I've been trying so hard to change this town And it already is. At least to me. I don't want it to change. I'm just so tired Everybody loves you. I'm just the mayor to them. You know, that's what matters. Ben Hawthorne is a character in the science fiction comedy television series Resident Alien. He is portrayed by Levi Fiehler. Ben Hawthorne is the mayor of the small town of Patience. His somewhat flaky behavior has earned him the nickname "Snowflake" from Sheriff Mike Thompson.
He is married to Kate Hawthorne and is the father of the boy Max Hawthorne , who can see through the alien Harry Vanderspeigle 's human disguise, as well as a currently unnamed child abducted from his wife's womb by The Greys. He had a standing therapy appointment with Sam Hodges on Tuesdays at 4 P. Hawthorne is a people-pleaser.
He wants to do right by everyone, but this often results his allowing people to run over him. He admits that he is scared of everything, though, when pressed, he can show a surprising reserve of courage.
He has an ongoing rivalry with the neighboring town of Jessup and its mayor, Mitch Green. Determined to improve Patience, he sets aboard to have a resort built within the town, but is opposed at every turn by the town's residents, including his wife, who feel that a resort would drive away the town's small businesses and ruin its charm.
Ben Hawthorne is present when the alien who had assumed the identity of the doctor Harry Vanderspeigle arrives at Patience 's clinic to conduct on autopsy on Sam Hodges , the town doctor believed to be murdered. He states that he knew it was hard on everyone but that a grief counselor is coming in to speak to all of them. His statement is immediately challenged by Sheriff Mike Thompson , who calls him a "snowflake" and asks if the counseling is coming out of the town's budget.
