# 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:** 8
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/141 "2021-03-02T14:56:24Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > I took that as her making a joke about the Mistaken Identity, not an admission that she was literally trying to disguise herself as a server. If she was trying to eavesdrop, her method seems a bit odd. Harry sees her by herself, away from any of the guest, and approaches her to chat her up. Although I suppose that might be what she was trying to do, just hanging around her painting on the off chance someone would wander by and comment on it. It’s not how I took the scene when I watched it, but it’s definitely not a hill I want to die on. So having watched the scene a 5th time, I think Isabelle intentionally caught Harry’s eye to get him to come back to the painting because she knew he was one of the bidders, not just because she thought he was attractive. I think she was possibly trying to track down all the bidders and get their opinion - maybe she wanted to know whether they were bidding purely because of the charity aspect and didn’t give a damn about the painting, or if they truly liked it? Maybe she was going to try to encourage bidders to outbid each other. But her “Oh, you’re Harry Vander - what’s it?” was a little too forced - I think she knew exactly who he was. She certainly knew that Harry Vanderspiegle was the 2nd highest bidder - she told him “Some bastard outbid you” without even looking at the bid sheet again. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/142 "2021-03-02T15:44:03Z")
She gives me a stalkery vibe. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/143 "2021-03-02T16:32:48Z")
Yeah, her immediate reaction to finding the locked door in the cabin was to take the door off the hinges, not wait for Harry to get home (or go into town) and ask for the key. Same with the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/144 "2021-03-02T17:03:15Z")
That is more than a _little_ creepy. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/145 "2021-03-04T05:42:49Z")
This is fork in the neck. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/146 "2021-03-04T23:46:59Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > This is fork in the neck. . So great. Of course Alan Tudyk’s performance is getting a lot of attention, as well it should. But the writing is also frequently very, very delightful. “Scotland needs mayors!” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/147 "2021-03-05T02:45:45Z")
So at least now we know what the “agents” and the general are. And I don’t know if it’s significant but the actor who plays Ethan Stone, the new doctor, played an alien disguised as a human in the TBS series [People of Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_Earth). ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/148 "2021-03-05T13:14:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Ethan Stone, New Doc is **[Michael Cassidy](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1746980/)** ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/149 "2021-03-05T13:29:13Z")
Right. Ethan Stone is the name of the character. Michael Cassidy is the name of the actor. Did you notice I said, “the actor who plays Ethan Stone”? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/150 "2021-03-05T13:30:27Z")
No, I didn’t. My bad. Apologies. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/151 "2021-03-05T14:47:04Z")
I’m going to try Harry’s seductive talk on my wife this weekend. Though I’ll leave out the sedatives. And maybe “haunches”. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So at least now we know what the “agents” and the general are. Some of knew 2 weeks ago… ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/152 "2021-03-05T14:49:23Z")
Well, it was still ambiguous two weeks ago. Right now it’s looking like “Harry” is the only non-human character, though that may change. Perhaps at the end of the last episode “Harry” meets another of his species, perhaps sent to check on why the humans aren’t all dead yet? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/153 "2021-03-05T15:15:56Z")
I’m just kidding around with you (since I was right) but honestly I never thought it was particularly ambiguous. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/154 "2021-03-05T15:20:06Z")
They seemed awfully blasé about finding a corpse floating in air like that. Most humans aren’t used to such things. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/155 "2021-03-05T15:53:03Z")
I liked the self-repairing ship parts. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/156 "2021-03-05T16:02:43Z")
Except humans specifically searching for a crashed UFO and associated aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/157 "2021-03-05T18:07:48Z")
I’m assuming something bad happened to the general’s father back in the opening. She seems too obsessed and vengeful for someone who merely had a close encounter 50 years ago. Did I miss dad falling off the lighthouse or an abduction or something? ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/158 "2021-03-05T18:26:12Z")
I don’t think so. IIRC, we saw Young General out on the widow’s walk taking Polaroids, the father go out to grab her, and then the viewpoint going back inside the lighthouse to focus on a Polaroid on the floor showing the spacecraft, with Young General and her father out of focus in the background. Which is common cinematic framing for something gruesome going on in the out of focus background, but I don’t think we actually saw or heard any indicators of what if anything was going on. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/159 "2021-03-05T18:29:06Z")
I think we were meant to focus on the Polaroid on the floor so that when the general pulled one out of her pocket at the end, we connected the two. I don’t think anything regarding the father’s fate was suggested. I think the general is just obsessed with proving that she really did see an alien craft as a child. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719/160 "2021-03-05T18:50:51Z")
Harry did say that the greys have an ass fetish, so maybe her father got probed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719.md?page=9)