# Resident Alien, aka Quincy, E.T **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 28, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719 "2021-01-28T22:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/261 "2021-04-04T00:08:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > but now Harry 2.0 will be blamed for the murder he didn’t commit. (Karma again?) Sounds like a nice dilemma for a character on a TV show: do I reveal that I’m an alien tasked with wiping out all human life, or do I keep quiet about the ‘alien’ thing and simply take the rap for the guy whose appearance I stole? If he goes with the first choice, he’s practically guaranteed a successful insanity defense. Life in a mental-care lockup might not be so bad for alien-Harry: I bet they have _Law and Order_ episodes on all the time in their communal areas. In any case: there are so many ways the writers could go with this show. It will be hard to wait to see what they’ve decided! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/262 "2021-04-04T00:10:48Z")
There is also the problem of letting the nice alcoholic lady that saved his life think she is crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/263 "2021-04-04T00:19:38Z")
Good point. D’Arcy is one of my favorite characters in _Resident Alien_; in my view Alice Wetterlund is a comic asset to the show second only to Tudyk himself. I suspect the writers have a soft spot for her, too, and the situation we left her in (as you describe it) is surely one that they plan to deal with. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/264 "2021-04-04T00:37:08Z")
I was trying to place the song (Sharing The Night Together) in the scene where Max’s parents beat on the agents. In an _aha!_ moment it came to me…it’s the same song Todd sings in _El Camino_ when he’s driving out to the desert to dispose of his housekeeper’s body. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/265 "2021-04-04T01:09:13Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > D’Arcy is one of my favorite characters in _Resident Alien_ ; in my view Alice Wetterlund is a comic asset to the show second only to Tudyk himself. I agree wholeheartedly. On both points. > [@simster](#): > > And our dastardly duo getting panned. The mayor and his wife were obviously not good pan handlers. I’m amazed they were able to escape. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/266 "2021-04-04T01:18:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > The mayor and his wife were obviously not good pan handlers. I’m amazed they were able to escape. I might not know karate, but I do know crazy… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/267 "2021-04-04T14:03:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > The mayor and his wife were obviously not good pan handlers. They should have taken lessons from [Paul and Mary](http://www.thevarnishedculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Eating-Raoul-009.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/268 "2021-04-04T19:33:20Z")
Is the soundtrack available? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/269 "2021-04-05T14:48:32Z")
I finally binged the last 4 episodes. Great, if predictable ending. A few thoughts: > **Summary** > > I don’t think the truck hit anything but parked cars. Darcy and Jay would have reacted differently if anybody buy Jimmy got hurt. They watched, smiled at the crash, then vamoosed. > > When did Locke get implanted? He was moving around the bus the whole time the aliens were fetusnapping his kid. He also is specific about a son, when his wife said, just minutes before in show time that they didn’t know the sex of the child. Which means Lisa could still be that child. That will be a major McDuffan next season. > > After that beatdown, it is miraculous the agents can still walk, much less function semi-normally. Especially her, since she took numerous shots to the left hip. Moved without a limp before getting into the van. > > Sahar is a gem. > > The General obviously has resources. Just how independent a game is she running? She just cut David loose. How is she going to explain the fallout from that action? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/270 "2021-04-05T15:31:33Z")
Yeah, and not only dangerous, but s stupid act of revenge. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/271 "2021-04-06T19:28:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That will be a major McDuffan next season. I know McDuffan is a play on McGuffin, but I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/272 "2021-04-06T20:15:15Z")
MACBETH Thou losest labour: As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed: 10 Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life, which must not yield, To one of woman born. MACDUFF Despair thy charm; And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripp’d. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/273 "2021-04-06T21:39:22Z")
Funny. (Serves me right for not reading any Shakespeare in decades. ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/274 "2021-04-07T02:02:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Is the soundtrack available? I don’t know but I did Shazam some of the music during the season. They used music from some Native American artists I’ve never heard of before. Interesting choices. I had a theory that didn’t pan out but was not disproven yet. Others have mentioned the Greys. The line that struck me was when he mentioned the Reptilians. It seems like they are his people’s main competition. He also said they have a hybridization program happening on earth. I got the impression that’s why human life had to be wiped out. It also made my think that the baby was abducted by reptilians and that she came back as a hybrid with a lousy temper. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/275 "2021-12-09T21:44:07Z")
Season 2 starts January 26th. > **[Resident Alien Season 2 to Premiere in January, Will Be Split in Two Parts](https://tvline.com/2021/12/09/resident-alien-season-2-premiere-date-syfy/amp/)** > > Harry Vanderspeigle is about to crash-land on planet Earth once again ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/276 "2021-12-09T21:47:33Z")
This makes me want to go on living. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/277 "2021-12-09T23:33:46Z")
Great News ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/278 "2021-12-10T00:52:47Z")
I may rewatch the first season before the new one starts. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/279 "2021-12-10T01:16:10Z")
Such a great show! They’ve taken a lot of time between seasons, so we can hope that will be reflected in some very nice writing (we can take the excellent acting for granted, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/280 "2021-12-10T04:35:00Z")
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