"Roswell" (1999-2002)

Jason Katims' Roswell is basically about three teenage aliens who has lived in Roswell, New Mexico (yes, I admit it sounds like it takes cliched to the next level) the past decade, and the changes to their lives as one of them uses his alien healing power to save a teenage girl. Dawson's Creek, meet X-files.

It has to be said straight out the gate; there's a huge difference in quality between the first season and the two following. Even if the premise sounds naive, the first season manage to squeeze out a heart few shows ever are able to come close to. They don't manage to follow up, but there's so few show of the standard of this first season. You owe it to yourself to check it out anyway.

Shiri Appleby ('Liz', the saved girl), Jason Behr (alien), Katherine Heigl (alien), Brendan Fehr (alien), Majandra Delfino (Liz' best friend), Colin Hanks (Liz' friend), Nick Wechsler (Liz' boyfriend) and William Sadler (sheriff) are the main cast, and it's of greater overall quality than most teenage shows attract. Not all of them get writing that can provide greatness, but I got to admit Shiri has a certain quality to her Liz I find especially interesting.

Three aliens searching for answers about where they came from, two normal teenage girls who knows their secret, a boy and a girl... Not everything is top notch. The SciFi-arch will for instance probably not exactly blow your mind, but I got to return to the heart part. That can't be taken from the effort easily, and it's more than enough to deliver a 22 episode season of TV well worth remembering... And if you're anything like me you'd like to know how it all plays out, and endure the following two seasons as well. They do offer some greatness there as well, once in a blue moon at least...

★★★★☆ Season 1
★★☆☆☆ Season 2
★★☆☆☆ Season 3


★★★☆☆ Overall Quality