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21 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Mon, Oct 2, 200044 mins
When a geologist discovers the real Agent Pierce's bones in the desert, Valenti must work to protect Michael who is the chief suspect in the alleged homicide. Nasedo, who has been posing as Agent Pierce, returns from DC to help them, but discovers that there are far worse dangers among them. Meanwhile, Liz returns from a summer trip and takes a job in the local Congresswoman's office, a woman who is known to be suspicious of alien activity. Liz helps Max search for information about the mysterious element Cadmium X found in residue left on corpses killed by the aliens. Relationships are strained as the aliens have to decide between their supposed destiny and the way they feel about their human love interests.
Episode 2
Mon, Oct 9, 200044 mins
The new owner of the Alien Museum arouses suspicion from Max when he sees a device that has alien symbols on it. Max, Michael, and Isabel decide to investigate, although resentment abounds as Max struggles to take a leadership role. Kyle returns home to find Tess residing in his house and that she has discovered secrets about him. While the Congresswoman is dealing with the sudden disappearance of Pierce, Liz commiserates about failed relationships.
Episode 3
Mon, Oct 16, 200042 mins
A surprise birthday party for Isabel brings everyone together at the Crashdown, but she had already made plans that stun Max and their mom. Liz discovers that Congresswoman Whitaker has been recording her phone conversations. Michael confronts Courtney after finding pictures of her in Whitaker's office. Isabel has visions of Tess pleading for help; against Max's orders, she goes in search of Tess and is confronted by one of the Skins.
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 23, 200044 mins
Michael is assigned to talk to a WWII vet (Hal Carver) for history class and hears the story of the crash of the alien craft in 1947. Michael imagines the story with himself and his friends in the roles. The military actions and cover up surrounding the crash is revealed and Michael learns more than he bargained for about his own history and what else might be out there.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 30, 200044 mins
Liz is visited by Max. But not the Max she knows, this Max is from the year 2014 and he is here to convince Liz that in order to save the world she must break up with the love of her life (Max from the present). She does everything to try and make present Max fall out of love with her with no luck until she is able to convince him that she slept with her ex-boyfriend, Kyle.
Episode 6
Mon, Nov 6, 200042 mins
Following Congresswoman Whitaker's demise,the Roswell aliens travel to the home of the Skins, who are readying themselves for renewal of their decaying body covers. The husk factory is destroyed. Nicolas first emerges as leader of the Skins. Michael divines the rationale behind Courtney's special interest in him.
Episode 7
Mon, Nov 13, 200042 mins
The teenage aliens flee back to Roswell, where they find all the humans gone. They surmise that their disappearance is due to the Skins, who want to isolate the Roswell aliens, making them easier to find. Nicolas leads the Skins in the hunt but is unable to see the royal aliens due to a mind push. Courtney protects the Granilith.
Episode 8
Mon, Nov 20, 200044 mins
The punk, duplicate aliens from the second set of pods come to Roswell to persuade Max to come away to an interplanetary peace summit in New York.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 27, 200044 mins
Max accompanies the duplicates to New York City, where they reveal grave character defects. Rath is inexplicably able to persuade Max that millions will die if he refuses to cave to Kavar and reveal the location of the Granilith. Max comes under fire.
Episode 10
Mon, Dec 18, 200044 mins
When Max witnesses a tragic death of a man he doesn't know he does nothing to save the man in risk of exposing Michael and himself. The man starts haunting him, angry that Max didn't use his gift to help someone in need. To redeem himself Max decides to help Brody's daughter, who has cancer. Michael tries to find the perfect Christmas gift for Maria while Isabel, the 'Xmas Nazi,' continues her annoying crusade to involve as many people as she can in the Christmas activities.
Episode 11
Mon, Jan 22, 200143 mins
A law officer arrives in Roswell and questions Sheriff Valenti about a death -- which the sheriff had covered up for Max a year earlier. Simultaneously, Isabel reports to the sheriff a girl that has been buried alive -- but whom Isabel has only seen in her dreams. Valenti's job is jeopardized when he pursues Isabel's lead.
Episode 12
Mon, Jan 29, 200144 mins
Sheriff Valenti is suspended from his job after the incident with the girl who was buried alive. Isabel can't stop thinking about her and when she disappears from the hospital, the FBI gets involved in the search and Valenti is temporarily reinstated to help. When the teens keep showing up, suspicions mount concerning his relationship with the youth and his job is threatened. Alex returns from a trip to Sweden and his experience makes Liz think about traveling the world while Sean continues to pursue Liz.
Episode 13
Mon, Feb 5, 200144 mins
Laurie breaks away from custody and reluctantly goes with Maria and Michael. They end up at her grandfather's house in Tucson where her aunt and uncle show her very little love. Meanwhile, Max enlists Liz's help to investigate the blue crystal that Michael found at Laurie's burial site. Valenti grows even more suspicious of Sorenson when he attacks Valenti in a momentary fit of rage. Valenti convinces FBI Agent Duff to investigate Sorenson further and she discovers an interesting pattern in his travel.
Episode 14
Mon, Feb 19, 200144 mins
Maria and Michael investigate Laurie's situation and find that the house really belongs to her, but her aunt and uncle paid to have her declared insane. Michael discovers the manner in which he is related to Laurie. Brody's body is possessed again and Max, Isabel, Tess, and Liz learn about the parasitic nature of the blue crystals and why they infected Laurie, but not all human beings. They enlist Alex and Kyle to help them search for the hive so they can stop the deadly spread of the parasite.
Episode 15
Mon, Feb 26, 200143 mins
Michael feels like the $50,000 payoff from Laurie's aunt and uncle is haunting him and decides a trip to Las Vegas is in order. The whole gang ends up going, but Michael's special guy's vacation hits the rocks when he and Max argue after being arrested in the casino. The trip brings back memories for Liz of when future Max revealed they had eloped in Vegas at age 19.
Episode 16
Mon, Apr 16, 200144 mins
The prom is approaching fast and our Roswellian friends are extremely excited, each looking forward to it for different reasons. Liz is going to ask Max to go with her, but her night ends very differently to the way she hoped it would. Maria wants Michael to go with her, but suspects he's having an affair. Kyle finally decides to tell Tess how he feels about her, only to discover that he was confused about his own feelings. Isabel finally 'sees' Alex.
Episode 17
Mon, Apr 23, 200144 mins
When one of their closest friends die in suspicious circumstances, each character deals with it differently. Liz is in denial, refusing to believe that her friend would commit suicide; Maria falls apart, leaning on a surprisingly caring Michael for support; Isabel believes her friend's death was her fault; Kyle tries to stay strong and Max finds himself jealous that Sean is there for Liz when he can't be. Liz makes an accusation that could ultimately crush her relationship with not only Max, but the entire pod squad.
Episode 18
Mon, Apr 30, 200144 mins
While Liz is obsessed with investigating Alex's accident, but when she enlists Sean's help to break into the school for evidence, they are caught which causes problems for Sean. Liz finds that something isn't right about Alex's trip to Sweden. Isabel continues to talk about going to college in San Francisco, but both Max and Michael tell her she can't go. Maria has trouble dealing with the loss, Liz's obsession, and Michael's sudden caring nature. Max continues to deny it could be alien involvement that caused Alex's accident.
Episode 19
Mon, May 7, 200144 mins
Liz continues to pursue her theory that Alex's accident was caused by an alien. Maria joins her investigation when they discover that Alex was at the University of New Mexico in Las Cruces instead of in Sweden. So Liz and Maria head to the University to find out what Alex was doing there and Michael follows them. After an intimate night together, Tess tells Max she's pregnant and forces him to consider their future.
Episode 20
Mon, May 14, 200144 mins
In events that are supposed to have taken place before the last several episodes (pre-prom), Brody remembers being controlled by the alien Larek and holds Max, Tess, Maria, Sean, and Maria's mom hostage at the UFO center. He demands to be told why he has been abducted and lied to.
Episode 21
Mon, May 21, 200144 mins
Max, Michael, Isabel, and Tess prepare to return to their home planet using the granolith and the directions from the book that Alex translated. They find that saying goodbye is not an easy thing to do. Max and Liz discover that the university student they believed to be an alien is not and therefore couldn't have been Alex's killer. Kyle and Maria's mom start to remember things that Tess had mind-warped them to forget.