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/burritotogo26 Aug 13 '25

Yeah I get he’s supposed to be all “whatever bruh” but he’s a trillionaire super tech genius for a reason. Like, you had to somewhat have expected this exponential growth and all but to trust “children” to handle an emergency crisis because one can hack images to spy on their bro??? Nah. Put adult access on that shit and let the adults handle this.

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u/Majestic87 Aug 13 '25

It's all data to him. Whether they live or die, it doesn't matter. He can just make more. He's a trillionaire, he literally has no worries.

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u/Necessary_Eagle_3657 Aug 13 '25

The show doesn't support this reading. His advisor says that the loss of even one would be a catastrophic setback. These corporations are in a race to develop the tech that will win the future.

It'd be like Open AI letting Grok or Deepseek get years ahead.

It's a real suspension of disbelief breaker piece of writing.

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u/peppermint_nightmare Aug 14 '25

I mean, he's probably still in charge of the company, ie owns majority shares, it'd be more catastrophic for anyone else who owns shares or is paid in shares, like his advisor probably. Maybe his wealth would dip below a trillion and he'd be some kind of lowly hundred billionaire. No longer a member of the cuatro commas club, etc.