The three of them are found wandering in the desert and Michael is sent to live with a foster father named Hank, who is a drunk and abusive man whereas Max and Isabel are adopted by the Evans family.

In Roswell New Mexico 2019, Michael fell in love with Alex Manes in his high-school days, had off-on relationship and married him at the end.

Michael is the rebel and outsider of the group, even more so than Max and Isabel, probably because he lives in a trailer park and suffers abuse from his alcoholic foster father, Hank.

As a result, Michael comes close to flunking out of school despite his hidden brilliance and he trusts no one but Max and Isabel.

He has come to hate his life on Earth mainly because he didn't get a loving family like Max and Isabel did, and often acts in selfish and careless ways to achieve this goal.

After the episode "285 south" he and Maria grow close and fall in love, developing an on/off relationship throughout the show's run.

In season one, Michael has the same molecular manipulation and telekinetic skills as the rest of the hybrids, but openly states he cannot control them as well as Max and Isabel can.

In the first-season finale, he is taught to change his fingerprints into that of a dead agent and is shown firing energy blasts from his hands.

He has displayed some potential for superhuman strength, as shown in the episode "285 South" when he throws Kyle across the room but, it is possible that he simply manipulated his musculature or enhanced his attack with telekinesis.

Michael hardly attends school and has trouble sleeping when he hears from Liz about the possibility of a fourth alien having been in Roswell in 1959.

He breaks into the sheriff's office to look for answers,[6] but the files he needs had been taken by the FBI, so instead he finds a key, which gives him an image of a geodesic dome.

Because of Michael's unhappy and uncertain childhood, he has not learned many of the niceties of human interpersonal behavior and also has built a shell around himself to protect him from being hurt.

Tess arrives in town and Michael starts getting visions that he might be with Isabel - at one point they think she might even be pregnant with his child through some alien dream connection.

If anything, his anger and frustration have increased and he is annoyed by Max's sudden appointment as king and leader, and they argue frequently.

Michael comes to fully trust Sheriff Jim Valenti, and with his mission and finding out more about himself, he has overcome some of his anger and found new strength and new focus.

The new waitress at the Crashdown, Courtney, comes on to him outrageously, amusing Michael and making Maria very jealous and annoyed.

In a very touching gesture, in the episode "Harvest" Michael saves Courtney's 'husk' (her new human body being grown to replace her current shedding old one) before they destroy the Skins' headquarters in Arizona.

Unfortunately, she dies to protect them soon afterward while trying keep the secret of the Granilith from falling into the hands of Nicholas, leader of the 'bad' Skins.

[14] During their journey to Las Vegas, there seems to be the beginning of a thaw in Michael's resolve to keep Maria at arms' length.

So he starts attending school more[17] and finds himself an extra part-time job as a security guard to be better for Maria, and to earn more money to pay for their dates.

[18] For the first time in his life, he has a group of male friends, which causes Maria to be jealous, as they do something she is unable to do: to make Michael laugh.

After insisting that he spend more time with her, which causes him to sneak around behind Maria's back, she realizes that having friends is important to him and she tells him she loves him.

His suspicions are proved correct when Billy kisses Maria, and although she does not reciprocate his feelings, it causes her to break up with Michael, on the grounds that although she loves him, she doesn't want the "alien chaos" that comes with him.

Max is the one who finds him and he discovers that someone at Meta-Chem, led by their leader Meris, was tracking Michael because they thought that he was the healer alien.

He even throws Maria (who came back from New-York) out of his car after he angrily tells her that he stayed on the planet for her and she showed her appreciation by dumping him.

Before Michael leaves, he finally tells Maria that he has loved her since day one when he stole her car, and that he always knew she was the girl for him.

"This bit was found on Brendan Fehr's official website http://brendanfehr.com "It's funny, I was looking back to the pilot and some of the early episodes and Michael was really lonely.

"From an interview in Cosmopolitan when asked about the explosive response to the Malex ship between characters Michael and Alex:[30] "Tyler told me you can expect stuff like this to happen.

To make people feel better about the situation they're in or give them an outlet to escape with our show and our relationship, specifically."