Liz & Max | I just want you to know who I am (1x09)

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“You’re the only one I saved,” he tells Liz, who responds by quoting his fave Henry IV line (“Heavy is the head … ”) back at him, demonstrating just how clearly she remembers the moment they shared way back at prom, and it’s truly a wonder Max doesn’t kiss her right then and there.

But there’s Rosa to discuss first. “I’m not angry at you for that,” Liz says, which is a real whiplash moment after all the times she’s sworn she never wants to see him again after what he did to Rosa. It’s helpful to remind ourselves at this point that a full month has passed since the last episode (which ended in Liz confidently telling Max that they weren’t meant to be together) and that watching Max miss his own sister in that time must have softened Liz’s resolve. And honestly, when the chemistry’s this strong, I’m not about to nitpick, because that kiss was worth the wait!

I’m glad this moment comes after Liz gives voice to the fact that Max’s decadelong obsession with her is a little unsettling, because it suggests he’s in love with a concept of her rather than the real person. “I don’t know what to do with the way that you feel about me,” she tells him, which, word! But Max swears that he sees her fully, and believes in her as she is now. Liz grabs him and kisses him to a cover of the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” (a nostalgic musical choice by which I feel personally victimized), and you might say all Liz wanted all along was for Max to know who she is.

Article retrieved from Vuture. Damn I have nothing else to add. I do feel victimized in the best way possible.


Show: Roswell New Mexico
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