 Aside from being adopted
you wouldn't think that Max (Jason Behr, Dawson's Creek, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer), Isabel (Katherine Heigl, Law & Order),
and Michael (Brendan Fehr,Millenium) were any different from
any other teenager growing up in the small town of Roswell, New Mexico
but there is more to them that meets the eye.
Max, Michael, and Isabel were sent to earth during the reported July
1947 UFO crash. They left the incubation pods when they were six years
old assumed "normal" human form and were found and adopted by local Roswell
families. They don't know where they came from, they don't know what
they are, and they don't know what the future will hold for them.
Shy and sweet, Max Evans has a heart of gold. He also happens to be in
love with Liz Parker. When Max witnesses Liz getting shot at the Crashdown
Cafe one afternoon, he reacts without thinking about the consequences.
He heals Liz with his supernatural powers and opens up a can of worms
never to be closed again.
Michael is best friends with Max and Isabel is not a people person. When
they broke out of the incubation pods Michael hid behind a rock while
Max and Isabel joined hands and faced their future. They were adopted
into a the loving Evans family but Michael wasn't so lucky. Adopted by
an alcoholic who lives in a traveler park and collects welfare checks,
Michael is often abused and is not loved by his adoptive father. As a
result Michael longs to return to wherever they came from and has no
interest in living on Earth.
Beautiful, popular and bold, Isabel exudes grace and condidence and she is not afraid to use her powers whenever she feels like it. Isabel is also very warm and loving to both Max and Michael as well as her "earth family." She wants to find answers about them almost as Michael does but she differs in that she embraces Earth and the love and acceptance it offers her.
Liz Parker (Shiri Appleby, Xena: Warrior Princess) is your All-American girl next door. She's a good student, she's a good friend and she has a job working at her father's Crashdown Cafe. She also has the attention of two of Roswell's hotties, her boyfriend Kyle Valenti and her secret, alien admirer Max Evans. And when Max saves her life Liz immediately feels a deep connection with Max even though Max has asked that they be friends only her heart yearns for so much more.
Maria DeLuca (Majandra Delfino, Politically Incorrect and Alex Whitman (Colin Hanks, Band Of Brothers are Liz Parker's best friends and the only other two people let in on the secret about Max, Michael, and Isabel being aliens. Maria DeLuca is sassy, brassy, and opinionated and she and Liz are nearly inseparable. They work together, they socialize together at school and after school and she is the first one to notice that Liz is not being entirely truthful about the shooting. Alex is kind and loyal which makes him a very good friend to have. Alex knows that Liz and Maria are keeping something from him and when he learns the truth he is amazed and promises to keep the secret. It didn't hurt that he has a major crush on Isabel Evans.
During the series while the six teenagers struggle with human alien dynamics as well as the romances and attractions of Max and Liz, Michael and Maria, and Isabel and Alex. They also have to deal with the growing suspicions of Sheriff Valenti, the FBI and even their parents. Will the find the answers they seek? Who can they trust? Will they ever find their way home?
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Roswell is based on on the "Roswell High" series of books written
by Melinda Metz. The books now carry on with stories after the TV series ended.
Executive Produced by Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights, Boston
Public), Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek), Lisa J. Olin, Kevin Kelly Brown, and Jonathan Frakes ( Star Trek).
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