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The Best Episodes of Roswell Season 2

Every episode of Roswell Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Roswell Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Roswell Season 2 Episode 21 - The Departure
    8.3/10(323 votes)

    S2:E21

    Max, Isabel, Michael and Tess struggle with goodbyes on what they believe to be their last night on Earth before they travel back to their home planet. In the final hours, Max frantically searches for the killer that is still out there and threatens the lives of everyone they love.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writers:Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

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  2. Roswell Season 2 Episode 10 - A Roswell Christmas Carol
    8.2/10(372 votes)

    S2:E10

    Max witnesses a tragedy and is haunted by the ghost of a man he could have saved, leaving him overwhelmed with guilt and questioning his healing abilities. Isabel aka the Christmas Nazi (dubbed by Michael) tries to brighten up the holiday season and Tess tries to became a part of the Valenti family.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  3. Roswell Season 2 Episode 17 - Cry Your Name
    8.2/10(339 votes)

    S2:E17

    The sudden death of a close friend shocks the group.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  4. Roswell Season 2 Episode 5 - The End of the World
    8.0/10(379 votes)

    S2:E5

    An older Max travels from the future (2014 to be exact) to tell Liz that their relationship will imperil his planet and together they devise a plan to change the future: by making present Max fall out of love with Liz.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  5. Roswell Season 2 Episode 4 - Summer of '47
    7.7/10(353 votes)

    S2:E4

    Michael discovers the hidden history behind the 1947 crash when interviewing a World War II survivor for a school project. The story unfolds with familiar faces portraying people in 1947.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  6. Roswell Season 2 Episode 7 - Wipeout!
    7.5/10(308 votes)

    S2:E7

    The Skins make all the humans in Roswell, New Mexico disappear turning it into a ghost town.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  7. Roswell Season 2 Episode 14 - How the Other Half Lives
    7.5/10(280 votes)

    S2:E14

    Max tries to stop Alex and Kyle from being buried alive in a cave filled with glowing blue crystals; Isabel is kidnapped by Grant Sorenson possessed by the alien parasite queen; Michael is shot while trying to protect Laurie.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Gretchen J. Berg

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  8. Roswell Season 2 Episode 6 - Harvest
    7.4/10(310 votes)

    S2:E6

    After the death of congresswoman Whitaker, Max and the gang visit her hometown, Copper Summit, Arizona, where they find themselves trapped in enemy territory when they learn the whole town population are Skins.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writer:Fred Golan

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  9. Roswell Season 2 Episode 13 - Disturbing Behavior
    7.4/10(285 votes)

    S2:E13

    Michael and Maria flee from Roswell after helping Laurie DuPree escape from the police, and Max learns that a deadly parasite was released into Earth's atmosphere when their ship crashed 50 years ago.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  10. Roswell Season 2 Episode 15 - Viva Las Vegas
    7.4/10(315 votes)

    S2:E15

    When the gang makes a spur-of-the-moment trip to Las Vegas, in order to spend the DuPree money, the event-filled excursion ends in a faceoff between Max and Michael over leadership; Tess and Liz can't pass for over-21-year-olds; Maria recruits Alex to help her audition for a role that ends up to be for a stripper; Isabel meets a man.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  11. Roswell Season 2 Episode 18 - It's Too Late and It's Too Bad
    7.4/10(286 votes)

    S2:E18

    Liz continues her investigation into Alex's death while Isabel plans her future and Maria wonders whether Michael will always be around.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  12. Roswell Season 2 Episode 19 - Baby, It's You
    7.4/10(285 votes)

    S2:E19

    Max is hit with a one-two punch after he discovers that not only is Tess pregnant with his son, but that the baby cannot survive unless they return to their home planet. Liz, Maria and Michael work together to unravel the mysterious double life of Alex. Isabel and Kyle explore her powers as they play pranks on Max and Kyle dreamwalks with a Playmate.

    Director:Rodney Charters
    Writers:Garrett Lerner, Lisa Klink

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  13. Roswell Season 2 Episode 1 - Skin and Bones
    7.3/10(327 votes)

    S2:E1

    Max and the others must rescue Michael after he is arrested for murder; Liz takes a job with a congresswoman who has a hidden agenda.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Jason Katims

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  14. Roswell Season 2 Episode 2 - Ask Not
    7.3/10(316 votes)

    S2:E2

    Brody Davis, the mysterious new curator at the UFO Museum has the group on edge, and Michael and Isabel plotting his demise.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  15. Roswell Season 2 Episode 3 - Surprise
    7.3/10(312 votes)

    S2:E3

    Isabel is deeply moved when Max throws her a surprise birthday party, but she grows troubled after seeing visions of a bound and gagged Tess. Alex does an interesting cop striptease for Isabel.

    Director:Frederick King Keller
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  16. Roswell Season 2 Episode 11 - To Serve and Protect
    7.3/10(284 votes)

    S2:E11

    When Isabel develops a psychic connection to a girl who has been buried alive, she races to find the teenager before it's too late. Meanwhile the FBI comes to town and starts asking questions concerning Valenti and his involvement with Max and Isabel.

    Director:Jefery Levy
    Writer:Breen Frazier

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  17. Roswell Season 2 Episode 20 - Off the Menu
    7.3/10(282 votes)

    S2:E20

    Brody Davis, his mind frazzled from an electric shock,holds several members of the gang hostage, when he begins to remember what happened when he was abducted, such as the New York City interstellar summit and the fact that Max is an alien. Max must use his healing abilities to fix Brody's mind so that he doesn't remember the alien mind that inhabits him. Tess must mindwarp Amy DeLuca into not remembering that Brody held them hostage.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writers:Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

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  18. Roswell Season 2 Episode 8 - Meet the Dupes
    7.2/10(311 votes)

    S2:E8

    Duplicate versions of Michael, Isabel and Tess come to Roswell after killing their king Zan, to urge Max to attend an important interstellar summit in New York City, but they have their own agenda; Ava stays behind in Roswell.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  19. Roswell Season 2 Episode 9 - Max in the City
    7.2/10(298 votes)

    S2:E9

    Max and Tess depart for the interstellar summit in New York City with Rath and Lonnie, Michael and Isabel's duplicates, who both harbor a secret agenda for their future king and an alliance with Nicholas, the Skin. Ava reveals to Liz that Rath & Lonnie murdered Zan. Tess is kidnapped by the dupes after Max learns of their true intentions. When Max finally finds Tess she reveals that they tried to read her mind to find the Granolith but she resisted. She then says that they're gone but did they die or are they still out there? Ava says goodbye to Liz and leaves Roswell.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  20. Roswell Season 2 Episode 12 - We Are Family
    7.2/10(285 votes)

    S2:E12

    Sheriff Valenti is suspended from the force after refusing to answer the FBI's questions about Max and Isabel, but he soon finds himself right back in the thick of things when Laurie DuPree shows up at his house claiming to be chased by aliens.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writers:Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

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  21. Roswell Season 2 Episode 16 - Heart of Mine
    7.2/10(303 votes)

    S2:E16

    The onset of junior prom stirs up emotional tumult as Liz tempts fate by asking Max to be her date, Isabel decides Alex is the man she's been searching for, and Michael tells Maria he won't take her to prom.

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writer:Jason Katims

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Departure" is the best rated episode of Roswell season 2. It scored 8.3/10 from 323 votes. Directed by Patrick R. Norris and written by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, it aired on May 21, 2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Roswell Christmas Carol".