{"id":39550,"date":"2019-02-04T00:43:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T05:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/?page_id=39550"},"modified":"2020-02-02T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T16:26:31","slug":"review-leonard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/roswellnewmexico\/season-1\/103-tearin-up-my-heart\/review-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Roswell, NM \u2013 #103 Tearin’ Up My Heart Review by Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Leonard<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

Liz monologues about the scientific method while looking at Rosa\u2019s autopsy pictures. She wants to remove her feelings about Max to determine if Max is involved in Rosa\u2019s death. She lists her observations, prediction and hypothesis that Max killed Rosa.<\/p>\n

And then we see Liz arrive at Max\u2019s home. She has an EKG machine with her and tells Max to relax because she left her scalpel at home. Max says he remembers what she did to that frog freshman year. She tells Max he doesn\u2019t have to be scared of her, he tells her it\u2019s not racing because he\u2019s scared of her.<\/p>\n

Kyle is out jogging and meets up with Manes. Manes says he provided him the information about Rosa\u2019s death so now he wants something in return. Kyle wonders why he any of his 4 war hero sons can be his alien hunting buddy. Manes said that it isn\u2019t for the faint of heart and Kyle asks if he\u2019s saying that Alex is because Roswell threw him a parade when he came home from Iraq. Manes tells Kyle he can participate in Project Shepherd because it is his legacy or he fears what the government can do to him and his friends, and walks away. Kyle tells him he won\u2019t tell him where he saw the handprint. Manes tells him he doesn\u2019t want that, he needs access to Kyle\u2019s father\u2019s research material, that\u2019s why he didn\u2019t bring his sons in and he needed a Valenti.<\/p>\n

Liz looking at Max\u2019s cells on the microscope and asks about the nail polish remover if it heals him. Max says no but it kills pain. She asks when did he realize he was different what are full extent of his capabilities. Max says he knows he\u2019s being interrogated. Liz tells him she\u2019s just established his heart\u2019s baseline so now she needs to see how emotions trigger. Max asks if she can stop the light show that happens when he feels strong emotion. She says maybe if she knew more. She asks what Michael and Isobel\u2019s powers are and if they leave handprints. Max doesn\u2019t want to talk about them because they don\u2019t know she\u2019s testing him. She asks if they are all capable of electrostatic discharge. Max says maybe but they don\u2019t know how it works. The EKG is beeping louder. She tells Max there are plants that use electricity as a defense mechanism or weapon. The EKG machine is beeping even louder now. She grabs Max\u2019s hand asks if he can heal with electricity can he also harm. The EKG machine beeps even louder and explodes. Max asks if Liz is ok, Liz has lightning fractals on her arm like Rosa did in her autopsy. Max asks to see but Liz asks him not to touch him. Suddenly Isobel arrives and gives them both a look.<\/p>\n

Liz has left and Isobel begins chewing Max out as she has the Air Force in town for the veterans fundraiser. Max tells her Liz already knows about them so what\u2019s the harm, he trusts her. Isobel tells Max that Liz and Kyle hooked up at Wild Pony and that the handprint was still on her chest. Max tells Isobel she\u2019s jealous that someone know him and that her marriage is built on a lie. Isobel tells Max that Liz is using his feelings for her to gather data on them and that it\u2019s pathetic.<\/p>\n

At the Crashdown in Rosa\u2019s room, Kyle is bandaging up Liz. Liz asks Kyle not to tell anyone, but Kyle is still worried pointing out the blown up EKG machine and suggests turning Max in. He mentions that he never liked him too. Liz says she had to provoke Max for the EKG to happen so what did Rosa do. She looks at Rosa\u2019s book shelf saying that Rosa hid things all the time. (I like that they snuck in a copy of Twilight and Eclipse on the shelf as I\u2019ve always viewed Twilight as Roswell on steroids with a studio actually behind them. They also had Vampire Diaries on there as of course a lot of the cast is from that show or its spinoff.)<\/p>\n

\"\"Liz pulls out the copy of Pride and Prejudice with a heart on the spine. She opens it and finds it hollowed out and an old joint in it. Liz says murder investigations need clues. Kyle says she does have one but she\u2019s ignoring it because it\u2019s tall. Liz says she needs a motive too.<\/p>\n

Michael and Alex wake up in bed together. Isobel honks her horn screaming she has bagels. Alex gets up and tries to leave, Michael tells him to relax it\u2019s just Isobel. Alex asks if she knows about them, replies would it be so bad if she did, Alex says yes. Michael goes outside. His trailer is now parked outside Sander\u2019s Auto. Isobel asks if Michael got his old job back. Michael says he did because no one can fix a car as fast as he can. Isobel tells Michael what just happened with Max and Liz. Isobel says she has a plan of how to get Liz away from Max.<\/p>\n

At the Wild Pony, Maria is working as Liz arrives. She asks Maria if she could help with Rosa\u2019s secrets, things she only told her. Maria tells her to look behind the \u201cNo Hunting\u201d sign. Liz goes up to the wall and finds a heart there, and pulls out a CD from behind the lighted sign.<\/p>\n

Liz thinks the song titles are clues. Track 1 being \u201cHere in Your Bedroom\u201d and track 2 being \u201cPony\u201d. It\u2019s a treasure map to all of Rosa\u2019s hiding places. Liz convinces Maria to come with her to Track 3 which is \u201cUnder the Bridge\u201d.<\/p>\n

Max starts hitting his computer monitor when it freezes. Cameron arrives and drops a 1st edition copy of \u201cLeaves of Grass\u201d by Walt Whitman on his desk. Max asks Cameron to the drive in on an actual date.<\/p>\n

Kyle is in his Mom\u2019s office and asks about the letters his dad sent while in the hospice. The Sheriff turns around looking at his badge on the wall explaining how cancer changed him while Kyle steals a portion of her keys.<\/p>\n

Liz and Maria are now under a bridge while Maria is explaining her relationship with Rosa. Liz spots a heart and starts looking for a loose rock. When she finds the loose rock, she finds a lunch box behind it. Inside she finds a pair of spray paint cans and a note \u201cDear Rosa, you will never be alone. Ophiuchus\u201d. Maria tells Liz that Ophiucus is the 13th sign of the zodiac, tying it in to \u201ca fraudulent zodiac\u201d. Liz asks if Rosa was seeing anyone. Maria said she didn\u2019t mention anyone but recalls sleeping at their house that week and noticed Rosa sneaking out and \u201ctook extra care of the eyeliner\u201d. Track 4 is \u201cSmall Town Saturday Night\u201d so Liz guesses the drive in.<\/p>\n

Michael fixes the projector and asks Isobel when she will mindwarp Liz. Isobel says she will know when the time is right. Michael asks why she\u2019s ready to do it now while at the reunion she was hesitant. Michael tells her she is afraid that Max will love Liz more than he loves her. Noah arrives surprised to see Michael at a town event, but Michael leaves. Noah asks Isobel just to be present.<\/p>\n

Alex catches Michael as he\u2019s leaving and offers to split a 6-pack if he can watch from his truck. Back at the Sheriff\u2019s office, Kyle unlocks a drawer and finds the drawings his father mailed to them in his final days. He pulls out his phone and takes pictures of them. As he leaves the back door, Max confronts him and asks what he was doing in the file room. Max says he could have him arrested. Kyle asks if this overreaction is about Liz. Kyle tells Max about the Wild Pony and the electrical wires above Max start sparking. Kyle dares Max to hit him when Cameron arrives, ending the showdown. Max and Cameron leave for the drive in.<\/p>\n

At the drive in, Manes bumps into a kid with a laser gun. The kid shoots him with it and he pretends to be hurt. Alex sees this. Alex asks his dad if he embarrasses him. Manes tells him he is a decorated soldier while Michael is arrested weekly for gambling and bar fighting and the only one who\u2019s embarrassing is himself. Isobel climbs on stage and thanks the patrons for doubling last year\u2019s donations to the V.A. She asks Manes on stage. As Manes talks onstage, Isobel spots Liz and Maria. Liz tells Maria she wants to spy on Max and Cameron. After Maria leaves to get them food, Isobel begins to mindwarp Liz. In the mindwarp, Isobel asks Liz to do something, Liz turns around and becomes Rosa. Rosa asks Isobel why she is doing this, she thought they were friends. Isobel concentrates more and Rosa turns back to Liz. She tells Liz it\u2019s time to leave Roswell and not to come back. Liz turns back to Rosa and says she wishes it could always be like this. It turns back to Liz who says she can\u2019t leave because of Max. Isobel releases the mindwarp and looks ill.<\/p>\n

Maria comes back and snaps Liz out of her frozen state and tells Liz she doesn\u2019t think this is Rosa\u2019s idea of small town Saturday night but knows what is. Isobel is in the back puking, Michael arrives and hands her a bottle of nail polish remover. Isobel tells Michael he couldn\u2019t mindwarp her because she thinks Liz and Max are \u2026 Max interrupts. Michael leaves. Max tells Isobel he\u2019s going to give him and Cameron a shot.<\/p>\n

Liz and Maria are searching up on the roof of the Crashdown. Maria tells Liz to enjoy a small town Saturday night in Rosa\u2019s shoes and offers her a joint.<\/p>\n

Alex sees Michael receive cash for a roll of wire on his truck. Back to Liz and Maria are talking on the roof of the Crashdown smoking the joint. Maria mentions she dated a guy named Chad and Liz mentions she left her fianc\u00e9 Diego in Denver 3 weeks ago. Liz asks Maria what she and Rosa would do on the roof. They smoked, drank, looked at the stars and the first to spot Pisces could dare the other to do something stupid. Maria points Pisces out, Liz tells her that it looked like an arrow, which is what Rosa said too. Liz notices the arrow points to a junction box. She opens it and finds a love letter. Max and Cameron are making out in the car when Liz interrupts and demands to talk to him. Max goes over to Liz and she says he was sleeping with Rosa and hands him the love letter. Kyle is at the drive in leaving Liz a message when he\u2019s stopped by his mom and demands the keys he stole. Kyle says he was trying to find Max\u2019s file to get dirt on him. Sheriff Valenti asks if it\u2019s about Liz, smirks and says he doesn\u2019t like her family because her parents struggled to enter the country legally while her family gives them a bad name. She tells him his dad almost lost the election that year because Manes supported someone else. Liz reads the letter out loud<\/p>\n

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Max tells Liz he wrote that letter to her not Rosa. She tells Max straight up that she knows he lied about the last time he saw Rosa, she knows Rosa was murdered by an alien and asks if he killed her.<\/p>\n

Alex confronts Michael about the wire transaction he saw earlier. Max explains that he wrote the letter and left it on Liz\u2019s car when a drunk and high Rosa told him to stay away from Liz. Max says he has loved her his entire life, he didn\u2019t kill Rosa and to leave the past in the past. Isobel arrives home and finds Noah has prepared a full romantic setup for her. He asks her not to worry so much about Max and to focus more on them. Liz and Maria are drinking at Wild Pony and Liz tells Maria that Max told her he loves her and that Rosa tried to keep Max away from her. Kyle shows up at Project Shepherd. He refuses to tell Manes about Max but gives to Manes the letters and drawings his father made before he died and says they\u2019re square. Manes then voice overs the flaw of \u201cinnocent until proven guilty\u201d and what neighbors say when a terrorist is caught as Max tries to call Isobel but she\u2019s enjoying her time with Noah, and Michael who doesn\u2019t pick up. Max goes outside, screams and pounds the ground. His lights go out and eventually all of Roswell loses power.<\/p>\n

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This episode was all over the place. At this point, I\u2019m only truly intrigued by the \u201cwhat really happened to Rosa storyline.\u201d Once that is finally revealed, probably at the finale, I don\u2019t think I will have any connection left with this show. I remember seeing just a little bit of me in each of the 8 main characters of the original show. All the characters here don\u2019t seem to have a real relatable soul for me. Ultimately that is the problem of this show. Maybe that fixes itself at some point but I don\u2019t see that happening. Not with this writing team and not with this cast of characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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