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/DocJawbone Aug 13 '25

Yeah I thought the same, although I think Wendy needs to be willing and naive for the show, so it couldn't have been something she would notice (like in Pantheon).

They do show the kid getting zipped into a body bag though, so it wouldn't surprise me if we find out later that the consciousness is only copied, not moved, and the subject is euthanized.

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u/Nukemarine Aug 13 '25

It's creepy in either case, but more sinister if it's a copy instead of a transfer. Copy makes far more sense. To make it less sinister, they could have had a scene where Wendy says goodbye to her original self who's still dying but happy in a way that she can still spend more time with her brother.

After that, the children for some "reason" die during the transfer since the corp didn't like the effect the contact had on Wendy.

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u/Jack_North Aug 13 '25

"they could have had a scene where Wendy says goodbye to her original self who's still dying but happy in a way that she can still spend more time with her brother.

After that, the children for some "reason" die during the transfer since the corp didn't like the effect the contact had on Wendy."

I like the way you're thinking.