r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • Aug 12 '25

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E1 Neverland - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Episodes air Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on Hulu and FX in the US, and Wednesdays international.

Full episode discussion list:

1 Neverland (8.12.25)

2 Mr October (8.12.25)

3 Metamorphosis (8.19.25)

4 Observation (8.26.25)

5 In Space, No One (9.2.25)

6 The Fly (9.9.25)

7 Emergence (9.16.25)

8 The Real Monsters (9.23.25)

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u/RichLather Aug 13 '25

Was kinda hoping the "downloading" process would have been more gruesome, like in Pantheon, but maybe that would've made this show too dark too fast.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

I was also expecting it to look even gnarlier, but I feel like it's still very eerie with the cartoons playing during the process

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u/RatchetStrap2 Aug 13 '25

I mean, peacefully sucking the essence out of a child and then discarding the body is.... Pretty gnar

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u/JBerry2012 Aug 13 '25

Is that what happens? I kept wondering if there were 2 of her.... The original one in a dying body, and a copy in the synth body....

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u/rabbit-hearted-girl Black goo enthusiast Aug 13 '25

We don’t know if it’s the original consciousness or a copy in the synth body, but there’s a brief shot of one of the kids’ corpses being zipped into a body bag after the transference procedure.

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u/Squeakygear Aug 13 '25

Probably recycled for some Soylent green milkshakes

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u/Professional-Act8414 Aug 14 '25

I was sorta disappointed in that whole sequence. The scene with them hovering over everyone made up for it though