TEXT: "Max in the City" 31st Episode of Roswell Production Code: 2ADA09 [SCENE_BREAK] (Episode begins with a shot of Earth from space. Gradually, we zoom in on New York City. We see Max and Tess in an elevator on the way to the top of the Empire State Building) Max: This was a mistake. Tess: You've been looking forward to it all day. Max: I mean this whole thing. Coming here. The city. Rath. Lonnie. It's a mistake. Tess: Max... Max: What do I know about war and peace and politics? I'm gonna blow it. I'm gonna sit down at this meeting and I'm gonna meet these people, and they're gonna look at me and they're gonna see this kid from New Mexico who hasn't got a clue...is this car slowing down? Are we slowing down? Tess: Relax, relax. We're almost there. (The elevator arrives at the top) Tess: This is where you belong, Max...up here with the world at your feet. Like a king. Max: I'm the king of the world. Tess: Yes, you are...just...not of this one. (Scene switches to the streets of New York. Roth and Lonnie walk through a restaurant) Roth: Ooh! Yo, pastrami. Lonnie: Yo, when he gets here...if he gets here...we're puttin' him in his place, 'cause I'm sick of gettin' attitude from him. Roth: Mayo! Who puts mayo on pastrami? Hey, you! What kinda sick mother puts mayo on pastrami, huh? I oughta bust your head open for... Lonnie: Drop it! He's here. (Nicholas walks up the stairs from a subway station. He's holding a map) Lonnie: Took you long enough. Where the hell have you been? Nicholas: God, I hate this town. (Opening credits) Nicholas: So where are they? Lonnie: They're doing the tourist thing
SUMMARY:
Max and Tess depart for the interstellar summit in New York City with Rath and Lonnie, Michael and Isabel's duplicates, who both harbor a secret agenda for their future king and an alliance with Nicholas, the Skin. Ava reveals to Liz that Rath & Lonnie murdered Zan. Tess is kidnapped by the dupes after Max learns of their true intentions. When Max finally finds Tess she reveals that they tried to read her mind to find the Granolith but she resisted. She then says that they're gone -- but did they die or are they still out there? Ava says goodbye to Liz and leaves Roswell.