Mon, Feb 5, 2001
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.
Mon, Feb 19, 2001
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.
Mon, Feb 26, 2001
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.
Mon, Apr 16, 2001
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.
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Mon, Apr 23, 2001
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.
Mon, May 7, 2001
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.
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Mon, May 21, 2001
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.
Tue, Oct 9, 2001
Liz and Max get caught while apparently robbing a quick stop that happens to have a government storage facility with a space ship underneath it. The past three months are reviewed in flashbacks explaining how and why they have gotten to this point. Max's charges are dropped, but Liz is held because she was allegedly holding a gun. Meanwhile, Isabel has a new haircut and a new boyfriend - a secret one who works for her father.
Tue, Oct 23, 2001
Isabel struggles as her relationship with Jesse becomes more serious. She continues to see and talk to Alex about what's going on in her life. Michael and Max insist she not tell Jesse about their origins. Liz's dad holds his stance on her not seeing Max, but she continues to rebel and they argue. Michael enjoys the company of his new co-workers at the expense of time with Maria.
Tue, Oct 30, 2001
Max heads to Los Angeles to try to locate the second shape-shifter to find out how to contact his son. Back in Roswell, Kyle and Liz discover information about a murder that the shape-shifter may have committed in 1959. Kyle's grandfather, sheriff at the time, believed it was an alien who killed the actress, but was ridiculed.
Tue, Nov 6, 2001
Max strikes out alone for Los Angeles in search of the second shape-shifter, inadvertently discovering that he, the shape-shifter, is programmed to be a slave over whom Max has absolute control. With his unwilling help, Max attempts to use the saucer to return to Antar to contact his son.
Tue, Dec 18, 2001
A young autistic boy approaches Max at the Crash Down and speaks to him. Max believes it may be his son trying to communicate through the boy. Jesse is not impressed by Isabel's hectic holiday schedule and tries to get her to relax. Michael takes on the role of Santa to be close to Maria, who is volunteering as an elf with Liz.