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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!

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 clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Roswell" season 2 is "Skin and Bones", rated 7.3/10 from 311 user votes. It was directed by James A. Contner and written by Jason Katims. "Skin and Bones" aired on 10/2/2000 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Ask Not".

  • Skin and Bones
    7.3/10 311 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

  • Ask Not
    7.2/10 300 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

  • Surprise
    7.2/10 296 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

  • Summer of '47
    7.6/10 334 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

  • The End of the World
    7.9/10 354 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

  • Harvest
    7.2/10 293 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

  • Wipeout!
    7.4/10 293 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

  • Meet the Dupes
    7.1/10 291 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

  • Max in the City
    7.1/10 281 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

  • A Roswell Christmas Carol
    8.0/10 348 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

  • To Serve and Protect
    7.1/10 266 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

  • We Are Family
    7.1/10 269 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

  • Disturbing Behavior
    7.2/10 269 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

  • How the Other Half Lives
    7.3/10 263 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

  • Viva Las Vegas
    7.2/10 293 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

  • Heart of Mine
    7.1/10 284 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

  • Cry Your Name
    8.0/10 319 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

  • It's Too Late and It's Too Bad
    7.4/10 268 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

  • Baby, It's You
    7.3/10 267 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

  • Off the Menu
    7.2/10 263 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: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

  • The Departure
    8.2/10 299 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: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner