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Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007




Resident Alien, a SyFy show
An alien crashes his ship in Colorado during his mission to wipe us all out with a "device". Knowing he'll have to spend some time finding his ship's parts his kills a vacationing doctor and assumes his appearance. Due to some coincidental circumstances he becomes the town doctor of Patience, CO. Will he put his ship back together and destroy humanity or will the people of Patience win him over? I bet you can't guess!

Most importantly this show is Alan Tudyk acting his rear end off.

Season 1 premiered January 27, 2021
Season 2 just premiered on January 26, 2022 and here is its trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhS_auCaxQY

Cast

Alan Tudyk as Dr. Harry Vanderspiegel - Also the alien with an unpronounceable name


Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees - Assistant nurse to the town doctor


Corey Reynolds as Mike Thompson - Town sheriff, not so capable


Alice Wetterlund as D'arcy Bloom - Runs the town bar, Asta's best friend


Levi Fiehler as Ben Hawthorne - Town mayor


Judah Prehn as Max Hawthorne - Mayor's son and the only person that can see through Henry's disguise


Elizabeth Bowen as Liv Baker - Sherrif's deputy, actually capable

Where can I watch this poo poo?
SYFY on Wednesdays while new episodes are airing if that's your jam
Peacock is probably best place to stream it
Fubo is up to date according to just watch
or buy it at the usual places.

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Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


This took 3 times longer to post that it should have because my cat saw that I was typing and of course that's a crime.

SyRauk
Jun 21, 2007

The Persian Menace
This show is way too good to be on SyFy. Everyone I have recommended it to absolutely loves it.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


Alan Tudyk sure is jacked.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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Dinosaur Gum
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moist turtleneck fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Feb 5, 2022

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Jul 17, 2003

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Hollismason
Jun 30, 2007
Feel free to disregard this post.

It is guaranteed to be lazy, ignorant, and/or uninformed.
This show is awesome. I loving love it. Glad you made a thread!

Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


Combat Pretzel
Jun 23, 2004

No, seriously... what kurds?!
It seems like they're writing Harry as more of an idiot than in season 1.

Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


Could be due to that head trauma? But yeah the poo poo he pulled with the bunker was kinda dumb.

Also if Tudyk is doing a crossed eye to pull off that lazy eye look all the time while he's acting I applaud it. I can't do anything else when I cross my eyes.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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Dinosaur Gum
Yeah I feel like there's going to be something more to the crash, but also he may have Phineas gaged himself

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


Combat Pretzel posted:

It seems like they're writing Harry as more of an idiot than in season 1.

Apparently for season 2 the creator/showrunner has given actors more leeway on improv. So that might be why there's a different tone to some of it.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


https://www.thewrap.com/resident-alien-season-2-premiere-ratings-syfy/
Show is probably going to be around for a while. Season 2 premiere was up 5% from s1 premiere and was the second highest ratings for any Syfy show since 2015 (first was an episode from season 1)

Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


Just give Tudyk some drat awards.

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Jul 17, 2003

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Hughmoris
Apr 21, 2007
Let's go to the abyss!

muscles like this! posted:

Apparently for season 2 the creator/showrunner has given actors more leeway on improv. So that might be why there's a different tone to some of it.

I was going to blame the writers for the show failing to deliver on a great premise but I guess the creator and actors get credit too.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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Dinosaur Gum
Haven't watched the ep yet but I love the title of Girls' Night

Combat Pretzel
Jun 23, 2004

No, seriously... what kurds?!

Hughmoris posted:

I was going to blame the writers for the show failing to deliver on a great premise but I guess the creator and actors get credit too.
Regardless of actors improvising more, the second season seems all over the place so far.

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Jul 17, 2003

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Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


Combat Pretzel posted:

Regardless of actors improvising more, the second season seems all over the place so far.

All the Ben sub-plots don't seem necessary. BDSM thing, D'arcy kiss, video competition with that other town.

Open Source Idiom
Jan 4, 2013

Fartington Butts posted:

All the Ben sub-plots don't seem necessary. BDSM thing, D'arcy kiss, video competition with that other town.

I feel like the giant cornfield is 100% playing into the season climax.

Problematic Soup
Feb 18, 2007

My soup has malfunctioned?



I really loved himbo ET.

IShallRiseAgain
Sep 12, 2008

Well ain't that precious?

Fartington Butts posted:

All the Ben sub-plots don't seem necessary. BDSM thing, D'arcy kiss, video competition with that other town.

I'm guessing we are going to get a lovely plot about someone running for mayor against him. I loving hate those plots.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


My assumption is that real Harry was supplementing his income with unlicensed Botox treatments.

IShallRiseAgain
Sep 12, 2008

Well ain't that precious?

muscles like this! posted:

My assumption is that real Harry was supplementing his income with unlicensed Botox treatments.

You don't need a special license to give Botox Injections. Basically any licensed doctor can give them.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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SyRauk
Jun 21, 2007

The Persian Menace
Ben just ripping back that fart for a solid 10 seconds completely confused me before I realized what was happening. This was a really odd episode.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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Dinosaur Gum
I really enjoyed this episode, one of the better ones for this season

The fart was weird and out of place though but I could see where they were going with it

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


The play was a lot of fun, especially the anthropomorphic boulders killing the miners.

Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


"Don't bum my stone, man."

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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Dinosaur Gum
I love how Darcy keeps wearing The Breeders shirts

Open Source Idiom
Jan 4, 2013
I'm enjoying this season, even if the show has even less interest in doing alien poo poo than last season had.

It's cute and fun and I like the characters.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

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Dinosaur Gum
The wall hanging was a good gag and the later discussion about it had me cackling

Fartington Butts
Jan 21, 2007


The "butter sauce with a nice chardonnay" scene had me lolin

Argue
Sep 29, 2005

I represent the Philippines
Well I didn't expect to see that happen on a Syfy show.

Macdeo Lurjtux
Jul 5, 2011

BRRREADSTOOORRM!
Yeah, that was a hell of a surprise considering how safe that character type is in other shows.

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
I am glad that the old doctor is fired now. You can't let that behavior slide forever. But yeah, other shows would have been more hesitant to get rid of her.

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Hughmoris
Apr 21, 2007
Let's go to the abyss!

Argue posted:

Well I didn't expect to see that happen on a Syfy show.

I'm behind on this season. Did someone hang dong?

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