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Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell, New Mexico

The cycle renews… The storm awakens.

20197.84 Seasons52 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.

Created by Melinda Metz
Written by Melinda Metz
NetworksThe CW

Top Cast

Jeanine Mason

Jeanine Mason

Liz Ortecho

Nathan Parsons

Nathan Parsons

Max Evans

Michael Vlamis

Michael Vlamis

Michael Guerin

Lily Cowles

Lily Cowles

Isobel Evans-Bracken

Tyler Blackburn

Tyler Blackburn

Alex Manes

Heather Hemmens

Heather Hemmens

Maria DeLuca

Michael Trevino

Michael Trevino

Kyle Valenti

Amber Midthunder

Amber Midthunder

Rosa Ortecho

Quentin Plair

Quentin Plair

Dallas

Themes & Keywords

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About Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell, New Mexico is a sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2019 exploring themes of based on novel or book, remake, alien, roswell. Created by Melinda Metz, it stars Jeanine Mason, Nathan Parsons, Michael Vlamis. After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.

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