Resident Alien

I missed this show when it was in its first run but now am able to watch episodes streaming on NBC's Peacock service. This show is comedy gold, precisely because of Alan Tudyk in the role of the alien. He is sent to Earth on a mission, he crashes, and by luck takes on the form of a local town man who owns a cabin by the frozen lake. Then the town doctor is found dead and he is pressed into acting as town doctor even though he doesn't know anything about being a doctor. His nemesis becomes the young boy in town who actually sees him as the alien he is.

Filmed in the beautiful Canada mountains, it is set in the fictional town of Patience, Colorado. The alien says he is from a planet around a star 46 light years away. For anyone not familiar with the size of our Milky Way galaxy, it is roughly 110,000 light years across so there are many stars within the 45 to 50 light year range.

In addition to Tudyk's performance what makes this such a good and interesting series is the writing. It is very inventive and very funny, especially the way Tudyk plays his character, a very direct person with no intended humor at all, which turns out to be very humorous. There are also some good human drama issues among the normal human characters.

I gathered from some reviews that season #2 isn't as good. I don't share that opinion. Where season 1 focused on the alien getting used to Earthling ways, season 2 focuses on him starting to become more human-like as more and more around him discover his true identity. The writing remains excellent and just when you think there are no more surprises, you get more surprises. To me one of the better series in recent years, highly interesting and entertaining. Even though most actors, other than Tudyk, are not well-known each creates an interesting character.

Resident Alien was so much better than I originally thought it would be! It's about an Alien (Alan Tudyk) who crashes in a small Colorado town and assumes the identity of the town doctor. His mission is to kill all humans but the longer he stays and gets to know them the more he changes his mind. Alan Tudyk is perfect for this role and leads a mostly unknown cast who all make a name for themselves here as they all do such a great job. I was actually surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It's a laugh out loud comedy that also has heart felt moments and before you know it you'll become addicted to this show. After seeing how good the rating was and reading through all the great reviews I thought I'd give it a chance...and I'm so glad I did. It's both original and hilarious. Can't wait for more!

If it wasn't for him the dark humour would be too dark. But his portrayal is so good that even in these dark times it seems lighter than it is. Thanks for this show. Please don't cancel it Syfy. Also bring back deadly class thank you.

I didn't expect much going into this because you know how SyFy shows can be sometimes, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun this was! It had so many funny lines, shocking twists, interesting plot lines revealed and everything even in just the first episode! Plus the effects are nothing to sneeze at. What I've seen so far has shown the perfect balance of dark comedy, drama, and a wonderfully oddball sci-fi, all packaged into a small town setting, which is something I've always liked. So, great acting, great scripting, great filming, I was hooked from the first few seconds and would recommend. And I just really like Alan Tudyk and truly think this show has a lot of promise.

The first season of this show was a complete win and I LOVED IT. Just consider me to be in agreement with all of the good reviews.

Save yourself the trouble of being disappointed in the second season. The magic just went right out of it.