Roswell Episode Guide Season One |
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Production No.: #1ADA79 Episode Title: "Pilot" Airdate: 10/6/1999 Synopsis: This engaging scifi drama focuses on three teen survivors of the famed 1947 UFO crash who have quietly lived in Roswell, NM, for 16 years. In the intriguing opener, the aliens' secret is jeopardized when Max uses his powers to save the life of Liz, a girl he has secretly admired for years. His actions lead Liz to learn the truth about Max, his sister Isabel, and thier friend, Micheal. Production No.: #1ADA01 Episode Title: "The Morning After" Airdate: 10/13/1999 Synopsis: Liz continues to see Kyle, though she's attracted to Max as they adjust to the bond between them. Micheal is obsessed with the alien who visited town back in '59. A suspicious substitute teacher (Topolsky) has everyone on edge. Production No.: #1ADA02 Episode Title: "Monsters" Airdate: 10/20/1999 Synopsis: The aliens' vulnerability becomes apparent to Maria. Max takes a job that may help him uncover his past. Isabel is concerned about Maria's nervous reactions to Sheriff Valenti, so she invades one of Maria's dreams to determine whether she can keep the aliens' secret. Meanwhile, counseler Topolsky holds career guidance sessions with the students; and Max meets a curator obsessed with aliens. Production No.: #1ADA03 Episode Title: "Leaving Normal" Airdate: 10/27/1999 Synopsis: Liz pleads with Max to use his powers to revive her comatose grandmother, however, after Max is beaten up by Kyle's friends he realizes he must stay away from Liz or risk further exposure. Meanwhile, Micheal uses his heightened powers to exact a different sort of revenge on Kyle's friends. Production No.: #1ADA04 Episode Title: "Missing" Airdate: 11/3/1999 Synopsis: Liz is in a panic when she discovers someone has taken her diary, contains dangerous and detailed information about the aliens, and cinfides in Maria first and Max second, leading to paranoia, false accusations and wounded feelings. Meanwhile, Micheal finds that an art class is bringing him closer to unraveling the mystery of his reoccuring vision of a mysterious dome that he suspects holds the secrets to the forth alien. Production No.: #1ADA05 Episode Title: "285 South" Airdate: 11/10/1999 Synopsis: Convinced he has descovered the location of the mysterious building from a reoccuring vision, Micheal abducts Maria's car -- with Maria as his unwilling passenger -- and takes off on a wild road trip with Liz, Max, Isabel and Kyle in hot pursuit. At the same time, the group tries to complete a class research assignment, which awkwardly pairs Liz with Isabel, Maria with Micheal, and Max with Kyle, leading to surprising personal revelations. Production No.: #1ADA06 Episode Title: "River Dog" Airdate: 11/17/1999 Synopsis: Before Max and Isabel can study the papers they found at the geodesic dome, their house is broken into and all the material disappears, except for a mysterious necklace that bears a symbol familiar to all three aliens. To unravel the secret of the symbol, Liz and Max make a journey to the Mescalero Indian Reservation where the elderly River Dog tells them everything he knows about the alien who vanished in 1959. Meanwhile, Maria and Micheal continues thier awkward flirtation while Sheriff Valenti begins to make the connection between the missing author James Atherton and the unidentified body with the alien handprint. Production No.: #1ADA07 Episode Title: "Blood Brothers" Airdate: 11/24/1999 Synopsis: Max is injured in a car accident and taken to a hospital, where a sample of his blood is drawn, forcing Liz and Micheal to find a way to replace the sample with a vial of Alex's blood. After Max is discharged, Micheal spies Topolsky's men rummaging through Max's hospital room. Meanwhile, Maria's cat-and-mouse game with Topolsky reveals the startling truth about the nature of her job and leads Alex to a bitter confrontation with Liz. Production No.: #1ADA08 Episode Title: "Heat Wave" Airdate: 12/1/1999 Synopsis: During a freak December heat wave, thoughts turn to romance as Micheal and Maria's relationship gets steamy, Isabel and alex share a hypnotic dream-dance while the rock band Save Ferris gives a live performance of their hit "Let Me In," and Max and Liz give in to their mutual attraction and share a first kiss. Later, when a rave party turns wild, Sheriff Valenti arrests Liz and Alex and Liz uses their time in jail to finally tell him the truth about the aliens. Production No.: #1ADA09 Episode Title: "The Balance" Airdate: 12/15/1999 Synopsis: Micheal discovers a picture of the cave drawings in Max's notebook and sets out to find River Dog, only to return home sick after participating in a Native American ritual. Meanwhile, max and Liz go on their first date, and Alex slips up in front of Milton. Production No.: #1ADA10 Episode Title: "The Toy House" Airdate: 1/19/2000 Synopsis: Max's mother gets a glimpse of him using his powers to put out a grease fire that threatens her life, and she begins to question his secretive nature.Meanwhile, Liz tends to Kyle after he's injured during a basketball game, which makes Max jealous; and Isabel pressures Max to reveal their secret to their mother. Production No.: #1ADA11 Episode Title: "Into The Woods" Airdate: 1/26/2000 Synopsis: A bright flash of light is witnessed by several people in the woods near River Dog's reservation, leading Max and Isabel to investigate the incident during a school camping trip. Liz is forced to endure the outing with her father and pays Maria to accompany them. Production No.: #1ADA12 Episode Title: "The (UFO) Convention" Airdate: 2/2/2000 Synopsis: A convention at the UFO center attracts an alien hunter who claims to know what happened the night of the 1972 murder that ended the career of sheriff Valenti's father. Meanwhile, Max takes on extra duties at the center to keep his mind off Liz; and Maria's mother organizes a wrestling match that features a mystery performer. Production No.: #1ADA13 Episode Title: "Blind Date" Airdate: 2/9/2000 Synopsis: Embaressed when Maria enters her in a radio blind date contest, Liz finds herself on a very public date with a handsome college student, while Max and Kyle share a strange night of bonding over thier mutual inability to get over Liz. Meanwhile, Maria steps in to save the day when Alex's band needs a new lead singer, while Micheal has convinced he has unlocked the secret of a mysterious map and enlists Isabel's help to send a signal to a possible fourth alien. Production No.: #1ADA14 Episode Title: "Independence Day" Airdate: 2/16/2000 Synopsis: The mysterious fourth alien is revealed to be a shape-shifter watching over Max, Isabel and Micheal after Micheal's home situation reaches a crisis point, resulting in a violent confrontation with his foster father Hank. Max and Isabel's efforts to include Micheal in their family only make him feel more isolated, until unexpected help from Philip Evans allows Micheal to take his life in a new direction. Meanwhile, Sheriff Valenti's flirtation with Amy DeLuca heats up, much to the disgust of Maria and Liz. Production No.: #1ADA15 Episode Title: "Sexual Healing" Airdate: 3/1/2000 Synopsis: Liz finds that her attraction to Max has turned into an overwhelming need to be near him and every kiss brings intense emotions, along with flashes that reveal secrets about the aliens' origins. Although Max is concerned about Liz's feelings, Micheal and Isabel urge him to use Liz and her visions to help solve the mystery of their past, leading to a mysterious glowing orb buried in the desert floor. Meanwhile, Micheal pairs off with Maria and Isabel with Alex in an effort to create some visions of their own. Production No.: #1ADA16 Episode Title: "Crazy" Airdate: 4/10/2000 Synopsis: Agent Topolsky reappears in Roswell, now terrified and desparate to warn the aliens that they are in great danger, but when Max and Liz refuse to trust her, she turns to Sheriff Valenti for helping the kids she previously tried to expose. Feeling that time is running out for then all, a panicked Topolsky agrees to give Micheal top-secret FBI evidence in return for his trust, but before they can meet, she is intercepted by her superiors and the evidence falls into the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Isabel is surprised to find that she has a lot in common with Tess Harding, a beautiful new girl in school, and Maria yearns for more romance in her relationship with Micheal. Production No.: #1ADA17 Episode Title: "Tess, Lies and Videotape" Airdate: 4/17/2000 Synopsis: Tess, a new girl is unlike most people. That's what makes her so desirable, especially to Max Evans. However, Tess has a secret, one that no one know and even she doesn't understand. What she does know is that she finds herself drawn to Max and can't break away from the connection. Just who is this new girl, and what does this mean for Max and Liz? Production No.: #1ADA18 Episode Title: "Four Square" Airdate: 4/24/2000 Synopsis: As Max and Tess grow closer so does their connection. The two have a bizarre dream that they can't understand but may give a vital clue as to why they can't stay away from one another. Maria finds herself drawn to Micheal more than ever, however stranger visions of the fourth alien force Micheal on a quest to find him. Production No.: #1ADA19 Episode Title: "Max To The Max" Airdate: 5/1/2000 Synopsis: Deciding that FBI Agent Pierce must die, the shape-shifting alien Nasedo masquerades as Max and kidnaps Liz in an attept to trick Pierce to reveal himself. When both Sheriff Valenti and the real Max follow Nasedo to rescue Liz, Max is finally captured by the FBI. Meanwhile, Tess tries to convince Max, Micheal and Isabel that they were destined to be togather to propagate their species. Production No.: #1ADA20 Episode Title: "The White Room" Airdate: 5/8/2000 Synopsis: Now in the custody of FBI Agent Peirce, Max's greatest fears become reality when he is held prisoner in a "white room" and subjected to interrogation and torture as Peirce tries to make him reveal his true identity. After Isabel "dreamwalks" into Max's mind and discovers where he is being held captive, she, Micheal, and Tess set out to rescue Max. Left behind to worry and wait, Liz, Maria and Alex finally decide to reveal the truth to Sheriff Valenti and ask for help. Production No.: #1ADA21 Episode Title: "Destiny" Airdate: 5/15/2000 Synopsis: SEASON FINALE - After helping rescue Max from the FBI, Sheriff Valenti is stunned when he witnesses Micheal's powers and realizes that Micheal, Isabel and Tess' true alien identity. Max and Isabel finally use the orb-like communicators to recieve a message from their real mother about thier past lives and future destiny - a destiny which does not seem to include Liz, Maria or Alex, while unwittingly alerting hundreds of of other aliens of thier existance. Go to Season Two |
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