NARRATOR: Previously on Roswell:
I'm not sure exactly how to say this.
I'm pregnant.
My son, he's out there somewhere.
MAN: Merry Christmas!
So did you and Maria officially break up?
I thought so. But the more she says, the more confusing it gets.
She wants space, but she still wants me in her life.
All I know for sure is I'm not getting any. Let's grab a burger.
That's not exactly giving her space.
I'm not gonna starve because I have a weird girlfriend.
You know, Liz's dad is still freaked. I'm not allowed in the Crashdown.
Do it anyways, it'll make her hot.
[CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING]
So this is how it's gonna look.
There are gonna be white lights and clear ornaments and white candles.
- Hail the Christmas Nazi. - What?
Hi, Michael. Shut up.
Hey, I love that you just walked in here.
- Hey. - Hey.
So, what's going on? Are we hanging today after your shift?
Uh...
Today? No, I have some stuff to do today.
Whatever.
- Is that kid staring at me? MICHAEL: What kid?
Over there. Sitting with his mom.
He is. He's staring right at me.
So what?
- Christmas, it's a load of crap. - What, are you kidding me?
It's a great time to just mellow out, watch football.
Oh, yeah, you'll be watching lots of football.
- What does he mean by that? - Nothing. We gotta go.
Gotta make sure the senior Christmas dinner is on schedule.
I still haven't found a proper Santa for the Santa Village.
And you gotta change the lights on our apartment windows.
- Enjoy mellowing out. ISABEL: You know, Michael...
...I, too, was miserable around the holidays until I found my calling.
- Making other people miserable. - Volunteering.
Helping the elderly, children less fortunate...
...find joy and happiness through the holidays.
You know what? That sounds great. Giving of myself. I like it.
I think that's just what I need to get my mind off of other situations.
You have come to the right place.
You know, I think I'd really like to do that too.
Is there anything we could do together?
Actually, I think there is. Meet me at the park after work.
Samuel, where are you going?
Daddy.
[LAUGHS]
Samuel.
I think you've got the wrong guy.
Did he just say something to you?
Yeah, he just called me Daddy.
That's impossible. My son doesn't talk.
Samuel Rising
He called me Daddy. It was crystal clear.
Yeah, I heard.
What if my son is using him to communicate with me?
What do you mean?
MAX: My son has been trying to send me signals.
Max, he hasn't sent a signal in over a month.
Maybe he hasn't been able to until now.
What if there's something about this child...
...something about the fact that he's different that allows my son...
...to reach out to me through him?
We know that aliens possess human bodies to communicate with us.
Well, Max, maybe he was just confused.
Something made him talk to me. I have to find out what that is.
[SIGHS]
Dad, I just...
I wanted to say that I figured out what's going on.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Well...
All this Christmas stuff is because it's been a rough year.
I mean, the whole thing with...
...Tess and you losing your job and everything...
- Yeah. - It's just...
I know you wanted to make this a good Christmas for us, for me...
...and I just wanted to say that I appreciate that.
Listen, Kyle, there's something that I wanted to tell you...
...but it's kind of slipped my mind.
I actually invited somebody to come over for Christmas breakfast this year.
- A lady friend. - Fantastic.
So you just, uh... You just...
...decided to invite her.
To Christmas breakfast. To our Christmas breakfast.
Did you even think to ask me?
Kyle, listen, if you don't want her to come...
No, no, no. It's fine.
- Kyle... - It's fine.
Don't worry about it.
[SIGHS]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I'm sorry to bother you.
I just keep thinking about what happened this morning.
- I'm Max. Max Evans. - What can I do for you?
I was wondering what I could do for your son.
Why?
I don't know.
It just feels like the right thing to do.
REBECCA: Max, I know how people can get around the holidays.
My son is autistic. If you wanna work with children...
...you might start with someone a little less challenging.
I don't wanna work with children. I wanna help your son.
- What's that? - My old stocking.
Oh, wow.
Well, uh, it's very...
...brown. - Yeah.
- I made it in kindergarten. - I don't doubt that.
Yeah, it always hung on my mantle at my house, and now it's on our mantle.
Yes, it certainly is.
Oh, oh, oh.
What, what?
- But I made these. - Oh, my God, you made these?
- Yeah. - When did you have the time?
Actually, it didn't take as long as you would think.
Wow. Okay. So I guess I'll have two stockings on the mantle.
Yeah. Yeah.
Or, maybe...
...we could hang this one...
...somewhere else, you know, like...
...well, the tree.
You know, we could just sort of... Just sort of...
We could just sort of put it right there.
- Yeah, I guess that works. - Yeah, good.
Okay. Let's get going. Two days till Christmas, lots to do.
- Actually, I was just thinking about... - Oh, honey! Don't touch those.
They're for Christmas morning.
Yeah.
Samuel.
REBECCA: He likes the light.
I think that's why he does that with the door.
It creates patterns of light on the carpet.
Right.
REBECCA: It comforts him. - Right.
REBECCA: Max...
...I understand if you change your mind about doing this.
- It may not be what you expected. - I'm fine. This is fine.
What happened today has never happened before.
I keep asking myself, "Why did he walk up to you?"
Why you?
I have no idea.
I have this appointment with his psychologist this afternoon.
Maybe if she works with you and Samuel together, he might talk again.
- I would understand if you don't want... - I do. I'll be there.
- Ho, ho, ho! - Ho, ho, ho!
Ho, ho, ho!
They won't do.
Really? I think that Santa Two has a real Kringle quality.
Santa's Village is an institution. My institution.
And the children of Roswell deserve a great Santa.
- Not a good Santa, a great Santa. - Right.
MARIA: Hi, Isabel. - Hi.
Seven minutes late. I need 5 more inches of snow. This is the North Pole.
Okay, Snowflake and Candy Cane.
- Elves? - Are you kidding?
You said you wanted to give of yourselves.
LIZ: Not as elves. - All elves do...
...is deal with annoying kids who wanna cut the line.
We wanted to make a real contribution.
There are no small assignments, only small volunteers.
And you two are the smallest I could find for those elves costumes.
[SCOFFS]
Wow.
REBECCA: I'm telling you, he spoke. I heard him speak.
WOMAN: I know, and that's fantastic, Rebecca. It is.
What we need to do now is figure out exactly what this means.
It means he's starting to communicate with the world.
- He's growing. He's changing. - Rebecca, come on.
- What? - We've had moments like this before.
- Like what? - Like emergency meetings.
- Breakthroughs. Changes. REBECCA: Don't do this to me, Warren.
WARREN: Don't do what? - Don't take this away from me.
No one is trying to take anything away from you.
But I just don't want you to get your hopes up too soon.
I want to get my hopes up. I deserve to get my hopes up.
He is different.
He was different this morning. Max is outside in the waiting room.
He was the young man Samuel spoke to.
WARREN: What? Why?
REBECCA: It might be helpful if you observed him with Max.
If he related to him before, he may again.
DR. RAMEY: I think that's a good idea.
Max, why don't you come in now.
I'm Dr. Ramey.
- Nice to meet you. - Dr. Ramey has been with my son...
...since he was 3. And this is Samuel's father, Warren.
Hey, Max.
So, Max. Why don't you tell us what happened this morning.
Well, I was sitting with some friends having breakfast.
And I noticed him looking at me.
Kind of staring.
And a few minutes later, he walked across the room.
Thank you.
[KNOCKING]
Hi. Hey, I'm so excited.
- I haven't gone ice-skating in so long. - Take a look at this.
You did a really good job, Max. That's a great use of color there.
Samuel drew it.
He has never drawn anything in his life but numbers.
Not a picture of a person or a tree or a sun.
Just numbers.
Yesterday, he draws a spaceship and hands it to me.
And that means?
It means my son is trying to communicate with me.
- Max. - Even Samuel's psychologist...
...thought it was unusual. - You're getting really involved in his life.
Liz, you said you would do anything to help me find my son.
Well, right now this is my only lead.
I know, Max, but I just see you walking into the life of this special child.
I don't want you to just get what you're looking for and then walk away.
- Liz, trust me. - I do trust you.
Now let's go ice-skating, and we'll talk about this later.
[SIGHS]
What?
I told Rebecca that I would go over there this morning.
- I'm sorry. - Right.
What about tonight?
Uh, I can't, because I'm an indentured elf all through Christmas Eve.
- Sorry. - It's okay. We'll do it some other time.
[SINGING "JINGLE BELLS"]
CHILDREN: Boo!
- Shut up, elves. - Elves suck.
Do you know that without elves, Santa would be nowhere?
- We are very proud to be elves. - Loser!
[CHANTING] We want Santa! We want Santa!
[CAR MOTOR REVVING]
There's Santa! Here comes Santa!
KID 1: Santa! KID 2: Santa Claus!
You've got to be kidding me.
LIZ: Oh, my God, is that...?
- No. - Way.
MICHAEL: Ho, ho, ho.
What are you doing here?
The other Santa's in rehab, so Isabel forced me to do this.
You know how she gets around the holidays.
Bring me a brat, Snowflake.
Okay.
REBECCA: Oh! Ooh!
- Almost, sweetheart. MAX: Almost.
Okay, try it again. Just a little more muscle.
MAX: Yes! Nice shot. REBECCA: Great shot!
MAX: Nice shot. Wanna try it again?
REBECCA: Hi, Warren.
Max.
Hey, Samuel.
I got your cape.
It was in the back of my car.
- I should get going. WARREN: That's okay.
- Actually, I have to go to work today. - What?
We're supposed to take him to see Santa.
I know. I got swamped. It will have to wait until tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.
No way Samuel is gonna sit on Santa's lap if there are crowds.
He's not gonna sit on his lap no matter what we do.
He's never sat on Santa's lap. He doesn't let people touch him.
REBECCA: We could still go and pretend to be a family.
He doesn't even know what Christmas is.
- I gotta go to work. - Mm-hm.
Bye, Samuel.
Bye, Max.
REBECCA: He's probably right.
Samuel's never sat on Santa's lap.
Listen, I could go with you, if you'd like.
I know some helpful elves.
So, Zeke, what are you asking Santa to bring you this year?
- Raceway 5000. - Nice choice, dude.
Raceway 5000 rocks! Give me five.
Looks like Michael finally found an age group on his level.
Yeah, he's really good with kids.
Yeah, he's so adorable. This is exactly what was not supposed to happen.
Liz, look, that's a weird sight.
- Here. - Thanks.
- Hi. - Hey.
This is Rebecca, and this is Samuel.
- This is Liz. - Hi.
I think that we actually met yesterday at the Crashdown.
Hi, Samuel. Merry Christmas.
MAX: He has a hard time with waiting in lines.
So we were wondering if you could move him through?
- Yeah, sure. Why don't we...? - Oh, okay.
I'm sorry, he doesn't like to touch people or be touched.
He may not wanna sit in Santa's lap, and that's okay.
Don't force him to do anything.
Um... Okay. Why don't you just come with us.
- That would be great. - Okay.
Thank you. Come on, Samuel.
Ho, ho, ho.
Michael?
- What are you doing here? - Spreading Christmas cheer.
Okay, Samuel. Do you wanna sit on Santa's lap?
It's okay. Let's go.
There you go.
Sweetie, you're doing great.
The camera.
MICHAEL: Hop to it, Candy Cane.
[CAMERA CLICKING]
Oh, um...
One more.
Okay, wait. One more. Max, come on in.
No, it's all right.
Come on, please, get in the picture.
REBECCA: I am so proud of you.
That was fantastic.
I think this calls for an ice cream celebration. What do you think?
Samuel loves ice cream. He could eat it every day. And he does.
- Don't you, sweetie? - Yeah, I'll go get it.
No, that's okay. I'll get it. You sit here with Max, and I'll be right back.
- Thank you. - Sure.
You really made your mom proud, Samuel.
Me too.
Samuel, I wanted to talk to you about something.
About this.
This might sound a little crazy...
...but did something tell you to draw this?
Samuel.
I need you to try and think about this. I need you to help me, okay?
Think about yesterday in the Crashdown when you walked up to me.
I know you don't like people to touch you...
...but I might be able to get a connection.
So...
[SAMUEL PANTING]
No, no, it's all right. I'm not gonna hurt you. No, Samuel, it's okay!
No, stop! Stop! It's all right. I'm not trying to hurt you.
[SCREAMING]
Samuel, stop! It's okay!
It's all right. It's okay!
Samuel!
Samuel.
Oh, my God! What happened?
- He was just... - Move away! Stay away.
Samuel, sweetheart, are you okay? Honey, come here. It's all right.
Let me see. It's okay. It's all right. Come here.
- Okay. WARREN: How is he?
- He's fine. - What the hell happened?
You made it sound like he cracked his head.
- It wasn't as bad as it looked. - Sammy, are you okay?
Warren, you're making him nervous. I need to get him inside.
- I'm sorry. - You had his best interests at heart.
Come on inside, honey. Let's relax.
What happened?
It was my fault.
Rebecca went in the store for ice cream, and I was talking to Samuel...
...and he just... He...
He lost it?
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
I've been there.
Many times.
Max, I know what this must look like to you.
Like I've abandoned my family or something.
There's something you gotta understand.
What you've been doing for two days...
...I did for seven years.
I mean...
He has spoken before, you know.
Rebecca, she probably didn't tell you that.
When he was 4, he said:
"Baskin-Robbin."
You know, for the ice-cream store.
We held onto that for over a year.
Just waiting for him to say something else.
Say it again.
He, uh...
...never did.
Max...
...I know what it is that you're trying to do for my son.
I do.
But I'm just afraid that...
...whatever it is that you're looking for...
...it just isn't there.
Do you think the father's right? What he said didn't mean anything?
I mean, he drew this ship.
It must mean something.
Max.
MAX: He was just drawing the mural?
He wasn't trying to communicate with me.
- None of this means anything. - So, what are you gonna do, walk away?
I don't know what else to do. I already hurt him once.
I shouldn't even be in his life.
Max, maybe there's some other reason that he reached out to you.
He spoke to you. He obviously senses that you're different.
Maybe he's trying to say something, and he's looking for help to say it.
MAN [ON TV]: He'll throw on third down. Stevens finds him, and that's a first down.
No! No! No!
- Hey. - Hey.
How you doing?
MAN [ON TV]: Cuts back, again looking for room...
JESSE: Whoa! Turn over!
Our ball, our ball.
ISABEL: Good game, honey? - Oh, great game.
Oh, great.
Great.
You know, Jesse, it's Christmas Eve morning.
We've a million things to do.
Yeah, hey, I'm stringing. Look.
You've hardly started, and the sequence is all wrong.
It's five popcorn, two cranberries.
If my work isn't good enough...
...maybe you should get Candy Cane and Snowflake involved.
Okay.
I'm doing everything I can to make sure we have a perfect Christmas.
How can we have the perfect Christmas?
Everything is too perfect.
I mean, it's too planned.
You know, I'm breaking out in hives here. I never break out.
But we're starting our Christmas traditions.
No, we're starting your Christmas traditions.
All of your activities and your decorating and your charity work.
I mean, it's great.
But what about us?
What about just sitting back on the couch and watching some TV...
...and just talking and mellowing out?
How about that for a Christmas tradition?
- Mellowing out? - Yes.
Okay, are you gonna come with me to the Christmas Village...
...or are you gonna be too busy mellowing out?
I'm going for a walk.
[DOORBELL RINGING]
Hey, Shelby.
- Shelby Prine, right? - Hi, Kyle.
I haven't seen you in years.
So, what are you doing here? Is this a UNICEF situation?
- Oh. Didn't your father...? - My father?
He's in the bedroom, getting ready to see his lady friend.
Oh.
Oh, you... I...
ISABEL: Maybe it's not that terrible. - What?
Yeah, wasn't she a few years ahead of us in school? She's probably 21.
- And? - And?
Jesse's older. You can never predict who you're gonna have a connection to.
- Whose side are you on? - Besides, I always liked Shelby.
- She was really cool. - Oh, stop, stop. Listen, listen.
It's sick. It's sick and deviant and humiliating.
- Kyle, don't worry about it. VALENTl: Hey.
Oh, crap. Hey.
So out for a public display?
I mean walk.
Isabel Evans? Hi. How are you?
Hi. Hi. Hi.
We were just...
...walking. KYLE: See you.
- Yeah. SHELBY: Bye, Kyle.
ISABEL: Huh.
You're right.
It's sick.
MICHAEL: Paul, are you a football player? You look like a player.
PAUL: Hockey. - Hockey. Now, there's a man's sport.
- What's your favorite team? - The Rangers.
Okay, that's where we go our separate ways.
You wanna fetch me a Snapple?
- What? - I'm dry as a bone here.
I've been talking all day. Come on.
- Michael, there's no way I'm gonna go... - Michael? I'm not Michael. I'm Santa.
Paul, don't you think that Snowflake should fetch Santa a Snapple?
Of course you should. You're an elf.
Exactly. And I'll need a foot rub later too. Thanks.
You know what, Santa?
I think I have a Snapple in my little elf house.
"Fetch me a Snapple"?
- You're supposed to be Santa's helper. - That's crap.
- You're doing this deliberately. - Doing what?
Trying to get back at me because I broke up with you.
Snowflake, you're an elf. It's your job. Get over yourself.
- Stop taunting me! - I'm not taunting you.
The reason that I did this to begin with was to get away from you.
You think I wanna be here? Isabel roped me into this.
- We'll keep to ourselves, we'll be fine. - Fine.
- Perfect. - I miss you.
I miss you too.
It's Santa! Santa and Snowflake are kissing!
MICHAEL: Oh, crap, we gotta hide. PAUL: Santa and Snowflake are kissing!
Mommy, Santa and Snowflake are doing it. They're doing it!
- Get off me! - I can't. My belt's stuck. I can't move.
[SCREAMING]
[GASPS]
[SIGHS]
You two should go home and have a long talk with yourselves.
And you, you begged me to be Santa.
You what?
You're fired. Both of you.
Shh.
It's okay.
I'm sorry.
There's someone I've been looking for.
Sort of like I think your mom and dad have been looking for you.
But I was looking in the wrong place.
And I think that's why you got so upset before.
Because I wasn't really coming to you for you.
I was doing it for myself.
And you're smart enough to know that, aren't you?
But tonight I am here for you.
I wanna help you say the things you need to say.
Okay?
[GASPING]
Samuel?
Try to speak.
It's okay to speak.
Samuel?
Samuel.
So, what happened?
It didn't work.
I couldn't heal him.
Well, maybe he didn't need to be healed.
You heal people who are sick or hurt.
But Samuel isn't sick or hurt. He's just different.
Maybe I was trying to heal the wrong person.
Michael, no, l... Look, I...
I want to, but we're just gonna wake up tomorrow...
...and things will be, like, back to how they were.
- That's not a problem for me. - Yeah, I know.
Look, I think I should just go inside, okay?
Maria...
...I don't wanna be alone.
It's Christmas.
Okay.
Well, how about...
...I...
...make us some hot chocolate, and we just sit out here and talk.
So you want me to bring the mother and father into the child's dream?
Can you?
- I've never done it before. - You've never tried it before.
Max...
...why do you want me to do this?
I want Samuel's parents to know their son.
Whoever he is in there.
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
WARREN: Okay, now it's time for the angel.
Honey, let's put the angel on the top of the tree.
I love you, Mommy.
I love you, Daddy.
- Did it work? - Yeah.
Yeah, it worked.
What's it like in his mind?
It's beautiful.
[PHONE RINGING]
- Hello? - I just had this dream.
- So did I. - It was so...
Real.
Can I come over?
- Morning, Kyle. - All right, here's the thing.
If you're gonna date women half your age, I can't stop you.
But I have some house rules. I don't wanna know about it.
I don't wanna see her walking around half-naked.
- Kyle... - I'm not done.
It's one thing to get up and make believe you're a rock star...
...but you've taken this midlife crisis thing way too far.
I mean the creep factor here is:
[WHISTLES]
- I'm young. I'm impressionable. - We broke up.
- You what? - We put it on hold for a while.
Oh.
Why?
- Well, there's a bit of an age difference. - Is there?
It just didn't feel right.
[SIGHS]
Dad, I hope that you didn't do this because of me.
Uh-uh.
She was awful cute, though, wasn't she?
[LAUGHS]
I'm sorry.
I've canceled all our appointments for today.
You didn't have to.
We've seen enough of my way of Christmas.
Now I wanna see your way.
[LAUGHS]
Why?
Something suddenly struck me at 4:00 this morning.
And I realize that Christmas isn't really about being perfect.
It's about family.
And you're my family now, so...
It must have been weird for you, seeing me with this family.
A little.
It might make you worry about when I find my son.
What that might mean for us.
Should I worry?
No.
I saw Samuel this morning with his family...
...and it made me realize something.
That you, Liz...
...you're my family.
Okay.
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