Roswell (1999–2002)

Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are some who are not there by choice. They are there to follow a destiny given to them by the members of their dying ... See full summary »

Stars:

Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl

1 win & 20 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Shiri Appleby	...	Liz Parker (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
Jason Behr	...	Max Evans (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
Katherine Heigl	...	Isabel Evans (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
Majandra Delfino	...	Maria DeLuca (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
Brendan Fehr	...	Michael Guerin (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
Nick Wechsler	...	Kyle Valenti (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
William Sadler	...	Sheriff Jim Valenti (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
Colin Hanks	...	Alex Whitman (44 episodes, 1999-2001)
Emilie de Ravin	...	Tess Harding (28 episodes, 2000-2002)

Storyline

Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are some who are not there by choice. They are there to follow a destiny given to them by the members of their dying race, a race that they are someday destined to save. This is the background behind the WB series "Roswell". Max Evans, Isabel Evans and Michael Guerin are teenage humans with extraordinary gifts - gifts that are "not-of-this-earth". They are human/alien hybrids, sent here to complete their destiny. Their counterparts have already perished in a war of attrition, thus one day, they will return to their home planet and save their race. Before a fateful day in 1999, the teens hid their gifts. The event that forever changed their lives was when Max healed Liz Parker (a classmate) after she was fatally shot in the stomach in a dispute between two customers at the restaurant where she waitresses. A close relationship then develops between Max and Liz. Central to the first season were the relationships between...

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Plot Keywords:

roswell | alien | teen | new mexico | suspense | 

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Taglines:

There's truth to every rumor

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Roswell High

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Jason Katims Productions, Regency Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min 60 min (61 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is an hour of unaired footage from "The Departure" episode floating around the internet. The episode was originally 2 hours long, but at the last minute the WB network would only give Roswell a regular hour-long slot, so they had to cut an hour of footage to make the episode fit into the time slot.

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Goofs

Max and Isabel's Jeep is an automatic (they often drive away with both hands on the steering wheel), but the audio makes the Jeep sound like a standard stick.

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Quotes

Max: What happened?
Michael: It's over.
Max: What? My Dad found something, what?
Michael: No, it's not that. I saw Maria and what's-his name, Billy, together.
Max: Together as in together?
Michael: Worse.
Max: What could be worse?
Michael: They were singing together.
Max: So you're jealous?
Michael: I'm not jealous!
[...]

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Crazy Credits

Starting with the third season opening credits, while most of the actors' names appear normally, those of the three playing the aliens (Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl and Brendan Fehr) appear first in alien script, then morph into English, representing their rebirth from a previous alien life on Earth.

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Connections

Referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

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Soundtracks

"We Haven't Turned Around"
Gomez (Max and Liz's first kiss)

User Reviews

One Great Ride!

My sister got me hooked on "Roswell" at the beginning, but I kept watching because it was such a fantastic show! The episodes are wonderful, I love the music, and the storylines were incredible (even the often-dreaded Season 3, which I actually liked). I identified most with Max because he had been an outsider all his life, and had been in love with one woman but never had the courge to tell her (I felt like that a lot of the time). All the actors were wonderful, but I wish they hadn't made some of the decisions for Season 2 that they had. Well, I might as well list my favorite episodes, so here goes:

Season 1: Pilot, Leaving Normal, Blood Brother, The Toy House, Max to the Max.

Season 2: Skin & Bones, A Roswell Christmas Carol, Heart of Mine, The Departure

Season 3: Who Died & Made You King?, Graduation