#roswell nm 203

[laufire]

Roswell NM 2x03

Maria finally knows! I love that it was Rosa who told her (it makes so much sense that she would be opposed to keep that secret from her imo. Though I can imagine fandom having other explanations rme), and that Michael was on his way to, after Jenna’s comments about honesty. I love how angry she got to be, too. There’ll obviously be a reconciliation later on, but I hope this lasts a few episodes and I hope we see Michael and Liz freaking earn it after the bs they pulled with her. One of my favourite lines of hers was when she pointed out that the reason Liz had wanted to tell her is because she needed Maria to support her. Also, giving the protective necklace to her mother was nice and all, but I hope it doesn’t bite her in the ass :/

One thing about this storyline is that I found it weirdly... healing? From Caroline’s storyline in the early days of The Vampire Diaries lol. I think they are in ~dialogue, so to speak. Like, Maria’s dialogue in particular: “turns out my friends are just really good liars”, “I thought [that night I was roofied and possessed by an alien] I made a fool of myself, but it was my friends making a fool of me”, “you left me vulnerable”. Either way, she was spot on tonight.

On that vein... it’s kind of disheartening just how much Liz subscribes to the pod-people’s POV on this now. During that scene, and the one last week with Rosa, I just wanted her to stop making excuses (but especially this one, because Rosa, unlike Maria, wasn’t asking for her to explain anything to her and so didn’t let her a lot of room to talk lol).

There wasn’t as much focus on Rosa this episode but I liked what I saw. My favourite part was when she told Maria “I reserve the right to be the mentally ill one on this friendship, is kind of my thing.” Should I worry about how much I relate to her or... lol. It seems they’re officially going with a bipolar diagnostic. She and Lizzie remind me so much of each other, man.

For now I’m going to headcanon that the guy who helped Michael’s mother in the 40s was Maria’s ancestor, sns (there aren’t many black people in Roswell other than Maria and Mimi so it’s not even that much of a strech... I just hope they don’t try to have a ~twist and make it be about, idk, Steph or something xD). It would heighten Maria and Michael’s connection and could explain her family’s apparent ties to the alien lore. Speaking of Maria and Michael, I loved their first scene, with them teasing each other over breakfast, Michael opening up to her about his childhood, and Maria having fun telling Isobel how Michael had “parked in her lot” lmao.

Isobel got through with her abortion (unless there’s another ~twist/surprise down the road. Let’s hope not), for which I’m very glad. I had gotten tired of all the storylines about women having to go through pregnancies they were unsure/conflicted/downright opposed to the idea. Sometimes it works for the character and I don’t mind it as much (though I do mind the relative lack of alternatives very much), but in this case, with how much Isobel clearly wanted to get rid of it? Yeah, no. I don’t even care that much about her but I felt very strongly about this. On a funnier note, the scene where she shows the sex toys to the Sheriff is hilarious. Though it resulted in a mental image with Max and hoverboarding I cannot unsee now ugh xD.

I imagine that the Liz & Jenna subplot was fandom catnip but I rolled my eyes. so. hard. during it. Especially at how they bonded about all the things about Max I find unpalatable lmao. But in general. It felt like Pandering 101 and I did not enjoy it one bit tbh.

I missed Kyle. Though OTOH if he'd been there it would've likely been as Isobel's support and Icm not about that life lol. It's bad enough when I see it happen to Liz or Maria, thanks (just DON'T let it happen to Rosa, show).

Spoilers from next week’s promo: I hope Arturo and Rosa’s reunion isn’t a bait-and-switch and we actually get to see it. I cannot wait for him to find out. Gosh, it’s going to be so heartbreaking. I loved seeing Maria’s mourning (I liked her line about how she feels cheated because of the secret resurrection, too), and I was disappointed that Kyle didn’t point out how Liz and Rosa were clearly going to leave town without telling him anything lol. But Arturo’s (well, his and Helena’s, the mother, who I hope we meet at some point) reaction has the potential to be the most intense, unpredictable one, and I want to see it.

[rhcenyra]

me: that was a great episode!! and I don’t think that was THAT much to gif actually. it’ll be nice and easy

also me:

[space-malex]

Roswell NM Season 2 Episode Titles (So Far)

201: “Stay (I Missed You)” written by Carina Adly MacKenzie

202: “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space” written by Eva McKenna

203: “Good Mother” written by Dierdre Mangan and Carina Adly MacKenzie

204: “What If God Was One of Us” written by Steve Stringer and Christopher Hollier

205: “I’ll Stand By You” written by Alanna Bennett and Jason Gavin