Asta Twelvetrees

> How do you still not get this? This is not just about me. What about everyone I care about? .... I know that you don't care unless it's me. So guess what. It's me again.
>
> Asta Twelvetrees to Harry Vanderspeigle, "Radio Harry"

**Asta Twelvetrees** (pronounced /ˈɑːstə/, AH-stə) is a character in the science fiction comedy television series *Resident Alien*. She is portrayed by Sara Tomko.

## Character overview

> Asta always does the right thing. It is her most annoying trait. That and she never lets me kill anyone.
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> Harry Vanderspeigle, thinking to himself, "Best of Enemies"

Asta Twelvetrees was born to a woman named Mary-Ellen Taylor. It was a teenage pregnancy and one Mary-Ellen did not desire, feeling that she had never set out to be a mother and would not have been a good one. She abandoned Asta to Dan Twelvetrees as an infant and left her life..

Asta considers herself an outsider in the town of Patience and recognizes the same sort of thing in Harry Vanderspeigle. She tells him that sometimes just feeling human is alien to her. She tries to look out for the youth of Patience, keeping them away from the town's "underbelly." She left her husband Jimmy due to his abusiveness at the same time that Vanderspeigle's spaceship was crashing on Earth and ended up meeting him approximately four months later, on the day he first ventured into Patience's downtown. The relationship between Harry and Asta is strained at first, as Asta does not understand Harry's strange behavior, yet the two of them discover an odd connection due to their outsider status, and through working together. Asta eventually learns the truth of Harry's alien nature and ends up becoming Harry's first true friend on Earth.

Twelvetrees worked as a nurse under Dr. Sam Hodges and had a very close friendship with him. Following his death, she continues to work as a nurse under the alien that has assumed the identity of Harry Vanderspeigle. Hodges's ex-wife, Rosy, was like a mother to her prior to Hodges's divorcing her. Asta is devastated by Sam's murder and works to uncover the truth.

Approximately 17 years ago, Asta Twelvetrees had a daughter named Jay, who she gave up for adoption. Jay works at the Patience Health Clinic as an intern and Twelvetrees continues to watch over her, despite not having officially acknowledged her as her daughter until finally being outed unwittingly by Vanderspeigle. She, however, eventually discovers the truth and leaves the clinic, not sure how to react to the fact that she has been unwittingly working for her mother. After this, Asta tries to form a bond with Jay, but is hampered by a series of setbacks. After a disastrous meeting with her own biological mother, she goes to Jay, telling her simply that she loves her and that she's there for her if she needs her, but that it's okay if she doesn't. Following this, Jay reaches out to Asta, asking for her old job at the Patience Health Clinic back, and the two go dress-shopping together.

## Appearance

Asta is an average height, at least 1/2 Native American, black hair woman. Like D'Arcy, she appears to be somewhere around 30-35, though the stress of her occupation and life circumstances results in signs of premature age.

## Plot summary

### Outsiders together

Asta Twelvetrees meets Harry Vanderspeigle when he is summoned to the town of Patience to investigate the death of Sam Hodges, the town's doctor. She is aggravated when Vanderspeigle does only a cursory inspection and declares Hodges's death to have been a suicide, demanding that he do a full autopsy. He finally agrees to do it with the help of some pleading from Mayor Ben Hawthorne. Back in the lab, he argues with Twelvetrees, insisting that there are multiple cuts on the victim's neck which are consistent with him having held the knife himself. Twelvetrees points out that Hodges was a doctor and if he really wanted to kill himself, he would have stabbed his carotid artery. Vanderspeigle is forced to admit that she has a point and the two complete the autopsy. During the whole process, Twelvetrees is bothered by Vanderspeigle's bizarre behavior, which includes comparing her intelligence to that of a lizard and later a panda. Despite this, something about him seems to intrigue her and she invites him to come to the local pub, The 59, across the street in order to get a drink.

Vanderspeigle accepts the invitation and at the pub, Asta makes small-talk with him. As the conversation continues, she comments that he's supposed to ask her about her childhood. He asks her why he would do that, saying that he doesn't care. She tells him that isn't the point, and tells him that she left town when she was 16 and married a biker in Denver named Jimmy, but split with him approximately four months previously. She admits that she's buying him dinner because he has a pick-up truck and she's hoping that he could take her the next day to get the rest of her things that she left behind. She introduces him to the bartender, D'Arcy Bloom, and they all share a toast.

The next day, Twelvetrees meets Vanderspeigle at the clinic and introduces him to Jay, a 17-year-old intern at the clinic. When he mistakes a birthmark on her neck for a fly, she calls him a "douchebag." As he and Twelvetrees travel to her old place to pick her stuff, she apologizes for Jay's behavior, explaining that she's having a hard time with Hodges's murder. She continues that helping out in the clinic helps to keep her off the street and that Patience might look like a slice of Americana, but actually has an underbelly. They arrive at Twelvetrees's old place and claim her stuff, but end up being confronted by Jimmy, who thinks that Vanderspeigle is Twelvetrees's "new man." He tells Vanderspeigle to take his truck and head home, saying that he and Twelvetrees have some catching up to do. Vanderspeigle is reluctant, but eventually leaves at Twelvetrees's insistence that she'll be alright.

After he is gone, Jimmy shouts at Twelvetrees, saying that she's embarrassing him and when she tries to leave, he starts getting physical. Just then, in a display of seemingly inhuman strength, Vanderspeigle reaches through the wall, grabs Jimmy, pulls him out of the house, and throttles him within an inch of his life, only stopping because of Twelvetrees shouting that it's not worth it to kill him. When she asks how he managed it, he sheepishly replies "yoga." He asks why she came there in the first place and she says that she's always been an outsider, that she feels that he's the same. He asks why she married Jimmy and she explains that when she was sixteen, she got pregnant with his child. He convinced her that they were too young to raise the child, so she gave it up for adoption, but she stayed with him because she felt like if she left, it would mean she had given up the baby for nothing. One day, four months ago, however, she finally had enough.

The next day, the two attend Sam Hodges's funeral. Twelvetrees is shocked when Vanderspeigle breaks away from her in the middle of the eulogy and approaches the casket. To everyone's shock, he opens it and Twelvetrees makes an excuse for him, saying he really misses him. He sniffs the air and Twelvetrees finally manages to drag him away. He tells her that he knows how Hodges died - that he had tried to give himself a tracheotomy. His windpipe had closed up and he needed air because somebody had poisoned him. Somebody there at the funeral was the murderer.

### Due to the dead

As Vanderspeigle begins his first day at work as the new town doctor, Twelvetrees tries to get him to clean up the clinic, only for him to react to her instruction of "Don't just stand there," by simply leaving the room. She is forced to put out fires throughout his first day as he suggests one patient's bad breath might be due to eating a dead rodent and tells a child that he needs be more careful because his parents don't have insurance, so if he gets hurt again, they'll lose their home and have to live out on the street. Things finally, mercifully come to an end and that evening as they are having a nightcap, she introduces him to her father, Dan. Dan comments that he has a bad feeling, that there's something wrong with Vanderspeigle. When she replies that he has a bad feeling about any man within ten feet of her, he counters that when he looks at Vanderspeigle, he feels nothing at all.

The next day at the clinic, she introduces Vanderspeigle to her cousin Kayla and Kayla's young son, Sage. She also asks Jay to apologize for calling Vanderspeigle a "douchebag" and she does, only for Vanderspeigle to apologize in turn for her birthmark looking like a fly. At this, Jay again calls him a "douchebag," leading Twevletrees to quip "Glad we cleared that up." She then tells Vanderspeigle that the nurse's office is his temporary office, that she doesn't want anyone going into Hodges's office for the time being. He asks about how she's handling Hodges's death and she admits that as a youth she didn't have anyone whom she could talk when she was sad because she moved out of her father's home. She says that she moved back because she missed home, but when she tries to ask Vanderspeigle about his own past, he dodges the topic, claiming to be hungry.

The day after, Vanderspeigle is busy conducting a therapy session with Mayor Hawthorne when Sam Hodges's widow, Abigail, bursts into his office. Twelvetrees tells her that she can't be there, that it's a crime scene, but she insists that she's there collect Sam Hodges's stuff, as it all belongs to her now. Irritated, Twelvetrees heads outside and confronts Sheriff Thompson, asking where he's at in the investigation. When he tries to tell her that it's none of her business, she tells him that Mrs. Hodges is inside taking Sam's stuff out of the office and that it could be evidence, that she could be the killer. Deputy Liv Baker tells her that they already established an alibi for Abigail, but they continue to argue and Vanderspeigle, watching them, reflects that she's masking sadness as anger.

During a session the next day, Twelvetrees is with Vanderspeigle as he consults with an elderly patient, who comments that while he liked Sam Hodges, Hodges was always telling him not to eat certain things. Vanderspeigle commented that he didn't agree with this, that there were ten things that were more likely to kill the man than bad food. The patient asked him to give it to him straight how long he had, and he told him that if he liked Christmas he should celebrate it before June, but between now and then, he could eat anything he wanted. The patient said that he liked him, that he was the first doctor that was ever totally honest with him. Twelvetrees then commented on his "particular style," saying it was impressive as that patient didn't like anyone. That evening, Twelvetrees was with her father Dan, who told her that he knew she and Hodges had been close and that there were certain of their Native American traditions she could follow to honor the deceased, such as cutting her hair. She told him that she could handle it and that it was about time he started letting her live her own life. She asked if he was really going to start being her father again now that was living at home and he told her that she had never stopped being his daughter. He told her that she needed to burn her scrubs or else Hodges's spirit would linger. In the end, she relented and let him cut her hair.

Back at the office, she had a flashback to a happy moment with Hodges. She admitted to Vanderspeigle that Dan wasn't her real father, that her mother left when she was one and he took her in and raised her. She tells him that Hodges was the only one she could talk to about all of this, saying that she never should have left him the night he died, but she was tired. The two agree to play a card game together and Vanderspeigle says that he'll put his stuff in his office, but she tells him that Hodge's office is his office now. As the two connected, Vanderspeigle reflecting on feeling her emotions, that he should not have been able to feel an emotion that was not his own, but that being inside a human body had changed him.

### A connection

Twelvetrees talks with another nurse at the clinic, Ellen Cho, who incorrectly pronounces her name as "Ass-ta" rather than the correct pronunciation of "Ah-sta." Called out on it, she says that it must be the Canadian in her, and then tells her that Vanderspeigle needs some prescription pads, but that she can't find any. When Twelvetrees asks where she's looked, she admits that she hasn't yet, asking her to do it. Twelvetrees does so and discovers Vanderspeigle staring at a sleeping Jay. When she asks what he's doing, he tells her that he can't sleep at night and wants to learn how. She tells him to knock it off, that it's creepy, and wakes Jay, asking her if she's seen one of Hodges's prescription pads, that there's one missing. Jay replies that she only works there for school credit and that she barely even knows where the tongue depressors are. She asks Vanderspeigle why he can't sleep and then if he meditates. He claims that he does and likes it very much.

Patience is rocked by the news that a severed foot was discovered in the lake, resulting in Sheriff Mike Thompson suggesting that they might have a serial killer. He declares a search of the lake to try to find the rest of the body. Later, Twelvetrees is moping when she is approached by D'Arcy Bloom, who tells her that she needs to get her mind off of Sam Hodges's death. She tells her that she needs to come out with her, but Twelvetrees is bemused when she takes her out to the lake to watch the search for the body. She tells her that she thought she meant "dinner and a movie" when she said that they were going to have some fun. In response, Bloom comments that they have their very own live show, with the finale, fingers crossed, being a bloated, dead corpse. She admits also that she was dating a guy who ghosted her and she's hoping maybe the corpse is his so she can get some closure. She suggests that they attend a party being held later by an old friend named JT and the talk turns to old times and how they both got out of Patience for a time and chased their dreams, only to come right back.

The two eventually get bored of watching and pay a visit to Harry Vanderspeigle's cabin for a pit stop. There, they come upon the Harry Vanderspeigle alien, who is in the middle of trying to hide the body of the true Harry Vanderspeigle, who had washed up on shore and whose foot was actually the one that was discovered. He manages to play things off as simply standing around the cabin not doing anything and they use his bathroom, Bloom checking out his medicine cabinet and seeing vitamins arranged in alphabetical order, which weirdly turns her on. They then tell him that they're going to JT's party, but tell him that he's not invited because it's a girls' night out thing.

They arrive at the party, where they are shocked to be called "cougars" and "MILFs" by the attendees, before realizing that they were mistaken and that it's actually a high school party being hosted by JT's son, who also happens to be named JT. While there, they discover some pills being passed around and Twelvetrees realizes that they had been prescribed using Hodges's stolen prescription pad. She confiscates them, telling the kid who had given them to her that if he has a problem with it, she'll call the cops. She and Bloom then make their way to exit, only to discover Jay passed out. They take her back home, telling her that she is too young to realize just how sorry the party really was. Twelvetrees then gives her some cedar to burn, telling her that she knows she's going through hard time and that if she pulls the smoke around her, it will help, that it was something her dad taught her. Jay thinks it weird, but agrees to gave it a try anyway. As they drive away, Twelvetrees sobs, recalling the day that she gave Jay up for adoption. She returns home, where she is surprised to find her father awake. He gives her breakfast, her favorite of scrambled eggs, and she tells him that the child she had given up for adoption was a girl. She says that she thought the girl would be better off without her, but she's wondering now if that's not true, if maybe she belonged with her. He tells her that she is a mother to the child, a bond that can never be broken, and that she will be able to sense her no matter where she is. He tells her that one day the connection will bring them back together. That afternoon, at the clinic, she puts a padlock on the drawer where Hodges kept his prescription pads. Vanderspeigle comments that he also has some things he needs to lock away and she asks who he even is. "Just a guy," he replies.

### The child revealed

When Vanderspeigle is invited to dinner with the Hawthorne family, he asks Twelvetrees to come along. She refuses, having another commitment, but gets D'Arcy Bloom to go along in her place. The two discuss the prescription pad stolen from Sam Hodges's office and Twlevetrees that Jay might have stolen it, ticking off Jay. Vanderspeigle asks why she would ask such a thing and Jay thinks he's backing her up, only for him to say that she of course did, that statistically she was the one most likely to. At this, Jay runs out of the room, irked. The next afternoon, Vanderspeigle is on call when Twelvetrees learns that her grandmother's back is hurting again and she needs a steroid shot. In the past, this would have been administered by Sam Hodges, so she asks Vanderspeigle to come with her to the Ute Reservation and for Dan to come with them. Neither Vanderspeigle nor Dan wanted to, but she overruled them both, saying that she didn't want grown men to act like children. Thus, the group all shared a tense trip to the reservation.

Once there, Vanderspeigle administered the shot, bonding with Twelvetrees's grandmother over some shared abuse of Dan. The grandmother then expressed to the young Twelvetrees that it was about time she had a child. Hearing this, Vanderspeigle commented that she already did, that Twelvetrees and Jay both shared the same facial structure and both ate like they were starving to death. Shocked out being outed in this manner, Twelvetrees leaves, leading Vanderspeigle to comment that they both run out of rooms in the same way also. Her friend Kayla tracks her down, and Twelvetrees asks her just how badly she messed up. Kayla points out that she gave up her only child only to stalk her until she was old enough to work and that her child's grandfather has been serving her pancakes without knowing the truth. Nevertheless, she says that she admires Twelvetrees for putting her child's needs ahead of her own. Afterwards, she talks with Dan, who wants to know how she could have done what she did. She retorts that he wanted her gone the second he knew she was pregnant, but he tells her that she was the one who ran out and everyone there would have supported her. She replies that he already raised one child that wasn't his own and she couldn't make another child his burden. She asks if they're going to be okay and he tells her that even when they're not okay, they're still okay.

That evening, Twelvetrees finds Vanderspeigle lying in a field, exhausted after trying to play basketball. He apologizes for revealing her secret, but she brushes him off, telling him that he actually did everyone a favor. When he tells her that he misses home, she asks if he has family there. He tells her that he had a wife, but he died, so he moved far away, taking a new job that brought him there. They then return to Patience, jamming to the Native American song "Bougee Natives" on the radio.

### Everyone's dead

The next day, Twelvetrees is working at the clinic when she spots Abigail Hodges leaving Vanderspeigle's office. She asks him what she wanted and he comments that she's "pro-murder," referring to the fact that she was hoping to get records back proving that her husband's death was murder because the insurance won't pay out if it was a suicide. The conversation turns to Jay and he tells her that she should just tell her that she's her daughter, but Twelvetrees replies that Jay needs to learn the truth on her own terms when she's ready and shouldn't be there at the clinic anymore either. He suggests that she fire her, but she replies that she could never do this, so he says that he'll fire her instead. Just then, a woman, Isabelle, enters the office and Twelvetrees tells Vanderspeigle to tell his girlfriend that she can't just come barging in. The woman shouts that she's not Vanderspeigle's girlfriend but rather his wife, as she is in fact, the wife of the late human Harry Vanderspeigle that the alien Vanderspeigle killed. Stunned, Twelvetrees says that Vanderspeigle had told her she was dead, leading to fly into a rage, throwing papers and cardboard boxes at Vanderspeigle and shouting "I guess we're all dead!"

Later, Twelvetrees tries to work up the nerve to fire Jay, only for Jay to discover a file among the papers that Isabelle threw about. The paper reveals that Twelvetrees birthed a child on the same day as Jay's birthday. Jay is stunned, and even more so to learn that Jimmy is the father. She leaves, shocked, and outside Twelvetrees and Vanderspeigle commiserate over their shared lies. Twelvetrees asks why it is that people lie about things like this and Vanderspeigle says that it's perhaps that humans lie because they don't want people to know who they really are. Just then, Jimmy arrives, having been called by Twelvetrees. She reveals to him that Jay found out the truth, saying that she wanted him to hear it from her first and that he's the last thing that Jay needs in her life. He turns it back on her, though, saying that it's her behavior that's not normal, having allowed Jay to get so close to her at the clinic without telling her the truth.

### Suspicions

Jay quits working as an intern at the clinic, something which Twelvetrees explains to Vanderspeigle when he suggests that she might fix a problem he's having with the office coffee-maker. A new doctor, Ethan Stone, then arrives at the clinic as a more permanent replacement for Dr. Hodges. In the kerfuffle that results from his arrival, Vanderspeigle reveals the theft of the prescription pad to Sheriff Thompson and Deputy Baker, something that Twelvetrees had been keeping from him. The two then confront her, Thompson telling her that she's not the only person who loved Sam Hodges and she needs to share any information she might have been keeping from them. She explains to them that she didn't know that the pad was stolen at first, that Hodges was diabetic and she thought he might have simply used it to write a prescription for his insulin. She then shows them the pills that she discovered at the high school party and suggests that they talk to the kid who was giving them out. She sees Vanderspeigle leaving and asks him if he was really going to leave without saying goodbye to her. He tells her awkwardly that he didn't want to say goodbye and they both call each other weirdos before Isabelle shows up, seeing them hugging. Twelvetrees explains that they were only saying goodbye, leaving Vanderspeigle to his "wife."

Later, Twelvetrees joins D'Arcy Bloom and Judy in a gathering at The 59 with Liv Baker to celebrate Baker's recent success in coming through with a breakthrough on the Sam Hodges case. While there, the group observes Twelvetrees's ex, Jimmy, with a new girl named Becky. Twelvetrees tries to play it off, but the others suggest that she might be some sort of Russian mail-order bride. Baker then grills Twelvetrees, asking her why she left Jay's name off the list of suspects. Twelvetrees, not wanting to reveal that Jay is her daughter, simply apologizes and says that Jay is a good kid. Baker, however, tells her that it looks suspicious and says that they're going to have to bring Jay in for questioning. She says that there weren't many people who had access to Hodges's office and that whoever stole the prescription pads is someone Twelvetrees cares about. Considering the matter, Twelvetrees comes to a realization. She goes over and confronts Jimmy, pointing out that he would sometimes play gin rummy with Hodges in his office. She suggests that Hodges might have left a pad lying his desk, which Jimmy took while he was away at the bathroom. Jimmy tries to play it off as untrue, but Twelvetrees, seeing the look on his face, realizes that he is lying. As Jimmy and Becky make to leave, Twelvetrees warns Becky that he will abuse her and that isn't okay.

### The snow bridge

While working at the clinic, Twelvetrees discovers Vanderspeigle's diagnosis of teraphobia, or the fear of monsters, for the boy Max Hawthorne and his suggestion that Max be sent away to a special school in Georgia. She asks Dr. Stone about it, saying that she's never noticed such behavior in Max before and wondering if it's extreme to send him away. He replies that his own parents sent him away to a special school to play lacrosse and he turned out fine, which she finds of no help whatsoever. Later, she plays pool with D'Arcy Bloom. The two discuss her theory regarding Jimmy stealing the prescription pad and Bloom tells her that she should have simply told Sheriff Thompson about it, but Twelvetrees replies that she didn't want to accuse him without proof. Bloom then gets a call from Judy, who reports that Vanderspeigle is at the bowling alley and won't leave for the night. They come over and find a very depressed Vanderspeigle playing arcade games.

They discover that Vanderspeigle is depressed at having lost his job as a doctor, as well as Isabelle leaving him. They ask if there's anything they can do and he replies that he's already tried booze and pills but they didn't help. "Jesus, Harry, you're a doctor!" Twelvetrees replies, telling him that he ought to know he can't simply use booze and pills to feel better. "Judy, get the pot!" Bloom then shouts. The group then proceeds to get totally wasted on the pot before retiring to a Chinese diner for noodles. While there, Vanderspeigle has a telepathic conversation with an octopus, leading Twelvetrees and Bloom to reflect that he's never been high before. They then start their own pretend conversation with an eel in the tank next to the octopus, Bloom commenting "This is Asta. She's single and she likes to read very terrible beach books." Following this, Twelvetrees finally steels her nerve and reports to the sheriff's office, telling Thompson and Baker that she believes Jimmy stole the pad.

Later, Twelvetrees and Bloom are out walking and talking. Bloom tells Twelvetrees that she was right to tell about Jimmy. Twelvetrees agrees, but says that it doesn't feel good. Bloom counters that the drugs were being sold to high school students. As they continue to talk, they spot Max Hawthorne shouting after Vanderspeigle, telling him "Don't go, it's too dangerous." They catch up to him and demand to know where Vanderspeigle was going and what he's doing. Although Max refuses to explain exactly what the two of them were doing together, he does reveal that Vanderspeigle is headed to the glacier. The two then board snowmobiles and follow Vanderspeigle, catching him up just as he discovers his device that he's been searching for. They warn him not to move, that he could be standing on a snow bridge, but then a crevasse opens, swallowing them all up.

### The alien

The group comes to, having fallen some distance, still alive, but in a very precarious situation. Vanderspeigle, whose leg was trapped, blames the two women for causing their predicament. Bloom suggests leaving them, but nevertheless tries to get back to her snowmobile. This, however, ultimately results in an even worse catastrophe, as the snowmobile slips, leaving her in hanging in midair and causing Twelvetrees and Vanderspeigle to fall even further below.

Twelvetrees and Vanderspeigle wake once more and Twelvetrees is largely unharmed, but it quickly becomes clear that Vanderspeigle is badly injured. Twelvetrees then spots something truly bizarre - glowing blue blood and strange alien features on Vanderspeigle's face. He tries to play it off as being "Colorado fever." Twelvetrees, however, easily calls his bluff, at which points he reveals the truth to her, that he is what her people call an "extraterrestrial." Though disturbed, Twelvetrees comes to the conclusion that it makes a strange sort of sense, as it explains a lot about Vanderspeigle's strange behavior since she met him.

Vanderspeigle explains that he normally conceals his true form using molecular reconstruction, but his injury has left him without energy to apply it properly. Furthermore, unless they are rescued, he will continue to appear more alien. She assists him in stopping the bleeding. He shares a series of confidences with her, including the fact that the boy Max Hawthorne can see his true form, that he is actually genderless in his alien form and had a partner and 342 back home, and even his true name, which is a series of noises that Twelvetrees doesn't even try to reproduce. When she asks him why he is on Earth, he claims that he is simply there to monitor humans and that his device is a "radio" that he needs to get back in order to call his people. She tells him that some of the native tribes talk about connections to people from the stars. He tells her that his people have been coming for thousands of years and helping, but recently things have changed and people have become distrustful.

Bloom manages to escape the crevasse and gain control of the other snowmobile, mounting a rescue. Vanderspeigle worries that she will discover his true form, but Twelvetrees promises that it will be okay. She disguises him by dressing him up in a very heavy parka, keeping him completely shielded from Bloom's view. She tells Bloom that he is badly injured and to drive them to the clinic. When they get there, she sends Bloom inside in order to get help. However, while Bloom is inside summoning the nurse Ellen, Twelvetrees drives away, instead taking Vanderspeigle to her father Dan's restaurant, Joe's Diner, where she hides Vanderspeigle in the freezer, as the cold helps to keep him from getting any worse. Dan is not happy to discover the alien in his freezer, but Asta explains that the alien is someone they know and she's trying to help him. Dan reluctantly runs interference, meeting up with Sheriff Mike Thompson and getting him to call off the search. Meanwhile, Asta asks Vanderspeigle what she can do for him, but he tells her that it is pointless without his "radio," that she should just let him die. She reveals that she was able to find it and, with this, he tells her that she must cut off his injured leg, that it is poisoning him and he will die if she doesn't. Asta is troubled by this, but nevertheless tells Dan to give her the meat cleaver. When, however, she tries to actually perform the deed, she finds that she can't do it. "I can," Dan tells her and she hands the cleaver to him. As he raises it, Vanderspeigle tells her that he's scared, so she holds his hand. Dan then lowers the cleaver, chopping off the injured leg.

### Alien convention

Twelvetrees spends much of the evening caring for Vanderspeigle, who had fallen unconscious. When he wakes the next morning in his cabin, she explains this to him. He tells her that she can go and she is astonished at his seeming lack of gratitude. She tells him that she had looked into getting him a prosthetic and is shocked when he pulls up his pants leg to reveal a small tentacle, explaining that his people were descended from octopuses and therefore have the ability to regenerate a lost limb. He tells her that after a while, it will be as good as new, and he will be able to again make it look human. He sees his "radio" sitting on a shelf and reaches for it, but Twelvetrees pulls it away, demanding that he at least attempt to show some sort of gratitude before she will hand it back over to him. After he finally does, she gives it to him. She tells him that she is going into work and warns him to stay put and rest.

Twelvetrees returns following her shift at work, annoyed to see Vanderspeigle outside and trying to get into his truck. He shows her that her leg is good as new, but she reminds him that even as a fake doctor, he ought to know that the drugs are still in his system and he isn't a condition to drive anywhere. This quickly becomes clear when he stumbles towards her vehicle and asks which one is his. She then grabs his keys, saying that she'll drive and asking where he's going.

The two arrive in New Mexico at an alien convention. There, Twelvetrees expresses that it's kind of cool for her to be there with an actual alien, that it makes her feel special. He replies that she is common and she calls it oddly less offensive, knowing that he's from outer space. "What now?" she asks and the two hit up a number of panels, in which Vanderspeigle expresses appreciation at a panelist who gives credit to ancient aliens for helping with the construction of monuments, tells Twelvetrees that the astronauts did land on the moon and were taken over by aliens, and provides his own wry commentary at a panel regarding various alien species. They finally arrive at an alien experiencer panel, hosted by a man named Peter Bach, which seems to be just what Vanderspeigle wants. She asks him what they're doing there, and he tells her that he'll know it when he sees it.

The two listen in a number of stories from people who have supposedly seen or been abducted by aliens, but Vanderspeigle seems dubious when it comes to most of their tales. He is then startled to find the seat next to him empty. Twelvetrees is up front, presenting her story. She tells the group that while they've had been experiences, hers is different. Several months before, when leaving her husband, she saw a flash of light in the sky. It gave her strength to never look back and months later, she met the occupant of the UFO. She tells the group that the alien made her feel safe and not alone and that she thinks that some of them are there to do good. "Nope," thinks Vanderspeigle to himself.

As the panel ends, Vanderspeigle hears a story that sparks his interest, a woman who speaks of having been abducted by aliens and had a tracking device implanted in her shoulder. When the panel ends, he tails her to a photo booth and comes at her with a knife, trying to cut the technology out of her. She then reveals that she was lying, before kneeing Vanderspeigle in the crotch and getting away. Twelvetrees then asks him just what he's doing. He explains that when the Greys abduct someone, they leave a tracking device in them, and he can adapt the technology to repair his "radio." Dumbfounded, she asks him if they're there just so that he can cut open some poor person's arm, but before she can pursue the matter further, Peter Bach from the panel approaches and stares at Vanderspeigle in a knowing away. Vanderspeigle explains to Twelvetrees that he's after him, that he has the same genetic adaptation as Max Hawthorne that allows him to see his true form. He runs away while Twelvetrees runs interference, temporarily waylaying Bach by pretending to be an interested fangirl. Vanderspeigle then ambushes Bach and discovers that he has the technology he needs. As he cuts it out of him, Twelvetrees meets with another attendee who was at the experiencer panel. He tells her that what she said was touching, but that she should be careful, telling her, "For all you know, your alien is a Christopher Columbus of the sky." She then reunites with Vanderspeigle, who tells her that he got what he needed. He tells her not to worry, that Bach was on his knees thanking him, but a flashback reveals the truth of his words: that Bach shouted at him, calling him a monster.

### Ooh Child

The two return home to Patience and the next day, Twelvetrees bails out D'Arcy Bloom, who had ended up in jail. She asks Bloom to tell her what happened, that she had received about a hundred texts from her saying "He's dead! He's dead!" Bloom then tells a confused Twelvetrees that she knows that she and Vanderspeigle murdered a guy and that she has a plan to spirit them both away to Alaska. Twelvetrees, still not really understanding, tells Bloom that she didn't kill anyone, that she would remember if she had. Bloom then admits that the night before, she had broken into Vanderspeigle's cabin and busted open the lock on the refrigerator. There, she saw what she thought was a dead body. Twelvetrees asks her how much she has had to drink. "Barely anything," she replies, but does admit to having had a couple of edibles and a pill she found under her couch. She accuses Twelvetrees of keeping a big secret from her, but she continues to deny it. Bloom reminds her that she has a tell - that she gets touchy and feely when she's lying. When Twelvetrees still won't open up, Bloom leaves, thanking her for bailing her out.

Twelvetrees pays a visit to Joe's Diner, where she is surprised to discover her daughter Jay working. She queries Dan, who admits to having given her a part-time job. She asks if this is such a good idea, but Dan just counters that she's friends with an alien. She then tries to connect with Jay, only to be rebuffed. Max and his friend Sahar then enter the diner. Max tells her that he knows that she knows the truth about Vanderspeigle. He and Sahar then explain that the government is after Vanderspeigle and enlist her help. Twelvetrees then reports to work at the clinic and tries to phone Vanderspeigle to warn him, but her call goes to voicemail, as Vanderspeigle is distracted with doubts about activating his device. She tells Dr. Ethan Stone that she needs to take the rest of the day off and he agrees, saying that they can hold down the fort. Before she can leave, however, she is approached by Deputy Baker, who tells her that she needs to see the foot that she found, that it may be a match for a boot she found that morning. Twelvetrees gets the foot out of the freezer and, in doing so, makes a connection. She sees a mole on the foot that's an exact match for one that she earlier saw on Vanderspeigle's foot. A flash of insight connects this with Bloom's comments and causes her to realize the truth: that it was the alien who killed the human Harry Vanderspeigle.

She rushes to Vanderspeigle's cabin and confronts him with the truth. Though he at first tries to deny it, she warns him not to lie to him and he admits to the truth. She asks him if he has any idea what he's done, reminding him of how broken up she was about Sam Hodges's death. She tells him that they are done. He tells her to wait and awkwardly sings the song "Ooh Child," claiming that "things are gonna get easier," but she doesn't buy it. When he says that she can't just leave, she tells him that he's really getting the hang of "human male bullshit" and he can't tell her what to do and what not to do. She tells him to go back to his plane, that she never wants to see him again and that they are not friends. After he leaves, he sobs in despair. He declares that he doesn't like this place anymore and activates his device, beginning a 90 minute countdown to the death of all humanity.

Stewing back at home, Twelvetrees receives a call from Max. Max tells her that he believes that Vanderspeigle is there to kill everyone and that he thinks he knows where he's going. Twelvetrees then drives them both to the government facility where Vanderspeigle's spaceship is being held. There, they discover a number of agents knocked out and Vanderspeigle in the process of launching the spaceship. Before they can act further, however, they are captured by a group of three soldiers, who then put them out front and center for Vanderspeigle to see. Dismayed, Vanderspeigle lowers the spaceship and emerges in his alien form. Twelvetrees tells Max to run and hide as Vanderspeigle blasts away the agents using a targeted form of the device's effects. He reaches Twelvetrees, who pleads with him, telling him that she knows why he's there and to not do it. He tells her he has to, that it's his mission, but she replies that she does not care. She says that he is not the same, that she knows he's changed since he killed the human Harry Vanderspeigle. She says she saw it just now, that he could have simply left, but he stayed to protect them. "No," he replies, saying that his mission is to kill everyone. "If you kill everyone, you kill *me*," she points out. He admits that he has changed. "There's my friend," she comments. "We are friends?" he asks wonderingly. She agrees that they're friends and he asks her if she will come with him to his planet and they can kill everyone together. "No!" she replies, aghast, saying that she's staying there. He agrees that if this the case, then he will not kill everyone. They embrace, him saying that he will miss her and she agreeing. He warns her that he has to go, or else his device will kill everyone in 80 seconds. She shouts at him to go, and he does, but not before telling her that he left some pizzas in his freezer and they're hers if she wants them. She then watches in awe and wonder as he lifts off, then teleports away, off the planet.

### Cosette

In the aftermath of the spaceship launch, Asta discovers that Max has gone missing. She returns home to her father, lamenting that she's looked everywhere and that the military or mercenaries or whoever must have taken him. She wonders just what she's going to tell his parents and he sarcastically suggests "Try this: 'Your kid is gone. There was an alien involved.'" She says she just can't do it and he tells her he'll be with her every step of the way, but balks when she thinks that he's actually coming with her to talk with the Hawthornes.

Asta arrives at the Hawthorne family residence to find to her surprise that Max is there. She plays it cool when Mayor Hawthorne invites her for pancakes and Max tells her that he'll walk her out. At the door, she asks him just what happened and he tells her to meet him at the baseball field in twenty minutes. She does so and Max reveals that the spaceship crashed there, but is invisible unless you make contact with it, and that Harry has gone missing. Asta sets Max to stand guard over the spaceship and begins a search for Harry.

Asta quickly gets a hit when one of her nursing contacts reveals that an amnesiac Harry has turned up a nearby hospital, claiming to be an alien. She proceeds to the hospital and stands guard over Harry in his hospital bed, having been sedated after trying to attack a child. When he wakes up, however, his amnesia has taken a new form. He now believes himself to be Lennie Briscoe from the show *Law & Order*, with Asta as his confidential informant, the hooker Cosette. Asta then takes him to the Chinese restaurant, hoping that familiar food and scenery will jog his memory. When, however, she tells him that he is an alien, he continues to refer to her as "Cosette" and comments that she must be "back on the smack." He, however, is then called over by the Octopus, who restores his memory. When Harry recognizes her, Asta comments "Thank God," and the Octopus snarks "God gets the credit? Great!" Asta asks if the Octopus just talked to her and he agrees "Hello there, human idiot."

### Family

Harry races to the baseball field, where a ball-game has started, hoping to keep people from discovering his spaceship. His attempt to intervene in the game does not go well, but Asta shows up and uses a far more simple and effective solution - cutting the power to the field's lights. Harry then enters the spaceship, but is forced to admit that it cannot fly. He laments that he has to fix it, but Asta warns him that he is running out of time. She warns him that things will get worse for him if someone sees the spaceship. Stymied, he uses what he calls a "survival kit" to shrink the spaceship into four alien balls.

Asta returns to the clinic, busy doing extra work due to the absence of Ethan who, unknown to anyone, was kidnapped by government agents who believed him to be the alien. D'Arcy shows up and rescues her, taking her on a ride. They discuss D'Arcy's having hooked up with Ethan and D'Arcy comments "Well, I guess we both know each other's secrets now." Asta is disturbed, briefly thinking that maybe D'Arcy knows the truth about Harry, but D'Arcy explains that Jay told her the truth about Asta being her mother. Asta apologizes for not telling her the truth herself, but D'Arcy plays it off, saying that she should have known anyway. The two then discuss how D'Arcy and Jay confronted Jimmy and cut the brakes on his car. D'Arcy comments that "sometimes you gotta slay a monster for your best friend."

Asta pays a visit to Harry's cabin, only to be shocked when she finds him face-down in the lake. She rushes over to him, worried that he's drowning, but he explains that his people have gills and he was just trying to think. He tells her that his people started as water beings. She says that this explains the weird talking octopus. He tells her that all octopuses can talk, they just don't normally talk to humans. He says that octopuses are the closest thing to his people on Earth and that he misses his family. She tells him that on Earth, you don't have to be related to your family, that sometimes family is just those in your life that you love and would do anything for. She continues that it helps to surround yourself with nature and people you care about.

### The bunker

Asta continues to work long hours at the clinic to cover Dr. Ethan's absence when Mayor Ben Hawthorne arrives with a replacement doctor. Asta is stunned as the replacement doctor is Dr. Smallwood, an elderly woman who thinks that Ben is his nonexistent twin brother. Nevertheless, when D'Arcy shows up to take her on a boating expedition, she reluctantly agrees to go when Ben insists that things are covered. The two go out boating, laying back and listening to music. Asta recalls listening to the music when she was pregnant with Jay. D'Arcy tells her that she should have been there, but Asta reminds her that she didn't even know. D'Arcy says that she should have, but Asta insists that it's fine and that she didn't want to ruin her life when she was training in Europe.

Asta returns home to Dan and tells her about her time off with Jay. Dan asks if she wore a lifejacket. He points out that she's the only person who is keeping Harry from killing all of them. She says that she can't help that she's his only friend. Dan tells her that Harry ought to have more friends. He says that Patience is a great town and that if Harry can't see the value of humans there then maybe they deserve to become extinct. Asta then finds Harry at Joe's Diner and tells him to join Patience's weekly poker game.

Later, Asta pays a visit to Harry's cabin, where she learns the truth of just what he's been up to recently. It turns out that after learning from the Octopus that his people will likely be coming to complete the job he couldn't, Harry has been building a bunker within his cabin. The poker game having been a disaster, he tells her that the bunker is so that the two of them can survive together, staying there for over a year with the Octopus after his people come to kill everyone else. Aghast, Asta tells him that there's no way she can stay there with him and no way that she wants to lose the people that she loves and considers family, like D'Arcy, Jay and Dan. She insists that he call his people, but he tells her there's no way. She calls his bluff, grabbing a toaster and heading to the bathroom, where she threatens to kill herself by dropping the bathtub in the water. Harry tries to call her own bluff, but when she drops the toaster, he moves to grab it, telling her that he will build a radio. After he leaves, she presses the safety switch on the electrical outlet.

### Memories

As the two later sit together eating pizza brought by Asta, there is a knock at the door. It's Sheriff Mike Thompson and Deputy Liv Baker, demanding to be let in and speak to Harry. Asta reluctantly opens the door, but suggests that they come back later. Sheriff Mike is annoyed and steps forward, only to discover a loose floorboard and within it, a cooler containing Botulinum toxin, the poison used to murder Dr. Sam Hodges. Mike demands that Asta stop covering for Harry and she tells him that he's in the basement. He and Deputy Liv head down to the basement and draw their guns, but are shocked to discover Asta inside the basement. Upstairs, the form of Asta morphs back into Harry Vanderspeigle.

The group proceeds back upstairs, where Sheriff Mike declares Harry to be under arrests for Sam Hodges's murder. However, Harry declares they're going to have to catch him first and skitters up the rafters of the cabin. Sheriff Mike starts shooting, shouting that they have a werewolf on their hands, but Asta pleads with them to stop, telling them that Harry is an alien. Harry then returns to the ground, where he uses his alien powers to implant a false memory in Mike and Livs' heads, leading them to believe they were visited by an Agent Fisher of the FBI, who told them that the FBI was taking over and that Harry wasn't the murderer.

The next morning, Harry and Asta enter Joe's Diner and receive a cheery greeting from Mike and Liv. Asta comments that she guesses it worked and he tells that as an alien, he is very good at changing memories. She then looks puzzled and asks him why he didn't alter her memory after she discovered that he was an alien. "Because I am not alone anymore," he tells her. He then tells her that she can thank him if she wants, that he killed the man who killed her friend. She points out, however, that he's still a murderer and that Abigail Hodges is still accused of a murder she didn't commit. He comments that she doesn't even like Abigail anyway and she asks if he really has no empathy, saying that maybe he should try putting himself in other people's shoes. "Other people's shoes smell like other people's feet," he complains.

### GN59

Asta asks Harry long it will take to make the radio and if she can help. He laughs off the idea, but she has the last laugh when she stops him from simply throwing the cooler with the Botulinum toxin in the trash, asking if he learned nothing from watching *Law & Order*. Later, Asta makes her way to the 59 after receiving a notification that one of the girls has called for a "GN59" - an alcohol-fueled girls' night at the 59. There, she meets Carlyn, a laser physicist cousin of Kate Hawthorne's. The two get to discussing men and Carlyn says that she thought she was never going to meet a nice guy, until today. Asta is shocked when her "nice guy" turns out to be Harry, who appears at the entrance to pub, winking. She asks him what he's doing there and he tells her that Carlyn is a scientist that works in a lab, one that uses portable diffusers like he needs for his radio. Asta then watches helplessly as he takes Carlyn aside and starts hitting her up.

While Harry does this, Asta talks with her cousin Kayla. She tells her that she wants her opinion on Abigail Hodges, whether or not she thinks she'll go to jail. Kayla tells her that criminal law isn't really her area, but that based on what she's read, she doesn't think she'll get a conviction. Asta replies that that's good, amending "if she didn't do it." Kate comments that she probably did, that she's a lawyer too and it's always the spouse. Kayla asks where she practices and she admits that she doesn't, that she gave up on her dream to start a family in Patience. Later, Asta is forced to pull Harry away from Carlyn, saying that he's preying on her. He retorts that he's seducing her to swipe her badge to get into her lab and get the diffuser. She tells him that this is a terrible idea, saying that he can't just use people like that, that he doesn't understand women. She sends Harry away and when Carlyn asks what is going on, tells her "All the men in this town suck, too."

Following this, the girls retreat to what they call "the yacht spot" to continue their girls' night. Asta chats with Liv, laying down and looking at the stars. Liv asks Asta if she recalls their class camping trips and they recall how free and wild D'Arcy was, how she once rolled in poison ivy for a dare and they took turns reliving her itching. Liv says that everyone loves D'Arcy, but not everyone can be like her. Asta tells her that people love her too, but she says it's only because she's nice. Asta points out that she isn't that nice, that she once gave her a ticket for chaining her bike to a stop sign.

When the music that Liv has been playing from her car goes out, they chastise her for having such an awful vehicle. She reveals that she can't replace it because her husband is saving money for a new riding mower, something which she feels is only fair since he makes more money than she does. She reveals that she's never gotten a raise, which everyone feels is ridiculous given the type of work she does. They raid the downtown office, where they discover that Liv is making less money than a crossing guard and that there's a serious pay gap between the men and the women in the town. They pay a visit to Mayor Hawthorne, demanding that he fix it.

### A radio or a bomb?

Asta returns to Harry, only to discover that he has seduced Carlyn and taken on her form. The two then travel to New Mexico, returning Carlyn to her home and Harry visits the lab where she works and steals the diffuser. In the process, he manhandles Carlyns boss who tries to hit on him thinking that he's Carlyn. When he returns to Asta, he tells her about what happened, saying that it's awful being short. She tells him that it's not about being short, that this is what it's like being a woman all the time. She suggests that next time a woman tries to tell him something to just shut up and listen and that if he feels the need to say anything, it should be "Yes, ma'am."

With all the necessary components in place, Harry begins work in earnest on his radio. However, Sahar comes to Asta, pointing out that Harry said that he was building a "radio" before and was actually building a bomb. She tells him that she thinks he's building a bomb. When Asta is skeptical, she quotes Maya Angelou, "When somebody shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Based on Sahar's warning, Asta goes to Harry, asking him to reassure her that what he's building is, in fact, a radio. He tells her that the conditions have to be just right for the radio to work and won't be for another year. As it turns out, the tellurium vein needed to power the radio runs right through the Ute Reservation, so she declares that she's coming with him to be there when he activates the radio and that Dan will come too.

The group proceeds to the Ute Reservation, but run into an unexpected snag when Asta's cousins Kayla and Drew unexpectedly insert themselves into the trip. Kayla suggests that they all go fishing together, but they manage to shake this off with an assist from Drew, who thinks that Harry and Asta are a couple and want time alone together. The next morning, Harry and Asta make their way up a mountain to the spot with the tellurium vein. She asks him to assure him once more that it is a radio and he tells her that it is. He then activates it, saying that it will call his people and tell them to not to come... for fifty years, that they will come after she has gotten old and died. Shocked, she shuts off the radio. Despairing, he tells her that it was their last chance and now she will die too. She tells him that he just doesn't get it, that it's not just about her, that she has other people she cares about on Earth. He tells her that they would have had 50 years and now they have 50 days if she's lucky. She shouts back that they would have had 50 years for him to do nothing. She tells him that since he doesn't care unless it's about her again, it's about her.

### New life, old relationships

Before Asta can continue this thought, however, she gets a call from Big Leroy, another friend on the reservation. His wife, Sunny, is going to into labor. The group makes their way back down in order to assist with the birth. Once there, it's clear that things are going wrong. Harry starts to help out, but Asta tries to stop him, still concerned about his behavior from before. The others, however, tell her to "let the doctor help," so Harry assists with delivering the baby using techniques he learned from a YouTube video. Asta is profoundly impacted by the birth and Harry tells her that he finally understands her guilt at giving up Jay. Troubled, Asta retreats to Jimmy's place, hoping to speak with someone who knows exactly what she's been through.

Asta wakes up on Jimmy's couch the next morning and immediately regrets having come. She gets up and starts to leave. Jimmy pleads with her to stay, telling her that they only talked and that nothing happened. He tells her that she doesn't have to go, but she replies that she does and leaves. She heads to Harry's cabin, where she is stunned to learn that Harry received a transmission on the radio: a phone number from New York in his own language. He tells her that he hasn't dialed the number. He suggests that it may be a trap, but the Octopus, whom Harry has taken to calling "42," puts paid to this, saying that Harry is afraid to dial the number because he's worried that he's become too human. She tells him that she's going to dial the number if he won't, so he does. He asks to speak with the alien and, unsurprisingly, gets hung up on. Asta looks up the number, which turns out to be for a pizzeria in New York. She tells Harry to pick his bags, that they're going to New York. Just then, however, Harry receives a call. Asta tells Harry to answer it, that it could be the alien, but it turns out to be Sheriff Mike Thompson.

### The daughter and the fight

The two head down to the sheriff's office where they meet a teenage girl sporting green hair and lip jewelry who greets Harry with two words, "Hi, Dad." Harry wants nothing to do with her, but Asta insists that he must at least *try* to be a father to her after having killed her real father. Meanwhile, she returns to the clinic, where she is confronted by D'Arcy, who asks her if it's true that she spent the night at Jimmy's. Asta tries to excuse it, saying that she wanted to talk with some who understands. D'Arcy tells her she just doesn't want to see her best friend ruin her life and it becomes a big fight when Asta tells her that she knows she comes into the clinic for "hangover I.V.s." Things reach a boiling point when Asta criticizes her for giving Jay dating advice, saying she doesn't think she's the best person to be giving advice about men, and D'Arcy storms out.

Following this, Asta is at Patience's annual Family Day celebration. She is surprised when Harry arrives without Liza, whom he says has "run off." Just then, however, Liza arrives in dramatic fashion, throwing water balloons at Harry, and the two begin to bond. While this is happening, Asta goes to over to Abigail Hodges, who is running a face-painting booth. She sits down and tells Abigail that she knows that she didn't kill Sam. Greatly relieved, Abigail tells her that she has no idea how much it means to her. Asta then hands her a festival ticket and, surprised again, Abigail asks her "bird or butterfly." Asta says that she was thinking something more Ziggy Stardust and so Abigail paints on the logo.

Following this, hoping to impress Jay, Asta goes up against D'Arcy in the "Trial by Fire," a hot chili pepper eating contest. D'Arcy, the reigning champion, is stunned to see her enter, asking her just what she's doing. Asta claims that she loves spicy food, but D'Arcy tells her that it isn't spicy food, it's the stuff that they put a tiny bit of in to make spicy food. Despite this, Asta determinedly presses on. She gets through several peppers, sweating off the face-paint, before very nearly choking on an especially hot pepper. Seeing this, D'Arcy drops out to help her best friend, leaving nurse Ellen as the year's winner.

Afterwards, the two sit together, D'Arcy nursing Asta with soft-serve ice cream. Asta tells her she's going to need about five or six more and tells D'Arcy that she shouldn't have said what she did about her and Jay, that she didn't mean it. D'Arcy replies that she did mean it and Asta admits that she did, but says that she was mad and wrong. D'Arcy tells her that she wasn't, that her parents took her to dinner and her response was to get blackout drunk. She says that she should be old enough to deal with them right now, but she's a mess. Asta tells her that she's not a mess, saying that going to Jimmy's was dumb and that it's just that he was with her when Jay was born. The two of them then hold a bonfire with an old football sweatshirt of Jimmy's that Asta has been hanging on to. With this out of the way, Asta and Harry see Liza off on a bus, Asta telling her that in the end, she has to depend on herself. Harry tells Asta that he is now ready to go to New York.

### To New York

Asta takes care of things for the trip to New York, purchasing the plane tickets and otherwise making accomodations. She then visits Harry in his cabin, where she tells him to eat a large meal before they travel as she maxed her credit cards on the plane tickets. He replies that money is not a problem, that he can get more from the "money bag." Asta laughs this off and flops on his couch, only to be shocked when he brings over a large bag and starts pulling wads of bills with it. He tells her that it came with the house, but she explains to the ever-clueless Harry that houses don't just come with large bags of money in them, that it means it was either stolen or a pay-off for something bad. She rifles through the bag and discovers pictures of herself, Sam Hodges, the human Harry Vanderspeigle and members of their family as well as Sam's medical records. Along with these is a note reading "Harry, you wanted more evidence against Galvan/Powell Group. Here. Call me." Asta looks up Galvan/Powell and finds that they have a headquarters in New York. She decides to tack a visit onto their trip in the hopes of learning more about Sam Hodges's murder.

The two proceed to New York and visit the pizza place indicated by the phone number. Once there, however, the proprietor seems to have no knowledge of anything alien-related. Confused, they exit the cafe, where they discover a mural on a wall with the signature "Goliath" in Harry's alien language. Asta looks up the name and quickly discovers that he is a famous and reclusive artist known as "the Ghost of New York" that nobody apparently has ever met. She wonders how they're going to find him if nobody has ever met him, but Harry tells her that he will know once he has seen all of the murals.

The two journey throughout New York to view the murals and along the way they end up in the area of the Galvan/Powell headquarters. Asta insists on paying a visit, over Harry's objections that they need to keep searching for the murals. She warns him to stay put outside, as somebody from the human Harry's past may recognize him. He, however, ignores her advice and heads down into a nearby pie shop. Bemused, Asta enters Galvan/Powell, but is turned away almost immediately by the company's security goons. She slips into the cafe and manages to overhear the entire confrontation between Harry and a man from Galvan/Powell, the man asking Harry what he is doing there, that he had told him to remain in New York. The man also asks if Harry destroyed Sam's medical records. Asta is intrigued by the conversation, but the two don't have time to follow up on it for the time being, as they have to continue searching for Goliath.

### The party and the egg

The two continue to follow the trail of Goliath's murals. This eventually leads them to a party being hosted by Violinda Darvell at her art gallery, featuring a large number of Goliath's works. The two end up meeting Violinda. However, when Harry asks where here Goliath is, she tells them that everything they need to know about Goliath is on the canvas and there's nothing more she can tell them. Harry's attempt to use a silent call to summon Goliath fails and Asta suggests that they split up and look for Goliath.

Asta tries asking some people about Goliath, only to simply get laughed off. She eventually once again encounters Violinda, who quips that she's "still searching for the Ghost of New York." She tells Asta to come with her, saying that Goliath's paintings are completely unavailable, but she could give her a couple of names. Asta tells her that she doesn't need Goliath's paintings, she needs Goliath. Violinda then shows her one of Goliath's paintings, saying that she'd never sell it, that Goliath painted it just for her. She says that it wasn't just about art, though, that she thinks Goliath needed her. She then drops another bombshell: "Tell me... How long have you known Harry is an alien?"

Asta asks Violinda what it is that makes her think that Harry is an alien. She replies that she sees the same energy in him that she saw in Goliath. She continues that Goliath grew to love it there, but it was never natural. Recognizing her use of the past tense, Asta pleads with Violinda to tell her that Goliath is there. "Goliath is here," agrees Violinda and leads Asta to a back-room. There, she pulls down a large cloth to reveal an alien figure in a fossilized form. Asta tells her she doesn't understand and she replies that the signal that brought her and Harry there was a personal invitation. She says that Goliath held out as long as he could, but six months ago he died. Asta shouts that she doesn't understand, that there's more at stake than she realizes. Violinda apologizes, but says that if they came to speak with Goliath, it's not going to happen.

### Escape from New York

Stunned, Asta puts in a call to Harry. She is shocked to find him out in the middle of New York in his alien form. He explains that he took some LSD during the party and this is what happened. She recognizes him as being in front of the New York Public Library and goes to find him. Afterwards, the two of them sit together on a bench, Asta using ice to stabilize his human form. She explains what she learned from Violinda, that Goliath is dead. He replies that Goliath was dead to him the moment he became more human than him.

The two continue to wander around New York, Harry trying to take in more of Goliath's murals. Asta finally asks him if he's seen enough, saying that she doesn't want to miss their flight. He tells her that he feels very alone and she agrees that it's bad, that they did not find Goliath and have no idea how they're going to save the world. She asks what they're going to do now and he tells her he does not know, that Goliath was their last chance to contact his planet and his chance to meet one of his people on Earth. He tells her that nothing his people do is random, that everything has a purpose. Asta replies that this is confusing, because it feels like Goliath brought them there for no reason. Harry tells her that it's not just confusing but impossible, asking if she's sure that here was nothing that Goliath left for him, nothing that Violinda was hiding.

Asta replies that she doesn't think Violinda was hiding anything, that it seemed like she was genuinely grieving. She tells him that she seemed sad when she showed her Goliath's body. Harry is interested to learn that she saw Goliath's body and Asta tells him that he could have told her that his people fossilize when they die, or die standing up. "He was standing up?!" replies Harry, seeming very interested in this fact. He starts running, telling her he has to go. He leads the two of them back to Violinda's studio. There, despite Violinda's shouted protests and Asta's best efforts, he races into the room holding Goliath's body. To Violinda's great dismay and Asta's shocked confusion, he grabs a heavy object and shatters Goliath's fossilized form. From it emerges a blue object which appears to be an egg. Shocked, Asta asks what the hell it is. "It's our baby," replies Violinda.

Violinda tells them both that they have to leave, that she's not letting them take her child. Asta asks just what she means that it's her baby and she explains that Goliath used her genetic tissue to become pregnant. "Goliath contacted me. This is why," comments Harry, but before they discuss things further, a female voice sounds at the door, asking if anyone is there. Violinda tells them that she'll go deal with it. She opens the door and begins a conversation with the woman outside, who claims to be interested in Goliath's art. To her shock, however, Asta recognizes the woman, recalling a sketch drawn by Deputy Liv Baker of the woman who was responsible for the attack at the Hawthorne family residence. Unknown to Asta, this is Lisa Casper, a government agent who has been working with General McCallister to investigate alien activity. Asta reports what she knows of the woman to Harry, who suggests that he could kill her. Asta tells him there will be no more killing. However, Lisa notices blue goo dripping from Violinda's bag and tries to get her to reveal the contents. When Violinda attempts to flee, she shoots her and then Harry emerges and attacks. He tossses her through a skylight, and Violinda tells Harry that he was right, that Goliath wanted him to have the egg. Asta tells Harry that Lisa isn't on the ground below and they realize they have to go. Before they do, Violinda makes Harry promise to take care of the baby.

The two flee the art studio and outside are immediately pursued by two men. As they round a corner, Lisa Casper shoots and kills the men, wondering just who they are, not seeing the badges that identify them as being employed with Galvan/Powell. The delay allows Asta and Harry to escape in a cab. They then make their way to a train back to Colorado. Harry asks why they couldn't just fly, but Asta tells him that it's unlikely they would have been able to get the egg past airport security. She gets up, saying that she's going to get some tea and asking Harry if he wants anything. He tells her no at first, but then shouts for an ice cream sandwich. When Asta returns to the cabin, she finds a scene of carnage and chaos, with the cabin's window shattered. She asks him what in the world happened and he tells her that he does not know, that it is a very cheap train and everything breaks. She then notices blood all over his face and asks what happened. "I may have killed the bad woman," he admits, a compact way of explaining that Lisa Casper arrived and attempted to take the egg, only for him to push her through the window, causing her death by decapitation and fall.

### Happy hatchday

Upon arriving back in Colorado, Asta and Harry are driven back to Harry's cabin by Asta's adoptive father, Dan. Asta is very quiet during the ride and when they get to the cabin, Dan asks Asta to talk to her, saying he doesn't like it when it's so quiet, that it makes him nervous. She explains the whole sad trip to New York, that the alien they went to see was dead, but produced an egg which is now inside Harry's bag. Dan replies that he liked it better when she was quiet and goes over to congratulate Harry. Asta tells Harry that it'll be a relief to put the egg somewhere safe, that there's finally a use for his "stupid bunker." They all enter the cabin, only to find the lights dark. They come on and a group of people yell "Surprise!" It's gathering of many of the town's residents - Mayor Ben Hawthorne and his wife Kate, Sheriff Mike Thompson, Deputy Liv Baker and her husband John, as well as D'Arcy Bloom. Mayor Ben asks Harry to give a speech and he shouts for them all to get out of his house as the egg inside the bag begins to hatch. "It's a surprise party," explains a worried Asta. Harry states that everyone is trespassing and should all be arrested. Asta tells everyone that he's kidding, but Dan mutters under his breath that he's not.

Harry tells Asta that he doesn't like having people in his house uninvited and she quips that he now knows how Earth felt when he showed up. She tells him that she'll try to get rid of everyone while he takes the egg downstairs. She goes over to Mayor Ben, thanking him for organizing the party, but saying that Harry isn't feeling well and suggesting that they do it another night. Mayor Ben, however, tells her that it's Harry's special night and if he's not feeling well, then they'll nurse him back to health as a town. "We're stayin'," he tells her. She mutters to herself that it's not her fault if an alien baby kills him.

She encounters Harry, who tells her that the egg is safe in the bunker. She asks him what will happen if it hatches and he tells her that alien babies have a big appetite for high-calorie junky food and that nothing is more junky than a human. He says they are all in danger and she says that they have to get everyone out of there. She tries a new plan, having Harry make himself sick. He makes an odd face and she tells him that it's good, only for him to say that he hasn't even done anything yet. She brings him back to the main party, only for everyone to sing him "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." When they tell him that there's going to be cake, he asks if it can be pie. When they agree, he tells them they can stay, much to Asta's chagrin.

As Harry skulks around, Asta asks him if he's even checked on the egg. She tells him that if there's even any chance that it's going to hatch, they need to get everyone out of there. He tells her that it is definitely not going to hatch, a blatant lie as it has, in fact, already hatched and is loose in the house. She tells him that it's a party, that he cannot simply hide in the bedroom. She tells him to talk to someone and not be weird, so he goes to Dan, taking some hamburgers and handing him some money, telling her it is not weird.

### Humalien on the loose

Asta ends up in a conversation with Deputy Liv, who tells her about recent UFO sightings in the area. Liv asks Asta if she remembers their camping trip together as kids, how Ben thought he saw soemthing and ran, but she stayed back by the fire. She tells Asta that she saw a UFO on the trip, asking her if she doesn't want to believe that there's something bigger out there. "Sure," Asta agrees, but says that not in Patience, that they only just got a pizza place. Jay then enters the party, bringing pie and cake. Asta is immediately nervous, as she feels that she doesn't know how to act around Jay these days. She tells Liv to pretend like she's talking to her, but Liv points out that they already are talking. Just then, however, Jay comes over. Jay reminds Asta that her birthday is coming up soon, asking if she might like to do something together with her. Asta is surprised but pleased and they agree to eat together at a new Mexican restaurant.

Overwhelmed by the conversation, Asta retreats to use the restroom. She is horrified when she lifts up the toilet seat to discover the alien baby, who leaps up and out through the bathroom window. She then searches around for Harry, only to discover him seemingly looking around himself. "Looking for something?!" she asks him pointedly. He lamely tells her that he wanted to heat up some pie, but she replies that the baby hatched and he knew it. He lies, claiming that it is news to him, but she tells him she saw it in the bathroom and that it has teeth, asking what kind of baby has teeth. He shouts that everyone has to leave the house, but she tells him she saw it go out the window, so he shouts again, saying that everyone has to stay inside the house. He tells her that they should keep everyone together, that outside is not safe.

Asta goes to Dan, explaining that the baby is loose and asking him to help keep everyone together and inside. They work to do this, but eventually Asta asks Harry how long they have to keep at it, or if the "humalien" ran away. He tells her that since it's a hybrid, he does not know what it will do. He explains that the alien part of it will want to come back inside because it knows there is food there - its own egg sack and then the people inside. He tells her that he will go down and search for it. She asks if he has bullets for the guns mounted all of the cabin's walls and he tells her that they are already loaded, that the human Harry Vanderspeigle was "rednecky."

### Discovery

Following this, there is a massive fight in which the secrets that have been festering between Mayor Ben, his wife Kate and D'arcy Bloom all come out into the open. Afterwards, people start trying to leave but this is forestalled by them singing "Happy Birthday" to Harry. When they try to get him to blow out the candles on the cake, Harry doesn't understand the point of the ritual, so Asta does it instead. As she does so, the power goes out. She tells everybody not to leave, that there's a rabid raccoon on the loose, and has Dan come with her to go downstairs to check the breaker. Downstairs, the two of them discover Max and Sahar, who have sneaked over to deliver a warning. They explain that Max told the government agents that the alien was the "town doctor," so they took Ethan Stone and are going to be back once they realize that Harry isn't an alien. Asta asks how they're even there given that they had a babysitter, but Sahar explains that it's Nurse Ellen Cho and Asta tells her ot say no more. Discovering that the humalien has chewed out the electrical wiring, she asks Dan to take Max and Sahar home.

Asta goes back inside the cabin, telling everyone that a raccoon definitely knocked out the power and they should all stay put until they can figure it out. She then learns her to her horror that D'Arcy has already left. She exits, carrying a rifle, and finds D'Arcy out by her car, upset by the fight from earlier. She asks what she's doing out there, if she didn't hear that there's a rabid raccooon. Despondent, D'Arcy tells her that if it bites her to not shoot her, to just let her suffer. Asta tells her that the horrible things Kate Hawthorne said about her are not true. D'Arcy, however, replies that they are, that her very first thought after "nice ass" when meeting Elliot was "How long till I mess this up?" She asks Asta what's wrong with her, but Asta tells her to unmess it, to give Elliot a call right now. D'Arcy insists that she won't call him, but finally breaks down, agreeing to at least text him. She asks what she'd even say and Asta suggests simply "Hi." Agreeing this is kind of brilliant, D'Arcy sends the message. To her surprise, she receives a response back almost right away. Asta asks if she's going to write back. D'Arcy tells her that she will in a couple days, that she's not desperate.

Asta continues to search around for the humalien, unaware that it is has already discovered him and is delivering a telepathic message from Goliath, warning him that another alien race is already on Earth to take it over. She does, however, to her shock, find Harry being confronted by the man from the cafe in New York. The man shoots Harry, telling him that he should have just stayed in Colorado and that he never should have made him kill Sam Hodges, that he should have just done it himself. Harry seems barely fazed by being shot in the chest and as the man readies a second shot, Asta shoots him in the back, killing him. Shocked at taking a life for the first time, she is even more disturbed when D'Arcy stumbles onto the scene.

### The cover-up and the guilt

In the aftermath of these shocking events, Asta and Harry explain to D'Arcy who Tanner Corrington was and the reason that he was in Patience. The three of them then hatch a plan to cover-up the crime by planting Corrington's body at a seedy motel on the end of town, then having Harry once again become the town doctor so they can fake the autopsy. Asta treats Harry's bullet wound and warns him that it only just missed his heart. She asks if he would have been okay if it had hit his heart and he tells her that he would not have been able to heal it before his human body died.

Asta visits D'Arcy and expresses her despair. She tells her that she's never going to be normal again, having killed someone. D'Arcy comforts her, telling her that she's an innocent person who got caught up in a situation because of a bad man. Harry and Asta prepare to do the autopsy, but Asta finds that she can't do it. Breathing heavily, she tells Harry that she can't do it, that she can't live himself having killed a man. She says that she just wants to forget the whole thing. Harry is surprised to feel her pain like his own. He thinks to himself that he can erase all memories of what happened for Asta and everything will be okay. He does so. That evening, Jay sits outside Joe's Diner waiting for Asta to pick her up for her promised birthday dinner, unaware that Harry erased Asta's memory of having made that promise.

### Blisfully unaware

With Asta's memories removed, Harry lies to her and tells her that the alien baby is safe in his bunker. He also delights her by telling her that his people are no longer coming to kill all humans, conveniently leaving out the fact that he received a message that there is another alien race on Earth that is planning to do the same. As such, Asta spends much of her time of the day in a blissful glow, Harry happy to see her smile for a change. Her first indicator that anything is wrong comes when Jay approaches her and calls her out for having stood her up on their birthday dinner date. She is deeply confused, not even remembering what it is that she has done wrong.

Asta goes to Harry and asks him just what he has done. He tells her that she wanted him to do it, then reveals and restores the memories that he took away. "I killed him," she realizes and he tells her that she did it to save him. "But I killed a human being," she says and he tells her this is why he erased her memory. He then asks why she's still angry, given that he gave her memories back. She tells him that he can't just go erasing people's memories willy-nilly, that the grief is hers to deal with and that life is not all happiness. She realizes that he is trying to hide his own fear of death in the wake of his experience and tells him that he may not plan on dealing with his feelings, but she plans to deal with hers.

Asta later finds Harry at Joe's Diner, piles of food stacked in front of him. She asks if he ordered all of the comfort food on the menu. She tells him he's only using food to avoid confronting his fear of death and he tells her it works for humans. She responds that hard stuff will make him stronger like it has for her, but he has to figure that out. That evening, in her office in the Patience Health Clinic, she writes letter to Jay and then seals it an envelope, placing it in a box that already contains 17, one for each year of her life.

### Weight of the world

Asta chats with D'Arcy at Joe's Diner about having missed Jay's birthday dinner. Unable to reveal what Harry did to her, she just tells D'Arcy that she knows Jay was upset and had every right to be, calling herself a horrible person for continuing to mess things up with her. D'Arcy tells her that she isn't horrible, that she's sweet and caring and she was just messed up by having to kill a man then bury his body. The conversation then turns to D'Arcy's new boyfriend, Elliot, whom she seems to be getting along well with. Dan then arrives with a burger, telling her to tell Harry when she sees him that she owes him for pie. Asta is dismissive of this and when Dan questions it, she apologizes, telling him that she needs space from Harry. He tells her she looks like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders, but she says she can deal with it.

Following this, Asta gets a visit from Deputy Liv Baker. It turns out that Liv is wanting to conduct interviews with the patients found in Sam's medical records and believes that they will be more likely to open up if Asta is there with her. They conduct a series of interviews and learn that the patients were suffering illnesses consistent with heavy metal poisoning. From this, they discover that a shell company of Galvan/Powell was poisoning Hawthorne Creek.

Harry comes to Asta, telling her that he's been looking for her everywhere. He then asks to speak to her alone. He reveals to her that there is another dangerous alien race on Earth, that it was part of the message that he received from Goliath, but he does not know the rest because it was cut off. She asks why he did not tell her this before and he admits to being a bad friend, but tells her that he wants to be a better friend. She thanks him for telling the truth, saying that friends tell each other the truth and trust one another.

### The Goliath revelation

Asta comes to Harry in his office at the Patience Health Clinic, saying that she needs to talk to him about the other alien race on Earth that is planning to kill everyone. She tells him that she read about Insectoids on the Internet and she doesn't want to be crushed by a bug-person. Harry tells her that the Insectoids do not crush, but rather eat other beings while they are alive and struggling. He tells her that he won't know which alien race is on Earth until he gets the rest of Goliath's message. He continues that he needs to find his alien baby, which has been complicated by Max's friend Sahar taking the baby and then urging it to run away. He says that the baby isn't responding to his alien call and she suggests that maybe he's not as alien as he used to be. He calls this a terrible thing to say, telling her that he is alien through and through.

Later, Asta, along with most of the other residents of Patience, attend a presentation by Mayor Ben Hawthorne regarding his plans to build a resort. She and her friends all agree that it's a terrible idea, feeling that if it were to happen they will have to kiss both Joe's Diner and The 59 goodbye. She later joins D'Arcy, Deputy Liv and Kayla in taking Ben's wife Kate out on a trip on Halloween evening. They show the Old Barrett Bridge, explaining that they all carved their names there as children, and get her to carve hers and Ben's as well. She comes to see their point of view that a resort would ruin the town.

Following this, Asta rushes to see Harry in his cabin after he texts a strange series of emoji messages to 911. He tells her that the alien baby has been kidnapped by government forces. She notices a large amount of unopened mail on his dinner table and asks he hasn't opened it. He tells her that he only cares about pizza coupons and she discovers a package addressed to him from Violinda Darvell, owner of Darvell Gallery and Goliath's mate. Inside it is a book of paintings along with a note from Violinda saying that she wanted her child to get to have the book so that he could get to know his father through his artwork. Within it, they discover a painting that they had not seen before, which depicts them shortly after Harry rescued Asta from an attacking Jimmy not long after meeting her. They wonder how Goliath possibly could have painted it when nobody else was there except them. Asta says that it makes no sense, unless Harry himself is Goliath.

### The new alien threat

Asta asks Harry how it's possible he could be Goliath, wondering if his people have time machines. He tells her that there is no such thing as time machine. He explains that only two alien races, his not being one of them, have mastered the ability to create portals through time. He explains that such a portal is a split in the fabric of time, but is unable to fully explain it, since his people don't have this technology. He tells her that the two races able to make portals are the Alpha Draconians and the Greys. Since the Greys are only interested in probing people, he figures that it must be the Alpha Draconians are Earth. She asks if they're dangerous and he tells her that they are, but not in the same way as Greys, and that they can disguise themselves to look like humans.

She and Harry then join D'Arcy Bloom on a trip to her skiing qualifiers. Along the way, Harry demands to get out and pee in a field. Both Asta and D'Arcy are confused when he takes a long time, unaware that he is secretly leaving a rude alien emoji message for the Alpha Draconians. Later, during some down-time at hte qualifiers, Asta tells Harry that she looked up the Alpha Draconians on the Internet and found that they are lizard people. She asks if they should start looking under rocks, but he tells her that he took care of it, explaining the message that he left. She asks what will happen if they don't respond, and he tells her that they will, that they are egotistical chicken-dicks.

Having some time to kill, Asta makes a suggestion to Harry. She shows him an envelope and a letter, explaining that she found it while clearing out some stuff at her home. The letter was sent to her biological mother, Mary-Ellen Taylor, by her adoptive father Dan, back when she was still a child. She suggests that they go pay a visit to the address and see if they can find anything out. Harry agrees and so they head to the address, only to find Mary-Ellen Taylor herself. Asta is delighted to finally meet her mother, but Mary-Ellen turns out to be a chain-smoking layabout who was never interested in having a child. She explains that she gave away Asta at the first chance she got and wouldn't have made a good parent. She seems confused as to why Asta would even want to see her and spends most of the visit chatting on the phone with someone else. As Asta and Harry take their leave, Harry tells "As a doctor... smoke more."

Back on the road, Asta tells Harry that she always had this hole in her past, that it was a mystery. She says that now the hole is filled at least. "Filled with garbage," he tells her, and she laughs and they trade euphemisms for "garbage" and "poop," agreeing these are what Mary-Ellen Taylor is. They return and watch as D'Arcy aces her skiing qualifier. D'Arcy introduces them all to her boyfriend, Elliot. Later, when Asta seems enthused when talking about him, D'Arcy asks her to tell her that she hates him so that things can go back to normal. Asta explains that that's not what it's about, that she met her mother earlier that day. Seeing Asta's feelings about this, D'Arcy hugs her. Asta, D'Arcy and Harry then head off back home to Patience. During the trip there, D'Arcy's van briefly sputters and the power goes out, but it seems to be a brief glitch and they are soon on their way.

### The threat revealed

Asta talks with Dan. He tells her that it's his fault, that he should have told her about her mother a long time ago. She says that she understands now why he didn't. He explains that he met Mary-Ellen when she joined his band and she was pregnant already. He ended up watching her most of the time and one day Mary-Ellen was simply gone. The others told him he should go see social services, but instead he found an adoption lawyer. He tells her that he can't make other people see how special she is, but he always has.

Asta comes to see Harry in his office, telling him that he had told her she needed to see him. He tells her he doesn't know how to say it, so he wrote it in a letter. "Just tell me," she says, but he nevertheless hands her the letter, the opening of which reads "Dear Asta, the Greys are here to kill us all." It turns out that when the van stalled, one of the Greys froze time and informed Harry of their presence on Earth, warning him not to interfere with their plans. Asta asks him if they're all doing to die. He gives a non-commital answer and she asks why they're there. He admits to not knowing this either, telling her it all happened very fast. He tells her not to worry. "You drew the Earth exploding," she points out.

Asta and Harry meet at Joe's Diner. He tells her that he's figured out a way to stop The Greys: he'll go to another alien convention. There, he'll rip out people's implants from the Greys and implant them in professional show dogs. The Greys won't understand why their subjects are running in circles and jumping over gates. He then admits that this plan is only liekly to stop The Greys for about 3-5 seconds and Asta tells him they need a Plan B. Just then, however, Peter Bach, the Alien Tracker, walks into the diner along with Deputy Liv Baker. Asta hides Harry in the back, but Peter catches a glimpse of him anyway and he is forced to make a break for it.

While Harry tries to elude Peter Bach, Asta talks with Kayla at The 59 about meeting Mary-Ellen Taylor and how badly thing went. Kayla tells her that she had to at least try. Asta admits that she was hoping her mother would tell her that what happened with her was like happened between her and Jay. Kayla tells her that every child wants and needs a mother's love, but that Mary-Ellen couldn't give that to her. She tells Asta that she's filled that need with other people, such as herself and Dan and they love her unconditionally. They hug. The two are then concerned when D'Arcy starts behaving erratically at a customer who was a bit rude to her.

Asta approaches Jay as she's getting off work at Joe's Diner. She tells her that she just needs to tell her one thing: that she loves her. She says she's there for her if she needs her, but if she never needs her, that's okay too. Jay nods, telling her that it's alright, and Asta walks away smiling. Later, at home, there is a knock at the door. A sobbing D'arcy holds up a bottle of pills, revealing that she is addicted to pain medication. They hug.

### The D'Arcy situation

D'Arcy soon becomes settled into the Twelvetrees family home. She attends recovery group for addiction, but Asta finds that she is reluctant to go back to work at The 59 and get back to her normal life. She suggests that Dan give her a nudge, telling him that he's been enjoying way too much the fact that D'Arcy has been doing a lot of cooking for them. Meanwhile, she also pays a visit to Harry at his cabin, as he hasn't been coming into work lately either, leaving her and Ellen to cover things at the Patience Health Clinic. She tells him that she received word from Deputy Liv Baker that the Alien Tracker has left town, so he can come back in. She then hears noises on a baby monitor and discovers Peter Bach tied up and gagged within Harry's bunker.

Shocked, Asta removes Peter's gag. She asks Harry just what he's doing and he tells her that Peter attacked him. Peter protests that Harry ripped out his implant and that it was his only way to see his son. He explains to Asta that The Greys abducted his child from his wife's womb. They implanted a tracking chip in him and every so often they would take him to see his son, but that all stopped when Harry ripped out the tracker. Asta tells Harry that he and Peter shouldn't be fighting, that they should be working together. Harry is forced to admit that Asta is right, that she always is about these things. He agrees to Peter's terms that Peter won't hurt him so long as he doesn't make a move first. The two of them then come to an agreement to infiltrate General Eleanor McCallister's secret base in Wyoming, Harry to rescue his alien baby and Peter to find the info he needs about The Greys. Asta later visits Harry's cabin and discovers a note from him telling her about his mission and that if they don't come back then they are dead, but not to worry because she will soon be dead too.

Asta takes Harry's note and shows it to Dan, asking just what the hell it's supposed to mean. He tells her that it seems pretty clearly worded to him. D'Arcy then shouts for Dan and she asks him why she's still there, that she was supposed to have left. He tells her that she did, that she left and got her PlayStation and came back. Judy then arrives and he and D'Arcy start playing games together with her. Asta makes a neck-slitting motion with her finger. Later, she tells Dan that she loves how compassionate he is, but that D'Arcy isn't a child and he can't keep indulging her. "You're right," he tells her. "Consider this your push," he says, his way of telling her that it's time for her to move out and find a place as well.

Asta later sits lying in bed, staring at the star mural on her ceiling. D'Arcy enters and the two of them chat about old times. D'Arcy beats herself up for her addiction but Asta tells her that she's not alone. D'Arcy tells her that she's adult and she should be able to handle her own stuff, but Asta tells her that she's not fond of being alone either. They decide to try to find a place together. Asta then gets a call from Nurse Ellen and looks concerned. "It's Ben," she tells D'Arcy. The two of them hurry to the Patience Health Clinic, joining others who are pouring in to check up on Mayor Ben Hawthorne, who was in car accident.

### Revealing the truth

D'Arcy and Asta sit eating and laughing at Joe's Diner. Asta tells D'Arcy that she needs to see Harry soon, that he just got back from a medical convention. D'Arcy asks her if she had a chance to look at the picture of the apartment that she sent her. Asta says that she did and that it's tiny. D'Arcy tells her that it has a hot tub. Just then, Jay enters the diner and Asta curses, as she thought she wasn't working today. Jay, however, comes over to their table and asks Asta for her old job as an intern at the Patience Health Clinic back, explaining that she's a few credits short on her science elective. Asta happily agrees, then gets a bunch of texts from Harry urging her to come and see him.

At Harry's cabin, Asta meets Harry's alien baby. The baby fuses himself with Asta's head, then shows her Goliath's message to Harry. In it, Goliath reveals that there is another alien race looking to destroy the Earth and that is The Greys, though this is, of course, something that they both already know. He further explains, however, that The Greys are infiltrating the Earth by creating human/Grey hybrids to blend in. He explains that he watched the Earth die. He says that he killed the only person that might have been able to stop it, General Eleanor McCallister, and warns Harry not to make the same mistake.

Back in the cabin, Asta urges Harry to tell her that he did not kill McCallister. He confirms that he did not, that he got the message in time. She tells him that he can work together with her and stop The Greys. He, however, says that it's already too late, that he tried once before and failed. She asks just what it is he's going to do instad, and he says that he will do what humans do: ignore his horrible failure by being a parent and passing on his resentments to his children. "Children?" asks Asta and a man, Robert Hutchins, emerges from the bedroom. Harry reveals that this is Peter Bach's son, whom he has adopted. Harry shouts at Robert that he can't sleep the day away and Asta clutches her head, massaging her temples.

Harry is later approached by one of The Greys named Joseph Rainier, offering safe passage for him and his child off the planet. He records a video message to Asta bidding her goodbye. Meanwhile, at the Patience Health Clinic, Jay shows Asta a photo on her phone of a dress that her adoptive mother bought her for the upcoming winter formal at their school. They both agreee that it's awful and Asta says that while it would look good on some, it's draining for their skin tone. Jay suggests that they visit a new vintage clothing store that recently opened in Patience. Asta agrees, promising that she will be there this time. "I know you will," Jay tells her, smiling.

Harry returns to his cabin and Asta is stunned to see him, as she thought he would never be coming back. He explains that he sent away his alien baby, which he named Bridget, but that he intends to stay on Earth and try to stop The Greys. She compliments the name of Bridget and just then, D'Arcy bursts into the cabin, angry. She shows Asta the bottle of Botulinum toxin she found in her room at the Twelvetrees residence that was used to kill Sam Hodges. She demands the truth about what's going on. When Asta refuses to reveal it, she threatens to end their friendship then and there. Asta pleads with her not, but she is ready to walk out until behind her, Harry makes a strange chittering noise. D'Arcy turns to see Harry in his alien form. "You're a dinosaur!" she shouts and Harry protests that he is an alien, but D'Arcy calls it the same difference. She tells Asta that this explains everything and says that she's relieved, telling her to just not cut her out anymore.

At the vintage store, Asta goes shopping with Jay and together they pick out a beautiful red dress for her to wear to the formal. Asta, D'Arcy and Harry then sit together eating pizza in Harry's cabin. Together, Asta and Harry fill D'Arcy in on everything that has been happening in the past months since Harry first arrived in Patience and Asta learned that he was an alien. They then hear a helicopter whirling above. D'Arcy wonders just what it is and Harry tells her and Asta that they need to get to the bunker, that he has been expecting this. He promises Asta that he will not leave her this time and they head down and into the bunker as, up above, Harry is taken by government agents who bring him to General Eleanor McCallister.

## Behind the scenes

* The best-friend relationship between Asta and D'Arcy was not initially planned, but grew out of the performance as the show's staff saw the chemistry between their respective actresses.

## Quotes

"*I can't sleep at night. I want to learn how."*
"*Okay, well, please stop, it's creepy.*"

- Harry Vanderspeigle, staring at Jay, and Asta Twelvetrees, "Secrets"

"*You gave up your kid, only to stalk her until she was old enough to work for her?*"

"*That's pretty bad.*"

"*I'm not gonna lie. You kept up a really big secret, and it’s gonna hurt a lot of people when it comes out.*"

"*I couldn’t take care of her. I was just a kid myself.*"

"*I know. You made a really difficult decision at a really young age. And I admire that about you.*"

- Kayla and Asta Twelvetrees, "Birds of a Feather"

"*It's good to see you're still such a huge weirdo. And your talent for unleashing chaos in my life is strong as ever. But I think I'm better having known you.*"

"*You're weird, too.*"

- Asta Twelvetrees and Harry Vanderspeigle, "Sexy Beast"

"*Hey, Dad.*"

"*Hell, no!*"

- Asta Twelvetrees and Dan Twelvetrees upon seeing Harry Vanderspeigle as an alien, "End of the World As We Know It"

"*Kinda cool that I'm here with an actual alien. I feel special.*"

"*You are not special. You are common.*"

"*That's oddly less offensive now that I know you're from outer space.*"

- Asta Tweletrees and Harry Vanderspeigle, "Welcome Aliens"

"*The moon landing was a sham. It was all filmed on a soundstage by Kubrick.*"

"*The astronauts did land on the moon.*"

"*Good.*"

"*And their bodies were taken over before they returned.*"

"*What?*"

- Host of "Lunar Lies" panel, Harry Vanderspeigle and Asta Twelvetrees, "Welcome Aliens"

"*Something about him made me feel safe and not alone. And I know that that’s not what you all have experienced. But trust me, based on my encounter, I don’t think they’re monsters. I think some of them are here to do good.*"

"*Nope!*

- Asta Twelvetrees and Harry Vanderspeigle, thinking, "Welcome Aliens"

"*My mission is to kill everyone.*"

"*If you kill everyone, you kill* me*."*
- Harry Vanderspeigle and Asta Twelvetrees, "Heroes of Patience"

"*I killed the man who killed your friend Sam. You are welcome.*"

"*Okay, Harry...*"

"*Hmm?*"

"*You're still a murderer.*"

"*No, I am a murderer murderer. It's very different."*
"*You can rationalize your murderer murder all damn day. But guess what. Abigail Hodges is still accused of a crime she did not commit.*"

- Harry Vanderspeigle and Asta Twelvetrees, "Girls' Night"

"*You gonna tell me what's going on? You... haven't talked this whole ride. I don't like it when you're quiet. Makes me nervous.*"

"*The alien we went to see... was dead. But it gave birth to an egg. And now it's in Harry's bag.*"

"*I liked it more when you were quiet.*"

- Asta and Dan Twelvetrees, "Escape from New York"

"*Jay?*"

"*Yeah?*"

"*Really, I'll be there.*"

"*I know you will.*"

- Asta and Jay, making a promise to go shopping together, "I Believe in Aliens"

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## References

1. ↑ YouTube - "Resident Alien Creator Chris Sheridan on Writing Season 2 and How Episode 8 is a Mini-Finale"