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"Roswell" (1999): Season 1: Episode 19 -- Max’s safety is dependent on his willingness to share information; Tess reveals a secret to Isabel.
"Roswell" (1999): Season 1: Episode 18 -- Max’s uncontrollable attraction to Tess distracts him with intense sexual daydreams; the Sherriff learns how Tapolsky was killed.
"Roswell" (1999): Season 1: Episode 17 -- Liz discovers a covert alien hunter at the FBI is trying to hunt Max and her friends down.
"Roswell" (1999): Season 1: Episode 16 -- Liz's visions lead Max to another strange alien artifact.
"Roswell" (1999): Season 1: Episode 15 -- Max and Isabel try to help Michael with his abusive father, and a fourth alien appears.

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User Rating:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
6 October 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
There's truth to every rumor
Plot:
Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are some who are not there by choice... more
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Awards:
1 win & 20 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(33 articles)
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Cast

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Shiri Appleby ... Liz Parker (61 episodes, 1999-2002)

Jason Behr ... Max Evans / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2002)

Katherine Heigl ... Isabel Evans / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2002)

Brendan Fehr ... Michael Guerin / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2002)

Majandra Delfino ... Maria DeLuca (60 episodes, 1999-2002)
Nick Wechsler ... Kyle Valenti (60 episodes, 1999-2002)

William Sadler ... Sheriff Jim Valenti (58 episodes, 1999-2002)

Colin Hanks ... Alex Whitman (44 episodes, 1999-2001)

Emilie de Ravin ... Tess Harding / ... (28 episodes, 2000-2002)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Roswell High (UK) (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:60 min (including commercials) (61 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Nick Wechsler auditioned for 4 different roles. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the second season, Tess points out Barnard's Star to Max while the two are standing in the middle of a fallow field. Despite Barnard's Star's relative proximity (just under 6 light-years), it isn't visible to the naked eye. more
Quotes:
Micheal: No. The bottom line Maxwell, I kill people. I kill people, you heal them.
[Maria walks over]
Micheal: You're good, and I'm bad.
Max: It's not true, Michael.
Micheal: Just get out of here.
Maria: What are you talking about?
Micheal: It's not safe.
Maria: It's never been safe. What difference does it make now?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Entourage: Blue Balls Lagoon (#2.11)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Everlong more

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49 out of 55 people found the following comment useful.
Ok, so I was wrong, zap me!, 25 November 2000
Author: tprofumo from Los Angeles

I once heard that when "Bonnie and Clyde" was first released, the reviewer for Newsweek savaged the film. Then, a week later, he saw it again and wrote a new review saying it was one of the landmark films of its era.

So, ok, I can be wrong, too. I was a Roswell fan from the start, but feared they were heading off in a very wrong direction in year two of this show, concentrating too much on sci-fi and action at the expense of what made the show great in the first place, characterization.

It turns out, none of my dire predictions have come true. The show has featured more sci fi action and a lot less about life in high school. But both of those moves have proved well advised and neither has hurt the show's quality.

Roswell continues to be a show about characterization. We have actually seen the characters taken to new places in this second season and I salute the writers/producers, directors and the cast for being able to do this.

Special praise should also go to the show's young actors and actresses. This season the talented Katherine Heigl, who plays Isabel, has been given some break out episodes and she has not wasted a single "moment." Her performance in the most recent episode, playing a duel role of both a good and bad version of Isabel, was absolutely brilliant. She may have lifted a little of her "bad girl" mannerisms from Angelina Jolie, but she's not a bad person to steal from since she has rather perfected the tough girl personna.

And of course, Shiri Appleby continues to astound, delivering some almost heart breaking performances as the girl dumping the guy she loves for his own good.

But again, hats off to the writers and producers for coming up with some very strong story lines, and even some cleaver tricks, like the "Summer of '47," episode and the current two-part episode featuring the four "evil" alien duplicates. Giving talented young actors the chance to play different roles on the same show is a master stroke which keeps it interesting.

Well done one and all!

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