Roswell: Season 1

1999 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.8

What Season 1 of Roswell

Season 1 of Roswell It has 22 episodes and aired October 6, 1999. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

22episodes

Oct 6, 1999aired

May 15, 2000latest episode

15.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Oct 6, 1999 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
Liz Parker learns Max Evans' out-of-this-world secret when he saves her life and must rely on her to safeguard his secret as an orphaned extraterrestrial.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Jason Katims · Starring: Kevin Weisman, Richard Schiff, Michael Horse, Daniel Hansen
1x02 The Morning After
Oct 13, 1999 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
Liz tries to maintain her relationship with Kyle despite her deep bond with Max; Michael is obsessed with the idea that there was another alien in Roswell in 1959 and tries to decipher the meaning of the flashes only he sees. Meanwhile, Liz suspects the new guidance counselor Ms. Topolsky is hiding something, especially when she sees her with Michael's file.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Jason Katims · Starring: Ebonie Smith, Michael O'Neill, Richard Schiff, Michael Horse
1x03 Monsters
Oct 20, 1999 · 41 min
Isabel is concerned about Maria's nervous reactions to Sheriff Valenti, so she invades one of Maria's dreams to determine whether she can keep the aliens' secret.
Directing: David Semel, David Nutter · Writing: Thania St. John · Starring: Ebonie Smith, Adam Weisman, Daryl Sabara, Amy Lyndon
1x04 Leaving Normal
Oct 27, 1999 · 42 min
Liz's grandmother is rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke prompting Liz to reach out to Max for comfort.
Directing: Chris Long · Writing: Jason Katims · Starring: Octavia Spencer, Marisa Ramirez, Carroll Baker, Floyd Van Buskirk
1x05 Missing
Nov 3, 1999 · 42 min
Liz discovers her personal journal, which contains all she knows about the aliens, is missing and she fears it has fallen into the hands of someone who could expose the aliens.
Directing: David Semel · Writing: Jon Harmon Feldman · Starring: Julie Benz, Jo Anderson, Bob Clendenin, Steve Hytner
1x06 285 South
Nov 10, 1999 · 42 min
Michael's monomaniacal urge to find the geodesic dome that's been stalking his dreams leads him to hijack Maria's car to Texas.
Directing: Arvin Brown · Writing: William Sind, Thania St. John · Starring: Michael Horse, Daniel Hagen, Julie Benz, Steve Hytner
1x07 River Dog
Nov 17, 1999 · 41 min
Liz and Max journey to an American Indian reservation where they glean information from an elderly tribesman about the alien who vanished in 1959.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Cheryl Cain · Starring: Richard Schiff, Michael Horse, Julie Benz, Steve Hytner
1x08 Blood Brother
Nov 24, 1999 · 42 min
Max is injured in a car accident and Liz pressures Alex to help protect him from medical procedures that could expose his identity by providing blood samples to replace Max's.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Barry Pullman, Breen Frazier · Starring: Eric Jungmann, Hilary Shepard, Victor Campos, Julie Benz
1x09 Heat Wave
Dec 1, 1999 · 42 min
A freak December heat wave hits the town and sparks romance as Michael's relationship with Maria heats up and Liz's infatuation with Max intensifies; meanwhile Isabel enters into one of Alex's dreams only to discover her likeness already there and dancing with Alex.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Jason Katims · Starring: Trevor Lissauer, Jodi Taffel, John Doe, Yolanda Lloyd Delgado
1x10 The Balance
Dec 15, 1999 · 40 min
While at the reservation Michael ends up in an alarming hallucinatory state and the others must band together to save his life.
Directing: John Behring · Writing: Thania St. John · Starring: Daniel Hansen, Steve Hytner, Tod Thawley, Ned Romero
1x11 The Toy House
Jan 19, 2000 · 41 min
When Max rescues his mother from a kitchen fire she faces her suspicions about his extraordinary abilities; Liz reaches out to Kyle in friendship.
Directed by Michael Fields · Written by Jon Harmon Feldman · Starring: Daniel Hansen, Mary Ellen Trainor
1x12 Into the Woods
Jan 26, 2000 · 41 min
A new UFO sighting sends suspicion and fear through the town and leads Max and Isabel to investigate the incident during a school camping trip.
Directing: Nick Marck · Writing: Thania St. John · Starring: John Cullum, Trevor Wright, Tony Papenfuss, Robert F. Lyons
1x13 The Convention
Feb 2, 2000 · 42 min
Max plays host to actor Jonathan Frakes at the annual UFO Convention while trying to avoid the meddlesome couple who witnessed Max's life-saving abilities on Liz at the Crashdown Cafe.
Directing: Tucker Gates · Writing: Emily Whitesell · Starring: John Cullum, Kevin Weisman, Deron McBee, Steve Hytner
1x14 Blind Date
Feb 9, 2000 · 42 min
Maria enters Liz in a blind date contest; Max and Kyle commiserate about their shared feelings for Liz; Michael and Isabel send a signal to the fourth alien.
Directed by Keith Samples · Written by Thania St. John · Starring: Benjamin Busch, James O'Shea, Michael Yurchak, Jonathan Bouck
1x15 Independence Day
Feb 16, 2000 · 42 min
After Michael has a violent showdown with his father, Max and Isabel's father helps Michael set up his emancipation; the fourth alien emerges as a shapeshifter who watches over Max, Michael and Isabel.
Directing: Paul Shapiro · Writing: Toni Graphia · Starring: Eddie Kehler, Robert F. Lyons, Mary Ellen Trainor, Robert Katims
1x16 Sexual Healing
Mar 1, 2000 · 41 min
Liz is unnerved by her strong desire for Max and the visions that come when they kiss - visions that lead to a glowing orb in the desert.
Directing: David Semel · Writing: Jan Oxenberg · Starring: Jo Anderson, John Doe, Tara Boger, Dan Martin
1x17 Crazy
Apr 10, 2000 · 42 min
FBI agent Topolsky returns to warn Liz that a covert alien hunter inside the Bureau is pursuing Max and his friends -- and that he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Meanwhile, Isabel befriends Tess, a new female student who immediately arouses Max and Michael's suspicions.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Thania St. John · Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Brooke Dillman, Julie Benz, Yelyna De Leon
1x18 Tess, Lies and Videotape
Apr 17, 2000 · 41 min
Max develops an uncontrollable attraction to Tess that includes intense sexual daydreams, and Sheriff Valenti learns that Topolsky was killed in a suspicious fire. Meanwhile, someone has secretly placed a video camera inside Michael's apartment.
Directing: Paul Shapiro · Writing: Toni Graphia, Richard Whitley · Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Kevin Cooney, Carlyle Rogers, Thania St. John
1x19 Four Square
Apr 24, 2000 · 40 min
Harding finds the video camera hidden in his house and gives it to Valenti. The lawman then tells Max that his safety depends upon his willingness to share information. Meanwhile, Tess reveals a personal secret to Isabel.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Thania St. John · Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Nicholas Stratton, Mary Ellen Trainor, Henriette Mantel
1x20 Max to the Max
May 1, 2000 · 40 min
Tess's book suggests that she and Max are predetermined mates, as are Michael and Isabel, who thinks she might be pregnant -- with Michael's baby. Meanwhile, Nasedo disguises himself as Max and kidnaps Liz as part of a plan to trap FBI agent Pierce.
Directing: Patrick R. Norris · Writing: Toni Graphia · Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Jacob Bruce, Drinda Lalumia, Gordon Haight
1x21 The White Room
May 8, 2000 · 41 min
Max finds himself in a white room with no windows or doors, facing questions by Agent Pierce. Isabel telepathically contacts Max, who leaves her clues to his location. Michael, Isabel and Tess then set out on a rescue mission.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Thania St. John · Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Jason George, Stephen O'Mahoney, Bo Clancey
1x22 Destiny Season Finale
May 15, 2000 · 42 min
After escaping from Pierce, the aliens save Nasedo. Michael accidentally kills Pierce. Nasedo, as the aliens' guardian takes Pierce's place to help the aliens. The aliens figure out how to use the devices and release a message from Max and Isabel's real mother. She says Max is their leader and Tess, his fiance and that Michael is Second in command and he is Isabel's fiance. After hearing all this Liz runs out.
Directing: Patrick R. Norris · Writing: Toni Graphia, Thania St. John · Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Howie Dorough, Richard Dorton, Genie Francis