alex...and tess

As much as I hated Tess killing Alex, I still ended up liking that she was a villain. She was one of them and she was helping Max out with his alien memories and abilities. She helped save Isabel. They had trusted her. If the show needed to create a villain to boost rating, it made sense that it was Tess. An easy route to take, but still made sense.

I have a theory that say Tess' and Eva's eggs were swap. and Tess was a Dupe while Eva was to human. and that's was Tess turning evil was so easy and believable. Because Eva by comparison was Way more caring towards the Roswell group the Tess ever was.

This is a cute theory, but it's highly unlikely. Ava was more like her alien counterpart; a devoted queen supporting her husband, the king. She loved him even though she felt he wasn't completely in love with her. For Tess, after she turned villainess, I think she was allowing her human rage and jealousy to control herself. Instead of standing by Max completely, she wanted immunity in the alien-war and went along with the agreement Kavar wanted.

You can see the comparisons between the NY4 and Roswell4, too.
Take Lannie for example, she had Rath wrapped around her finger and played on his wanting to be the leader/king. All while the whole time, she wanted to go home and be with Kavar to be queen. This was basically showing her alien counterpart's power hungry and selfish side.
Whereas with Isabel, she felt guilty about betraying her family in the past. She didn't want to be queen and she loved her family. And this was probably showing her alien counterpart's loving side.

I always liked Tess never cared for Alex so I was glad when he died but then Isabel new love interest was a million times worse than Alex he never belonged I was so glad they ditched him in the final. Tess was raised by Nasedo unlike the others she was taught to ignore her human side I think the writers screwed up her character she had so much potential other than being Max other woman. Episodes like Roswell Christmas Carol stood out and showed a little of her human side as did her return in season 3 where she gives her life to keep her baby safe.

We also have to remember that Tess stated that Nasedo was the one who made the deal with Kavar. If this is true, then he raised her with idea that she was someone useful and a key element for the deal. He basically taught her to be selfish and to only use her (human) abilities for her own gain.

I agree with you, I actually liked Tess. Both as a good person and a villain. Even after it was revealed that she was a villain, I always thought it was never the show's intention to do take this route when she was created for the show. But it was nice that they showed her goodness in first half of the series so that when she returned, we could see that when she sacrificed herself.


edit: my phone did an autocorrect for Vil to Val... stupid phone.
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