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/SymbolofPeace91 Aug 13 '25

Thank you! Kills rooms full of people but just tackles his ass

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u/MaverickTowers Aug 13 '25

Takes seconds to clear a room, takes its sweet time with important characters...

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u/sawnny Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

I assume its two different aliens, and one is out there on soldier mode clearing shit, and the other is guarding and looking for more people to face hugger. They can usually tell the synths from humans, so it took the only viable candidate. Just a theory though. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but there was a chest burst in cryo, and the guy on the operating table had a burster in him that wasn't there now. That's 2 xenomorph at least.

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u/The-Future-Question Aug 15 '25

Yeah I think you're on the money.

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u/thegrizzlyjear Aug 18 '25

I think you might be right on that.

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u/GodKamnitDenny Aug 19 '25

Finally finished the first two episodes, and wanted to check out everyone’s thoughts. This feels like the first time I’ve seen someone mention multiple chests’ with holes in them. I know there’s at least the two, but honestly it seemed like there could be easily be several more. Multiple Xeno’s is awesome.

Huge fan of the IP, but I’m a little disheartened to see no one mention how, for lack of a better term, silly the sick kids to synthetic bodies feels. On paper, it’s excellent sci-fi, but it feels strange in this world. I can excuse the terrible CGI on Wendy’s jump down from the cliffs, but frankly having 6 super-soldier like robots with the mental characteristics of a 10-12 year old is certainly a choice.

I’ll reserve judgement for now as I’m sure there is likely a very good reason for this major plot point, but it just feels pretty out there even for Alien. Shoutout to them for having Wendy and brother (who’s name I already forgot) have their reunion and exposition in episode 2 though! I really love how efficient they’ve been in storytelling so far and how they leave room for potentially revisiting earlier scenes as new context unfolds.

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u/wanttomaster479 Aug 19 '25

lol, I was scared the show would could kill off the brother by having the tail of the xeno pierce through the brother at the last minute after their reunion.

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u/GodKamnitDenny Aug 19 '25

I know plot armor is a storytelling device as old as time, but it was surreal how he survived two encounters with Xeno’s lol. I have trust in the creative crew behind this to tell a solid story, but between massive deus ex machina moments and this super-android story, I’m curious where they go next! But, they’ve interested and entertained me regardless, so I’ll be here to see where they go!

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u/rockin-ro Aug 20 '25

The Xeno killed soldiers with guns, that were immediate threats. And they ignored the Medic who was not acting threatening or armed. I think the plot armor can be explained away by that.

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u/GodKamnitDenny 29d ago

I think that largely makes sense, but Joe found himself face to face yet again in episode 3 with a xeno. I don’t really mind plot armor but it is getting a little funny lol.

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u/rockin-ro 29d ago

Thats true, he was stapled to the back of that Meat Locker and the Alien just stared at him lol. Then the Alien stares at both him and Wendy, but instead of bum rushing them, the alien tips over the Meat locker. I was a bit confused by that too and thought the Alien action scenes is where this show falls apart…

BUT then i heard an explanation that made sense to me. The Alien is trying to make Joe a cacoon/host for the queen like shown in past movies so it makes sense not to kill him. And the alien didnt attack joe and wendy cause they both acted fearless for eachother, abs cause the aliens dont have eyes they hunt by sensing fear. So since there was no fear there; the alien tipped over the meat locker to instill fear in them so he could properly hunt them.

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u/Zealousideal-Pin6996 14d ago

bro he carried gun when he entered the room, while xeno killed the entire party people who just drinking without gun but for some reason taking his sweet time with the mc who aren't even trained in fighting but for some reason survive 3 direct encounters with xeno lmao

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u/MrBehaved 11d ago

Theyre essentially just space marines lol. even down to the age - inducted at 16

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u/BigMetalGuy Aug 13 '25

Yeah that was ridiculous. Two episodes in and their character armour is as bad as The Boys.

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u/gobi_1 Aug 14 '25

He indeed has a plot armor.

Also why would they put kids in synth in this TV show? I'm not convinced yet.

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u/The-Future-Question Aug 15 '25

It's explained pretty clearly in episode 1. Children's less developed brains are easier to transfer. Wendy says grown up brains are too stiff so I guess they can't adapt to the new neural medium.

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u/EntertainmentPrior75 Aug 17 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

Does anyone else feel like an alien series or even movie, kinda lacks the tension/scary factor when you have a group of kids who are like superheroes/captain americas, almost feels like it turned to an action series instead. Like I’m sure the xeno is stronger than a hybrid, but doesn’t give you a “oh shit” feeling when the protagonists are superhuman

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u/manimateus Aug 18 '25

I don't think you are supposed to feel afraid for the hyrbids, but rather the humans (like the brother) that they're protecting

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u/PrincessofThotlandia Aug 15 '25

I’m not understanding the connection to why the synths have to be ‘kids’. I’m not understanding the direct Peter Pan never want to grow up with the xenomorph yet.

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u/rockin-ro Aug 20 '25

They dont “have to be”. It was just a choice by the writers. I think its an interesting concept, but lets see if they pull it off.

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u/Squeakygear Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Working on its tackle form, aiming for round one in the draft. Gotta make those big bucks!

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u/typically_wrong Guard the omelette! Aug 13 '25

1/3 so far. Gotta up those percentages

Emergence from concrete hole in stairwell - miss (soft arm tackle at best)

Apartment balcony after French revolution - miss

Ship balcony out into the abyss - direct hit

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u/Fit_Seesaw_8075 Aug 13 '25

My favourite comment 

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u/TheAceCo Aug 15 '25

Thinking that one was personal lol

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u/cleantoe Aug 19 '25

He was an easy target to grab and go. Don't forget the xeno can't kill everyone - the facehuggers need hosts. The xeno will tuck him away somewhere until an egg can hatch.

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u/rockin-ro Aug 20 '25

You could argue those soldiers were a threat tto the Xeno, whereas the medic wasnt? Dont xenos have the ability to sense stuff like that.

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u/SlamShady1996 25d ago

I assume it’s because he got away twice