Resident Alienseason 3 seemingly forgot about one of the most fun trends from the show’s previous two runs, but the next batch of episodes can revisit it.Resident Alienseason 4’s confirmationcame close to not happening, and it took a switch from SyFy to USA Network for the sci-fi dramedy to continue. Regardless, fans can rest easy that theResident Aliencastwill reunite at least one more time.
Resident Alienseason 3’s cliffhanger endingcertainly left a lot to look forward to whenAlan Tudyk’s Harry Vanderspeiglecomes back to continue the saga. However, while still entertaining, the last run of episodes fell short of the show’s high standard. There were a few different reasons for this, one being that Syfy forced showrunner Chris Sheridan to cram his planned story into just eight installments. This truncated run meant there was little time for all the usual bells and whistles, and one in particular was sorely missed.
Resident Alien Season 4 Can Bring Back Patience’s Revolving Door Of Town Doctors
Harry has left and returned to the role of Patience’s doctor since the show began
Resident Alienseason 1 begins with the murder of Jan Bos' Dr. Sam Hodges, which is what brings Harry into the fold as the town doctor of Patience, Colorado.Harry was only ever meant to be a temporary stand-inwhile a new physician was found, but he remained in the role for longer than expected. Eventually, the knowledgeable yet comically arrogant Dr. Ethan Stone (Michael Cassidy) was hired, and in the wake of his government abduction, Eleanor Walker played the elderly and mistake-prone Dr. Smallwood.
The position has been stable of late, with Harry retaining his job throughoutResident Alienseason 3.
Dr. Smallwood’s dismissal after a string of missteps opened the door for Harry to be reinstated, but this time as Patience’s full-time doctor. The position has been stable of late, with Harry retaining his job throughoutResident Alienseason 3, so the gag of the high turnover of doctors appears to have either been halted or put on hold. The uncertainty of who would serve next was a fun storyline inResident Alienseasons 1 and 2, so it will hopefully resume when season 4 begins.
Why Harry Can’t Be The Town Doctor Again In Resident Alien Season 4
Alan Tudyk’s character ended Resident Alien season 3 as a prisoner
There’s no guarantee that Harry will even beginResident Alienseason 4 as part of the story. He endedResident Alienseason 3 trapped aboard theGrey Aliens’Star Wars-esque moon ship, so he will need to find a way to escape before he can return to Earth, let alone Patience. The same episode that revealed Harry’s incarceration also teased the possibility that the Mantid would at least attempt to live as Harry for a while. So,Resident Alienseason 4’s new villainmay serve as the town doctor for a while, which would certainly be interesting.
9 Biggest Resident Alien Season 4 Theories That Could Actually Happen
Elements of Resident Alien season 4’s story are relatively easy to predict, but some of the upcoming events require a bit more conjecture than most.
Besides, one of the main reasons that Harry was continuing to be Patience’s doctor anyway was to help him blend in. When he inevitably escapes from the Greys, he’ll be returning to a town where pretty much all the key characters now know for sure that aliens exist, and they will be focused on taking down the nefarious extraterrestrials in orbit. Therefore,Harry will no longer need the camouflage of human employment, and he will also have much bigger priorities inResident Alienseason 4 than treating the town’s residents.
Resident Alien
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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.
