4 Seasons With the Best Alien Doctor on Television

Four seasons as acting coach on Resident Alien — 4 seasons of watching Alan Tudyk do something that no one else on earth could possibly do. I say that without any exaggeration. This show is a masterpiece, and the heartbeat of it is one of the most gifted comedic-dramatic performers working today.

Created and showrun by Chris Sheridan (a Family Guy veteran who adapted the Dark Horse comic with such care and wit), executive produced alongside Robert Duncan McNeill, Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, and Nastaran Dibai — this was a production that punched so far above its weight, week after week, on Syfy.

Beyond Alan, the ensemble — Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, and the rest of the Patience, Colorado crew — created something genuinely special. The show knew when to be hilarious, when to be surprisingly tender, and when to absolutely floor you with a plot twist. I came in as an acting coach, and I left as a full-fledged Resident Alien superfan. No apologies.