Roswell

Roswell (1999)

64 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

(2 votes)

Heat Wave - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Liz and Alex are in jail and talking from cell to cell, you can see Liz's hands alternate between holding onto the cell bars and being by her side a couple of times.

zanijoey

Toy House - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Max and Liz are talking about the basketball game in front of Max's locker, Max shuts his locker door twice. (00:08:25)

Toy House - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: As Max and his mother are talking in the park she asks him about finding his real parents. She takes her hand off his shoulder and crosses her arms, but in the next shot her hand is back on his shoulder. (00:37:30)

Phoenix

Into the Woods - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: As River Dog approaches Michael in the trailer park, he puts his hand on the trunk of the car next to him. In the closeup immediately following, his arms are at his sides. (00:11:25)

Phoenix

Into the Woods - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: In the trailer park, when Michael sees River Dog he is outside his home and standing next to a table. As he walks toward River Dog, he passes a brightly colored car. In the shot as he reaches River Dog, he's approaching from a completely random location between trailers, nowhere near the entrance to his home or the car. No time has elapsed; River Dog is still in the same place relative to his surroundings. (00:11:30)

Phoenix

Into the Woods - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: As Liz and Maria conduct their monetary negotiation, at the end Maria raises her left hand and says, "You're good." Cut to a different angle and her right hand is raised. (00:13:10)

Phoenix

Into the Woods - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: While Alex is worrying over his date with Isabel at the Crashdown bar, he moves his hands to cover his face. Shots over his shoulder and on his face show different hands raised and lowered several times. (00:16:55)

Phoenix

Into the Woods - S1-E12

Plot hole: When Michael and River Dog are going through the woods and River Dog trips and breaks his ankle, Michael heals him and has a vision. The problem is, only Max has the ability to heal. This is reinforced in Episode 15 "Independence Day" when Michael goes to Max and asks him to heal the black eye his foster dad gave him. (00:34:19)

TE5LA

Into the Woods - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Max, Isabel, Liz and Maria meet up in the woods after they left the camp site to go to the crash site Max and Isabel walk off and leave Liz and Maria on their own. Max walks past a tree but when Liz and Maria catch up Max is standing next to the same tree waiting for them.

The Convention - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Throughout the scene where Max drives Hubble, the background keeps changing speeds depending on which actor the camera is facing. It's slowest behind Max, faster behind Hubble, and fastest in the shots that have neither. Also in some shots they are driving into the sunset and in others the sunset is behind them. (00:34:15)

Phoenix

The Convention - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Hubble describes pulling into the Peppers Cafe, then turns to Max and says accusingly, "You know that, don't you?" In the next shot, he's facing forward again. (00:35:35)

Phoenix

The Convention - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Max tackles Hubble, who loses his grip on the gun as they drop to the ground, but the sound of the gun hitting the ground occurs slightly after the shot where it does so. Moreover, Hubble is still holding the gun tightly as Max tackles him, but it has somehow traveled several feet and completely stopped moving by the time they hit the ground less than a second later. (00:40:10)

Phoenix

The Convention - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: In the climactic scene where Hubble threatens Max with the gun, Hubble shifts back and forth between holding the gun with both hands and with one hand between front shots and reverse shots. (00:40:35)

Phoenix

Blind Date - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: On the rooftop outside Liz's bedroom, Max explains that the alcohol isn't wearing off. Liz sighs and looks down, then suddenly is looking back at Max. (00:32:20)

Phoenix

Blind Date - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Maria goes back to the other side of the stage and Alex runs after her, she hunches her shoulders and changes her breathing between shots. (00:37:30)

Phoenix

Michael: Whoever sent us down here was smart, you know? Because they sent us together, and as long as we stick together, we're gonna make it.

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Question: What is the name of the theme song of Roswell? I think it's something called "Here I am", or "I am what I am".

Answer: It's called "Here With Me", performed by Dido. It can be found on her album "No Angel".

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