Michael Guerin: (Brendan Fehr) Michael is a loner; a rebel with a cause. He never had a trusting nature and being raised by an alcoholic, uncaring foster father (Hank) did not alleviate this problem. Michael was emancipated and is now totally responsible for his own livelihood and his actions. He works at the Crashdown Caf� as a cook.
Although he is very bright, he is a very poor student. He is very impulsive and often acts without thinking things through. He has very low self esteem. When comparing himself to Max, he thinks Max is the good one and he is the bad. Michael hated his life in Roswell and was looking for any excuse to leave and find something better. Out of the three, he was the one who most wanted to find a way home, wherever his "real" home may be. Michael had no other friends besides Max and Isabel.
When he meets Maria, he starts having feelings for a human that he never had before, which he finds confusing and unsettling. Michael loves Maria and desperately needs her approval but at the same time fears her ability to penetrate his stonewall facade. He's also afraid of hurting her. He does not have control over his powers; they are very erratic and sometimes backfire.
Maria DeLuca: (Majandra Delfino) Liz Parker's best friend and co-worker at the Crashdown Caf�. Maria is funny, flaky and quirky and provides much of the comic relief for the show. Her solution for most problems involves herbs or some "new age" mysticism. Maria is a very passionate individual who is not afraid to speak her mind. Her relationship with Michael is a textbook case of opposites attracting. When they are together, sparks fly; both the bickering kind and the romantic.
When Michael's fears caused him to push her back she responded with an "I'm teflon babe" attitude, as if the hurt just slid right off, which in reality it didn't. Then, when Michael did something sweet and endearing, she once more got "sucked into the alien abyss". But the stakes are higher now. She loves him, and knows he loves her, so she's more apt to resist his trying to "protect" her from himself. |
