Warning! This article contains spoilers for Resident Alien Season 4, Episode 6.
Resident Alienseason 4’s episode 6 gets deep emotionally and drives the narrative forward with dramatic and powerful reveals. As usual, the Alan Tudyk-led sci-fi comedy series is incredibly funny, but this episode is not for the faint of heart. With major developments and heartfelt emotional beats,Resident Alienpushes the limits of what has been possible for the series up to this point.
Sheriff Mike, Deputy Liv, Mayor Ben, and Kate have finally revealed their mutual belief in aliens to one another, and they combine their investigative efforts. Meanwhile, Harry was abducted in the middle of enjoying pie at the café, leading to him being interrogated by a powerful alien authority. Amidst all this drama, D’Arcy hits an emotional low after failing her best friend, which makes her rethink everything.
Resident Alien Season 4, Episode 6 Pulls At The Heartstrings
WhileResident Alienis very comfortable leaning into absurdist humor and playing up goofiness for laughs, it’s episodes like this that show just how powerful the writing can be, and the depth of the connections between the characters and audience. By all accounts,Harry Vanderspeigle is not particularly nice. But after embracing his human side, the character experiences incredible growth that doesn’t feel silly or undeserved.
Resident Alienseason 4, episode 6 is incredibly effective and an all-around stunning piece of television.
Meanwhile, D’Arcy, who has been a lively and fun character from the start, begins to acknowledge a well of pain and suffering that exists beneath her unserious attitude. Every element of this episode is heart-wrenching; it soars to incredible highs and sinks to painful lows, but throughout it all, it hits home.
In short, this may be one of the best episodes of the series, not just the season. It gives space for the wonderful cast to really showcase how talented they are beyond delivering hilarious comedy beats.Resident Alienseason 4, episode 6 is incredibly effective and an all-around stunning piece of television.
Harry Will Finally Get His Alien Form Back, Assuming The Executor Agrees
While the first third of the season slowly laid the building blocks for the season’s biggest developments, episode 6 races to put everything in place with exciting results. The Mantid appears to have survived his earlier attack, and he has the means to take over the planet. And Harry is within reach of getting his alien form back. However, all that stands in his way is the executor (who’s Harry’s father), who chooses when to give it to him.
Resident Alienseason 4, episode 6 has it all, and it deserves to be acknowledged as one of the best episodes of the series.
As much as Harry has grown a soul and become a caring father, the rest of his race appears to have very different family values. All of these narratives are on a collision course, which adds to the drama and excitement for the upcoming episodes as the season moves toward what promises to be an incredibly packed ending.
With the pace picking up, the writing continues to deliver laugh-out-loud moments, such as aliens incorrectly assessing human anatomy during Harry’s big speech, and deeply moving ones, with a heart-to-heart between Harry and D’Arcy that is incredibly vulnerable.Resident Alienseason 4, episode 6 has it all, and it deserves to be acknowledged as one of the best episodes of the series.
Resident Alienseason 4 airs weekly every Friday at 11pm ET on Syfy and USA Network.
Resident Alien Season 4, Episode 6
Cast
A television adaptation of the comic book series, Resident Alien is a sci-fi comedy that stars Alan Tudyk as an alien who crashes on Earth with one mission - destroy humanity to save the planet. When Tudyk’s character takes the identity of a doctor, he arrives at a small town and begins to act the role preparing his plan. As time passes, he develops human emotions against his will - but his plans are further complicated when he meets the son of the mayor - who can see his actual appearance.
