‘Roswell, New Mexico’ Season 4 Episode 13: Recap of the Series Finale

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Rebecca Murray
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Roswell New Mexico Season 4 Episode 13 Recap
Nathan Dean as Max Evans and Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho in ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season 4 episode 13 (Photo: Michael Moriatis © 2022 The CW Network, LLC)

The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season four episode 13 serves as both the season and series finale. Picking up seconds after the end of episode 12, “How It’s Going to Be“ begins with Clyde easily stopping Isobel and Max’s attack. Rosa (Amber Midthunder) concentrates on tuning in on Clyde’s frequency and manages to free herself from his restraint.

Rosa surprises Clyde by smashing him over the head with a board, which gives Max (Nathan Dean) time to prepare to use the blue flame. Unfortunately, Clyde also uses the flame and knocks everyone over before kidnapping Rosa and escaping in a car.

The #PodSquad discuss their next move and Bonnie suggests they need to destroy the portal before Clyde can use it. Michael (Michael Vlamis) thinks they should hold off on that drastic move and Max agrees. Destroying the only way back to their home planet needs to be their last option, not their first.

Isobel (Lily Cowles) gives the group their assignments, with Liz tasked with figuring out how to activate Clyde’s brand. Liz (Jeanine Mason) has a quiet moment with Max and confesses she’s worried about her ability to handle complex problems. There’s someone who can help, and Max suggests she use Deep Sky to track them down.

Kyle (Michael Trevino) is keeping an eye on Alex’s condition at Deep Sky while Alex does some research for Liz. Maria’s also made her way to Deep Sky after escaping Shivani’s goons, and she’s dying to know about that kiss. Michael tries to play it off as a “before I die” thing but he doesn’t even believe that excuse.

Maria (Heather Hemmens) hasn’t been able to use her alien powers to find Rosa; she admits she’s only sensing Dallas and confesses she thinks she can sense him because he makes her feel safe. (Whatever happened to Gregory Manes?)

Meanwhile, Shivani questions Clyde about why he kidnapped Rosa, and he explains Rosa’s the key to reviving her daughter, Nicole. They’ll extract what they need from Rosa’s blood which will probably kill her – a price Clyde’s willing to pay.

Liz is working on the formula in a booth at the Crashdown Café when Allie Meyers (Shiri Appleby) slides in across from her. (Deep Sky managed to track her down.) Liz fills her in on Clyde and explains Shivani’s helping him so that he’ll save Nicole. Liz is forced to admit the alien mist she developed enhanced Shivani’s mind and has made her even more obsessed with bringing back Nicole.

Shivani’s addicted to the mist and when she stops using it, there will be neurological side effects.

Liz asks Allie to help her figure out how to stop Clyde. Liz knows her brain isn’t functioning well enough to handle it by herself.

Roswell New Mexico Season 4 Episode 13 Recap
Paloma Guzman as Tezca, Nathan Dean as Max Evans, and Lily Cowles as Isobel Evans-Bracken in ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season 4 episode 13 (Photo: Lewis Jacobs © 2022 The CW Network, LLC)

Tezca shared a memory before she died and now Isobel takes Max into her mindscape to share the vision. The mindscape shows Tezca and Nora (Kayla Ewell) watching a young Max standing in front of crystals in a temple on Oasis. Jones is destroying temples and the boy is the only one who knows how to restore the crystals if he can use the blue flames. Nora reveals she’s aware there’s a possibility Jones will win and plans to flee with her triad in hopes that at some point the boy will return to Oasis and restore life to their home planet. (She named him “Savior” until he can choose his own name.)

Over at the Deep Sky lab, Allie is impressed with what Liz has been able to do to help her alien friends (and the love of her life.) Liz explains she needs Allie’s brainpower to figure out how to reactivate Clyde’s brand so he can’t return to Oasis.

Elsewhere, Rosa’s hooked up to the machine when she wakes up to discover Shivani’s watching over the process. Rosa begs Shivani to stop and suggests Nicole would never want someone to die to bring her back to life.

Michael, Dallas (Quentin Plair), and Bonnie have teamed up to try and track down Clyde, aware that every minute counts at this point. However, they take time to discuss Michael’s motivation for not destroying the portal. Dallas wonders if it’s because Michael wants to go home, and Michael confesses he’s always wanted to see his home planet.

Bonnie provides a detailed explanation as to why Clyde kidnapped Rosa which boils down to needing her frequency-sensing powers to repair the star map. Rosa will likely die if Clyde’s using her for this process.

Kyle had suggested to Maria that if Dallas were by her side, then maybe she could shift her focus to Rosa. So, Maria shows up to stand near Dallas while she astral projects. She takes his hands and they try to relax as they “lean in” to their connection. It works and Dallas recognizes the church where Rosa’s being held!

Over at the lab, Kyle earns points from Allie by making excellent suggestions on how to create the formula to block Clyde. Together, Liz and Kyle work through the problem and figure out that blending the properties of the mist and the mark will stop Clyde from being able to use the portal.

Clyde returns to check on Rosa and discovers they’ve got enough of her refined blood to do the trick. He grabs it before Shivani can get her hands on it, and only then does she realize she’s been duped. Clyde reveals he needs Rosa’s proteins with her frequency powers to fix his broken star map.

“I can’t bring your daughter back but without her, you wouldn’t have been desperate enough to believe me,” says Clyde.

He’s got what he needs but the second he walks outside he’s confronted by Bonnie, Michael, and Dallas. Clyde immediately knocks out Michael and Bonnie, but Dallas is still standing. However, Clyde makes the front of the building crumble and Dallas is forced to focus on saving Bonnie and Michael.

Dallas uses all his power to toss the building’s front away. It leaves him drained and he passes out.

Max and Isobel know they can’t let Clyde return to Oasis or the planet’s doomed. Isobel gets an idea.

Clyde returns to the portal and places the star map in its spot under the console. He squeezes an alien fruit onto the console and opens the portal. Through it, he sees the temple and its powerful crystals from Isobel’s mindscape. He steps through and is shocked to discover he’s still on Earth. Isobel’s created multiple identical portals and he chose the wrong one!

Clyde uses his powers to wipe out the false portals Isobel created in a mindscape. He then knocks her out and has to face Max. A battle of the blue flames breaks out and Liz pops up to shoot a dart full of the brand-activating solution into Clyde. Unfortunately, he makes it disintegrate before it hits him.

Clyde and Max engage in a fistfight and then another blue flames battle as Liz picks up the alien fruit Clyde dropped. She and Max make eye contact and she indicates she’s got this.

Clyde knocks Max away and turns his attention to Liz. He forces her to hold out the fruit while thanking her for making it possible for him to return to rule his home planet. He grabs the fruit, squeezes it onto the console, and activates the portal. He steps up to it and tries to walk through but he can’t! Liz reveals she secretly injected him while he was grabbing the fruit from her hand.

Clyde burns to a crisp as he attempts to walk through the portal with his brand activated. Michael, Dallas, Bonnie, and Rosa arrive just as he disintegrates.

Problem solved; Isobel asks what they do now. Michael replies, “I’ve got an idea. Who wants to go to a wedding?”

Later, Maria joins a very conflicted Max back at the portal. They drink and talk, and Max confesses he wants to know what’s happening on Oasis now to help him decide. He doesn’t want to rely on 80-year-old intel. Maria wants to attempt to astral project to give him answers.

At Deep Sky, Liz checks out Rosa (she’s doing fine) and they discuss how Max was able to control the blue flame. Liz says it was like Max knew exactly who he was meant to be.

A short time later, Maria helps Alex (Tyler Blackburn) get ready and finally someone brings up Gregory Manes. Maria admits she’s relieved he’s not coming, and Alex acknowledges that after everything they’ve all been through, he knows Gregory isn’t who she wants to share her feelings with. She should listen to her heart – just like he did with Michael.

Isobel’s been helping Michael get ready and she’s relieved when Max shows up. Apparently, Michael’s so nervous that his telekinetic energy is breaking things. Max is late because he’s been thinking about what Maria showed him on Oasis.

Michael’s so nervous he thinks he should elope but, fortunately, Sanders arrives to calm him down. He’s got “something old” for the wedding, a possession of Michael’s mother. Sanders is certain Nora would have wanted Michael to find a great love, just like Louise did.

Roswell New Mexico Season 4 Episode 13 Recap
Michael Vlamis as Michael Guerin and Tyler Blackburn as Alex Manes in ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season 4 episode 13 (Photo: Lewis Jacobs © 2022 The CW Network, LLC)

The scene switches to after the ceremony and Michael delivering a speech to his husband, their family, and friends. He says he can’t top the song Alex wrote about their love, but instead, he’ll settle for performing someone else’s song.

We’re treated to scenes from the wedding ceremony as Michael plays his guitar and sings Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be.” Maria escorted Alex down the aisle to a waiting Michael. Dallas officiates as Alex and Michael join hands. Kyle and Isobel hold each other tight while witnessing the exchange of vows, while Liz and Max exchange meaningful looks as Michael slips a ring onto Alex’s finger.

(The wedding cake is topped with a figure of a soldier and an alien and the words “Malex Forever.”)

Michael finishes his song and his loved ones cheer. Alex joins Michael on The Wild Pony’s stage for a passionate kiss. That’s followed by slow dancing and Michael laughs as he says, “You know what I just realized? I married my high school sweetheart.”

Alex reveals he’s looking forward to changing his name to Alex Guerin. “I’ve never been much of a Manes man, you know?”

Bonnie and Max have a talk at the bar and Maria joins them. Bonnie’s feeling melancholy and unsure of what happens next. Maria offers her a job but first, Isobel will teach her the Electric Slide.

Liz thanks Rosa for being there for her. Rosa asks about her and Max, and Liz pulls out the ring box. Inside is her engagement ring. “I’m not afraid of the other shoe anymore because it dropped and we handled it,” says Liz.

Dallas asks Maria for a dance and as they dance, Maria says her mom told her you could see a couple’s future by how they move together on the dance floor. (If that’s true, then Maria and Dallas were born to be together.)

As they dance, whisper, and flirt, Maria says, “I’ve seen the home planet.”

Liz and Max find time alone and Liz secretly clutches the engagement ring box. It appears she’s on the verge of proposing when Max confesses he’s got something to tell her. He explains about the mindscape Isobel showed him and that Maria astral projected to show what Oasis is like right now. It’s dying and the blue flame is the only thing that can revive it. He doesn’t want to go there, but he feels like he has to. Liz thinks that if he doesn’t know he can fix it, then maybe he shouldn’t go.

Max explains it’s like when she sees a problem only she can solve – that’s how he feels right now.

Liz is drowning her sorrows in pancakes when Allie arrives with a formula that can stop the alien mist’s addictive pull. Liz is obviously upset and tells Allie she planned on proposing to Max but “it didn’t go great.”

Allie reminds her love is always evolving. She’s certain Liz will figure out what she and Shivani couldn’t. Allie confesses she wished Shivani would let Nicole go in peace. Liz suggests she tell her that.

And then in a touching scene that pays homage to the original series, Allie picks up an alien antenna waitress hat and says, “I think I might just take these as a reminder of my time in Roswell.”

Michael heads over to Max’s place where Max and Isobel are relaxing on the couch. Michael thanks Max for letting him borrow luggage and Max presents him with his typewriter for writing the next chapter in his and Alex’s story. Max then reveals he’s going to Oasis because it’s his destiny and he needs to fulfill it. Michael’s destiny is with Alex; Max’s destiny is on Oasis.

Max gives Isobel his badge and tells her it’s now up to her to protect their family.

They hug and cry as the scene switches to The Wild Pony. Maria’s happy to see Dallas but the mood quickly changes when he reveals he’s come to say goodbye. Maria gets it but that doesn’t make it sting any less. He needs to figure out who he is and they kiss, with Dallas hoping she doesn’t forget him.

Allie visits Shivani as she goes through treatment for her mist addiction.

Rosa returns to her life in New York. (This is all taking place on Michael and Alex’s wedding night, but apparently not this particular scene unless she’s capable of teleporting.)

Isobel and Kyle cuddle by a fire and she describes the night as “perfect.”

Newlyweds Alex and Michael drive down Main Street with cans trailing their truck.

The following day Liz arrives at the portal to say goodbye to Max. He’s aware she was going to ask him to marry her, and he takes the ring from its box and places it on her finger. “This is me saying hell yes,” says Max.

He places his alien symbol necklace made of turquoise around her neck, hoping that no matter how far apart they are, they’ll always be together. Liz has realized love is a constant state of breaking and remaking. Relationships evolve to survive. Liz says she loves him and adds, “And you damn well are going to marry me when you get back.”

They touch noses and kiss.

Dallas squeezes the fruit onto the console and the portal opens. Dallas steps through first and then Max turns to Liz and tells her he loves her. “You don’t know how much,” he adds. Liz shakes her head yes and replies, “Yeah, I do because I’m going to feel it across the universe, Max Evans.”

Max steps through and turns around. He and Liz exchange one last look before the portal closes.

The episode ends with Liz, alone, standing in front of the closed portal. A wistful smile breaks out on her face.

And that’s a wrap on four seasons of Roswell, New Mexico. Alex and Michael got their happily ever after, and the “will they or won’t they” couple finally addressed their feelings and are a legitimate thing. Max and Dallas are off to experience their home planet, while Liz and Maria remain behind in Roswell. Will these two couples ever reunite? We’ll never know since The CW opted not to renew the sci-fi drama. I’d like to think Max & Liz and Dallas & Maria spend dozens of years wrapped in love and happiness.




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