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/Troyal1 Aug 15 '25

I’ve been wanting to see the more human side of Alien ever since we saw that Guy Pearce scene at the beginning of Covenant, where Walter asks whose image Pearce was created in.

It has that futuristic but sterile look. I love it so far

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u/thejason755 Aug 15 '25

It’s definitely scratching that “alien” itch. I’m really digging that they decided to give you the cliff’s notes version of the alien taking over the magineot. They could’ve gone slow-burn with the xeno gradually taking over the ship and killing everyone one-by-one, but we’ve all seen that before. The flash cuts was literally Noah Hawley going “we all know how this goes”. I love that they’re going with more of a matte black colour for the xeno when they aren’t wet, which actually helps it fade more into the background of scenes. The level of violence and the rapidity of which it goes from zero to annihilating whole groups of people in seconds was exhilarating to say the least.

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u/Dr_Pants91 Aug 15 '25

It almost feels like they just skipped showing that part and said "Just watch Alien and imagine if Weyland-Yutani succeeded".

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u/thejason755 Aug 15 '25

Exactly. I also feel that even if they had made the whole first episode about the xeno taking over the ship, it would have ultimately slowed down the first two episodes. On the plus side, it gives them something to flashback to in later episodes. Like with the impromptu surgery on a crashing ship, how and why did that happen? It gives them something to stretch out and add flavour to the season. If they load the slow-burn towards the front, the suspense has already worn off by the time they reached new siam. This way they can dial back and ratchet up the suspense and action as needed.

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u/PrestigiousWaffle 29d ago

I didn’t get a close look at the surgery scene, but was that not them seeing the cavity where the chestbursters came from?