[ summer of 47' ]

The episode begins at the pod chamber. Max, Michael and Tess inspect Isabel's findings: the granolith. Back at school, Max tells Michael that they must return to the pod chamber that night. Maria approaches; making fun of Michael's new haircut, but Michael just blows her off. Liz approaches the two as they walk to class, and asks whether or not she should continue taking calls at Whitaker's office. Michael explains, "not now", and just as Max begins to walk away, Michael's history teacher approaches, telling Michael he is failing the class. He then informs Michael that a report is due Monday. The paper topic is World War II, and the teacher tells Michael that a group of veterans are in town for the weekend, and that a paper should be on his desk by 5:00pm.

We next find Michael meeting with Capt. Hal Carver at a motel outside of town. Hal refuses to answer many of Michael's questions, making the paper very difficult on him. When Michael questions why Carver left the army in the summer of 1947, Carver asks if Michael knows what happened. Jokingly, Michael says, "Yeah. Aliens crashed." Carver makes it seem as though aliens terrorized him, and Michael doesn't believe a thing he says. But when Carver offers to share his tale with Michael, he agrees, and so a flashback to the summer of 1947 begins:

The place is Roswell, New Mexico. Carver, played by Brendan Fehr (Michael on the show), is sleeping at his desk. The phone rings, and a man on the other line inform him there has been a crash, and that it "doesn't look like one of ours".

We next find Carver and his buddy, Richard Doty (played by Jason Behr, Max on the show) approaching the crash site. We are then introduced to James Cassidy, Carver and Doty's superior. Carver mentions that Cassidy did not like guys like him at all. We see men in the distance loading boxes onto a truck, and Carver spots something that they drop. He goes and picks it up, puts it in his hand, and it reacts unlike anything he has ever seen. He is then distracted when he hears the voice of a local news reporter. Played by Majandra Delfino, Maria on the show, this news reporter tries to get answers out of Cassidy, but Cassidy refuses to answer and has her, as well as her cameraman dismissed from the premises. The senior intelligence agent, Capt. Sheraton Cabbit (played by Colin Hanks, who plays Alex on the show) pulls up, and orders Carver that he is to take a troop truck directly to Hanger 20, with no stops whatsoever.

In the truck, Doty questions Carver on whether he believes that the reporter is on to something. Doty questions whether or not they are being lied to about the crash, but Carver tells him not to worry. Almost instantaneously, some "strange force" takes over the truck, making it skid off the road. When Carver and Doty go to investigate whether or not anything has fallen off the back, they find a blanket covering something, and open it up to reveal something that the viewer is unable to see.

At a bar, Carver and Doty discuss what happened earlier that night, and before leaving, Cabbit catches Carver speaking with the news reporter, Betty Esorio. He warns Carver that he should keep away from her.

We then find Carver in his room with "a girl he used to go with", Rosemary. As they start to make out, Carver spots a man watching them outside his window. Carver chases this man away, and we find him back in the office getting ready to work the next day. Betty Esorio enters and escorts him to Evan (played by Shiri Appleby, Liz on the show). Once Carver realizes that their date is not a date, but a set up for one of Esorio's news stories, he leaves, and we find him next as his girlfriend's house. Rosemary explains that military police came to her house, and Carver barges into Cassidy's office in order to get the story straight from him. Cassidy warns him to "watch himself", and dismisses Carver to telegram letters to families of officers who were killed in a jeep accident the previous morning.

While sending the telegram, Carver becomes frustrated and calls up Evan White, who he decides would be good to talk to without Esorio around. She explains she is being transferred to London, and Carver tells her to meet him at the bus station that night. The scene shifts to the bus station where White explains what she saw at an autopsy performed on the crash members. White leaves to board the bus, and Carver hears a scream.

Back at the base, Carver locates a confidential file on Cassidy's desk after speaking with his secretary. The picture is of a dead man with the "silver handprint" noticeable on his chest. When Carver returns to the base, Carver tries to gain access to an off-limits area but Doty restricts him and tells him he must leave. Carver obeys, and so to spite Doty, he decides to speak with the newspaper reporter. They both exchange information, and when Carver releases the information about the "jeep accident", Esorio becomes concerned. He hands her a confidential file and explains that everything is in there. Esorio asks whether or not he'd be willing to go on record: the decision can make him a hero or place a scarlet letter "T" on his chest.

Back at the bar, we find Doty depressed and drunk. He admits that he is a coward, and informs Carver that he has "seen stuff", which makes him wonder if he's on the good side now. Carver tells him to check the morning paper, and offers a ride home. The two exchange a handshake, but Carver leaves without him. Suddenly, a disguised Capt. Cabbit makes his way to the seat next to Doty. He congratulates Doty on doing a good job, but Doty does not seem happy with what he has just done.

The next day we find Carver walking out of a general store, and as he glances at the paper he has just bought, he realizes that the story was never printed. When he tries telephoning Esorio, an operator explains that she is "not in" and so Carver returns to his office to find a honourable discharge notice on his desk. When he goes to question Cassidy, he finds Doty in his office instead, and Doty explains that he is now "holding down the fort". The two fights over Doty ratting him out, and after offending Carver, Doty receives a punch from Carver. Doty explains that he helped Carver out, and that initially, they wanted to "get rid of him." He then shows Carver pictures have himself and his girlfriend that have been taken by the same person who was spying on them earlier in the episode. Doty orders Carver to sign the release form before they take it "one step further", and to protect Rosemary, he follows the command.

Carver makes his way to the bar where the bartender informs him that something was left for him during the day. He gives it to Carver, who opens it to find a telephone number and a key. Carver rushes to the phone, dialling the number, which leads him to Betty's sister, who explains that there was a "car accident" earlier yesterday in which Esorio died. Doty

Carver returns to the base with the key that opens a door of interest to him. He then uses another key to gain access to the autopsy room, where he finds a handful of (what we know as) alien pods. He takes a role of film of the corps' as well as two employees, which lie dead towards the back of the room. When he glances up into a mirror, Carver explains he saw a white flash of light, and a sound that was like when something gets between a mother bear and her baby. Carver exits the room, realizing that the aliens were not after them, but after their unborn children. Just as he closes the door, a group of employees come from around the hall, but Carver rings the emergency bell so that they will not enter the room. They chase after Carver who makes his way over a fence to safety

We find Michael and Carver out in the desert somewhere. Carver is shooting at a group of bottles, breaking each and every one with just a single shot. Michael pleads with Carver, asking what the pods looked like. Carver answers that they looked like "human foetuses", and that the following day, he packed up, left, and never came back. Carver then explains that it was the aliens that were the only things he ever tried to save, and that in the end, it all "went to hell." In a daring act, Michael raises his hand to a group of bottles, which Carver was shooting at, and breaks the remaining three. Carver looks on in awe, and as he tries to light a cigarette, Michael does it for his, using only his index finger. Michael then explains that Carver saved him. The two exchange a hug.

Back at the granolith, Michael explains to Maria the reason why he has not been returning her calls. Hal's story motivates him to apologize to Maria, and he explains to her that she as well as Liz and Alex are very important to him. He then informs her that four pods are out there somewhere. Four pods which Max; Isabel, Tess and he did not come from.


	[ Summer of 47 ] [ Music Listing ] Vast - Free Played: In the Crashdown when Maria was waiting on Michael and Hal. Mest - Drawing Board Played: When they first get to school in the morning. Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon Played: In the first bar scene. Brian Setzer Orchestra - In the Mood Played: When Hal and Rosemary were in her bedroom. Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Mack the Knife Played: When Hal returned to the bar for his usual after being forced to resign. The bartender gave him a note and key from Betty. [ Description ] The episode begins at the pod chamber. Max, Michael and Tess inspect Isabel's findings: the granolith. Back at school, Max tells Michael that they must return to the pod chamber that night. Maria approaches; making fun of Michael's new haircut, but Michael just blows her off. Liz approaches the two as they walk to class, and asks whether or not she should continue taking calls at Whitaker's office. Michael explains, "not now", and just as Max begins to walk away, Michael's history teacher approaches, telling Michael he is failing the class. He then informs Michael that a report is due Monday. The paper topic is World War II, and the teacher tells Michael that a group of veterans are in town for the weekend, and that a paper should be on his desk by 5:00pm. We next find Michael meeting with Capt. Hal Carver at a motel outside of town. Hal refuses to answer many of Michael's questions, making the paper very difficult on him. When Michael questions why Carver left the army in the summer of 1947, Carver asks if Michael knows what happened. Jokingly, Michael says, "Yeah. Aliens crashed." Carver makes it seem as though aliens terrorized him, and Michael doesn't believe a thing he says. But when Carver offers to share his tale with Michael, he agrees, and so a flashback to the summer of 1947 begins: The place is Roswell, New Mexico. Carver, played by Brendan Fehr (Michael on the show), is sleeping at his desk. The phone rings, and a man on the other line inform him there has been a crash, and that it "doesn't look like one of ours". We next find Carver and his buddy, Richard Doty (played by Jason Behr, Max on the show) approaching the crash site. We are then introduced to James Cassidy, Carver and Doty's superior. Carver mentions that Cassidy did not like guys like him at all. We see men in the distance loading boxes onto a truck, and Carver spots something that they drop. He goes and picks it up, puts it in his hand, and it reacts unlike anything he has ever seen. He is then distracted when he hears the voice of a local news reporter. Played by Majandra Delfino, Maria on the show, this news reporter tries to get answers out of Cassidy, but Cassidy refuses to answer and has her, as well as her cameraman dismissed from the premises. The senior intelligence agent, Capt. Sheraton Cabbit (played by Colin Hanks, who plays Alex on the show) pulls up, and orders Carver that he is to take a troop truck directly to Hanger 20, with no stops whatsoever. In the truck, Doty questions Carver on whether he believes that the reporter is on to something. Doty questions whether or not they are being lied to about the crash, but Carver tells him not to worry. Almost instantaneously, some "strange force" takes over the truck, making it skid off the road. When Carver and Doty go to investigate whether or not anything has fallen off the back, they find a blanket covering something, and open it up to reveal something that the viewer is unable to see. At a bar, Carver and Doty discuss what happened earlier that night, and before leaving, Cabbit catches Carver speaking with the news reporter, Betty Esorio. He warns Carver that he should keep away from her. We then find Carver in his room with "a girl he used to go with", Rosemary. As they start to make out, Carver spots a man watching them outside his window. Carver chases this man away, and we find him back in the office getting ready to work the next day. Betty Esorio enters and escorts him to Evan (played by Shiri Appleby, Liz on the show). Once Carver realizes that their date is not a date, but a set up for one of Esorio's news stories, he leaves, and we find him next as his girlfriend's house. Rosemary explains that military police came to her house, and Carver barges into Cassidy's office in order to get the story straight from him. Cassidy warns him to "watch himself", and dismisses Carver to telegram letters to families of officers who were killed in a jeep accident the previous morning. While sending the telegram, Carver becomes frustrated and calls up Evan White, who he decides would be good to talk to without Esorio around. She explains she is being transferred to London, and Carver tells her to meet him at the bus station that night. The scene shifts to the bus station where White explains what she saw at an autopsy performed on the crash members. White leaves to board the bus, and Carver hears a scream. Back at the base, Carver locates a confidential file on Cassidy's desk after speaking with his secretary. The picture is of a dead man with the "silver handprint" noticeable on his chest. When Carver returns to the base, Carver tries to gain access to an off-limits area but Doty restricts him and tells him he must leave. Carver obeys, and so to spite Doty, he decides to speak with the newspaper reporter. They both exchange information, and when Carver releases the information about the "jeep accident", Esorio becomes concerned. He hands her a confidential file and explains that everything is in there. Esorio asks whether or not he'd be willing to go on record: the decision can make him a hero or place a scarlet letter "T" on his chest. Back at the bar, we find Doty depressed and drunk. He admits that he is a coward, and informs Carver that he has "seen stuff", which makes him wonder if he's on the good side now. Carver tells him to check the morning paper, and offers a ride home. The two exchange a handshake, but Carver leaves without him. Suddenly, a disguised Capt. Cabbit makes his way to the seat next to Doty. He congratulates Doty on doing a good job, but Doty does not seem happy with what he has just done. The next day we find Carver walking out of a general store, and as he glances at the paper he has just bought, he realizes that the story was never printed. When he tries telephoning Esorio, an operator explains that she is "not in" and so Carver returns to his office to find a honourable discharge notice on his desk. When he goes to question Cassidy, he finds Doty in his office instead, and Doty explains that he is now "holding down the fort". The two fights over Doty ratting him out, and after offending Carver, Doty receives a punch from Carver. Doty explains that he helped Carver out, and that initially, they wanted to "get rid of him." He then shows Carver pictures have himself and his girlfriend that have been taken by the same person who was spying on them earlier in the episode. Doty orders Carver to sign the release form before they take it "one step further", and to protect Rosemary, he follows the command. Carver makes his way to the bar where the bartender informs him that something was left for him during the day. He gives it to Carver, who opens it to find a telephone number and a key. Carver rushes to the phone, dialling the number, which leads him to Betty's sister, who explains that there was a "car accident" earlier yesterday in which Esorio died. Doty Carver returns to the base with the key that opens a door of interest to him. He then uses another key to gain access to the autopsy room, where he finds a handful of (what we know as) alien pods. He takes a role of film of the corps' as well as two employees, which lie dead towards the back of the room. When he glances up into a mirror, Carver explains he saw a white flash of light, and a sound that was like when something gets between a mother bear and her baby. Carver exits the room, realizing that the aliens were not after them, but after their unborn children. Just as he closes the door, a group of employees come from around the hall, but Carver rings the emergency bell so that they will not enter the room. They chase after Carver who makes his way over a fence to safety We find Michael and Carver out in the desert somewhere. Carver is shooting at a group of bottles, breaking each and every one with just a single shot. Michael pleads with Carver, asking what the pods looked like. Carver answers that they looked like "human foetuses", and that the following day, he packed up, left, and never came back. Carver then explains that it was the aliens that were the only things he ever tried to save, and that in the end, it all "went to hell." In a daring act, Michael raises his hand to a group of bottles, which Carver was shooting at, and breaks the remaining three. Carver looks on in awe, and as he tries to light a cigarette, Michael does it for his, using only his index finger. Michael then explains that Carver saved him. The two exchange a hug. Back at the granolith, Michael explains to Maria the reason why he has not been returning her calls. Hal's story motivates him to apologize to Maria, and he explains to her that she as well as Liz and Alex are very important to him. He then informs her that four pods are out there somewhere. Four pods which Max; Isabel, Tess and he did not come from.