Cancelled after four seasons, Resident Alien is finding new fans on Netflix and proving why it’s one of sci-fi’s hidden gems.

The series, which debuted new episodes on Netflix this week, has been met with impressive viewing figures, but it likely won't be enough to save the show.

Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor race around the Midwest trying to expose UFOs in a hectic adventure that lacks intelligent life.

Despite pulling in massive viewing numbers on Netflix, Resident Alien has officially come to an end. Here's why Season 5 isn't happening.

Resident Alien was designed to wrap up with Season 4, which serves as the series finale, according to TV Insider. The creative team went into the season knowing it would likely be the show’s last, giving them the opportunity to bring Harry’s story to a proper close instead of ending on an unresolved cliffhanger.

For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to succumb to the disaster-movie framework of aliens attacking terrified Earthlings. That changed in a big way after 9/11, when Spielberg made a couple of Tom Cruise -starring sci-fi blockbusters grappling with a changed world.

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