Joseph Rainier

> Robert. Stop. Don't go to him. You belong to us.
>
> Joseph, speaking telepathically to Robert Hutchins, "Best of Enemies"

**Joseph Rainier** is a character on Syfy's *Resident Alien*. He is portrayed by Enver Gjokaj.

## Character overview

Joseph is a Grey alien, or possibly a Grey/human hybrid. He infiltrates the secret government operation to search for evidence of alien activity on Earth created by General Eleanor McCallister. He has long been involved in the case of Robert Hutchins, who was abducted from his mother's womb by the Greys.

## Plot summary

As General Eleanor McCallister conducts a secretive meeting with David Logan on a ledge in a mountainous park, Joseph watches from above. As David Logan prepares to surrender the alien ball that is in his possession in exchange for freedom from pursuit by her, Joseph shoots him, sending him plummeting to the ground a great distance below. Thanks to the alien ball's powers, he survives the fall with only minimal injuries. McCallister then realizes that there must be a mole in her organization, as she did not tell anyone else about the meeting.

Joseph returns to McCallister's black site, where he resumes a role of posing as a prison guard. Remotely monitoring, David Logan observes a confrontation between him and one of the prisoners, Robert Hutchins. McCallister, however, dismisses the confrontation as being nothing, telling Logan to keep looking. At the black site, however, Robert protests to Joseph that he's not alien, that the aliens were the ones who took him. Joseph communicates with Robert telepathically, saying that he remembers and that he's not supposed to remember. He tells him that if he wants to stay alive to not forget that he belongs to them. He then slams Robert against the cell wall and exits.

Together, Harry Vanderspeigle and Peter Bach, known as the "Alien Tracker," infiltrate McCallister's secret black site. They instigate a prison break and Robert Hutchins is among those released from their cells. When Peter sees Robert on a monitor, he is stunned, as Robert is his son. He tells McCallister that she's been keeping his son imprisoned and, against her advice, goes to find him. He eventually does and Robert, seeing him, starts to head towards him. Joseph then sees this telepathically tells him to stop, saying that he belongs to them. Robert, however, ignores him and races towards Peter. Robert tells him telepathically that he made the wrong choice. He pulls out a pistol and fires at Robert, but Peter jumps in front of him, taking the shot in the heart. Harry then appears in his alien form and attacks Joseph, nearly choking him out before leaving him on the ground to the mercy of the other prisoners. He then goes to Peter, who tells him that it's too late for him and pleads with him to save his son.

Joseph survives the attack thanks to his Grey physiology and manages to escape the black site seemingly unharmed. He goes to Harry at Joe's Diner in Patience, Colorado and uses his Grey ability to freeze time, stopping the passage of time for everyone and everything there except himself and Harry. He then tells Harry that Harry's people have ceded the Earth to The Greys and that their conflict is not with him. He tells him that they have left an escape pod up on the mountain and that they'll leave him alone so long as he leaves peacefully. At first, Harry is happy to do so, but he eventually realizes his time on Earth has changed him. He sends his alien baby, Bridget, away on the capsule, but remains on Earth and aligns with General McCallister to try to stop the Greys. Meanwhile, Joseph goes to the Patience Sheriff's Office and interviews for an open position as a sheriff's deputy in order to continue monitoring events in Patience.

## Trivia

* The resume that Joseph Rainier provides for Sheriff Mike describes him as being a military-trained security officer with strong leadership qualities and professional work experience, including knowledge of security procedures and techniques. It describes him as being motivated and team-oriented with technical skills and attention to detail, with areas of expertise in security, planning and management. It also states that he has eight years in army recon. It gives his address as P.O. Box 1031 in Patience, Colorado and his phone number as 970-013-3492. While the 970 area code covers western and northern portions of Colorado, it is not possible for a phone number to start with a 0.
* Joseph Rainier's actor, Enver Gjokaj previously appeared alongside Harry Vanderspeigle's actor, Alan Tudyk, in the sci-fi series *Dollhouse* on FOX.