Roswell

Roswell (1999)

64 mistakes in season 1

(2 votes)

Pilot - S1-E1

Plot hole: In the lab when Liz makes the slides of her cheek cells and the cells from Max's pencil, the first time she doesn't add stain and the second time she does. If she's going to be a molecular biologist she really ought to learn to apply techniques consistently. (00:07:30)

Phoenix

River Dog (2) - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the episode, Isabel walks into Max's room with a photograph. In one shot she switches it to her right hand. Cut back out and it's in her left again. (00:05:55)

Phoenix

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: At the restaurant where Max, Michael and Isabel are talking, Max is sitting at the end of the table. Isabel walks up with her food and sits down right next to him. The tables have bench seats, so she can't just sit down - she would have to step high over the bench or sit on the other end and slide next to him. (00:13:05)

Phoenix

Max to the Max - S1-E20

Factual error: When Nasedo kidnaps Liz, he stops in a gas station to leave the FBI another clue. As he is pulling into the station, the sign above the gas pumps misspells the word "brakes" as "breaks."

zanijoey

Heat Wave - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Liz and Alex are in jail and talking through the bars, you can see in several scenes that the bars are evenly spaced about 4 inches apart. Then there is a closeup of Liz and a bar is missing in front of here face. It appears wide enough for her head to fit through. You can see the normal spacing of the bar to our left of her face and the one left of that. It is much more narrow than the ones in front of her. (00:34:00)

TE5LA

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

The White Room (1) - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: When Michael is trying to copy the fingerprints of the dead agent, Nasedo uses his power to transform Michael's outfit, which includes a jean jacket, into a suit and tie. When Nasedo hands him the comb, in the shot facing Michael he is in the suit and tie, but in the shot from behind Michael you still see him in the jean jacket. They show these camera angles twice.

zanijoey

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Liz gets shot she is lying on the floor in a certain position, but in the second shot of her lying on the floor she is lying in a totally different position.

zanijoey

Destiny (2) - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: When Max and Liz climb out of the river at the beginning, they walk through one of two large drainage pipes next to each other. There is only one pipe on the other side. (00:04:45)

Phoenix

The White Room (1) - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: At the end of the interrogation where Max agrees to reveal the second communicator, Pierce skips from standing a few feet in front of Max and facing him to standing directly next to him with his nose at Max's cheek. (00:31:35)

Phoenix

The White Room (1) - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Pierce uses the VR goggles on Max, Max lowers his head while Pierce is talking to him, but the next shot over Max's shoulder shows that he hasn't moved at all. (00:30:15)

Phoenix

The White Room (1) - S1-E21

Audio problem: After Nasedo reveals himself in the morgue, there is a shot on Michael's face. There is no sound, but Nasedo can be seen in the foreground either talking animatedly or having an extremely localized seizure. (00:23:55)

Phoenix

The White Room (1) - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: As Michael, Isabel, and Tess are observing the hand scanner, the door and the agent using it move exactly the same way twice: once after he opens the door and again on a closeup on the scanner. Both times the agent steps to the left and the door begins to open. (00:16:25)

Phoenix

The White Room (1) - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: When Isabel is in hysterics after she enters Max's mind to help locate him, Michael is holding her head in his hands. His hands abruptly vanish when she finishes talking about Pierce. (00:13:10)

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".

Tailkinker

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