History Series / RoswellNewMexico

* UnadoptableOrphan: Isobel and Max were adopted by the Evans while Michael was left behind in foster care until he eventually aged out, something that's soured his relationship with them.

* ArtificialLimbs: Alex lost a leg while deployed to Iraq, and has a prosthetic replacement. Michael seems to take this in stride, and we see Alex without the prosthetic [[spoiler: while they're [[DisabledLoveInterest lying in bed together]]]].

* DisabledLoveInterest: Alex is very much his own character, not just a love interest, but one of the most intimate scenes between him and Michael features Michael running his broken hand over the stump of Alex's leg when they're lying in bed together.

* TheUnfavorite: Isobel and Max were adopted by the Evans while Michael was left behind in foster care until he eventually aged out, something that's soured his relationship with them.

* TheRez: The Navajo reservation near Roswell plays a key part in season 2. It's where Alex's mother is from and where his brother Gregory fled to, and more importantly, [[spoiler:it's where Tripp Manes hid Louise from the government after they were discovered in Roswell.]]

Liz Ortecho (Creator/JeanineMason), brilliant biomedical researcher and daughter of undocumented immigrants, returns to her hometown after ten years away and reunites with her {{childhood friend}}s, deputy sheriff Max Evans (Creator/NathanDeanParsons), bartender Maria [=DeLuca=] (Creator/HeatherHemmens), and doctor Kyle Valenti (Creator/MichaelTrevino), whom she dated years ago.

** Isobel is established as bisexual when it turns out that she loved Rosa, while she's married to Noah.

* LoveTriangle: It's The CW, what do you expect>