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The closer alien Harry gets to putting his ship back together to complete his mission — and yes, he is still focused on wiping out the human race — the good people of Patience, and some others not-so-local, are getting closer to unmasking the alien in their midst.
In Harry’s favor, the mayor has finally hired a new doctor, freeing up his time to search the wilderness before the Spring thaw. Working against is his own ego, now feeling a bit under-appreciated because (1) the new doctor is impossibly handsome and intelligent and (2) Isabelle, whom Harry has taken to drugging now just to get her out of the way so he can do his thing. To make matters worse, even though she sees Harry is a completely different person, she thinks moving back to New York City is what’s best for them as a couple. Harry’s response that he hates New York is a surprise to Isabelle, but he gives her a very blunt reason to which she can’t really argue: 9/11. Wow.
Harry is also feeling a bit smug after the sheriff reveals Sam was indeed murdered, with Dr. Stone confirming what Harry’s been saying all along — Sam was poisoned and attempted a self-tracheotomy. Of course Harry had to remind everyone that’s what he said weeks ago before making his exit to freedom from the clinic. But the news of the missing prescription pad becomes a thorn in Asta’s side after she gave the sheriff a list of people who had access to Sam’s office. Except she conveniently left Jay’s name off the list, prompting Deputy Liv to let Asta know it only makes Jay look more suspicious. But it seems Asta knows who the real culprit is — Jimmy. Jimmy used to play cards with Sam while he waited for her to get off work, so she’s pretty sure Jimmy is the one who palmed the pad, with an elaborate system in place to get the high school kids their supplies. But will Asta give this info to the sheriff, who’s busy playing Good Cop/Bad Cop by himself as he makes Liv wait in the hallway for him? For what it’s worth, she actually gets more information about ‘The Pharmacist’ than the sheriff does, and he had to begrudgingly tell her she’s done a good job.
To further damage Sheriff Thompson’s ego, he discovers Liv has her own murder board, one that is much more sophisticated and detailed than hers, and she has a pretty solid theory of how Sam was murdered: the murderer didn’t have to be in the building. Sam had diabetes and would administer himself a shot of insulin when needed. The killer put some botulinum toxin in the insulin and all he, or she, had to do was wait for him to inject it. The insulin was basically a ticking time bomb. And both Thompson and Liv should now immediately go back and look at Sam’s wife because she had the perfect alibi of being out of town when he died. Now we all know she didn’t have to be there. But how long will it take them to piece this together?
Regardless of what’s happening in Patience, it’s what’s happening outside that should really be of concern to Harry. After illegally hiking across a glacier and returned home by D’Arcy (she seems to be a ‘Jill of All Trades’ in this town), Harry was able to find the last piece of his ship and repair it. Now all he has to find is the device to wipe out everyone. But he’s still got some people on his tail that relates back to the opening scene of the episode.
A little girl and her father, living at a lighthouse, are watching Lost in Space on their old console TV. A massive storm rages outside, first interfering with the TV reception, then cutting the power completely. They need to get to the top and get the light fired up but the girl notices something odd — the rain has stopped. Going out on the deck she looks up and sees something massive gliding slowing through the sky over the lighthouse. She snaps Polaroids of the object.
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In the present, or rather a few weeks or months before the start of the series, a soldier, David Logan, is detailing the reports of a UFO to a committee, but the general in charge basically shuts him down and relieves him of his duty. In his car, the general surprises him in the back seat, telling him that she believes him and gives him the mission to find the ship he believes crashed in New Mexico. She also pairs him with Lisa Casper. These are the two we’ve seen previously, unaware they were standing right next to the alien they were looking for.
In New Mexico, they arrive at the crash site but there’s no ship. Lisa is frustrated with David and tosses something toward the spot where the ship should be … and there is a metallic thunk. David sprays the area with foam and there is indeed a cloaked ship sitting there in plain sight. Taking the ship back to a warehouse, the general shows up and sees an empty room, thinking her time has been wasted. But turning on some ultraviolet lights reveals the full ship. General McCallister is in awe. She approaches the ship, touching it … and pulls out an old Polaroid. She was the little girl at the lighthouse.
Back at the crash site, Harry has arrived unaware that there are some snipers laying in wait for an alien. They are confused by the appearance of this man in the middle of nowhere but when he begins to realize his ship is missing, his actions clue them in and some cars come rolling into the landing area, trapping Harry. This isn’t going to end well for someone.
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Resident Alien airs Wednesday at 10:00 PM on Syfy.
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