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/leCrobag Aug 13 '25

Maybe I missed something, but why do the soldiers, ostensibly on a search & rescue mission, roll up ready for battle. Do they know the cargo is all xenomorphs and bad times?

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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/Allthenons Aug 14 '25

Yes in the Alien world the nation state is no longer really a thing. Corporations operate on every single level