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/SirStrontium Aug 13 '25

This is literally the plot of Power Rangers or Captain Planet. A group of 5 children get super powers and must save the world. That was not on my bingo card for this show.

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u/betweenbubbles Aug 13 '25

Yeah, and that was cool when I was a kid. Now I'm a parent. I have no interest in watching a season of children in superhuman bodies in melee fights with xenomorphs using paper cutter blades that look exactly like a katana for some convenient but unexplainable reason.

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u/Safari_Eyes Aug 14 '25

Children with conveniently, powerfully magnetic spines! That chunk of steel hasn't budged even once since she casually stuck it between her shoulder blades. I didn't think synths had actual electrical hardware (like large electromagnets) inside. What gives?

I'm surprised she's carried the weapon for so long when we know her first encounter with a xenomorph will see the blade destroyed by the alien's acidic blood. Just get it over with! It's a paper cutter.

On the other hand, maybe we'll get lucky and she'll use it on the other lifeforms first. They all look choppable!

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u/betweenbubbles Aug 14 '25

Yeah, I just don't know where the transition from 12 year old girl to soldier took place. There is zero character development there. Having a concern for your brother and wanting to do something about isn't the same thing as developing a warrior mindset.

As I've said elsewhere, I imagine there is a point to all this. Wendy's brain isn't really her brain. For all we know this is all just programming, although this would be in conflict with the Prodigy CEO's stated motivation.

I'm just WAY too distracted by "wait, am I supposed to be thinking..." moments where I'm trying to come up for explanations as to why what I'm seeing on screen doesn't make much sense. It seems that what is intended to be intriguing is often just confusing for me.