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.
I don't know why I love supernatural tv shows so much but I do. It's clearly an obsession and Roswell is no exception. And it was on the WB which was in my opinion the best tv network of the 90s-2000s.
So Roswell is an ironic teen drama about aliens living in Rosewell, New Mexico...for those of you who don't know, that's where the infamous 'alien crash' took place in the 1940s. The main character Liz Parker is a normal teenager until she gets shot in her parents' diner: The Crashdown Cafe (see the irony? it only gets better...)
As she's on her deathbed a classmate, Max Evans, jumps to the rescue by placing his hand on her wound and healing her. Liz is obviously confused by this and confronts him. He confesses that he (and his friend and sister) are all aliens. Liz takes this surprisingly well, as most female leads in supernatural media tend to. Take for example Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, any other book involving ghosts or demons or vampires...you get the idea.
As the seasons go on, more people are taken into the circle and let in on the secret until finally the whole gang gets confronted by the government and stuff goes down. Big time.
This show is honestly worth watching so I won't spoil the details. Once I start spilling I can't seem to stop so I'll leave this post extremely vague.
But for all the good things I have to say about this show, out of all 3 seasons only season 1 and the series finale were really worth watching. I'll admit the writers set this show up really well because season 1 had all the complicated romance and mystery solving that a supernatural drama should have. The characters don't get too mushy but there is obvious sexual tension. When this gets boring to watch, there's a break in the case and the teens are off chasing something alien related. Everything overall was paced to make an exciting but oddly relatable tv show. Yes the aliens make it slightly harder to relate to, but somehow that's overcome...like I said the writing was brilliant!
Season 2 was just a huge flop. A dud. LAME. I read that the producers wanted the show to appeal to more people, not just love-struck teens, so they turned to a more sci-fi storyline. The love story went out the window as the gang chased down signs from home and tried to fulfill their destinies.
Well I lied. The love story didn't totally get thrown out the window, it was just put on the backburner for a while until they ran out of sci-fi material. Insert predictable love triangle here. Another alien is discovered in season 1 and she falls in love with Max. Liz feels awkward and tries to break up with Max by sleeping with her ex-boyfriend. It works so well that Max gets his new lover pregnant. Oops. Explain that to your 'soul mate' Max!
He tries but Liz can't forgive him...enter season 3. More sci-fi crap here and don't forget the Max/Liz drama. Other relationships have drama, but it's not as annoying. This season also introduced a LOT of new characters that were more irritating that anything else. Suddenly there's a new love between an alien and a human but I think this was just a new spin on the whole 'we have to protect our secret' thing.
Like I mentioned before the government does some stuff and the series ends. For all the pain and suffering through seasons 2 and 3 the finale was pretty satisfying. It ended the way it should have, happy...for the most part.
Overall I give this series 4 stars. Watch it when you have the time, especially the first season. But you've been warned...it's SERIOUSLY ADDICTING!!!
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