'Roswell: New Mexico' Season 1: Michael and Alex are the other pair of star-crossed lovers you need to look out for
At its core 'Roswell: New Mexico' is like a grandma's dress that you refurbish in order to have just the right kind of classy look for the prom night. The CW reboot has picked up the same old characters with their same old backstories and has thrust them with several contemporary issues such as immigration, and discrimination against LGBTQ. The only other difference is the characters, who we were introduced to as teenagers in the '90s cult classic, which was developed and produced by Jason Katims. This time, with Julie Plec producing the show and directing the pilot episode, we have some hard-hitting romance which strictly follows the rulebook of star-crossed lovers, and no, a couple like Michael and Alex aren't ruled out from that book.
If 'Roswell: New Mexico' is about forbidden love, and Liz Orthecho (played by Jeanine Mason) and Max Evans (played by Nathan Parsons) are at the center of it, then let's just say Alex Manes (played by Taylor Blackburn) and Michael Guerin (played by Michael Vlamis), are not too far from the center. 'Roswell: New Mexico' introduced to us to the gay couple, Alex and Michael in a discreet manner. Michael, who unlike his siblings Max and Isobel, was not adopted by anyone in childhood and is infamous for the unruly lifestyle which involves drugs and womanizing. On the other hand, Alex is a war hero who lost a leg during his tenure in Iraq but is despised by his father for his sexual orientation.