# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/341 "2022-07-23T16:42:35Z")
**Darren\_Garrison** posted the trailer for the 8/10 “return” episode on 7/1. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/342 "2022-07-23T20:54:51Z")
According to every website I found, the second half will be another 8 episodes: [Resident Alien: Season Two Return Date Announced by Syfy (Watch) - canceled + renewed TV shows, ratings - TV Series Finale](https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/resident-alien-season-two-return-date-announced-by-syfy-watch/#:~:text=Resident%20Alien%20fans%20don't,begin%20airing%20on%20August%2010th). > [@What\_Exit](#): > > The delay was due to a COVID outbreak, not some weird network marketing idea. That doesn’t make any sense though - didn’t they have all the episodes in the bag before airing the first one? And tons of shows are doing the “split a season into 2 chunks a few months apart”: > **[Why Are Popular TV Shows Splitting Seasons?](https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/why-do-tv-networks-split-seasons.htm)** > > There are strategic reasons writers and creators of huge TV shows like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Game of Thrones' are splitting their seasons into two, shorter segments. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/343 "2022-07-23T23:00:25Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > According to every website I found, the second half will be another 8 episodes: Correct. That means a season of sixteen episodes, as opposed to the ten of season 1: > **[Resident Alien Episode Guide, Show Summary and Schedule: Is Resident Alien...](https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/Resident-Alien-summary)** > > Resident Alien Episode Guide and Show Schedule: Harry, an alien, crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a small-town human doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, Harry starts off living a simple life - but things get a bit rocky when he's... ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/344 "2022-07-24T04:40:38Z")
I’m trying to figure out how to write “this is some bullshit” the way Harry says it ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/345 "2022-07-26T04:18:18Z")
Well, It’s abundantly clear that I don’t know shit and can’t find shit with both hands and a shit detector. IMDB show 2 shows, that’s what I went off of. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/346 "2022-07-26T15:03:39Z")
> [@dummygladhands71](#): > > “this is some bullshit” “_this_ is some **bull** shit” ---
**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:** [August 18, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/347 "2022-08-18T13:47:12Z")
I watched the ninth episode last week and started to watch (but didn’t finish yet) the tenth episode this week. And I noticed that, even though these episodes were set in the town, we haven’t seen Max, the kid who’s been hanging around Harry, and his friend Sahar. The first half of this season was mostly set in New York City, so their absence was less obvious but it’s more so now. My guess is that the actors hit that adolescent growth spurt, so they’re older and bigger in real life than the characters are meant to be. But they were a fun element to the show. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/348 "2022-08-18T14:14:05Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And I noticed that, even though these episodes were set in the town, we haven’t seen Max, the kid who’s been hanging around Harry, and his friend Sahar. The first half of this season was mostly set in New York City, so their absence was less obvious but it’s more so now. My guess is that the actors hit that adolescent growth spurt, so they’re older and bigger in real life than the characters are meant to be. But they were a fun element to the show. ? I’m not sure which episodes you just watched, but both of them were in the one broadcast last night, the most recent. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/349 "2022-08-18T14:15:10Z")
I don’t suppose you read the first sentence of the post you partially quoted, in which I said I “started to watch (but didn’t finish yet) the tenth episode this week”? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/350 "2022-08-18T14:17:10Z")
From imdb: Season 2, episode 10 > [@](#): > > Asta learned that Harry has wiped her memories of killing a man, and confronts him about. Ben admits to his wife that he’s afraid of everything, and she’s a thing. Sahar finds the alien baby and the new form it’s taken on, and brings in Max to help her with it. > **["Resident Alien" The Ghost of Bobby Smallwood (TV Episode 2022) ⭐ 7.3 |...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21222004/)** > > 44m | TV-14 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/351 "2022-08-18T20:08:39Z")
Max and Sihar had a ton of screen time in the first 5 episodes of this season - first Max was on Harry’s ship, which was why he had to return, then there was the whole plot where Max stole the alien ball and started going through early puberty, then there was the Family day episode where Harry kidnapped the dog Sihar was dogsitting to blackmail them into returning the ball. They weren’t in episodes 6-8 because as you said, 6 & 7 were Harry & Asta in New York, then 8 was when they returned and it went immediately to the surprise birthday party at Harry’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/352 "2022-08-18T22:55:04Z")
This is the rare show where I actually LIKE the kids, and look forward to them being on the show. Great casting, and they’re well-utilized. Last night I was thinking, “haven’t seen the kids in awhile, where are they?” and literally the next scene, they’re back. With what they’re up to now, I expect to see a lot of them for the rest of the season. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/353 "2022-08-18T23:12:55Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > With what they’re up to now, I expect to see a lot of them for the rest of the season. Yes, particularly if the alien baby can change human-form at will. Max’s special ability (to see aliens as they are) will be very useful. And I hope they will address the question of whether not Max can see the OTHER type of aliens: the ones with the nictating extra eyelids. (I’ve enjoyed the new episodes, but as always: we need more Harry and less of the other characters. My interest in the mayor and his wife, for example, is waning fast, as much as I do like Max.) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/354 "2022-08-19T01:09:55Z")
I enjoyed the touch of Warren Zevon. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/355 "2022-08-19T01:41:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My guess is that the actors hit that adolescent growth spurt, so they’re older and bigger in real life than the characters are meant to be That’s definitely the case for Sahar. She much have grown 5 or 6 inches since the last season. Max, not so much, so it’s really noticeable when you see them together. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/356 "2022-08-19T03:49:12Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’ve enjoyed the new episodes, but as always: we need more Harry and less of the other characters. My interest in the mayor and his wife, for example, is waning fast, as much as I do like Max. Yes, and the Quirky Cops are _too_ quirky. I think that the show would be better if the side characters were played straight/realistic. Big Black and White are basically sitcom characters. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/357 "2022-08-19T23:54:52Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yes, and the Quirky Cops are _too_ quirky. I think that the show would be better if the side characters were played straight/realistic. Big Black and White are basically sitcom characters. - I agree with this, though I will take _that_ pair over the ‘marriage woes’ pair. ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/358 "2022-12-11T14:24:43Z")
So I finally finished season 2. I’m very glad there will be a season 3. I now also have Peacock for a year for only $20. Worth it I guess. I like the quicky cops. The Sherriff is so batshit crazy it helps cover for all the weird things Harry does. Harry is only the second weirdest resident. I also dislike most of the time spent on Mayor & wife. The mayor in particular is the only really bad character on the show. I wonder if it is strictly the script or the actor? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/359 "2022-12-12T00:40:39Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The mayor in particular is the only really bad character on the show. I wonder if it is strictly the script or the actor? I’ve been wondering the same thing. ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/360 "2022-12-12T01:49:37Z")
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