Back at school, Ms. Topolsky informs everyone in a class lecture about "Future Week" (i.e. career week) that they will be individually interviewed to see where their vocational strengths lie. Liz and Maria then talk, and Maria indicates her discomfort about Isabel. Ms. Topolsky starts interviewing students, and only Liz seems to have a tangible goal in life: to be a molecular biologist. In her interview, Isabel flippantly says that she wants to be a supermodel. [Kyle is positive that he will play professional football, and various other students talk about the Cheese Factory.] When Max is interviewed, however, he doesn’t articulate any specific goal for his future, but indicates that he is introverted and tends to hide from the world, like the boy shown hiding behind a tree in a picture that Ms. Topolsky is using to indicate personality traits. Ms. Topolsky, when writing notes about her findings on each student, indicates that Max has secrets. Ms. Topolsky tries to encourage Max to come out of his shell, saying that she too, had hidden from the world for a long time, and that she started to open herself up to what the world had to offer by starting a conversation with someone she liked. Following her example, Max [waits for Liz after class], and proceeds to shyly start up a conversation with her, but he loses courage, and ends up talking to her about the situation with Isabel and Maria. Liz tells Max that it looked like he wanted to say something else to her, but he demurs, retreating back into his shell.
Outside Max, Michael, and Isabel talk about Liz, Maria, and the mysterious key that Michael took from Sheriff Valenti’s office which could hold the answer to their past, and Michael once again indicates that he wants to pursue investigating the true story of their origins. Isabel thinks that Maria is on the verge of cracking and revealing their secret.
Ms. Topolsky asks Liz about her ambition to be a scientist, and Liz indicates that she likes to be in complete control of her life, and that "you have to have a plan for everything." Back at the restaurant, Maria confides to Liz that she lives in constant fear of Isabel, who is also currently at the restaurant to keep an eye on Maria. Sheriff Valenti walks in to order a soda, and Maria nervously asks him if there’s anything else she can tell him today. This arouses his suspicions, and he tells Maria that he’s here to protect her from anything. Isabel, already afraid of the sheriff, looks alarmed by Maria’s actions.
Max visits the diner, and notes Maria’s nervousness. Max then goes to the UFO Center across the street from the diner to return $10.00 to a lady that Maria had accidentally shortchanged, and he asks the tour guide "What happened in 1959?" This piques the interest of the tour guide, [who avoids answering the question right then and] tells Max to return the next day.
Back at home, Max and Isabel discuss whether they want to find out their past, and Max says that he feels that by always being so cautious, they’re not moving forward. Isabel asks Max if it’s the key Michael found or Liz that is making him think that, and Max replies that he’s not sure. Isabel then says she is going to invade Maria’s dreams to find out what she is thinking, and opens up a yearbook to find her picture. In Maria’s dream, Isabel’s worse fears are realized as she sees that Maria perceives them to be grotesque aliens, and that in her dream she tries to get the attention of the sheriff to protect her.
Back at school, Ms. Topolsky tries to delve into Max’s personality, telling him it’s hard to figure out your future until you can figure out your past. Max then goes back to the UFO Center and the tour guide turns out to be just another fanatic. All he had to show Max was a set of contrived alien photographs. The tour guide tells Max that he has an extensive archive of UFO sightings in a room in the center, and he offers him a job at the museum for minimum wage. [Very interested in the archive, Max accepts.] Ironically, he tells Max that some day, he feels that he will be face to face with an alien.
Meanwhile, back at the Crashdown Cafe, Sheriff Valenti presses Maria for more information, and tells her to come to his office the next day. She accepts, even as Isabel watches.
Max tells Liz in their science lab that Maria seems like she’s about to crack and reveal their secret to the sheriff, and that he’s worried. The affection between Liz and Max is palpable as Liz sweetly tells Max that she’ll make sure that everything will be fine.
Ms. Topolsky gives everyone their vocational evaluation, and she tells Isabel that her profile indicates that she puts family first, craves security and stability, and leans towards care giving fields. This news breaks down the apathetic flippant wall that Isabel uses as self protection, and we get to see Isabel's vulnerability, and Ms. Topolsky tells Isabel that there’s nothing wrong with wanting to be normal.
Liz then talks to Maria, and she tries to convince her not to reveal Max, Isabel, and Michael’s secret, but Maria chafes at this attempt, and indicates her misgivings, and she tells Liz that she has to do what she feels is right.
Liz talks to Michael and Max and indicates her apprehension about what Maria might say, and apologizes to Max, who comforts her by telling her that it was only natural that she had confided in Maria. Liz then asks Max why he had confided in her, and he replies that it was only natural for him to do that as well. This seems to represent a breakthrough for Max, as he is learning to open himself up to the world through Liz.
Sheriff Valenti questions Maria in his office, and she seems about to crack - admitting that Isabel Evans is a special girl. When he asks her why she is so special, Maria hesitates with this torn look on her face. Finally, she explains that Isabel is special because she comes from a loving family, and adding that such happy people should be left alone. Apparently, Maria influenced by witnessing Isabel kissing her mother goodbye as they both picked up their cars from the repair shop, finally realized how afraid Isabel was that the sheriff would find out about her alien heritage.
Driving back from the sheriff’s office, Maria sees Isabel again - her jeep had failed again. She again offers to give her a ride, and this time, in a more animated manner, Isabel accepts. A truce seems to have been reached between them. The episode ends in school, during "Future Week" where Liz and Maria and the trio - Isabel, Max and Michael meet, and come to a common understanding.
