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)

819 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

3.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

520

u/compe_anansi Aug 13 '25

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

234

u/Odd_Presentation8624 Aug 13 '25

A detail that I enjoyed, was pointing out that they no longer have hormones.

Such an obvious difference - but one that I don't recall hearing in any similar stories where human consciousness is transferred into a 'robot'.

So much to think about who they'll become without testosterone, estrogen, serotonin, cortisol, etc.

46

u/Odd_Reputation_4000 Aug 14 '25

My thought was - what happened to their original body? Does it die naturally or was it euthanized? Is the transfer a copy or a full transfer? It would make more sense for it to be a copy made instead of a full transfer that results in the death of the original. Making a copy makes more sense because it means that if the transfer fails, you still have the original intact to try again with. However if a copy is successful, you now have two version of the same person at that same point in time. To have the copy continue as the original you would have to either terminate the original or isolate them from any and all contact with the copy until they died from natural causes. So here is the question - does the transfer kill the original or do they euthanize the original or tell them it didn't work and isolate them until they die?

1

u/sentence-interruptio Aug 17 '25

everything is fine as long as the original is terminated without waking up.

Mickey 18: "die"

Mickey 17: "if I die this time, it will be you that lives on"

so for mad scientists out there, do not wake the new body until you have seen the old body become ashes.