As Liz and Max become physically intimate, she sees images from the time of the crash, leading to an important discovery.

Quotable Moments

Science Teacher: The conceit that alien life forms would be like us in any essential way would be the wishful thinking of a lonely planet that once believed it was the center of the universe.

Isabel: OK. Kiss me.    Related Links The WB network Alex: K-k-kiss you? Isabel: My brother's missing. I need to find him. Maybe we can generate someinformation. And maybe I'll get a flash of their location or something. So goahead.

Michael (to Max): You have available to you one of the top three seduction lines in history with, "It's going to help me find my home planet."

Written by Jan Oxenberg
Directed by David Semel

John Doe -- Geoffrey Parker
Garret M. Brown -- Mr. Evans
Mary Ellen Trainor -- Mrs. Evans
Jo Anderson -- Nancy Parker
Dan Martin -- Science Teacher
Michael Chieffo -- Principal
Fernando Negrette -- Nacedo

"Seeing stars" has commonly been linked to kissing. But in this episode, Liz literally sees stars -- astronomical vistas -- when she kisses Max.

It's a strong reminder of how alien half of our supporting cast is. Just how different are their forms of intimacy?

As we see Max and Liz moving closer and closer physically, we ask what consequences this interaction might have in store.

Are humans and aliens completely compatible physically? Can Liz get pregnant? What would that be like?

There might be serious consequences which are, as of yet, unknown. No one knows what might happen should the two have sex.

We also have to wonder, though, just how much these teenagers are thinking about what they are doing.

Early in the episode, Maria tells Michael, "This feels good." Later on, Liz tells Max, "This feels right."

The conflation of these two statements is troubling. Is what feels good always right? Can these young characters tell?

Liz does not seem to be thinking through her actions here. She seems more impulsive than usual, acting first and wondering later what it all means.

She also seems to be sharing extremely intimate moments with Max despite the fact that there isn't a clear relationship between them. A connection, yes, but not a relationship.

As yet, there is no commitment between them, and no sign that they've become a regular couple.

The parents of Roswell continue to be both good parents and realistic parents. While they're not comfortable with seeing their children growing up, they can talk about intimate issues and speak with authority without being authoritarian.

It's particularly nice to see parents who seem to respect teenagers as persons-becoming-adults rather than as stereotypical children defying stereotypical parental authority.

Both Michael and Max can see flashes of Maria and Liz's pasts while kissing them.

Our aliens may have come from a star near a red giant in the "Whirlwind Galaxy."

Somebody survived the crash long enough to bury an object before the U.S. Army arrived on the scene.

Where is Michael's new place? How did he get it and how is he paying for it?

Was Liz's temperature really the sign of something else? Or was it normal?

What triggered the alien object? What does it do?

Why was Nacedo in the desert with Max and Liz? Who currently owns the land where the ship crashed?

What is said at the Crashdown Cafe when Max and Liz enter?

Just what is the status of Liz and Max's relationship?

If Max and the others are from another galaxy that Liz can recognize from astronomical photos, then they might have trouble getting home. The light arriving at Earth from other galaxies is hundreds of millions of years old, making the aliens lost in time as well as space.