i know that I am going to get KILLED for saying this but, its how I truly feel...
keep in mind that I am a die hard dreamer, and I am obsessed with Max, and I only want Max and Liz together...and I was totally sick to my stomach when Tess and Max slept together and believe it was one of the biggest mistakes the writers made...
Ok saying all that...
I think that Max sleeping with Tess was understandable, and I don't believe he was cheating or deceiving Liz in any way...
ok before I get stoned let me explain...
I think you have to look at the whole picture..
Max asked Liz about ten thousand time if she really slept with Kyle...
He didn't believe she would do that, so he harped on this for the entire second season, it was almost agravating because you wanted Liz to just break down and tell him the truth. It went on waaay too long if you ask me.
She said it over and over and over again until she finally got pissed and said "me and kyle made love that night!" during their big confrontation in the street during the episode the harvest.
After loosing Liz he was in terrible pain and Tess was right there, showing him another life he once had, telling him they were in love, married, giving him flashes of them together... she had a huge influence over him, I think he was very vulnerable after loosing his first love...
its only natural to cling to someone that is going to give you some relief from all the pain your in.
She showed him a part of himself and his other life that he has had questions about since he was a child.
PLus he had no idea what a manipulating mindwarping killer she was...
ok and what I think was the main thing that pushed him over the edge and into her arms was everyone turning their back on him...
Him and Isabel lashing out at him about being the leader ...and ending up alone...because he was afraid to let her go away to college..
MIchael basically doing the same thing...
then Liz telling him off, not caring about the safty of the aliens for once, so she could find out what happened to Alex..
(which by the way, I loved! GO LIz! "You can't play the king card on me Max!"
Even though I think he was wrong with the way he was treating EVERYONE I do believ he did it out of fear and love for them... I think he felt them all slipping away and so he tried to hold onto them as tight as he could which ended up backfiring on him...
When he showed up at the observatory, she was waiting, ready to totally take advantage of the situation ...his pain confusion and the fear that he had just lost everyone he loved.
She threw him a life line... "i'll always be here Max, whenever you need me" BLAH!
YACK!
So although I HATED that they slept together, and I believe it ruined the big romance between Max and LIz, cause lets face it, we were all waiting for max and liz to lose their virginity to each other... because it would be friggin amazing and special...and poof the just took that away from us..
yes even though all of that ..
I don't think he cheated, and I totally disagree with what LIz says about all the things she did for him and "you slept with TEss?"
What about her sleeping with Kyle? because thats what she told him she did, and for no reason...as far as he knew, he saved her life, they we're in love, blah blah blah... he couldve said it all right back to her..
remember he had no idea about future Max..
anyway I think I've rambled on long enough..
Please no one kill me..
I really do love Max and LIz together ...really I do!
Carrie