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Resident Alien. Asta and D’Arcy take a drastic step in an attempt to get Harry back on track.
- March 13, 2024
- 44 min
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Lovebird is the thirty-first episode of the science fiction comedy television series Resident Alien and the fifth episode of the third season. It premiered on March 13, 2024.
Asta and D'arcy take a drastic step in an attempt to get Harry back on track.
Smitten with a bird
Joseph Rainier stands in front of a lake. He walks into it, clutching Harry Vanderspeigle's alien ball. He uses it to make the water bubble, gasping intensely as water pours from him. He drops it into the water and bursts, becoming water himself. He reappears, steps forward and picks it up. From behind him, a pair of Grey aliens appear. They tell him that the ball is organic and can only be controlled by Harry. "Bring him to us," they tell him. The outline of their spaceship appears in the sky above. Heather, the Blue Avian, has taken Harry out for a flight. The two of them soar above New York, Harry commenting on how the humans look like ants. "Our life is better than yours in every way!" shouts Heather, as Harry thinks that attraction is simple physics. He states that he and Heather feel a strong pull. Back in Patience, they discover a new pet shop and release a bunch of birds. In Harry's cabin, they watch a documentary about bird dances. Harry then strips off his shirt and performs a dance himself. Harry thinks to himself that he doesn't even mind that Heather never showers and just splashes in a kiddie pool. At Joe's Diner, Asta asks Dan if he's seen Harry, that she hasn't been able to reach him. He tells her he hasn't for a couple days and it's been a good thing, that he actually gets to sell his pies for a change. "You expecting Jay's mom?" he asks her, seeing her sitting at a table. Asta goes to her, explaining that Jay had asked if she could stay with her for a while. She tells her that she didn't say yes, that she wouldn't without talking to her first, not after what she did before. She hands Asta some medications, and also a retainer that Jay never remembers to never wear at night. She says that Jay already told her. Asta asks if there's something going on and she tells her that Jay is just mad that she told her she can't blow off college to explore the world. Asta agrees she totally backed her up and she tells her Jay has a new girlfriend and it's all about that, but she can do it after she gets a degree. She tells her she'd rather see her with her while she's waiting for acceptance letters. "I'm happy she has you," she tells her, warning her to not let her borrow her phone charger. At the Patience Health Clinic, Harry sings love songs about Heather and thoroughly confuses Ellen Cho by actually being nice to her for once. Asta tells him she's been trying to reach him for three days. He tells her that he's been having so much intercourse with Heather and she should lock her car doors. She starts to tell him that Sheriff Mike and Deputy Liv have been researching the Alien Tracker's van, then realizes what he just told her. Moving along, she tells him that Mike and Liv are going to realize he was with Peter Bach before he died, but Harry calls it impossible, saying that he used wet wipes to clean it. He asks her where the van is and if it's locked. She tells him he's not having sex in the van. He says he forgot to clean her car. She calls it gross and he tells her to chill out and be more like Heather, pulling out a feather and sniffing it. She says she's stressed about the end of the world, but she's happy he's happy. She says he can have a girlfriend and work on the mission, that life is about balance. He tells her he will visit Mike and Liv and make sure they know nothing. He suggests that she invite him and Heather to dinner so she can meet her. She agrees.
"A roast chick... beef"
At the Patience Sheriff's Office, Mike and Liv discover the notebook that they found in the secret compartment in Peter Bach's van. The contents appear to be some sort of extremely advanced chemical formula. They agree that they don't know what it is, but that it's important enough to kill over. Harry enters, claiming he was checking up on Deputy Fred and thought he'd see his old friends. As they make small talk, he thinks that they have not arrested him yet and he is therefore safe. Mike comments that he must know chemistry, showing him the formula. "Where did you get this?" he asks and Mike asks why he's asking, what it is. Harry thinks to himself that it is a compound with an alien element, one used by the Greys. He tells Mike, however, that it's sugar. When Mike points out that it's rather long for sugar, Harry claims that it's a special sugar, the kind used to make chocolate sauce that traps ice cream in a hard shell. Liv tells Mike that Harry is joking. "Making a joke and definitely not memorizing this formula with my eyes," agrees Harry. He thinks to himself that the formula may be the key to the Greys' plan. At Asta and D'arcy's apartment, D'arcy asks why they are supporting Harry dating Heather when they need him to save the Earth. Asta says that he can do both, that they should let him have some fun. D'arcy says that they aren't having fun, that they're choosing to be single till they finish the mission. There is a knock on the door and Harry and Heather arrive. "What is that smell?" asks Heather and D'arcy describes the dinner in detail, finishing by saying that made a roast chick... beef. It is, however, too late. "How dare you?" asks Harry, asking if she cooked a bird carcass. Asta apologizes, telling her that they don't normally have bird guests and weren't thinking. "It's an honest mistake," Heather tells her and Harry pulls out some birdseed, saying it's lucky they brought their own food. Asta comments that she hears they've been having a lot of fun. "I love your car. Smells like pine," agrees Heather. Asta notes that the portal is fixed, so she probably has to get back to work soon. "We'll be going pretty soon," agrees Heather. "We?" asks Asta and Harry tells her that they're both leaving, that they're moving to her home planet. Asta asks about his mission and Heather asks if she means the one about stopping the Greys. "She knows?!" asks Asta, incredulous, and Harry says that they don't keep secrets from one another like humans do. Heather says that they tell each other everything, bringing up personal stuff about Harry and Asta. D'arcy asks what Harry mentioned about him, but Heather says that Harry didn't say anything about her, but did mention that Mayor Ben had been abducted by the Greys. Asta and D'arcy are both shocked by this, but Harry tells them not to worry, that they bring him back every time and he remembers nothing. Asta asks why he didn't tell them and he says it's privileged information between a patient and a doctor and an Avian. D'arcy says that there's no way he can leave now, that he has to stay and get rid of the Greys. He says that he doesn't, that he just needs to give General McCallister what she needs to defeat them. Heather passes Harry a note and they kiss. She caws at him and he gobbles like a turkey. They start full-on making out and Asta and D'arcy are left stunned and staring. Heather says she has to go the bathroom, and Harry agrees he will chaperone her "like a human male in a false show of protection." "What the hell?!" asks Asta after they are gone and D'arcy says they have to tell Ben. Asta, however, tells her that they can't, that it'll expose Harry. She pleads with D'arcy to promise not to tell him. She agrees, as more bird noises come from the bathroom. D'arcy says that she's going to use the gym.
Liv's woes
At the Hawthorne family home, Kate finds Max and Ben in front of a model suspension bridge. She asks what they're up to and Ben says that he's helping Max to build a model suspension bridge for his science project. He calls it a good way to spend time together, but Kate points out that he's not actually helping him, that Max is just standing there reading a comic book. Kate tells him to get to work. He complains that he had a project which Ben threw out, and Ben says that said "project" was literally a bag of moldy bread. Kate tells Max to make his own project, one that makes more effort than watching something rot. Max threatens her with a website where you can rate teachers, but she calls his bluff, saying she already has the worst rating in the school. Ben tells Kate he didn't want Max to be picked on for bringing in moldy bread, but she tells him they'd just think he was cool for not caring about science class, unless they're nerds. He asks if she's ever considered taking a sabbatical from teaching. "Every day," she tells him. That evening, D'arcy has a nightmare about the camping trip in which Ben was first abducted. In the morning, she tells D'arcy that if Harry can have a bird over, she should be allowed to have a cat. Asta points out that she's not allergic to birds. "At least cats don't have sex in your car," she shoots back. Asta says that Goliath was clear that Harry and General McCallister have to save the Earth together, that they can't leave. D'arcy says they have to break up him and Heather. Asta says that Harry is like a teenager in heat and they have to get rid of her. D'Aarcy asks how big a snake they need. Asta says they have to talk with Heather and make her break up with him. "Snake as backup," agrees D'arcy. The doorbell rings and Asta asks D'arcy what she would think of Jay moving in. She asks who's at the door and Asta tells her that it's a funny story, that Jay asked to move in and she got excited and agreed to it without talking to her first. D'arcy opens the door. "Hey, Jay, we're getting a cat," she tells her. Sheriff Mike and Deputy Liv emerge from the ice cream shop, where Mike got an ice cream to test Harry's chocolate assertion. They discover Deputy Liv's vehicle, covered in balloons with cartoony alien faces. On the windshield is a note reading "PATIENCE ISN'T SAFE WITH DEPUTY 'BEAM-ME-UP' BAKER IN CHARGE!" Mike takes it, telling her not to listen to it, that they're mistaken if they think she's in charge. He says he found a chemistry professor and they can check with him to see if he recognizes the formula. She shakes her head and tells him no. He asks what she means and she says that the note is right, that people are in danger because of her. She says that she led people to their death, like Dr. Beasley. She continues that if she hadn't contacted Peter, he never would have come and would still be alive, that everyone she involves gets hurt. She tells him he's better handling it on his own, getting in the car and taking off over his protests. He shouts that he's not going to save her any of the ice cream. As Mike walks off, he is approached by Detective Lena Torres. He asks if everything's okay. She tells him to tell her, that she kept tabs on the woman whose prints he asked her to run and saw she was murdered. She says she knew he would just say he was fine if she called, or not pick up at all. He agrees he deserves that and she tells him that where there's smoke, there's fire. She asks if he knows what he's getting himself into. He tells her he appreciates it, but she doesn't have to worry. She says she would for any colleague. He asks how she and her son are. "Okay," she tells him.
Starring:
•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 Mayor Ben Hawthorne
Watch Lovebird (Season 3, Episode 5) of Resident Alien or get episode details on NBC.com.
Mar 13, 2024 · Lovebird: Directed by Andrew Seklir. With Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund. Harry and Heather draw closer and plan to leave Earth together, leaving the planet at the Greys' mercy.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Andrew Seklir
- 2024-03-13
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