Roswell, New Mexico

- It's been a long time. - Ten years.

I used to think about what I would say

if you ever came back to Roswell.

Down. No. No.

20 years I've been keeping this secret,

and now you up and resurrect someone?

You can't ever be with her.

There are too many secrets.

Things she can't ever know.

Whoa. Liz, what happened? Nothing.

Our families have long been in the business

of keeping people safe.

And if you saw a handprint,

that means the violence isn't over.

I need answers.

The handprint is a psychic bond.

Right now what you're feeling

is an echo of what I feel for you.

You're telling me you're an alien?

What did you do?

Everything I've ever done has been to protect

Isobel and you. Stop it, Max. Both of you.

Everything you've ever done has been to protect yourself.

Every story varies depending on who's telling it,

and my sister's story died with her a decade ago.

I would give anything to be able to ask her

why she made the choices that she did.

To understand her.

But like so many who died before their time,

Rosa took her truth with her.

And I'm left here...

endlessly searching for it.

Liz.

Max.

Uh, this place closes at sunset.

I jumped the gate.

It's after midnight,

so it's officially the ten-year anniversary of Rosa's accident.

So, uh...

you gonna arrest me, Officer?

No. Too much paperwork.

It'll be our secret.

Another one.

Can I drive you home?

Weirdly appropriate,

getting driven home by a cop tonight of all nights.

Rosa would be proud. Happy to oblige.

Have you been avoiding me these last few days?

I thought maybe you were freaked out.

I wasn't avoiding you.

It's just I never really planned

on staying in Roswell long.

I was just passing through.

So, you're leaving.

I'm a scientist, Max. It's what I do.

I got a grant for my vascular regeneration study.

In San Diego.

Right.

You're gonna change the world.

I always knew you would.

I don't know why that was so hard to tell you.

Maybe the same reason it was so hard to hear it.

Well, good night, Liz.

Hey.

I still want to kiss you.

I-I just... I got to get through this one

really crappy day,

but afterward, at sunrise.

Meet me at the old turquoise mines?

I can't, Liz, I told you. Look.

The handprint's fading fast.

It'll be gone by then.

You'll know that my feelings are real,

not just some sci-fi side effect.

It's been ten years, Liz.

You don't know me like you think you do.

Max Evans, right?

Sort of bowlegged, way into Tolstoy.

Really nice handwriting, for a guy.

It's just a kiss, Max.

You don't have to come, but I hope you do,

and I think you will.

That's Hector Valenti, your ancestor.

Taken the night of the 1947 UFO crash.

It was the incident of aggression

that was the catalyst for Project Shepherd.

Now, you said you saw a handprint last week, Kyle.

Take a good look at that. That is your legacy.

This project is your legacy.

You gonna reject it?

If your father knew you were doing that...

My father taught me principles.

The Valenti code.

If that code includes breaking patient confidentiality

to... hunt aliens,

Dad failed to mention it.

Confidentiality doesn't apply to a dead body.

My patient is alive,

Master Sergeant.

It's late.

Thanks for the family history lesson, but I'm gonna pass...

on all this.

The existence of Project Shepherd

is classified, Kyle; if you breathe a word,

you become a red-level threat to Homeland Security.

And my freedoms are no longer protected

under American law.

I get it.

Ooh.

Brooding level "teenage girl on a family vacation."

No.

On a road trip with her grandparents.

This is serious.

Yeah, well, Britney's mom said

I could go to the beach, so...

Did you get the traffic cam footage

from the Crashdown shooting yet? Yup.

But Valenti said the shooter was apprehended.

Gerardo Guerrara. A witness saw him

loitering nearby that night.

He went into county a few hours ago.

Let me see that footage.

All the vandalism at the diner has been racially motivated.

It's slurs. There's bricks through the windows

that say "go back to your own country."

I know Guerrara. He wouldn't do that.

Ever since the mayor started pushing his anti-immigrant agenda,

there've been a lot of convenient witnesses showing up.

Wait, zoom in.

I recognize those naked cowgirl mud flaps.

Wyatt Long. Hate him.

His sister died in Rosa Ortecho's car accident.

Mm. And now I feel like a dick.

That's a motive, Cam.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

I just... A long time ago...

I let down Liz Ortecho, okay?

I just want to do right by her.

We'll visit Long after you've had a few hours of sleep.

You look like garbage, partner.

Ruggedly handsome garbage, but garbage.

I can't find the space jam.

Got it.

No booze, except for the old man's tequila stash.

You should get a liquor license.

How did you... The door was locked.

Mm, was it?

I didn't notice.

What do you want?

Just a little late-night snack.

I'm a chocoholic.

I get it.

You want me to be scared.

I'm not gonna tell your secret. I care about Max.

Okay?

We care about Max.

You were hooking up with Kyle Valenti

in the Wild Pony parking lot

five minutes after Max risked his life to save you.

You don't know anything about me.

We know a few things.

Like you don't really seem to care about anything

for that long.

How's your fiancé back in Denver, Liz?

We broke up.

Mm. Oh.

Does he know that?

'Cause according to his Facebook,

you bolted.

Just changed your mind.

Let's be clear.

You change your mind about Max,

about our secret,

no lock will keep me from you.

Stay away from her!

You stay away from her.

Oh! Stop it.

I come by to check on the diner,

and you two are terrorizing her now?

Hasn't her family

been through enough? By all means.

Whatever it takes to protect her family, Deputy.

Hey, Max...

That's cute.

What, you're punching him now?

What is wrong with you?

I'm fine. No...

you're not.

Is she right? Is something wrong?

No, I'm fine.

I'm sorry.

Liz. Red or green?

Christmas.

Why are we closed?

I was gonna help out.

Every year,

on the anniversary of Rosa's death,

someone vandalizes us.

After the shooting, I didn't want to risk

an escalation; someone could get hurt.