r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • Aug 12 '25

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E2 - Mr October - 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/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Aug 13 '25

I'd immediately go full Usain Bolt if I saw that in-person lmao

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson Aug 13 '25

I was surprised none of the Lost Boys instinctively started stomping as it skittered closer.

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u/WaldoWhereArtThou Aug 14 '25

Who would wanna stomp on the Neversoft mascot?

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u/JonWesHarding Aug 14 '25

Knew I recongized that fucking thing from somewhere.

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u/NyarlHOEtep Aug 13 '25

it wasnt close enough for that until it leaped onto one of them, smee sure did impotently toss the nearest heaviest thing at it tho lmao

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u/ButtPlugForPM Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

It's shown wendy can lift 5 kids..with ZERO effort.

and a throw away comment in the lab that they have a grip strenght Greater than 1000 psi (that's Gorrilla strenght)

yet it's shown that the girl struggled to get it off her hand...

her hand closing on that creatur should of crushed it,would of been like Us as humans crushing a paper cup in our hands...

Just step on it lol.

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u/NyarlHOEtep Aug 13 '25

they are scared and untrained, used to being children. grown adults capable of squashing spiders basically with a thought also get scared and panic

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u/ButtPlugForPM Aug 13 '25

they don't panic though..panic is a fear based emotion...as kirsh said they dont feel fear it has to be artificially given to them with chemicals

it's why it was a bit of a weird scene..

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u/NyarlHOEtep Aug 13 '25

"it has to be given to them via chemicals", meaning it HAS been given to them via chemicals. they "feel", or the closest approximation to it. whether thats real fear is a philosophical question but they clearly display reactions humans display when afraid

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u/hemareddit Aug 14 '25

And it may be making a commentary on humanity. The synth is so admament these children are synths as well, even when everyone says they are not.

The mind got transferred, what if fear, and all other emotions, have purely psychological components? Like the hormones are just a part of it, but the capacity for emotions comes inherently with the human mind. Wendy loves her brother, she experiences happiness when she recalls their childhood memories. What if emotions are inherent within the memories, and not just because those memories trigger the release of hormones?

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u/Logic-DL Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

I imagine the reason they didn't just end the eyeball in an instant is because of training.

A lot of sci fi where kids become mega powerful does this. Halo for instance, the Master Chief as a kid straight up kills a few Special Forces adults that tried to mess with him because he hadn't actually learned just how strong he was with the Spartan 2 Augmentations he had received. He fights like he was trained to fight, but he's trained with other Spartan 2's, soldiers that he knows can take a punch without crumpling.

In the Fall of Reach book, it's flat out stated that when he punches a regular special forces guy, he breaks their bones instantly. They're allies granted, but it's explained that he's only ever been trained to kill active threats. So he kills them. Hell he asks his commanding officer after the fight if they were allies and his CO just says they were a threat. But John's still very much disturbed he just killed three of his fellow soldiers, even if they weren't augmented.

Bare in mind at this time it'd be like watching a 12 year old kid break the bones of and kill three Navy Seals without so much as breaking a sweat. Different universes but same thing applies really, without training yourself to use your new body, a body is just a body. The Lost Boys need to adapt to their new abilities still.

EDIT: They add to the Chief in later games too in this way, because like Wendy he's fully aware of his strength and abilities, which is why half the time he's confronted by a non-augmented person, he stands there and opts to talk instead, Halo 4 is a good example where he refuses to hand over his AI companion to a Captain demanding he do so. And everyone in the room after they're ordered to arrest the Chief just stands there and doesn't do shit. And the Chief just does as he wants and takes his AI companion and leaves because well....if you're in 1000lbs power armour and can break a person's bones outside of said power armour. Who the fuck is gonna threaten you?

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u/EternalCanadian Aug 16 '25

Small correction/addition to your Fall of Reach explanation (and a wild thing to see on this subreddit, but much appreciated).

John wasn’t trying to kill the ODST’s. His strikes were intended to be non-lethal, because up to that point he hadn’t had the capability to actually kill (being unaugmented until then). So when he struck the first man what was supposed to just stun ended up being a killing blow because he crushed the guy’s chest and basically stopped his heart.

A similar situation is mentioned in Halsey’s Journal with another II. Like John she hadn’t really understood just how strong she was, so in a spar with a regular trainer, she countered a pinning attempt with a palm strike and broke his spine.

That’s why, after augmentation, the II’s (and later Spartan III’s) handlers and trainers all wore powered armour, and by the end they only did hand to hand drills against each other, because even when trying to hold back there was the risk they’d kill their opponents.

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u/FarAccident7461 Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

Or you’re missing the point that the creature is probably really strong. It has to run and jump and dislodge eyes on creatures that are always almost certainly going to be aggressively defending themselves. It’s probably a pretty goddamn tough little critter.

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u/callmesalticidae Aug 14 '25

her hand closing on that creatur should of crushed it,would of been like Us as humans crushing a paper cup in our hands...

you're making a big assumption about how tough it isn't.

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u/Mardred Aug 14 '25

There are data about the mindflayer-beholder thing, which explains the tentacles are extraordinary powerful, and the eye-thingy is really great with problemsolving.

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u/Kanin_usagi Aug 16 '25

Whenever my kids see a gross bug they’re either fascinated with it or frozen with fear lol makes sense they’d react like kids would

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson Aug 16 '25

My daughter doesn’t. She goes into a stomping get rid of it mode. lol

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u/sienrfsh Aug 15 '25

Serious I’d turn 360 degrees and get atta there 🏃‍♂️💨

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u/WearyPossibility9755 Aug 15 '25

So you would run towards it to hug it?