My Summer Lair Chapter #328: After That Buck Wild Third Season Are You Prepared For Season Four?
Resident Alien has been one of my favourite TV shows since it premiered on January 27, 2021 on Syfy. (You can stream it on Peacock in the U.S. as well as Netflix-U.S.)
The comedy is fantastic and the sci-fi is witty. (Though I still haven’t read the Dark Horse comics it’s based on. Apparently, there’s notable differences between the comics and the TV show. That’s cool—I’ll get to it eventually.)
One of things I’m good at is curation: I enjoy beaming a spotlight on undervalued or overlooked hidden gems.
“Look at this…you need to get this into your life!” I’m all about Have you found Jesus? only I bless my flock with the salvation of remarkable pop culture.
Thus when Resident Alien debuted, I was happy to direct a bright Sammy Spotlight™ on the series. Cue: “Look at this—you need to get this into your life!”
Here’s the TV Guide description for the humorous Syfy show:
After crash-landing in Patience, Colorado (your classic Norman Rockwell small town) an extraterrestrial sent to wipe out humanity kills a vacationing physician and assumes his identity. Oh man—suck it E.T.
The doctor is Harry Vanderspeigle, played by Alan Tudyk, who expertly balances being human and being alien…sometimes simultaneously.
This TV series is freshtastic: lots of sci-fi, lots of aliens and lots of UFOs, lots of sarcasm and lots of jokes. Anytime you can present heart and humour with an alien sent to Earth to destroy all of humanity, you’ve instantly created a warm path to my charming heart.
Season 4 opens with Harry and his half-human, half-alien baby, Bridget, stuck in prison on the Grey Moonbase. And it gets worse. (How amazing is it that this TV show reached Season 4? It’s a miracle.)
A shape-shifting alien called a Mantid has taken over Harry’s body on Earth, passing himself off as the real Harry Vanderspeigle. If you thought Harry was peculiar when he was taken over by an alien…Mantid-Harry is beyond weird.
During the Zoom press junket, reporters entered a breakout room with Alan Tudyk, the human face of Resident Alien.
Alan is still playing the extraterrestrial occupying human we’ve seen over 3 seasons but now he’s also playing Mantid-Harry. Alan describes Mantid-Harry as “creepy, gross and weird.” Now, there’s a Tinder bio. (I’d go obscene. Though is obscene too strong? Watch and decide for yo’self.)
Patience, Colorado still has hope. Young Max has discovered this un-fun-fact so far; he knows the doctor isn’t the usual-alien and that he’s been replaced.
As all of that is shaking out, Sheriff Mike suspects a mysterious death in Patience wasn’t caused by anything…human?
Yo. Sheriff Mike is my favourite character on the show. Excellent sarcasm. Maybe not the fastest cop but dude delivers some of the best lines in the series. All of his lines are gold. Especially his back-and-forth with his long suffering deputy, Liv (portrayed by Elizabeth Bowe). (Shout to Cletus too…another dope deputy.)
In this My Summer Lair episode you’ll hear teases and tidbits from the Resident Alien cast. As Season 4 kicks off the supa dupa people at Syfy invited me to patriciate in the recent online press junket for this fresh and wild season.
Highlights include…
Alan Tudyk (aka Harry Vanderspeigle) objects to being called ALF. (Even though ALF stands for Alien Life Form!) I didn’t think the reference was that off!
Meredith Garretson (aka Kate Hawthorne) reveals…who is Killer Kate? (With witty contributions from Sara Tomko (aka Asta Twelvetrees) and Alice Wetterlund as (aka D’arcy Bloom). Hah Sara makes an Alien reference which was probably better than ALF. My bad.).
Corey Reynolds who plays Sheriff Mike Thompson who is now being let in on The Secret. Knowing that…how is Big Mike’s Big Ego handling that? For my Corey Reynolds interview I follow up a thread sparked by a question asked by Kyle Wilson from LamplightReview.com based in Phoenix.
Season 4 kicks off on June 6, 2025 on Syfy & USA Network in America at 11 p.m.
(Episodes will appear on Peacock one week after they air i.e. Season 4 Episode 1 will be on Peacock on Friday, June 13, 2025.)
In Canada it’s on CTV Sci-Fi same date/time. (Episodes will appear on Crave the day after it’s broadcast.)
Season 4 is 10 episodes. The Resident Alien 4th Season Finale is August 8, 2025.
After that…will we get Season 5? Or will the series be beamed into the grand Mothership in the sky?
For now…enjoy Season 4.
A Timestamp of 328 | Alan Tudyk & Corey Reynolds & The Cast (Resident Alien: Season 4)
00:00:00 – Yo Introduction & Welcome
00:00:56 – Sammy’s Curation and Spotlight on Resident Alien
00:01:18 – TV Guide Description of Resident Alien
00:05:23 – Stephanie’s Introduction: Hit It
00:08:20 – Authenticity in Alien Abductions
00:09:02 – ALF and X-Files Comparison
00:09:50 – Chris Sheridan on Grounding The Show
00:12:01 – Introducing the Ladies of Resident Alien
00:12:23 – Meredith’s Kate vs Killer Kate
00:15:30 – Sigourney Weaver and Alien References
00:15:50 – Introducing Sheriff Mike (Corey Reynolds) & Deputy Liv (Elizabeth Bowen)
00:16:11 – Sheriff Mike’s Suspicions
00:17:51 – Sheriff Mike in on The Secret
00:18:48 – Sheriff Mike’s Ego and Deputy Liv
00:21:27 – Conclusion and Season 4 Details
00:22:21 – Substack Newsletter Promotion: My Pal Sammy
00:22:42 – Closing Remarks
Resident Alien @ W • T • F
Host Sammy Younan
Recorded: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 2:30 pm (EST)
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