In the hilarious teaser for Episode 2 of SYFY s
Resident Alien, the alien masquerading as Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk) starts seeing patients and metaphorically bashing them over the head with such medical questions as: Concerning your breath, did you recently eat a dead rodent? In addition, Harry s got to contend with Max (Judah Prehn), the young boy who can see right through his fleshy disguise. Far from trying to establish a rapport with the kid who can blow his cover, the alien threatens to eat Max.
Elsewhere, Sheriff Mike Thompson (Corey Reynolds) and Deputy Liv Baker (Elizabeth Bowen) are starting their investigation into Sam Hodges murder. But that mystery pales in comparison to Harry s plan to murder the entire human race . if he can find his doomsday device, that is.
At the conclusion of the first episode of
Resident Alien, the new Syfy dramedy starring Alan Tudyk, viewers could be forgiven for thinking they’re essentially watching an extremely high-concept version of
: There’s a murder mystery, an extremely awkward lead character asked to help solve the crime, and a parade of supporting townsfolk there to interact in humorously strange ways. But the show quickly reveals itself to be nothing of the sort, simultaneously far odder and more pedestrian than Tony Shalhoub’s police procedural; for one, there’s an intergalactic alien running around trying to find missing pieces of his ship, all while disguised as a small-town doctor. But whenever those alien shenanigans get put on hold,
Whether you watch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for Olivia Benson s equal parts steel and empathy, the interpersonal drama, or just because you love a good procedural, one thing is for certain: You ve watched a lot of
SVU. That s what happens when there are 22 seasons and over 480 episodes you binge. Luckily, you re not alone in your obsession. Harry Vanderspeigle, the narrator and lead character of SYFY s upcoming series
Resident Alien, is a big binger. After all, he learned how to be human by watching
Law & Order: SVU.
Kung Kung.
The catch, of course, is that Harry, played by genre superstar Alan Tudyk, isn t really Harry. He s an alien sent to Earth to destroy us all, which might make him a bit more of a perp in Benson s eyes than someone she d want on her team. But after crash-landing in rural Colorado, he s stuck in the small town of Patience and forced to disguise himself as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle. From there, he quickly finds himself unwillingly sucked into th
SYFY s Resident Alien Trailer Released
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Just a few weeks ahead of the show s premiere on SYFY, the full trailer for Resident Alien has arrived online. The new dramedy series stars Alan Tudyk and based is on the Dark Horse comic of the same name, marking the latest appearance by the fan-favorite actor in a comic book property for television. Tudyk previously appeared on Doom Patrol and The Tick and lent his voice to Harley Quinn and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. For Resident Alien he takes on the title role, attempting to live on Earth in disguise as a human well not of this world but circumstances force him into a scenario that even actual people would find hard to navigate. Premiering on Wednesday, January 27 at 10pm ET/PT, you can watch the