Alan Tudyk on Resident Alien Season 2 and What It’s Really Like Talking to an Empty Fish Tank

With Syfy’s hit series Resident Alien Season 2 now airing and streaming on Peacock, I recently spoke with Alan Tudyk about what fans can expect in the new season. If you’ve never seen the fun show, Resident Alien follows an alien (Tudyk) who comes to our planet to destroy all humans but stays undercover as a small-town Colorado doctor when he realizes it won’t be an easy job. The series is based on the Dark Horse comic book series by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, and adapted for television by five-time Emmy nominee Chris Sheridan, who has written for Family Guy and Living Single. Aside from Tudyk, Resident Alien also features Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn, and Elizabeth Bowen. During the interview, Tudyk talked about what he learned making the first season that he took with him to Season 2, what the new season is about, how he can go really big on the show, his reaction when he found out the second season would be extended to sixteen episodes, and what it’s