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The Best Episodes of Roswell

Every episode of Roswell ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Roswell!

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Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Roswell Season 1 Episode 4 - Leaving Normal
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Leaving Normal

    S1:E4

    Liz's grandmother is rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke prompting Liz to reach out to Max for comfort.

    Director:Chris Long
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  2. Roswell Season 1 Episode 5 - Missing
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Missing

    S1:E5

    Liz discovers her personal journal, which contains all she knows about the aliens, is missing and she fears it has fallen into the hands of someone who could expose the aliens.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Jon Harmon Feldman

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  3. Roswell Season 1 Episode 6 - 285 South
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 285 South

    S1:E6

    Michael's monomaniacal urge to find the geodesic dome that's been stalking his dreams leads him to hijack Maria's car to Texas.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writers:William Sind, Thania St. John

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  4. Roswell Season 1 Episode 8 - Blood Brother
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Blood Brother

    S1:E8

    Max is injured in a car accident and Liz pressures Alex to help protect him from medical procedures that could expose his identity by providing blood samples to replace Max's.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writers:Barry Pullman, Breen Frazier

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  5. Roswell Season 1 Episode 9 - Heat Wave
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Heat Wave

    S1:E9

    A freak December heat wave hits the town and sparks romance as Michael's relationship with Maria heats up and Liz's infatuation with Max intensifies; meanwhile Isabel enters into one of Alex's dreams only to discover her likeness already there and dancing with Alex.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  6. Roswell Season 1 Episode 10 - The Balance
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - The Balance

    S1:E10

    While at the reservation Michael ends up in an alarming hallucinatory state and the others must band together to save his life.

    Director:John Behring
    Writer:Thania St. John

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  7. Roswell Season 1 Episode 11 - The Toy House
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Toy House

    S1:E11

    When Max rescues his mother from a kitchen fire she faces her suspicions about his extraordinary abilities; Liz reaches out to Kyle in friendship.

    Director:Michael Fields
    Writer:Jon Harmon Feldman

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  8. Roswell Season 1 Episode 12 - Into the Woods
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Into the Woods

    S1:E12

    A new UFO sighting sends suspicion and fear through the town and leads Max and Isabel to investigate the incident during a school camping trip.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:Thania St. John

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  9. Roswell Season 1 Episode 14 - Blind Date
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Blind Date

    S1:E14

    Maria enters Liz in a blind date contest; Max and Kyle commiserate about their shared feelings for Liz; Michael and Isabel send a signal to the fourth alien.

    Director:Keith Samples
    Writer:Thania St. John

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  10. Roswell Season 1 Episode 15 - Independence Day
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Independence Day

    S1:E15

    After Michael has a violent showdown with his father, Max and Isabel's father helps Michael set up his emancipation; the fourth alien emerges as a shapeshifter who watches over Max, Michael and Isabel.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  11. Roswell Season 1 Episode 16 - Sexual Healing
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Sexual Healing

    S1:E16

    Liz is unnerved by her strong desire for Max and the visions that come when they kiss - visions that lead to a glowing orb in the desert.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Jan Oxenberg

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  12. Roswell Season 1 Episode 17 - Crazy
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Crazy

    S1:E17

    FBI agent Topolsky returns to warn Liz that a covert alien hunter inside the Bureau is pursuing Max and his friends -- and that he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Meanwhile, Isabel befriends Tess, a new female student who immediately arouses Max and Michael's suspicions.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Thania St. John

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  13. Roswell Season 1 Episode 18 - Tess, Lies and Videotape
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Tess, Lies and Videotape

    S1:E18

    Max develops an uncontrollable attraction to Tess that includes intense sexual daydreams, and Sheriff Valenti learns that Topolsky was killed in a suspicious fire. Meanwhile, someone has secretly placed a video camera inside Michael's apartment.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writers:Toni Graphia, Richard Whitley

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  14. Roswell Season 1 Episode 20 - Max to the Max
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Max to the Max

    S1:E20

    Tess's book suggests that she and Max are predetermined mates, as are Michael and Isabel, who thinks she might be pregnant -- with Michael's baby. Meanwhile, Nasedo disguises himself as Max and kidnaps Liz as part of a plan to trap FBI agent Pierce.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  15. Roswell Season 1 Episode 21 - The White Room
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - The White Room

    S1:E21

    Max finds himself in a white room with no windows or doors, facing questions by Agent Pierce. Isabel telepathically contacts Max, who leaves her clues to his location. Michael, Isabel and Tess then set out on a rescue mission.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Thania St. John

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  16. Roswell Season 1 Episode 22 - Destiny
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Destiny

    S1:E22

    After escaping from Pierce, the aliens save Nasedo. Michael accidentally kills Pierce. Nasedo, as the aliens' guardian takes Pierce's place to help the aliens. The aliens figure out how to use the devices and release a message from Max and Isabel's real mother. She says Max is their leader and Tess, his fiance and that Michael is Second in command and he is Isabel's fiance. After hearing all this Liz runs out.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writers:Toni Graphia, Thania St. John

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  17. Roswell Season 2 Episode 3 - Surprise
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Surprise

    S2:E3

    Isabel is deeply moved when Max throws her a surprise birthday party, but she grows troubled after seeing visions of a bound and gagged Tess. Alex does an interesting cop striptease for Isabel.

    Director:Frederick King Keller
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  18. Roswell Season 2 Episode 5 - The End of the World
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The End of the World

    S2:E5

    An older Max travels from the future (2014 to be exact) to tell Liz that their relationship will imperil his planet and together they devise a plan to change the future: by making present Max fall out of love with Liz.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  19. Roswell Season 2 Episode 7 - Wipeout!
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Wipeout!

    S2:E7

    The Skins make all the humans in Roswell, New Mexico disappear turning it into a ghost town.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  20. Roswell Season 2 Episode 8 - Meet the Dupes
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Meet the Dupes

    S2:E8

    Duplicate versions of Michael, Isabel and Tess come to Roswell after killing their king Zan, to urge Max to attend an important interstellar summit in New York City, but they have their own agenda; Ava stays behind in Roswell.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  21. Roswell Season 2 Episode 10 - A Roswell Christmas Carol
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - A Roswell Christmas Carol

    S2:E10

    Max witnesses a tragedy and is haunted by the ghost of a man he could have saved, leaving him overwhelmed with guilt and questioning his healing abilities. Isabel aka the Christmas Nazi (dubbed by Michael) tries to brighten up the holiday season and Tess tries to became a part of the Valenti family.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  22. Roswell Season 2 Episode 11 - To Serve and Protect
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - To Serve and Protect

    S2:E11

    When Isabel develops a psychic connection to a girl who has been buried alive, she races to find the teenager before it's too late. Meanwhile the FBI comes to town and starts asking questions concerning Valenti and his involvement with Max and Isabel.

    Director:Jefery Levy
    Writer:Breen Frazier

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  23. Roswell Season 2 Episode 15 - Viva Las Vegas
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Viva Las Vegas

    S2:E15

    When the gang makes a spur-of-the-moment trip to Las Vegas, in order to spend the DuPree money, the event-filled excursion ends in a faceoff between Max and Michael over leadership; Tess and Liz can't pass for over-21-year-olds; Maria recruits Alex to help her audition for a role that ends up to be for a stripper; Isabel meets a man.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  24. Roswell Season 2 Episode 17 - Cry Your Name
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Cry Your Name

    S2:E17

    The sudden death of a close friend shocks the group.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  25. Roswell Season 2 Episode 19 - Baby, It's You
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Baby, It's You

    S2:E19

    Max is hit with a one-two punch after he discovers that not only is Tess pregnant with his son, but that the baby cannot survive unless they return to their home planet. Liz, Maria and Michael work together to unravel the mysterious double life of Alex. Isabel and Kyle explore her powers as they play pranks on Max and Kyle dreamwalks with a Playmate.

    Director:Rodney Charters
    Writers:Garrett Lerner, Lisa Klink

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Best Episodes Summary

"Leaving Normal" is the best rated episode of "Roswell". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Chris Long and written by Jason Katims, it aired on 10/27/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Missing".