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Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Season Three Finale of ‘Resident Alien’. To revisit Season Three’s Penultimate Episode, click here.
More often than not, television shows that harbor some kind of a running message or examine unique corners of the human condition, have a tendency to put their messages and their explorations aside when the season finale arrives and understandably so. After all, this is a television show, and it is undoubtedly working toward some kind of a big conclusion, one that takes precedence, and the oft epic nature of that… allow for forgiveness from the audience so they can just enjoy what the show has to offer. But what’s fascinating is not every single show subscribes to that particular edict. Some in fact, are eager to continue to explore while they wow the audience, such as Resident Alien on SYFY. For the season three finale of this show, took the time to heal wounds, explore the power of communication, and bravery, and what it means to fight for family. That is of course, after ‘Homecoming’ made it seem as though that wasn’t going to be the case. For early on, it really did seem as though epic was going to be the focus. After all, D’arcy made it to Yellowstone with the bomb and was aboard the ship and ready to detonate and back in Patience, Harry and Asta came to learn that the plan was about to go down in a matter of hours, from their new ally… Joseph. Who turned on the Greys when he learned that he was basically expendable to them and well, they all made their way north to save all of humanity. Which did bring about some epic battles for certain. The kind that saw Joseph take on hybrids to stop the water plan cold, and once that was done… he was able to return to Patience and face great odds courtesy of General Wright and her RoboTracker. Which brought about a fight that ended in disaster when Peter remembered the truth about his past, and the epic didn’t end there. After all, there was a fight for the ages above in the ship. One that saw Bridget and Harry jack some Greys up in the most hilarious manner possible before ugly defeat came forth. One that seemingly cost Harry everything and left him traumatized. Giving rise to the reminder that the heroes don’t always perfectly win the day. Sometimes… they just get a little bit ahead as they did here. But in the midst of all of that… were the beautiful moments in question. ![]()
After all, there was a little downtime before the fight got underway on the ship and that allowed for Asta and D’arcy to reconcile and find peace again. By coming to understand how their flaws can also be their biggest strengths, and that their bond was mattered more than anything else. Not to mention, down on terra firma, Mike finally stepped into the realm of emotional maturity to set up a healthy relationship with a woman he cared deeply for, and finally came face to face with incontrovertible truth about how there is life out there. But the centerpiece of those moments, revolved around the Hawthorne family, who took big steps to bring their baby girl home and to claim agency. Ben handled the latter since he had his tracker removed and Kate… well she kept hers to get up there one last time, and she fought alongside D’arcy to bring her little one home.
Which by the way, was a successful mission. Since D’arcy saved the baby and returned her home and found peace and that was made those little moments so great. Since they all spoke to the characters doing the absolute most to heal, to find peace and to understand the benefits of being brave of being bold in life. Plus, this was a fine reminder that we should risk it all for family because we only get one. And that made this quite the lovely season finale. One that brought home a tough year of storytelling, one designed to basically teach us about the ups and downs of life, and how we survive them and come out of them a better person, and of course… this is also a story that just so happened to harbor a few surprises along the way. Since Liv and Peter met in the woods after Peter escaped the General’s clutches. Plus, General Wright made the bold gambit of opening a portal as part of her quest to save humanity from the aliens of the universe. And of course… we also came to learn that Harry… isn’t Harry. Instead, this morose doctor is a Mantid, and the real Harry is sitting in a cell on the Moon, waiting for a way out and well… that’s about as epic a cliffhanger as it gets. One that we cannot wait see resolved, and hopefully we get a season four announcement soon. So that we can see how Harry escapes, how that nasty Mantid gets handled and to enjoy… more of this beautiful and funny series about the human condition, and its fallacies and its wonders and how every last bit of it is worth celebrating. Until next time. Watch ‘Resident Alien’
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