Michael, who has failed to graduate, leaves before the ceremony after a teary goodbye to Maria when he finally tells her he loves her. The rest of the gang attends the ceremony only to discover they have misread Liz's prophecy and that it is at the graduation ceremony itself that they are to be executed. In a desperate attempt to buy his fellow fugitives some time, Max mounts the stage and gives an impassioned speech about belonging and alienation. During this diversion the others sneak out of the darkened auditorium. Max however is trapped on stage in full sniper's view until Michael comes roaring into the auditorium on his motorbike and rescues him. A final meeting in the desert is the scene of a sorrowful farewell between Jesse and Isabel and Kyle and his father. Max, Isabel, Michael, Liz, Kyle, and Maria all hit the road together in a van.
The final scene is of Max and Liz's wedding day. We hear Liz reading her journal while witnessing the joyous scene. We then see that it is Liz's father reading an account of his daughter's recent nuptials and an explanation for her disappearance. Liz asks her father to pass her journal on to her mom and Mrs.. Deluca, (Maria's mom), before burning it in the desert near the Pod chamber where her husband was born.
From TV.com
