Resident Alien
Director(s)David Dobkin
Production year2021
Genre(s)Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Approx. running minutes44m
Resident Alien
RESIDENT ALIEN is a comedy drama series; in this episode, an extra-terrestrial tries to pass himself off as the local do ...
RESIDENT ALIEN is a comedy drama series; in this episode, an extra-terrestrial tries to pass himself off as the local doctor in a small US town.
strong language, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of violence including choking, with some accompanying bloody images. There are also scenes of domestic abuse, including a man beating a woman before another character intervenes.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'douchebag', 'dick', and 'shit'.
additional issues
A dead body is examined during an autopsy, with sight of stab wounds. There are scenes of moderate threat and horror. There are also moderate sex references and rude humour, and suicide references. There is a running joke involving a black sheriff who asks to be known as 'Big Black', to the discomfort of townspeople.
moderate bad language, sex references, violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a comic sequence in which an alien plots various ways to kill a child.
language
There is moderate bad language ('whore', 'slut', 'skank', 'douchebag') as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', and 'tit', and rude gestures.
sex
There are moderate sex references and innuendo.
injury detail
There are occasional bloody images, which occur in a medical context. There is also brief sight of the skeletal remains of a climber.
moderate bad language, sex references, violence, gory images, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is brief moderate violence, including people being thrown through windows and neck breaking. There are also some brief bloody images.
language
There is moderate bad language ('prick', 'bitch'), and milder terms including 'dickhead', 'shit', 'asshole', and 'piss'. There is also implied strong language during a scene in which two women are referred to as 'MILFs'.
sex
There are moderate verbal sex references and innuendo.
drugs
A woman confiscates prescription drugs from a youth at a party as she suspects he is using them recreationally.
injury detail
A severed foot and a decomposing body are pulled from a lake.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a passing comic reference to a man who is described as 'handsy'.
moderate sex references, drug references, language, gore, threat, violence
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In the opening recap, a woman punches a man in the neck and kicks him. An alien describes how he would like to kill and eat people, including children.
threat and horror
Two children are knocked out by an energy blast. Upon seeing their unconscious bodies, a man puts the children in duffle bags.
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), implied use of strong language ('f**k') and use of milder terms such as 'asshole', 'shit', 'balls', 'damn' and 'God'.
sex
There are comic references to prostitution, a man's sexual history and, in one scene, there's innuendo over a woman 'whipping' a man.
drugs
There are references to prescription medication being misused at a party.
injury detail
A severed foot is briefly shown; the foot is not particularly blood.
additional issues
There is also rude humour.
moderate bad language, references to sex, drugs and domestic abuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Oblique references are made to a man's history of domestic abuse as a woman warns her former partner's new girlfriend about his behaviour.
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'douchebag', 'son of a bitch', 'balls', 'ass', 'screw', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'damn' and 'God'.
sex
There are references to swinging breasts, erections and thrusting in a comically awkward attempt at verbal foreplay. A police officer makes a comically exaggerated attempt to intimidate a young man suspected of criminal activity by telling him he will be preyed upon in prison. There is a brief, mild sex scene.
drugs
There are references to prescription drug dealing. A man is called "stoner" and "junkie".
additional issues
There are references to illness, including cancer. There is mild threat.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, drug references
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is hit over the head and choked briefly, but without strong detail.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'bastard', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'dick', 'God', 'hell', 'damn' and 'Jesus'.
drugs
A character is asked, "Are you high?" and says that he has smoked "skunk weeds".
additional issues
There are undetailed suicide references in the context of a police investigation. There is a mild, comic sex scene. There is mild rude humour.
moderate sex references, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man is accused of "screwing" another man's wife. A non-human character, awkward with social norms, claims that if he grows a mustache as a disguise he would "have to get a job as a firefighter or a paedophile".
drugs
A group of people smoke from a bong, and are shown behaving in an intoxicated, silly manner in the aftermath of the activity. There are references to getting "high" and to drug dealing.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('son of a bitch', 'bloody', 'ass', 'shit', 'crap', 'damn'). There is mild comic threat.
moderate bad language, sex references
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'asshole', 'freaking', 'jerk', 'hell' and 'Jesus'.
sex
Two women recall their high school days and one reminds the other of a student they both wanted to sleep with: "You grabbed his dick behind my back".
additional issues
There is mild violence and fantastical threat.
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, medical detail
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
An alien describes its fantastical sex life. A woman reports that she has inadvertently touched the alien's penis.
injury detail
A woman cauterises a gash on an alien's leg. She performs a fantastical medical procedure to prevent the alien choking on its own blood. It is implied that a man amputates the alien's leg.
additional issues
There is mild threat and violence.
moderate injury detail, violence, drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of moderate comic violence, including one in which a couple beat a pair of home intruders into submission by hitting them repeatedly with pans, ornaments and furniture, resulting in brief bloody aftermath detail.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘son of a bitch’, ‘asshole’, ‘ass’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘Jesus Christ’ and ‘God’.
drugs
There is a comic reference to misuse of marijuana and pills, which is not condoned.
injury detail
A man handles a discoloured and mildly decomposing corpse, then imagines the corpse coming to life and speaking to him. Another scene features brief sight of a frozen, bloodless severed foot with some bone protruding from the stump.
additional issues
Other issues include mild threat, and infrequent mild sex references.
Classified date25/06/2022
LanguageEnglish
violence
There are scenes of violence including choking, with some accompanying bloody images. There are also scenes of domestic abuse, including a man beating a woman before another character intervenes.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'douchebag', 'dick', and 'shit'.
additional issues
A dead body is examined during an autopsy, with sight of stab wounds. There are scenes of moderate threat and horror. There are also moderate sex references and rude humour, and suicide references. There is a running joke involving a black sheriff who asks to be known as 'Big Black', to the discomfort of townspeople.
strong language, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of violence including choking, with some accompanying bloody images. There are also scenes of domestic abuse, including a man beating a woman before another character intervenes.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'douchebag', 'dick', and 'shit'.
additional issues
A dead body is examined during an autopsy, with sight of stab wounds. There are scenes of moderate threat and horror. There are also moderate sex references and rude humour, and suicide references. There is a running joke involving a black sheriff who asks to be known as 'Big Black', to the discomfort of townspeople.
moderate bad language, sex references, violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a comic sequence in which an alien plots various ways to kill a child.
language
There is moderate bad language ('whore', 'slut', 'skank', 'douchebag') as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', and 'tit', and rude gestures.
sex
There are moderate sex references and innuendo.
injury detail
There are occasional bloody images, which occur in a medical context. There is also brief sight of the skeletal remains of a climber.
moderate bad language, sex references, violence, gory images, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is brief moderate violence, including people being thrown through windows and neck breaking. There are also some brief bloody images.
language
There is moderate bad language ('prick', 'bitch'), and milder terms including 'dickhead', 'shit', 'asshole', and 'piss'. There is also implied strong language during a scene in which two women are referred to as 'MILFs'.
sex
There are moderate verbal sex references and innuendo.
drugs
A woman confiscates prescription drugs from a youth at a party as she suspects he is using them recreationally.
injury detail
A severed foot and a decomposing body are pulled from a lake.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a passing comic reference to a man who is described as 'handsy'.
moderate sex references, drug references, language, gore, threat, violence
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In the opening recap, a woman punches a man in the neck and kicks him. An alien describes how he would like to kill and eat people, including children.
threat and horror
Two children are knocked out by an energy blast. Upon seeing their unconscious bodies, a man puts the children in duffle bags.
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), implied use of strong language ('f**k') and use of milder terms such as 'asshole', 'shit', 'balls', 'damn' and 'God'.
sex
There are comic references to prostitution, a man's sexual history and, in one scene, there's innuendo over a woman 'whipping' a man.
drugs
There are references to prescription medication being misused at a party.
injury detail
A severed foot is briefly shown; the foot is not particularly blood.
additional issues
There is also rude humour.
moderate bad language, references to sex, drugs and domestic abuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Oblique references are made to a man's history of domestic abuse as a woman warns her former partner's new girlfriend about his behaviour.
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'douchebag', 'son of a bitch', 'balls', 'ass', 'screw', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'damn' and 'God'.
sex
There are references to swinging breasts, erections and thrusting in a comically awkward attempt at verbal foreplay. A police officer makes a comically exaggerated attempt to intimidate a young man suspected of criminal activity by telling him he will be preyed upon in prison. There is a brief, mild sex scene.
drugs
There are references to prescription drug dealing. A man is called "stoner" and "junkie".
additional issues
There are references to illness, including cancer. There is mild threat.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, drug references
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is hit over the head and choked briefly, but without strong detail.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'bastard', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'dick', 'God', 'hell', 'damn' and 'Jesus'.
drugs
A character is asked, "Are you high?" and says that he has smoked "skunk weeds".
additional issues
There are undetailed suicide references in the context of a police investigation. There is a mild, comic sex scene. There is mild rude humour.
moderate sex references, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man is accused of "screwing" another man's wife. A non-human character, awkward with social norms, claims that if he grows a mustache as a disguise he would "have to get a job as a firefighter or a paedophile".
drugs
A group of people smoke from a bong, and are shown behaving in an intoxicated, silly manner in the aftermath of the activity. There are references to getting "high" and to drug dealing.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('son of a bitch', 'bloody', 'ass', 'shit', 'crap', 'damn'). There is mild comic threat.
moderate bad language, sex references
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'asshole', 'freaking', 'jerk', 'hell' and 'Jesus'.
sex
Two women recall their high school days and one reminds the other of a student they both wanted to sleep with: "You grabbed his dick behind my back".
additional issues
There is mild violence and fantastical threat.
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, medical detail
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
An alien describes its fantastical sex life. A woman reports that she has inadvertently touched the alien's penis.
injury detail
A woman cauterises a gash on an alien's leg. She performs a fantastical medical procedure to prevent the alien choking on its own blood. It is implied that a man amputates the alien's leg.
additional issues
There is mild threat and violence.
moderate injury detail, violence, drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
25/06/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of moderate comic violence, including one in which a couple beat a pair of home intruders into submission by hitting them repeatedly with pans, ornaments and furniture, resulting in brief bloody aftermath detail.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘son of a bitch’, ‘asshole’, ‘ass’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘Jesus Christ’ and ‘God’.
drugs
There is a comic reference to misuse of marijuana and pills, which is not condoned.
injury detail
A man handles a discoloured and mildly decomposing corpse, then imagines the corpse coming to life and speaking to him. Another scene features brief sight of a frozen, bloodless severed foot with some bone protruding from the stump.
additional issues
Other issues include mild threat, and infrequent mild sex references.
Director(s)David Dobkin
Production year2021
Genre(s)Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Approx. running minutes44m
Classified date25/06/2022
LanguageEnglish
