Warning! This article contains spoilers for Resident Alien Season 4, Episode 6.
Resident Alien season 4’s episode 6 gets deep emotionally and drives the narrative forward with dramatic and powerful reveals. As usual, the Alan Tudyk-led sci-fi comedy series is incredibly funny, but this episode is not for the faint of heart. With major developments and heartfelt emotional beats, Resident Alien pushes the limits of what has been possible for the series up to this point.
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Resident Alien season 4, episode 5 delivers one of the best entries in the new season so far, with big reveals and even bigger laughs throughout.
Sheriff Mike, Deputy Liv, Mayor Ben, and Kate have finally revealed their mutual belief in aliens to one another, and they combine their investigative efforts. Meanwhile, Harry was abducted in the middle of enjoying pie at the café, leading to him being interrogated by a powerful alien authority. Amidst all this drama, D’Arcy hits an emotional low after failing her best friend, which makes her rethink everything.
Resident Alien Season 4, Episode 6 Pulls At The Heartstrings
While Resident Alien is very comfortable leaning into absurdist humor and playing up goofiness for laughs, it’s episodes like this that show just how powerful the writing can be, and the depth of the connections between the characters and audience. By all accounts, Harry Vanderspeigle is not particularly nice. But after embracing his human side, the character experiences incredible growth that doesn’t feel silly or undeserved.
Resident Alien season 4, episode 6 is incredibly effective and an all-around stunning piece of television.
Meanwhile, D’Arcy, who has been a lively and fun character from the start, begins to acknowledge a well of pain and suffering that exists beneath her unserious attitude. Every element of this episode is heart-wrenching; it soars to incredible highs and sinks to painful lows, but throughout it all, it hits home.
In short, this may be one of the best episodes of the series, not just the season. It gives space for the wonderful cast to really showcase how talented they are beyond delivering hilarious comedy beats. Resident Alien season 4, episode 6 is incredibly effective and an all-around stunning piece of television.
Harry Will Finally Get His Alien Form Back, Assuming The Executor Agrees
While the first third of the season slowly laid the building blocks for the season’s biggest developments, episode 6 races to put everything in place with exciting results. The Mantid appears to have survived his earlier attack, and he has the means to take over the planet. And Harry is within reach of getting his alien form back. However, all that stands in his way is the executor (who’s Harry’s father), who chooses when to give it to him.
Resident Alien season 4, episode 6 has it all, and it deserves to be acknowledged as one of the best episodes of the series.
As much as Harry has grown a soul and become a caring father, the rest of his race appears to have very different family values. All of these narratives are on a collision course, which adds to the drama and excitement for the upcoming episodes as the season moves toward what promises to be an incredibly packed ending.
With the pace picking up, the writing continues to deliver laugh-out-loud moments, such as aliens incorrectly assessing human anatomy during Harry’s big speech, and deeply moving ones, with a heart-to-heart between Harry and D’Arcy that is incredibly vulnerable. Resident Alien season 4, episode 6 has it all, and it deserves to be acknowledged as one of the best episodes of the series.
Resident Alien season 4 airs weekly every Friday at 11pm ET on Syfy and USA Network.
Resident Alien Season 4, Episode 6
10/10
- Release Date
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January 27, 2021
- Network
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USA Network, SyFy
- Showrunner
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Chris Sheridan
- Directors
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Robert Duncan McNeill, Shannon Kohli, Brennan Shroff, Lea Thompson, Kabir Akhtar, Alan Tudyk, Claudia Yarmy, Jay Chandrasekhar, Jennifer Phang, Warren P. Sonoda
- Writers
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Nastaran Dibai, Sarah Beckett, Jenna Lamia, Christian Taylor, Emily Eslami, Donald Todd, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Njeri Brown, Aaron Wiener, Biniam Bizuneh
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Sara Tomko
Asta Twelvetrees
- Resident Alien continues to deliver laugh-out-loud comedy.
- It also pulls off deeply emotional, moving scenes that don’t feel out of place.
- Incredible pacing, balance, and drama throughout.
