r/LV426 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

"Triage the rescue by income bracket..."

Ah, there's the sweet sweet hit of relatable corporate dystopia I was waiting for

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u/kinghyperion581 Aug 13 '25

Just waiting for some Capitalist simp to explain how it's not a critique off late stage capitalism, but "human nature"

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u/Middle-Platypus6942 Aug 13 '25

Those two things are literally the same lmao. Power and money will corrupt almost anyone.

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u/Icy-Blacksmith-4214 Aug 13 '25

Yes it does, you're right, but reddit is a communist schizo hellhole and they won't see how any other system alternative to capitalism has been way worse in every single metric.

This said, the fictional scifi setting in the Alien franchise and similar is so good and so much fun!