Just when we thought Tezca was the big bad on Roswell, New Mexico, a new foe emerged — and he was staring us in the face this whole time.
Clyde has never been trustworthy, but we didn’t expect him to go full villain either despite his dedication to the cause. Yet, he showed his true colors on Roswell, New Mexico Season 4 Episode 7 when he found the final piece necessary to start the alighting.
It truly doesn’t seem like scavenging for these puzzle pieces involved heading back home to Oasis as they thought it did, so Michael truly was sold a pipe dream. Then again, I have no idea what the alighting actually is, so maybe it does include something with their old planet.
It’s kind of disappointing to know just how deeply betrayed Michael and Max really were. They, along with Bonnie, thought they were pulling a fast one on Clyde, but, in reality, Clyde was always one step ahead of them.
Clyde was very focused on the goal at hand — he formed no attachments to earth and thus, it was easy for him to remain committed to the cause. Bonnie was the only person he seemed to actually care for, but it wasn’t in the kind of way that would spare her life when push came to shove. Instead, he knew sacrifices needed to be made for his idea of the “greater good,” so he had no trouble pushing her and Dallas into the cosmic quicksand even after Dallas handed him over the bible and glasses in order to save Bonnie’s life. I hate people who go back on their promises.
Admittedly, it was also disappointing to see how hard Dallas worked to find his father’s belongings and secret messages only to get them stolen within minutes.
And it’s even more aggravating to know that the good guys are working at a disadvantage as they don’t have all the information and are missing core memories that could likely help them in this battle against the former Dark Triad.
Dallas knew he needed to find something, but until Isobel helped him travel into his subconscious via a Hot Tub Time Machine and retrieve them, he had no idea what or where.
Isobel was just a passenger on the journey, but when she came in contact with Tezca in the memory and then again in real life, she had visions that she couldn’t entirely explain. All we know for sure is that Isobel was Tezca’s student at one point, but, since her time in the pod and on earth, the details are a bit hazy. This is, once again, a huge disadvantage as Tezca knows exactly who she is fighting against.
It also must be so triggering for Liz to constantly get blindsided by all these revelations. She has so many blind spots; first Kyle, now Tezca. It seems as though Isobel is much more vital to the whole cause than we were led to believe.
And the same can be said for Max and Liz, who had a bit of a relationship quarrel after he decided to kiss Bonnie and render himself powerless.
Max thought he was doing the right thing to save his relationship, but in actuality — and god, I’m so glad Liz called him out on it — he was running away instead of embracing himself and his powers once and for all. Max has always been burdened by these powers, so I wouldn’t blame him for wanting to get rid of them, but if he was so confident in his decision, he should have had no problem running it by Liz.
They are partners, and his actions affect her as she’s somehow a key to this whole alighting. He went through with the decision without consulting her because he knew she would be against it and talk some sense into him. Open communication is the first sign of a healthy relationship!
It was also a pretty reckless decision in light of an actual battle with supernatural forces. Max is supposed to be the savior and one of the most powerful aliens, and yet, he’s a mere mortal trying to hold his own in this fight. It doesn’t make sense. How is he supposed to protect anyone, including Liz? People have been pushing him to own up to who he is since day one — Noah, Jones, Liz, and now Tezca — and he’s still too afraid to even figure out what that is.
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Thankfully, Liz’s trip to New York seemed to inspire her to come up with a potential solution for Bonnie’s “curse” on both Michael and Max. Let’s hope it works. I know Bonnie meant well, but there’s still so much the poor girl doesn’t know.
Liz’s trip was pretty pointless aside from underscoring that you really can leave all this craziness behind if you venture outside of Roswell.
The smartest person is Rosa for moving away and hitting reset. She could never thrive in Roswell while she was being plagued by the past. And as we see with Liz, she’s always getting sucked into some alien/supernatural shenanigans instead of living her life to the fullest and for herself. She’s constantly on someone else’s journey instead of her own. Is it really a fulfilled life if she’s always worried about the other foot dropping?
Rosa may have escaped but the upcoming preview does tease her return home to get wrapped in all the drama once again, so honestly, maybe there’s no escaping your destiny?
We’re still not sure what Tezca needed with Max’s blue flame or what Liz means to the whole operation, but only time will tell.
It’s also not entirely clear what Clyde really needed to see in the bible, but we know that it led Dallas to his own demise. Once Bonnie and Dallas were swallowed up by the quicksand, we saw him regain consciousness in a cave. It didn’t seem like another world or dimension, but he saw his father, which means that he is either dead or hallucinating. Also, was it just me or did his dad seem evil?
However, at the same time, Maria figured out it was not her late mother haunting her, it was Alex. And if Alex is communicating with her, he’s either in some other dimension like the Upside Down or he’s dead. Neither option is great, honestly.
I truly feel — and have felt in previous seasons — that if I watched the episode from last to first, it would all just make so much more sense.
The science isn’t overly technical here, but it’s still hard to comprehend some of what’s happening without all the pieces of the puzzle.
For example, we know Liz’s new boss Shivani is supportive of the science, but we also don’t trust her as she’s used Liz’s research for her own benefit. And her wife is somehow involved with Tezca though that hasn’t bubbled up to the surface yet. There has to be a selfish reason that she’s keeping Liz around.
What did you think of the episode? Will Max and Michael get their powers back? Will Dallas, Bonnie, and Alex find each other wherever they are, or are they really dead?
Will Isobel continue poking around in her memories to figure out how she’s connected to Tezca? Will Michael ever get his dream of returning to Oasis or will he realize his oasis is here when he finally gets Alex back? It was nice to see Max finally supportive of his brother (after a pep talk from Isobel) but maybe he’s right about not giving up all the earthly pleasures for a “home” that they have no idea about and that their parents seemed to escape.
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