S01E01 Pilot
Stranded in the town of Patience, Colorado, an alien inhabits the body of Dr. Harry Venderspeigle — but one resident can see past his façade.
Resident Alien
Beam this up.
Overview
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”
Episodes
S01E02 Homesick
In his first week at the clinic, Harry struggles to diagnose a strange feeling: human emotion.
S01E03 Secrets
Harry races to keep his secret safe as Asta is forced to face her own past.
S01E04 Birds of a Feather
Harry travels to the Ute Reservation to help Asta's grandmother, and along the way, learns what it means to belong to a community.
S01E05 Love Language
A surprise visitor gives Harry an introduction to marriage, a stressful human institution he needs to familiarize himself with.
S01E06 Sexy Beast
Harry copes with jealousy when the mayor hires an annoyingly perfect new town doctor.
S01E07 The Green Glow
After he makes a mess of his human life, a depressed Harry gets drunk. Liv quits the force when Mike fails to credit her for solving a crime.
S01E08 End of the World as We Know It
Asta saves a badly injured Harry after they fall into a glacial crevasse — and in the process learns a shocking secret.
S01E09 Welcome Aliens
To repair his planet-killing device, Harry visits an alien convention to harvest implants from UFO abductees. Mike asks Liv to rejoin the department.
S01E10 Heroes of Patience
Brokenhearted when Asta ends their friendship after discovering the real Harry’s fate, the alien decides to fulfill his original mission.
Cast
Alan Tudyk
Harry Vanderspeigle
Sara Tomko
Asta Twelvetrees
Corey Reynolds
Mike Thompson
Alice Wetterlund
D'Arcy Bloom
Levi Fiehler
Ben Hawthorne
Elizabeth Bowen
Liv Baker
Meredith Garretson
Kate Hawthorne
Judah Prehn
Max Hawthorne
