The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season four episode seven begins with Max confirming Liz’s suspicions; Bonnie kissed him to take away his powers. Liz (Jeanine Mason) is upset he made this decision on his own and that now she’s down two aliens as the battle heats up with the new triad.
Max (Nathan Dean) promises he can protect her, but Liz isn’t having it. She grabs her bag and takes off, needing time on her own away from her newly powerless boyfriend.
Max meets up with Bonnie and Michael (Michael Vlamis) and delivers the news that 40 gallons of paint thinner’s been stolen. Bonnie reveals Tezca uses that to heal after shapeshifting, and Max realizes it’s the perfect time to take her down. Max thinks they need to drive a wedge between Clyde and Tezca, and Bonnie volunteers to play a part in their plan since Clyde’s always been protective of her.
Michael knows what Clyde wants the most is to go home and that he needs three things to do so. He has two – the fuel and the map – and they assume the third item is a ship. Michael thinks he should offer to help locate the ship and simultaneously work on getting Clyde to turn on Tezca.
Elsewhere, Isobel (Lily Cowles) works on opening up Dallas’ mindscape so they can locate Dallas’ dad’s glasses. (Last episode they determined the glasses were the key to decoding his dad’s Bible.) Isobel thinks since Dallas’ power has to do with water, a dip in a hot tub might help.
They slip into Dallas’ mindscape and learn he was close to Maria’s great-grandfather, Roy. The vision shows Dallas (Quentin Plair) as a kid eavesdropping on a meeting between Roy and Dallas’ dad, Theo. Roy reveals he and Louise are looking for land and that her “project” is coming along nicely. More importantly, Louise sent along a warning that Dallas should return to his pod because it’s too dangerous for him to be out running around.
Theo believes Dallas needs to play like any normal kid. Plus, if he’s out of his pod, then Theo can teach him about their planet. Their chat also includes hints about something bad that happened to Isobel’s teacher on Oasis. And when they reference a chess board and chess pieces, Isobel and Dallas are left stumped as to what they’re talking about.
The mindscape continues and Jones puts in an appearance in the vision. Jones demands Theo’s research and warns him that if he doesn’t come through, he’ll kill Dallas.
They jump forward in time and hear Theo tell Dallas to get their special book and glasses. Suddenly, Roy appears with a shotgun and kills Theo! Oh wait, it wasn’t the real Theo – it was Tezca in disguise.
They pop out of the mindscape as Isobel has a vision of Tezca. She doesn’t understand what she’s seeing.
Slipping back into Dallas’ mindscape, they watch as Roy and Theo talk about hiding the three stones and the map in separate locations. Roy will see if the Valentis can help, and Theo admits Roy was right when he warned Dallas was in danger. Roy thinks the lakes in the national forest might be the best spot to hide Dallas’ pod.
Dallas is worried he’ll forget everything if he goes in the pod, but Theo explains he’ll hide his memories to protect him. The Bible has the instructions, and the glasses will be in a secret spot. Theo glances at the nearby pond and Dallas now knows where to locate the missing puzzle piece.
Meanwhile, Liz hitched a ride aboard Shivani’s private jet for a quick visit with her sister. (Welcome back, Amber Midthunder!) The siblings hug and are starting to catch up on all the gossip when Rosa’s enthusiastic roommates show up and drag her off to an art installation. Liz tells her sis to go, promising they’ll have more time together over dinner.
Later as they’re finally getting time alone, Shivani shows up at the restaurant, excited she’s closed her deal early and promising Liz that she’ll love the new gadgets they’ve just purchased. The topic switches to Rose’s art and Liz has an epiphany when Rose mentions fractals. Liz thinks they can use fractals in their work on regenerating alien cells.
Rose looks disappointed in this shift in the conversation and excuses herself.
Maria (Heather Hemmens) attempts to reconnect with her mom, focusing on her urn and promising she’s listening if she has a message to share. She begs her mom to give her a sign and a feather floats down and lands at her feet. Maria initially believes it’s a sign until she spots a nearby nest.
Tezca soaks in paint thinner as Clyde assures her they’ll overcome any hiccups in their mission. While Clyde remains a loyal soldier, the same can’t be said of Bonnie. Tezca knows Bonnie’s betrayed them and wants to boot her from the triad. Clyde promises he can fix things, but it’d be helpful if Tezca would share the location of the alighting. She refuses to, wanting to keep that tidbit a secret.
Bonnie and Michael confront Clyde, and Clyde arms himself thinking Bonnie’s a traitor. Tezca told him Bonnie tried to kill her and Bonnie insists she only acted in self-defense. When Bonnie explains Tezca told her to kill Michael, Clyde appears to finally question his loyalty to their leader.
Michael attempts to convince Clyde they share the same goal: find the ship his mother built. Clyde takes the map back from Michael and reveals Tezca believes the ship is located on land Roy Bronson bought in 1947.
Michael and Max attempt to look for the deed to the land but can’t find anything. Max wonders why Michael kept the star map hidden and Michael claims he was going to tell him soon. The map indicates it will take decades to reach Oasis and Max asks if Alex is cool with that lengthy trip.
“Obviously there are discussions to be had,” replies Michael, confirming Max’s suspicions that Michael still wants to go home. Michael just wants answers about where he came from.
Bonnie joins them to help find the land and she’s confused as to why Roy was denied permission to purchase the property. Max has to explain Black people weren’t permitted to buy land in certain areas. Bonnie doesn’t think that’s fair (even aliens know racism is wrong) and Max says, “It’s an ugly, ongoing chapter of human history that sometimes leads to violence and is often covered up.”
It’s Bonnie who figures out Roy would have bought the property under someone else’s name. Michael thinks he might have put it under Walt Sanders’ name, since he trusted him.
Liz and Rose have a heart-to-heart and clear the air. After that’s done, Liz confesses she feels lost because Max made a huge decision without her. Rose tells her sister to focus on what makes her her.
“The more that you focus on being the most you, everything will fall into place,” says Rose.
Michael, Max, and Bonnie head over to Walt’s place and he confirms he bought 13 acres of land he doesn’t live on. Walt explains it’s not where Roy wanted to settle – he preferred the land by his fishing hole – but he couldn’t purchase that. Instead, he bought land that was all dried up and had underground caves.
The land turns out to be near where the paint thinner was stolen so Tezca might already be aware of the ship’s location. Bonnie volunteers to distract Clyde while they search the area.
Isobel and Dallas arrive at the pond, and Dallas hesitates. He’s worried he’ll fail his dad and Isobel knows just how that feels. She was terrified of letting her mom down after she got her sword. Isobel admits it does change everything but stepping into your legacy makes us stronger.
Dallas uses his powers to separate the water and retrieve the glasses. Isobel compliments him on going all Ten Commandments on the pond.
Isobel leaves Dallas to work on the glasses and joins Max to hunt for the ship. Max confesses he’s worried Michael’s dream of returning home is clouding his judgment. Isobel thinks Max needs to accept Michael’s decisions.
Dallas puts on the glasses and reads: “A map where no roads go is where all roads lay hidden.” He follows where the Bible leads him and ends up out in the desert. He tosses a rock and it’s swallowed up in the sand.
Maria’s working on bills when the numbers she punches into the calculator form the word hello, upside down. The jukebox turns on by itself.
Michael’s now met up with Isobel and Max as they explore the caves. They spot blood and smell acetone as Isobel leads the way with her glowing sword. They encounter Tezca and since Max and Michael no longer have any powers, they’re pretty much worthless as Isobel battles Tezca.
Isobel has another vision of encountering Tezca as a child and then Max shoots darts into Tezca.
Michael and Max regroup after the short fight and Max apologizes to Michael that they didn’t find the ship. Michael, in turn, apologizes for keeping the map a secret. He didn’t want his brother the dream-killer to squash his dreams.
Max promises he has Michael’s back, no matter what he decides to do.
Isobel locks up Tezca in Jones’ cage and confirms she believes Tezca was her teacher. Max recalls something Tezca said, and they realize Clyde played them. Michael hustles off to find Bonnie and warn her.
As they take a walk, Bonnie figures out Clyde deliberately sent Max and Michael to be killed by Tezca. Clyde also reveals there never was a spaceship; this was all a setup. Instead, Clyde has been eavesdropping on Dallas’ mindscape because the glasses and the Bible are actually the final puzzle pieces.
Clyde threatens to kill Bonnie if Dallas doesn’t turn over the Bible and glasses. Dallas tosses both items to Clyde but instead of letting Bonnie go, he apologizes to her and then pushes her into the quicksand. Clyde claims he saved her soul and isn’t worried about what happens to her body.
Dallas tries to get Clyde to save Bonnie, but he refuses. They fight and Dallas does his best but Clyde’s too strong. Clyde sends Dallas into the quicksand next to Bonnie. They both sink into the quicksand as Clyde proclaims he has everything he needs to finish his task.
Maria’s eating french fries with a fork at the Crashdown Café as it’s closing. She hears a blender go off but refuses to be fooled into believing it’s her mom. Instead, she blames the noise on a rat or faulty wiring.
The noise jarred her nerves and Maria’s happy to see Liz who just made it back into town from her quick trip to New York. Liz reveals she has an idea of how to cure Michael and after grabbing some carbs, she’s heading to the lab. Maria reminds her not to forget her milkshake…but Liz didn’t make one.
Liz thinks it’s weird Javier left it there and didn’t clean the blender. She says it’s weirder still that it’s Alex’s favorite flavor. Maria realizes her mom hasn’t been attempting to contact her; it’s been Alex all along. The service bell dings. Bingo! We have a winner!
They quickly realize that if it’s Alex doing the haunting, then that probably means he’s dead.
The episode ends with Dallas coming to after falling through the quicksand and being greeted by his father. Theo says, “It’s good to see you, son. Your journey is just beginning.”
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