Main Plot: Max and Tess go to New York City to attend the summit meeting of the ruling families of the five planets.

Max: That deal sucked and I was shocked that Max even considered it for a moment! How would it help his people if Kivar was still in power and Max was his puppet!? Also, as soon as Nicholas mentioned the granilith, he should have been suspicious that he whole summit meeting was just a ruse to get him to reveal it’s whereabouts. I was glad that Max had the good sense to listen to Liz’ advice and turn down the "deal" but disappointed at the reason he gave Isabel. Although it is important for a ruler to be compassionate, he cannot let his personal feelings interfere with his decisions involving the greater good of his people, as a whole. If the deal had had merit, and he had turned it down simply because Isabel and Michael wouldn’t be able to return home, that would have been self centered and self indulgent (to paraphrase Lonnie) and not the actions of a good leader. I don’t think Max is ready yet, to be a leader and I wonder if the original Zan lost his throne because he was not yet ready to make difficult decisions.

I was glad to see Max stick up for Tess against Rath and Lonnie, that he asserted himself with them and that he remained wary of their trust. Loved his concerned looks when he saw Rath stealing food.

I was wondering if they were going to let Max have a little fun, seeing as it was his first trip to NYC, and was glad they did; it was so nice to see him smile again, but the "I’m King of the World" bit was a mite cheesy. I was also happy to see him reconcile with Isabel and Liz, which gave us even more smiles. Now that he is less sullen, hopefully in the future we will have a chance to see his playful side, something I’ve sorely missed lately.

Brody: I’m beginning to think Brody’s abduction story is just too convenient. Why would they abduct him from NM and take him all the way to NY when they could have, just as easily, abducted someone closer to NY? Also, I think his telling Maria that he felt it was about to happen again was his way of creating a cover story to explain his presence there. I think it’s more likely that Brody really is Larek and that he came to Roswell to help his friend Zan/Max, or if the friendship thing is a lie, to spy on him. I also find it interesting that Maria is the only human who knows the whereabouts of the granilith and she’s the one Brody is trying to get to know.

Nicholas: I was really shocked to see Nicholas. How did he survive Tess’ wall of fire? Did the others survive too or just him? It can’t be a clone because he knew what happened that day and a clone wouldn’t have those details. I was a little surprised Max and Tess weren’t more curious about his miraculous recovery.

Rath was mistaken (or lied) when he said the ones calling the summit didn’t know about both sets of podsters. Nicholas obviously did. The question is, did he mistakenly think the New York Four knew about the granilith, or, did he know they were ignorant and therefore, convinced Lonnie to get rid of Zan and lure Max to New York?

Tess/Ava: When Tess said "they" tried to get the info on the granilith from her, did she mean just Rath and Lonnie or was Nicholas there too? Did he try the mind rape on her. Did she use the wall of fire again? But then why wouldn’t she remember this time like she did last time? Is she telling the truth? And if not, why? Tess seems to have convinced Max that she is loyal and trustworthy. Although I’m inclined to agree with him, there are still too many unanswered questions where she is concerned so, currently, the jury is still out in my case.

I’m sure Tess’ line about considering Roswell her home is meant to be significant, indicating that she feels more accepted now.

Ava seems to have won over Liz. Can you imagine Liz hugging Tess that way!? Just where was Ava going at the end of the episode? Back to New York?

Lonnie/Rath: Lonnie seems to think she remembers her life as Vilandra. Why does she remember more than the others? Or, does she have false memories of her past, somehow implanted by the Skins? I certainly hope she isn’t a true representation of Vilandra.

I guess we can assume Lonnie and Rath have had sex with humans, since they were able to compare, and say alien sex is the best. I’m still wondering if they’ve taken into consideration that their human bodies are nothing like their alien ones, and that going home in these bodies may not be such a great thing. Alien sex may not seem so attractive back home.

I don’t think there is any question that we will see Rath and Lonnie again, in spite of their mysterious disappearance.

Liz: Why was Liz afraid to try to contact Max? Even if she felt she wouldn’t succeed, that wouldn’t be a reason not to try. Did she think something bad would happen to her? Nothing bad ever happened to Isabel, other than being frightened by what she saw, once inside. I would have expected Liz to jump at the chance to help Max, no matter what the risk to herself. Perhaps they were trying to show us that, in spite of her fear, she courageously helped Max but instead, they seem to be painting us a picture of a fearful, scared little rabbit Liz (stepping away from the circle in The Balance, saying Tess scared her in TL&V and now this), who may not be able to come through for Max in a clinch situation. Maria has been shown to be much stronger, which seems incongruous.

I was so relieved that she finally told Maria the truth but I was ready to shake her when she continued to lie to Max. He obviously had doubts that she actually did anything with Kyle, lets just hope her faint nod wasn’t enough to convince him otherwise. At least saving Max’ life definitely helped her cause in her quest to maintain their friendship. And, the more they are together, the greater the chance that she will weaken (or rather, come to her senses) and eventually tell him the truth. (I wonder if Isabel or Michael will tell him what Liz told Ava "You lost Zan, please don’t let me lose Max. I LOVE him, you know and…I love him just as much as you did Zan. Please Ava, don’t let me lose him, please." If he knew what she said to Ava, he’d know she was lying to him and remain hopeful that she would one day tell him why.)

General: Were the emissary, and the representatives of the ruling families, really able to project their thoughts and know what was being discussed by the others from millions (perhaps billions) of miles away. If so, they seem extremely powerful and I cannot imagine the Roswell Four and/or the New York Three being any match for them. I’m more inclined to believe they were all Skins and that the whole thing was a ruse to get the granilith. Or, at the very least, that they were "broadcasting" from a ship orbiting Earth. Another reason I think they were all Skins is because, if the other ruling families were willing to sit down with each other, then why didn’t they just join together to get rid of Kivar? Why would they need Zan/Max? You would think after 50 years, they would have done something by now.

I was glad Tess asked the question about who raised them but ticked that there was no answer. It could make a big difference in the truthfulness of the information we have learned from the New York Three if it turns out they got most of it from Skins. At least we know their protector was a shapeshifter. It seems their protector was even worse than Nasedo, (assuming, of course, that it wasn’t Nasedo) if the best he/she could do was raise them in a sewer/subway tunnel. Even Nasedo didn’t keep Tess in the cave. Some viewers think the shapshifter who ate tic tacs and killed Hank was different from Nasedo; could he have been their protector?

Ava told Liz that Max changed her when he healed her (not because of the reverse connection), so does that mean Kyle has been changed (other than the Buddha stuff J )? BTW, how did Ava know that healing a human would change them? Did their protector tell them? Did Zan ever heal a human?

At least they made an effort to explain Max’ absence to his parents.

I liked Maria’s hair style, when she went to deliver Brody his Galaxy Sub.

Gripe: I use the closed captioning to determine the spelling of names of characters and things. In Harvest, when they used Kivar’s name, they spelled it Khivar, now they’re spelling it without the "h"; why can’t they be consistent with something as simple as the spelling of a character’s name!

Lonnie: Boys, don’t make me get off this couch.

Nicholas: Nice to see your genocidal girlfriend again. Killed anyone today?

Tess Day’s not over.