Resident Alien (2021) s04e06 Episode Script
Soul Providers
1
Previously on "Resident Alien"
[SCREECHING]
Harry needs us to get rid
of that Mantid alien body.
That's the Mantid off our to-do list.
You sure this is the spot
Mike saw the Mantid?
Don't play dumb.
We found your tiny hidden camera.
- Ben? The cookie girls.
- What cookie girls?
The aliens, the ones who took our baby.
Someone has to watch the diner
while you play the music festival.
Are you doing
the bank drop for the bar?
- Mm.
- Can you do mine too?
There's two grand in here,
and I need to deposit it
so I can do payroll tomorrow.
Asta's money!
Being human sucks.
Heather and my bird babies,
they're gone.
But I still want a family.
You have family.
Here's to being friends.
[FORK CLATTERS]
Harry?
[GRUNTS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Who the hell are you?
Where is Asta?
♪
You, known on earth
as Harry Vanderspeigle,
stand before
the galactic Housing Council,
the supreme cosmic authority
in the universe.
This assembly is called to order.
The Housing Council
a galactic body so powerful,
they can transport you
to their chambers mid-pie.
You have been summoned
because the Grey aliens
have brought charges against you.
They've sent a legal representative
to argue their case.
Happy to be here, Gary.
Good to see you, Sedrick. How are you?
Wait a second. You two are friends?
Gary, I do not think that that is fair.
Silence!
You cannot call me Gary.
Only my in-laws can call me Gary.
One jolt for insolence.
Jolt?
What the hell is a
[GIBBERING]
Well, son of a bitch.
Cursing will also not be tolerated.
No. [GIBBERING]
Son of a
Lady who is not nice,
really just misunderstood.
You stand accused of the following:
Refusing to leave earth,
sabotaging the Greys'
Yellowstone operation,
kidnapping a human infant,
harboring a Grey stowaway
known as Bruce,
and, worst of all,
unleashing a Mantid alien
into the universe.
[GASPS]
[TSKING]
Allegedly.
If found guilty,
you will be sent to Marea.
No, no, not Marea!
It is a slow, agonizing death
in a noxious acid pit
1,000 times more acidic
than the warmest cola drink,
impossible to escape, like one of those
diseased ball pits at rat cheese pizza.
Oh, I almost forgot.
I, uh, picked you up
a little something for Sharon.
Oh, ha, oh, that's lovely.
- That's very nice.
- That's super nice.
Really gonna like that.
That's really
This is some bullshit.
Three jolts!
[LAID-BACK ACOUSTIC STRUMMING]
♪
Harry?
Rosie play? Here comes the
Harry?
Harry, are you here?
Bridget, have you seen Harry?
[TRILLING]
I don't speak whatever that is.
Harry's gone.
He disappeared, like, out of thin air.
- [TRILLING]
- What? More cereal?
Don't you have four hands?
Can't get your own cereal?
Okay.
[TRILLING]
Yes, sure, no problem.
- Good?
- Uh-huh.
- [BABY CRYING ON TV]
- Rosie?
Okay, take it.
[LINE TRILLS]
I don't get it.
The money's gotta be here somewhere.
[PHONE RINGING]
Shit.
Asta.
Probably looking for the money.
Judy, come on, you're supposed
to be helping me find it.
You lost it when we were really drunk,
so I thought I'd get
really drunk again to find it.
[SCOFFS] Will you please
help me look for it?
Fine.
[PHONE CHIMES]
God.
Sorry, Asta, I'm gonna have
to silence you.
[GROANS]
Hey, maybe you took the diner
and the bar money to the bank
and just forgot.
Jude, you're a genius.
Yeah, like, sometimes
I'll go to the grocery store
really drunk and forget I even went.
And then I open the fridge,
and I'm like,
how'd that dead chicken get in there?
Damn it.
59 money's still there
and, for some reason, this bra.
Oh, me. [CHUCKLES]
- That's mine.
- Ugh.
Obviously I didn't go to the bank.
What did we do?
Oh, remember I took
those sexy-ass selfies of us?
[COUNTRY MUSIC]
♪
Jesus.
Ooh.
How much did we drink?
I don't know.
But this morning, I peed for
so long that I had to sit down.
Wait, look at this one.
There's somebody with us.
- Do you recognize those boots?
- No.
I like them, though.
They're, like, the sturdy kind
that makes my foot look normal.
Asta's probably freaking out.
I'm gonna tell her
I deposited the money
but the bank made a mistake.
Banks make mistakes
all the time, right?
Totally.
That's why I keep all my money
in jars under my mattress.
That could explain your back problems.
Oh.
Regarding count four,
by stealing a baby,
the defendant took property
essential to SHP,
my client's soul harvesting program.
I'm sorry, what is a soul?
I heard it talked about on earth.
Does it have something to do
with sexy-time music?
A soul is an immaterial consciousness
with quantum correlation
that gains it eternal life.
Souls transcend the physical realm.
Humans are the only beings
in the universe that have them.
My clients harvest
the souls of human infants
because of their purity,
untouched by life's experiences.
So they can live forever?
In a way.
The Greys have a proprietary process
that converts them into an effective
wrinkle reduction cream.
But the Greys do not
even have wrinkles.
Exactly. It sells itself.
Oh, it also doubles
as a savory dipping sauce.
- Ooh.
- A savory dipping
have you not heard of ranch?
We are willing to drop
the kidnapping charge
if you tell us
where you've hidden the baby.
The baby, yes, it's right
where you wouldn't think,
up your butt with a coconut.
[LAUGHS]
[GIBBERING]
Omaha, Nebraska.
[GIBBERING]
The Ute Reservation
just past Highway 1.
If you hit the 7-Eleven,
you've gone too far.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I need my alien energy.
You mean this?
There it is, my alien energy.
I thought it would be purple.
The Greys failed to apply
for the proper permits
before taking it, so we
confiscated it on your behalf.
Oh, give it to me!
Not until you answer
for your most grievous offense.
When you released the Mantid,
it stole a Grey ship
which was tracked to earth,
where it has commenced
its breeding process.
Soon the Mantids will take over
the entire planet,
destroying the Greys'
only source of human souls.
And the only way
to stop it is to kill it.
Look, I mean
If you want a dead Mantid [LAUGHS]
I can get you a dead Mantid.
I mean, I'll have to track it.
And I'm gonna track it,
and I'm gonna kill it.
And then I will bring you
the Mantid right back here.
Because it is already dead,
and I know where it is buried.
The Housing Council
will give me my energy back
when I deliver the already dead Mantid.
Us humans call that a win-win.
I can't believe
the Greys harvest souls.
I think you humans
care too much about souls.
I mean, what are they good for
other than making wrinkle cream?
Okay, well, you're human now, too,
and there's way more than that.
My dad says that the soul
is like a thread
woven into everything around us.
When someone dies, they become part
of the land, sky, everything.
But if the thread's cut,
it's like tearing
a hole in the world,
destroying the balance.
Like when I pulled
that loose thread on my sweater
and the sleeve came off.
Because your sweater
is exactly as important
as the fabric of the universe.
I miss that sweater.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I planted trail cams in the woods
to try and find the Mantid.
♪
During the hypnosis, I saw
our baby alive on a spaceship.
I hear a rustle, and I saw
that Mantid with my own eyes.
And that implant
they put in me, I mean,
who knows how long it was there for?
I lost time.
I have an image of an alien
messing with my memory.
She was there. D'Arcy was on that ship.
Hot damn, that there
is one proper evidence board.
I might need to make one of these
to track down whoever's swiping
all the fuchsia Post-Its
from the supply room.
Oh, we have a bunch of fuchsia Post-Its
at the house if you need some.
Really?
So we have two aliens out there
Joseph and that Mantid.
Actually, there might be a third.
Oh, great.
Let's just close the
Patience Tourism Bureau now.
You mean the trunk of your car
with those outdated pamphlets?
Well, I just got new ones,
and these ones fold correctly.
Last year when Peter Bach came to town,
he said he was here
because of an alien.
But he never said who.
But Peter Bach is dead now,
so we'll never know.
Peter Bach is alive.
What?
Oh, my God.
Mm-hmm, and he can see aliens.
Wait, if he can see aliens
and aliens took our baby,
then maybe he can help us find her.
Wait, you have to get
in touch with him.
Sorry, for my safety, I have
no way of contacting him.
I have to wait for him to contact me.
His rules.
Okay, well, that's something.
Yeah.
Gives me a bit of hope.
♪
somebody set me free ♪
[SIGHS]
Asta's not here.
I told Jay to tell her
I was looking for her
when she gets back.
That should buy us some time.
Okay, well, I've been
researching like crazy.
Did some googling.
The boot in the picture is
a trailblazer xt 1420 lace-up.
The company was founded in 1985,
but they discontinued
this model in 2019.
Then I did some serious digging.
Did some more googling.
Only three stores in Colorado sold it.
The closest is in Boulder.
So we drive there.
You use your points to get us
a quaint but tasteful room
at a fancy hotel, like with
a fireplace and fuzzy robes.
We go to the store.
I'm glad to see you two are okay.
Hold on, miss black boots.
I'm searching for some black boots.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Jay, you're the one with the boots.
You saw us last night.
Yeah.
Y'all were out of your minds.
What?
Nah.
We were just having fun, you know?
- Yeah.
- Did we even drink last night?
I don't know.
I was so wasted, I blacked out.
We had a few.
Yeah, well, you said
you had a bag of money
and that you wanted me to meet you
in that town
from "Shawshank Redemption."
- Zihuatanejo?
- Zihuatanejo.
But instead you went to
the clinic to party with Ellen
because Judy needed birth control,
except she called them baby candies.
Ellen. Jude, let's go.
♪
You have to leave the mug.
[SLURPS]
Ow. [SLURPS]
Ow. [SLURPS]
Ow.
I'll be back for my refill.
D'Arce, wait up. I have snacks.
Now that the Mantid's gone,
I'm sitting on a stockpile
of manticide.
Easy, just get rid of the m
and tell people it kills ants.
I'm just glad that the Mantid
is dead and buried forever.
Wait, did you say buried?
I don't think you can Bury a Mantid.
Praying mantises shed
their exoskeleton to grow.
If Mantids are anything like them,
burying them in moisture-rich soil
would trigger
an advanced form of molting
and help them regenerate.
The Mantid might still be alive.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Where the hell is it?
This does not feel like the best time
to say it could be anywhere.
The Mantid is still alive?
Yes.
But do not worry.
It is not the end of the world.
Why did it refill the hole?
So that nobody would know
it was still alive.
That sounds like the end of the world.
- Mm.
- [SIGHS]
What now?
I need to find the Mantid and kill it.
Okay, well,
at least the Greys don't know
where the baby is, right?
Yeah, that's that's super lucky.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Harry, do the Greys know
where the baby is?
Someone may have accidentally
told them where it is hidden.
Someone? You?
Well, let's not play "who said what?"
It was you. You said what.
- Mm.
- How could you do that?
God, we have to go to the Rez.
No, no, we cannot go there.
We need to find the Mantid and kill it.
The baby is the priority.
I do not understand
why humans ignore big problems
and obsess over trivial ones.
How is a tiny, insignificant
baby more important
than a brave warrior
slaying a deadly Mantid enemy?
[SHRILLY] Snake!
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
♪
[KNOCKING]
Ladies, welcome to my office.
Well, you mean Asta's office.
Asta's playing waitress
for the last couple of days,
so I promoted myself.
Suck it, corporate ladder.
Corporate ladder is a bitch.
I finally made head crossing guard
after they saw what I was worth
and after what that fire truck
did to Mrs. Collins.
Uh, yeah, congrats
on the fake promotion, Ellen.
[GASPS]
But we're trying
to piece together last night.
We lost something.
I gave the birth control to Judy.
You took the whole packet,
said you wanted to be "extra safe."
And then you ditched your
jacket in that guy's truck.
What guy was that?
The long-haul trucker
who gave us a joyride.
I got a pic of his truck
when he drove away.
You two were flashing him,
trying to get him to honk his horn.
[LAUGHS]
Jesus.
Okay, good.
Aw, you got my good boob.
- [BABY FUSSING]
- Shh.
Yeah, uh-huh, yeah, we can have her
by there in about an hour.
All right, got her
a safe spot off the Rez.
- We'll just get her packed.
- Thank you, Kayla.
I'm so sorry I had
to pull you out of the powwow.
Oh, don't worry about it.
They didn't call fancy dancers yet.
Indian time.
Babies are small.
All they need
is a protein bar, a blanket,
and some leaves
to wipe up their droppings.
It's funny, now that I know
you're an alien,
everything you say just sounds
so much more obvious.
Since you're such
a baby expert, here you go.
Why don't you take her
so we can finish packing?
- No
- Thank you.
[BABY CRYING]
[CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY]
This baby is pissed about something.
Well, you know, you could
give it a protein bar
or wipe its ass with leaves.
Okay, just to be clear, don't do that.
That was sarcasm.
Take her to gram to get changed,
and then just keep her company.
I do not want to keep her company.
She always beats me
at that letter tile game.
No, the baby, not gram.
Just take her for a walk.
Okay, sh shush, shush.
It's okay.
Shh.
You think maybe we're being
a little premature
turning the guest room
into a nursery already?
I mean, it's been so long
since I felt any sense of hope.
Knowing there's someone
out there who can see aliens,
it gives me at least a little.
Just let me have it, okay?
Yeah, yeah, of course.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Remember these?
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Oh, my God.
Max said that this
was Dr. Vanderspeigle.
I know.
And he drew them at the same time
that Liv said Peter Bach was looking
for an alien in Patience.
♪
[BABY CRYING]
[GROANS] Please, just stop.
Is there an off button or a pause?
I should be the one crying.
I must find and kill a deadly Mantid.
Joseph had all his powers,
and the Mantid
still turned his face
into a Jigsaw puzzle.
[DRUMMING, PEOPLE CHANTING]
- [SQUEALS]
- Is it the drums?
Do you like the drums?
- [SQUEALS]
- [LAUGHS]
Did anybody else see that?
This baby just smiled at me.
I'm suddenly feeling a strong
connection to this baby.
I have felt this before with Bridget
but not with a human baby.
This must be the reason
humans do not eat their young.
[DRUMMING, PEOPLE CHANTING]
What is this feeling?
The energy in here feels alive.
Are you reaching for the music?
Is that what you're reaching for?
[CHUCKLES]
Your little one feels it, doesn't she?
Yeah, she is less pissed, even happy.
[CHUCKLES]
That is the power
of the jingle dress dance.
Each step of these women's dance
is a healing prayer.
Their prayers are in their shoes?
No, the sound of the jingles
is like hundreds of tiny prayers,
reminding us that we are all
part of something bigger.
I think I'm feeling big feelings.
If you're thinking, you're not feeling.
Now, come on.
How do you feel?
I feel like you keep hitting me.
But I also feel like
I'm connected
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
To everything.
It's like Wi-Fi.
Nanama.
Your Wi-Fi network is named nanama?
My Wi-Fi network is named nacho Wi-Fi.
[LAUGHTER]
♪
Nanama means "together."
We are all connected to all
things through the creator.
Just close your eyes and listen.
♪
Nanama is the great mystery
that connects all things.
It's how the river knows where to flow.
It's how trees talk
to one another underground
or how a Rez dog magically appears
every time you open a bag of chips.
[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]
How do you feel?
♪
I feel like I found something I need.
Then you are listening real good.
[DRUMMING]
Hey, guys, what's going on?
We would like to report a
Both: Crime.
Okay.
Tell me what happened.
Did I hear you say
you wanted to report a crime?
'Cause I'm not sure
if you're aware or not,
but crime is my middle name.
Actually, it's Eugene.
Someone stole money from me.
- How much?
- Oh.
Couple thousand.
Been saving up my tips.
That's a lot of cash.
Well, I'm a great bartender.
Yeah.
So when did this crime happened?
Oh.
Oh, that's on a need-to-know basis.
We need to know.
Last night.
Yes, we were out, on our way
- Mm-hmm.
- To
- Zihuatanejo.
- Tanejo.
The town from "Shawshank Redemption"?
- Correct.
- Yes. Exactly.
It's very popular this time of year.
Yeah, it's a seasonal destination.
It's their Christmas
Christmas destination.
I got a better question.
This person who stole your money,
what'd they look like?
Oh, he was a trucker.
He had a trucker face, yeah, all
Right here, trucker, trucker,
trucker, trucker, trucker.
Trucker-y.
And we were in his
you know, his big rig.
Big rig.
And I left my jacket in there.
- She left the jacket.
- Money was in the pocket.
It was in the pocket,
and Ellen told us that
Listen to this.
We gave him D'Arcy's
phone number, right?
But he has not called us
about the money.
- Not once.
- So clearly he stoled it.
Ellen told you
that you gave him the number.
- Yeah.
- Yes, Officer.
But you were there.
We have a photo
- A photo.
- Of his truck that
Booyah.
Has a partial license plate.
So you could run it.
Run the plate.
So let me see if I got this straight.
You two got shit-faced and have
no memory of the night,
decided to retrace your steps.
Along the way, you found out
you flirted with a trucker,
left two grand in his cab,
and your only lead is a blurry
half photo of a license plate.
So you came in here
hoping deputy Liv would
pull some strings and run
the plate, technically filing
a false police report, which, fun fact,
is a felony under title 18,
section 1001 of the U.S. code.
I had the same thought.
Sorry, D'Arce,
but the guy is long gone.
You're never gonna see him again.
Well, that's the last time
I show some random trucker
my good boob.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[DRUMMING, PEOPLE CHANTING]
Oh, there's Harry. Let's go.
Ah!
Hey.
I take back what I said
about you standing out.
Mm.
You're like a duck in water.
I do not understand
the duck part, but
I belong here.
I think I understand what
you meant about the thread.
'Cause I'm connected to this baby,
and we are connected
to everyone and everything.
I am with you on that.
I wish we could stay
and watch, but we have to go.
- Hmm?
- We have to go.
Oh, we should stop and get
some leaves on the way.
No.
It's stinky.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
It has to mean something.
Do you think it's possible
that the alien
has been Harry all along?
Is it possible?
I mean, you've met him.
[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]
Hey, what's up?
Where did you get those?
We found them in your room.
Max, buddy, why did you say
this was Dr. Vanderspeigle?
How should I know?
It was, like, forever ago.
I was, like, two years old.
Just because you drew like you were two
doesn't mean you were two at the time.
- Hon.
- Yeah.
I was probably going
through an alien phase.
You've been going through
your stinky candle phase
- for years now.
- Okay.
Look, honey, I need you to be honest.
You may not realize it,
but the truth here means a lot.
Your dad and I trust you, okay?
And this is this is
one of those moments
when that trust really matters.
I don't care
what you said before, okay?
We love you no matter what.
Just tell us the truth right now.
Is Harry Vanderspeigle an alien?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Why did you call that guy Harry?
- Because he's hairy.
- No, he's not.
He's just a guy.
♪
No, Harry's not an alien.
Okay.
Thank you for being honest.
You should read
my candle reviews on Etsy.
4 1/2 stars.
I used to see Mr. and Mrs. Mayor's baby
as a small problem compared
to getting my powers
and defeating the Mantid.
But after this powwow,
something in me has shifted.
I can feel how Asta
experiences the world.
Sometimes small things are not
as small as you would think.
Okay, one problem down,
a couple big ones to go.
You have to find that Mantid.
Do not worry about that.
I have a solution.
Oh, good. What is it?
I have no idea how to get
my alien powers back
or defeat and kill the Mantid.
But the energy of the jingle dancers
made me feel
somehow things will be okay.
I will tell you tomorrow
after we've had some rest.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Okay.
Hello?
Yes, this is Asta.
Wait, I'm I'm sorry,
what do you mean,
the money wasn't deposited?
All my favorite people ♪
are broken ♪
believe me ♪
Here's your coffee, Liv.
My heart should know ♪
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
You look lost.
Hi, Liv.
I'm fine.
Did Peter Bach reach out to you?
No, not yet.
- Sorry.
- Ugh.
You know, I always admire you.
Feels like no matter
how bad things get,
you manage to stay positive.
Like like, you're
still able to have hope
that things will get better.
I always try.
Yeah.
Wish I had some of that.
My baby is is gone, and
Every day that goes by,
I feel further and further away
from her.
I think I know how to help.
Hey, where have you been?
I've been trying to reach you all day.
Yeah, hey, um, I put you on silent
not you specifically, everybody.
It's been a crazy day, so
Oh, okay, well, the bank called,
and they said
they never got that money.
Huh.
That's weird, 'cause i
I dropped it off last night.
I left here, got the money from the 59,
and and went to the bank,
dropped it off
in the overnight slot thing.
Okay.
Okay, good. [LAUGHS]
Wow, I guess it's just a bank error.
Yeah, bank error, happens all the time.
Totally, yeah.
Oh, my God. Listen to this.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
It has been insane here.
Harry got summoned
by the Housing Council.
He promised them a dead Mantid.
When we went to dig it up,
it wasn't there.
It just, like like disappeared.
[DIALOGUE FADING]
Sorry, I gotta run.
Oh. Okay. Uh.
Well, I'll catch up with you later?
♪
Even though I feel
everything will be okay,
in case it is not and Marea
is my final destination,
I am labeling my belongings
so that those
who have touched my life will have
something to remember me by.
Asta will like this
since she gave it to me,
and it's just like new
because I never used it.
You're welcome.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Hey.
Hello, person who does not knock.
What are you doing here without Asta?
- We're not always together.
- Yes, you are.
You even have one of those
four-legged bicycles.
It's called a tandem bike,
the beast, you know.
I can remember when we got it,
this flea market.
Asta acted like we had found gold.
I said it was a death trap,
but she was so excited.
So we bought it and fixed it up
over the weekend.
And then when we got on it,
we just immediately fell.
We fell again and again and again.
And then something clicked, and we
we found our balance, and we just
we were like this team, you know.
We were unshakable.
We were just this
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
This force, and
♪
And now I don't
I don't know.
Next time,
just say, "we bought a bike."
[LAUGHS]
See, this is why I came to you.
You're not sentimental.
It's like talking to a plant.
Oh, look, there's an actual plant,
just what you were looking for.
Goodbye.
I'm barely holding on.
I'm, um I'm scared
of where my mind's going.
And I'm really scared of what
I might do if I'm alone.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
You did not come here to talk
about bicycles or plants.
Asta gave me some money to deposit,
and I got drunk, and I lost it,
and then I lied to my best friend,
and she actually believed me.
Oh, so the lie did its job.
Yeah, but
She's supposed to know me
better than anyone.
And if she just believes the lie,
it's like she can't
it's like she can't see me,
like, the real me.
If I could see the real you,
what color hair would you have?
[LAUGHS]
Brown.
[SIGHS] Asta's trusting.
She's a trusting person.
She trusted you.
Yeah, but Asta used to see
through my bullshit every time.
And now she just believes me?
I mean, it's like
she she she knows I'm a liar.
Well, I told Asta that I had
a solution for the Mantid.
I do not. I am a liar also.
Up top, deceiver.
But you don't care if she believes you.
I do.
If she can't tell
that I'm lying, then who am I?
Do I even exist?
Should should I?
What do you mean, should you exist?
You you already do exist.
Oh.
Yeah.
Oh.
Let's call Asta on the phone, hmm?
So she can say everything's okay,
even though she knows it's not?
Asta won't admit it.
But she and a whole lot of other people
would be better off
if I wasn't in their lives.
I don't need somebody to lie to me.
I just I need somebody
to answer the question.
What is the question?
I don't feel good about my life.
Why should I keep going?
♪
If you would have
asked me this question
when I first came to earth,
I would answer differently.
I wanted all humans to die, even you.
But I've changed.
I see the value of human life,
even yours.
What's the value?
Every dream I ever had is dead.
Sometimes at night, I just
I just walk around for hours.
And I look up at the sky,
and I just feel so small
♪
And so worthless.
If you were worthless,
Mr. and Mrs. Mayor
would not have their baby.
You are not small.
You are part of that sky
that you were looking up at.
Me too.
This old woman that I met
she was violent; She hit me.
But she also taught me
about something called nanama.
It is how we are all connected.
- I am in you.
- Ew.
- And and you are in me.
- Gross.
And if you were not here,
the world would be incomplete.
What happened to you?
Did you grow a soul or something?
My species do not have souls.
But you just told me the old lady,
she said we're all connected.
- Did you feel connected?
- Yes.
That's your soul, dumb-ass.
You obviously grew one.
That's why you felt connected.
Get the hell out of here!
I will not.
[SOFT MUSIC]
I'm really a human.
Yeah.
Welcome aboard.
It is really hard.
Maybe it is not.
Maybe the problem is,
humans make it hard
when it's really easy.
[MOODY COUNTRY MUSIC]
♪
moonlight shining through the trees ♪
Here it is.
It's a tree.
No, it's the fairy tree.
Yeah, okay. [CHUCKLES]
Do you really expect me to
believe that fairies are real?
Did you ever think you would
believe aliens were real?
Well, you got me there.
My aunt Kathy brought me here
when I was little.
She said this is where the fairies live
and that I should
leave a mint for them.
So now whenever I feel lost,
I come here to remind myself
the world is full of magic and hope.
I think the day I believe
the world is magic
is the day that I'm standing
in my house
with my baby in my arms.
I'm so sorry you're going through this.
I can't imagine how terrible you feel.
I think it was really sweet
of you to bring me here.
Did you want to leave a mint for them?
Oh, you can do it.
I just left one a couple of days ago,
and now it's gone.
- Hmm.
- Maybe the squirrels.
Still feels good, though.
Sometimes when you feel helpless,
like there's nothing you can do,
at least you're doing something.
Okay.
Okay.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Moonlight shine on down ♪
and shine on me ♪
♪
I do not see the dead Mantid with you.
Prepare the shuttle for Marea.
No, wait.
I have come with a new offer.
You are in no position to negotiate.
Well, if you return my alien energy,
I will kill the Mantid
and bring it to you here,
ridding the galaxy
of this dangerous threat.
And if I do not, the Greys can have me.
[LAUGHS]
My clients prefer assets
with actual value.
And isn't this exactly
what you offered before?
Yes, but things have changed.
The Greys wanted me to kill the Mantid
so they could
keep stealing babies' souls
disgusting.
But what if I told you
there is another being
that can grow a soul?
Impossible.
Not even humans can grow
a soul from nothing.
Not impossible.
I am living proof.
I am that being that grew
a human soul right here.
Let the record show the defendant
is pointing to his penis.
My pe penis?
No, no, not even cl
the penis is down here.
I mean, sometimes it's over here.
Sometimes it's over here.
And when I'm jogging, it's like
I mean, you don't even know where.
But I'm pointing to my heart.
Let the record show the
human penis is in the heart.
God.
If I fail to kill the Mantid,
the Greys can have me and my soul.
But only if they agree to give up
Mr. and Mrs. Mayor's baby
now and forever.
Having the ability
to grow their own souls
instead of transporting them from earth
would be greatly beneficial
to the Greys.
Baby shipping costs
have gone through the roof.
But how do we know you actually
grew this soul you're referring to?
He would not have made such
a selfless offer otherwise.
If the defendant is offering
himself as collateral,
we agree to relinquish all claims
to the human baby in question.
Then this council accepts your offer
and will grant your energy
To an executor
who will provide it to you
at their discretion.
An executor?
The ultimate prize for enduring
all the challenges on earth
has been something
beyond any possession:
A human soul.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Hey, Jay, does this money drop envelope
belong to the diner?
Looks like one of Dan's.
Yeah.
Where'd you find this?
Mail carrier
dropped it off at the station.
I'm guessing there's
about $2,000 in there.
He said somebody dropped it in
the mailbox next to the bank.
Hmm. [CHUCKLES]
Can't imagine who would have done that.
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah, we all ♪
There's the bank.
There's the drop box thingy.
Eat this money bag. Num, num, num.
[LAUGHTER]
I know we don't deserve it ♪
Oh. I peed.
But we need it anyhow ♪
[SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC]
We hang in the balance ♪
dangle 'tween hell
and hallowed ground ♪
But perhaps the best part
of being human is,
no matter how difficult life gets,
we always have hope.
And every single one of us ♪
could use some mercy now ♪
♪
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Every single one of us
could use some mercy ♪
Ben, is that you?
[MUSIC PLAYING OVER EARBUDS]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[BABY COOING]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Oh, my God. Oh.
Ben! Ben!
Honey?
- Is that her?
- Yeah.
Hi. [LAUGHS]
Hi.
♪
Unfortunately,
sometimes all of your hope
sits in a single jar
and is handed to the last
person in the galaxy
you would want to have control over it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Daddy?
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]
sync & corrections awaqeded
My church and my country ♪
could use a little mercy now ♪
[SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC]
As they sink into a poisoned pit ♪
it's gonna take
forever to climb out ♪
♪
Previously on "Resident Alien"
[SCREECHING]
Harry needs us to get rid
of that Mantid alien body.
That's the Mantid off our to-do list.
You sure this is the spot
Mike saw the Mantid?
Don't play dumb.
We found your tiny hidden camera.
- Ben? The cookie girls.
- What cookie girls?
The aliens, the ones who took our baby.
Someone has to watch the diner
while you play the music festival.
Are you doing
the bank drop for the bar?
- Mm.
- Can you do mine too?
There's two grand in here,
and I need to deposit it
so I can do payroll tomorrow.
Asta's money!
Being human sucks.
Heather and my bird babies,
they're gone.
But I still want a family.
You have family.
Here's to being friends.
[FORK CLATTERS]
Harry?
[GRUNTS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Who the hell are you?
Where is Asta?
♪
You, known on earth
as Harry Vanderspeigle,
stand before
the galactic Housing Council,
the supreme cosmic authority
in the universe.
This assembly is called to order.
The Housing Council
a galactic body so powerful,
they can transport you
to their chambers mid-pie.
You have been summoned
because the Grey aliens
have brought charges against you.
They've sent a legal representative
to argue their case.
Happy to be here, Gary.
Good to see you, Sedrick. How are you?
Wait a second. You two are friends?
Gary, I do not think that that is fair.
Silence!
You cannot call me Gary.
Only my in-laws can call me Gary.
One jolt for insolence.
Jolt?
What the hell is a
[GIBBERING]
Well, son of a bitch.
Cursing will also not be tolerated.
No. [GIBBERING]
Son of a
Lady who is not nice,
really just misunderstood.
You stand accused of the following:
Refusing to leave earth,
sabotaging the Greys'
Yellowstone operation,
kidnapping a human infant,
harboring a Grey stowaway
known as Bruce,
and, worst of all,
unleashing a Mantid alien
into the universe.
[GASPS]
[TSKING]
Allegedly.
If found guilty,
you will be sent to Marea.
No, no, not Marea!
It is a slow, agonizing death
in a noxious acid pit
1,000 times more acidic
than the warmest cola drink,
impossible to escape, like one of those
diseased ball pits at rat cheese pizza.
Oh, I almost forgot.
I, uh, picked you up
a little something for Sharon.
Oh, ha, oh, that's lovely.
- That's very nice.
- That's super nice.
Really gonna like that.
That's really
This is some bullshit.
Three jolts!
[LAID-BACK ACOUSTIC STRUMMING]
♪
Harry?
Rosie play? Here comes the
Harry?
Harry, are you here?
Bridget, have you seen Harry?
[TRILLING]
I don't speak whatever that is.
Harry's gone.
He disappeared, like, out of thin air.
- [TRILLING]
- What? More cereal?
Don't you have four hands?
Can't get your own cereal?
Okay.
[TRILLING]
Yes, sure, no problem.
- Good?
- Uh-huh.
- [BABY CRYING ON TV]
- Rosie?
Okay, take it.
[LINE TRILLS]
I don't get it.
The money's gotta be here somewhere.
[PHONE RINGING]
Shit.
Asta.
Probably looking for the money.
Judy, come on, you're supposed
to be helping me find it.
You lost it when we were really drunk,
so I thought I'd get
really drunk again to find it.
[SCOFFS] Will you please
help me look for it?
Fine.
[PHONE CHIMES]
God.
Sorry, Asta, I'm gonna have
to silence you.
[GROANS]
Hey, maybe you took the diner
and the bar money to the bank
and just forgot.
Jude, you're a genius.
Yeah, like, sometimes
I'll go to the grocery store
really drunk and forget I even went.
And then I open the fridge,
and I'm like,
how'd that dead chicken get in there?
Damn it.
59 money's still there
and, for some reason, this bra.
Oh, me. [CHUCKLES]
- That's mine.
- Ugh.
Obviously I didn't go to the bank.
What did we do?
Oh, remember I took
those sexy-ass selfies of us?
[COUNTRY MUSIC]
♪
Jesus.
Ooh.
How much did we drink?
I don't know.
But this morning, I peed for
so long that I had to sit down.
Wait, look at this one.
There's somebody with us.
- Do you recognize those boots?
- No.
I like them, though.
They're, like, the sturdy kind
that makes my foot look normal.
Asta's probably freaking out.
I'm gonna tell her
I deposited the money
but the bank made a mistake.
Banks make mistakes
all the time, right?
Totally.
That's why I keep all my money
in jars under my mattress.
That could explain your back problems.
Oh.
Regarding count four,
by stealing a baby,
the defendant took property
essential to SHP,
my client's soul harvesting program.
I'm sorry, what is a soul?
I heard it talked about on earth.
Does it have something to do
with sexy-time music?
A soul is an immaterial consciousness
with quantum correlation
that gains it eternal life.
Souls transcend the physical realm.
Humans are the only beings
in the universe that have them.
My clients harvest
the souls of human infants
because of their purity,
untouched by life's experiences.
So they can live forever?
In a way.
The Greys have a proprietary process
that converts them into an effective
wrinkle reduction cream.
But the Greys do not
even have wrinkles.
Exactly. It sells itself.
Oh, it also doubles
as a savory dipping sauce.
- Ooh.
- A savory dipping
have you not heard of ranch?
We are willing to drop
the kidnapping charge
if you tell us
where you've hidden the baby.
The baby, yes, it's right
where you wouldn't think,
up your butt with a coconut.
[LAUGHS]
[GIBBERING]
Omaha, Nebraska.
[GIBBERING]
The Ute Reservation
just past Highway 1.
If you hit the 7-Eleven,
you've gone too far.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I need my alien energy.
You mean this?
There it is, my alien energy.
I thought it would be purple.
The Greys failed to apply
for the proper permits
before taking it, so we
confiscated it on your behalf.
Oh, give it to me!
Not until you answer
for your most grievous offense.
When you released the Mantid,
it stole a Grey ship
which was tracked to earth,
where it has commenced
its breeding process.
Soon the Mantids will take over
the entire planet,
destroying the Greys'
only source of human souls.
And the only way
to stop it is to kill it.
Look, I mean
If you want a dead Mantid [LAUGHS]
I can get you a dead Mantid.
I mean, I'll have to track it.
And I'm gonna track it,
and I'm gonna kill it.
And then I will bring you
the Mantid right back here.
Because it is already dead,
and I know where it is buried.
The Housing Council
will give me my energy back
when I deliver the already dead Mantid.
Us humans call that a win-win.
I can't believe
the Greys harvest souls.
I think you humans
care too much about souls.
I mean, what are they good for
other than making wrinkle cream?
Okay, well, you're human now, too,
and there's way more than that.
My dad says that the soul
is like a thread
woven into everything around us.
When someone dies, they become part
of the land, sky, everything.
But if the thread's cut,
it's like tearing
a hole in the world,
destroying the balance.
Like when I pulled
that loose thread on my sweater
and the sleeve came off.
Because your sweater
is exactly as important
as the fabric of the universe.
I miss that sweater.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I planted trail cams in the woods
to try and find the Mantid.
♪
During the hypnosis, I saw
our baby alive on a spaceship.
I hear a rustle, and I saw
that Mantid with my own eyes.
And that implant
they put in me, I mean,
who knows how long it was there for?
I lost time.
I have an image of an alien
messing with my memory.
She was there. D'Arcy was on that ship.
Hot damn, that there
is one proper evidence board.
I might need to make one of these
to track down whoever's swiping
all the fuchsia Post-Its
from the supply room.
Oh, we have a bunch of fuchsia Post-Its
at the house if you need some.
Really?
So we have two aliens out there
Joseph and that Mantid.
Actually, there might be a third.
Oh, great.
Let's just close the
Patience Tourism Bureau now.
You mean the trunk of your car
with those outdated pamphlets?
Well, I just got new ones,
and these ones fold correctly.
Last year when Peter Bach came to town,
he said he was here
because of an alien.
But he never said who.
But Peter Bach is dead now,
so we'll never know.
Peter Bach is alive.
What?
Oh, my God.
Mm-hmm, and he can see aliens.
Wait, if he can see aliens
and aliens took our baby,
then maybe he can help us find her.
Wait, you have to get
in touch with him.
Sorry, for my safety, I have
no way of contacting him.
I have to wait for him to contact me.
His rules.
Okay, well, that's something.
Yeah.
Gives me a bit of hope.
♪
somebody set me free ♪
[SIGHS]
Asta's not here.
I told Jay to tell her
I was looking for her
when she gets back.
That should buy us some time.
Okay, well, I've been
researching like crazy.
Did some googling.
The boot in the picture is
a trailblazer xt 1420 lace-up.
The company was founded in 1985,
but they discontinued
this model in 2019.
Then I did some serious digging.
Did some more googling.
Only three stores in Colorado sold it.
The closest is in Boulder.
So we drive there.
You use your points to get us
a quaint but tasteful room
at a fancy hotel, like with
a fireplace and fuzzy robes.
We go to the store.
I'm glad to see you two are okay.
Hold on, miss black boots.
I'm searching for some black boots.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Jay, you're the one with the boots.
You saw us last night.
Yeah.
Y'all were out of your minds.
What?
Nah.
We were just having fun, you know?
- Yeah.
- Did we even drink last night?
I don't know.
I was so wasted, I blacked out.
We had a few.
Yeah, well, you said
you had a bag of money
and that you wanted me to meet you
in that town
from "Shawshank Redemption."
- Zihuatanejo?
- Zihuatanejo.
But instead you went to
the clinic to party with Ellen
because Judy needed birth control,
except she called them baby candies.
Ellen. Jude, let's go.
♪
You have to leave the mug.
[SLURPS]
Ow. [SLURPS]
Ow. [SLURPS]
Ow.
I'll be back for my refill.
D'Arce, wait up. I have snacks.
Now that the Mantid's gone,
I'm sitting on a stockpile
of manticide.
Easy, just get rid of the m
and tell people it kills ants.
I'm just glad that the Mantid
is dead and buried forever.
Wait, did you say buried?
I don't think you can Bury a Mantid.
Praying mantises shed
their exoskeleton to grow.
If Mantids are anything like them,
burying them in moisture-rich soil
would trigger
an advanced form of molting
and help them regenerate.
The Mantid might still be alive.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Where the hell is it?
This does not feel like the best time
to say it could be anywhere.
The Mantid is still alive?
Yes.
But do not worry.
It is not the end of the world.
Why did it refill the hole?
So that nobody would know
it was still alive.
That sounds like the end of the world.
- Mm.
- [SIGHS]
What now?
I need to find the Mantid and kill it.
Okay, well,
at least the Greys don't know
where the baby is, right?
Yeah, that's that's super lucky.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Harry, do the Greys know
where the baby is?
Someone may have accidentally
told them where it is hidden.
Someone? You?
Well, let's not play "who said what?"
It was you. You said what.
- Mm.
- How could you do that?
God, we have to go to the Rez.
No, no, we cannot go there.
We need to find the Mantid and kill it.
The baby is the priority.
I do not understand
why humans ignore big problems
and obsess over trivial ones.
How is a tiny, insignificant
baby more important
than a brave warrior
slaying a deadly Mantid enemy?
[SHRILLY] Snake!
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
♪
[KNOCKING]
Ladies, welcome to my office.
Well, you mean Asta's office.
Asta's playing waitress
for the last couple of days,
so I promoted myself.
Suck it, corporate ladder.
Corporate ladder is a bitch.
I finally made head crossing guard
after they saw what I was worth
and after what that fire truck
did to Mrs. Collins.
Uh, yeah, congrats
on the fake promotion, Ellen.
[GASPS]
But we're trying
to piece together last night.
We lost something.
I gave the birth control to Judy.
You took the whole packet,
said you wanted to be "extra safe."
And then you ditched your
jacket in that guy's truck.
What guy was that?
The long-haul trucker
who gave us a joyride.
I got a pic of his truck
when he drove away.
You two were flashing him,
trying to get him to honk his horn.
[LAUGHS]
Jesus.
Okay, good.
Aw, you got my good boob.
- [BABY FUSSING]
- Shh.
Yeah, uh-huh, yeah, we can have her
by there in about an hour.
All right, got her
a safe spot off the Rez.
- We'll just get her packed.
- Thank you, Kayla.
I'm so sorry I had
to pull you out of the powwow.
Oh, don't worry about it.
They didn't call fancy dancers yet.
Indian time.
Babies are small.
All they need
is a protein bar, a blanket,
and some leaves
to wipe up their droppings.
It's funny, now that I know
you're an alien,
everything you say just sounds
so much more obvious.
Since you're such
a baby expert, here you go.
Why don't you take her
so we can finish packing?
- No
- Thank you.
[BABY CRYING]
[CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY]
This baby is pissed about something.
Well, you know, you could
give it a protein bar
or wipe its ass with leaves.
Okay, just to be clear, don't do that.
That was sarcasm.
Take her to gram to get changed,
and then just keep her company.
I do not want to keep her company.
She always beats me
at that letter tile game.
No, the baby, not gram.
Just take her for a walk.
Okay, sh shush, shush.
It's okay.
Shh.
You think maybe we're being
a little premature
turning the guest room
into a nursery already?
I mean, it's been so long
since I felt any sense of hope.
Knowing there's someone
out there who can see aliens,
it gives me at least a little.
Just let me have it, okay?
Yeah, yeah, of course.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Remember these?
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Oh, my God.
Max said that this
was Dr. Vanderspeigle.
I know.
And he drew them at the same time
that Liv said Peter Bach was looking
for an alien in Patience.
♪
[BABY CRYING]
[GROANS] Please, just stop.
Is there an off button or a pause?
I should be the one crying.
I must find and kill a deadly Mantid.
Joseph had all his powers,
and the Mantid
still turned his face
into a Jigsaw puzzle.
[DRUMMING, PEOPLE CHANTING]
- [SQUEALS]
- Is it the drums?
Do you like the drums?
- [SQUEALS]
- [LAUGHS]
Did anybody else see that?
This baby just smiled at me.
I'm suddenly feeling a strong
connection to this baby.
I have felt this before with Bridget
but not with a human baby.
This must be the reason
humans do not eat their young.
[DRUMMING, PEOPLE CHANTING]
What is this feeling?
The energy in here feels alive.
Are you reaching for the music?
Is that what you're reaching for?
[CHUCKLES]
Your little one feels it, doesn't she?
Yeah, she is less pissed, even happy.
[CHUCKLES]
That is the power
of the jingle dress dance.
Each step of these women's dance
is a healing prayer.
Their prayers are in their shoes?
No, the sound of the jingles
is like hundreds of tiny prayers,
reminding us that we are all
part of something bigger.
I think I'm feeling big feelings.
If you're thinking, you're not feeling.
Now, come on.
How do you feel?
I feel like you keep hitting me.
But I also feel like
I'm connected
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
To everything.
It's like Wi-Fi.
Nanama.
Your Wi-Fi network is named nanama?
My Wi-Fi network is named nacho Wi-Fi.
[LAUGHTER]
♪
Nanama means "together."
We are all connected to all
things through the creator.
Just close your eyes and listen.
♪
Nanama is the great mystery
that connects all things.
It's how the river knows where to flow.
It's how trees talk
to one another underground
or how a Rez dog magically appears
every time you open a bag of chips.
[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]
How do you feel?
♪
I feel like I found something I need.
Then you are listening real good.
[DRUMMING]
Hey, guys, what's going on?
We would like to report a
Both: Crime.
Okay.
Tell me what happened.
Did I hear you say
you wanted to report a crime?
'Cause I'm not sure
if you're aware or not,
but crime is my middle name.
Actually, it's Eugene.
Someone stole money from me.
- How much?
- Oh.
Couple thousand.
Been saving up my tips.
That's a lot of cash.
Well, I'm a great bartender.
Yeah.
So when did this crime happened?
Oh.
Oh, that's on a need-to-know basis.
We need to know.
Last night.
Yes, we were out, on our way
- Mm-hmm.
- To
- Zihuatanejo.
- Tanejo.
The town from "Shawshank Redemption"?
- Correct.
- Yes. Exactly.
It's very popular this time of year.
Yeah, it's a seasonal destination.
It's their Christmas
Christmas destination.
I got a better question.
This person who stole your money,
what'd they look like?
Oh, he was a trucker.
He had a trucker face, yeah, all
Right here, trucker, trucker,
trucker, trucker, trucker.
Trucker-y.
And we were in his
you know, his big rig.
Big rig.
And I left my jacket in there.
- She left the jacket.
- Money was in the pocket.
It was in the pocket,
and Ellen told us that
Listen to this.
We gave him D'Arcy's
phone number, right?
But he has not called us
about the money.
- Not once.
- So clearly he stoled it.
Ellen told you
that you gave him the number.
- Yeah.
- Yes, Officer.
But you were there.
We have a photo
- A photo.
- Of his truck that
Booyah.
Has a partial license plate.
So you could run it.
Run the plate.
So let me see if I got this straight.
You two got shit-faced and have
no memory of the night,
decided to retrace your steps.
Along the way, you found out
you flirted with a trucker,
left two grand in his cab,
and your only lead is a blurry
half photo of a license plate.
So you came in here
hoping deputy Liv would
pull some strings and run
the plate, technically filing
a false police report, which, fun fact,
is a felony under title 18,
section 1001 of the U.S. code.
I had the same thought.
Sorry, D'Arce,
but the guy is long gone.
You're never gonna see him again.
Well, that's the last time
I show some random trucker
my good boob.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[DRUMMING, PEOPLE CHANTING]
Oh, there's Harry. Let's go.
Ah!
Hey.
I take back what I said
about you standing out.
Mm.
You're like a duck in water.
I do not understand
the duck part, but
I belong here.
I think I understand what
you meant about the thread.
'Cause I'm connected to this baby,
and we are connected
to everyone and everything.
I am with you on that.
I wish we could stay
and watch, but we have to go.
- Hmm?
- We have to go.
Oh, we should stop and get
some leaves on the way.
No.
It's stinky.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
It has to mean something.
Do you think it's possible
that the alien
has been Harry all along?
Is it possible?
I mean, you've met him.
[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]
Hey, what's up?
Where did you get those?
We found them in your room.
Max, buddy, why did you say
this was Dr. Vanderspeigle?
How should I know?
It was, like, forever ago.
I was, like, two years old.
Just because you drew like you were two
doesn't mean you were two at the time.
- Hon.
- Yeah.
I was probably going
through an alien phase.
You've been going through
your stinky candle phase
- for years now.
- Okay.
Look, honey, I need you to be honest.
You may not realize it,
but the truth here means a lot.
Your dad and I trust you, okay?
And this is this is
one of those moments
when that trust really matters.
I don't care
what you said before, okay?
We love you no matter what.
Just tell us the truth right now.
Is Harry Vanderspeigle an alien?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Why did you call that guy Harry?
- Because he's hairy.
- No, he's not.
He's just a guy.
♪
No, Harry's not an alien.
Okay.
Thank you for being honest.
You should read
my candle reviews on Etsy.
4 1/2 stars.
I used to see Mr. and Mrs. Mayor's baby
as a small problem compared
to getting my powers
and defeating the Mantid.
But after this powwow,
something in me has shifted.
I can feel how Asta
experiences the world.
Sometimes small things are not
as small as you would think.
Okay, one problem down,
a couple big ones to go.
You have to find that Mantid.
Do not worry about that.
I have a solution.
Oh, good. What is it?
I have no idea how to get
my alien powers back
or defeat and kill the Mantid.
But the energy of the jingle dancers
made me feel
somehow things will be okay.
I will tell you tomorrow
after we've had some rest.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Okay.
Hello?
Yes, this is Asta.
Wait, I'm I'm sorry,
what do you mean,
the money wasn't deposited?
All my favorite people ♪
are broken ♪
believe me ♪
Here's your coffee, Liv.
My heart should know ♪
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
You look lost.
Hi, Liv.
I'm fine.
Did Peter Bach reach out to you?
No, not yet.
- Sorry.
- Ugh.
You know, I always admire you.
Feels like no matter
how bad things get,
you manage to stay positive.
Like like, you're
still able to have hope
that things will get better.
I always try.
Yeah.
Wish I had some of that.
My baby is is gone, and
Every day that goes by,
I feel further and further away
from her.
I think I know how to help.
Hey, where have you been?
I've been trying to reach you all day.
Yeah, hey, um, I put you on silent
not you specifically, everybody.
It's been a crazy day, so
Oh, okay, well, the bank called,
and they said
they never got that money.
Huh.
That's weird, 'cause i
I dropped it off last night.
I left here, got the money from the 59,
and and went to the bank,
dropped it off
in the overnight slot thing.
Okay.
Okay, good. [LAUGHS]
Wow, I guess it's just a bank error.
Yeah, bank error, happens all the time.
Totally, yeah.
Oh, my God. Listen to this.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
It has been insane here.
Harry got summoned
by the Housing Council.
He promised them a dead Mantid.
When we went to dig it up,
it wasn't there.
It just, like like disappeared.
[DIALOGUE FADING]
Sorry, I gotta run.
Oh. Okay. Uh.
Well, I'll catch up with you later?
♪
Even though I feel
everything will be okay,
in case it is not and Marea
is my final destination,
I am labeling my belongings
so that those
who have touched my life will have
something to remember me by.
Asta will like this
since she gave it to me,
and it's just like new
because I never used it.
You're welcome.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Hey.
Hello, person who does not knock.
What are you doing here without Asta?
- We're not always together.
- Yes, you are.
You even have one of those
four-legged bicycles.
It's called a tandem bike,
the beast, you know.
I can remember when we got it,
this flea market.
Asta acted like we had found gold.
I said it was a death trap,
but she was so excited.
So we bought it and fixed it up
over the weekend.
And then when we got on it,
we just immediately fell.
We fell again and again and again.
And then something clicked, and we
we found our balance, and we just
we were like this team, you know.
We were unshakable.
We were just this
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
This force, and
♪
And now I don't
I don't know.
Next time,
just say, "we bought a bike."
[LAUGHS]
See, this is why I came to you.
You're not sentimental.
It's like talking to a plant.
Oh, look, there's an actual plant,
just what you were looking for.
Goodbye.
I'm barely holding on.
I'm, um I'm scared
of where my mind's going.
And I'm really scared of what
I might do if I'm alone.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
You did not come here to talk
about bicycles or plants.
Asta gave me some money to deposit,
and I got drunk, and I lost it,
and then I lied to my best friend,
and she actually believed me.
Oh, so the lie did its job.
Yeah, but
She's supposed to know me
better than anyone.
And if she just believes the lie,
it's like she can't
it's like she can't see me,
like, the real me.
If I could see the real you,
what color hair would you have?
[LAUGHS]
Brown.
[SIGHS] Asta's trusting.
She's a trusting person.
She trusted you.
Yeah, but Asta used to see
through my bullshit every time.
And now she just believes me?
I mean, it's like
she she she knows I'm a liar.
Well, I told Asta that I had
a solution for the Mantid.
I do not. I am a liar also.
Up top, deceiver.
But you don't care if she believes you.
I do.
If she can't tell
that I'm lying, then who am I?
Do I even exist?
Should should I?
What do you mean, should you exist?
You you already do exist.
Oh.
Yeah.
Oh.
Let's call Asta on the phone, hmm?
So she can say everything's okay,
even though she knows it's not?
Asta won't admit it.
But she and a whole lot of other people
would be better off
if I wasn't in their lives.
I don't need somebody to lie to me.
I just I need somebody
to answer the question.
What is the question?
I don't feel good about my life.
Why should I keep going?
♪
If you would have
asked me this question
when I first came to earth,
I would answer differently.
I wanted all humans to die, even you.
But I've changed.
I see the value of human life,
even yours.
What's the value?
Every dream I ever had is dead.
Sometimes at night, I just
I just walk around for hours.
And I look up at the sky,
and I just feel so small
♪
And so worthless.
If you were worthless,
Mr. and Mrs. Mayor
would not have their baby.
You are not small.
You are part of that sky
that you were looking up at.
Me too.
This old woman that I met
she was violent; She hit me.
But she also taught me
about something called nanama.
It is how we are all connected.
- I am in you.
- Ew.
- And and you are in me.
- Gross.
And if you were not here,
the world would be incomplete.
What happened to you?
Did you grow a soul or something?
My species do not have souls.
But you just told me the old lady,
she said we're all connected.
- Did you feel connected?
- Yes.
That's your soul, dumb-ass.
You obviously grew one.
That's why you felt connected.
Get the hell out of here!
I will not.
[SOFT MUSIC]
I'm really a human.
Yeah.
Welcome aboard.
It is really hard.
Maybe it is not.
Maybe the problem is,
humans make it hard
when it's really easy.
[MOODY COUNTRY MUSIC]
♪
moonlight shining through the trees ♪
Here it is.
It's a tree.
No, it's the fairy tree.
Yeah, okay. [CHUCKLES]
Do you really expect me to
believe that fairies are real?
Did you ever think you would
believe aliens were real?
Well, you got me there.
My aunt Kathy brought me here
when I was little.
She said this is where the fairies live
and that I should
leave a mint for them.
So now whenever I feel lost,
I come here to remind myself
the world is full of magic and hope.
I think the day I believe
the world is magic
is the day that I'm standing
in my house
with my baby in my arms.
I'm so sorry you're going through this.
I can't imagine how terrible you feel.
I think it was really sweet
of you to bring me here.
Did you want to leave a mint for them?
Oh, you can do it.
I just left one a couple of days ago,
and now it's gone.
- Hmm.
- Maybe the squirrels.
Still feels good, though.
Sometimes when you feel helpless,
like there's nothing you can do,
at least you're doing something.
Okay.
Okay.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Moonlight shine on down ♪
and shine on me ♪
♪
I do not see the dead Mantid with you.
Prepare the shuttle for Marea.
No, wait.
I have come with a new offer.
You are in no position to negotiate.
Well, if you return my alien energy,
I will kill the Mantid
and bring it to you here,
ridding the galaxy
of this dangerous threat.
And if I do not, the Greys can have me.
[LAUGHS]
My clients prefer assets
with actual value.
And isn't this exactly
what you offered before?
Yes, but things have changed.
The Greys wanted me to kill the Mantid
so they could
keep stealing babies' souls
disgusting.
But what if I told you
there is another being
that can grow a soul?
Impossible.
Not even humans can grow
a soul from nothing.
Not impossible.
I am living proof.
I am that being that grew
a human soul right here.
Let the record show the defendant
is pointing to his penis.
My pe penis?
No, no, not even cl
the penis is down here.
I mean, sometimes it's over here.
Sometimes it's over here.
And when I'm jogging, it's like
I mean, you don't even know where.
But I'm pointing to my heart.
Let the record show the
human penis is in the heart.
God.
If I fail to kill the Mantid,
the Greys can have me and my soul.
But only if they agree to give up
Mr. and Mrs. Mayor's baby
now and forever.
Having the ability
to grow their own souls
instead of transporting them from earth
would be greatly beneficial
to the Greys.
Baby shipping costs
have gone through the roof.
But how do we know you actually
grew this soul you're referring to?
He would not have made such
a selfless offer otherwise.
If the defendant is offering
himself as collateral,
we agree to relinquish all claims
to the human baby in question.
Then this council accepts your offer
and will grant your energy
To an executor
who will provide it to you
at their discretion.
An executor?
The ultimate prize for enduring
all the challenges on earth
has been something
beyond any possession:
A human soul.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Hey, Jay, does this money drop envelope
belong to the diner?
Looks like one of Dan's.
Yeah.
Where'd you find this?
Mail carrier
dropped it off at the station.
I'm guessing there's
about $2,000 in there.
He said somebody dropped it in
the mailbox next to the bank.
Hmm. [CHUCKLES]
Can't imagine who would have done that.
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah, we all ♪
There's the bank.
There's the drop box thingy.
Eat this money bag. Num, num, num.
[LAUGHTER]
I know we don't deserve it ♪
Oh. I peed.
But we need it anyhow ♪
[SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC]
We hang in the balance ♪
dangle 'tween hell
and hallowed ground ♪
But perhaps the best part
of being human is,
no matter how difficult life gets,
we always have hope.
And every single one of us ♪
could use some mercy now ♪
♪
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
Every single one of us
could use some mercy ♪
Ben, is that you?
[MUSIC PLAYING OVER EARBUDS]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[BABY COOING]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Oh, my God. Oh.
Ben! Ben!
Honey?
- Is that her?
- Yeah.
Hi. [LAUGHS]
Hi.
♪
Unfortunately,
sometimes all of your hope
sits in a single jar
and is handed to the last
person in the galaxy
you would want to have control over it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Daddy?
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]
sync & corrections awaqeded
My church and my country ♪
could use a little mercy now ♪
[SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC]
As they sink into a poisoned pit ♪
it's gonna take
forever to climb out ♪
♪