ROSWELL: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN - "Who Am I?" - 06/09/04

VOICEOVER
Previously on Roswell and Roswell: What Might Have Been ...

  1 INT. MESALIKO RESERVATION CAVE - NIGHT (From Roswell Episode 107: River Dog)

Max and Liz are talking to River Dog.

MAX
Do you know where I can find him?

RIVER DOG
I haven't seen him for 40 years. Besides me, the only man he trusted was Atherton. The man gave Atherton his necklace, the one you had.

MAX
What happened to him?

RIVER DOG
Atherton was murdered.

LIZ
Who killed him?

RIVER DOG
The man killed him.

MAX
Maybe he was defending himself. Atherton was some kind of UFO nut. He could have been trying to expose him, hurt him.

RIVER DOG
I was too far away to see what happened, but when I reached them, Atherton was dead.

Cut to:

  2 INT. ROSWELL SHERIFF'S DEPT. - VALENTI'S OFFICE - DAY (From Roswell Episode 115: Independence Day)

Hank walks into the Sheriff's office.

HANK
(laughs)
I heard you put out an APB.

SHERIFF
You heard right.

HANK
(laughs)
Here I am.

SHERIFF
You wanna tell me about the gunshots?

HANK
Oh, uh, well...never clean a gun while you've been drinking. Anyway, got an offer from a plant over in Las Cruces. My lease is up next week, so ... I'm hitchin' up the trailer and I'm gone. Thing is, I'm goin' alone ... so if I need to sign some papers about that boy, or anything ...

SHERIFF
Won't be necessary. And Hank ... make it soon.

HANK
Oh don't worry, Sheriff. I'm already gone.

Cut to:

  3 EXT. WOODED AREA - NIGHT (From Roswell Episode 115: Independence Day)

Hank drives into a wooded area, stops the car, pops something into his mouth from a small container and pockets the container. He then gets out of the car, opens the back of the station wagon, drags out and buries the body of a man that looks just like him, then gets back into the car. A bright light eminates from the car as he shapeshifts into a Hispanic male, and again pops something into his mouth from the container and pockets it.

Cut to:

  4 EXT. HIGHWAY 42 - OLD RADIO TOWER - MORNING (From Roswell Episode 116: Sexual Healing)

Max and Liz are asleep on a blanket; the orb beside them. They wake up to find the Hispanic man from Independence Day watching them.

MAN
This is private property. You two better get home.

Cut to:

  5 INT. ALIEN ESSENCE - DAY (From RWMHB Episode 119: The Witness)

Amy is behind the counter, Jim in front.

VALENTI
We can spend dinner getting to know our kids again. If it works well the first time, we could plan on doing it on a regular basis.

Amy nods, which encourages Valenti to continue.

VALENTI (cont'd)
And after dinner, when the kids go off to study, or out with their friends, we can get to know each other better. What do you think?

AMY
(smiling)
I think it has lots of potential.

Cut to:

  6 EXT. WEST ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL QUAD - NOON (From RWMHB Episode 119: The Witness)

Isabel and Michael are sitting at a table.

MICHAEL
It's about the dance ...

ISABEL
What about the dance?

MICHAEL
I know Maria wants me to ask her, but I don't know how to dance.
(beat)
Would you be willing to teach me?

ISABEL
(thinks for a moment, then smiles)
I'd love to help you out.
(beat, innocently)
I don't suppose you could help me out?

MICHAEL
(under his breath)
Here it comes.

ISABEL (cont'd)
It's just that I promised the Petersons I'd baby-sit.
(ignoring Michael's panic-stricken look)
I wouldn't ask, but it's just that there's a Nelly Furtado concert coming up, that I want to go to with my friends, and it's the same night. I'd be ever so grateful if you could help me out.

MICHAEL
(desperate to get out of it)
The Petersons aren't gonna let just anyone baby-sit.

ISABEL
They trust me. If I recommend you, they'll let you sit with Lisa and Joey.

MICHAEL
(guarded)
What do I have to do?

ISABEL
Oh, it's a breeze! They're usually in bed when I get there. So you don't have to do anything but sit and watch TV and make sure nothing bad happens to the kids while they're sleeping. Even you could handle that!

MICHAEL
And if they're not in bed when I get there?

ISABEL
They're angels. You won't have any trouble with them. You just put them to bed and they'll go right to sleep. So, is it a deal?

MICHAEL
(defeated)
OK, it's a deal.

Cut to:

  7 INT. ALEX WHITMAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT (From RWMHB Episode 119: The Witness)

Alex is in his room. He's putting things away in his dresser and notices the dance tickets he has stuck in the mirror. He flashes to Isabel laughing with Kyle, then puts them in a drawer. He goes to his desk and opens one of his books. He was using a dance flyer as a bookmark, and when he realizes what it is, he starts to crumple it. He stops when he notices there is an announcement for band auditions.

Cut to:

  8 INT. DE LUCA LIVING ROOM - NIGHT (From RWMHB Episode 119: The Witness)

MICHAEL
(to Maria)
I don't think we should see each other anymore.

  9 INT. SCOTTY'S BAR & GRILL - SAME (From RWMHB Episode 120: Limited Options)

Deputy Green and Larry Trilling are sitting across from each other in one of the booths.

GREEN
What did you find out?

LARRY
I checked the plant at Las Cruces like you suggested--Hank Whitmore never worked for them. I've been interviewing his friends and neighbors and no one has seen or heard from him since he supposedly left for Las Cruces.

GREEN
And I checked for credit card activity--nothing.

LARRY
It's as if he dropped off the face of the Earth.
(beat)
You really should talk to Michael Guerin. Hank's neighbor from the trailer park, Nellie Smith, told me that the night before Hank left, he and Guerin had a major blow out.

Green throws some bills on the table and gets up. Larry does the same.

GREEN
Thanks for your help.

LARRY
(smiling)
Any time, Deputy.

They head for the door. As they are walking out, a man (the same Hispanic man from Independence Day and Sexual Healing) looks around from the booth that was directly behind them and watches them exit.

Cut to:

  10 EXT. "ASTEROID FIELD" OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGE - MIDNIGHT (From RWMHB Episode 120: Limited Options)

The moon is not yet full so Michael cups his hands and uses his power to provide enough illumination to check the field for spent bullets. Dissolves show a passage of time as Michael searches the field looking for the right caliber, picking up and discarding various bullets. We sense he is being watched and at one point so does he. He stops and looks around, doesn't see anything, so he shakes it off and continues searching the ground. Finally he finds the one he's looking for, holds it in his fist briefly to distort it and alter the markings.

Cut to:

  11 EXT. MICHAEL'S APARTMENT BUILDING - STREET - NIGHT (From RWMHB Episode 120: Limited Options)

As Michael gets to his door, Deputy Green steps out of the shadows. Maria, who was approaching, stops short.

GREEN
Michael Guerin?

MICHAEL
Yeah.

GREEN
A citizen has voiced concern about the whereabouts of Hank Whitmore. Would you mind accompanying me to the station to answer some questions?

Cut to:

  12 INT. JETTA - LATER (From RWMHB Episode 120: Limited Options)

Maria, Isabel, and Alex are sitting in the Jetta in the Sheriff's Dept. parking lot. Isabel is focused on a man who is entering the Sheriff's Dept.

ISABEL
I thought you said Hank was missing.

MARIA
The deputy said that.

ISABEL
(bewildered, pointing)
That's Hank.

Cut to:

  13 INT. CRASHDOWN - KITCHEN - LATER (From RWMHB Episode 120: Limited Options)

Jeff, Nancy, Liz, Maria, and Max are there. Jeff stoops and picks up an object Nancy is pointing at, then holds it in the palm of his hand to examine it. The others gather around.

JEFF
I think it's a bullet.

LIZ
You mean ...?

JEFF
Yes, the bullet. The one they never found. It must have been in there all this time.

NANCY
But how did it end up in the drain?

JEFF
I haven't a clue.

He looks around then heads towards the pass-through window.

JEFF (cont'd)
(thinking as he speaks)
Well, the guy with the gun was in the dining area over there ... if it went through the wall we would have seen the hole so the bullet probably went through this pass-through window ... but it would need the proper angle to make it to the sink, which means it must have ricocheted off something ...
(mulling)
The ceiling fan! It must have hit the fan and deflected into the sink and down the drain.
(sees Nancy's skeptical look and shrugs)
It's a stretch but I don't see any other way to explain it. And now I guess we'll have to explain it to the Sheriff's Department.

Cut to:

  14 EXT. SCOTTY'S BAR AND GRILL - SAME (From RWMHB Episode 120: Limited Options)

Alex is lurking in the shadows outside Scotty's, watching the front door. Suddenly the door opens and Hank walks out and up the street. Alex follows at a safe distance. Hank continues walking down the street with Alex following at a safe distance. Hank turns a corner down an alley. Before Alex can get there, a bright light shines out from the alley; then a man walks out, the same Hispanic man from Independence Day and Sexual Healing. He pops something into his mouth, pockets the small container, and continues down the street. Alex notices the man, but is curious about the light and turns down the alley. It's a dead end and no one is there. Alex looks back in the direction the Hispanic man went (which is now empty), then back to the alley. He starts looking around, behind trash bins, etc. to see if Hank is hiding, but finds nothing. Alex ends up standing in the middle of the alley looking baffled.

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