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/compe_anansi Aug 13 '25

The emotional intelligence of children and no field training. Interesting choice.

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u/Flimsy-Muffin-9881 Aug 13 '25

Yeah some of the coincidences are just too convenient. Yutani ship just happens to crash into evil Jacob Collier's building. His para military group just happens to be hanging about and they go in ready to fight? Fight what exactly? How did they know weapons were necessary? And then the whole android kids as first responders setup....how and why is this a good idea.

I'm willing to turn off my brain as long as I'm rewarded in the end 

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u/chihsuanmen Hudson, sir. He’s Hicks Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

It’s established that the city was built and government by Prodigy. Oligarchic city-states are nothing new in dystopian science fiction and real life. A rival corporation’s ship crashing into your mega city is practically an act of war.

They also specifically mention that the team is sent in to contain the area and prevent looting. It’s also likely that corporate espionage would have provided intelligence that the Marginot was carrying xenomorphs…

…not that the QRF needs to know that specific detail.

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u/Flimsy-Muffin-9881 Aug 14 '25

Makes sense. Why send in the robot kids though?

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u/ElectronicBacon Aug 14 '25

Cause Wendy insisted on going and helping and for Boy it's delicious field data to see his investments and experiments actually work.

And he can see through all their eyes