# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/301 "2022-01-29T19:10:56Z")
No, I noticed that as well. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/302 "2022-01-29T22:08:32Z")
Octopuses are notoriously good at scaling themselves up and down. So add some distortion to that, and camera lenses too, it’s fine. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/303 "2022-01-29T23:14:17Z")
Clearly it is an homage to all the shows that had problems matching “star” shots with “stunt” shots. Shatner’s toup goes flying, John Wayne’s toup goes flying, Buffy’s brunette and much larger stunt double goes flying… ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/304 "2022-01-30T20:25:30Z")
Yeah, that was nicely timed. Max is going to have a little sibling in 9 or so months, right? I feel for the poor deputy dealing with her two witnesses. At least the cowboy hat and tail weren’t in view for her. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/305 "2022-02-10T05:34:32Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/g4s1i3S.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/g4s1i3S.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/306 "2022-02-11T01:14:06Z")
Very nice. (Those writers!!! 👏 ) ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/307 "2022-02-24T19:01:36Z")
So the play in the latest _Resident Alien_ was vastly better than the one in the latest _Euphoria_. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/308 "2022-02-26T15:17:34Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So the play in the latest _Resident Alien_ was vastly better than the one in the latest _Euphoria_ . We absolutely lost it during the play’s ending song. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/309 "2022-02-26T15:19:43Z")
The one woman in the audience conveyed a perfect look of shock at the song. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/310 "2022-02-27T05:07:49Z")
I love that Asta is not the typical toothpick woman on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/311 "2022-02-27T11:23:13Z")
Last episode: Oh crap, everyone on earth could be murdered and we only have 50 days to stop that from happening. This episode: Oh, you’re daughter is in town? Let’s unhurriedly spend a few days participating in local activities that give you a chance to bond with her, no rush. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/312 "2022-02-28T00:45:32Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Last episode: Oh crap, everyone on earth could be murdered and we only have 50 days to stop that from happening. > > This episode: Oh, you’re daughter is in town? Let’s unhurriedly spend a few days participating in local activities that give you a chance to bond with her, no rush. - Yeah, that was a rare misstep by the R.A. writers. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/313 "2022-02-28T12:17:27Z")
> [@dummygladhands71](#): > > I love that Asta is not the typical toothpick woman on TV. My wife commented on exactly that this week, as well. Personally, I’m harboring a secret crush on Darcy. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/314 "2022-02-28T15:26:56Z")
n/m, I thought the post date was Feb 21, not Feb '21. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/315 "2022-02-28T20:07:27Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Personally, I’m harboring a secret crush on Darcy. I think the reason they made Darcy’s hair so…distinctive….is because there’s a lot of female characters on the show that kind of look the same. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/316 "2022-03-01T18:52:26Z")
Yeah, that was just… bad. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/317 "2022-03-01T19:06:06Z")
Last episode: Asta doesn’t want anyone to be murdered; Harry is perfectly comfortable with everyone but him and Asta being murdered. Neither wants Harry imprisoned on the surface by the feds when the murderers arrive. So Asta wants Harry to bond with his daughter to motivate him to care about humans in general, while Harry doesn’t want his daughter to report him as abnormal (and he has an unrealistic (TV-mediated) idea of how seriously the government would take a report that “dad’s acting weird” from a delinquent). Also Harry is afraid to take the next natural step on the route to saving the Earth, because he’s afraid that his people won’t like what he’s become (he was resisting going to New York even before his daughter showed up, wasn’t he?). So this week’s dillydallying has some justification. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/318 "2022-03-01T19:13:20Z")
I see this as more of a hangout show than a focus on narrative. Sure, aliens might kill everyone, but that’s not why I watch the show. I watch because Harry is a fun character performed by a great actor, and the other characters are likeable and interesting, and I want to hang out with them. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/319 "2022-03-01T19:24:30Z")
Yeah, this is a show where an alien has come to Earth to kill everyone, and is the target of shadowy government agents determined to capture him, and willing to murder to do that, and yet, his greatest [nemesis-es](https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Trio) are a couple of small town kids. Hang the sense of it and enjoy the ride. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/320 "2022-03-01T19:28:48Z")
I still want to know why HarryHuman killed the Dr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719.md?page=17)