Roswell (1999)

Drama · Mystery · Romance

Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (32,409 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.75 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.4 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.0	681
2	The Morning After	7.5	455
3	Monsters	7.4	402
4	Leaving Normal	7.5	395
5	Missing	7.5	374
6	285 South	8.2	407
7	River Dog	7.6	361
8	Blood Brother	7.7	359
9	Heat Wave	7.9	388
10	The Balance	7.3	344
11	The Toy House	7.3	333
12	Into the Woods	7.5	348
13	The Convention	7.7	334
14	Blind Date	7.9	376
15	Independence Day	7.8	342
16	Sexual Healing	7.8	366
17	Crazy	7.8	321
18	Tess, Lies and Videotape	7.9	322
19	Four-Square	7.5	317
20	Max to the Max	8.1	324
21	The White Room	8.3	347
22	Destiny	8.4	367

Season 2 (2000)

7.51 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 8.3 44 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Skin and Bones	7.3	323
2	Ask Not	7.3	313
3	Surprise	7.3	309
4	Summer of '47	7.7	350
5	The End of the World	8.0	377
6	Harvest	7.4	307
7	Wipeout!	7.5	306
8	Meet the Dupes	7.2	308
9	Max in the City	7.2	295
10	A Roswell Christmas Carol	8.2	369
11	To Serve and Protect	7.3	281
12	We Are Family	7.2	283
13	Disturbing Behavior	7.4	283
14	How the Other Half Lives	7.5	278
15	Viva Las Vegas	7.4	313
16	Heart of Mine	7.2	301
17	Cry Your Name	8.2	337
18	It's Too Late and It's Too Bad	7.4	284
19	Baby, It's You	7.4	283
20	Off the Menu	7.3	280
21	The Departure	8.3	321

Season 3 (2001)

7.36 avg 18 episodes 7.3 → 8.3 43 min avg

Big finale

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Busted	7.3	308
2	Michael, the Guys, and the Great Snapple Caper	7.1	292
3	Significant Others	7.1	283
4	Secrets and Lies	7.1	315
5	Control	7.0	266
6	To Have and to Hold	7.1	272
7	Interruptus	7.1	270
8	Behind the Music	7.1	276
9	Samuel Rising	7.4	286
10	A Tale of Two Parties	7.6	296
11	I Married an Alien	7.4	310
12	Ch-Ch-Changes	7.2	281
13	Panacea	7.5	279
14	Chant Down Babylon	7.5	291
15	Who Died and Made You King?	7.3	266
16	Crash	7.6	279
17	Four Aliens and a Baby	7.8	302
18	Graduation	8.3	389

Roswell (1999)

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