker room after they discover
Liz's glowing hickey.

MARIA
Go. I'll cover for you.

Liz turns back for the locker room. Empty now. Except -- Max
is there. For real.

LIZ
Oh, my God.

MAX
(startled, not expecting
her)
Liz.

LIZ
Is this something you and Maria set
up?

MAX
(huh?)
Maria?

LIZ
What are you doing here?

MAX
(flustered)
I just -- I wanted to see you.

LIZ
Here?

MAX
I had to know if something was real.

Scene continues...

Max and Liz in the Girls Locker Room.

LIZ
This is so horrible.

She turns from him.

MAX
No. Liz. It's incredible really.

LIZ
That you can see every single
embarrassing thing I've ever...?

She walks away. He follows.

MAX
Wait. Please, listen. Please. Because
the main thing is, I didn't just see
what you saw. I felt what you felt.
When you saw -- me. she stops And I
never though anyone could ever feel
that way about me.

Liz turns to him, moved. Despite herself.

MAX:
(deep truth)
I though it was impossible. That there'd
be some deep-down horror. In anyone
normal. Who knew that I really was.

LIZ
Oh, Max.

MAX
And, you don't feel that way. I really
know that now. Because -- this is what
I saw. And what I felt, those were
your feelings. And there wasn't any
horror in it. Anywhere.
(looks at her, he blew
it)
Except now, I mean. I'm sorry.

LIZ
Max, couldn't you tell how I felt from
the things I said? Or, did?

MAX
People don't always say the whole truth.
They hide things.


Max's Mark

Liz after Nancy leave from giving her the no-sex talk.

Liz looks at herself in the mirror. The place where the glowing
hickey was. She's horrified to find it's turned into an awful
rash or scabby thing.

Liz immediately picks up the phone, goes to a corner, near
the mirror. Places a call. Continues looking at the awful
scab.

LIZ
(quiet, urgent)
It's me. I need to see you...
(looking at the scab)
Max -- something's happening to me.


Digging In The Desert for "Mom"


Max and Liz digging in the desert.

They dig. Taking turns with the one shovel. Sometimes using
the shovel as, hands overlapping, they combine effort for
maximum strength.

One big push with the shovel and -- a blinding light flashes
out of the ground -- like a silver laser.

Instinctively, Max and Liz both jump away from it. Max, trying
to protect Liz. The sound stops. The laser light dims and
disappears.

MAX
You okay?

LIZ
Yeah. I didn't study for this badge in
Girl Scouts. But I think I'm okay.

They bend down. In the hole they've dug, a small round metallic
orb glows with the rmnants of the light they saw. It's
beautiful. Eerie. Not of this world. Max reaches in. Lifts up
the orb.

MAX
(to the orb, nervous
joke)
Mom?

LIZ
Max. Look.

On the side of the orb facing Liz -- the symbol they first
found on the pendant. Max and Liz look at the symbol, at the
orb...at each other. They're breathing hard, spent.

LIZ (cont'd)
What is it?

MAX
I don't know.

LIZ
Maybe it's, you know, a signal. For...
(she raises her eyes
to the sky)

MAX
Maybe. Maybe we should stick around.
See what happens.

Liz gently places the orb on the ground and sits down next to
it. Max falls behind her, wrapping her in his arms to keep
her warm. The two of them simply stare at the orb -- wondering
what it all means -- and catch their breath in the cool night
air.


Don't Put The Hockey Game On

INT. MICHAEL'S APARTMENT - EARLY MORNING

Maria, slightly disheveled, like someone woken from sleep,
knocks on Michael's door. Michael is also ragged when he
answers the door. But he's been awake.

MARIA
Liz and Max --

MICHAEL
I heard.

MARIA
I just really need you not to be mean
or cold. And if that's impossible,
then just tell me.

MICHAEL
(not coldy)
You want to come in?

MARIA
Yeah, because I really need to talk to
you about what happened. And for you
to not put on the hockey game.

They walk inside. Each takes a seat on the couch, neither far
apart, nor close.


Fumbling Toward Ecstacy


Liz and Max walking toward the Crashdown.

LIZ
So, your point is that you've saved me
from a lifetime of watching Kyle barf?

MAX
Liz Parker. I don't think that was
ever gonna be your destiny.

LIZ
No?

MAX
No. Not the little girl I saw building
a hospital bed for her sick parakeet
out of ice cream sticks.

LIZ
You saw that?

MAX
Or...

Liz put her hand on his lips to shush him.

LIZ
Since you know so much, tell me. What's
my destiny?