Since the show began in 2021,Resident Alienhas cultivated a dedicated following.

The show’s third run of episodes greatly differed from the previous two and for more reasons than one.

As a result, the quality dipped a little.

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However, two episodes promise that the project’s future is looking far brighter than its most recent offering.

Before these two installments, the previous six had felt like a departure from the show’s high standards.

WhileResident Alienseason 1 consisted of 10 episodes, the following run boasted a total of 16 installments.

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Unfortunately,Resident Alienseason 3’s episode count was cut from 12 to 8.

Sheridan discussed the challenge in an interview withCBR.

“It was hard, especially since we started at 12.

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A television adaptation of the comic book series, Resident Alien is a sci-fi comedy that stars Alan Tudyk as an alien who crashes on Earth with one mission - destroy humanity to save the planet. When Tudyk’s character takes the identity of a doctor, he arrives at a small town and begins to act the role preparing his plan. As time passes, he develops human emotions against his will - but his plans are further complicated when he meets the son of the mayor - who can see his actual appearance.

We had to pick and choose our moves.

The downside is that there were some things that were a little bit rushed.”

However, it doesn’t all come together until deep inResident Alienseason 3.

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If season 4 wastes these storylines, it will make the season 3 two-part finale seem much less effective.

Presumably, the scripts are either finished by now, or they are very close.

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