HISTORY:

ROSWELL is based on the books 'Roswell High' by Melinda Metz.

LOCATION:

The show takes place in the New Mexico town Roswell - the town of the alleged crash of an alien spacecraft in July of 1947.

SHORT INTRO:

ROSWELL takes of in 1999 as high school student Max Evans (played by former Dawson Creek co-star Jason Behr) saves the life of teenage waitress Liz Parker (newcomer Shiri Appleby). The two form a bond which reveals to be not a normal one as the cute boy Liz had been gazing seems to have healed her in an supernatural way. Max is an alien offspring and now Liz knows his secret.