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[Roswell]
1st Season aired on The WB

Season 1 - 1999-2000 (The WB)

1 October 10, 1999 "Pilot"
2 October 13 "The Morning After"
3 October 20 "Monsters"
4 October 27 "Leaving Normal"
5 November 3 "Missing"
6 November 10 "285 South -- Part I"
7 November 17 "River Dog -- Part II"
8 November 24 "Blood Brothers"
9 December 1 "Heat Wave"
10 December 15 "The Balence"
11 January 19, 2000 "The Toy House"
12 January 26 "Into The Woods"
13 February 2 "The Convention"
14 February 9 "Blind Date"
15 February 16 "Independence Day"
16 March 1 "Sexual Healing"
17 April 10 "Crazy"
18 April 17 "Tess, Lies and Videotape"
19 April 24 "Four Square"
20 May 1 "Max To The Max"
21 May 8 "The White Room"
22 May 15 "Destiny"

episodes

#1 "Pilot"
LIZ PARKER and her best friend MARIA DELUCA are waitresses at The Crashdown - the restaurant Liz's
father owns in Roswell, New Mexico. When two customers break into a fight, gunshots ring out and
Maria screams realizing Liz has been shot.

The brooding yet handsome, MAX EVANS, quickly rushes over and places his hand on Liz's gunshot
wound. Liz and Max share a soulful connection as Max mysteriously heals Liz. Max pleads for Liz not
to say anything, as he exits. Liz later discovers a silver handprint has been imprinted on her
stomach where Max had healed her.

Needing a rational explanation, Liz confronts Max. Max confides to Liz he's from "up north." Liz
realizes Max is an alien. Max swears Liz to secrecy saying his life in now in her hands.

Liz decides to guard Max's secret, and is forced to lie to the people she treasures most in her
life including not only Maria, but also her boyfriend KYLE VALENTI, her own father and her other
good friend ALEX WHITMAN.

Later when Kyle's father, and Roswell's sheriff, JIM VALENTI, becomes suspicious of what happened
at The Crashdown, he questions Liz about Max. When Liz denies knowing anything, Valenti shows her a
photo of a dead man from 1959. Valenti explains to Liz the man in the photo also had the same
hand-print that Kyle said he saw earlier on Liz's stomach. Liz shows Valenti her stomach, and we
see the handprint is gone. Valenti has no other choice than to let Liz go.

Now frightened of what she found out, Liz has gone to Max saying she wants to know everything. Max
explains he doesn't know where he's from. He then explains and demonstrates his power to change
molecular structure, which is why he was able to heal her wound. Max explains they came out of
incubation pods looking like six-year old humans around ten years ago. Liz then questions Max's
saying "they," and Max reveals his sister Isabel and best friend Michael are also aliens - the only
ones of their kind on Earth. Liz then shares with Max the information about the photo Valenti
showed to her, proving there may be others out there like them. Max runs off.

Not about to give up, Valenti decides to share what he knows with FBI AGENT STEPHENS. The Agent
refutes the findings reminding Valenti that it was his own father's obsession with aliens that
eventually cost him his career. Valenti protests saying maybe his father was right all along. At
home, Maria confronts Liz telling her she knows when her best friend is lying to her. Maria demands
to know what's going on and Liz decides to confide in Maria, telling her Max's secret.

Meanwhile, Max has gathered Isabel and Michael and has told them about Valenti's suspicions and the
photograph. Max tells them it's time to leave Roswell. As the three aliens drive out of town, they
run into Liz and Maria. Liz explains if they run, they'll only be proving Valenti's suspicions. Liz
tells them she has a plan to get Valenti off their trail. Michael is skeptical, but Isabel, not
wanting to leave the only home she's ever known, agrees to listen.

Later at the UFO Crashdown Festival, the kids are able to throw Valenti off their track. Valenti
tells Max it's not over, and he intends on finding out the truth.

Liz and Max share a moment alone, and she thanks him for saving her life. Liz then questions
whether the two of them can ever be together, and wishing they could, Max says he doesn't think it
would be safe. The two agree to never be together, but inside, each feel an emotional connection no
one will ever be able to deny.
 

#2 "The Morning After"
Liz and Max continue their lives, with an obvious new bond between them. Liz attempts to maintain
her relationship with Kyle, but what she and Max have created begins getting in the way.

Maria shares her fears with Liz about the aliens, who she refers to as "Czechoslovakians." Liz
tells Maria there's nothing to worry about, but when Liz meets her new Geometry substitute, MS.
TOPOLSKY, who seems to know little about Geometry, Liz herself becomes suspicious. Liz's suspicions
are further raised when Topolsky questions Max as to Michael's whereabouts.

Liz also goes to Michael telling him about Topolsky, and Michael questions her about the photo
Valenti had shown her. Michael decides to break into Valenti's office to find the photo. Once
there, Michael finds a key that instantly causes him to have a flash of an unclear vision.

Later, Max and Liz overhear Topolsky revealing a further interest in Michael, but all suspicions
are resolved when Topolsky reveals she's the new guidance counselor and was only concerned about
Michael's lack of attendance at school.

FBI Agent Stephens meets with Valenti to tell him his findings were found insufficient. Agent
Stephens then proceeds to clear out Valenti's office of all UFO related files. Although Valenti had
managed to hold on to a key whose origin is a mystery to him, he is later surprised to find the key
is missing.
 

#3 "Monsters"
Maria's fears of the aliens are heightened when she has an encounter with Isabel who freely uses
her powers to taunt her. Maria becomes unraveled, and ends up running her car into the back of
Valenti's. Liz tells Maria it's important they stay in control.

Isabel goes to Max saying she doesn't trust Maria to keep their secret, but Max assures her he
trusts Liz to help.

Isabel makes the decision to "dreamwalk" Maria (Isabel enters Maria's dream) to find out what she's
thinking. In the dream, Isabel realizes that Maria wants to tell Valenti everything she knows about
the aliens.

Maria becomes visibly distressed, when Valenti mentions he wants her to come in to discuss the
accident. Liz urges Maria to stay in control, but Maria isn't sure she can pull through. Maria
reveals to Liz she's torn, and can't promise she won't tell Valenti everything. Maria finds out for
the first time, that Liz is also scared.

On her way to Valenti's office, Maria witnesses Isabel sharing a tender moment with her mother,
DIANE EVANS, and realizes Isabel may not be all that different from herself. The stakes now high,
Maria goes to her interrogation with Valenti. When Valenti warns Maria he doesn't want any more
families destroyed, Maria remembers Isabel with her mother and successfully stonewalls Valenti.

Meanwhile, Max has accepted a job at the local UFO museum with Curator, MILTON ROSS, in order to
find out all he can about the Crash.
 

#4 "Leaving Normal"
After an encounter with Kyle's friends over Liz, Max realizes he may be risking revealing their
secret. Max decides he needs to back off from Liz, and go back to the way things were before he
healed her.

Meanwhile, Liz is delighted by the arrival of her grandmother CLAUDIA, whom she's always admired.
Coming home from a date with Kyle, Liz finds out her grandmother has had a stroke and is in a coma.
Liz leaves an emotional message on Max's answering machine, asking him to come see her at the
hospital. Max, torn by his recent decision and his true feelings for Liz, reluctantly arrives at
the hospital. Once there, Kyle sees Max and warns him to stay away from Liz.

Meanwhile, Michael begins to exact his own form of revenge by playing practical jokes on the jocks
that beat up Max. Max becomes enraged when he realizes what Michael has been doing, and tells him
he's only jeopardizing their identity. Michael lashes back that Max has already done that by saving
Liz's life, which further confirms Max's feeling that he should stay away from Liz.

Liz finds Max and asks him if he can save her grandmother. Max explains that he was able to save
her when she got shot because it wasn't her time to die. Max tells Liz he can't stop what's
happening to her grandmother, because he's not God. Liz then finds out Kyle's friends beat Max up.

At the hospital, Liz blows up at Kyle who swears he knew nothing about the beating. Not being able
to fight her true feelings for Max, Liz breaks up with Kyle. After Kyle leaves, Max arrives telling
Liz although he can't save her grandmother, he might be able to help Liz say goodbye.

Max establishes a connection with Grandma Claudia, and her ghostly form appears. Liz tells Claudia
how much she's always admired her, and Claudia responds by making Liz promise to follow her heart.
Liz and Grandma say good-bye, before Grandma Claudia dies.
 

#5 "Missing"
Liz becomes distressed when she realizes her personal diary, with details about the aliens, is
missing. Liz realizes she could be jeopardizing the lives of the people she has come to care about
if her diary ends up in the wrong hands.

Liz tells Maria about her missing diary, and Maria offers to help. Maria ends up hurting their good
friend Alex, by making the false accusation that he took the diary. Upset, Alex confides in
Topolsky about the missing diary. Topolsky then places a call to a government agent she is secretly
working for, telling them she wants to find the diary herself.

While Max is perusing through UFO books at the museum, Liz tells him her diary is missing promising
she will find it soon. Max places his trust in Liz, but is clearly nervous. To take his mind off
the matter at hand, Max begins reading a book on an infamous UFO-ologist, James Atherton.

Later, when Max becomes suspicious that Kyle may have taken Liz's diary, he and Liz break into the
Valenti home to search for the book. Unsuccessful, the two nearly escape Kyle's return home while
unbeknownst to them, a mystery man was also searching for the same item.

Max confesses to Isabel and Michael about Liz misplacing her diary. Michael then goes to visit Liz
at The Crashdown, and reveals he was the one that took the diary. Michael explains to Liz he wanted
to make sure the contents wouldn't jeopardize their lives. Michael realizes Liz has only written
her own personal thoughts, rather than facts about the aliens.

Meanwhile, the visions Michael received from holding the key he took from Valenti's office become
clearer. Michael becomes obsessed with figuring out what he's seeing, and begins to draw out a
dome-like object. He confides in Max and Isabel his feelings it has to do with the fourth alien.
Michael realizes what he's been drawing is a geodesic dome, and tells Max and Isabel the key he
stole from Valenti's office must open a door to a dome. While leafing through Max's UFO book,
Isabel notices Michael's drawing is the same as the geodesic dome house belonging to James
Atherton.
 

#6 "285 South"
Wanting to follow his vision, Michael breaks into the UFO Center to obtain an address on James
Atherton. Michael is caught by Milton and Deputy Blackwood, and is arrested. Max saves Michael by
telling Milton he lent Michael his key to do research at the museum.

Michael explains to Max he wants to pursue the address of Atherton, which is in Marathon, Texas.
Max tells Michael they need to stay low, especially with the suspicious Valenti around. Michael
steals Maria's car, with an unwilling Maria inside. The two argue the entire way, until Maria
realizes that Michael is just trying to find out who he is, and where he came from. When Maria's
car breaks down, the two are forced to spend the night in a motel room.

When Max, Liz and Isabel discover Michael and Maria missing, they decide to go after them. Isabel
is uncertain about Liz's involvement, but Liz is insistent on going. Overhearing Kyle discuss Liz's
odd actions, Valenti decides to privately join the search. Per Topolsky's orders, FBI AGENT MOSS
shadows them all in his car.

On the road, Max, Liz and Isabel hit a roadblock. Isabel ventures out to find out how long they
will be detained, and Max takes a moment alone to apologize to Liz for all he's gotten her into.
Liz apologizes in turn about possibly exposing them. Interrupting their romantic moment, Isabel
points out Maria's Jetta at a motel parking lot.

The three burst into the room, to find Maria and Michael lying on the floor. The situation is
compromised further by the arrival of Kyle. Michael orders Kyle to get out, and the confrontation
becomes physical. Liz tells Kyle they're no longer together, and he should go home.

Kyle leaves, and Liz demands to know everything that is going on. Max, Michael and Isabel explain
the significance of the key and the dome, and how it could give them answers into their existence.
Liz feels they should all pursue the dome together.

As they reach the dome, they realize the key Michael took from Valenti's wasn't to the front door,
but to a secret room that contains documents on UFO's and the 1947 crash. The kids then hear
Valenti walking around above them, and they wait in silence while searching for a way out. We then
see Topolsky drop-kick Valenti from behind, as we're - TO BE CONTINUED...
 

#7 "River Dog"
Topolsky realizes she has missed the kids, who have escaped from the dome with the Atherton files.
Once home, Isabel shows a pendant to Max that she found at Atherton's. Each admits to recognizing
the symbol on the pendant, although neither is sure of the meaning. Max decides to hide the files
under his bed until everyone can go through them together.

Later at school, Liz confronts Kyle asking him to keep quiet about what happened in Texas. Kyle
agrees but promises he's going to bury Max Evans someday.

As Max and Isabel arrive home from school, they discover Sheriff Valenti at their home. Valenti
tells them they have been robbed, and Max and Isabel soon discover the Atherton files have been
stolen. During the robbery investigation, Deputy Blackwood makes a comment to Isabel about her
pendant saying he hasn't seen that symbol since his days on the reservation. Feeling the aliens are
being watched, Liz volunteers to take the pendant to the reservation to see what information she
can obtain about the symbol. Her quest leads her to a Native American man, RIVER DOG, who warns her
the symbol means death. Liz runs off in fear.

The next day an Indian teen, EDDIE, tells Liz that River Dog wants to meet her again. Michael and
Isabel stage a fake-out for Topolsky, who they have discovered is secretly following them, as Max
and Liz go to the reservation. Eddie greets Max and Liz telling them there will be a test once they
meet River Dog. After Eddie abandons them, Liz and Max discover a cave. When Max uses his powers to
light up the cave, River Dog tells Max he has passed the test.

River Dog then shows Max and Liz a cave painting containing symbols familiar to Max. River Dog
tells them the fourth alien, Nasedo, who lived among his tribe until Atherton came, was the one who
did the painting. River Dog also explains Nasedo and Atherton became quick friends, but for reasons
unknown to him, Nasedo killed Atherton. As they leave, Max holds out his hand to Liz. River Dog
stops Liz warning her to be cautious of Max. Liz makes the choice to accept Max's hand and they
leave the cave together.

Back at The Crashdown, Michael and Maria's bickering leads to a moment of passion — and a first
kiss.

Valenti confronts Topolsky, telling her he knows she was the one who knocked him out at the dome.
He further tells her he knows she's a federal agent, and threatens to expose her. Topolsky offers
the two work side by side.
 

#8 "Blood Brothers"
Wanting to share a normal teenage moment, Max and Liz ditch school to take a drive on an old
highway. Things take a turn for the worse when Max swerves to avoid a wild horse and crashes into a
ditch. Liz is unhurt, but an unconscious Max is whisked to the hospital.

Michael and Isabel rush in to see a nurse drawing Max's blood. The kids realize a simple blood test
could jeopardize their cover as humans, and decide to turn to Alex for help. At school, Topolsky
learns Max is in the hospital and instructs one of her agents to check out the situation.

As Michael and an FBI Agent both race to snag Max's blood sample, Liz and Isabel draw a confused
Alex's blood. Michael is successful in replacing Max's blood sample with Alex's. As he leaves,
Michael notices a man in a suit looking at Max's chart.

Now desperately wanting to tell Alex the truth about the aliens, Liz goes to Max who tells her
involving Alex would not be a good idea. Unsatisfied with Liz's excuses, Alex jumps to the
conclusion they are all involved in drugs.

After observing Alex's odd behavior at school, Topolsky fingers him as a suspect for replacing
Max's blood. Through the use of drugs Topolsky is able to get a sample of Alex's blood in order to
compare it with the blood she stole from the hospital. Meanwhile, the kids follow one of the men
Michael saw at the hospital to his motel room. They break in looking for clues to his identity, and
discover the man is an FBI agent working for an Agent Topolsky. The kids realize Topolsky is not a
guidance counselor, but a federal agent.

Isabel tells Max she saw Alex talking with Topolsky at school. Max goes to Liz, who realizes she
needs to contain Alex before Topolsky can crack him. Alex is soon caught between Topolsky and his
friends. Alex decides to trust Liz, and the two forge a plan to turn the tables on Topolsky by
exposing her as an FBI agent. Once exposed, Topolsky leaves Roswell with a warning to Liz that
there will be others who will come to investigate Max. Alex tells Liz with their friendship on the
line, he demands to know the truth about what has been going on. Alex is disappointed in Liz who
won't reveal the truth.
 

#9 "Heat Wave"
When Liz spies Michael and Maria in a romantic tryst, she begins to wonder why it's okay for them
to be together but not for her and Max.

As Michael and Maria continue their passionate relationship, Liz begins to notice everyone around
her has paired up including her former boyfriend, Kyle and even Sheriff Valenti who has begun to
date Maria's mom, AMY DELUCA.

Feeling her life is at a standstill, Liz confronts Max about moving their relationship forward. Max
eventually asks Liz to meet him at a dance that's being held later in the week.

Meanwhile, Valenti questions Alex about the sudden departure of Ms. Topolsky. Isabel then decides
to dreamwalk Alex in order to find out what Alex has told. In the dreamwalk, Isabel discovers Alex
has romantic feelings for her. The next day at school, Isabel decides to invite Alex to the dance.

At the dance, Maria pushes Michael to make some type of commitment. Not wanting to be emotionally
involved, Michael backs away from Maria.

A fire breaks out at the dance, bringing in Sheriff Valenti. Catching Liz and Alex with liquor,
Valenti sees it as an opportunity to hold them in jail overnight hoping one of them will talk about
his suspicions of Max. Liz realizes she must tell Alex the truth about the aliens, in order to save
Max from Valenti. Not sure what to believe, Alex tells Liz that he believes she believes what she
told him. Liz tells Alex she's through lying to him, and the two are trusted friends once again.
 

#10 "The Balence"
When Michael discovers Max has been withholding information from him about what he found at the
cave, he becomes determined to find the answers he desires for himself. Max makes Michael promise
not to do anything until he returns from his first official date with Liz.

Coming home from their date, Max and Liz discover Michael lying sick in bed. Max discovers that
Michael went to the reservation and participated in a sweat with River Dog.

Max and Liz drive back to reservation where Eddie tells them River Dog is gone. Max and Liz decide
to wait until River Dog returns, hoping he will tell them what's wrong with Michael. As Liz and Max
wait for River Dog, Max tells Liz about the first time he and Isabel saw Michael in the desert,
just after emerging from their incubation pods. Max says he held out his hand for Michael to join
them, but Michael ran off into the desert. Max and Isabel then didn't see Michael again for three
years.

Back in Roswell, Maria helps Isabel take care of Michael who has begun to hallucinate. Michael sees
himself in the desert, surrounded by the symbols of the cave painting. Michael follows the symbols
to a sepulcher, which contains himself inside.

Max and Liz soon find River Dog, who tells them to bring Michael to him at the cave. Once there,
River Dog surrounds Michael's body with stones the fourth alien, Nasedo gave him. River Dog tells
them the stones are from their home planet. River Dog explains Nasedo went through a similar
sickness, and was healed with the stones. Max, Liz, Maria, Isabel and Alex must all hold the stones
to restore Michael's balance. Liz, scared by all of the events of the past few days, hesitates at
participating. Max painfully understands, but leads the rest of them through the process in order
to save Michael's life. Michael awakens and points to the symbols of the cave painting, explaining
it's a map.

Once home, Liz mulls over her lack of nerve at the cave. Max interrupts her, and the two discuss
what happened. Max tells Liz that after they kissed for the first time, he forgot anything else
existed. Max further explains that's not the kind of world he can afford to live in, and gently
floats the idea they should take a step back to examine what is going on in their lives. Liz
realizes this means they need to stop seeing each other. Max and Liz share a goodbye kiss.
 

#11 "The Toy House"
When Max uses his powers in order to save his mother, DIANE EVANS, from an accidental fire, Diane
becomes suspicious. When Diane questions Max as to how he saved her, Max tells her she should not
be suspicious of her own children and offers no real answer.

Isabel and Max fight over telling Diane the truth. Isabel insists it is not purely Max's decision
to make, but hers as well. Max comes out as the leader insisting they not tell her.

As Diane sits watching old family videos, she finds one where young Max saves a bird using his
powers. Diane confronts Max again who only runs out saying maybe it would be better if he just left
their home for good.

Isabel, Max and Michael have another fight over telling Diane the truth. Isabel states that their
mother loves them, unconditionally, but Michael interrupts saying there is no such thing as
unconditional love.

Max considers this, and goes to see Diane in the park. He explains to her that he does have a
secret, but he can't tell her what it is. Max tells Diane she is his mother, and their house is his
home so he hopes she can understand and respect his decision. Fearing she'll lose the son she has
come to love as her own, Diane tells Max it doesn't matter who he is, and that she loves and trusts
him. Max goes to Isabel telling her their secret is still safe. Isabel is upset when she realizes
Max means he decided not to tell Diane the truth.

Meanwhile, Valenti snoops around looking for information from Diane about how Max was able to put
out the fire. Diane protects Max, even though she's not sure herself what happened.

Feeling distraught over her break-up with Max, Liz goes to Kyle to try and mend their friendship.

Michael uses his hands, not his powers, to make a napkin holder for Maria. He tells her it's to
thank her for what she did for him when he was sick.
 

#12 "Into The Woods"
The annual Roswell High father's camping trip takes place in the same wooded area of a recent UFO
sighting. Max and Isabel convince their father they want to participate in the camping trip, in
real hopes they will be able to get close to the UFO sighting area.

Liz and Maria accompany Liz's father on the camping trip. Once there, the two realize Max needs
help and decide to get involved in the search for the UFO sight.

Valenti also accompanies Kyle on the trip, but is torn between work and his son when he realizes he
can use the weekend to spy on Max. Valenti follows the kids into the woods as they begin their
search for the UFO sighting.

Meanwhile, River Dog comes to Michael telling him the UFO sighting was real. He and Michael venture
out to investigate, only to run into Max and Isabel at the place of the sighting. Together, they
discover a symbol burnt into the ground. When Valenti finds the kids and River Dog in the woods,
Max makes the symbol disappear and pretends to be lost.

Confused, Valenti visits his father in the nursing home, telling him he thinks he may have been
right all along — that there is alien life in Roswell.
 

#13 "The Convention"
Wanting to get Liz off his mind, Max dives into work at the annual UFO Convention being held at the
museum. Max's life is further complicated when he discovers the two civilians who witnessed his
healing of Liz at The Crashdown, are back in town and have plans on exposing him as an alien.

Valenti soon discovers EVERETT HUBBLE, the man who ruined his own father's career, has come to town
for the convention. Thanks to the two civilians ramblings, Hubble becomes suspicious of Max and
kidnaps him. Holding him at gunpoint, Hubble tells Max he believes he is the same shape shifter who
killed his wife many years ago.

Max insists his innocence, as Michael shows up to create a diversion. Valenti then comes to the
rescue, shooting Hubble dead. Valenti tells Max and Michael to leave, and Max tells Michael he is
suspicious the fourth alien may really be a killer.

Meanwhile, Isabel tells Alex to stop following her around and Michael meets Maria's mom for the
first time.
 

#14 "Blind Date"
Wanting to help her get over her feelings for Max, Maria enters Liz in a blind date radio contest.
Liz wins the contest, and wanting a normal life agrees to go on the date.

Unable to forget his feelings for Liz, Max is peer pressured into drinking by Kyle. Max, who has
never taken a drink before, becomes drunk with one sip. Max and Kyle bond, as they discuss how each
of them can't seem to get over their feelings for Liz.

Max and Kyle follow Liz on her date. Still drunk, Max publicly professes the way he feels for Liz.
Max then kisses Liz, which instantly sobers him up. Liz asks Max if he meant everything he told
her, and Max reveals he can't remember what he said.

Meanwhile, Alex's band wins a part in the radio contest. When their lead singer becomes ill, Maria
persuades Alex to let her sing lead. Maria soon realizes she must overcome a sudden case of stage
fright in order to perform.

Tried of waiting for Max, Michael tells Isabel he's going to search for Nasedo on his own. Worried
that Michael might get in trouble, Isabel agrees to join him. Together, they discover they can send
a signal to contact Nasedo. Just after they realize their signal was unsuccessful, a shadowy figure
appears before the signal holding a photo of Max, Michael and Isabel. Nasedo is in Roswell.
 

#15 "Independence Day"
After Max and Isabel discover Michael's foster father has been beating him, they offer him a place
in their home.

Feeling isolated, Michael struggles with not having a real family like what he witnesses at the
Evans. Michael goes to Maria for comfort, but is thrown out by Maria's mom. Michael then considers
leaving Roswell in search of his real family and Nasedo.

Once on the road, Michael realizes Max and Isabel are his real family, and returns to Roswell.
Max's father then helps Michael gain emancipation.

Meanwhile, Sheriff Valenti and Amy attempt to take their relationship a step further. Amy comes to
realize that Sheriff Valenti only has time for his job.

In the end, we see Michael's foster father shape shifting into someone else. We come to realize the
fourth alien, Nasedo, had killed Michael's foster father after he learned of the beating.
 

#16 "Sexual Healing"
Not being able to contain their feelings any longer, Liz and Max give in to their attraction and
share an intense kiss. Liz, however, experiences visions of Space that neither her nor Max are able
to explain.

With each new kiss, the visions become stronger and Liz soon feels the visions may contain clues
into Max's past. When Liz recognizes a star cluster she saw from a vision, she tells Max she thinks
the visions may be from the crash of 1947.

Liz also goes to Michael telling him about Topolsky, and Michael questions her about the photo
Valenti had shown her. Michael decides to break into Valenti's office to find the photo. Once
there, Michael finds a key that instantly causes him to have a flash of an unclear vision.

Wanting to find the true origin of the visions, Max and Liz decide to take the sexual relationship
further. The clues they receive lead them into the desert just a few miles away from the crash
site. The two are just about to consummate their relationship, when Liz hears a constant beeping
she recognizes from the visions. Liz and Max dig up an alien orb with a glowing symbol on top.
Exhausted by the previous events, Liz and Max fall asleep in the desert only to be awakened by a
strange man who unbeknownst to them is Nasedo.

Meanwhile, Maria lies to Michael about having visions herself in order to bring the two closer
together. Alex also offers himself to Isabel for testing, and the two share their first kiss.
 

#17 "Crazy"
Together again, Max and Liz go up to ‘make-out point.' The two are interrupted by Agent Topolsky
who warns them there is an alien hunter aware of Max's existence. Topolsky further explains she was
part of an elite alien hunting unit of the federal agency, headed by an AGENT PIERCE. She then
explains she left the unit when she realized Pierce was killing innocent people in order to find
the fourth alien, Nasedo.

Max disbelieves Topolsky, who then goes to Valenti telling him the same tale. Valenti, who fears
she may just be crazy, calls FBI Agent Stephens to check out the story. Valenti learns that Agent
Stephens has recently been killed.

Desperate for someone to believe her, Topolsky goes to Michael telling him she has a communicator,
an orb, from his planet. Topolsky further tells Michael if he wants to know everything she knows,
he should bring the orb Max and Liz have, and meet her later. Michael tells Max who says to let it
go. Again tired of Max not wanting to proceed, Michael steals the orb and he and Maria run off to
meet Topolsky.

Learning of his betrayal, an angry Max follows Michael and Maria. Max and Michael get into a fight,
and the orb is thrown from their reach. Suddenly, Valenti and a DOCTOR MARGOLIS show up to inform
the kids that Topolsky had escaped from an insane asylum, and everything she has been telling them
has been a lie. Before leaving, Valenti discovers the orb and puts it in his pocket.

We later discover Doctor Margolis was actually Nasedo who had shape shifted in order to get Valenti
off the kid's track. At the same time, Topolsky is kidnapped by her own people.

Meanwhile, Isabel has befriended a new girl at school, Tess, whom Maria and Michael fear may have
eyes for Max.
 

#18 "Tess, Lies and Videotape"
Suspicions about the new girl, Tess, are further raised when everyone notices Max is oddly drawn to
her. Unable to fight his attraction, Max kisses Tess not knowing Liz is watching in the distance.
Max attempts to explain the kiss to Liz as something he had no control over, which raises Liz's own
suspicions about Tess's identity.

Isabel and Michael each explore Tess's identity, but neither can prove she is anything but a normal
high school student.

After Michael and Max discover a hidden video camera in Michael's apartment, they think it might
have come from Tess.

Liz decides to take the camera to hide in Tess's home. There she meets Tess's strange father, ED
HARDING, who insists Liz stay for dinner. As Liz strategically places the camera, she breaks a
precious statue. Michael, Isabel, Maria and Alex watch as the camera goes blank.

Fearing she may be in trouble, the kids go to rescue Liz from the Harding residence. After a
successful rescue, the kids all watch as Tess reconstructs the statue using alien powers, revealing
she is the fourth alien.

Meanwhile, when Valenti checks up on Topolsky at the mental hospital he realizes she's been killed.
Feeling the kids may be in real danger, Valenti decides he may be the only one to protect them.
Wanting to gain their trust Valenti takes the communicator (orb) back to Max.
 

#19 "Four Square"
Now thinking Tess is the fourth alien, the shape-shifter Nasedo, the kids decide to stay close to
each other.

Michael and Isabel begin having sexual dreams about each other confusing their relationship, which
has always been like brother and sister. Not wanting to act on their feelings, each pursues a
stronger relationship with a human - Michael with Maria, and Isabel with Alex.

While visiting Isabel, Tess plays with her mind. She creates a four square of sugar cubes telling
Isabel everything may not always appear what it seems.

Max and Liz decide to follow Tess and witness her taking a secret book from the library.

Wanting to know everything, Max drives with Tess into the desert. Once there, Tess shows Max the
book she took explaining it contains information about their destinies. Still thinking she's the
shape-shifter Nasedo, Max demands to know what Tess is. Tess insists she's just like Max, but he
tells her he's not a killer like her. Tess then explains to Max she's not Nasedo. She says she was
left behind when Max, Michael and Isabel came out of the pods. Tess tells Max that Nasedo, who has
been posing as Ed Harding, her father, is the one who found her. Tess tells Max she can show him
the pod chamber where they were born.

A new deputy, Fisher, begins working for Valenti.
 

#20 "Max to The Max"
With Tess's help, Max, Isabel and Michael discover the pod chamber where they were born. They
realize their destiny has been predetermined when they view the book from Tess, which contains
pairings of Michael with Isabel, and Max with Tess. They also realize they were engineered, and not
born as they thought. Tess then reveals Nasedo is there to protect them from the alien hunter,
Pierce, they now know is out there.

Wanting to flush out Pierce, Nasedo takes the form of Max and kidnaps Liz. Once on the road,
Nasedo-Max leaves clues as to where he can be found. Liz soon realizes the man she's with is not
the real Max.

Max goes after Nasedo-Max not trusting he won't hurt Liz in his quest to draw out Agent Pierce. Max
follows their clues to a carnival outside of Roswell.

Frightened for Liz's life, Maria and Alex tell Valenti that Max has kidnapped Liz. Valenti goes
after Max, and follows him into a house of mirrors at the carnival. Valenti is then confused when
he sees not only FBI agents running around but also two of Max. When Deputy Fisher shows up, he
throws off the FBI agents by shooting the glass. Valenti watches as the FBI agents capture Max, but
is unsure of which Max they actually have.

Later, while watching through a glass mirror, we reveal the alien hunter Agent Pierce is actually
Deputy Fisher. Pierce tells his agents they will wait until morning to begin their interrogation of
the subject, who we reveal is the real Max.
 

#21 "The White Room"
Max is interrogated and tortured by Agent Pierce, but is able to keep his true identity hidden.
Agent Pierce shows Max the orb communicator he has had in his possession and demands to know where
the other one is.

Michael, Isabel, Nasedo and Tess join forces to save Max. Nasedo teaches Michael that he has more
power than he ever knew; he just needs to learn how to channel it. Tess also reveals she has the
ability to mind warp people, causing them to see what's not really there.

Michael and Nasedo rescue Max with the help of Isabel and Tess's powers, but Nasedo has to stay
behind to let Max and Michael fully escape. Pierce shoots Nasedo, who goes down.

Meanwhile, fearing for Max's life Liz goes to Valenti. She tells him the FBI has the real Max as he
originally thought. Valenti shows up just as Michael is carrying out Max, and helps them escape by
shooting Agent Pierce in the arm.
 

#22 "Destiny"
After escaping from the FBI, Valenti orders the kids to meet him at an abandoned mill where they
can regroup. Max and Liz are separated from the group, and Max tells Liz he has control over his
own destiny no matter what any book says. The two then declare their love for each other.

Fearing Max and Liz may have been caught, Valenti and Michael go in search of them. Michael has to
use his powers in front of Valenti in order to rescue Max and Liz from the FBI agents. Valenti soon
discovers the true alien identities of Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess.

Max then devises a plan to capture Agent Pierce by using Valenti as a decoy. With Pierce in their
hands, Max turns the tables and interrogates Pierce as to the whereabouts of the missing Nasedo.

Meanwhile, while looking for his father Kyle discovers a tied-up Pierce. Still thinking he's Deputy
Fisher, Kyle releases Pierce. Pierce then tells Kyle to hide.

When Valenti, Max and Michael return, Pierce pulls out his gun preparing to kill the aliens.
Valenti gets a shot off, but misses. Michael, seeing Pierce's gun aimed at Valenti, uses his powers
and accidentally kills Pierce. Valenti soon discovers his one gunshot has hit Kyle. Max saves
Kyle's life, and Valenti swears he'll be indebted to them forever.

Meanwhile, Isabel had successfully dreamwalked Pierce and has the information of Nasedo's
whereabouts. Isabel tells Tess she fears Nasedo might be dead. Tess reveals she knows a way the
four aliens can revive Nasedo. Wanting to be with Max, Liz goes with the four.
 
 

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