[ how the other half lives ]

[ How the Other Half Lives ]

[ Music Listing ]

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Taste Of Honey

Played: When Michael, Maria, and Laurie were eating dinner.

Bebel Gilberto - So Nice

Played: When Maria and Michael were lounging by the poolside.

Colin Hanks & Nick Wechsler - American Pie

Played: The song Alex and Kyle were singing in the underground cave. (Song by Don McLean.)

Stereophonics - Lying In The Sun

Played: When Laurie and Michael were talking.

Jill Phillips - Everything

Played: At the end of the episode when Maria and Michael discussed Laurie

[ Description ]

As the episode begins, we find Laurie Dupree's attacker searching Michael's apartment. He first sees a picture of Michael, looks on the desk, and then picks one up of Laurie. The scene shifts and we find Michael and Maria spying on the Dupree family at their mansion. All of the lights in the house turn off and Michael instructs Maria to follow him. They move on and Michael spots a security guard. He throws a rock in order to cause a distraction and the security guard is fooled by it.

We next find Agent Duff and Sheriff Valenti pulling over Grant Sorenson's Jeep. Agent Duff and the Sheriff interrogate Sorenson with "questions". Sorenson has a few scratch marks on his neck and when Duff asks about them, he is unable to come up with anything.

Michael and Maria go through the Dupree mansion before finding Laurie's room. Michael asks if she is all right and Laurie explains that her Aunt and Uncle think she's crazy. Laurie's Aunt and Uncle walk into Laurie's room to find Michael and Maria, and so, they are escorted out once again.

Max, Liz, and Isabel explain to Tess what Larek explained to them about how their planet is infected. Suddenly, Brody enters the Crashdown as Larek. He explains that gandarium are the parasites, which are infecting human cells in a process called hybridisation, which is when an alien/human hybrid can be made. What the gang can't understand is why the gandarium is just focusing on Laurie. Brody explains that Laurie must have a special defect, and that if the gandarium are to infect her they will create a virus. This virus is passed just by human contact, and if and when it spreads it will bring forth the destruction of the human race on Earth. Max asks how they can get rid of the gandarium and Larek explains that once they have infected Laurie, it's all over. Tess notes that they have not finished infecting her yet, and Larek further explains that the gandarium works like a beehive. If you can kill the queen, the rest of the workers will shut down. Larek exits since his host body (Brody) is not capable of withstanding any more communication.

At the courthouse, Maria pulls up the file on Laurie Dupree. She signs for the documents and then looks through them to find something of interest. The Dupree estate is left under Laurie's name. Maria feels that will give Michael and her some leverage. At the gate to the Dupree mansion, Maria and Michael are nastily greeted over the intercom, however, when Maria holds up the document for the camera to see, the gates open immediately.

Out in Frazier Woods, Kyle and Alex dig until they find a cave where the crystals are being held. Before returning to tell Max and the others, Kyle and Alex decide to go do some exploring. They find a ton of alien crystals, however, they also find themselves trapped in the cave after crystals form to shut the hole in the earth that they have just made. Max, Isabel, Liz and Tess arrive at Frazier Woods. They have been searching around for some time and they come across the hole of crystals that leads to the cave which Kyle and Alex are trapped in. Kyle calls Liz on her cell phone and she instructs the alien trio to use their powers and open the hole. Their powers do not work on the crystals, however, and Liz informs Alex and Kyle that they'll have to dig another hole.

Maria talks with Laurie's Aunt at the Dupree estate. We learn that Laurie's Aunt and Uncle have used their money to pay off the doctors at Laurie's hospital so that they'll say she's crazy. In Laurie's room, Michael speaks with her on how "he" made a trip to the courthouse to pull out her file. Laurie notes Michael's uncanny resemblance to her grandfather and assures Michael that she feels safe around him because her grandfather was the only person in her family that she felt she could trust. Laurie then leads Michael to the bomb shelter of the estate where we find some of her grandfather's old belongings. Michael goes through a book and finds a sketch of an alien. Laurie explains that her aunt and uncle thought her grandfather was crazy, and she even jokes that she inherited her crazy personality as well as some "bad blood" from him. She further explains that it is really a recessive genetic defect. Isabel enters Brody's office and starts to file through something before Laurie Dupree's attacker attacks her from behind. After taking off his mask, we discover that Laurie and Isabel's attacker is really Grant Sorenson, as Duff and Valenti had predicted.

Isabel gains consciousness to find that she is driving in Sorenson's car. Sorenson starts going wild, telling Isabel that she needs to help him because he can't remember the things he's done in the past, and why he is now driving to Tucson with her. Sorenson tells Isabel that the only thing he can remember is his birthday. Isabel asks him when his memory started to go and Grant notes that it was around the time when he started digging around Pullman Ranch, where he had found some strange crystals. Isabel immediately knows what has happened to Sorenson and she tells him that his body has been taken over by something. Grant can't understand what Isabel is trying to tell him, so, he tells her that he is going to kill her, even though he doesn't want to. Sorenson instructs Isabel to grab the cell phone from his pocket and get out of the car. She does, and Grant drives away. His behaviour is still wild and erratic. From the side of the road, Isabel explains the situation to Valenti, and notes that he is on his way to Tucson in order to kill Laurie. Isabel tells Valenti that she'll find a ride from a stranger, and assures him that he does not have to worry about her getting in the car with a stranger. Their signal is lost and from Valenti's side we hear a dial tone.

At the cave site, Max, Liz and Tess work to dig Kyle and Alex out while they sing American Pie from below. Kyle puts one of the crystals inside of a bottle with a lit match and throws the bottle next to them. A strange chemical reaction occurs and the crystal starts going crazy, bouncing all throughout the bottle before finally shrivelling up and dieing. Kyle calls Liz from underground (don't you love the power of cell phones?) and Liz comes to the conclusion that if they can get all the oxygen out of the cave, all of the crystals will die. Max notes that Alex and Kyle will die too.

At the Dupree estate, Laurie swims in the pool while Michael and Maria chat. They are obviously living the "good life" up; one of the estate's maids brings over a phone for Michael on a silver platter. He answers it and it is Max, who explains the crystals can't survive without oxygen. Michael assures him that they are safe from the crystals in Tucson and before hanging up, Michael tells Max that he has to go patrol the perimeter.

Valenti arrives at Duff's office and explains that they need a plane to arrive in Tucson before Sorenson does. Duff is confused and Valenti explains. He also explains that some of the things Duff is about to see could ultimately end her career. Valenti asks for her trust and warns Duff to be very picky with what she includes in her final report. Duff then gets on the phone to find them a plane. At the Dupree estate, Michael, Maria and Laurie are enjoying the cook's delicious food. Laurie's Aunt and Uncle enter and explain that they have a charity event at the Governor's residence, which they will be attending. Laurie's Aunt and Uncle exit and Maria requests more root beer from one of the maids. When the maid does not respond instantaneously, Maria sends Michael to check on her. Michael searches through the mansion to find the maid. She is sitting in a chair and her throat has been slit.

Michael returns to the dining room and tells Maria and Laurie that the maid has been murdered. He instructs them to go "someplace safe" and takes a look around the house for anything suspicious he can find. Michael walks down a hallway and from behind him, Sorenson appears. Suddenly, Michael is shot. It appears as though he has been shot in the shoulder, and immediately, he drops to the ground. Sorenson continues on his way through the house. Laurie leads Maria to the bomb shelter as Valenti and Duff enter the Dupree estate. They find Michael in the hallways and he informs them in which direction Sorenson went. Meanwhile, Maria and Laurie struggle to close the bomb shelter door. Sorenson finds them, and Maria pleads with him, explaining that she is Isabel's close friend. Sorenson grabs Laurie and holds her at gunpoint as Valenti and Duff make their way into the bomb shelter. Valenti persuades Sorenson into letting Laurie go, and it only works because Sorenson has a relapse of his actual mental self. Sorenson then goes back into his strange behaviour, and Grant explains that Valenti will have to kill him. As Sorenson eases closer to Valenti and Duff, Duff takes a shot and it knocks Grant onto one of the bomb shelter's beds. Duff follows up by going to check Sorenson's pulse, however, when she does this, the "queen" crystal pops out of Grant's stomach and it releases itself so that it can move about in the air. Michael stumbles into the room before anything bad can happen and instructs them all to get out. They leave the room before the "queen" crystal can attack, and, in using his powers, Michael is able to open a vent in the shelter and suck all the oxygen out. The "queen" crystal struggles to survive, and just when we think it's dead, it pulls one last antic by using it's remaining power to thrust itself against the door window that Michael, Maria, Laurie, Valenti and Duff are all standing behind. Laurie explains that it is "over", however, Valenti notes that it all depends on what the other crystals do.

Back in the cave, Kyle and Alex have a conversation on how their lives are about to end. All of a sudden, the crystals start dripping and Kyle and Alex begin to flip out. Alex then remembers that the crystals are probably dieing, and so Kyle and he rejoice. Above the ground, Max, Liz, and Tess help dig until Kyle and Alex are finally free! The gang figures that somehow, Michael and Maria killed the queen, and so, they have now saved the world.

Isabel returns to the bomb shelter of the Dupree mansion to lay a blanket on Grant. She sits next to him, and talks to him for comfort, even though he is no longer alive. Upstairs, Duff explains to Valenti that she has two "options": she can tell the truth about everything she's seen or write a false report. Maria kisses Michael in another room and commemorates him for his heroic behaviour. Michael asks Laurie if she would be all right in allowing Laurie to move in with him. Michael doesn't want to leave Laurie with her aunt and uncle; however, he doesn't want her involved in his "intergalactic" conflicts either. Maria suggests that they use a lawyer to solve their problem. We next find Maria and Michael at the signing of her documents, and in the concluding scene of the episode, Michael and Maria hold each other as they stare at a picture frame with Laurie's picture in it.


	[ How the Other Half Lives ] [ Music Listing ] Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Taste Of Honey Played: When Michael, Maria, and Laurie were eating dinner. Bebel Gilberto - So Nice Played: When Maria and Michael were lounging by the poolside. Colin Hanks & Nick Wechsler - American Pie Played: The song Alex and Kyle were singing in the underground cave. (Song by Don McLean.) Stereophonics - Lying In The Sun Played: When Laurie and Michael were talking. Jill Phillips - Everything Played: At the end of the episode when Maria and Michael discussed Laurie [ Description ] As the episode begins, we find Laurie Dupree's attacker searching Michael's apartment. He first sees a picture of Michael, looks on the desk, and then picks one up of Laurie. The scene shifts and we find Michael and Maria spying on the Dupree family at their mansion. All of the lights in the house turn off and Michael instructs Maria to follow him. They move on and Michael spots a security guard. He throws a rock in order to cause a distraction and the security guard is fooled by it. We next find Agent Duff and Sheriff Valenti pulling over Grant Sorenson's Jeep. Agent Duff and the Sheriff interrogate Sorenson with "questions". Sorenson has a few scratch marks on his neck and when Duff asks about them, he is unable to come up with anything. Michael and Maria go through the Dupree mansion before finding Laurie's room. Michael asks if she is all right and Laurie explains that her Aunt and Uncle think she's crazy. Laurie's Aunt and Uncle walk into Laurie's room to find Michael and Maria, and so, they are escorted out once again. Max, Liz, and Isabel explain to Tess what Larek explained to them about how their planet is infected. Suddenly, Brody enters the Crashdown as Larek. He explains that gandarium are the parasites, which are infecting human cells in a process called hybridisation, which is when an alien/human hybrid can be made. What the gang can't understand is why the gandarium is just focusing on Laurie. Brody explains that Laurie must have a special defect, and that if the gandarium are to infect her they will create a virus. This virus is passed just by human contact, and if and when it spreads it will bring forth the destruction of the human race on Earth. Max asks how they can get rid of the gandarium and Larek explains that once they have infected Laurie, it's all over. Tess notes that they have not finished infecting her yet, and Larek further explains that the gandarium works like a beehive. If you can kill the queen, the rest of the workers will shut down. Larek exits since his host body (Brody) is not capable of withstanding any more communication. At the courthouse, Maria pulls up the file on Laurie Dupree. She signs for the documents and then looks through them to find something of interest. The Dupree estate is left under Laurie's name. Maria feels that will give Michael and her some leverage. At the gate to the Dupree mansion, Maria and Michael are nastily greeted over the intercom, however, when Maria holds up the document for the camera to see, the gates open immediately. Out in Frazier Woods, Kyle and Alex dig until they find a cave where the crystals are being held. Before returning to tell Max and the others, Kyle and Alex decide to go do some exploring. They find a ton of alien crystals, however, they also find themselves trapped in the cave after crystals form to shut the hole in the earth that they have just made. Max, Isabel, Liz and Tess arrive at Frazier Woods. They have been searching around for some time and they come across the hole of crystals that leads to the cave which Kyle and Alex are trapped in. Kyle calls Liz on her cell phone and she instructs the alien trio to use their powers and open the hole. Their powers do not work on the crystals, however, and Liz informs Alex and Kyle that they'll have to dig another hole. Maria talks with Laurie's Aunt at the Dupree estate. We learn that Laurie's Aunt and Uncle have used their money to pay off the doctors at Laurie's hospital so that they'll say she's crazy. In Laurie's room, Michael speaks with her on how "he" made a trip to the courthouse to pull out her file. Laurie notes Michael's uncanny resemblance to her grandfather and assures Michael that she feels safe around him because her grandfather was the only person in her family that she felt she could trust. Laurie then leads Michael to the bomb shelter of the estate where we find some of her grandfather's old belongings. Michael goes through a book and finds a sketch of an alien. Laurie explains that her aunt and uncle thought her grandfather was crazy, and she even jokes that she inherited her crazy personality as well as some "bad blood" from him. She further explains that it is really a recessive genetic defect. Isabel enters Brody's office and starts to file through something before Laurie Dupree's attacker attacks her from behind. After taking off his mask, we discover that Laurie and Isabel's attacker is really Grant Sorenson, as Duff and Valenti had predicted. Isabel gains consciousness to find that she is driving in Sorenson's car. Sorenson starts going wild, telling Isabel that she needs to help him because he can't remember the things he's done in the past, and why he is now driving to Tucson with her. Sorenson tells Isabel that the only thing he can remember is his birthday. Isabel asks him when his memory started to go and Grant notes that it was around the time when he started digging around Pullman Ranch, where he had found some strange crystals. Isabel immediately knows what has happened to Sorenson and she tells him that his body has been taken over by something. Grant can't understand what Isabel is trying to tell him, so, he tells her that he is going to kill her, even though he doesn't want to. Sorenson instructs Isabel to grab the cell phone from his pocket and get out of the car. She does, and Grant drives away. His behaviour is still wild and erratic. From the side of the road, Isabel explains the situation to Valenti, and notes that he is on his way to Tucson in order to kill Laurie. Isabel tells Valenti that she'll find a ride from a stranger, and assures him that he does not have to worry about her getting in the car with a stranger. Their signal is lost and from Valenti's side we hear a dial tone. At the cave site, Max, Liz and Tess work to dig Kyle and Alex out while they sing American Pie from below. Kyle puts one of the crystals inside of a bottle with a lit match and throws the bottle next to them. A strange chemical reaction occurs and the crystal starts going crazy, bouncing all throughout the bottle before finally shrivelling up and dieing. Kyle calls Liz from underground (don't you love the power of cell phones?) and Liz comes to the conclusion that if they can get all the oxygen out of the cave, all of the crystals will die. Max notes that Alex and Kyle will die too. At the Dupree estate, Laurie swims in the pool while Michael and Maria chat. They are obviously living the "good life" up; one of the estate's maids brings over a phone for Michael on a silver platter. He answers it and it is Max, who explains the crystals can't survive without oxygen. Michael assures him that they are safe from the crystals in Tucson and before hanging up, Michael tells Max that he has to go patrol the perimeter. Valenti arrives at Duff's office and explains that they need a plane to arrive in Tucson before Sorenson does. Duff is confused and Valenti explains. He also explains that some of the things Duff is about to see could ultimately end her career. Valenti asks for her trust and warns Duff to be very picky with what she includes in her final report. Duff then gets on the phone to find them a plane. At the Dupree estate, Michael, Maria and Laurie are enjoying the cook's delicious food. Laurie's Aunt and Uncle enter and explain that they have a charity event at the Governor's residence, which they will be attending. Laurie's Aunt and Uncle exit and Maria requests more root beer from one of the maids. When the maid does not respond instantaneously, Maria sends Michael to check on her. Michael searches through the mansion to find the maid. She is sitting in a chair and her throat has been slit. Michael returns to the dining room and tells Maria and Laurie that the maid has been murdered. He instructs them to go "someplace safe" and takes a look around the house for anything suspicious he can find. Michael walks down a hallway and from behind him, Sorenson appears. Suddenly, Michael is shot. It appears as though he has been shot in the shoulder, and immediately, he drops to the ground. Sorenson continues on his way through the house. Laurie leads Maria to the bomb shelter as Valenti and Duff enter the Dupree estate. They find Michael in the hallways and he informs them in which direction Sorenson went. Meanwhile, Maria and Laurie struggle to close the bomb shelter door. Sorenson finds them, and Maria pleads with him, explaining that she is Isabel's close friend. Sorenson grabs Laurie and holds her at gunpoint as Valenti and Duff make their way into the bomb shelter. Valenti persuades Sorenson into letting Laurie go, and it only works because Sorenson has a relapse of his actual mental self. Sorenson then goes back into his strange behaviour, and Grant explains that Valenti will have to kill him. As Sorenson eases closer to Valenti and Duff, Duff takes a shot and it knocks Grant onto one of the bomb shelter's beds. Duff follows up by going to check Sorenson's pulse, however, when she does this, the "queen" crystal pops out of Grant's stomach and it releases itself so that it can move about in the air. Michael stumbles into the room before anything bad can happen and instructs them all to get out. They leave the room before the "queen" crystal can attack, and, in using his powers, Michael is able to open a vent in the shelter and suck all the oxygen out. The "queen" crystal struggles to survive, and just when we think it's dead, it pulls one last antic by using it's remaining power to thrust itself against the door window that Michael, Maria, Laurie, Valenti and Duff are all standing behind. Laurie explains that it is "over", however, Valenti notes that it all depends on what the other crystals do. Back in the cave, Kyle and Alex have a conversation on how their lives are about to end. All of a sudden, the crystals start dripping and Kyle and Alex begin to flip out. Alex then remembers that the crystals are probably dieing, and so Kyle and he rejoice. Above the ground, Max, Liz, and Tess help dig until Kyle and Alex are finally free! The gang figures that somehow, Michael and Maria killed the queen, and so, they have now saved the world. Isabel returns to the bomb shelter of the Dupree mansion to lay a blanket on Grant. She sits next to him, and talks to him for comfort, even though he is no longer alive. Upstairs, Duff explains to Valenti that she has two "options": she can tell the truth about everything she's seen or write a false report. Maria kisses Michael in another room and commemorates him for his heroic behaviour. Michael asks Laurie if she would be all right in allowing Laurie to move in with him. Michael doesn't want to leave Laurie with her aunt and uncle; however, he doesn't want her involved in his "intergalactic" conflicts either. Maria suggests that they use a lawyer to solve their problem. We next find Maria and Michael at the signing of her documents, and in the concluding scene of the episode, Michael and Maria hold each other as they stare at a picture frame with Laurie's picture in it.