Firefly Reunion on Resident Alien as Jewel Staite Joins Season 4 Cast
Jewel Staite has boarded Resident Alien Season 4, all but guaranteeing us even a fleeting reunion with fellow Firefly alum Alan Tudyk.
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On Fox's gone-too-soon space Western, Tudyk played pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburne to Staite's mechanic Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye.
Based on the Dark Horse comics, Resident Alien follows a crash-landed alien named Harry (Tudyk) whose original, secret mission was to kill all humans. In Season 3, Harry vowed to work with General McCallister (Linda Hamilton) to rid the Earth of the Grey aliens — a task made more difficult when he discovered that the Grey Hybrid Joseph (Enver Gjokaj) had taken a job in town as the new deputy.
As reported by sister site Deadline, Staite will recur during Season 4 as Jules Gardner, an FBI agent who went to high school with Asta (Sara Tomko), Liv (Elizabeth Bowen), D'Arcy (Alice Wetterlund), and Ben the mayor (Levi Fiehler). Agent Gardner comes to town to investigate a series of murders that have occurred in and around Patience.
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In addition to her run on Firefly (and the follow-up movie Serenity), Staite's credits include Family Law, The Magicians, The Killing and Stargate: Atlantis.
A Season 4 premiere date for Resident Alien, which will now air only on USA Network, has not yet been announced.Best of TVLine
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