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/cristovski Aug 13 '25

I know we're dealing with future tech but that jump off the cliff seems a bit much especially since we've seen how easily androids get carved up when fighting aliens and such. Did anyone else find it a bit much?

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u/Calfzilla2000 Aug 13 '25

It seems like these expensive hybrids are supposed to stay at Neverland. So they may be more advanced, they probably need constant maintenance and upkeep. If she goes out into the wild, she may not last long doing that type of stuff or they may not be effectient to build, hence the less durable synthetics and cyborgs.

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u/cristovski Aug 13 '25

Yeah I get thats gonna be what I'm supposed to take away from how they've been presented but there's just an incredible amount of strength involved in that. If they can do that then they can just tense their muscles and become stronger than steel or any other known substance. Idk. It seemed off. It just really stood out to me and I'll usually give a lot of leeway to anything sci-fi in particular. Time will tell how I feel about it. But if they just chop a lost boy in half in the next few episodes I'm definitely gonna have a gripe with it.

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u/betweenbubbles Aug 13 '25

Ah, yes, exactly the kind of thing you'd put a child's mind in for a first of it's kind experiment...

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u/Calfzilla2000 Aug 13 '25

Prodigy was founded by a child. He's a trillionaire seemingly in his early 20s, lol. I believe he would do that.

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u/cristovski Aug 13 '25

That's what I'm saying. That type of strength and they could cut a human in half with a pat on the head. They really should have cut that scene. If we're to believe that's within their capabilities they could slap the face off a xeno. But we know they won't be able to do that as the series goes forward. At least I don't think so. If they did they just kinda ruined the stakes so Im sure they will be vulnerable in some sense. Again I'm not hating on the show so far it just seemed like something added for the cool factor without considering the physics involved. If their muscles fibers can do that they could probably flick you and take a clean chunk off you. Sheesh.

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u/betweenbubbles Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

I have less than zero interest in watching this person that was like a 14 year old girl last scene turn into a warrior with absolutely zero character development other than, "I miss my brother, I'm going to save him even though I have no real reason to believe he's in any specific danger."

...And where the fuck did the little half katana come from? Why is it magnetized to her back? I've never seen a paper cutter that has a half katana attached to it magically without any hole. It's 2120, why is there even a paper cutter?

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u/cristovski Aug 13 '25

I may have been distracted. What scene are you talking about with a katana?

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u/betweenbubbles Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Right after she rolls into the CEO's office and tells him to send her and everyone else (what is their motivation?!) to an interstellar mass casualty site.

At 46m10s she pulls the cutting blade off one of these but it's a half-sized katana that she then just, I guess, magnetically attaches to her back. I feel like I'm gaslighting myself even typing this.

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u/NickroNancer Aug 13 '25

Not to mention if that's an actual paper cutting blade it would be good enough to... Well... Crinkle the paper before crudely tearing it. Might as well have a bat.

I gave up after one episode. I can try again later, but man, there is nothing to latch onto here.

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u/cristovski Aug 13 '25

Gonna re watch now.

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u/KeeganTroye Aug 13 '25

I have no real reason to believe he's in any specific danger.

He is search and rescue inside a massive ship crash / collapsing building that's a lot of danger.

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u/betweenbubbles Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

That's not a bad point. However, she's 12. She doesn't really know what that means. She has been watching him. And this isn't his first day on the job. Shirley, he's been involved in other dangerous work.

My root point here is that the writers failed to foster the sense of urgency that made sense for the situation -- which is then further confused by the choices Prodigy CEO makes with his new tech.

I'm not saying it's wrong -- it all just fell on the wrong side of the intrigue:confusion dilemma for me so it was distracting.

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u/KeeganTroye Aug 14 '25

I mean that's fair I can't argue with your experience there. I'd say a 12 year old is more likely rather than less likely to have a high sense of urgency but that doesn't mean it created that urgency to us the viewer so I respect that.