Roswell (1999-2002)Created by: Jason Katims
Season: One (1999-2000)
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Number of Episodes: 22
Episode Running Time: 60 Minutes
Viewed: Owned DVD
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Comments: I've always loved watching a good television show on DVD. I love getting so caught up with the characters and drama so much so that I ignore everything else and just watch that show continuously until I've run out of seasons to watch, at which point I feel like I've lost my family as these characters are now out of my life. Admittedly, I don't always get caught up in the "best" television. For every season Arrested Development and The Office (the British original) that I've watched, there's seasons of The O.C. and Grey's Anatomy that I've been ridiculously addicted to.
Anyway, I've been yearning for a new television show to get into. I do have shows like Carnivale and Battlestar Galactica in my collection that I have yet to watch, but I was looking for something special (read: some stupid teenage drama). And Roswell just seemed to fall into my lap. Wal-Mart put out all 3 seasons for a combined $32 the other week, and I jumped on it, not knowing anything about the show other than it's had a significant following over the years.
Roswell was a little bit too much of what I expected. It had all the teen drama - and then some. The story centers on three teens - and later four - that are aliens. But instead of doing cool alien shit, they generally mope around, argue and whine, and fall in love. There's only a handful of episodes I really enjoyed throughout the season. The rest felt, well, inconsequential compared to the grand scheme of things. However, the episodes that I did enjoy were excellent - so much so that I now plan on immediately watching the second season. How many hyphens did I use in that paragraph?
The show was truly captivating when it focused on the group's hunt to find their identity. The two-parter in the beginning consisting of 285 South and River Dog combined with the final six or so episodes were compelling television. The rest were just... passable. While I am going to start in on Season 2 shortly (as I mentioned), I do have reservations. Be warned, spoilers ahead. At the end of the season we learn the four were created from their past lives; they led their now enslaved planet. The four are expected to regroup and return to save their planet. While I have no issue with this storyline, it's the fact that for the final two seasons of the show, they stay in high school. Seriously? You once ruled an alien civilization and you stay in high school? Perhaps this is explained next season. I guess we'll find out.
The spoilers are over. Roswell's first season is a mixed bag. I don't mind the romance, but it almost solely encompasses the twenty-two episodes. And considering how good some episodes are, the show could have been much better. I'm hoping the writers realized this in the second season. But they probably didn't. Because we have alien leaders taking trigonometry classes. Oops, I think that was a spoiler. Oh well, fuck you.
Anyway, I've been yearning for a new television show to get into. I do have shows like Carnivale and Battlestar Galactica in my collection that I have yet to watch, but I was looking for something special (read: some stupid teenage drama). And Roswell just seemed to fall into my lap. Wal-Mart put out all 3 seasons for a combined $32 the other week, and I jumped on it, not knowing anything about the show other than it's had a significant following over the years.
Roswell was a little bit too much of what I expected. It had all the teen drama - and then some. The story centers on three teens - and later four - that are aliens. But instead of doing cool alien shit, they generally mope around, argue and whine, and fall in love. There's only a handful of episodes I really enjoyed throughout the season. The rest felt, well, inconsequential compared to the grand scheme of things. However, the episodes that I did enjoy were excellent - so much so that I now plan on immediately watching the second season. How many hyphens did I use in that paragraph?
The show was truly captivating when it focused on the group's hunt to find their identity. The two-parter in the beginning consisting of 285 South and River Dog combined with the final six or so episodes were compelling television. The rest were just... passable. While I am going to start in on Season 2 shortly (as I mentioned), I do have reservations. Be warned, spoilers ahead. At the end of the season we learn the four were created from their past lives; they led their now enslaved planet. The four are expected to regroup and return to save their planet. While I have no issue with this storyline, it's the fact that for the final two seasons of the show, they stay in high school. Seriously? You once ruled an alien civilization and you stay in high school? Perhaps this is explained next season. I guess we'll find out.
The spoilers are over. Roswell's first season is a mixed bag. I don't mind the romance, but it almost solely encompasses the twenty-two episodes. And considering how good some episodes are, the show could have been much better. I'm hoping the writers realized this in the second season. But they probably didn't. Because we have alien leaders taking trigonometry classes. Oops, I think that was a spoiler. Oh well, fuck you.
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