Like the other 100 or so irritating teenage shows on television, Roswell can certainly move your finger to the channel changer on more than one occasion. Still, it has some appeal to it. Jason Behr (who previously guest starred on Dawson's Creek as a cocky, but not too verbal rich kid)is a good lead actor for a series of this type, he's quiet and cool headed, unlike the male leads of other shows, such as dim witted Jason Priestly. Katherine Heigl, who plays Behr's alien sister, is the only attractive female on the show, and appears quite mature, despite the fact that the storywriters have given her some horrible lines. The rest of the cast really isn't all that interesting, particularly Shiri Appleby, who doesnt even deserve to be a cast member, let alone listed first in the title credits, and Colin Hanks, one of the dorkiest teens to occupy the small screen. Im not even sure why I like this show at all, but I do, at times. Unfortunately, Roswell is due to be taken off the air soon, after narrowly averting cancellation last year when fans sent caps of Tabasco sauce, a key sponsor, to the WB network in protest. Seems to me they could drink it clean out of the bottle on the doorsteps of the network's corporate headquarters and the show will still never see a third season.
Roswell
(1999–2002)
Has some alluring features, but alot of dull and repelling ones too
29 April 2001