Episode 10 Shot in the Dark

[David]

Shot in The Dark

Two episodes ago, when Isobel was stripped and bathed in silver and shuffled
back into her alien pod as a last-ditch effort to keep her alive, there
was a very real risk that she’d be in there for years and lose her memories
and never be the same again.

Well, this week, Max put the silver stuff one one hand and arm and pulled
her out of the pod, and apparently, she's totally fine, which makes that
entire episode feel kind of a waste.

Apparently, Isobel thought she had been in the pod for years or something,
because she asks, “Are you serious? He’s still president?”

And thanks to the side effects of Liz’s antidote, Isobel’s return does bring
with it a bunch of intriguing new developments in the Rosa saga.

“I think I was in love with her. I wanted her,” Isobel told Michael even
though it seemed clear that Rosa was just not that into Isobel.

Isobel’s flashbacks flesh out their relationship: they bonded over a mutual
feeling that the town of Roswell had already made up its mind about who they
were. Rosa wanted to be more than the bad seed; Isobel wanted to be more
than the good girl, and for a while they were each other’s escape.

I was kind of confused when Noah pulled a gun on Isobel. Maybe when Noah is
later wounded by the hospital shooter, they were laying groundwork for a
revelation of some kind.

During the shooting Liz’s alien research lab is torched.

Liz figures out that something is wrong; the shooter is a sweet-natured
barista and “pacifist who likes latte art.” Nobody who knows him can believe
that he’d do such a thing deliberately, and he has no memory of the
shooting.

Liz figures out that all three — Isobel, Wyatt, and now the barista — had
preexisting conditions that could cause blackouts. She now thinks Isobel may
be completely innocent, because it’s clear there’s a pattern of unwitting
people being forced to carry out violent acts they later don’t remember.

So does the mysterious fourth alien have the ability to possess the bodies
of vulnerable people? Or is the violent body-snatching coming from a
different source; maybe somebody who’s actively trying to make aliens look
like the bad guys?

David