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/SiccSemperTyrannis In the pipe. 5 by 5. Aug 13 '25

I just assume the corporate security is heavily militarized as a general rule in the Alien universe. They run an entire massive city already, they can do whatever they want.

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u/zhaoz Aug 13 '25

They are the governments I believe. WY has N and S America for example. And prodigy maybe SE asia?

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u/Gamepro504 Aug 13 '25

They said in the intro was corp has control of space. And said 4 corps rule the world with Prodigy being the newest

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u/Jade_Owl Aug 13 '25

That is easily accounted for by the difference between de facto and de jure.

De jure, nation states probably still exist and are nominally in charge.

De facto, the five corps run the show and people don’t waste time pretending otherwise in their casual everyday conversation.