Roswell: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

WB | UPN | The WB | Season Premiere Date: October 6, 1999

Starring: Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl

Summary: Roswell is about teenage alien/human hybrids living in Roswell, New Mexico who attempted to survive as humans and hide their alien sides, while trying to learn more about their alien powers, as well as figuring out how to get home. Roswell intertwined romance and science fiction that always kept you guessing. BOOK SERIES:
The televisionRoswell is about teenage alien/human hybrids living in Roswell, New Mexico who attempted to survive as humans and hide their alien sides, while trying to learn more about their alien powers, as well as figuring out how to get home. Roswell intertwined romance and science fiction that always kept you guessing. BOOK SERIES:
The television show was based on the "Roswell High" series of books written by Melinda Metz. The books now carry on with stories after the TV series ended.

THEME SONG:
The theme song was Here With Me, performed by Dido.

FILMING LOCATION:
The series was filmed on location in West Covina, California, USA. Fans purchased the original location of the "Crashdown Cafe" and converted it into a real restaurant, later named "Citrus Grill".

BROADCASTING:
The series first aired on the WB and then was moved to UPN for its final season. … Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E22. Destiny (2)
Air Date: May 15, 2000
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S1:E21. The White Room (1)
Air Date: May 8, 2000
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S1:E20. Max to the Max
Air Date: May 1, 2000

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Mark Dawidziak

Feb 6, 2014

Under the guise of fantasy, Roswell manages to be insightful, profound, romantic, eerie, mysterious and funny. It artfully uses the alien characters as engaging stand-ins for countless teenagers who, rebelling against pressures to conform, feel like beings from another planet. [6 Oct 1999, p.1E]

Matthew Gilbert

Feb 5, 2014

Sweet and intelligent...A genre-bender if ever there was one, Roswell takes the "Romeo and Juliet" love story, dresses it in "Rebel Without a Cause" Americana, and then gives the whole thing an "X-Files" twist. The show is a long, long way from "My Favorite Martian" and "Mork & Mindy." [6 Oct 1999, p.E1]

Joyce Millman

Feb 6, 2014

What grabs you about Roswell is its lyrical depiction of being 16 and in love and feeling like everything you thought you knew about yourself has become alien to you. [4 Oct 1999]

Marvin Kitman

Feb 5, 2014

The most thought-provoking new series of the year on TV. [6 Oct 1999, p.B39]

Mike Duffy

Feb 5, 2014

With wit and intelligence, they transform what might have been little more than high concept hokum into a clever, evocative mix of sci-fi, suspense and raging teenybopera hormones. [6 Oct 1999, p.1E]

Caryn James

Feb 6, 2014

[Its] sharp writing elevates it above its strained concept. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Feb 6, 2014

In an ideal world, Katims and Nutter would have taken the best elements from their previous series: the keen insight into teen behavior of "My So-Called Life" and the inventive storytelling of "The X-Files." Unfortunately, Roswell gets it backwards, using both the self-importance of the former and the paper-thin characterization of the latter. [6 Oct 1999, p.73]

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Lucas565

Sep 8, 2021

Uma das melhores séries que existem eu recomendo ela é maravilhosa mesmo.