7.3/10315 votes#1 - Skin and Bones
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000
Max and the others must rescue Michael after he is arrested for murder; Liz takes a job with a congresswoman who has a hidden agenda.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jason Katims
7.2/10303 votes#2 - Ask Not
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000
Brody Davis, the mysterious new curator at the UFO Museum has the group on edge, and Michael and Isabel plotting his demise.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
7.2/10299 votes#3 - Surprise
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000
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
7.6/10337 votes#4 - Summer of '47
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000
Michael discovers the hidden history behind the 1947 crash when interviewing a World War II survivor for a school project. The story unfolds with familiar faces portraying people in 1947.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
7.9/10358 votes#5 - The End of the World
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2000
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
7.3/10296 votes#6 - Harvest
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2000
After the death of congresswoman Whitaker, Max and the gang visit her hometown, Copper Summit, Arizona, where they find themselves trapped in enemy territory when they learn the whole town population are Skins.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Fred Golan
7.4/10295 votes#7 - Wipeout!
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2000
The Skins make all the humans in Roswell, New Mexico disappear turning it into a ghost town.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
7.1/10294 votes#8 - Meet the Dupes
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
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
7.1/10284 votes#9 - Max in the City
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2000
Max and Tess depart for the interstellar summit in New York City with Rath and Lonnie, Michael and Isabel's duplicates, who both harbor a secret agenda for their future king and an alliance with Nicholas, the Skin. Ava reveals to Liz that Rath & Lonnie murdered Zan. Tess is kidnapped by the dupes after Max learns of their true intentions. When Max finally finds Tess she reveals that they tried to read her mind to find the Granolith but she resisted. She then says that they're gone but did they die or are they still out there? Ava says goodbye to Liz and leaves Roswell.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.0/10352 votes#10 - A Roswell Christmas Carol
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2000
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
7.2/10269 votes#11 - To Serve and Protect
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2001
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
7.1/10272 votes#12 - We Are Family
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2001
Sheriff Valenti is suspended from the force after refusing to answer the FBI's questions about Max and Isabel, but he soon finds himself right back in the thick of things when Laurie DuPree shows up at his house claiming to be chased by aliens.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
7.3/10272 votes#13 - Disturbing Behavior
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2001
Michael and Maria flee from Roswell after helping Laurie DuPree escape from the police, and Max learns that a deadly parasite was released into Earth's atmosphere when their ship crashed 50 years ago.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
7.4/10267 votes#14 - How the Other Half Lives
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2001
Max tries to stop Alex and Kyle from being buried alive in a cave filled with glowing blue crystals; Isabel is kidnapped by Grant Sorenson possessed by the alien parasite queen; Michael is shot while trying to protect Laurie.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Ronald D. Moore, Gretchen J. Berg
7.3/10297 votes#15 - Viva Las Vegas
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/2001
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
Writer: Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
7.1/10288 votes#16 - Heart of Mine
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/2001
The onset of junior prom stirs up emotional tumult as Liz tempts fate by asking Max to be her date, Isabel decides Alex is the man she's been searching for, and Michael tells Maria he won't take her to prom.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jason Katims
8.1/10324 votes#17 - Cry Your Name
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/23/2001
The sudden death of a close friend shocks the group.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
7.4/10271 votes#18 - It's Too Late and It's Too Bad
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/30/2001
Liz continues her investigation into Alex's death while Isabel plans her future and Maria wonders whether Michael will always be around.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
7.3/10270 votes#19 - Baby, It's You
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/2001
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
Writer: Garrett Lerner, Lisa Klink
7.2/10266 votes#20 - Off the Menu
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/14/2001
Brody Davis, his mind frazzled from an electric shock,holds several members of the gang hostage, when he begins to remember what happened when he was abducted, such as the New York City interstellar summit and the fact that Max is an alien. Max must use his healing abilities to fix Brody's mind so that he doesn't remember the alien mind that inhabits him. Tess must mindwarp Amy DeLuca into not remembering that Brody held them hostage.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend
8.2/10304 votes#21 - The Departure
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/2001
Max, Isabel, Michael and Tess struggle with goodbyes on what they believe to be their last night on Earth before they travel back to their home planet. In the final hours, Max frantically searches for the killer that is still out there and threatens the lives of everyone they love.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend
The Best Episodes of Roswell Season 2
Every episode of Roswell Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Roswell Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Skin and Bones" is the best rated episode of "Roswell" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 315 votes. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Jason Katims, it aired on 10/2/2000. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Ask Not".