‘Roswell, New Mexico’ Season 4 Episode 11 Recap: “Follow You Down”

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Rebecca Murray
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Roswell New Mexico Season 4 Episode 11 Recap
Jeanine Mason, Michael Trevino, Amber Midthunder, Nathan Dean, and Lily Cowles in ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season 4 episode 11 (Photo: Michael Moriatis © 2022 The CW Network, LLC)

Clyde meets with Jones as The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season four episode 11 opens with a flashback to their time on Oasis. Jones offers Clyde a position in his inner circle, convincing Clyde that he’ll share his enormous powers if he accepts.

Clyde agrees and is branded with the alien symbol. Jones welcomes him to the family.

Flash-forward to the present-day and Rosa (Amber Midthunder) confronts Liz (Jeanine Mason) about her erratic behavior and warns her sister that her addiction to the alien mist is going to end badly. Rosa notes Liz has moved out of Max’s place and is basically destroying her life, but Liz doesn’t care.

Rosa’s warnings were just the beginning of Liz’s no-good, very bad day as Max (Nathan Dean), Isobel (Lily Cowles), and Kyle (Michael Trevino) arrive at the café for an intervention. They’re all worried about her but Liz claims she just needs a little more time. Kyle suggests she can detox at Blue Sky, and Liz insults his skills at helping aliens. (That was uncalled for, Liz!)

Liz attempts to explain what’s she currently working on – replicating the blue flame in a lab – and Max knows she’s doing this because he got rid of his powers. He takes her shaking hand and says he can’t lose her. He’ll get his abilities back if that will save her.

Unfortunately, Liz has used all the mist. Fortunately, her friends – and sister – won’t give up and will find a solution.

Liz reluctantly agrees to stick with Rosa, and they head upstairs. Liz seems preoccupied and Rosa figures out Liz is hiding something…and she is. It’s a bottle of the alien mist that she’s unwilling to give up. Liz orders her sister to hand it over but Rosa refuses.

While they’re fighting, Isobel and Kyle share a private moment in the café. They’re super flirty and the sparks are flying, but then Kyle suggests they go back to being just drinking buddies. He doesn’t like the weirdness between them and hopes to get past it.

The “drinking buddies” suggestion takes Isobel by surprise, but she covers her shock well and agrees. Damn it!

Max returns a short while later and finds Rosa coming to after Liz knocked her out with a lamp. Or at least that’s what she thinks happened.

Kyle examines Rosa at Blue Sky, and she seems okay but complains her brain still feels scrambled. A scan shows no signs of a concussion, and they realize they need to look for a possible alien cause.

It turns out Liz didn’t hit her sister. Liz was also knocked out and comes to tied to a chair, courtesy of Clyde. They’re in a mineshaft that Jones originally used all those years ago. Clyde swears that “by Liz Ortecho’s hands, the alighting will begin.”

Clyde goes off about Jones’s plans and the portal Theo built and then broke. And in a new twist, he reveals anyone who has the alien brand can’t use the portal to return home. The brand was created with a special formula that Liz needs to figure out how to counteract. Only Liz and her brilliant mind can come up with a solution.

Clyde reveals the only portal he needs is in Roswell and all that’s required to go home is to plug in the star map, once his brand’s deactivated. Clyde turns over Theo’s Bible and warns Liz to figure it out or her student, Vanessa, will die. (He mind-controlled Vanessa to kidnap Liz.)

Clyde forces Liz to inhale more mist.

Isobel and Kyle are the absolute worst at pretending not to be attracted to each other. They discuss possible causes of Rosa’s memory loss while complimenting each other’s skills. Rosa looks on and finally breaks up the mutual admiration society meeting to ask if Isobel can pop into her mind and figure out what happened.

Kyle takes Isobel’s hand, asking if he can come too. (These two had better be together by the season/series finale or else.)

The mindscape shows Vanessa entering the room, knocking out Liz, and then Clyde placing his hand on Rosa’s head and wiping the memory.

Max goes through Liz’s lab looking for more mist. He discovers his pods are in the lab hooked up to something and yanks out the tube. Shivani appears and is indignant, explaining they relocated his pods for further research. She assures him her security’s the best money can buy…and then it dawns on her he shouldn’t have been able to enter the lab.

Shivani claims she has no idea where Liz is, and Max warns the mist is destroying her and Liz. They trade insults and threats of calling the FBI, and Max tries to end the argument by saying all he wants is one canister of mist.

Things get personal when Shivani says there’s no future for Max Evans and Liz Ortecho. Members of her security team arrive, putting an end to whatever Max had planned next.

Roswell New Mexico Season 4 Episode 11 Recap
Quentin Plair and Zoe Cipres in ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season 4 episode 11 (Photo: Michael Moriatis © 2022 The CW Network, LLC)

Meanwhile, in the upside-down world Michael (Michael Vlamis) works on getting the Jeep working so that he, Bonnie (Zoe Cipres), and Dallas (Quentin Plair) can continue their search for Alex. The trio decides the best option is to split up.

Bonnie and Dallas are searching on foot for Alex when thunder roars in the distance. Bonnie thinks that maybe Alex sought shelter, leading them to search a cargo container. Alex isn’t inside but Dallas spots another piece of alien glass and hopes his dad left another message.

They’re distracted and the door slams shut behind them! Bonnie can’t use her powers to open the door because the container’s coated in lead. She pounds on the door and screams out for Michael while Dallas attempts to remain calm, cool, and collected. He does admit to being worried that his dad’s plan for him is getting his friends hurt.

Bonnie insists Alex isn’t dead; she still blames herself for putting him in danger in the first place. Dallas assures her the PodSquad is her family now and thinks she dodged a bullet by not being indoctrinated into Jones’s family. (She doesn’t have the brand.)

They’re pounding on the door when outside a figure in a hooded coat, gas mask, and rifle approaches the door. Michael arrives before the figure reaches the container and slams him to the ground. He yanks off the mask and it’s Alex! Finally! Welcome back, Tyler Blackburn – we’ve missed you.

Alex’s first words are, “At least kiss me before you bust my lip.” Michael breaks out in a huge smile.

Minutes later, Dallas and Bonnie are freed from the container, and Michael and Alex kiss. Alex can’t believe Michael found him and Dallas explains his dad created this space – calling it an inner-dimensional mouse trap.

Alex set up the container as a trap, complete with alien glass to use as alien bait. Michael’s impressed and Alex confesses he almost gave up but he remembered Michael told him no matter how far apart, they’d always find their way back to each other.

Michael credits Maria with figuring things out and wonders how he managed to reach out to her. Alex calls Maria the conduit and describes her as shining a spotlight on the world he wanted to get back to. (Speaking of Maria, Heather Hemmens is directing this episode.)

The thunder roars again and Alex says it’s a new development.

Alex saw weird trees about 10 miles away, and Dallas is sure that’s where they’ll find alien fruit to use for fuel. Bonnie volunteers to go with Dallas, suggesting Alex and Michael need some alone time to catch up.

Michael and Alex don’t waste any time catching up seated next to each other and sharing a blanket. Alex confesses he spent the time staring at the blank drive-in screen imagining this was just a movie about star-crossed lovers. He dreamed about getting home to Michael and pictured Michael doing the same.

Michael confesses he was dreaming of home – but not Earth. Clyde told him about a way to get back to Oasis and Michael admits he was tempted to go there. He’s angry at himself for letting that distract him from this life with Alex, but Alex completely understands. Michael’s always wanted to go back to his planet.

Alex doesn’t care where they are, even on opposite sides of the universe. As long as they’re looking at the same stars, he will never look away. They kiss, again, and Michael asks how the imaginary movie ends. Alex describes different scenarios but then says it could end with a twist.

“Michael Guerin, will you marry me?” he asks. Alex believes they’ve spent too much time apart and can’t wait any longer. Michael pauses before he answers and Alex says, “So?”

Michael finally replies smiling, “I can’t wait to see Sanders in a tux. Yes! Yes! I am so in love with you it’s embarrassing.”

Although they have time for a real reunion, Alex pulls away. He’s been feeling nauseous since he got there and thinks this dimension has radiation. That’s why he was wearing a gas mask. Dallas, Bonnie, and Michael aren’t feeling it so it must only affect humans.

The gas mask has allowed him to breathe but the radiation is already showing on his body. Alex thinks he’s dying! (Letting them be happy for 5 minutes is just too much to ask, isn’t it?)

Meanwhile, a newly charged-up Liz works on the formula while checking out the nearby area. She spots an ax and Clyde stops her, but Liz gets out of the situation by saying she needs rust for the formula. Clyde reminds her Vanessa’s life hangs in the balance and Liz announces it’ll take her 33 minutes to finish – if he stops bothering her.

She combines the remaining mist with the rust and continues to work while insulting his continued loyalty to Jones who, as she points out, is dead.

Isobel and Max arrive outside the mineshaft, certain that’s where Clyde took Liz. Max has to admit he didn’t retrieve the mist because of Shivani’s security team so it’ll be up to Isobel to fight Clyde.

Liz finishes the serum and Clyde prepares to inject himself. But first, he tries it out on alien flowers preserved under a glass dome. The flowers are destroyed and he realizes Liz tricked him.

While he was working on the flowers, Liz was busy whipping up a different solution. A pan explodes but Clyde’s not injured. Fortunately, Liz knew that’s what would happen and used it as a distraction to grab the ax.

Clyde advances toward her and she hits the wall with the ax, causing a cave-in that traps Clyde. She grabs the syringe and injects Clyde while revealing she was able to mimic Bonnie’s powers and the injection will render him powerless.

She stumbles out of the mine and into Max’s arms. He holds her and says, “I’m never going to leave your side,” right before she passes out.

She wakes up in a hospital bed at Blue Sky and apologizes for not only using the mist but also pushing everyone away. She doesn’t want that to happen again and doesn’t want to lose Max. Max promises to be the man he needs her to be.

Kyle prepares a drip to ease Liz’s withdrawal, and Rosa has decided to stay in town until her sister’s healed. She can put off her return to life in New York for a while to help Liz.

Rosa advises Kyle to figure out what’s going on with a certain green-eyed alien warrior goddess. Kyle says they’re just friends, but Rosa believes that’s not how Isobel feels about their relationship. Kyle asks what he should do, and Rosa delivers the best advice possible: “Why don’t you try talking less and listening more?”

Isobel’s also getting a little relationship advice from her brother. Isobel asks why Kyle closing the door makes her want to kick it open. Max wonders what’s stopping her, and she confesses she’s played enough with Kyle’s emotions. He made it clear where he stands now, and she missed her moment.

Max disagrees. “Epic love stories aren’t made up of a single moment,” he says. It’s not too late for any of them.

Back to Alex and Michael… Alex doesn’t want to spend his last days wallowing and really wants to marry Michael. Dallas and Bonnie return with the bad news the trees were burned down. They appear to be stuck there.

Alex begs Michael to agree to let Dallas marry them right now.

The episode ends with Clyde making it to Shivani’s lab and promising to bring her daughter back if she allows him to use the mist to regain his powers.




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