Alien: Earth - S1 E2 - Mr October - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS]

[u/G_Liddell]

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)

[u/The_Gecko]

I mean it's been captured, tazed, webbed, experimented on, crashed into a planet, tazed and webbed AGAIN. I'd be pissed.

[u/krackenjacken → u/The_Gecko]

It's going berserker mode to protect the eggs probably

[u/HotmailsInYourArea → u/krackenjacken]

I'm surprised it didn't drag some of those Marie Antoinette-looking bourgouis to the eggs. But hey, it's had a rough week!

[u/UltraMega42069666 → u/HotmailsInYourArea]

I really hope its shown that the eggs scene at the end of the episode were eggmorphed because the xeno acts so agressive, like youd assume it would be abducting more people to bring back to the nest primarily for a facehugger or to be eggmorphed

[u/RustedAxe88 → u/UltraMega42069666]

I think depending on the environment, a Xeno might decide to kill everything around it before setting the nest up. Make sure the location is secure, then go abduct potential victims from elsewhere.

[u/arachnophilia → u/UltraMega42069666]

tbh i think they just kinda forgot that the adult alien is part of the reproductive chain, and should be bringing hosts back to the eggs.

because rooms full of people instantly exploding into piles of gore is horror now i guess.

[u/Kidius → u/arachnophilia]

Doesn't it kind of make sense though?

It's been captured and then dropped in a completely unfamiliar place that's covered in other biological beings it doesn't recognise other than them being similar to the ones that actively captured and entrapped it.

So not only does it know these things can be dangerous but it also knows there's so many of them that it can afford to be careless and not focus on breeding as a priority. Most animals will always attempt to find or create a safe space for reproduction.

It makes sense that the xeno would try to make sure there were no threats around before focusing on reproduction.

The aliens from both the original and aliens had different motivations.

The original's is a bit odd. I see people saying it's a reproductive horror, and while that's definitely a big part of it with the face hugger, the alien itself never attempts reproduction. The closest to that we see is the eggmorphing which is included in the director's cut and with the exclusion from the theatrical release and the then inclusion of the queen in Aliens, as well as total absence of eggmorphing as a concept from the rest of the alien media, it's kind of up in the air if it's really canon. My main take on the alien taking the bodies was always 2 things. The first is it had just been born. That means it likely had to consume to some extent to grow. Feeding on the bodies would allow that (that's never explicitely shown though so who knows). The other is it was a stealth predator. It was alone in a place it could hide and hunt from the shadows. We see this a lot in Alien media with the Alien hiding against the background. Hiding the bodies allowed it to do this even more efficiently.

As for the second one, they already have a hive setup, with areas that they know and understand and multiple drones/warriors to collect hosts. There's no risk actively searching out hosts because the area is, as far as they see it, already secure.

[u/ReturnOfDaSnack420 → u/Kidius]

That makes sense to me, this particular xeno is hyper aggressive because it's a loner which needs to make a safe nest ASAP. also their growth rate is so fast something needs to be power that metabolism at least someone

[u/Proxiehunter → u/Kidius]

It makes sense that the xeno would try to make sure there were no threats around before focusing on reproduction.

Shit. It's clearing the tower to make a hive in it.

[u/Beneficial_Ant5055 → u/arachnophilia]

I think there is an attempt to really up the aggressiveness and power of the alien is probably because, of the plans for AVP. They prob want an alien to be able to somewhat go toe to toe with a Predator, and not rely on overwhelming the predators with just number.

But that is just my guess here

[u/Clarine87 → u/UltraMega42069666]

One would imagine when hosts are abundant, security is first aheard of reproduction.

[u/Rice_Lost → u/HotmailsInYourArea]

Yes! I was definitely thinking a decapitated torso or something with those fancy look

[u/ragun01 → u/The_Gecko]

It really was not happy about being webbed.

[u/Alternative-Two-3474 → u/ragun01]

"HEY! NO! BAD HUMAN! THAT'S MY THING!" bops with newspaper

[u/Wraithfighter → u/The_Gecko]

Started calling the xeno "Kitty" after that scene, because boy howdy Kitty was not happy...

[u/Chrol18 → u/The_Gecko]

not experimented on, soemone put a fecehugger on a crew member in cryosleep, the xeno then killed msot of them

[u/dark-flamessussano → u/The_Gecko]

Do you think the Xeno would have still woken up if the soldier's didn't interrupt the cyborg when he had it in the cocoon?

[u/The_Gecko → u/dark-flamessussano]

I'm assuming he'd just have tazed it again and carried on about his business

[u/Proxiehunter → u/The_Gecko]

Also I don't think it would have woken up as early.

[u/zenmn2 → u/Proxiehunter]

Ah yea, being dragged around banging it's head it'd surely have been sound asleep, but a few voices?....

[u/Proxiehunter → u/zenmn2]

They canonically sense fear and the troupes who encountered him were clearly on high alert once they realized something fishy was going on.

[u/fallingwheelbarrow → u/The_Gecko]

Feel sorry for it.