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Roswell, New Mexico

2019 · TV Series · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 7.8 · 68% critics

DramaRomanceScience Fiction

A woman returns to her hometown and reconnects with someone from her past, only to learn he’s been hiding an otherworldly secret. As they grow closer, they dig into unanswered questions and a wider mystery, while fear, prejudice, and pressure from powerful forces threaten to expose the truth and upend their lives.

Based on Roswell High

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Streaming on Netflix.

38 hours to watch · 52 episodes.

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Details
Years
2019–2022
Release date
2019-01-15
Network
The CW
Language
English
Rated
TV-14
Runtime
60 min
Max quality
HD
Critic score
68/100
TMDB rating
7.8/10 (445 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a mix of romance, mystery, and aliens living in secret, with some timely social themes; Not for you if you dislike political commentary or prefer pure sci-fi like War of the Worlds.

Pros: romantic tension; intriguing alien mystery; likable ensemble cast | Cons: heavy-handed politics; uneven early episodes; occasional cringe moments

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • remake
  • alien
  • roswell

Cast & crew

Episodes4 seasons · 52 episodes

Season 113 episodes
  • S1E1Pilot42m
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  • S1E2So Much For the Afterglow42m
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  • S1E3Tearin' Up My Heart42m
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  • S1E4Where Have All The Cowboys Gone42m
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  • S1E5Don't Speak42m
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  • S1E6Smells Like Teen Spirit42m
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  • S1E7I Saw the Sign42m
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  • S1E8Barely Breathing41m
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  • S1E9Songs About Texas42m
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  • S1E10I Don't Want to Miss a Thing42m
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  • S1E11Champagne Supernova45m
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  • S1E12Creep45m
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  • S1E13Recovering the Satellites45m
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Season 213 episodes
  • S2E1Stay (I Missed You)42m
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  • S2E2Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space45m
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  • S2E3Good Mother45m
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  • S2E4What If God Was One of Us?45m
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  • S2E5I'll Stand By You45m
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  • S2E6Sex and Candy45m
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  • S2E7Como La Flor45m
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  • S2E8Say It Ain't So45m
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  • S2E9The Diner45m
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  • S2E10American Woman45m
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  • S2E11Linger45m
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  • S2E12Crash Into Me45m
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  • S2E13Mr. Jones45m
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Season 313 episodes
  • S3E1Hands45m
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  • S3E2Give Me One Reason45m
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  • S3E3Black Hole Sun45m
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  • S3E4Walk on the Ocean45m
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  • S3E5Killing Me Softly With His Song45m
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  • S3E6Bitter Sweet Symphony45m
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  • S3E7Goodnight Elizabeth45m
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  • S3E8Free Your Mind45m
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  • S3E9Tones of Home45m
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  • S3E10Angels of the Silences45m
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  • S3E112 Become 145m
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  • S3E12I Ain't Goin' Out Like That45m
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  • S3E13Never Let You Go45m
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Season 413 episodes
  • S4E1Steal My Sunshine43m
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  • S4E2Fly42m
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  • S4E3Subterranean Homesick Alien42m
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  • S4E4Dear Mama43m
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  • S4E5You Get What You Give43m
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  • S4E6Kiss From a Rose43m
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  • S4E7Dig Me Out43m
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  • S4E8Missing My Baby43m
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  • S4E9Wild Wild West43m
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  • S4E10Down in a Hole43m
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  • S4E11Follow You Down43m
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  • S4E12Two Sparrows in a Hurricane43m
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  • S4E13How's It Going to Be43m
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