A comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.
Acting
Paul Reubens as a sarcastic captive alien is deranged perfection.
Writing
Sharp workplace satire that deserved a full series.
Director
Dean Parisot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a failed NBC pilot from the creator of Monk, buried so deep it barely exists on streaming.
Dean Parisot directed Galaxy Quest, so his aliens-versus-bureaucracy expertise was already proven—NBC simply feared success.
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