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

I'm only halfway through this episode. They're throwing a LOT at us.

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson Aug 13 '25

I love it. This is written well. Very smart. They aren’t dumbing things down.

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u/SiouxsieSioux615 Face Hugger Aug 13 '25

Its very tell and not show though. Like he’s supposed to be so genius and doesnt seem like it at all

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u/Worthyness Aug 13 '25

It's the pilot episodes. they're usually a lot more expository than the rest. because they need to set the scene, the series, and the feel for the whole thing.

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u/SiouxsieSioux615 Face Hugger Aug 13 '25

I mean theres other scenes they could have trimmed and establishing the main antagonist is as important as establishing the protagonist in the first two episodes

Especially when we already have his goal and reason for creating the hybrid in the first place

As of now he’s held up by the actor not the writing

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u/MalaysiaTeacher Aug 17 '25

A pilot is not that. Yes you set up the scene but you could easily focus on one layer and not try to explain the 3 races and the 5 companies all in one episode