I've cooped myself up in my room (besides attending classes) and have done absolutely nothing except watch a great old show. Of course, my "old" and your "old" may not be parallel, however this show is, in my perspective, old. I did not watch it when it aired, however, a year ago a friend of mine told me she heard about it and thought I should look it up. I've seen each episode at least 10 times, literally.
The show is Roswell. And yes, it's a short-lived "paranormal" show, but I love it. It's about a girl, Liz. She works in a diner her family owns in Roswell, and on a normal day, gets shot by an angry customer. Not a good thing, however to her fortunate surprise, a local crush walks up to her as she's lying on the floor and bleeding profusely, and heals her. Max Evans healed her… and Max Evans is an alien.
There are 3 aliens in Roswell, NM, and they attend high school just like every other teenager. They have no idea where they came from or how they got there, but they've been raised by adoptive parents had been given a normal home. They only difference between the three and other kids is that they can heal, and change structures of normal objects. No one knows who they are except Liz and a friend of hers. It's deep, and it's amazing.
Yes, yes, I'm not really into "aliens"… it's more or less, stupid when you involve extra-terrestrials , however the focus of the whole story isn't about how they're different from humans, but how they're alike; they go through real-life drama- who they are, who to trust, and who to love.
The show only aired for 3 years starting in 1999. The main characters are Max Evans played by Jason Behr. Isabelle Evans who is played by Katherine Heigl, which is funny because her career took off because of her performance as "Isabelle" Stevens in Grey's Anatomy. Michael Guerin who is played by Brendan Fehr. Liz Parker who is played by Shiri Appleby, and Maria DeLuca, played by Majandra Delfino.
The cast is great, the plot-lines are great. Everything about this show is great with the exception that it only lasted 3 years. I absolutely recommend this show to anyone. Go buy it! Find it on Hulu or something!