Liz has confronted Max about healing her.

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Max and Liz are talking about her visit to Michael to tell him about Topolsky's interest in him.

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Michael is showing his finished painting of his vision, which is part of the exhibit, to Max and Isabel.

Max and Liz are hiding from Nancy and discussing Liz's missing journal. Max has just gotten a flash from a CD he picked up.

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Max, Michael, and Isabel are having lunch, discussing Liz's journal being found and the book Max has been reading that was written by James Atherton. As Max and Michael start to leave to get something from the concession stand, Isabel flips through the book but finds it boring. She lets it close but the back cover stays open, revealing the back flap with a picture of the author outside his home–an exact replica of Michael's vision/painting.

Max and Michael return to the table.

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Michael and Maria are searching the motel room of the FBI agent who has been following them.

Michael looks through the trash can and finds a torn piece of paper with a number on it.

Maria picks up the phone and dials the number.

Michael leans in to listen.

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Alex is at Topolsky's laptop computer trying to break into her e-mail files. Cut to:

Liz is talking to Topolsky, trying to keep her from going back into her office.

Topolsky realizes that Liz is just stalling her, turns and opens her office door. She sees Alex sitting in her chair, on her computer. Alex turns the screen towards her and reveals the FBI seal.

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Max, Michael, and Isabel are discussing the information Max learned from River Dog and kept from them.

Max leaves.

Michael leaves by climbing out the window.

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Max, Maria, Alex, Isabel, and Liz are holding the healing stones that River Dog has handed to them.

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Isabel and Max are having a private conversation during a high school basketball game.

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Isabel and Max are alone, standing by their Jeep, a refinery in the background, discussing whether to tell their mother the truth about them.

What if mom found out it's all been a sham? If we took her family away from her, it would destroy her.

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Sheriff Valenti is surreptitiously following Max and Isabel as they go to check out the location of the "sighting". Kyle has been following his father and confronts him.

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Max and Isabel meet Michael and River Dog at the site of the "sighting". The Whirlwind symbol has been burned into the grass.

Max, Isabel, and Michael stoop down and hold out their hands, palms down, over the symbol, causing it to light up with a light blue glow.

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Sheriff Valenti is confronting Everett Hubble.

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Valenti is sitting at his desk, talking to Deputy Green.

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Michael, Max, and Isabel are standing in Michael's living room.

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Isabel's eyes are closed and she is touching the drawing of the Desert Man. She jumps with a start as she opens her eyes and comes out of the dreamwalk.

Isabel is momentarily overwhelmed by Maria's barrage of questions, then composes herself to answer each in succession.

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Max is standing before the rock wall. Somehow he just knows to reach out and place his hand on the wall, as if he had been doing it all his life. It glows silver under his hand, then the stone appears to ripple and shimmer. They all look on, stunned and amazed as it transforms itself into a doorway-like opening. There is a hollowed-out area inside, large enough for two people and a child-sized pod. Light streams in from the opening Max just made and from a small one in the ceiling of the pod chamber, which also lets in air. Max steps in and we see the egg-shaped gossamer-like pod shell he emerged from in 1989. Max stares at it, mesmerized. He reaches out to touch it and gets a flash (two moons and green clouds). Isabel, standing at the opening notices an engraving on the wall opposite the pod.

Max sees the Whirlwind Galaxy symbol Isabel is pointing at.

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Maria, Liz, and Kyle are talking. Kyle turns slightly on his stool and spots the new girl from school walking past the Crashdown. He stares, hesitates, then leaps off of his stool and heads for the door.

Maria and Liz, curious as to what caught Kyle's attention, make their way to the now-closed door.

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Isabel, Alex, and Liz are sitting on the couch. Michael and Maria are sharing an arm chair. Their eyes are wide in wonder. Max is standing before them. It's apparent he has just shown them something. Alex is the first to speak.

Max does the same gesture he did in the janitor's closet and the green shield appears again.

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Michael and Maria enter the gymnasium. We see that Maria chose to change the color of the dress to match the shoes. She looks beautiful and Michael looks amazing, having bitten the bullet and donned a black suit and shirt. The camera pulls back to reveal the school gymnasium, which is decorated for the Spring Blast-Off (with such things as paper rocket ships leaving a trail of paper flowers in their wake), and is filled with students and chaperones enjoying the festivities. The Alienettes are up on the stage, playing a fast song. They are doing a mediocre job of it, but some students are on the dance floor, enjoying it nonetheless, while others are seated at tables, talking. Kyle and Vicky are at the refreshment table. Kyle is busy eating; Vicky, who is facing the gymnasium notices Michael and Maria's entrance.

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Michael raises his arm towards the plant on his kitchen counter, but Maria doesn't realize what he is about to do and keeps talking.

The pot explodes and Maria lets out a startled scream. She stares at the shattered pot and uprooted plant, dumbfounded.

Maria is still a little bit shaken but trying to remain calm and supportive. She takes his hand in hers.

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