The popular web series Resident Alien: Season 3 is based on the same-named Dark Horse comic series. Chris Sheridan came up with the TV show Resident Alien. Tudyk plays the main character on the show, an alien who crashes on Earth. The alien’s main goal is to kill everyone on Earth. Tudyk’s alien takes on the identity of a doctor named Harry Vanderspiegel to help him do his job. But as the show goes on, the main character starts to question whether it’s right to destroy an entire civilization. By the second season, Tudyk’s character is defending Earth from his own race, which has come to take over the planet after he failed.
Resident Alien’s first season premiered in 2021, and the second season aired in 2022. Fans of Resident Alien are very happy that there will be a third season and would like to know more about it. We know how excited you are, so here is everything you need to know about season 3 of Resident Alien.
Resident Alien Season 3 Renewal Status
Yes, it’s official that Syfy has picked up Resident Alien for a third season, which will start in July 2022 and have 12 episodes. The news about the renewal comes before the second half of Season 2 of Resident Alien, which is set to start on August 10, 2022. The news was also posted on the show’s official Twitter account, which said, “ICYMI – @ResidentAlien will be BACK for Season 3!”
Resident Alien Storyline
Resident Alien is based on a comic book series with the same name. It is about an alien who wants to kill all humans. After a crash landing on Earth, the show starts. An alien sent to kill everyone kills and takes the form of a pathology doctor on vacation. He is requested to do an autopsy on the town’s dead doctor, whose death is still a mystery. He has to deal with both the moral dilemma of his secret mission and the fact that the mayor’s young son can see him for who he really is. Season 2 of Resident Alien ends with some big questions that will be answered in Season 3.
Resident Alien Season 3 Cast
- Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle
- Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees
- Corey Reynolds as Sheriff Mike Thompson
- Alice Wetterlund as D’Arcy Bloom
- Levi Fiehler as Ben Hawthorne
- Judah Prehn as Max Hawthorne
- Elizabeth Bowen as Deputy Olivia “Liv” Baker
- Meredith Garretson as Kate Hawthorne
- Gracelyn Awad Rinke is Sahar.
- Gary Farmer as Dan Twelvetrees
- Diana Bang as Nurse Ellen Cho
- Ben Cotton as Jimmy
- Kaylayla Raine as Jay
- Deborah Finkel as Abigail Hodges
- Mandell Maughan as Agent Lisa Casper
- Alex Barima as Lieutenant David Logan
- Jenna Lamia as Judy Cooper
- Sarah Podemski as Kayla
- Elvy Yost as Isabelle
Resident Alien Season 3 Plot
Even though Tudyk says that filming for Resident Alien season 3 could start in January, it should be noted that he also said in the same interview that he hadn’t seen any scripts for the next season. With just over three months left, showrunner Chris Sheridan and the writer’s room still have plenty of time to finish writing the rest of season 3’s scripts. Also, Tudyk’s hint that he has already started making a list of songs to send to Sheridan for possible use in season 3 of Resident Alien shows that he is just as excited to get back to filming the hit Syfy comedy show as fans are as the season 2 finale approaches.
Resident Alien season 3 could have a lot of new actors join the show’s ensemble cast. This is because the current season has opened the door for a lot of new aliens and let people out of military custody. Tudyk recently hinted that he would like to have more of his Firefly co-stars, like Morena Baccarin, make cameos on the show. He even said he had the ideal role in mind for her. In the meantime, the first two seasons of Resident Alien are now available to stream on Peacock.
Resident Alien Season 2 Recap
The first season of the show started in 2021 and got great reviews and ratings. During its ten episodes, the first two seasons of Resident Alien had a good number of viewers and good reviews from critics. Season 2 of Resident Alien had about 16 episodes. It also got its first nomination for a Saturn Award and was up for Best Cable Comedy Series at the Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards.
After the first part of season 2 was a hit, Resident Alien has been picked up for a third season. Still, critics didn’t like the second half of the season, so there will only be eight episodes in Season 3 instead of the 12 that were originally planned.
Resident Alien Season 3 Release Date
The Syfy network hasn’t said when Resident Alien: Season 3 will come out for sure. But on the plus side, we know that the next season will have 12 episodes, and it is likely that production will start on time as it did for the last two seasons. So, fans can be sure that the next season won’t be late and will come out sooner than they thought because the network made the renewal announcement on time.
If we had to guess, we would say it would come out in early 2023. Based on how the dates for the last season worked out, the series will probably start airing around January 2023. Also, we want to stress that all of this is just a guess at this point. Because of this, the official release dates will be published and confirmed by the Syfy network in the coming months. Fans should keep an eye out for this.