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VLV:
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INT. CASINO - WALKWAY - NIGHT
FOLLOW TWO WOMEN approaching casino floor. Their hair is teased,
their dress is suggestive.
WOMAN #1: How do I look?
WOMAN #2: Thirty, thirty-two easy. How about me?
We see now that the women are Liz and Tess. They certainly don't
look like teenagers anymore. They wear skin tight sequined dresses,
obvious purchases from the lobby gift shop.
TESS: You need more color.
Tess touches Liz's lips, and they turn bright RED.
LIZ: O.K. Big smile. Let's go.
Liz and Tess make a break for the casino floor. Out of nowhere,
the same Security Guard steps into their path.
SECURITY GUARD: Can I help you ladies?
LIZ: We're just meeting our husbands.
SECURITY GUARD: Uh-huh. Are you guests of the hotel?
Tess spots TWO GUYS at the bar and winks. They look her up and down
and smile back.
LIZ: Of course.
SECURITY GUARD: And what room are you staying in?
LIZ: (not backing down) Two . . . four. . . seven. Three.
SECURITY GUARD: Hit the bricks, girls. I'm not gonna --
MAN: (OS) Is there are problem?
The two guys stand behind the Security Guard. Close up, it's easy
to tell that they're wiseguys. Meet BRUNO PUGLIS and his cohort
JOE. The Security Guard blanches.
SECURITY GUARD: No, no problem, Mr. Puglisi. These ladies were just
--
PUGLISI: These ladies are with us.
TESS: We tried to tell him.
SECURITY GUARD: I -- I'm so sorry. They didn't say --
JOE: No harm, no foul. Right, Pugsy?
PUGLISI: Right, Joe. Girls? After you.
Throwing smug looks at the Security Guard, Tess and Liz enter the
casino on the arms of their mobster dates.
INT. CASINO-- BAR-- NIGHT 24
Liz and Tess sit with Puglisi and Joe at the bar. Remnants of food
and drink are in front of them. Joe fills out a Keno card. Puglisi
entertains the girls.
LIZ: SO Pugsy, what do you do?
PUGLISI: Human resources, hiring and firing. You know.
LIZ: Interesting. Somewhere locally?
Joe throws down his Keno card and belches into his napkin.
LIZ: Uh.....we thought it might be fun to gamble.
PUGLISI: We can do that later.
JOEY: Yeah. Let's finish our date.
He makes date sound like a four letter word. Joey wraps an arm around
Tess. The girls feel the changing of the tide.
LIZ: Guys, thank you so much for dinner and the stimulating conversation,
butt I'm suddenly feeling a little sick, so if you'd excuse--
PUGLISI: Hey, Shirley, we've already dropped a cool hundred on you
two.
JOE: ANd we expect that to be credited to our bill.
LIZ: Bill?
PUGLISI: (leering) You know......for services rendered. So why don't
we just head up to the room and get busy.
Puglisi strokes Liz's thigh. She's scared. Big time.
TESS: Liz walk away now.
Liz turns and discovers Tess going into a mindwarp.
Liz gets to her feet. Puglisi stares at Liz's half empty chair and
kisses the hand of an imaginary woman.
PUGLISI: Oh, yeah. You are so beautiful.
Joe looks at Tess. Thanks to the mindwarp, he thinks she's in the
mood.
JOE: That's right. This big boy needs a spanking.
PUGLISI: I'd like to show you something, too.
Tess gets up and she and Liz walk away. The two men remain at the
bar, talking to two girls who are no longer there.
LIZ: How long will this last?
TES: Long enough
Liz smacks Joey upside the head.
JOE: Yeah, like that.
TESS: Let's get out of here.
The girls escape.
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Congratulations, kids.
LIZ: So we didn't have a real wedding.
FMAX: We had a great wedding. We called Maria, Micheal, Isabel and
Alex and had them meet us half way. We spent the whole night singing
and dancing in some dive outside Phoenix. At the end of the night,
"Harvest Moon" came on the radio.
LIZ: I love that song.
FMAX: I know. Everyone else was exhausted. But not us. We danced.
Just the two of us. Ever since then it's been our song.
Liz takes a moment then:
LIZ: If this works, I'll never have that day.
FMAX: No, you won't.
They take this in. This has become intimate and oddly romantic between
the two of them.
LIZ: And what happens to you if we succeed? I mean, you. The future
version of you.
FMAX: If we succeed in changing history a different version of the
future will take place. All the events that lead to who I am 14
years from now will be different. The man I am now will...cease
to exist.
Liz just looks at him.
AT THE CRASHDOWN:
Tess and Max continue their talk. The mood is still positive.
MAX: Listen, I realize none of this is your fault. You just sought
me out because it was your destiny.
TESS: I can only imagine if you thought you found the love of your
life then someone tells you you're supposed to be with someone else...
MAX: Exactly.
TESS: If things change, they change and if they don't, it's okay,
Max.
MAX (sympathetically): I don't think things will change.
TESS: I know. But it takes two and if Liz isn't interested...
Mistake. Big mistake. The hairs on Max's neck go up.
MAX: What do you mean if Liz isn't interested?
TESS: I didn't mean to...
MAX: You were talking to Liz about this?
TESS: She talked to me.
MAX: About what?
TESS: She knows we should be together and she thought it would be
good if we talked, that's all.
MAX: Wait, so you planned this? The two of you?
TESS: Not exactly...
But at that moment Max looks up and sees movement in Whitaker's
office across the street. Max heads towards them.
WHITAKER'S OFFICE:
Liz and FMax dive to the floor.
FMAX: Damn.
Liz looks through the window. Max is on the street coming toward
them, he breaks into a run.
LIZ (to FMax): Get out of here!
FMax crawls on the floor toward the back door. Max gets to the front
door. Opens it. FMas dives under a desk as Max enters.
LIZ (cont'd): Max.
[The rest of the scene is as we saw it.]
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Here is the complete line spoken by FMax to Liz about the cementing
- FMax and Liz are discussing what happened the night of the Gomez
concert:
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LIZ: I have no intention of making love to you or anyone at this
particular stage of my life.
FMAX: I beg to differ. Trust me, I was there.
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Scene between Liz and Kyle in her bedroom before Max sees them through
the window:
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Liz and Kyle awkwardly in bed.
LIZ: So. Any potential girlfriends for Kyle Valenti?
KYLE (thinking about Tess): Maybe. So Evans must've really pissed
you off to make you resort to something like this.
LIZ: I told you I can't talk about why I'm doing this.
KYLE: I just figured since I'm giving you my last shred of dignity.
LIZ: I really can't, Kyle.
KYLE: Is it one of those getting the boyfriend jealous so he'll
come running back to me things? Of are you just trying to destroy
him.
LIZ: Kyle...
KYLE: Right.
They lay there for an awkward silent beat, then:
KYLE: So we have something in common.
LIZ: What's that?
KYLE: We're the only two people I know of who died and were brought
back to life by an alien.
Liz looks at him realizing this.
LIZ: That's right.
KYLE: Do you feel different?
LIZ: I do. It's hard to put words to it. I feel...
KYLE: Safe.
LIZ: Yeah.
They look at each other realizing they share something.
KYLE: Max stole you from me. And I will never forgive him for that.
But the thing that really gets me is that I can't truly hate him
anymore. He's changed me.
LIZ: Me, too.
KYLE (realizing): You're not doing this to hurt him, are you?
LIZ: No.
KYLE: Good.
LIZ: So, Kyle, when he healed you did you see things?
KYLE: See things?
LIZ: Flashes. Images.
[There was aonther scene here, but it was omitted from the script.
The rest of the scene is as we saw it.]
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In the scene where FMax and Liz are talking on her balcony. Liz
is crying and telling FMax that there will never be another him....etc.
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LIZ: Don't you realize what you are to me? What you'll always be?
You're the love of my life, Max. Everyone else is going to be second
best. There will never be another you.
FMax and Liz are drawn to each other now. It's as if they could
kiss...
[more of the lines we saw in the final ep]
LIZ: I'll be alone...
FMAX: Maybe. Maybe not. From now on, the future is to be determined.
It's what I've always said to you, Liz, we create our own destiny.
Liz is thoughtful. There is a ray of hope. Liz looks at him, for
a long beat, then -
LIZ: Could you dance with me?
FMAX: What?
LIZ: I wantto have my wedding dance.
FMax looks at her, her dark soulful eyes...They both have the sense
of time running out. As Van Morrison's INTO THE MYSTIC begins, Liz
and FMax step toward each other.
ROSWELL PARK:
Max and Tess sit silently on the bench.
TESS: Do you want to talk about it?
MAX: No...
TESS: Do you want me to leave?
The question hangs there. It's about everything. Not just leaving
the bench, but Roswell - leaving him.
MAX: No.
This means everything to her...
LIZ'S ROOFTOP:
Liz and FMax dance their wedding dance together...eyes locked...souls
locked. The music swells. In slow motion FMax raises his hand to
begin to spin Liz into a twirl -
ROSWELL PARK:
In slow motoin Tess reaches out to Max, touches his shoulder. Max
allows her to touch him, comforted. This is a defining moment. The
moment history changes.
LIZ'S ROOFTOP:
In slow motion a beautiful Liz...she spins around and when she reaches
out to join FMax's hand - he is gone. He no longer exists. Liz has
changed history. She has just saved the world. And she has never
felt sadder.
MADAME VIVIAN'S VOICE:
This is very unusual.
MADAME VIVIAN'S PLACE:
Liz and Madame Vivan.
MV: Last time you were here your future was so clear. Now I don't
get a reading at all. Everything hangs in the balance. I can see
nothing.
LIZ: It could be a good thing. Maybe Max and I will still be together.
I mean, I create my own destiny, right?
Madame Vivian looks at Liz, realizes right now this girl doesn't
need a psychic, she needs a friend.
MV: You create your own destiny.
OUTSIDE MADAME VIVIAN'S:
Liz emerges, stands outside, bathed in the red neon light of the
word FUTURE blinkingon and off.
- THE END -
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