TEXT: "A Roswell Christmas Carol" AKA "Roswell: The Miracle" 32nd Episode of Roswell Production Code: 2ADA10 [SCENE_BREAK] (Episode begins with a scene in downtown Roswell. A man and his daughter are tying a tree to the top of their car near a major intersection. Max and Michael are nearby in the Christmas tree lot trying to find a suitable tree for Isabel) Man: Go grab that bag of mistletoe, ok, honey? Michael: Come on, Maxwell. Just pick a tree. It's freezing out here. Max: It's not so simple. This tree's got to fall within certain parameters. Michael: Parameters? Max: Height, circumference, color, density of foliage. Look at this diagram. You know how Isabel gets this time of year. Michael: The Christmas Nazi, driving everyone insane while trying to have the perfect Christmas. The worst thing you can do is play into it, Max. You've got to fight her. You've got to fight the Christmas Nazi. Come on. I got to get to the hardware store before it closes. I got to get Maria her present. Max: Why? Are you gonna get her a ratchet set? Michael: Never mind. I'm under a lot of pressure. She's been busting my ass for weeks about this present. She says it's got to be significant. Max: Then you might want to steer clear of the hardware store. (Suddenly, we see a car veer sharply on the road and start heading towards a little girl. Her father sees the car coming and pushes her out of the way. Unfortunately, the car runs into him and he falls to the ground a few feet away from the car) Little Girl: Daddy! Daddy! (Max is stunned by this tragedy unfolding before him and internally struggles with whether or not to use his healing power to save this man who just sacrificed his life to save his child) Michael: Maxwell. Bystander 1: Someone, call an ambulance. Bystander 2: He's not breathing. Michael: Let's go. (The next morning at the Evans home. Mrs. Evans is reading about the accident in the paper
SUMMARY:
Max witnesses a tragedy and is haunted by the ghost of a man he could have saved, leaving him overwhelmed with guilt and questioning his healing abilities. Isabel aka the Christmas Nazi (dubbed by Michael) tried to brighten up the holiday season and Tess tries to become a part of the Valenti family. She and Kyle grow closer and Amy Deluca comes to Christmas dinner at the Valenti house. In order to set things right again, Liz gives Max the idea to heal Brody's dying daughter Sydney. After discussing it with the other aliens, he learns Michael thinks it is too much of a risk. Max decides to go through with it anyway with the support of the others. He and Michael drive to the hospital and after healing Sydney he can't bring himself to turn away from the other terminally ill children so he heals all of them and leaves just in time to avoid getting caught.