Resident Alien (2021)

Synopsis

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?”

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Where to watch

Stream

• Netflix
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• Peacock Premium Plus

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Streaming availability via JustWatch

Cast

• Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle
• Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees
• Corey Reynolds as Mike Thompson
• Alice Wetterlund as D'Arcy Bloom
• Levi Fiehler as Ben Hawthorne
• Elizabeth Bowen as Liv Baker
• Meredith Garretson as Kate Hawthorne
• Judah Prehn as Max Hawthorne
• Gary Farmer as Dan Twelvetrees
• Jenna Lamia as Judy Cooper

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